The Sun. — London, England, 1842-04-07 00:00:00

'v. THE WEATHER.—NooN, APRIL 7. ROIAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Tilermomete'r... 50 I Highest 52 I Lowest .... 36 BarometW29.BB.—Wind N.E.—Freezing Point 72 Deg. HIGH WATER• AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning...... 0 minutes after 0. Evening 37 minutes after 0. SN • 4 4 1.14 r, ktront 4 4bition SUS OFFICE, Three o' Clock Mr. WAKLEY is a very intelligent, practical man of business, who, when he speaks of every-day matters, with which he is familiar, deserves all the attention with which he is pretty sure to be listened to ; when, however, he discusses themes which, if not beyond his capacity, are at any rate beyond the range of his sympathies, he convicts himself of egregious folly, and causes us to regret that he is not gifted with that "still tongue," which—as the Psalmist has assured us = " make:ft the wise head." Last night the Hon. Gentleman took upon himself the office of poetical critic, his sole recommendation to which—and he evi dently thought it a very great one —was his utter in competency to the task. But he did more than this. He presumed to sneer at what he called, the " avarice " of literary men. He taunted them wish paying their devotions exclusively at the " shrine of pelf," and abused them in good set terms for not being satisfied with such pecuniary rewards. as Milton gat for his "Paradise Lost." Authors, he seemed to think, should be content, as of old, with their garret and a mutt on -b one . I t was f or publishers to grow rich, and for literary men to starve. It was their vocation—the very thing they were sent into the world to do ; and the legislative measure that should order other Wise, was mere cant—mock-sentiment, which all rational folks should treat with the scorn it de served.. Now, who is he that argues in this heart less, flippant manner ? The very man who has himself driven for years a thriving trade in small lite rature—who, for years, has lived almost exclu sively on the weekly profits of the Lancet, to which he owes all his fame—such as it is—and all his success in life ! The disinterested and lofty indifference to vulgar lucre. which Mr. WAKLEY so eloquently re commended to other literary men, he has certainly not exemplified in his own ca e., Ho 'may preach, but he has yet to practice. Empty praise has not satisfied him; he bas preferred the solid pudding. It was well enough to be the chief writer in the Lancet, but far better to be the weekly recipient of its profits. Had Mr. WARLEY generously and disinterestedly refused to take money for his own literary exertions ; had he rejected with loft disdain the pounds, shillings, and pence that the Lancet poured weekly into. his shy, reluctant pocket ; and con tented himself with the consolati& that " virtue is it: OW.I reward ;"—had he himself acted in this manner, we might have allowed some little weight to his sneers at the " avarice" of authors ; but when we find him driving a thriving trade by his own literary wares, and yet denying the same privilege to less fortunate authors, we are astonished at the cool audacity that dictated his invec tives. But Mr. WAXLEY, it seems, •is not only a moralist, he is also—Heaven bless the mark !—a critic Nay; more. He is a poet as well, having already tried his hand at a 4 ‘ very respectable poem ;" and, moreover, declarad it as his firm belief, that he could spin such lines as WORDWORTH writes, "by the mile.'" God help the man compelled to wade through "a mile'' of the Middlesex Coaxer's poesy I He may depend on if, that it will be the ingest and most wearisome-jour nfy he ever travelled. An Irish bog is bad enough ; bay! what is an Irish bog compared to the dull, dry, leafless desert of Mr. WAKLEY'S imagination ? We have seen several fetters from India, in which tin loss of the army in Aff,;hanistan is directly and indig nantly attributed to the 'disgraceful conduct of General ELPHINSTONE. Without the whole evidence before us, we cannot presume to express a decided opinion ; but if the facts stated in the Bombay and Calcutta Journals be correct, then never did British officer more disgrace himself, and inflict a more, grievous injury upon his country. "It would seem," says the Calcutta man, of the 12th of February, " that the feeble Ex.rmx- STONE quitted the cantonments contrary to the advice of every officer with the force, and we only regret that SHELTON or ANQUETIL had not the moral courage to place him in arrest, when his recreancy became too ap parent to be no longer doubtful. As it was —our very soul sickens to think of the degradation—the force—a force of more than 5,000 British troops—actuallymarchod out un der the protection of the Envoy's assassin, and submitted to his conqueror-orders when to move ani b when to halt, and were murdered and plundered under his eyes and auspices. Then came the yielding up of the ladieS, and the virtual self-delivery up of ELPHINSTONE himself ; and., what allows the besotted nature of the man, although this AKBAR KHAI•I rode with the force while*the pillage and murder were going on, he.lieo not the .pluck to give orders to seize rind shoot him, but obeyed him like a slave amid all the havoc of which he was plainly the instigator." Our own astonishment was certainly great when the news Arrived that AKBAR KHAN was in direct commu nication with General ELPHINSTONE during the slaughter of our troops in the Khoord Cabool Pass, and that al though he had not a thousand followers with him, no attempt was made to • secure his person. Only the greatest incapacity ever exhibited on the part of the Commander of such a forte can rationally account for its entire destruction. Considering the defenceless con dition of the city of Cabool, we do not see how it was possible for it to resist the attack of a British army 5,000 strong, driven by hunger to absolute desperation, pro vided the officer in command of it enjoyed the confi dence of his troops. But this it appears was far from being the case with General EVPIIINSTONE. The very privates thought him no better than an old woman, for whose incapacity they were to be sacrificed. Again,. we quote from the same article in th e Enylis'iman Dr. Brylon says, that even while holding the cantonments General Elphinstone's conduct was despicable as an cfficer, and calculated only to disgust the men ; and he instances the case of his havin g sen t ont 400 of the 44th, and a like number of the 37th, to take s sine guns at the village of Dahmaroo, when they carried the place, and held it for twelve hours against twenty times their own number, when, because no support was sent to them, and their ammunition was failing, they had to spike the guns and retire. On re-entering the cantonments they audibly expressed their disgust, and swore never to fight under such a man again. Prydon says, that the Affghans were such co'ards that they never dared to approact, within a thousand yards of the walls, until Elphinstene's conduct had rendered our men sulky. But under a worthy leader, how soon that originally fine force would have crushed the rebellion ; and bad they been well commanded, even at the last, they would have triumphantly mad.. good their retreat to Jellalabad ; and yet a:1 have been taer.ticed to the miserable incompetency of that one man ! When quitting the encampment at Cabool, General ELPHINSToNE abandoned his gunP, treasure, and the whole of the ammunition of the troops, with the excep tion of* a few rounds a man. So infatuated was ho that he seemed to court destruction. No bedlatnite ever ex hibited half the pusillanimity that he is reported to have done. But how frightful even to contemplate the im mense mass of human misery which the incapacity of this one man occasioned! To give a faint conception of it, we quote the following extract from a letter from Jellalabad, published in the Bombay Times of the Ist of March:— General Elphinstone began treating with the base and treacherous villain who had murdered the Envoy. Four days afterwards (the 29th) a treaty was signed, to the purpose that our troops were to give up the military possession of the country; that the General was to order the officers command ing the different stations to give up their guns, treasure, ma gazines, &e., and that ho s t ages were to b e g i ven f or the fulfil ment of the terms of the treaty. The troops at Cabeol were to retire immediately, notwithstanding the rigours of an Affghan winter. awl the inability of our gallant sepoys to Withstand it. This infamous and ignominious treaty was sent down to General Sale, commanding at Jellalabad, but he re fssed to !ign if. His reply was sent on the evening of the 9th instant, the day the messenger arrived. We heard nothing more till the arrival of Dr. Brydon, wounded and a fugitive, on the afternoon of the 13th inst. His tale announced that our werst predictions had been verified. The ground was covered with snow (in some places three feet deep), and the cold was intense. Akbar Khan did not fail to take a barba rian's advantage of the now prostrate foe. After the first march the whole line was marked by the dead and dying, the wounded and murdered. Thousands of the barbarians stripping the de fenceless, and murdering those who offered resistance, were swarming around our now dispirited troops.. Each day brought a fresh demand from an enemy drunk with the blood of its victims. On the third march Lady Sale was wounded by a match lock ball, and, to complete the humiliation and disgrace, Akbar Khan demanded that the ladies should be given up as prisoners. The gallant General consented, and they were marched hack by 'he "' attn .'''