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HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of 1 AUSTRIA, hating AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED several DIS TRIBUTIONS of MONEY DIVIDENDS, which (though they are NO LOTTERIES) offer many possibilities of obtain. lug LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, Are now Selling SHARES for the said DIS ritißu LIONS. Persons desirous to purchase may receive, PREVIOUS to giving any order, the PROSPECTUS and PARTICU LARS, upon addressing, WITHOUT DELAY, a line to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGIL The NEXT DISTRIBUTION, taking place on :he Ist of MAY, contains 1,600 MONEY DI VIDEN DS, as follows: £22,500 £7OO £2OO £9O 4,000 600 150 80 1,100 500 120 70 1,200 300 110 66 1,000 250 100 64 STERLING, amounting together to 142,9941. BRITISH STERLING MONEY. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, APRIL. 22. Will be presented Bellini's Opera of LA SONNAMBULA.—The Character of Amina, by Bliss Adelaide Kemble; Coma Rodolpho, Mr. Lrttler ; Elvino, Mr W. Manson ; Alessi°' T Mr. G. Hornrsc. as tie ; Notary, Mr. A. Wigan; Lisa, Miss Orant ; heresa, MR. Hughes. After which will be repeated the Grand RornantiC Fairy Extrara anza, entitled THE WHITE CAT.—Wirioupcnatyme (King of Neverminditimamia), Mr. J. Bland ; Princ e s Paragon, Precious, and Placid (his three Sons), by Madame Ve stris, Miss Murray and Miss Lee; Jingo, Mr. Harley; ti-c White Cat, Miss Marshall. iJoors open at half-past Six, and the Performances begin at Seven. Dress Boxes 75.. Second Price :is. 6d ; First and SecondCireles 55.. Second Price as. 6d.; Pit 35., Second Price s. ; Gallery Is. Tickets and Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan, at the Box-of fice, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had upon ap. lineation. Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andrews, Book seller, 167, New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY' THEATRE. Wonderful attraction, and matchless Stud of Horses. THIS EVENING, APRIL 22, Will be performed the Grand New Equestrian Spectacle, entitled THE PEARL OF THE HAREM, HER KOOROISH LOVER, AND HIS WAR STEED, BEDA.—With magnificent Scenery. Costume, and Appointments ; a Dauble Company, Equestrian and Dramatic, and the finest Stud of Horses in the World. After which, in a more extensive and splendid Arena than ever berme witnessed. THE SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, introducing B &TTY'S unrivalled Col:ectiou of Animals, consisting of nu merous and matchless Cream-coloured Horses, Andalusian Chargers, Spotted Cour.ers, Fairy Palfreys, and Pigmy Poneys, and the most ta l en ted Vaulters, Riders, Gymnastics, and Contortionists in the kingdom. To conclude with the Historical Pantomime (with New Scenery) of PER OUSE • or, the MONKEY of the DESOLATE ISLAND.— Chimpanzee, the Monkey, by Mons. Goutte. FRENCH PLAYS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Last Week but one of Marlemoisells's Plessy'siEngagement. THIS EVF:NING, APRIL The Perfirmanc:es will commence with LES FEES DE PARIS. After which, ESTELLE; OU, LE PEKE ET LA FILLE.— Estelle, Madlle Plessy. To conclude with L'ECOLE DES MARlS.—lsabelle, Mademoi selle Please. Boxes, ; Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Amphitheatre (or Gallery Stalls), 3s. ; Gallery, :2s. Doors will be opened at Seven o'clock, and the Per formances commence at Half-past Seven. Applications for Boxes and Stalls for the remainder of the Season, to be made at Mr. Mitchell's library, 33, Old Bond.stieet ; Mr. Se. pain's, 12, Regent.street ; Mr. Sams's, St. James's-street; and at the Box-oftiee of the Theatre, which is open daily, from Eleven till Five o'clock. TO CORRESPONDENTS. " A Commercial Traveller of eight years' standing."—The pa ragraph in question was taken from a local raper. Does our Correspondent mean to deny that the badness of trade afficts more or less all those engaged in it ? All Advertisements of a Disg - asting Character or Xmmoral Tendency, are excluded from the Colamas of "The Sun." ~ .. __ THE WEATHER.—NooN, APRIL 21. ROI-4 , L OA LLERY OF SCIENCE, A DELAIDE-STREET Tiwraionieter... 52 ) Highest 6O I Lowest 36 Barometer 30.18.—Wind E.—Freezing Point 22 Deg. Hutt; WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. }Lruing..... 44 minutes after it !Evening . 0 minutes after 0. LONDON . FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 22, 1842. The Election Committees of the House of Commons have began to excite consideralsle attention. Yesterday the. Wakefield Committee, the majority of which is Tory, seated Mr. LASCELLES, the Tory petitioner for that borouoh. On Tuesday, the Longford Committee, of which the Chairman, having the casting vote, was a Tory, unseated, as the Times says, a Whig Member, and gave the saat to one of their own politics, meaning, we presume, of the polities of the majority. These are specimens of the general conduct of these tribunals. The complaints are Jniversal ; they are partial and expensive ; and several retitioners have given up their claims on seats, and some sitt:ng Members have resigned merely became they would not incur the expense of a contest before these Election Comnrittees• The Longford Committee (says the 7'i:7les) went the leugtb of determining that a registered vote, whic.ii had never bten objected to before the Revising Barrister in tri'land, might be called in question, investigated, and eventually 5,.7 11 ek off the sitting Meisber's poll by a committee in London. a de cision is truly monstrous—we care not whether the first . pre cedent for it was established by Whig or by Conserva: 4e authority ; it is nothing less than a deliberate repeal, by a side wind, of , the 34th section of the Irish Reform Act. The words of that section are. that the certificate of registry " shall be conclusive of the right Pi voting of the person earned therein;" at.d that "no inquiry whatever, as to the right of voting of such person, shill be permitted to be made, nor shall any scrutiny he allowed." It requires more than the usual hardihood of a lawyer to argue, as Mr. Sergeant Wrangham did last week, that, under this clause, the certificate is only conclusive as to the right to poll, and not conclusive against the world; and that the scrutiny abolished is that by the returning-officer, and not also that by a Committee of the House of Commons. The Committee, however, seem to have adopted Mr. Sergeant WILANGUAM'S interpretation of the law, have opened the registry, have compelled every' elector, if called upon, to prove his qualification in London, and have at Once destroyed the franchise in Ireland. Boroughs are no more safe than counties, and should the decision of the Longford Committee be followed by other Committees, there are few' elections for Ireland which, if they can be disputed, may not be set aside. This is the state of the Election Law and of Election Committees, though only two years have elapsed since Sir ROBERT PEEL passed his law for regulating Election Committees. After much and serious deliberation, after a Committee had sat to inquire, and several Members bad introduced measures, after so much scandal had been brought on the House, that it was impossible to allow the old law to continue, Sir R. PEEL took up the scatter, and passed a law which was to remedy the evil. We remember contending at the time that it would tail, and that the props r way to proceed was to simplify the and leave all questions of fact concerning elections, as concerning other disputed facts, to the decision of the ordinary tribunals of the country. The result of Sir R. PEEL'S wisdom is to leave the Election Committees of the House of Commons still (Ten to all the imputations which were before cast on them. In short, Sir R. PEEL'S new law is admitted on all hands to be a cow- mete failure. So far as the investigations under it have gone, they hove revoaled, we think, an astonishing degree of cor m otion amongst the electors, and amongst the Members of Parliament. What has been exposed at Sudbury and other places, is but an index to what is almost every whel'e practised. If there be bribery in the boroughs. there is intimidation in the counties, and legislation is vitiated at its source by the manner in which the Douse of Commons is formed. With a Legis lature so constituted, we see no means of c'rrect ing the evil. Who shall purify the House, so as to make it spread a healthy stream of law over the land ? Who shall pull the beam out of its eye to en able it to pull the mote out of the eye of the nation ? We cannot expect a cure from its blindness, nor can we hope that the nation will be restored to health by its pestilence. If we cannot find a source of healing wholly independent the House of Commons, it is clear that corruption must and will go on increasing ar,d ac cumulating till it destroys itself. When Sir ROBERT Pr.r. , , proposed the Catholic Eman cipation Act, because it -was beyond the power of the Tories to exercise any longer that bigoted oppression which is so dear to their hearts, he carefully enume rated to the House of Commons the number of County Members and the number of constituents they repre sented, who had previously declared themselves adverse to the continuance of persecution. From that statistical information he drew the conclusion that it was no longer pactical to carry on the Government on the principle ef excluding the Roman Catholics from the pale of the Constitution. In the newspaper press there is quite as sure an index to public opinion as the County Members tar d their constituents, inflamed as, they have both I een by party prejudices for a party purpose ; nd were Sir . ROP.F.RT PEEL now to consult t h a t, we think he would come, in relation to the In come-tax, to the ound and rational conclusion he adopted in 1829 in * relation to the Roman Catholics. He would see that he must soon give it up. With the ex. ception of the Morning Post, there is not one metropo litan daily journal wh ich cordiall y supports the income tax. We may safely conclude, therefore, whatever may be Sir R. PEEL'S majority in Parliament, that even now, before the inconvenience of the tax has been felt, the majority of the nation is decidedly against it. The op position: will waxstrong as the public fiels the burden, and is convinced that the tax is not necessary, except to sup port those monopolies which Sir R. PEEL has on prin ciple cortilemned. Much irritatio:i will ensue, and when it kicks :alit the rencral deceiver, it m ay perhaps kick down the Government. In the mearttime, to console Sir R. PEEL, some of the Tory journals record, with exultation, the fact that the Journal des D.thats approves of the tax. Deprived of support from pti .- )lic opini , an at home, the Tories seek a substitute in the praise of the minions of despotism abroad. The Journal des Debuts is notoriously sub servient to LOUIS PHILIPPE, and LOUIS PHILIPPE is notoriously the subverter of that freedom he was raised to the throne to defend. Ana his business to encou rage tyranny everywhev., we know that he does that. The Journal des Debats speaks the seLtiments and opinions of that wily tyrant. What, then, will our people say to the fact that the Income-tax gives in finite satisfactiOn to the Journal des Debats, and to the ' tyrannic Governments of the Continent ? has con ciliated," says that Journal, " the approbation of all Europe." (Meaning all in Europe who envy our great ness and hate our freedom.) "Itis a plan, conformable to the spirit which animates British statesmen, as ready to act as to speak. When they have probed the wound they apply the remedy with a steady hand. The chief of the new Ministry has furnished a fresh proqf of the superiority of the Tories over the N'higs. His plan is simple, and • conformable to • the eternal rules of good sense and reason, as well as to the laws cf experience. It bears the stamp of that unhounded liberality for - which, when the necessity exists, the Tone; know better than their rivals how to give the example." Superiority of the Tories over the Whigs 1 Yes ; on the old Tory plan of subverting the liberties, and filching the property of the people. Unbounded liberality ! Yes ; in fingering our money. Such praise from French men will go to the heart of JOHN BULL. His masters are great and generous men. His submission conse quently raises him to the rank of one of the adorers of LOUIS PHILIPPE. He has before now forced the French to do homage to his vigour ; he was never before for his servility degraded by their praise. • What then is the vigorous measure which is so pleasing to the French Journalist? We only know that it takes away his property on false pretexts by an army of com missioners and tax-gatherers. As for understanding the Income-tax law, that is beyond JOHN BULL'S compre hension. On its outside it bears this significant mark, " under 20 oz." The law which he is to obey, therefore, which is to be a rule of ;life (like the command, "thou shalt not steal"), is contained in a book which weighs -something less, without any cover, than Ilb. troy. It is so cumbrous, that no journal will probably publish it entire, and one Tory print said yesterday— " It is quite impracticable for us to print this Bill, as it con tains no fewer than 189 clauses, which, together with sche dules, forms of affidavits, and other explanatory matter, occupy 130 closely printed pages." Such a law will mean whatever the commissioners and interpreters choose to make it say. To the bulk of the, people it will be "heathen Greek." They will be go verned and plundered by a law which they cannot com prehend. It is restoration of the age of mysticism as well as plunder. To us that seems the climax of degra dation. It is bad enough to have our Government praised by the Journals of LOUIS PHILIPPE, but to be compelled to obey a law which is so voluminous, com plicated, tad perhaps, contradictory, that not one man iti a million can understand it, is to be the slaves of in comprehensible j argon. The determined opposition given last night by the Ministers to Mr. S. CRAWFORD'S motion must undeceive the working classes, if any of them yet suppose that the Tories will help them to political power. The Tories have of late been flattering the people a little, and have pretended that they were studying the benefit of the working classes, but it was only as a good farmer takes care of his cattle, to get as much work out of them as possible. The Tories want more revenue, more money ; they avow that they cannot get any more from the bulk of the people, till their condition be improved, and there ibre they spare them, they say, from taxation; but they wil no more allow them to have a share of law-making than the farmer will allow his oxen or his swine to take up their abode in his carpeted parlour. The Tories are by their very nature opposed to the people. Their po litical creed is, that the people must obey, and that they must be the masters of the people. Last night they merely spoke and acted as they are always inclined to speak and act. Their existence as politicians is bound up with class privileges and class legislation ; and to ask them to give Universal Suffrage, is to ask them to commit political suicide. We were somewhat astonished yesterday to learn that the Columbia could not get her broken engine re paired at Halifax. There is a Royal Dock) and at Hali fax, and the Navy List contains the name of ALEXAN DER ELIOTT as Storekeeper there. That establishment, however, and the whop town of Halifax, were unable to repair the damage of the Columbia, and she was navi gated across the ocean by her sails and one paddle. We are not acquainted with Mr. CUNARD'S arrange .nent, and cannot therefore say what precautions he may have taken to provide against accidents ; but we should Alit* that it was incumbent on him to have spare gear At the port his vessels stop at, and the means of repair lig any ordinary damage. We must, therefore, express Jur surprise that such was not the case fur the Columbia. Wemust express still stronger surprise that the damage .:ould not be repaired in Halifax. It is now ninety three years since that town was founded. It has a noble i m :bour, where. a thousand ships might ride in safety. I t h a s' long been the chief resort of her MAJESTY'S fleets in ,`hose seas, and its dockyard is said to be sup plied with 112 kinds of stores for the Royal Navy. At present, that nervy comprises a considerable number of steam-ships, and the dockyard, if kept up at all, ought to be provided with stores for them, and with all the means of keeping them in repair. That the Columbia was obliged to come home from such a place with one paddle, reveal s to us, better than would many volumes of statistics, the backward and neglected state of Halifax, with all possible advantages as to extent of territory, proximity to England, and great conveniences of trade. at the end of nearly one hundred years it has scarcely attained the size and rank of a third-rate town of the United States.. Such comparatively slow progress is not creditable, either to. the inhabitants of Nova Scotia, or the Government of Great Britain. But if it cannot repair a steam-boat, we shall be told that it can supply an author and t a book ? SAM SLICK has made Ilalifax renowned, and though he cannot teach the Blue Noses engineering, he can hold up the Yankees to never-ending ridicule. The contrast may serve as an illustration of the progress of civilization in our American Colonies, and in the United States. In our colonies it leads towards the agreeable—it grows tivom a government more polished than the people—it is something partly derived front the Court and the Go vernment ; in the neighbouring United States civilization is towards the useful, and grows from the natural laws which determine the progress of nations. We will not say that the former mzy not have the most charms for .ertain classes, but it has t;:_is terrible defect, that it keeps the country behind in populate ,r)n and in wealth, and exposes it in the end to be swalloWt,J up by the nation in which the useful is the guiding princip:;• The news - from the United States is of grea t jalpor -o,nce, although not unexpected. President TytAl!'s Message to Congress, recommending a loan of twenty millions of dollars to meet theincreasingembarrassments of the Treasury, has excited a great deal of interest. He informs Congress that, after exhausting all the re sources of the current year, there will be a deficit of four teen millions of dollars. One of the measures which he recommends for increasing the revenue is to impose ad ditional import duties, framed with a view to the protec tion of American manufactures. It is lamentable to see a great young nation like the United States adopting the worn-out protective system of feudal Europe. Nor aro the proposed duties to be of trifling amount. In some in stances, which Congress are left to select, an increase of import duty beyond 20 per cent. is recommended. Such an increase of duty will be tantamount to a prohibition, and consequently nothing will go into the treasury. To hope to derive revenue from duties which limit consump tion, is sheer stupidity. The deficiency in the revenue of the United States is not.greati but as it is permanent, the PRESIDENT deems it advisable to provide a permanent fund to meet it. He enumerates the causes which have recently depressed American credit in the Stock Market of the world. Among these he enumerates the unsettled condition of the banks in several States—the vast amount of foreign debt contracted during a period of wild speculation—and above all, the dishonest and immoral doctrine of repu diation of contracts solemnly entered into by several of the States composing the Federal Union. The PRESIDENT condemns the promulgation of such a doctrine, as being calculated to alarm other nations, and affix a stigma upon the character of the Federal Go vernment. That any impression which it may have made upon the minds of capitalists may not operate to the detriment of the proposed loan, the PRESIDENT recom mends the pledging of the proceeds of the land sales to defray the interest. " The most vigilant money-dealer," observes the PRESIDENT, "will readily perceive, that not only will his interest be secure on such a pledge, but that a debt of eighteen or twenty millions of dollars, would, by the surplus of sales over and above the pa) - ment of interest, be extinguished within any reasonable time fixed for its resumption." This is consolatory news for the money-lenders. The following extract from the Message of the PRESIDENT we recommend to the especial notice of the Cabinets of Lisbon and Madrid : The first great want of the country, that without answering which all attempts at bettering the present condition of things will prove fruitless, is a complete restoration of the credit and finances of the Federal Government. The source and foundation Of all credit is in the confidence which the Government in spires ; and j:ISt in proportion as that confidence shall be shaken or diminished, will be the distrust among all classes of the com munity, and the derangement anti demoralisation in every branch of business and all the interests of the country. Keep up the standard of good faith and punctuality in the operations of the General Government, and all partial irregulariti: s and disorders will be rectified by the influence