. enemy to Cabeol. The hu.bands refused to aben ion theirwiree, and returned with them. This was a day of humiliation —another was to be destined to wle.le sale butchery. The march lay over the Taft-Kctul, a lofty mountain, difficult of ascent, and almost impassable on account of the depth of snow at the summit. On this the treacherous enemy concentrated a large force, and attacked our troops, who, benumbed with cold , were all, ex cept the Europeans, un able to use their arms. All the native troops perished, and some thousands of camp followers. Women were seen throw ing away their children, while groups were huddl ed together on the snow-drifts, howling with pain. litre is a picture of human misery, such as the unas sistedpainted. Mothers, f rom the imaginatio.l never intensity of their sufferings, and their absolute despair, flinging away their . own children amid the snows of the Cabool mountains ! and groups huddled to gether, and howling with pain ! But when the first burst of_naingled grief and indignation. is over, it marbolt , some consolation to know, that had an officer of ability been at the head of our forces at Cabool, we would now have been as much the masters of that country as we were in- 1839, when we placed the Shah SOOJAII upon the musnud. It was British incom petence in an officer, not British valour or discipline in an army, that succumbed to the treachery and blood thirstiness of the Affghans. Dr. BRYDON'S letter, giving an account of the whole sale slaughter of the troops, and his own miraculous escape to Jellalabad, will be found in another column. It will be read with painful interest. There is not much political news in the French Journals of Tuesday. " On Monday the Chamber of De puties was occupied with the Bill for supplemental credits —an occasion which never fails to elicit from Members a vast number of random statements, remarks, opinions, and suggestions. As something is wanted for almost every branch of the public service, so every fresh de mand is sure to elicit a spurt of opposition which ends in smoke, as the sums are invariably voted. Thus M. MAGUIN on Monday volunteered an eulogium upon. French diplomatists, although no person had said a word against them, and maintained that whenever they dis played less tact than the English, the cause could be traced to the Foreign-office. He was very anxious to know what the Persian mission had been about. M. trizor said that the object of the mission to Persia was to inform the SHAH that his old ally, France, was still alive and merry, and that from the tenor of M. MsoulN's observations, he could see clearly that French diplomatists were not much in the habit of communicating their instructions to bin.. M. TRIERS blamed the Government for not making a safe and well sheltered harbour at Algiers, capable of holding, besides merchant vessels, twenty-five ships-of-the-line, which, in the event of a war with England, would be of immense importance. He assured the Chamber, that whatever England might say she was exceedingly jealous of the conquests France was making in Africa, and that no sacrifices were too great to establish the power of France on an imperishable basis on the Mediterranean• rt was that that would make France the arbitress of the East. Marshal &KILT assured M. "'limns that the harbour at Algiers was in the progress of :onstruction, and that another was to be con 'itructed at Stora, near Philippeville. The Minister •)f Public Works complained of the, many expensive legacies left them by M. TIIIERS' Cabinet, such as the iarbour at Algiers, the walls of Paris, and others, which dressed severely on the country. The ex-Minister -rose o defend himself and his colleagues, but 'half-past six ;clock having arrived the Chamber adjourned. PARIS BOURSE, APRIL 4, HALF-PAST FOUR. The liarket continues without much business doing. For Cash, Fives have risen 15c. ; Threes sc. ; Belgian Fives /; Ditto New i; Spanish *; Neapolitan sc. ; Roman I. For the end ,f the month, Fives and Threes have declined 15c. WAKLEY'S POEMS. N.8.--Mr. Wakley has kindly sent us the following Pastoral Poem," which, he says, is the production he illuded to last night in the House of Commons, when, n answer to an Honourable Member, he observed, .halt he had already " tried" his hand at verse. The Ines do the worthy Coroner great credit. They are xquisitely plaintive and melodious, and very different ndeed from anything.that Wordsworth has yet pro lured. Mr. Wakley. generously promises to sell(' us ,orne more of his poems in a few days. how beautiful the country do appear At this time of the year I Slow down the purling brook the black swan sails, And little fishes wag their little tails ! Phoebus descends to his aquatic prison, Bolting from heaven—but the fault 's not his'n— But solely caused, by Providence so wise, Who bids Apollo set, and Luna rise; And, see, yon work-house on that village green, Where husbands, all without their wives, are seen, Because, by order of some base Whig Lord, Each wife is locked up in a separate ward ! Ah me I I never see a work-house group, But straight I think of stale, tough, horse-leg soup ; Visions of INQUESTS flit across my brain, My tender epigastrum's racked with pair, And nought but Physic sets me right again ! AN .EPIGRAMMATIC CONUNDRUM ON THE POLITICS OF SIR ROBERT PEEL. AMICUS CERTUS IN RE INGERT CERNITURA. Why are the politics of Sir Robert Peel like the Peel of an orange, and many other sorts of Peel BECAUSE They are the Peel Qf Britons weal, Which make the people mutter; And like some other kind of Peel, Fit only for the gutter. Spalding, April 5, 1842, VERAX. MONEY and COM:IIERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The advance which has taken place within the last few days still continues, and Consols are now 901 / for Money, and 90/ 91 for the Account; New Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 1004 ; Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 994 ; Bank Stock 166 for Money, and 167 fur the Account; Exchequer Bills 35 37 prem. Foreign Stocks are lower, with very little doing.• Portuguese Five per Cents., 56i; the Three per Cents., 21 for the Ac count; Peruvian, 17; Spanish Five per Cent. Acti v e B on d s , 25 25a; the 'three per Cent. Stock, 241 25 ; the price of the Dutch Five per Cents., 1001. Railway Shares are firm, and the prices rather higher than yesterday. Great Western, 931; New Shares, 64/ 65 ; South Western, 69 61; Mirth Midland, 70k; and Brighton, 36g 36/. BANK OF ENGLAND. The following notice has to-day been issued by theßank of England:— " April 7, 1842. " Resolved, that the rate of interest on bills of exchange and notes, discounted at the Bank of England, be foui per cent. from this day." The effect of the above has been already anticipated on the Stock Exchange, by the rise which the funds have un dergone. And although the rate of discount has been for some time under 5 per cent. for the first description of coin mercial paper, yet numerous instances have occurred of ad vantage being taken of the Bank rate, to charge the same. The announcement will therefore now oblige the country banks and discounters generally, to reduce their rates proportionably, and thus to a certain extent give relief to a large portion of the commercial interest. Private letters from the various manure, turing districts pre sent but gloomy accounts of the state of business. Prices, which have for some time been below a rerannerating point, not only show no improvement, but a tendency to decline still . further; and at Manchester, the market was so orerstecked with yarns, that the competition to execute some small foreign orders, caused a pr ce to be takers lower than had been known before. The extent of the quantity of goods in the manufac turers' hands, has had a very injurious effect on the home mar ket also, many large wholesale houses in this city, declining to purchase, except for immediate want, under the apprehension that on each succeeding day they will find their neighbours supplied at rates lower than they had bought at. This state of affairs has caused many of the smaller establishments to decline business, and one instance, among many similar, can be mentioned of a house winding up after being but ten months in business, with a loss of nearly five thousand pounds, three of which arose solely from the deprecia tion in the value of their comparatively trifling stock. Intelligence is anxiously looked for from the West Indies, especially from Jamaica, owing to the late accounts of the bad fethng existing among the negroes, as well as the want of re mittances. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per-Share. Great Western Ditto New Ditto Fifths London anc: Brighton ... 50 ...... 364 k ... to London and South Western lB/ 6O London and Croydon ( Trunk)... 134 • 134 NTorthern and Eastern North Midland lOO 7ok to JOINT STOCK BANKS. Colonial 25 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, APRIL 5. 3 per Cent. Consols Three and Half Stock 984 ;Grand Canal Stock ... Ditto Reduced Ditto New 1830... 984 Ditto 4 per cent ... 1 34 per Cent. Debs. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, APRIL 6.—The sales to day were about 4,000 bales. There are no changes to notice in the prices of any of the descriptions. Exporters took about 200 bales American. LIVERPOOL. SHARE MARKET, APRIL 6.—The market was rather brisk, and closed firmly. Eastern Counties Deben tures, 101. I Is. Sd. ; Ditto New, 41. 7s. Bd. to 41. Bs. Bd. ; Edinburgh and. Gla , gow, 48i to 48i ; Grand Junction, 185 to 186 ; Great Western, 93 ' • the half Shares, 64 4 to 65 1 / 2 ; Fifths, 10A ; Lanca s ter and Preston Three-Quarter Shares, 15* ; London and Birmingham, 1744 ; London and Brighton United Company, 36k; Manchester and Leeds, 814; the Quarter Shares, 41; and North Union, 721. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCIIANGE, APRIL 6.—Our market has been very firm to-day. Manchester and Birminghams have advanced 20s. per Share, and are much inquired for. Edinburgh and Glasgow, 49;; Lancaster and Preston, 27 ; Manchester and Leeds Half Shares, 35*; Bank of Manches ter, sa. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, APRIL 7.—Wind this day at noon, N.E. DEAL, APRIL 6.—Wind, N.E., fresh.—Arrd. Northum berland, China ; her Majesty's ship Ta bot, westward. Sld. Quiver, Mediterranean ; Edward Barnett, Gibraltar. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 6.—Wind, N.—Arrd. Ignazo, Sicily. Den Preble, New Orleans ; Liverpool, Josephine, and Ohio, New York ; Alexander Wise, Montreal; Britannia (s), Halifax; Warren, Africa; Charleston, Canton; Johnstone, Cal cutta; Portland to Bombay; Robert Finnie, Lima; Undaunted, Buenos Ayres ; Nautilus, Rio ; Vesto, ' Batavia; Superb, Ja maica • Stirling, Savannah ; Col om b o , B os t on ;Princess Vic toria, Quebec ; Jessamine, Newfoundland. The Scotland, bcund to New York, is ashore near Egre mon t. OFF THE WIGHT, APRIL 6.--Ocean, N. Bedford, Amster dam ; Vestal, Moxey, Malta. Po tyrsmouvii, APRIL 6.—Wind E.N.E., fresh breeze.— Aral. Apurade packet, liemmett, Porto Rico, sld. Feb. 0 4. PLYmouT la, APRIL 6.—Wind N. E.—Sld. Great Britain, Willis. OFF ST. DAvID'S HEAT), AP RlL6.—Australia, S)dney. Coitx, Aram 4.—Sld. Simeon, Hardy, Earbadoes. WELLS, APRIL 6.—The Severn] steamer, of Dublin, Iron Liverpool, was ashore on the Wnolpack Sand, ye' terday, but got cff the f.,llo,,iinpi tide and proceeded. MiLvoitn, APRIL 4.—The Elva, Botson, from Lynn to Drogheda,4s discharging, the cargo being heated. HULL, Arun 6.—The Khan, Camline, from Shields to Copenhagen, was abandoned at sea on the 27th ult., having nine feet of water in her hold; crew saved. Sid. Jesoro, Constantinople. COWES, APRIL 6.—Arrd. Vestal, Moxey, Malta. STANG ATE CREED, APRIL 6.—Aird. Munro, Balfour, Geneva ; Sally, Rye, Ancona. SULDE N DEATH OF SIR Ross MitiloN.—Sir Ross Mahon died suddenly this merning, at his residence, in Ste- Ithen's-veen. lie was to have attended the Garrison Steeple Chase this day ; but when the party with whom he was to pro ceed called at his house, they learned the afflicting circum stances of the suddßn d e mise of the young baronet. Sir Ross Mahon was a. Lieutenant in the 60th Rifie3, and one of the Aides-de-Camp of the Lord-Lieutenant. — Dublin Paper. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY_ EVENING. APRIL 7, _1842. S li 1 II A• 11 T CP I r VE'" "' ' ~.w i • ... - r b , - IN 4d A N D blit 4: 4 4 t t 43 " Who runs may read." .702E10N,, The budget for 1843 gives the following details respecting the diploinatio agents and consuls of France irivarious coun tries. There are in all twenty ambassadors, of whom those at St. Petersburgh and London are allowed salaries of rsoo,ooof. each ; the ambassador at Vienna has 200,000 f. ; Madrid, 120,000 f. ; Constantinople, 100,000 f. ; Turin, 85,000 f. ; Naples, 75,000 f. ; Brussels, 60,000 f. ; Berne, 50,000 f. In addition, there are 21 extraordinary envoyes, of whom the one at Berlin has 100,000 f. ; Mexico and Washington, 80,000 f. each ; Rio Janeiro and the Hague, 70,000 f. ; Buenos Ayres, Frankfort, and Lisbon, 60,000 f. ; Stockholm and Copenhagen, 50,000 f. ; Athens, Dresden, Hanover, and Stutgardt, 45,000 f.; Florence, 40,000 f. ; Carisruhe and Cassel, 30,000 f. ; Darm stadt and Weymar, 25,C;00f. each. There are charges d'affaires at Bogota and Texas, with 35,000 f. each ; 33 secretaries of legation, having from 6 to 10,000 f. salary, and 15 attaches, with 3 to 4,e00f. each. There are 23 consuls-general, of whom the one ni London has 45,000 f. a-)ear. The others are not laid at so high a rate; at Bagdad, for instance, the consul general has 15,000 f. The number of consuls of the first class amounts to 40, with from 12 to 30,000 t. salary; and of the second to 44. Some new consular appointments are, as our readers are aware, proposed in this budget. The whole amount of salaries for diplomatic agents and consuls put down in the budget for 1843 is 2,931,000 f. The French Journals of Tuesday are chiefly on the discussion of Monday in the Chamber of Deputies. They are, however, without interest to the general reader. Two of them have found room to notice the absurd statement of the National, relative to the baptism of the Prince of Wales; not, as 'one would expect, for the purpose of denying the truth of it, and wondering how the National has been so mystified, but to re cord it as a political event of deep importance. Nothing is too absurd for the credulity of French Journalists. The Quotidienne announces that it has received a letter from General Donadieu, stating that, wishing to publish a work, the printer he applied to refused to print it, al!e4,ing as his reasons the new rigorous measures taken against the press, which placed him under the necessity of not printing any work whatever, from fear of prosecution. The Q uotidzenne adds, that it has perused the manuscript, which contains only general views of politics and moral philosophy, and takes this opportunity of repeating its censure of the severity with which the law relative to the responsibility of printers has been en forced, with a view of fettering the press. The Constitutionel has the following news from Africa : Lieut.-Gen, ral Renault having left Mostaganem at the head of 250 chosen n.en to meet a battalion thit'was expected, fell in by chance with a camp of Arabs 4,000 strong, established about six leagues in the interior. Notwithstanding the vast disparity of numbers, the French did not hesitate to attack the enemy, who thus surprised ;were defeated with a loss of five hundred men. Sixty prisoners with their horses fell into our hands. The following financial news is from a Madrid Journal of the 28th of Mirch : —Notwithstanding that the Stock, Exchange has been closed during the last six days, the speculators for the rise have been supposing private bargains amongst themselves at 30, 31, and even 31i per cent. ; but the Five per Cents., without the eight coupons, are only worth 20 per cent., and the Three per Cents. ;as much. The general impression is, that the funds in question must decline from 241 to 25. In a letter from Constantinople of the 17th ult. we find the following :—" The Porte has hitherto held firm on the subject of Omer Pacha,'s nomination as Prince cf the Mountain, and adhered to its customary system of temporising. Several councils have been held, but nothing has been decided. A sort of half measure was conie to yesterday, in osier to save ap pearances. Selim Bey, formerly Mouhassil of Smyrna, is sent as mediator and commi , sioner. It is believed that the dis missal of Omer Pacha is already settled, but no one can say who is to replace him." PARLIAMENTILRY. _ The Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway was forwarded a stage last night, though an attempt was made to impede it. The rule of the House of Commons not to receive petitions against a tax under discussion .t as put to the test by a petition against the mode of levying the income tax, which Lord John Russell presented from the farmers of Roxburghshire, but which be withdrew on the Speaker deciding that it could nut be received. Sir R. Peel graciously added, that he would consider the peculiarities of Scotch farmers. A new writ was issued for Montrose in the room of Mr. Chalmers. Sir C. Napii r gave notice that he will move to exempt offi cers of the army and navy, under the rank of General and Ad miral, from the income tax. In answer to Lord J. Russell, Sir R. Peel said that about 340,0001. of the Canton ransom swelled the revenue returns for the present quarter. 'the House went into a Committee on the Copyright Bill, when its principle was discussed at tome length. Lord Mahon, on whom Mr. Talfourd's mantle has fallen, made a long speech in its favour. Mr. Macaulay took the adverse side. The Bill, however, was carried a considerable way through the Committee, with amendments, the purport of which is to ex tend the term of copyright for seven years after an author's death, or for a whole term of forty-two years, whichever may b•' longest, but which limits it more than Lord Mahon proposed. The Bill occupied the House nearly the whole evening. The Committee is to sit again next Wednesday. The Report on the Corn-keeping, out Bill was brought up, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time this day. A Bill to prevent timber ships from Honduras or North Ame rica loading timber on deck was read a first time. No other business of importance or interest was transacted, and at a Quarter past Twelve the House adjourned. PITEMIC OPINION. The Chronicle, reverting to the question of the income tax, says It is very true that the tax is to be at first only 7d. a pound ; but let the small end of the wedge be once in, it may be driven home much sooner than is nuw generally appre hended. Had the Premier proposed a tax of ten per cent. at first, the cout.try would have been in arms against it. But it is folly to calculate on a continuance of the tax at 7d. a pound. There will never be wanting pretexts for adding to the amount of a tax so convenieot to the fin .neier. The principle accord ing to which the tax is calculated ought to weigh more with the people than the actual amount taken in the first instance, for the principle having been once acquiesced in, it will remain the rule, should the tax be increased." The Times justly and forcibly argues on the glaring in-. equality.of the income tax in the folioµ•ing terms :-- " It is a mere. fallacy to talk of SCOI. per annum being the real available income of those who have but a precarious or life interest to that amount, in the same sense as it is the income of him who draws it steadily from capital : the one can spend it all ; the other, in nine cases out of ten, will have to lay by half of it, to form a provision for himself or his family. The one has really 5001. a year at his command—the other has 2001. or 250/. Should ;we really leave these men as they were before, if we took from each of them 501. a year? Or, to put another case com monly urged, let two different persons lend the same sum of money on virtually the same terms, sn that it shall produce them, say 2001. a year for ten years; the principle of the loan being in both instances, that the lender shall be able in each year to si end a sum of money equal to the interest of the capital so invested, and yet lay by enough to repay him his whole principal by the end of the ten years. This may s or rather must be, the principle of the bargan in both instances. But let the agreements be worded differently; let one man call it a purchase of a terminable annuity for ten years; lot the other carefully sej crate payment of interest from repayment of principal, and make the transaction a loan of money upon interest to be repaid by instalments. The result will be that two persons investing precisely the same sum of money in pre cisely the same way and receiving precisely the same benefits, will pay to the Government the one three per cent. on his whole returns, the other only on that fraction of them which comes to bins in the shape of interest, probably amounting to about one-third or fourth part of the whole ; the one will pay 6/., the other something under 2/., per annum. Now, to say that this kind of inequality is unavoidable—that laws must proceed on broad principles, and that some hard ships must result—that they cannot be avoided entirely—and that their partial avoidance is not worth the complexity and loss that they would occasion—all this, though we think it un true, is yet not unintelligible or palpably absurd ; but to quote any authurity, however high, in support of the opinion that such an inequality created by the tax is not an inequality at all—that such a tax leaves incomes relatively where it found them—to throw up the plea of justification, and put in a bold Not Guilty' is really an insult to the most ordinary under standing:" The - Herald observes, with reference to Mr. Wakley's speech on the copyright question :—" We are grieved to add that Mr. Wakley, who rides much too hot and fast a horse for the steady roads of such a suburban constituency as that of Fins bury involved himsef in sonic dilemma, unworthy of his repu tation as a skilful n aster of fence. How d;d he attempt to en. force his argument that authors of the present day were re munerated beyond all former example ?' In what way did he justify his assertion that ' it was degrading to literature for authors to apply to the House for an extension of protection ?' —thus indicating ' sordid and unworthy motives.' Ile ' un exampled remuneration' be brought home to the guilty heads of such minor ' authors' as Scott, Byron, Southey. Ent how did he prove that men of science were entitled to similar protection ?'