of its example ; but suffer that standard to be debased or disturbed, and it is impos sible to foresee. to what a degree of degradation and confusion all financial interests, public and private, may sink. In such a country as this, the representatives of the people have only to will it, and the public credit will be as high as it ever was. There has been another row in , Congress about the Creole affair. Mr. GIDDiNGS, an able and influential Member, astonished the slave-holders and their friends by moving the following series of resolutions, which he afterwards withdrew, in obedience to the wish of the House : RESOLUTIONS ON THE CREOLE CASE. That prior to the adoption of the Federal Constitution each of the' several States composing this Union exercised full and exclusive jurisdiction over the subject of slavery within its own territory, and possessed full power to continue or abolish it at pleasure. That by adopting the-Constitution no part of the aforesaid Powers were delegated to the Federal Government,' but were reserved by and still pertain to each of the several States. That, by the Bth section "of the first article of the Constitu tion, each of the several States surrender to the Federal Go vernment all jurisdiction Over the subjects of commerce and navigation upon the high seas. That slavery being an abridgment of the natural rights of man, cm exist only by force of positive municipal law, and is necessar.lv confined to the territorial jurisdiction of the power creating That when a ship belonging to the citizens of any State of this Union leaves the waters and territory of such State, and enters upon the high seas, the persons on board cease to be subject to the slave laws of such State, and thenceforth are governed in their relations to each other by, and are amenable to, the laws of the United States. That when the brig Creole, en her late passage for New Or leans, left the territorial jurisdiction of Virginia, the slave laws of that State ceased to have • jurisdiction over the persons on board said brig, and such persons became amenable only to the laws of the Lotted States. That the persons on board said ship, in resuming their na tural rights of personal liberty, violated no law of the United States, incurred no legal penalty, and are justly liable to no pu nishment. That all attempts to regain possession of or to re-enslave said persoi.s are unauthorised by the Constitution or laws of the United States, and are incompatible with our national honour. That all attempts to exert our national influence in favour, of the coastwise slave trade, or to place this nation in the atti tude of maintaining a " commerce in human beings," are sub versive of the rights and injurious to the feelings and the in. tcrests of the free States, are unauthorised by the Constitution, and prejudicial to our national character. When these resolutions were withdrawn, a Mr. BATTS, one of the Members. for Virginia, moved the following vote of censure : Whereas, the Hon. Joshua R. Giddings, the member from the sixteenth Congressional district of the State of Ohio, has ' this day presented to this House a series of resolutions, touch ing the most important interests connected with a large portion of the Union, now a subject of negotiation between the United States and Great Britain, of the most delicate nature, the result of which 'may eventually involve those nations, and perhaps the whole civilised world, in a war: and, whereas, the duty of every good citizen, and particularly the duty of every selected agent and representative of the people, should discountenance all efforts to create excitement, dissatisfaction, and division among the people of the United States at such a time and under such circumstances, which is the only effect to be accomplished by the introduction of sentiments before the legislative body of the country hostile to the grounds as sumed by the high functionary.having charge of this important and delicate trust ; and whereas mutiny and murder are therein justified and approved in terms shocking to all sense of law order, and humanity ; therefore Resolved—That the House hold the cOndect of the said member as altogether unwarranted and unwarrantable, and de serving the severe condemnation of the people of this country, and of this body in particular. After a disgraceful squabble of two days, this resolu tion was carried by a majority of 125 votes to 96. Mr . GIDDINGS then rose, took leave of his friends indivi dually, and retired. The venerable ex-President ADAMS was deeply affected, and some of Mr. GIDDINGS' politi cal friends shed tears as he quitted the Hall. He sent his resignation by letter to the Speaker. " Mr. GID DINGS," say the Washington Correspondent of the New York Commercial Advertiser, " is a singularly mild, af fable, modest, retiring person—a man c.f unassuming manners, of unobtrusive character, and remarkably gen tle and quiet in his way of urging his opinions upon those whom he would convince." A living author has observed that " the most timid men in appearance do the boldest things," and perhaps there are not five men in Congress who would have had the moral courage to bring in Mr. GIDDINGS' resolutions. By that daring movement he tore the veil from the gang of Congress conspirators who, under the pretence of vindicating the national honour, only sought to plunge England and the United States in a war, to uphold slavery. Notices have been given for the insertion of many additional clauses in the Railways Bill in Committee ; among others the three proposed by Mr. HARDY, to the effect that carriages with passengers shall be se placed, that the first of them shall be separated from the tender by two or more carriages without any passengers ; that in no case shall two engines be used at the - same time in drawing a train ; and • that carriages with passengers shall hot be propelled by having the engine in the rear. These regulations, we are satisfied, would have a most beneficial result. They would form a protection ' to passengers, and not interfere injuriously with the profits or management of the Company. Every plan for rendering travelling more secure gives additional value to the line ; and the Directors would, therefore, consult their own interests by adopting regulations that could in any way accomplish such a desirable result. The great falling off in the reeeipts of the Brighton, the• Great 'Western, and, indeed, all other railroads, after fatal accidents, is the best proof of this statement. With a little more caution and foresight, many thousand pounds might have been saved ; and, what is still more, the Directors and Superintendents would have escaped the pain and odium incurred by being the cause, how ever unintentionally, df such a melancholy loss of human life. It is hardly necessary, therefore, to say that we cor dially approve of the suggestions made by the Member for Bradford. But what is to be said of the wild propo sition of the successor of Sir ANDREW AGNEW, Mr. PLUMPTRE, to put a stop to all travelling by railroads on Sunday, except in cases of charity or necessity? He should be answered according to his folly, and when his clause is rejected, another should be proposed and carried by acclamation, that it be imperative on all Railway Companies to run at least two trains each way on Sun days. On many lines there is now actually no other means of conveyance, and as this has been the result of the new system, the public should not stiller inconve nience either from the caprice of Directors, or the med dling interference of these Sabbatarians. The people of Scotland, with all their regard fur the observance of Sunday, now admit the necessity of running a certain number of trains before and after Church service. Sir ANDREW AGNEW in that country is left alone in his glory. At the last meeting of the Glasgow and Edinburgh Railway Company, he appeared with the intention of renewing his motion on the subject, but he was compelled to admit that his friends had changed their opinions, and did not think that the subject should be taken up on that occasion. This is highly creditable to the people of Glasgow. There is no news of any political interest in the French Journals received with the exception of the fol lowing from Constantinople:— A letter from Constantinople, published by the Leipsig Allgenteine Zeitung, relates a curious event, of which no men tion is made in the letters received by the last Levant Mail. 6' It had hitherto been the custom , " says the journal, " for the Persian Ambassador to the Sultan to have his board and lodging in an hotel. The same was the case with the Turkish Ambassador at Teheran." Very lately the Turkish Ambassador, has not been well re ceived at Teheran, and the Court of Persia has refused to give him his board and lodging. The Divan has in consequence used reprisals. the Persian having announced this circumstance to his Court, the latter recalled him, and sent in his stead a Consul-General, who is a Christian, a Georgian, and conse quently a Russian subject. This nomination has greatly atarmedthe Porte and the British Ambassador, for this Per sian Consul will be under the protection of the Russiar‘ Am bassador, conformably to the desire of the Shah. Peop!e ask now, whether England can put up with' this, since it is very evident from this fact, that Persia considers the Emperor of Russia as its lord paramount, and consequently that the Shah iswhully dependent on the Czar. This check la the more un pleasant to England, as the English troops have been obliged to retreat from Affghanistan. A letter from Oran 7th inst. states that the late campaign of Major-General de Lamoriciere, had been highly successful. He left Mascara with only four days' provisions, and contrived for twenty-two days to live at the colt of the tunny. He captured 1,700 head of cattle, and made 500 prisoners, among whom was Berkan, Chief Aga of the regular troops of Abd-el. Kader.— Moniteur Parisien. BOURSE—PARIS, TUESDAY, APRIL 19. First Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Prick Price. french 5 per Cents llB SO ... 110 80 ... 118 7i ... 118 €0 4% Per Cents ..... .... 107 50 ... 111 50 ... 107 50 ... 197 50 4 per Cents. .. 101 75 ... 101 75 ... 101 75 ... 101 75 k per Cents Bl 10 .. 81 10 ... 81 5 ... SI 5 Rank of trance .... ....... Lathtte Zank 1.0001. Shares 1022 50 ...1022 50 ...1022 DO ...1e22 50 5,1011. Sharer 8040 ...5040 ...5040 .4040 Belgian 5 per Cents. 5 per Lent:., 1840 104%, ... 1015,, ... 104% ... 104% Sp ina's Ac lye 5556 ... 25% ... 25 1 , 4 ... 1.5 1 A Passive oz. ... 5 ... 4; ... 5 Portuguese 5 per Cents. Bl iii ... 51% ... 31U ... 3154 Neapolitan lO7 50 ... ! . ..1 :.,0 ... lui 15 ... 97 25 Bineen..... ftAli,W A Y sHAREs. St. Germain Vervislies, K. Is 335 ... 335 ... 335 ... 335 L.B 207 50 .. w; zo ... : 3 07 50 ... 207 50 Rouen 525 ... 5 7 5 ...::15 50 593 "-' - - MR 50 ... 51)6 urteens .... ••••••••••• 00000000000 592 •.. Str4sburg to Bale 236 25 ... il7 50 . 236 25 50 DUTCH FUN US.-..AMSTERDAId, Avail. 19. Mones. Birth 5 1 4 Actual Dan. 234 52% Per Cent Jitto, ditto 5 per cc-at. Alum t Syndic,4% I,er cent 9:1 t4 li Ditto, ditto, 3 percent 77 ir, Commerciat Company, .11 r.er cent 155% 156 1 4 Ditto (1635 and 1d37) S per cent. Loan 123'4 5 per cent. . tol ) ,;i ON Exchange on Londen, One month l'2 15 Two months ...... Hamburgh, One month 25 31 it Two months 35 1234 Dutch Papers, April '2O. ?SELO IAN k U Ntib —DaussaLe , APRIL 19. Actual I)ebt,2s,j per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cip n t Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. to3 3 per Cent. — .. OAO) lOO Loan of City, 1v32, 4 per Cent ',4 Soclaty of Cornmvrce,•44per Cent B2 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 7B ph tio.ial Society Exchange on Lundea (short) — —.Brussels Payers, April 19. Thirty.scven , AUSTRIAN FUNDS.--Vmra, APRIL 11,4 fin per CRats. MemiligmC3- 16 73 li'cftr per Ccnts Three wr CLlntsi. Beta Shrscs - ...... 14,1 z, 11.01 BU RGII BO I tSENHALLE, ArRIL 16. _ Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cent - • llO 104', Bank Shares Anglo-Russian Loan IIOV. I:0 Y, Russian 5 Der Cent., Ist series, Certific a t e 10(1% 10.1 , ;,', Inscription, ht cer es lC3),i Russian ti per Cent. Elope and Co., 2d and 4th Series l39k 99 Ditto in Certificates ;94, 99 New 4 per Cent. (1940) 89% .c)% Dutch Actual Debt, '}6 per Cent. ......... _ 51% yi x, Ditto 5 per Cent. Polish Bonds .......... New Tickets. 169% 1 9 Anglo-Danish Loan, 9 per Cent, 79 7R% Spanish, New 5 per Cents. THE BIIIKBECE TESTIMONIAL—We understand that Lord John Russell, the MarquiS of Lansdowne, Earl Fitzwilliam, Lord Dudley Stuart, Lord Monteagle, 111 r. Hume, and Mr. Milner Gibson, are expected to take part in the proceedings of the meeting, which is to be held on Monday, to receive the Report of the Committee for commemorating, by some testimonial, the. eminent ser vices to mankind of the late Dr. Birkbcck. The object con templated is to endow the London University with a Pro fessorship of Machinery and Manufactures, to be called the Birkbcck Professorship. W hether that be the wisest plan of commemorating his worth—whether its name may not soon be forgotten--whether it be not possible that such a Professorship may sink into a sinecure, we offer no opinion ; but we sincerely wish that whatever be done may stimulate other men to labour for the benefit of the many, as did the illustrious man whose . virtues are to be honoured and recorded. His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, though not personally able to attend, will give to the object of the meeting all that support he is ever ready to lend to the cause of human improvement. We anticipate an excellent meeting. ~" MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, THURSDAY EVENING. Although the Bank and another influential broker, made some extensive purchases, the one in Consols and the other in annuities, the prices of the Funds gave way Just before the close of business. No particular cause can be traced fir this decline, beyond the re-action naturally consequent upon a con tinued rise. The prices even now are 2i per cent. above what they were in the middle of March, having been steadily advancing during the whole of the intervening period, and when the present quotation be taken into account, namely, 911 per cent. for a stock bearing three per cent, interest, the only astonishment which can be felt is, that it is so high. Consols left off at. 91i 911 for Money, and 911 91„ for the Account, Bank Stock, 165 116,; India Stock, 243 245; Ex chequer Bills, 37 39 premium. Some little business was transacted in Foreign Securities at the prices of yesterday. Belgian, 103/ 104% • Brazilian, 67 68 • Danish, 8 0 81 ; the Dutch Two-and-a-;Half per Cents. 52% 52i, and the Five per Ceres. , 100% 101. exican has been dropped nearly 2 per cent. to-day, from 38 3 4 39 to 37 37*. The reason assigned is the invasion of the Texian territory, but as the news by the Columbia had already been foreseen, the operations are only to be attributed to Stock Exchangespeculation ; they have been wholly confined to that place, the public having most pertinaciously kept aloof. Railroad Shares are firm. London and Birmin,gham.B7, 89 ; Great Western, 291 301 ; the Half Shares, 14/ 16 premium. Birmingham and Gloucester, 55 57 ; South Western, 601 611; Gosport, 60/ 611 ; North Midland, 69 70 : New, 34 35 ; South Eastern and Dover, 30 301; Eastern Counties, 10 10* ; Blackwall, 12i 12a; the New Shares, l 0 10k ; and Brighton, 37 37* per share The Insolvent Bonds were thus quoted : Portuguese Five per Cents., 37 371; the Three per Cents., 21.4 22* ; bian, 26* 271 ; Spanish Five per Cents., 24* 24i ; the Three per Cents., 251 2;1. It was announced to-day that a highly respectable firm connected with America had suspended its payments; the difficulty , of realising its assets, which are stated to be auffi ciently large to pay all claims in full, is stated to have been the cause of this proceeding. There are no foreign letters beyond those by the Colombia, which add nothing to the voluminous detail Of American intelli gence which appeared in The Sun of to-day. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The purchases in the funds, which were commenced yester day, having been continued to-day, an impetus has been given to the market, though prices remain nominally the same, Consolsbeing 94,911 for Money, and 91% 911 for the Ac count ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 901/ i 901 ; Three and a Half per Cents. Reduced, 991991; New Three-and-a-Hall per Cents., 100 1 / 2 1003 ; Bank Stock, 165 166 ; India Stock, 244 245 ; the Bonds, 18, 21 ; and Exchequer Bills, 37 40 prem. Scarcely anything doing in Foreign Securities. The price of Belgian is 103 k 104/; the Dutch live per Cents., 1003 100 k, and the Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 52/. Considerable fluctuations have occurred in Mexican, in con sequence of the information,below, although very little real business has been done. The opening price was per cent. lower than the quotation of last evening, 39 ; since then it has been 361, and is now 371. The Share Market continues good. Great Western, New, 65k; Fifths, 101; Bristol and Exeter, 45; South Western, 60i ; North Midland, 69 691 ; Edinburgh and Glasgoiv • 511 52 ; Blackwall, 10 1 4; Greenwich, preference, 173 ; , South Eastern, 301 31 ; and Brighton. 37. The Bends of the insolvent Sates are quoted :—Colom bian, 27 ; Portuguese Three per Cents., 211 ; Spanish Bonds, 241; and the Three per Cent. Stock, 25. Money is now so abundant that it is a favour to take it at one per cent. - It will be seen from the American President's Message to Congress, received by the Columbia, that the financial difficul ties of the United States are at length fully acknowledged. It is now some months since Government drafts were protested, and the amount thus still unpaid is fully three million dollars, in addition to the twenty millions of debt alluded to by Mr. Tyler. According to some accounts by this arrival, the States are completely bankrupt, the current expenses being not less than twenty-eight millions annually, including the in tere,t on twenty-four million? of debt, while the revenue de rivable under the Compromise Act to come into operation in July next, will not exceed ten millions : the total national debt will be, it is cAirnated, at the end of 1842, thirty-two mil'ions, bearing an interest of two million three hundred thousand dollars aLnually. The American papers have accounts of the invasion of Texas by the Mexicans, which are evidei tly much exaggerated. The following appear more probably to be correct : According to letters from Tampico, an expedition consisting of 400 or 500 men, with 300 choice dragoons,was to leave San Antonio at the end of February. It was supposed that this force would be able to conquer Bexar, notwithstanding it was expected the Texans would make a strong resistance, on account of the large quan tity of merchandise in the town: In New Leon 2,000 men were organised to operate against Texas, besides cavalry. LivEnroot Co•crox MARKET, APRIL '2O.—A brisk de mand was experienced to-day, prices were firmly maintained, and 6,000 bales were sold, of which Speculators took 1,000, and exporters 600. LIVERPOOL SHARP: MARKET, APRIL 20.—The sales were to a moderate extent ; the three first of the following being in most request, viz.:—Eastern Counties, Debentures, 11/. 11s. Bd. • Ditto, New, 5 1 . 16 s. B d. ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 50E ; London and Birmingham, 178; Glasgow, Paisley, and Green ock, 23 ; Manchester, Bolton, and Bury, 64; Manchester and Birmingham, 28/ ; Manchester and Leeds, 83 ; Ditto, Quar ters, 51x ; and Northern and Eastern, 31. MA tierrEsma STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 20.—We have had a fair business doing, and prices are on the whole firm. Bristol and Exeter, 45 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 51 51i ; Lancaster and Preston 'l' hree-quarter Shares 181 ,• London and South Western , soi ; Manchester and Birmingham, 28 ; Manchester and Leeds Quarters, 5} ; Alliance Bank, 25. CLOSING PRICES BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 166 'lndia Stock ............. 245 3 per Cent Red 9Ol Ditto Bonds lBpre 3 per Cent Cons 9 ll Ditto Old Annuities ... 31 per Cent Red 99 Date New Annuities... New 3t• per Cent New 5 per Cent — Ditto 5001.... 37 pix Long Annuities Zoexpire Ditto Small 37 pm Jan. 1860 ... 121 1 Bank Stock for Acct ...244 Oct 1859........ 12 5-16 India Stock for Acct.... Jan. 1860. .......• iConsols for Acct 914 FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 pet. cent.... Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgmn, 5 pet cent lO4 'Ditto, New Ditto Brazilian Bonds. . Buenos Ayres 6 per ce2 t ;Russian, 5 per cent...... Chilian, ti per cent-- Ditto, Metallic . -- Colombian, 6 pet cent.. ;Spanish, 5 per cent...... 24 Ditto, 1824.. ....... ..... (Ditto, Deferred Danish, 3 per cent — French, 5 per cent. - 4 . —e. Greek, 1 t3:45, 5 per cent — Exchange 1 -•c. Mexican, 5 rer ' French, 3 per cent Bl . —c Ditto, 6 per cent. 1637 Dutch, 24 per cent. , b'2 Pernvian,lB2s, f) per et. ,Ditto, 5 per cent... . 100 i SHARES. Bristol Exeter (70 paid) ...... .. 45 Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) 10% Ditto New Shares ( paid) Ditto Debentures .. Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ...... 