—or that `no one would say that their works were not of more consequence to the world than mere literary works ?' Why, by inference irresistible, that such compilations as the Lancet were not thus protected. Shade o f J o h n Aber. nethy I Is this not too much ?" The Post sa)s—" It must be satisfactory to every honest mind to observe that the continual attempts of the Whig-Ra dical party to damage the present Government by dishonour. able means are generally received with derision or disgust. We have no objection to fair controversy, and should be very sorry to see any Government unchecked by a watchful opposition ; but we blush for the kind of oppo,ition with which the present Government is assailed, while we rejoice to find that such opposition is not a whit more successful than it de serves to be. The truth is that facts are too strong for the Whig-Radical party to get ever. • The country is aware of the unfortunate condition to which public affairs had been brought under their weak and wilful guidance, and satisfied that vigorous measures must be taken to restore these affairs to a condition worthy of the great British nation." On the subject of the income tax, the Advertiser observes as follows :—" It is not, we repeat, Lord John Russell's resolu lions v.hich will defeat a scheme so subtlely devised, and sup ported by the whole weight and influence of a selfish aristo cracy, and their nominees in the House of Commons. Other means are necessary to free the State from the thraldom which the Tories have re-established over it. The complete suf frage' movement in Birmingham, proceeds with unceasing vi gour. It has started on a Witt basis, and a safe and secure principle, affirming, in the very outset, that the people might march to their full rights through the forms of constitutional law, and by that moral force which should unite the majority of all clas , es in one grand national union. Ireland, and other parts of the mph e, are proceeding with similar purpose, and on a similar principle. It is to these movements that Lord John Russell should address his attention." BIONEY—TEADE—COMMERCM. An arrangement has been made between the Directors of the Bank of Manchester and the shareholders of the Alliance Bank in that town, by which the entire capital and business of the latter will be made over to the Bank of Manchester on certain conditions agreed to at a meeting of the shareholders of the Alliance Bank, held on Saturday last. On Tuesday, a vessel delivered her cargo, consisting of 1,053 casks and 66 cases of brandy, and 100 bags of clover-seed, in the docks, in the short space of eight hours ! '1 his is, perhaps, one of the quickest deliveries of such a cargo on record in the annals of the port of London. A general session will be held at Guildhall on Saturday next, for the transfer of licenses to persons taking taverns, inns, ale-houses, Rm. in the City of London. Npape t ho i AVAL AND MILITARY. In a Dutch rof sth nst., it is stated that a bottle was picked up on the shore near Wyk, containing two letters, dated the 2d of March, by Captain Thomason of the ship Blair had threatened du r i ng t h e day Adam, in which h e i n f orms hierelations at Perth that the crew overboard. to murder him and throw him TIMATRICAL. Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean appeared as Hamlet and Ophelia last night at the Haymarket. Maine. P:essy made her second ap pearance kit night at the St. James's Theatre, in the comedy of Mademoiselle de Belle-Isle. coulT,T—ra.sur C 27 lag 1.7. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford remain at Oakley House ; Bedfordshire. ' _ The Duke of-Wellington commenced his early daily walks yesterday in the garden at Apsley House, between six and seven o'clock. The Duke and Duchess of Norfolk leave Arundel Castle to• morrow, for town. _ The i)uke and Duchess of Northumberland left NortLumber - land House yesterday, for Cheltenham. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland arrived in town from Lillishall on Tuesday, and left yesterday for Arundel Castle. We regret to. hear that the Duchess Dowager of Richmond is seriously indisposed. The establishment at the Austrian Embassy, Chandos House, is forthwith to be broken up, on account of the resignation of Prince Esterhazy. Lady Peel a: rived in Whitphall Gardens yesterday from Brighton. _ . Lady Stanley has returned to town from Tunbridge Wells. The Marquis of Northampton, as President of the Royal Society, commences hiS soirees on the 7th of the ensuing month. The Marchioness of Londonderry's grand full-dress assembly, to-night, is given by her Ladyship in honour of Ler Majesty's first drawing-room this season. 7...A.Ur AND PDXACCM.- After a host of Counsel had been engaged on both sides in the great Wood cause at Gloucester, an z.t tangement was made between the partiez, the devisees conscnting to pay the heirs at-law 109001., which will cover all the costs, both at law and equity. and have them a small sum. At Liverpool, on the sth inst., Edaord Hardman was con victed of a burglary committed in the k)use of James l'othwell, at Spoland, and also of firing at the prosecutor, with intent to murder him. The Jury recommended him to mercy, and the sentence was deferred. At the same assizes, Robert Woods, Isaac Jacques, and Thomas Molyneuz were ind.cted for the wilful murder of Henry Gra)son. at Windie. The prisoners we•e acquitted, as the Counsel for the prosecution said he could not ask for a verdict on the testimony of the principal witness, a man of the name of Colquitt, who had given some information on the sub ject ten days after the occurrence, when a reward of 150/. had been offered. PrIXSCELLAILVEOUS. The new enti a,-.ee to Hyde Park, called the Albert Gate, was . opened for the convenience of the public yesterday morning at six o'clock. The handsome structure is not yet commenced, but in its place are two lofty wooden gates. Mr. Wilson gave his first morning entertainment on Scottish music and song, at the 'Hanover-square Rooms, yesterday, under the patronage of the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland and the Earl and Countess of Dalhousie. ttfl o URA OFT E DAY. It is currently reported that Lord Keane is about exhibiting an example of noble disinterestedness seldom witnessed at the present day ; being convinced that tee fall of Ghuznee was alone attributable to the ingenuity of a young officer, and that his Lordship's hasty withdrawing of the troops from that country laid the foundation of our subsequent reverses, he has at length resolved u,)on return ng his patent of Nobility into the hands of her Majesty, of which the Queen h:s been graciously pleased to signify her acceptance. We have been given to understand, on authority which we have every reason to trust in, that subsequent to the untimely decease of the late Earl of Munster, a letter written by that unfortunate nobleman was found amongst his papers, and for warded to an illustrious perronage, soliciting the extension to wards his contemplated orphan family of the same allowance from the privy purse as had previously been granted to his Lordship. LITERATURE. THE CASTLES AND ABBEYS OF ENG LAND.. Part 3.--.21/ortimer, London, 1842. We hazarded ay. opinion, w hen the first Part of this woi-k appeared, that the idea was a good one, and very likely to become popular ; and we are glad to learn that our opinion has proved to be a correct one. The work, indeed, is exceedingly attractive, and increases in ink rest as it proceeds. The Part before us contains an ad. mirable engraving of the interior of the Hall of Eltham Palace, as it appeared so long ago as the fourteenth cen tury, together with several other plates illustrative of some of onr noblest Castles and Abbey ruins. The let ter-press portion tif,the. work is got up with great care, and does credit to the_ superintendence of Dr. Beattie. MEETING AT PLYMOUTH AGAINST THE INCOME TAX. TO . THE',F,DITO.R OF THE SUN. Sitt,L--1 have just returned from a completely crammed meeting, held in the Guildhall of this town, and convened by order of the Mayor, for the purpose of considering the proposed measure of Sir R. Peel with regard to the imposition of an income tax, which meeting has lasted from noon till near six o'clock. - The Tories, byinserting paragraph! in their newly started paper, and by, placards posted about the town, in which they . described the tax as one placed upon the rich to the ex clusion of the poor, endvoured to get up the steam an d en li st the . working classes an' their favour. At the meeting . they mustered in all theii- strength ; they soaped over the working men andl exhausted their powers of oratory in proposing and endeavouring toUrry a vote of confidence in the measures of their. pet man, •Sirft. Peel. But alas for their cause ; as before, t vita so notv.iulluryism, :disguise it as they will, whe ther by a settlings C4idaikOep out corn, or by the imposition of an odious i ipsometaxori,4)rt,estanpt be thrust down the throats of the ArniOntla mitaaand a resolution proposed by, would you believe it; a gentleman-who ; has been. a Tory all his life, but who rernAibers the iniquity of the last tax on income, was carried by on overwhehn'ning majority, denouncing the imposi tion of this most unjuit,.inquisitorial, obnoxious andabominable tax in no measured ferasetetill other constituencies be as de ternained.as that ofPlynautith; and Master Double-face will hare to do as he has. threw, stall with the income tax. • I am, 854 A MAN OF PLYMOUTH. Tuesday, Evening, April 5, 1842. • ELECTION COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) WIGAN. Th 4 Committee nuke, the usual hour. The adjourned ca.,e of John Coyle was proceeded with. Mr. &any., un the part of the Petitioners, called witnesses to support the vote, and was addressing the Committee when we went to Iress. GREAT 111ARLOW. The Committee, met at eleven o'clock, Sit J. Y. Buller in the chair. . • The case of Povie, which wag under the consideration of the Committee yesterday, was resumed again to-day. Witnesses were called, who proved that the voter admitted having received money.for his vote. he case was likely tp occupy the attention of the Commit tee during the day. CORN AVERAGEN. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN, For th,t Week ended April I, 1842, made up from the Returns cf the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England ai d Wales, per Imperialeuirter. . Wheat....., 5/s. Bd. Oats .. . ...... lis lld.ltit Beans... ..... 30 , Barley Od. !tie ......... Pee.. ".. Od. AVERAGES" 2I CF TILE LAST SIX WEEKS. Week ending: WHEAT. BARLEV.I OATS. r 'RYE.' . BEANS. PZISE - ..- Feb. 25 t 0 10 March 4 ( 0 0 11 18 25 :.B 4 April 1 ..... . .., b 7 8 23 (1 19 ' 8 8 3 19 1 27 9 19 ' 0 27 . 0 19 1 .2,1: 6 18 4 4%., 2 ;7 11 • IMPERIAL AGORKOATE Ailt - KAG; Oats 18, Barley.. O3. 4c l . I RYe ......... DUTIRS OW POitisiGN Wheat Sd. Oars ....... 193. Batley 2ls. 41. J rt3e ....... . . 194. 3: 1 31 10 t 33 1 3- .10 32 a 32 6 33 3• 31 1:J 33 11 ::6 11 i3O t 31 3 33 •4, 79 a :•2 0 32 5; 30 0 30 0 , OF THE SIX NV rr KS 101.1 !Scans 9 16 o'. 9.1 1 Pease 324 2tl CORN. 91.1 8ean5........ 22 • 9ci, 9d.! Pram l ,i 3d, --- THE MARKETS.....(THIS DAY.) COLONIAL MARKET. The Market remains dull, and the limited business transacted was at barfly previous rates. Rum in good request. Proof Leewards 2s. 4d. per gallon; Brandy dull of sale. TEA MARKET. The Eddings at the public sales were ianguitl, and the prices were rather lower. Company's Concrou offered at Is. 104 d. RI CE Al A RICIT. The demand for East India Rice has been steady, and prices firm. Bengal 9s. 6d. to 12s. per cwt. TALLOW MARKET. • Prices were supported with difficulty. P. Y. Candle offered at 465. 