52 Great Western ltailway (65 paid) Ditto New Shares (50 paid) ........ 654 Ditto Fifth (4 paid) Hull and Selby (50 paid) 4O . - . :i London and Bri,ghton (50 paid) l liitto Loan Notes (71 paid) London and Blackwall (25 paid) — Ditto New Shares ( paid... London and Birmingham (90) ...... ..- Lundon and Greenwich Railway ; pd) 6 I London and South Western London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) 14 Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ... .. Ditto Quarter Shares ( 2 paid) 54 Manchester and Birmingham (40 paid) ...... 28 North Midland Railway ( MO South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) ...... . • 31 York and North Midland (50 paid) .. .. 94 DISTRESS ING CASE OF SUICIDE.—An inquest was held on Wednesday at the George, High-street, Wapping, be fore Mr. Baker, on the body of Wrn. Macdonald, aged 19, a clerk employed in the London-docks. Caroline Stewart deposed that the deceased occupied lodgings in her house. On Thursday week last the deceased returned home greatly excited, and said that he bad been suspended from his em ployment. He said that whilst engaged in an office in the London-docks during the absence of Mr. Mitchell; the chief clerk, he recollected having committed an error in his books, and went away to the room where they were kept to correct it. When he returned to the office he found Mr. Mitchell there, who reprimanded him for leaving quitted the place with out his leave, and, as a punishment, suspended him. The fol lowingcustody A o l r o ~ a d al i clh e c c e ane m a sed. went for his salary, and whilst waiting f he was accosted by Mr. Mitchell , who declared that if he fo o u r n i l; him loitering about the office he would give him into the Deceased appeared to be much af fected at this treatment, but was afterwards assured by Mr. Chandler, a gentleman connected with the Docks, that he should b e reinstated. Arrangements had been making for deceased's marriage with a young lady to whom he was touch attached, and it was to have taken place a few days ago; but witness observed that since lie received notice of his suspension he took little of his relleer ealjayments„ and gave way to despondency. On Sa turday night last he appears to have taken a large dose of ar senic, and died from the effects of it at eleven o'clock the next morning. Mr. Garratt, surgeon, said that he had made a poet morteni examination of the body, and though he could not po sitively say that the deceased had taken poison, he thought, from the appearance of the intestines that he had taken a large dose of white arsenc. Deceased, on Thursday week last, pur chased twopenny worth of arsenic, ant said it was to destroy rats. Verdict, Temporary Insanity. A (I , putation consisting of Mr. Bell, M.P., Mr. Liddell, i%l. P., Mr. Hodson Hinde, M.P., accompanied by Mr. R. W. 13rindley (Chairman of the Coal Committee), Mr. N. Wood, M. J. Johnson, and Mr. Allhusen, had an imerview yesterday morning with the Chancellor of the Exchequer in Downing-street, on the subject of the proposed alterations in the coal duties. s R v rfj A 0 '3l r •. ' Lra VVI AN D ti bite (i) 4) tilt° gt. " Who runs may read." FORWEGN. Most of the Paris Opposition Journals copy the article of the Courzier Frc.ncais, on the pretended confidential communica tion, by the Emperor of Russia to the Government of the United States; but few or them comment upon it. The Na tional is the only Journal which does so at any length. It be gin; by expressing its belief in the authenticity of the state ment, and proceeds with great gravity to enlarge upon the in dignant remarks which appeared in the Courrier. 't he following statement respecting the national debt of Prussia is not without interest, in connection with the an nouncement of an intended reduction of the rate of interest on public securities in the country. In 1818 the debt was 325 niilikns of crown; (1,235 millions of francs). It is now re duced to 98,900,e00 crowns, or 375,1320,000 f., bearing an in terest of 3% per cent., so that the entire amount of interest paid annually is only 13,153,700 f., Which is a light burden for a population of 15 millions. AL Yam:en Hove, remarks the Okervaleur Belge, is the fourth representative of Belgium who has died a vio:ent or sud den death within two years. M. Bekaert was struck with apoplexy while addressing the Chamber; 11. Lesvigne was found dead in his bed ; M. Hazen' shot himself, and M. 'Van den Hove drowned himself. He is the second deputy for Louvain who has committed suicide during the present Session. PA RLTAIKEIZTAit.Y. The Lords showed themselves energetic men of business last night, and passed the Corn-keeping-out Bill through the Com mittee in the short space of two hours and a halt. The Earl of Stanhope and Lord Beaumont proposed some amendments, bnt on discussion they were defeated, and the Binh. was reported without amendments. It is ordered to be read a third time this day. In the course of the discussion the Marquis of Clanricarde said, in accounting for the much higher protection conceded to wheat than barley or oats, that it was rumoured that the highest rate of duty intended for wheat was 165., but the landlords could not stand that, and therefore the protection for wheat was raised to 205., and the protection for barley and oats left as it was at first proposed. The Earl of Ripon said that story might do in the clubs, but the Cabinet knew better. T heir Lordships rose a.t Eight o'Clock. In the Commons the Election Committee for Wakefield re ported that they had seated Mr. Lascelles, and unseated Mr. Houldsworth. Mr. Wason drew tho attention of the House to the case of Mr. Lucas. but after an explanation from alr. Pakington, that unhappy victim to his own forgetfulness, or to his desire to deceive, obtained not the prayer of his petition. .The Ipswich Committee would not hear him again, and he remains com mitted to Newgate. Mr. Sharman Crawford brought forward his motion for ex tending the suffrage. Several of the Liberal Members spoke energetically in support of the motion. Sir James Graham opposed it, because to admit numbei s into the Constitution would destroy the Peerage. That would be an excellent argument if the Peers could destroy the influence and power of numbers ; but as they cannot do this, to withhold their rights from numbers, will only compel numbers to take their rights. The power of numbers cannot to resisted, and including or excluding them from the Constitution is simply a question whether they shall be admitted quietly, or be admitted by force. The Peers and the Tories cannot keep them out. Sir Robert Peel and Lord Stanley took the same view as Sir James Graham, showing that, however the Whigs may have sought to beguile the people, the Tories are determined to oppress them. The House was occupied with this subject during the whole ever.ing. On a division the numbers were, 226 and 67, Mr. Crawford losing his motion by 150. The House Adjourned at a Quarter past Twelve. PUBLIC OPINION". The Chronicle says,—" The profligate's choice—a short life and a merry one—may be the motto of the faded splendours of Mr. Ferrand's senatorial career. His faction has done with hire, and done for him. Like some of the first invented cannon he was a Treat gun for one explosion of noise and smoke, but now is to be spiked, and turned to baser uses. His long threatened charges, which were to have demolished the Anti- Corn-law League, to have exhibited the real cause of a de clining trade in the ft auds of the manufacturers, and to secure for the working classes their rights and interests, have all eva porated in a withdrawn motion and a tirade against tommy shops." The following is from the Post:—." The vulgar clamour about deception,' which certain of the Whip are endeavour ing to raise against the present Government, amounts, upon examination, to an indirect confession of hastiness and error on the part of those who bring the accusation. The Duke of Wellington's demand for the how, when, and where, or in what words, the alleged deception by the Government was prac tised, has met with no answer. lie has.denied the charge in the most direct manner, and in the same manner challenged the accusers to bring forward the evidence upon which they rely. But they have nothing of the kind to bring forward. Their rejoinder, for so far, has been not only an admission that they cannot substantiate the charge, but a withdrawal of the charge. " The Herald makes the following just and forcible remarks ' on the subject of the Income•tax :—" In this day's Hernia will be found a full abstract of the principal provisions of the Income-tax Bill. Those provisions are, to say the least of them, fearfully inquisitorial, even though they are modified in severity compared with those contained in former Acts. The necessarily hasty consideration we have been able to bestow on them re-Ayes all our anxiety to see the contents of Schedule D greatly modified. To screw out the same rate of duties from income derived from acquired property and from income proceeding from labour, industry, and actively-employed • capital, is unjust, and when viewed in connection with the in quiries which commissioners, assessors, and inspectors will have a right to make into the private affairs of merchants, tradesmen, and professional people, it will constitute a perma nent grievance which must ultimately endanger the existence of the Conservative Government. An effort will surely be made in the House of Commons to modify Schedule D. , and fir Rohert Peel will, if he be wise, yield on this point to a little gentle pressure from without. at is scarcely possib!e to road the provisions of the Bill without a shudder; Set the peo;tle whom it will affect are fully prel ared to make any just sacrifice which their rulers demand; but it is never wise or political to demand a sacrifice which involves a great practical Injustice." We quote the following f••om the Times :—" The Govern ment, in the person of Sir James Graham, has decided that the first of Sir. Ferranti's inquiries is unwise and impracticable, but has consented to a Committee for inquiring into the opera tions, evasions:, and defects'of the present law against the truck s3stem of payments. We earnestly hope that Mr. Ferrand will be able to press this inquiry with the stringency which is due to those poor people whose cause he advocates. His labours have as yet but begun. He must be prepared to find arrayed • against him all the ingenuity, arrogance, and perseverance of alarme.:. self-interest. He must be prepared to force truth front reluctant or intimidated witnesses, to correct misapprehen sions, dispel mystifications, expose equivocations, detect wilful t falsehood. To make an effective speech is one thing—to con duct a prolonged inquiry is another, and one which will far more severely tax his powers, and test his ability to fill that honourable position which he has chosen for himself—the de fence of the working classes." 