3d. on the 'pot. WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET. There was but a moderate supply, and the demand was very fair at thep resent quotations :—Clover, 21, 10s. to 51.85. ; Hay, 2/. to 41. 4s. ; Straw, 1/. 12s. to lt . 16s. COAL MARKET-. Ships arrived since last maricet day, 2. e. d.l s. d. Adair's Buddle's West Hartley l6 0; Walls End Haswell. ... 2) 0 Cart's Hartley Vast Wylam l3 61 Wall; End Lambton Nelson's West Hartley i6 G;Walls End Morrison ew Tanfield Moor l3 ti, Walls End Stewait's Pontop NNindsor • lt 11 Walls End Caridee 2O 6 Wyban ........ ............... 18 I ,l Walls End Cassop l9 6 Walls End Medley 1: 9, Walls End Hattlenool Walls End Hotspur .......... 15 0,W..11s End lieugli Hall 2O 0 Walls End Killingwortli .. 16 1 6 Walls End Adelaide , Walls End Perkins ...... ...., 15 0 Walls End Tees lietton Walls End Riddell's... ...... 17 6 Wal sE. d "lees Walls End S. Killingworth 13 6, Walls End West Tees l3 0 Walls End Wliarncliik lB 6 Hartley ] to 6 Walls End Belmont IRISH MARKETS. DUBLIN MARKET NOTE for the Week ending APRIL 1. from `27 0 R 14 0 10 0 0 11 6 37 0 1 17 0 13 0 Aver,szt 30 7 14 4 15 9 11 5 12 9 562 Wheat,perbarrsl2t stone.... 327 Bere .._... l6 stole 387 Barley 'l' slow. 423 Oats '4 stmt 0 Flour, per cwt. .. stoue 435 0atmea1....,...,,..,,. A stone Sold to Bakers only. 20,8:4 Cwt. 1' tour 1 9 0 I 'A 0 I ir.o 6 Average price J i V* heat and Flour 55 Od per sack Firsts Thirds m 17s. Od to 24. Od Receipts of Flour, 9 215 ) Seeotos Bales of Do. 23,4591 . lss. Od. to I7 s .00 14 0 ?arca or aaCAD. Quarter'. Loa( 2,4 Hall Quat tern ... 4,(d. Wheat (per 2.04)15C.:°0.111.Kt011‘164A o, ll l. l( itTtrpe A r l i r t i s i t 2 ... 7a. 01, to od Barley (per ICet.)ll 6 13 4 IFlopr (per eat 7 0 i 2 0 Oatmeal (per cwt.)..........,. Od. to 13s, 01 Beef, Gd. to 61.1.-31uttnu,5d. to &I.—Veal, 44,1 to 5.1 Pork, 4d. to sd.—Fresh Bullet, lid. a I2d per lb. rates OF BUTTER. To the Merchants. First Quality .„, SOe ..... ••••••••• Secand 74 I . hi rd Fourth Fifth 44 woo ..... •••• •-• ...... • •••• Sixth CLONMFLL MA IMETS.... April it Pet & wt. To the Como 1. d. New Butter ..... 0 to Oatmeal — 0 Rendered Lard 0 s. d. S . ti. S. t; U 9 0 Hide* Tram) .„ .... .•-• 1 ~ i...: '..4 1' 14 6 Bacot: P , tt5.....,..... 44 ! 40 0 52 j i Heads .. 000000 ........, 21 1 - -- 0 1 , ;,, Bet.. u s 0I —... Ftlilltit...... 18 r, ..... , Per Baird. a apesec d 20 0 01 Harts) , Bere l3 01 (;. ‘4 19 ..• ••••••• f•or , ~ ~KILKENNY MAKKFIS. Wheat s par barrel)2s‘. od. to 33g. Od• beef '• .'1" )1•.... • °'• Cd• '' Os. c Barley 12 0 19 0 Mt trn •••••• ••• • 0 5 0 8 Lists.. 14 0 15 0 rL' .°' i. - «............ ° 4 0 Flour (per bag) 25 0 09 0 '''''' .->......:.. • 0 6 0 7 Butter(per cwt.) 0 0 08 0 c mkt Br , re, .• 0 0 i , Bacon Pigs 45 0 46 0 ' 4 . 1 it DO ( ' ••••..... 0 6 t, 1,, Coals 1 0 1 2 Potatoes , yr. 0 . .; i., 0 u 6 Fleur, Second . C --Household...— V BRUSSELS, A PRIL 4.—'111) king, on the consecra tion of the Archbi s h op o f Nicea, has sent the Grand C or d on o f his order to the C ar di na l A rc hbishop of Malires. At the s ame t A i l m o n e ; lag! d Fe o r n n a t r h i e a same i li o c e e c n as t i o d n i a , his ori Majesty o has pre sen t e d 3d, announces that the consecration of Alonsig. Fernari, the papal internuncio in Belgian had been performed that morning, with extraordinary pomp, in the Cathedral of that City. BARNSTAPLE, APRIL s.—(jitom A CORRES PONDENT. )—ln the London papers 1 observe a paragraph, co pied from the Tory County Press,_ stating that thep e titi on aga i nst the return for the b oroug h of Barnstaple. is withdrawn. Will you be so good as to give an early contradiction to it ; for, not only is the petition no t w ithdrawn, but it will be p rosecu t e d with a very fair chance of unseating one of the sitting Members, LAW IN 1 1 14 -1 , "ALI GENC E INSOLVENT COURT-(THIS DAY) RE JEAN ALEXANDER PHILLIPE WAL 'MARIN, SUED AS COUNT VA L • MA RINO. On last Monday, the peculiar circumstances in which the insolvent was placed wrrebrought before the Court, when it ap peared that he was a person of high scientific attainments, and the inventor of a certain method of generating gas by a much cheaper process than that usually followed. The merit of this this invention had been tested before his Royal High ness tke Duke of Cambridge, and several of the most eminent scientific men of the day, who pronounced mo•t. favourably upon it. It was stated to the Court that the insolvent was in such a state of extreme destitution, that ho was unable to appear on his petition °ving to the wretched state of his dress, when an order was made that he should re ceive 31. to be enabled to come up to be heard. Upon the insolvent entering the box this day, Mr. Commissioner HA alias inquired who acted as his at torney, and having been informed that, it was Mr. Buchannan, he said that gentleman's conduct was wholly inexcusable, in bringing him to-day, as it was Mr. Commissioner Law who heard the commencement of the case, and it was tiefore him it should have been terminated. Mr. \VoonnoFFE said a letter had been addressed to Mr. Mears, the Clerk of the Court, by Air. Commissioner Law, desiring that the case might be brought befo e any of the Learned Commissioners, who might chance to be sitting in Court on the eay whmit was ri, e for hearing. Mr. Commissioner 'lanais said he received a letter yester- . day from Mr. Commissioner Law, expressing surprise that the ease should have been brought on his absence. Mr. Commissioner Law's - letter hawing been produced, t u'ho rising the ease to come on during his absence, 'l'lte•Learned Sitting ComatissioNest. said under those cir cumstances he felt bound to exonerate Mr. Buchanan from the censure which he felt in the first instance inclined to attach to his conduct. M. Estieu, who was a creditor for 2121., applied to have the schedule amended, as his name was inserted for a debt of only 621.—Granted. Mr. C,mmissionor riArtats said as the case had been so fre quently adjourned, a day's delay would be of little consequence, atd he should, therefore, order the case to stand over until his Learned ColLague was sitting. RE JOHN ROSE. The insolvent in this case was dei.cribed as a dealer in plated goods, carrying on business in Whitechapel-road. The amount of debts and liabilities appearing in the schedule exceeded 1,2121. Mr. Knight, of Whitechapel-road, was subjected to a long examination concerning a certain assignment executed by the insolvent in his favour, by which it appeared that it was granted for a loan of 1501. upon property, which realised by sale a much larger sum. The deed had not been executed three clear months before the da'e of the vesting order, and was conse quently legally invalid. Mr. Knight having agreed to pay into Court the balance between the sum lest and that realised, the case was ordered to stand adjourned ge.terally until the contract was fulfilled, after which the insolvent could appear in Court upon two days' notice to be discharged. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY. OLD COUICi. Alfred Flight, a !alloy, boy, was indicted for feloniously stab bing and wounding Charles Swanson, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm, within the liberty of her Majesty's Tower of London. From the evidence of the prosecutor, it appeared, that he and the prisoner were engaged on board a ship called the London. The prisoner w.is an apprentice on board the ship, and the pros( cutor was the ship's cook. On the 2Sth Ja , uary last, the prosecutor and prisoner were engaged in handing bars of hots into the hold of Ole ship. As the tars were handed down they accidentally struck the prisoner once or twice, and be said to the prosecutor " did you ill that for the purpose," and the prosecutor said in answer that be had not. Shortly afterwards another one struck the prisoner, and he took up a log of wood and threw it at the prosecutor, and struck him on the thumb. This was between nine and ten o'clock in the evening. The prisoner went to the mate, and complained of the treatment he had received from the cook; but the mate said, if he did not go about his business, he would give him a d-d good tin ashing. The prisoner then went to the quarter (lea , and the prosecutor followed him. The prisoner got into the rigging out of the way of the cook, but the prosecutor struck him several times with a rope, and the pri soner drew his knife and stabbed the prosecutor in the shoulder. He was taken to a surgeon, and the wound was dressed. He was subsequently taken to the London Hospital. The prisoner was given into custody, when he told the police-officer, that he had stabbed the cook in zelf-defence, as he had been ill-treated byhi _ _ _ Mr. PAYNE, who appeared for the prisoner, addressed the Jury for the defence, and called several witnesses, all of whom gave the prisoler a good character fur mildness of disposition and humanity. Mr. Justice Easxt NE summed up the evidence, and the Jury found the prisoner guilty of assault only. He was sentenced to six months' imprisonment and bard labour. IVEW COUII7'. The cases to-day were uninteresting ; but. as a specimen of life in Loudon, we may state that a policeman, in alluding to a gentleman who keeps a cab, added that he believed the gentle man's mother at the same time keeps a brothel, but then it is one of the highest respectability. POLICE INTELLIGENCE BO W-STREET-(T HIS DAY.) A very well attired man was placed at the bar, charged with stealing a purse, containing 3/. 83. 6d., from a lady in the Adelaide Gallery. Previous to any evidence being taken the prisoner requested Mr. Hall to postpone the case for a few hours, till the arrival of his solicitor, for whom he had sent that morning. As the witnesses in the case, however, were ♦ery numerous, and it would be inconvenient for them to stay, his request was not granted. The witnesses in this pickpocket case were very numerous, but as the prosccuirix's eviaence will sufficiently exp'ain the charge, we content ours lees with giving it. Mary Henson, the prssccutrix, a talkative miitile-aged lady, stated, with many circumlocutions, that last- evening, about a quarter to nine, she w a s i n th e Adelaide Gallery, hearing the little Sappho sing. - Whist standing there, she felt some one pick her pocket, and perceived that her purse, containing 3/. tis. 6d., was gone ; she suspected the piisoner, and Wowed him. When he got to the end of the Gallery he made a bolt, whereupon she laid hold of him ; he dragged her down the stairs. She then threw herself in his way, and prevented. his egress, at the same time calling fur assistance, when he threw the purse over the bannisters. Assistance soon arrived, and the constable took him into custody. The next witness was the stout; gallant, little, old gentle miin, with black coat, vest, and unwhisperables, and - their in variable accompaniment, a white neckerchief, who went to the lady's assistance.. Then came the pert, olly-looking servant girl who picked up the purse. _ _ Titen came the good-looking, knowing, officious young man, with Sir Peter Laurie's abomination hair, whiskers, cravat, and Taglioni. Then came the tall policeman, who did not know the pri soner, but who had suspected him all the time ; who stated that gentlemen like him went much ab.tut just now to Ade laide Galleries, Polytechnic Institutions, and Pantheons ; who searched the prisoner, and who found on him l Is. in money, a breast pin, and a penknife, such as is used to cut ladies' pockets. Three or four witnesses next rushed forward, anxious to be heard, but, much to their apparent disappointment, they were informed that the case was sufficiently proved, and that their evidence would not be required. Amongst the aspirants for the ho.,our of bearing testimony in this case, we plainly ob served tho prosecutvix's husband, a fat, paternal old gen tleman, whose countenance indicated the most dreadful abhorrence at any man who could think of committing a robbery in an illegitimate way. The el.!est son, the prop and pride of the family, whose hints tendered . on more than one occasion to his mamma exhibited his desire that everything should be done properly. 'I he eldest daughter, a good-looking young lady, who would fain be examined to show how much better she could do it than her mamma, and her youngest son, who came there to get a little insight into police business. Another old gentleman who came second to the assistance of the lady; and another buckish mittdle aged gentleman, with his hair so, stiffly curled; as almost to raise him from the ground, who was anxious to explain every thing, but who was not allowed to say anything. The prisoner was committed for trial. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. (THIS DAY.) John Pearce, a middle-aged man, very respectably dressed, was placed at the bar charged with the following robbery : Mr. John Henry Heaney, of the Britannia public-house, Berwick-street, Soho, stated, that last night the prisoner came to his house and engaged a bed for the night. On his coming down stairs this morning, an alteration teas noticed in his size, which, exciting suspicion, the prisoner was prevented from going away, and, on examining the room he had slept in, one of the blankets was missing from off the bed. On searching him, it was found wrapped ro;:nd his waist. Mr. Ilminwrcx. (the presiding Magistrate)—Frisoner, do you wish to say anything in answer to this charge? Prisoner— ! Why, Sir, what can I say ? The blanket was found wrapped round my waist. He wtis fully committed. Numerous public-houses in the neighbourhood, have been robbed under similar circumstances. James Matthews, a sharp, knowing boy, about 13 years of age, who is known to the police as one of a gang of young thieves infesting Regent-street and the vicinity, was committed to take his trial at the present sittings of the Central Criminal Court, charged with being concerned in the following daring robbery. Between eight and nine o'clot k this morning, the prisoner, in company with another boy much younger than himself, were seen lurking about and watching the shop of Mr. Daniel Bay, of No. 48, R.-gent-street, Mackintosh cloak, &c., manufacturer, and at length the younger boy crept into the shop on his hands and knees, ,and very adroitly reached down two Mackintosh cloaks, of the value of W. lOs, each, with which he crawled into the street, and having given them to the pri • soner, was making off together, but Mr. Box's shopman having been informed of what had occurred, p ursue d, ca lli ng " S top thief, on which the prisoner threw down the stolen property, but nearly at the same instant was taken into custody. The other boy, however, managed to escape. The prisoner, on being asked if he wished to say anything in his defence, replied saucily, " Not a bit of it, your Worship ;" and as he was being led to the lock-up cells, _he began singing the n o ted fl as h song of "And I shall go up Holborn-11.11," &c. Ann Coates, a young woman of very dissipated appearance, was remanded on a charge of having stripped a furnished room she had taken on Thursday last, at the house of Mr. Green, of No. 35, Berwick-street, Soho, undertaker, of every porta ble article it contained, even to the carpet, and six large framed oil paintings. The property was found pledged in the neighbourhood. She began clearing the room on Friday morning last. CLERKEN WELL.-(THIS DAY.) VIOLENT ASSAULT.--James Hopkins, a middle-aged man, was brought bekre Mr. Gret nwood this morning, charged under the following circumstances. • A man named Nightingale came forward, and deposed that between eleven and twelve last night he was alarmed by the cries of a female, and running to th e h ouse w h ence they pro ceeded, No. 4.lield lane, Saffron-hill, found a number of fe males, in a state cf great excitement, outside the door. On going in he was informed by a female, that the prisoner had burst in the door, which had been fastened with an iron and v ooden bolt, thrown the mistress of the house on the floor in a my savage manner, and was about committing violence on her person, when the informant seized him, and with o th er females, held the pri soner until the police arrived. He was infrrmed that the per son on whom the assault was committed, Susan Wall, is in a very dangerous state. She keeps a lodging-house, and is a . very decent, well-condu c t e d woman. Ih e doctor was not as ' yet able to attend. The prisoner was remanded until the certificate of the medi cal gentleman could be obtained. • We deeply regret, and we are sure that our readers Vl i 1 I join in our feelings to record the death, at Hard wick Hall, on Tuesd a y l as t , of John Cottingliam, Esq., for many years agent to his Grace the Duke of Devonshire. —Derbyshire Chronicle, UNION .TALL-(THIS DAY.) John Simmons, dressed in fashionable style, was charged with robbing 111 r. Duck&ld, foreman o? Deptford Dockyard, of a watch. . The compla;n-ant said that on the preceding evening he stopped in Wellington-street, near London-bridge, to see the wax•.wc.rk exhibition. While he stood gazing up at the figures he was surrounded by several well dressed men, one of whom (the prisoner) caught him round the waist with one hand while with the other he jerked his watch out of his fob pocket, and then rushed away. Complainant, however, caught hold of the tails of his coat and held him until it policeman came up, but the watch was not re covered, there being several of the " swell mob!.' about at the time, and one of the witnesses said that be distinctly saw•the prisoner pass it to another man. He was committed. DESTRUCTION OF THE BRIT;SH ARMY IN CABOOL. We have been favoured with the following interesting letter from the only uncaptured survivor of the Caboul army—Dr. Brydon. It is addressed to his brother, and dated Jellalabad, January 20 : " Sly dear Tom,—Here I am at this place, all safe, but not all sound, having received three wounds on the head, len. hand, and knee. I have lost everything I had in the world ; but my life has been saved in a most wonderful manner, and I am the only Euro;lean who has escaped from the Cabool army (although we hate heard of two having been taken by the enmy, it is very doubtful if they wilt be spared). Two natives only have reached this place, making, with myself, three persons out of an army of 13,000. " I got on very well till within about 50 mi'es of this, with the exception of losing all my baggage, &c. I then lost the horse on which I was riding. Having taken one of my ser vants, who was wounded, up behind me, we fell rather too far in the rear, when he was pulled off from behind, and I fell with him. I was instantly felled to the earth with the blow of a large knife, which wounded me in the head. I, how ever, managed to avert the second blow, by receiving my enemy's hand on the edge of my sword, by which his hand was somewhat damaged, and he dropped his knife, and made off as fast as he could, and I, following his good example, managed to reach the main body, minus my horse, cap, and shoe, which last I lest in the !now. I was then trudging along holding fast by the tail of another officer's horse, when a native, who was riding close by, said that he could ride no further, and told me to take his horse, which I did without delay. Ido not know who the man was, as it was quite dark at the time, but the saddle must have belonged to-an Affghan. 1 now got to the front, where I found a number of officers, who determined to push on, as the men would obey no orders, and were halting every minute. We travelled on slowly ad night, fired at occa sionally from the sides of the hills, and found ourselves at day break about 30 miles from this, our party consisting of only seven officers, five European soldiers, and myself, the rest hav ing lost us in the dark, and gone by some other road. "At about ten A.M. we were attacked and surrounded on all sides by horsemen: three officers and the five Europeans were here killed. One of the officers was Lieutenant Bird, of the Madras army, who fell close by my side. I with the re maining four got clear of the horsemen, and pushed on ; three of our party being well mounted, left the fourth and myself far in the rear, when he, after coming on some way, said his horse was done up, and that he would - hide until night, for which purpose he lett me about four miles from this. He was taken and killed. " I proceeded slowly for a short time, when I saw a great many people running towards me in all directions. I waited until they got pretty close, and then pushed my horse into a gallop and ran the gauntlet for about two miles under a shower of large stones, sticks, and , a few shots, in which I had my sword broken by a stone, my horse shot in the spine close to the tail, and my body bruised all wier by the stories. I was now attacked by a horseman, who left a party of about six, whom I saw leading away one of our officers' horses who had gone on ahead ; these three were killed ; and having nothing to defend myself with, and my horse being quite done up, he wounded me on the knee and hand, when seeing me sto,,p down he galloped away as fast he could, thinking; 1 suppose,•that I was looking for a pistol. I now proceeded unmolested, and arrived here about one o'clock, quite done up, as was also my poor horse, who lost the use of his hind legs next day, arid died two days after without ever getting up after his arrival. If you rec(ive this, let them know at home that I am alive, as 1 have not been able to write since October last, and perhaps we shall not have the road open • when the next overland starts. Since arriving here I have had three shirts, three pair of socks, a jariket, and a pair of trousers given to me. A very fine stock, you will ray ; how., ever, it must do until I can get another outfit. Write to me and let me know the news from home.