57,01‘171T—TRADE—COMMERCE. At a meeting of the holders of Spanish Bonds•on Wednes- I day, held at the London Tavern, it was resolved that an in terview should be requested of the Earl of Aberdeen, to set forth their grievances, and the dishonourable conduct of Senor Surra y Hull, the Spanish Minister of' Finance. At the annual dinner of the Printers' Pension Society which took place on Wednesday, it was stated that during last year more than 1,200 journeymen printers had been out of work in the City of London, who had been maintained by the men in employment. Meetings against the Income-tax have been held at Lambeth, Pancras, Barlury, Driffield, Manchester, and Falkirk. Meet ings of the farmers against the tariff in Essex, Cambridgeshire, Maidstone, Berkshire, and Buckinghamshire. STATISTICS. At a meeting of the Statistical Society of London, held last Monday, it wa3 stated that between August, 1840, and De ember, 1841, 204 accidents had occurred, by which 115 per sons were killed, and 295 injured. Of this number 125 took place in the last year, and 79 in the preceding five months, which is a decrease of exactly one-third. NAVAL Alu D IYTXi ][TART. At Chatham the 78th Highland Regiment, known as the Rossbire Buffs, -and containing altogether 1,7u0 men, are now at Gravesend, ready to embark for India. A new composition has just been tested by the Committee of Master Shipwrights at Woolwich Dockyard, to be used in place of the substance with which vessels are at present caulked to render them water-tight; it stood the severest trials, and is said to possess the power of expanding like India rubber in warm climates, and not becoming brittle in cold. Mr. Jeffrey is the inventor. The troop-ship Beulah, recently chartered to convey our troops to Affghanistan, and which ran ashore off Dungeness, by mistaking a wrong light for the light-house, has been un rigged, lightened, and her troops landed, and is likely to be come a complete wreck. ) .: 4 %... irk 4 ) f-tri;l 4 4 e: --:' k ;33 , Vi l .H h '. _ ','•:'e, wr t.":. :: " ~ - i - : ..:-:r1 • irtg, LA - w* AND POLICE, The arrears of cases in the Common Law Courts are as fol low :—Court of Queen's Bench, 94 rules for new trials, and 65 demurrers; Common Pleas, 31 new trials, and. 23 de murrers ; Exchequer; 15 rules for new trials, 16 in the special paper and 11 in the " peremptory paper." An injunction was yesterday moved for by Mr. Hancock against Mr. Hullinandel in the Vice-Chancellor's Court, the former alleging that the latter had pirated his new process of engraving, but :vas refused; the Court, however, giving the plaintiff leave to try his right by an action at law, Frederick Lawrence, clerk of Mr. Price of Bedford-row, was charged at Clerkenwell ou Wednesday with embezzlement of 261. 1 ls. Bd., and committed for trial. Mr. Behnes, who is now executing the statue of the late Lord Chief Baron Joy for the Cathedral of Dublin, and the bust of Lord North for Eton College, is the sculptor who pro• duced the statue of the late Dr. Babington, now in St. Paul's. TSX~.ATh~YCAL. Carlotta Grisi leaves Lendonfor Paris on Thursday next, to fulfil her engagement at the French Opera. Eg Last night Ronconi appeared with Per siani and Guasco, at her Majesty's Theatre, in Lucia di Lammermoor. SPOILTIN G. The Spring races at Paris commence in the Champ-de. Mars on Sunday next, when several prizes will be run for. COITUT-rAsi-nowanx.E. Baroness Brunow, the wife of the Russian Ambassador, gave a splendid ball on Tuesday night, at Ashburnham House, to a brilliant circle of the leading nobility and gentry. The Lady of his Excellency, the French Ambassador, held an assembly on Wednesday night, at Manchester House. It was a splendid reunion of the rank and fashion of the metropolis. The marriage ceremony between the Prince Royal of Sardi nia and the Archduchess Marie Adelaide of Austria, was performed on the 12:11 instant, in the chapel of the Palace of Stonit,igi, near Turin. We are glad to learn that the health of that gallant officer, Sir Edward Blakeney, is quite re-established. L• rd Abinger tool: exercise on Wednesday on horseback, or. the Cliffs at Brighton. Lord Hill is much improved in health, and is able to attend his official duties at the Horse Guards. His Lordship is at tended by Dr. Hair, the surgeon of his regiment, the Blues. IVIISCEL:GAN36OTIS. Mr. Sams, the bookseller, w hose melancholy accident we an nounced in The Sun of Monday, expired on Wednesday at his house in St. James's -street. Prince Esterhazy once replied to a nobleman who boasted that a tenant Lad 5,000 sheep, " that his father could reckon more shepherds." _ . Died at his house, 66, Great King , -street; on the 13th inst., Jolly Paton, Esq,, aged 70 years, long a builder of eminence in this city, and who, in connexion with John Lear. month, Esq., conceived the idea and embarked in the bold and public spirited speculation of feuinfr the greater portion of the estate of Dean from th e l a t e Si r 'John Nesbitt, and has ever since retained his share in that concern, as well as in the build ing and finishing that magnificent bridge across the river of Leith, connecting the undertaking with the city of Edinburgh. Scotsman. There are, at present, about 1,200 persons employed at the Knockmabo q copper mines, county of Waterford, of whom upwards of 900 have taken the temperance pledge. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. THE Dr.RLy.—The speculations on this event, if not so heavy as on Monday, presented some features of considerable impOrtante. The Frederica colt was again `• lord of the ascendant," and from 13 to 2 up to 5 to 1 was backed with un tiring energy. The last cffer was 9 to t only. His coin - panion, Eleus, was at 30 to 1, nominally only. as his friends " hold hard" until the result of his race at Bath shall have transpired; and that this seems next door to a certainty was proved by a bet of 6to 4, and a subsequent offer of 2 to lon him. Of Scott's troop Jack (the Joanna colt) and the Lord of Holderness were the principal performers. Jack bad several active supporters, with a consequent effect on the odds, and his Lordship, by reason of a small outlay and frequent in quiries, was promoted fity per cent. on Monday's quotations. Attila had a few friends at 8 to 1, but the layers were nume rous ; his position at present is not very firm. Auckland and Canadian were again on the decline ; the latter, in Tact, is likely to be displaced by that long-neglected favourite, Robert de Gorham, who was in favour in several quarters, at an ave rage of 22 to 1. The alterations, and all that was important in the betting, was confined to the horses we have specified. THE 2,000 G etsusas STAKES.—A trifling decline in Lord Orford's colt was the only change ; Meteor was backed fre • queritly at 2 to I. The Ches!er Cup was mentioned occasionally, arid a few bets laid ; but the business was not sufficiently definite or extensive to enable Ls to make a formal quotation. We could collect, however, that there was a disposition to back Marshal Souit, and that Belleau was lour or five points worse than on Monday. The Oaks betting was remarkable only for the elevation of Dil-bar to the top of the list, and for unaccepted offers of 9 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's mare. Closing prices : TWO THOUSAND GUINEA STAKES. 2 to 1 agst Air. Bowes' Meteor 7 to 2 agst Lord Orford's Petulance colt 5 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Wise= e -taken. 6 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's lot LORD WESTMINSTER'S DEE STAKES AT CHESTER. 5 to 2 agst Mr. Williams's De Fortibus. DER.BY. 5 to 1 agst Mr. Trelawny's Frederica c—taken 8 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Attila 12 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Jack (Joanna e)—taken 16 to 1 agst Lord Westminster'S Auckland—taken 18 to 1 agst the Duke of Grafton's Canadian—taken 22 to 1 agst Lord Verulam's Robert de Gorliam-taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Dixon's Ballinkeele—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. I3iggs's Eleus 40 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Meteor—taken 40 to 1 agst Mi. G. Clark's Lord of Holdernes.s—taken 45 to 1 agst Air. Rogers's Tiptoe—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Ramshay's Moss Trooper-taken 55) to 1 agst Mr. Aleiklam's Agreeable c 66 to 1 agst Mr. F. Wood's Titnolerin—taken €6 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's Golden Rule—taken 66 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Palinurus— taken 1000 to 12 agst Mr. Gregory's Barrier—taken 200 to 1 agst Mr. Herbert's Nessus—taken 200 to 1 agst Air. Prince's Rookwith—taken 500 to 400 on Ballinkeele agst Eleus—taken OAKS. 8 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Dil-bar—taken 9 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Adela filly 12 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Eliza—taken - BATII AND BRISTOL RACES—WEDNESDAY." The Ladies Cup of 50/., added to a _Sweepstakes of 10 sons.each, h ft. For 3 yrs old, 9st 71b ; 4 yts, list 2th; 5 yrs, list 91b; 6 yrs and aged, 12st. Mares, &c., allowed 3tbs; winners extra. Once tound and a die. (14 Subs.) Mr. Goodman's The Tiger, aged (General Gilbert) 1 Mr. S. Scott nd Greenfinch, 5 yrs Air. W. Sadler's The Conqueror, 3 yrs . Mr. Balchin's Gog, 4 yrs Air. Watson's Virtue, 3 yrs. Won by a neck. The Western Stakes, of 30 sous., h ft, with 20 added. F, t 2 yri old colts, Bst 91b ; and fillies, Bst 61b. The straight hal mile. (15 Subs.) Mr. J. Dixon's Vitella, out of Kittinus, 3 yrs (Owner) • 1 Mr. Treen's Young Lochinvar Mr. Sadler's Decisive 3 • Won by two lengths. Sweepstakes of 1 sou. each, 5 ft. Last half mile. Gentlemen riders. (3 Subs.) Mr. Collett's Gammon Box, 4 yrs, list 91b (Gen. Gilbert) 1 Mr. Foster's Combat, aged, 12at. 2 6t04 on Combat. Won by a neck. The Original 5 soy. Stakes, with 50 added, one mile and a dis. Mr. Isaac Day's m by Nimrod, out of Bush, 5 yrs, walked over The Dyrham Park Handicap of 10 sons. each, h ft., with 20 added ; Gentlemen riders ; mile and half ant! a distance ; (4 Subs.) Capt. Jones named b h Fit zwilliarn, 6 yrs, I Ost, Capt. Pettat 1 Hon. J. Dutton named Bro. to Prizeflower, 6 yrs, list 71b 2 Capt. Freestone's Rough Robin, 5 yrs, lOst 131 b Won by a neck. The Hack Stakes of 3 sovs, each, with 10 added ; winner to be sold for 50/. ; straight half-mile, were won in three heats by Captain Pettat's Victor, 4 yrs (owner), beating Mr. Job son's Frank, 6 yrs, Mr. J. t ixon's Lady Georgina, 5 yrs, Mr. Drew's The Alite, 4 yrs, and two others. The City Cup of 1001., added to a Sweepstakes' 0f , 20 sons. each, h ft, for three yrs old, 7st ; four, 9st 51b ; five. 9st 131 b; six and aged, lOst 4th. A bout two miles and a half. (18 subs.) Lord G. Bentinck's br f Topsail, 3 yr 5.......( W. Howlett) 1 Mr. Biggs's Eleas, by Elis, 3 yrs... 2 Mr. G. W. Blathwayt rm. Greenhorn Boy, 4 yrs .. . ... .....bolted Betting-3 -tol on Eleus. Greenham Boy made severe play for the first mile, where he bolted. Eleus then took up the running at the best pace he could make, but ran " as slow as a pig" to the distance, where Topsail collared him, and, after a fine struggle, eventually won, beating the filly by a head. The Bath Handicap of 20 soya, each, 10 ft, and 5 only if de clared, with 201. added. Mile and a 'ells. (5 Subs.) Mr. J. Day's Railroad, aged, Bst walked over. Handicap of 5 soya. each, 3 ft, it declared, with 50 added. Mr: Sadler's Bellissima, Bst Mr. Hobson's Piccotee, 7st 91b Three others were beaten off a long way. "- The York Stakes were won by Gen. Gilbert's Stork, beat ing Defy, Piccote, and two or three others. DERBY BETTING AFTER THE RACES. 1600 to 100 agst the Frederica colt-10 to 1 taken once 1000 to 10 agst Eleus well as in any other branch of British industry, all of whom bar a common interest to p re v en t the competition of foreigners > s the htme market. STANHOPE. MALMES BURY., BEA UMONT. . • ASSESSED TAXES. TO 7 . 71 E. EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stif f —Having taken on an old man t' clean knives and W l ' in my house, fin. art hour or two in the morning, I wiwished to know bow far I was liable to be taxed for him, a nd put the question to the collector of the district, who, without hesita tion, told me . " he must be returned, and will be charged" domestic servant." You will, Mr. Editor, very greatry ob li g e me, by giving me your opinion in this case. If I really 141 liable, there will be an end of the nld man's labours in 1111 vineyatd; for I certainly will not give one pouod eiglitee!" shillings, or thereabouts, for a few hours assistance in such li q of•service. If this law was intended to suppress the 1 1 1 wretched of the poor, it is a most successful hit, and 0 suited to be a companion of the forthcoming Income-to; which, doubtless, will hurl thousands from their present homes, to tell their sorrows in some of those new gaols and workhouses: with which our very excerent and humane rulers are ki nd enough to busy themselves. Finsbury, April 20. 1842. R. W. [On referring to the claus, " Duties on male servants , the Assexed Taxes Act, our Correspondent will find be is lislag to the charge, if lie pays duties on two other servants, or for any carriage, for mere than one horse kept for riding,or these dra" ing any carriage. If he is not chargeable to any of duties, then the sum of 10s. is pa3able for the occasiou s servant.] COURT CIRCULAR. - The Queen, attended by the Viscountess Jocelyn, took 1 : 1 1 airing yesterday afternoon in an open barouche and four , 3 " visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager, at Marlborough Howe' His Royal Higness Prince Albert rode out on horseback' attended by Colonel Bunverie. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her 310 1 yesterday. Their Royal Hignesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal were taken an airing yesterday afternoon in-a carre and four. The Royal dinner party, at 13uckingham Palace, yesterdet evening, included her Royal. Highness the Duchess of Ken.. Baron Garsdoff, the Saxon Minister, Lady Anne Dawson. Earl of Li4rpool, Earl of Cardigan, Lady Flood, Viscount Jocelyn, Mr. George Edward and the ti° ll. Mrs. Anson, and Lieutenant-Colonel Rotton, 11th Hussars. a Her Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Gloucester an Prince George of Cambridge visited her Majesty the Que ue Dowager yesterday. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Duche ss of Cambridge yesterday, at Cambridge House. Mr. Plumptre, ALP., Sir Edmund Filmer, an d a deputation, had an interview with th e Ch ance ll or o f the P l. chequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downii,g-stre et. Baron Brunow, the Russian Ministe r , t ransacte d busin g ' s° ytsterday, at. the Foreign.office. Mr. It. W. Brandling, chairman, and a deputation 4_ 6 1 Coal Trade Committee, consisting of Mr. N. Wood, Mr. tino„ Taylor, Mr. Johnson, and Mr. Allhusen, accomp a nied by o , t Hodgson Hinde. M.P., Mr. Bell, 111. P., and the Hon. h e Liddell, M.P., had an interview with the Chanc e llor Of tm t. Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-stret e Despatches from the Governor of Canada, and also from t`, l Governors of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, were recei Y " yesterday at the Colonial-office. NATIONAL CONVENTION The Convention met yesterday at nine o'clock, pursuant to adjournment.. nit: names of the Delegates having been called over, Mr. M‘Dow.ahr. read a letter from Mr. Thomas Duncombe, M. P.,rclative to Mr. Sharman Crawford's motion in the house of Commons this evening, and requesting'a deputation from the Convention to wait on hint (Mr. Cluncombe)._,.._ . --:- Mr. Doyle moved, and Mr. F. O'Connor seconded the motto', that a deputation be, at once sent to Mr. DuncoMbe and Mr. M'Pherson, Mr. M‘DOwall, and Mr. Moir; were a - cordingly appointed to wait on the Hon. Member for Finsbury. The Standing Orders were suspended to hear a statement from the Finance Committee respecting the funds in hand. Mr. O'CoNNoR moved that the Report of the Committee be !aken into consideration. After a tong conversation the original motion was withdrawn, and, Mr. O'Connor moved, and Mr. Pitkeathley seconded the motion, that the Finance Committee be instructed to prepare an address to the people, ancf'that the several Delegates be re quested to correspond with their constituents for the purpose of increasing the subscription. This resolution was carried. Mr. BEEZLEY then moved a resolution to the following effect—That it was the opinion of the Convention that some measures should be adopted for the purpose of bringing out more lecturers, and in order to do this it was necessary that the plan of organisation should be allowed in that part of it, which required that one-fourth of the subscrip tions of the members of the Association should be appropriated to the support of the agitation, and that in its stead it should be ordered that 6d. should be paid fix every fifty members, and 3d. few evrry twenty-five members above that number. M. POWELL seconded the motion. After a short conversation, Mr. BEEZLEY withdrew the re solution, and it was resolved that a Committee should be ap pointed to inquire into the subject. A Committee was then appointed, consisting of Mr. O'Con nor, Mr. M'Dowall, and Mr. Lowery. The SECRETARY then read a communication from the At torney-General, respecting an application which had been made to him concerning the convicts, Frost, Williams; and Jones. The application had been made to the Attorney-GeHeral, to allow a deputation to wait upon him. The an swer of the Attorney-General wan, that be had no time to receive such a deputation, but requesting them to communicate by letter. A similar application had been made to Sir James Graham . , and the same reply received. Mr. MORGAN WILLIAMS trusted that they wetuld not allow the matter to rest, but that they would appoint a depu tation to wait on the Attorney-General and Sir James Graham, and that the Committee would demand an audience. The Deputation was then appointed. The Deputation appointed to wait on Mr. Duneombe having returned, Mr. O'CoNNoa moved—" That they do now report." Mr. 11PDowA Lir, replied that they had waited on Mr. Dun combe, who stated that he had seen the letter of Mr. Sharman Crawford in the Nonconformist, but he should refrain from any observation on the subject until the presentation of the National Petition. He further stated that he considered that the party of Mr. Sharman Crawford was acting in a very fac tious manner. Mr. Duncombe wished to have the correspondence of the Convention laid before him. He still hoped that the Ministers would be compelled to hear a deputation at the bar of the House of Commons in support of the charter. He wished the Convention to correspond with him when it was necessary, and he assured the deputation that he would advo cate the principles of the Charter.—(Cheers.) A deputation was then received from the City of London Chartists ; and the deputation stated that they had engaged the Crown and Anchor Tavern for a public meeting, to take place on Tuesday next; and they. therefore, wished the co-operation of the Convention. The services of the Convention were ordered to be placed at the disposal of the deputation. A vote of thanks was then passed to the deputation. Several notices of motions were then given ; arid, on the motion of Air. Feargus O'Connor, ilk. Convention adjourned at Quarter past One, to Nine o'Clock this morning. GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY. Traffic returns fur the week ending April 16, 1842: Passengers ,0799 7 6 Merchandise 495 17 2 £1,295 4 8 Darlington, April 20. W. O'BRIEN, Secretary. PROTEST AGAINST THE SECOND READING OF THE NEW CORN BILL. Dissentient— ]. Because no alteration of the existing duties upon foreign corn ought to have been proposed without luring previously endeavout , d to ascertain by a Parliamentary inquiry at what prices, and in what quantities, it could he imported; and also whether the remunerating prices of corn which is grown at home continue to be the same as they were when the present Corn-law was enacted. 2. Because the protection which agriculture now enjoys is not greater than is requisite, is advantageous to ail classes of the community, and could not be diminished without extreme injustice to those who, under the faith oft ornament, have in vested their capital in the cultivation of land. 3. Because the proposed alteration of the Corn-law would " cause a very considerable decrease of the protection which the present auty a ffords to th e home grower , " as was allowed to be the case by the Minister who recommended that alteration. 4. Because a "very considerable decrease" of the present protection would discourage British agriculture, might render this country dependent upon foreigners for a supply of the first necessary of life, and might, in the event of unfavourable sea soexpose it to the horrors of f am i ne . 7. , Because a " very considerable decrease " of the present protection might produce a permanent depression in the prices of British corn, a corresponding diminution of consumption and expenditure, and a corresponding increase of the distress and discontent which now unhappily prevail. 