—Your affectionate brother, " WILLIAM BRYDON. . _ _ " I arrived here about noon oh the 13th. Alllnr ther particulars you will find in the papers, so I can write no more at preser.t, it being awkward holding my paper whilst writing." THE ARAIY. The Ist division of the 29th Regiment will sail from Graves end on Saturday next, en board the ships Beulah and Eliza beth. The 2d division will embark on the Ibth inst. in the Thomas Lowry, Glenelg, and Charles Kerr. The regiment has complaec: its numbers to its new establishment of 1,000 rank and file. Taoors FOR lint.►.—On Tuesday afternoon a portion of the 78tit flighlanders arrived at Euston-square by the Birming ham Railway, from Dubin, and forthwith proceeded through the City to Blackwall, where they embarked on board a steamer for Gravesend. Yesterday they reached Cantee4ury, where they will remain fiat their embarkation for India, which will, it is expected, take place in a few days. The men were in excel lent condition, and were loudly cheered in their progress through the numerous streets. T}l ' E Scoxs GREYS-. —This regiment marched from Brighton on Twsday for Exeter. In consequence of the recent dis asters in India, Brighton will be !or some time without a cavalry regiment, and the barracks will be occupied by the depot of the 19th Foot. INCREASE OF THE A amY.—Lieutenant-Ceneral Sir Henry Hardinge, Secretary at War, Lord Fi:zroy Somerset, and Sir Willoughby Gordon, Quarter-master General, a-e • indefa • tigable in their exertions, at head. quarters, to facilitate the embarkation of • the reinforcements for India. The mi litary arrangements completed at the Horse Guards, up to yesterday, are as follows : —The 2Ath, 23d, 45th, 7ht. 97th, and Ist battalion of Rifle Brigade, are to form ther experimental battalions, and to be augmented to 1,200 men each, by volunteers, at a bounty of 1/.ls. The 10th, 29 t h, at Weedon ; 78,h, which reached 11 , 3 chester on Tuesday ; 84th, 86th, and 23th, from the Cape, emb.trlc for India, their eAa blishments to be completed from 800 to 1,000 men. Orders have been sent to Plymouth t ) fit out the Resi.!ance, as-a troop ship, and it is expected the 10th will embark in her. GREAI NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY. Traffic l'eturns for the weak ending April 2, 1842: Passengers - • .E 827. 7 6 Merchandise 446 10 3 £1,273 17 9 Darlington, April 6. W. O'BRIEN, Secretary. NEW THEATRICAL FUND.—It is not, we believe, generally known that the benevolent funds connected with Drury Lane and Covent Garden Theatres are rigidly limited to those actors who have for a certain number of seasons been attached to one or other of those establishments, and no one is allowed to participate in their objects whose salaries have been below a given amount., To obviate this, the members of the Queen's Theatre have farmed an Institution, ca led " The Queen's Theatrical Provident Fund," and vt hieh is libera ly thrown open to all utemiers of the theatrical profession, se curing to them in the decline of life, or when incapacitated by age or accident, a refuge from destitution and the bit!erne:,s of dependence on others fur casual support. We understand this meritorious Institution is going on most prosperously, and that . the originators may succeed in their praiseworthy endeavours we sincerely desire ; nor do we the less warmly hope that the wealthy will forward their subscriptions in order to affect this desirable object, by which a number of persons will be saved fiom want who have, in one shape or other, contributed to the amusement et' a large portion of the public. THE LITTLE 1V E9TERN.—NARROW ESCAPE.—The splendid new ,steamer Little Western left llamsgate harbour on Monday morning last, at ten o'clock, with a fair complement of passengers, and when off the North Foreland, the wind blow ing fresh from the eastward, some accident happened to the machinery of one of her paddles (as stated' by the crew on board), in consequence of which she bet ame perfectly un manageable, and was fa-t drifting on ate shore. The sea • was running at the time exceedingly high, and the de struction of this splendid steamer seemed inevitable. In emergency she cast anchor, but was immediately driven from her moorings,_ and lost her anc h or. Sh e was fast drifting on the rocks oflKisgsgate, when the Belfast steamer, from Calais to London, seeing her danger, and the signals of dis tress boLted, bore rapidly down to her rescue, and when nearly on the rocks, succeeded in towing her, about three o'clock in the afternoon, into smooth water off the Iteculvers. She then, having come alongside of her, took all the pas sengers on board, and landed them safely at a late hour at Lon don-bridge the same evening. DETERMINED SUICIDE.—About three o'clock this morning, the family of Mr. Jones, covikeeper, No. 22, Cross street, Blackfriars-road, were aroused by a noise resembling a rattling in the throat, proceeding from a baroom in the same house, in the occupation of a young woman named El Zi Eaton. On proceeding to the chamber, the deceased was found suffering from the effects of arsenic, and with some difficulty was removed to St. Thomas's Hospital, when, notwithstanding every exertion on the part of the medical gentleman, she soon afterwards expired. This is no less than the fourth time the deceased 14s attempted self-des' ruction. SUDDEN DEATH.—Between eight and nine o'clock this morning, the following awful instance of the uncertain t. nut e of human life occurred in the family of Mr. John Luken, of No. 3, Ebury-square(nekt door to the Flask Tavern), Pim lico. Mrs. Luken, who is the mother of a large family, was attend.ng to some domestic duties, surrounded by most of her children, and apparently in her usual state of good health, when she suddenly complained of a severe pain in the head, and nearly instantly fell senseless on the floor, and before she could be raised up had ceased to exist. Her death is attributed to an affection of the heart. It is only a few days since that Mr. Brown, the proprietor of the Flask Tavern, expired under somewhat similar circumstances. THE HAGUE, APRIL 4.—Well-informed persons affirm that a numerous list of promotions in the Army will shortly appear. We are assured that among the projects of law which the Government is preparing, there is one respecting the construction of an iron railway from Maestricht to the Prussian frontier, with a branch to the coal mines of Perterade. BERLIN, APRIL I.—The tenth number of the Bulletin of the Laws is published to-day, which containg his Majesty's Cabinet Order of the 27th of last month, respecting the conversion of the Staatschuldseheire and the reduction of the interest on them from 4 to 31 . E per cent. " THE PRINCE OF WA L E S TAP • "—LT he monument at the King's Cross is now opened as a beer-shop under the above title. The great gas , ky drayma n representative of his la .istosbusept7tlluedtedd.°wn' and the you ng Prince l o y e a jel George f l of ales eo r in i tir robes b Th e General Steam Navigation Company's packet Wilberforce, Captain Stranack, that arrived this morning from Antwerp, performed the passage again in nineteen hours. She brought the Belgian papers of Wednesday. Lord Stanley has refused to recommend the ces sion of the sovereignty of the Chatham Is'ands to the town of Hamborgb , and has attached them as dependencits to the Go vei nment of New Zealand. We are happy to state on the authority of a private letter to a highly respectable house in this town, dated the 19th of February, two days later than the published accounts, that " the hlpes entertained, in reference to the safety of the prisoners at Cabool, were rather brightening."—Licerpcol Courier. PICCADILLY IMPROVEMENTS.—The Commissioners of Woods and Forests, it is said, have decided on limiting the improvements consequent on the removal of t'ne Ranger's lodge in the Green Park, to the formation of a gravel walk, in con tinuation-of the present one from Hyde Yank-corner, and the substitution o f an iron railing and dwarf Hall, instead of the present blank wall. There is no intention of erecting a terrace from Hyde P ar k- corner to Devonshire House, on the site of the Green Park. THE LA TE MURDER ArW SUII2IDE NEAR- Bt:1STOL• itb The adjourned inquest on ths bodies of Samuel and E e , t Cook, who were f eu d on t h e morning of Thursday the .rot ult., with their -threats cut, at a cottage on Kings;vo o,l , l l ite near Bristol, was resumed on Tuesday, before W , Esq., Coroner fur the county, at the Ki^g's Arms Inn. rata As on the former occasion the investigation seemed to much interest, and a nu m b er o f t h e i nha bi tants o f the v" ° and neighbourood assembled i front o the n. The first witness calked wan f Aaron Batt in , who i s having had a conversation with the murderer, Samuel Cootio few days since. Batt said the dec e a se d a p peare d in a ea,' ° la. state of mind, and spoke to him as rationally as any man e to A woman named Lucy, who oc cup i e d a h ous e belogn i t ries deceased, also deposed to her belief that he w as not out mind. She destrtbed him as being a very kind brother, 10 very respectable man, and spoke to instances in whieh; " I 6to one or two days of his death, he had shown acts of kintin°,,, the sister Edith Cook. The sister was 'quarrelsome and a 0 , ;%,g vating, and on Tuesday accused him of having broken Joy purposely. He told her she was telling wilful lies, but ,s!' he se in a paFsion and persisted, and he then s aid she snow," nin e her own way. He was sitting over the fire at the time, ie 4 i - t l l his head down upon his hand, and she raised a poke l i, b ee which she was in the act of trimming the fire, and strt",,i s t on the hand. According to the witness he made no "'Tees of this. Never heard him before th e n s p ea k anerilY eetlm but she would often answer him et ossly. She was dissate and v;ould argue with him. By the Foreman of the Jury—Never saw anything iu iw b e i : l l that appeared as if he was out of his mind at all. - .On• spoke very reasonably. eil• Elizabeth Fry, the wife of a labourer, residing ui t r ho se loge, proved that3he was at Co o k' s c ott age f u r severi ble dating the Wednesday, wh en th e y seeme d ver y ceinfnr t ,b,iAg gether, and did not quarrel at. all. Edith complained et abou t in great pain, end said, " I'msor Sam" troubled very mu' she her, and had been in and out of bed all night with her. sti , , had begged him not to trouble himself, but he would-do I d rio t said he wanted her to have Dr. Briggs to her, but slid o ld like to do so, as if he was to put on a blister on her hip see nB ele not endure the pairs of, it. 'f he sister was at this time u , did to stand without holding by the mantel...piece, and wi tness not believe that she could walk at all. Witness recounn` o et her to get some herbs and put to her hip, and the brother . ; „ e i out and got the herbs and made the dressing, and wilne s a r ele it on the sis'er's pei son. The brother seemed quite reasertoo at this time. At about a quarter-past seven o'clock % s ip went. away. Samuel told her to come betimes next 1 0.