6. Because the discouragement of British agriculture wod?. be very injurious to the labourers who are rulr-einplo.ied in tillage, and might reduce their wages, which, in many districts, are already much too low to provide for their comfortable sub sistence. 7. Because it is the bounden duty of Parliament to afford due protection to those who are employed in agriculture, as Per Quarter Boston Braintree fliighton Cambridge Chichester Dunmow Grantham Grimsby Hailaham Hitchin Ipswich Lewes Lynn Maidstohe Norwich Let worth liomford Sandwich et ford Wiaticc W'ithrol Varmuntli CORN A VERA GEN. GENEIiAI AVER AOE PRICES OF BRITISH COll l, O Fur the Week ended April 15, 1842, made up from the lictiarl;_. the Inspector. , .. the oiderent Cities and Towns in Englan ,h. Wale:, pet imperial Quarter Wheat A Barter II i I Ilya AVERAGES OF THE LAST gIX WEEKS. ¢ASS Week ending WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. RYE. i BEANS. 1 --- .-_,...... .....—..... .-......-..-. , 1 Mar. 11 18 25 5B 4 26 6 17 4 33 - 4 W 9 3 0 April 1 8 5;3 2 56 •2 19 11 13 10 24 7 : 2 ., 15 59 10 26, 11 19 2 32 0, 30 11 : 0 ,,, IMPERIAL AGO icIiGATE AVERAGE Of THE SIX , ""7, 4 1. -4' o;heat 53.. I . d. Oats ......... 1 , 4 s 9,1.1 8ean5.......•.: ()- lg.' Barley, .20 Is. 9.t. Rye DUTIES OW FOREIGN CORN. ‘,. 5 4, Wheat.... ..... I gd. Oats Uarle22g. 10d. rtye THE MARKETS-YESTERDAY' COLONIAL MARKET. Prices were firm for most kinds of produce, but they'l l. It was tranquil. TEA MARKET. , coy The chmand was steady, and prices film. Company gou, Is. 10d. cash. O P TALOW . — There was a fair business done MARKET at firm rates: P. Y. C 465. 3d. on the spot, and .18s. for delivery. RICE MARKET. Bengal nice in good request at 9s. to lie, per cwt. WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET. „ e ot The supply wAs middling, and the trade good, at the i ts. quotations. Clover, 21. 10s. to 51. Bs. ; Hay, 2/. toll Straw, 1/. 12s. to 1/. 16s. to 8. t O 35 sfi 4 0 3:i 38 3 ..1 37 . 44 29 - .9 4 1 1 . 114 1. 6 24 40 36 40 I 3 6 40 0 $2 44 7 j 20 29 yl 34 38 3. 4 2$ 3 . 2 3 1, 38 40 56 04 36 34 54 34 40 3 6 34 '2 l i F* 33 1:0 3 4 40 44 38 fu 31. 39 13j COUNTRY CORN MARKETS, 1V heat. Barley. i Oats. ! R. to s. s. to i. S. to s. 55 70 22 38 18 22 52 70 i 27. 34 23 29 i+o 18 28 :7 22 28 —Bn-25 16 c 5 125 23 20 23 47 5/ 1 20 31 1 W 25 60 73 1•:8 33 , a 28 56 74 29 33 IS 21 66 72 29 33 i2O 21 50. li7 27 34 120 30 54 60 22 2.4 121 26 59 60 21 281 21 22 61 ti? 6 21 29 59 C. 7 :it; Sil 59. 6L 24 20 - 5 - i iii I ii; 33 3t 24 29 CI 71' 21 34 25 30 r 1 64 32 36 94 2R 57 63 128 34 13 21 51 61 121 .26 19 25 60 C 9 Ito 3t 24 30 24 31 !of 4# j3B 40 1 :)e —April 19 101 °' ' ••••. Bs. t).:. to 9 9 .• • 9 0 0! , , O 0 gf, 7 0 I ~, 6 0 f, • S S gf„ OATS, ErlKllsll ." i ' 2 7 2 I TiSi, ~,.. Foreign SARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter SI ' - 4 ~' --- Srotch and Irish, per Millis. Feeding 3 40 ' BEANS, English . , per Imperial quarter 3B si i', 'rich, t“ ... 34 st 0 Foreign Pussy., English, per Imperial quarter .--- Foreir n Feous, English, per 2bUlb. 42 49 ;,' . •--- Irish OATMEAL, English and ' f ish, per ‘24oltis .. 26 4 i',. INDIAN Coax, per 48011). • SS 0 yd 0 Itva, per Imperial quarter MALT, per Imperial quarter . ............. ........ 4 4b . • .....--,—.... ' 0" ~,,, 1 o - SOUTHAMPTON ELECTION, APRIL 9.0.- -- -L . ,,, l dide, r s of Southampton have been on the look-cut fora e ': fl '''' ,stiO ~,fy to stand with Mr. Alildmay, in the full exPec" - bbrlP7 o Mr. Martin will be unseated, and be disqualified throughe Tart bc from standing again. Unable to take, in a stranger( t o lal, t have resolved upon dragging poor old Mr. Dottin for" le for "''s only man whose wealth and easy disposition are suitai d c ol t ing victimised. Nothing but absolute necessity a°, 11 1 , 00 :11 i .' 0 „. the 'Voiles to the cruelty of hurrying to the grave _, t l, o ,ia i ir• toil of election contests a gentleman whose a ge sou a e , i v firmitieshave brought him to the last stage of decrePi t i ll isepis Dottin is in London, and would gladly be excuseot, el' embrace of his old victimisers, who will only hug li4n hit' pocket. re A most important and beneficial regniati c lo P i ll ing to Chaplains in her Majesty's Navy, is about to ti „ 0 ( 11 . 1 A p 'When those gentlemen qualify and perform the ( I ' l/ :,,, in,Sso instructor and schoolmaster, in ships, they ase to hi „00 , 700 tion to the pay of chaplain, three-fourths of that Ai par` o f naval instructors, and, after a certain period, a ii ° otn b „ 3 l ,si of half-pay. Thus a clergyman of a man- of-Wa i r i o e ,C 1 . 1.01 11 the duties of chaplain and naval instructor, wil l 0 ,-ye, r woe amounting to near 260/. a-year, in addition to b 1,%,,. oil" ~,tte. each of the young gentlemen he educates ; the Is t. ,;istG a '. It ever, most probably be discontinued.— United Set" hiol" 4 ,111 5 C aci , Wednesday night, the family of Mr. St., i dere . ' e pt. the coal-merchant, of the Belvidere-wharf, n e f ej oite.„ ° , l- gy• Lambeth, were thrown into the deepest grief an d . 0 :-- --1 " a t in consequence of the following painful oceurrein'oarreinfe) pears that Mr. Stalalschmidt left. home yesteedY h i t ear r . l ii `;ol an early hour, and was driven by his coachman ( in omi e 10'0:I -to the City, where he remained and transacted s vd , the h e hit/ having previously sent his carriage home. Te w : a rrl n it , ste ing he hired a cab, which was proceeding b ein f e s - jr. r e g,i Pt c leall r through the Uorough, when a friend of his '' k l, s u- ' 0 de other coal-merchant) observed him, as he Pa; cs- 0 11cri t, be stagger and fell back on his seat. He instantly, ~i , „ iate. o s driver, who stop fed the cab, and assisted to ca A rr a i l L ' a c hair, ' surgery of Mr. taallovtay, where he was place" ~„ alO t almost directly expired, fetritt, in al, A few days since the body of 3 rab i c tiro° be the 28 years of age, which had been a conside ~sovet to. _ a t t his water, was found at Horselydown. It was s t i l l e e go, % 0 01 , body of a person who was drowned seven I"°"tlyet been, a tog did not turn out to be the case, and it has r,n o ) 5. e Si i w hite Her linen was marked " 1840, K. A• (1;.,,5, a le a She about 5 feet high, and wore a black spotted ,„ . re r e . bisc i striped petticoat. Only the arms of her g° d, 0 (1 on, i, ea' had a black net silk glove on her le ft I ' 3 o l l the lier . g ar. worsted stocking, but no shoes, The I , e c lan' s of OP tirely gone, and part of the skin also. ' all till the 3., of 5 0 Ibe inquest on her remains stands adjourne d ~,o c e . ..,. A % a ' ''preintell PEDESTRIAN PEAT.-011 ithAll.;rew of the se Forte sovereigns, between Lieutenant Peel (n e Pfegeon of the bOili 114 , depot, stationed at the t in Wll l4; : t i h s e r n f r " leS and Alajor Wynyard of the 58th Regi ril ! k o f wall h , serif' trier undertook to perform the arduous ta' d w as in r y cOO - three hours, was decided. The group m ile. Ave o ss ay from Castleknock-gate to the Phoenix , one ' e ctator s ' „foray wag er, Pf ialee •-• siderable number, principally of fashionabThseP sembled on the occasion. Mr. Peel won in the g iven in.' his work easily, 11 minutes wit h Afe . Freeman's" Journal. i ns ter . te a the The quarterly meeting o f to say ha' n i t s th chanies' Institution (which we are 11eP,11.,. woo d, E t rii , ..,,,, ff e-_ Westm ow e% is e five years) took place on Wednesdaty,n;: • " the affairs ao_tiitureAc'ei;44l chair. A most satisfactory Repo rt anent of the Institution Wzri read wh ich confirmation of a new rule, tn o have the Ifer rts , e dy Ole that of allowing the members t after each q u'r hers b etng ieading-room tables for one mon th ~. by , o _ the l ium_ ,"ss of t he asd adopted unanimously, after weiii.cotih:teAaSlrme.7l3,setatatie:rps'ooair,:taTi:dsv:ri:l4••;thllestite. ing, which, being put. was carrii;cl b 1 The other boi_ u nk , r ar: for the motion, 49, against it, 3. • and a vote of tna. a _ sti t t i h rg rou s g e, l r i , , rated. The Chair,mmu.,,r.. iyiti , t t ie t e o vi t n h i e ng cl h ia a i v r i m nt t b a :e th n e g n o i n e e e . lho memorial _ t. fi e 41 , A WEIGHTY PETITION. sounding d i ..istr.ets, for a total repe a l her ,,,,.,,,, at ,te tn u ac t; nonnced a handsome donation of 251. from Capt. P Manhe. _ r , .. , levee. It bears the signatures of b scut t ee t n o fLnonsisitltolnte I.l,ardpiersestiefffiLaitvuenirpoaollo9::::!;j(osrtne....ri;nl(l..b; lit):rts contributed to ,eansff, eins ter 2 co s 7 s7s i s ci i.g.a : r t soo : o o o4; tii.3,,i(c)oelltelr.i.:Tort}ii,,,eorl , —This remarkable doeumant c r railway costs lbs-,_.ror weighs 961bs. ; and its carriage pe . t is stated that it W. be formed of its bulk when 1 large towns o,,,iiis Salford, h petition, respecting which ou • idea may I . meter -- S e c h jji ld Iris. coil of nearly three feet in ( la • ------ I.ll' 1,c1a% 0 m ayle7,ooo Hodderstieldot. th. On the 19th inst., at Dindcr, Somerset, 'airs. h s t"' of a (laughter. . . ..„, e ii . _ r , New-road, .` _.„ ts On the !nth i:Lii.., at Milton-terrace , . 1 . of a daue v ei B 1 51?: H r i tha . S 4 ' On the 18th inst., at Croxtet , of a son. tlIC.L.dy of A. 3. L. Peebles. Esq., sh9ththileegrouentress of ERPOOL CORN MAIIIEF.L. Wn EAT, Engiilll, NVllite, per Red---- scotch, Wtich, and INlanx -- Irish, White Flea ign W'elah, and scotch, per 451 b..... L. ndoi: Printed z.nd Published by MURDO yo(7 l ' A ill Nu. I ;2, Stram:. at The SUL. Office, No. 112. the County of Middles ex, Friday, April 22. 1842. THE I 4 F •,ALL oeitie the Vrernotin%, 4 kin g ci ; Lar 6 9, Lin e ) Th • lefer VELLI 4,h IRITI ' 4ll Elb !tetftilly in E~tak e pl a , t4 ING, t The ch V S i t AD] Nile WE ‘aterest al pp 11 , Ak v alV 6 peri e 411,) ve 9 'I\11: Verse l'utit. CON] 'ng been to in tin Lriglit, e 1 1 . :if the °f the ~eetin n of to ti gf Ully st a e been ke l.ellee of I nstan ee , , or ap gat the etter p bei d ames II; 20, ] .4111" —Er—r, Aft , and offer ; tti r no istte te , Z t °ll ) is with s: low I 4,7 we t s u li g; i v r e o m t 1 '4 ! .. T . Lao s t, di k t B : l :4 3 : l lT, ' It dies' N 'OLD COX 'Mien de P s , large are ca 4 Nes, and ,Vertical frq case:, )Zgitle:t 11 - .1 h t r detael w e s with arratited , I toi . uetac seco; detael h et k , llo ls vat e 44 l - di ll t.a s; ct ktie h °f the N, /I• S kVEI klio and inj 02 a nted 1 4) B ATA 42, B 't tt , of et oeauti ft 'of Silv er Cal pros extra a y man: '~- ~ ~I ~I are 1 prinei inns e s :ay f i ne so th ~ .. off t b kes—S ri l; 15s. ' ; StrE Fa , ; P 4to; l re .I %l t f (.4 0 lit , er ( !ili t ,Lu rg ti yre';,tsit THE SUN, LOND IN, FR I !AN MORNING. APRIL 22, 1842.