- but his sister said the afternoon heatwold do. e ota' William Willis, labourer, said ent on Wednesdase bee ing to give a mess ;ge to Cook about the price of some ti u ut t eert He sate Edith in the garden, and told her to tell her br to but ehe said, I will not. What is the use of talking j o t crazy man ? lam afraid to 'bide in the house with. bite, he said he would kill me." , In answer to a question by th e 'J ury, h e sa id he ' a- e sr. struck by the remark of the sister at all as persona often q relied in the neighbsurhood. Diet not tell any one of it feel eel Arthur Stone (a brother-in-l aw ' t o th e C oo k s ), el 2te t i g itell about twenty-one years ago Co o k rece i ve d powe rful re a or impressions, which made him for several years low °U c ote' happy. About ten years ago, both he and his si-ter, in et e . l mon with other members of the family, were afflicted t,0,1, " heavy fever." Site went out of her mind for a wh ile e ll' pletely, and he had since been more careless reseectin? t est gious matters, from which the witness was led to believe he was not as right as he was before that time. , A member of the Jury said there was a very ge nera , r e ob• in the neighbourhood, that an imp ro p er i nterco urse hau, i , / st sisted between the two deceased p ersons , an d that the; „of was pregnant. He (the Juror) thought it would be that point ere investigatsd. e No other Juror expressed a similar wi s h, - and nn on the subject was called. e e of n • The surgeon (Mr. Briggs) s tat e d th a t i n conseg ue r spec the doubt expressed at the l a ,t meet i ng o f t h e Jury un h ai t e l th e to the place where the body of the sister was founds . t , to! probability of her having r un t o it, lie had been aglU n io ne°' the body, and found a ni g ht ca p pu ll e d f orc ibl y i nto the d iso° which must have con s ide ra bly impeded the bleeding, In eV° the unhapey woman time to escape as far as the garden. p oet were no wounds on her fingers, and there could be u° ettiffl that the wound was infli c t e d unexpecte dl y, as s h e ga s ' in her chair by the fire-place. i s so Francis Bryant deposed that he had observed 13 ` esti alteration in the manner of C oo k, w h o was hi s landlori\bot had got more cross and crabb e d th an h e use d Liebe. t toil 4 e l Christmas last be applied to w it ness f or t h e sa me re i n to eief t „g over. Witness told him he had p a id it, an d explained ' the circumstance ' and he then said he r e co ll ec ted it. totiff By theJury—He was cross and cra bb e d. He spok e • reasonably, but seemed in a eurious way. Sarah Fry deposed to h av i ng v i s i te d' t h e co tt a ge "„ ~•• t nesday night after the witne ss Eli za b et h F ry b a d len* doiel went to buy some potatoes, and Samuel Fry came stairs and served her and took the money for theel io • did not see the sister at that ti me , b u t h ear d some o °, 01 0 .0 about up stairs. Lived next d oor t o th e co t tage , and bey • e noise or quarrelling during the day or night. itoetife' The CORONER inqu red if th ere was any o ther tea . that could be adduced to threw light on the occasion- The constable said he had made every inquiry and 05. no Thone e tea i • e Court was then cleared, an d a f ter t h e J ury hadre, in delibera'ion several hou rs , t h e pu bli c were re-eat - 1 14° 7,i si ° l , l inquiry on the body of S amue l C oo k was then adjour''.'seFt"l die, the Jury•being unabl e to agree. I n the cas e ( n iv el' Cook the. verdict r e tu rne d was one o f " W i lfu l mu rder's Samuel Cook." e't MONEY MARKET ,tad CITY SV ' FROM THE MORNING PAYERS OF T H IS DAC' 14: CHRONICLE. —Compleints are m a d e by the In !,;i .1 i and others connect. d with our W est I n di a tra d e , agt Royal Mail Steam Packet C ompany , on account °fail; confusion, and want of org an i sa ti on and ord.,: t rangements for sailing their vesse l. Th e merc h a nts ha', fre, exposed to great iu conven i ence f or want of remiltencead the Barbadoes, owing t o th e non - arr i va l o f the colonial press is bitter against the conduct of the ' o t t bt Some allowance should b e made, perhas, at the outs et. ,t", concern for a little wa n t o f harmony; , but the fan ease are so seri ou s, th a t t h e pu bli c have a r i g ht to e t t ' ce full and sa t i s f ac t or y explanation from the Directors, a" j o t t surance tea: similer mistakes to time pa s t t h a n pot t wee' future. The maintenance o f t h e e lidi ng - sca l e frustrates 3'q es 03t1m11 toes of throwing open the corn-trade between ili i° and the U..ited St a t es , a which face of itse.f ou g ht t ° ti V i erf; the friends of free-t ra d e i n a d te , ra i eat i :n to resi't tinuance of the new scale with tLe same vigour as 113 , 6 „eit",, upset the old law of 1828. I t i s state d b y Me s srs. 1 1' . 1 ,7 5y their English advic es se ld om reac h b y steam under n' and that foety-five days may be considered as the al‘ k r sage either way for s a ili u ships, so that three men Sli d quired to rttern an 'order executed to Engle""' e ua",.. enable the British m anu f ac t urer w h o sen d s 1 1. - 5 ,,,,° 0 0 14 New Orleans fo r sal e t o rece i ve grain, or the Amer ica chant to send grain as a return. Th e A me ricalls ' e sle i e that, although it i s o f grea t consequence to their I to e„ that their grain and provisions should be a imittid, 01;, ports at n.oderat e d ut i es , t h e amount of 'se duties °di them less than the regu l a ti ons under syl.ic't they e - aleo e s• levied, and that w hil e t h e d ut i es are su bj ect to ' ut :,. o l3i l e e violent variations, which do not admit of previous ea ; f ee ri o t their products must b e excluded from cur markets . . e irle sca:e of duties on foreign corn is based upon the pr i in: l to i s the British corn trad e is to be considered s principle that the h ome growers are to b e pro t ec ted f ' r eoT e e range of fluctuating duti es w hi c h d o not a dmit ", calculation, although t h e var i at i ons w ill pr obaloY o r sudden and vio'ent than they were under the Roo t ' i e In seasons of scarcity, however, when a large suPl e "Y, *d ef er the duties will be r e du ce d t o th e l owest figure, wu'esPu. monopolised, as at present, by th e ne i g hb our i ng ports n . to the SUN utter exc firmne,slusion of which has the Amerifor some time pa st or OP bee . t, jse tired in the English F un d s , h as to-day caused a l l 94 1 .,,er vance, and Consols leave off at 94 a for Money, an y S he"' the account. Bank Stock, 166 167 ex div. ; and Bills, 35 37 prem. In the Fo.eign . M ar k e t, t h e l ast quotat i ons of the te' geese Five per Cents. were 354 36*; of the Thre e e 1 ;0 l'be 201 21*; Colombi a n, 27 I ; M ex i can, 391 40*; e' 3 l 2 0 . 6tel per Cents., 25 *, and the Three per Cents., 2 , 4 , 1 e 6 7 t he gprices of Belgian were 1031 10 4 1 ; Braeiti° - ;e i; 'Danish, 80 81 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Haleper Cent. 4.• , 4 0. 'Five per Cents., 100 * —Li' 1° The Share Market was firm. London and — Li ' 11,, s et 84 86; Great Western, 23 29, the Half Shareteereci o l srem.; Birmingham and Gloucester 56 58; S uu e t " ,' tits stli 9 ; Gosport, 60 61 ; North ilidland, i 10; Shares, 344- 35 ; Blackwell, 12'*, the New Shires Brighton, 36i per share. S out h E astern and • 21e ; and Easte rn C ount i es, 14 * 133 discount. „ a te t r t s e ei T o-day was the fi rs t opportun i ty for tffeet i n g fors in several of the stocks, which have hitherto " se d b if for arranging th e d iv id en d s d ue on the sth i ns t a nt' tete de will be paid t o th e pu bli c i n the course of a day °I. s* i fe ! was eagerly taken advantage of, and several pu•ad e ne°' ? 0( made, principally for the purpose of re-investing divivoslftoes, the singular circumstance of the New Three-en d f oie' d Cent. Stock, being above par, is to be noticed, l' a u r r able t ,se ing been made at 104. Notwithstanding the fart:lto has pearance of the funds money has been v. ry by' e , and the rate, from day to day, or for short periot‘t re ee mo i, six per cent. per annu.n, and for the next Account r e ia 'I here have been no foreign arrivals, or any fe at° ness, beyond the funds to observe upon. cam' i t TILE ADDUCTION CASE.—Samuel Marti n st l '!'iof the individual who h as fi gure d i n t h e a tduct ion ca f e pool as Mr. Martin, has been arrested on a C harge y. with others to defraud Miss Crain of a sum of En° ,: t e oft Crellin was examin, d at the Liverpool Police-0:g 00 day, and stated that the prisoner was the Alr. A1_ . %":;,1, •• received front her 2501., and who had made pror, v oss riage to her. She afterwards ascertained that ", e ,, ilbe - - ried man. The prisoner was remanded till fri'i / J 1 will be brought up with the rest. We have heard th a t L or d Belhaven will 1.1 °"1 er— to rsyres en t h er M a j esty i n the meetiqgs of the -- - P t rat 4ls 4f , sembly, and th at e i ther Lord Arbuthnot or Lord tv onifij will be the new Lord High Commissioner.—Glas_ Londcn: Printed znd Published by MURDO Nu. 112, Strum!, at The Sul. thrice, No. 112 1 the County of Middlesex,-Thursday, April 7, 11414'. LONT The F'e ~s . rr C O2TAC - tr, n d itto Ditto bitto ta. 11, ng -4 t 1 1 R igger's t t !ry .short i t til3l:, ever be v e , 4l \lee ap i 4 Y sa ti s f act 4' e ssei's' b kk st h Y a PI.7 I have it ir ,Win_. • Thu o f B IR TH S. 1.1 111 On the sth i ns t. , at the Nash, near W or cester , the .u, Richard Temple, Esq., of a son. ritarics On the 6th inst., at College-hill, the lady of Esq., of a son. "Ls+ of a son. MARRIED. I l e % Geo rg On the sth i nst. , at St. George's Churchfl 3r6t" - " i° John Da v i s , Esq., of Newport, solicitor, to MO re]ct of the la t e Georg e Reynolds or c oi On the sth inst., at St. Nicl,las Church , Br'g'•„ ° SC gustin Rubinson, Esq., of Denmark-hill, to A la daughter of Jame, Fisher, Esq., of Dulwich-hill. Surr..,:,,sic, On the sth inst., at Daventry, the Rev. llanieLy.sloii. Anne, daughter of the late Venerable Archdeacon Wa'cor, On the 6th inst., at Lewisham, John Shorter, cc'oor Oporto, to Caroline Alary, eldest daughter of James , Esq., of the Paragon, Blackheath. D I ED. On the 2Sth ult., at Calai=, Elizabeth, relict of the Lite ibe R. Tainsh, R.N. On the 2d inst., at St. George's-place , SI. „ 1 1-ii r 1 0 ,4 East, Philip Sanders, Esq., of Weymouth, in the c Dorset, attorney-at law. On the 2d inst , in Chapel street, Belgrave-squa ret r. 14 nant-Colonel Theodore Henry Elliot, of Bract,Cast:e, shire, eldest son of the late Right Hon. Hugh Elliot. co" On the 3d inst., J. , ne Eleanor, the wife of James 1 Esq , ght‘ f On the 4:11 inst., at Liverpool, Fanny, youngest dac. 4, the late Richard Byrn, Esq., age:l 14.. On the 4th inst., at Sou,hton, Tyrrel Shadwell, Esq son of the Vice-Chancellor of England. , On the 4th inst., at Egliam. Fanny, the wife o f Gilbertson, Esq., surgeon, aped 40. of II" On the 6th inst., at Croydon, Eliza, third daughter late Robert Lucas, Esq., of Coulsdon, Surrey. Th Y, On the sth inst., Sarah, the wife of the y Rev. ---° Hodgson, Rector of East Woodhay, Hants.