The Sun. — London, England, 1842-05-07 00:00:00

THEATRE-ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE. WILL OPEN FOR THE SEASON ' 'ON MONDAY EVENING, MAY 9. The 'Perfortriances will commence with THE BEULAH SPA. Chara tem by Messrs. F. - Mathews, Oxberry, James Vining, Brougham. Granby, igan, and Ire'and, Mrs. Brougham, Mis. Taykturc, Miss Pncott, Miss Marshall, and Mts. H. P. Grattan. witch, a Divertissement, entitled L'A MOU ti'V AIN eu EU R. To be followed by a new Barletta, entitled ENTHUSIASM. To , :on , luce with a new serious llelotirmie, entitled THE TROOPER'S HORN; or, The Goblin of the Cht-st. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. • Wonderful attraction, anti matchless Stud of Horses. THIS EVENING. MAY 7, 'Will be presented Loot Byron's M A ZEPPA ; OR, THE WILD HORSE OF THE DESERT, with Increased splendour, extensive auxiliary aid, and unapproachable effects. . • After which, in a more extensive and splendid Arena than ever before witnessecl, NEW SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, introducdig B &TTY'S unrivalled Collection of Animals, consisting 14* nu. hymns and matchless Cream-coloured Horses, Andalusian Chargers, Spotted Coursers, Fairy Palfrey s, and Pigmy Poneys, and the most nilcritett Vaulters, Riders, Gymnastics, and Contortionist. in the ldi ' w ith a gorgeou; Entree, Called the AMAZONS of the_ GOLDEN SUN and the KNIGHTS of the SILVER SPUR. eonclude with the Melodrama of ROBINSON CRUSOE; OR rttt LsO-LO BUCCANEERS, with New Scenery, &r. • . TICE INDIA SUN, CONTAINING A MAP AND FULL ACCOUNT OF AFFGHANISTAN AND TIIE THEATRE OF WAR 1N INDIA,. WIT U ALL THE LATEST EWS FROM INDIA AND CHINA, IS NOW READY. 911 Advcrasexnents of a Disgusting Character, car X.mmoral Tendency, are excluded from the Columns of "The Sun." (au olituf4 LONDON : SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 7, 1842. Mr. ROEBUCle3:ll9tiee collected a very crowded House laJt night. The very foremost performer—Ahe great star of that assembly ; in his 'most favourite character of public mystifier, could not have collected a larger or.. more attentive audience. It must be_a great gratifica tion to the Hon. Member for Bath, and a general encou ragement to well doing, to learn from experience that honesty and boldness, under the guidance of skill, may become as attractive, even in the House of Commons, . as pompous fudge mimicking sincerity. Mr. WIEBUqi tobk, as he said, an extraordinary course ; it was straightforWard and manly, and had, therefore, all the charms of novelty for that assembly. While his mode of proceeding was the most remote possible from vul gar or offensive, while it was ever courteous, it broke in upon all the conventionaLsies of the House and knocked down a multitude of the idols there perpetually worshipped. Proceeding on no better foundation than common fanie; or general rumour, which is held to be no ground for any Parliamentary proceeding., the Hon. Member began with Lord CHELSEA, , and politely, but firmly, asy him, Was he a party to any compromise, violating the privileges of the House—and, what we regard as of wort - , importance, violating the, right of the constituen cies—for resigning his scat, though declared duty elected by a Committee of the -House ? Lord-CHELSEA in a neat, and evidently a prepared speech, declined the authority of the Hon. Member,; and peremptorily and unequivocally refused to answer. Set him down, there fore, the public will, as Mr. RITSSELL, the other Member for Reading, having had the same question put to him, returned a similar answer, and the public will draw a similar conclusion. Captain PLUMRIDGE, with tIIF sincerity and openness which generally distinguish gentlemen of his profession, admitted that such an arrangement had been made with respect to his seat for Penryn, but he declared that he was not cognizant of it till after it had been made. lie had put himself into the hands of a lawyer, and he abided by that lawyer's act, though he thought it prema ture. Thus it is not even the Members, but attorneys and barristers, who dispose of seats in Parliament, in steud of the constituencies. t;ir JouN Hounousv stubbornly and dryly refused to answer.—Verdict of guilty against Sir JOHN, amply confirmed .by the resignation of his colleague. Mr. Et.pla&sToNE admitted that he, had been a party to a compromise, but did not contemplate resigning his seat. Major BERESFORD treated the matter as a private con cern, and stiffly denied the Hon. Member's right to ask the question. Guilty will be the verdict against the Member for .Harwieh. Mr. J. ATTWOOD was absent from . the. House, and Sir G. H. DE LARPENT has re signed his scat, allowing judgment to go by default. Mr. ROEBUCK having thus obtained all the informa tion. Ile cOuld; proceeded to move for his Committee, claiming to be heard, as it was a question of privilege, and making good his claim in spite of much opposition. He . grounded his motion on statements which he bad heard, and said he could show that there were grave reasons for suspicion against the Hon. Members for Nottingham, Harwich, Penryn, and Lewes. The accu sation was, that they had obtained their seats through intimidation and bribery. He charged them with bribery—he charged them with entering into a compro mise, in order to avoid the consequences of their bribery; and he appealed to the House, whether this were Mt a gross breaCh of privilege. We must quote what the Hon. Member said of the Nottingham case, perhaps the A I TZ - *A 4 4 M " „ • ~rurst':- suppose a eo.neral election about to take place. and that the twri :cats for 7Vottingliam were about to he molested; a sort of a Parliamentary Napoleon leterminee to conquer that torn; he jumps upon it, as Napoleon would say, with both his feet— he rushes down into the town, he bribes every man he meets, he frightens his opponent out of the town, and he is returned. Ile party who has lost, pcti 4 ions ; the Committee is to be struck, say on Monday—fear seizes the Members, and they en ter into a compromise with the party opposed to them. They PaY down money for the purpose of exculpating themselves, anti of escaping from the scrutiny of a Ct,mmittee. 'I hey tur ther pledge themselves to allow the other candidates to walk over the course. Mr. Romnrca then emphatically asked the House, would it allow such gross bribery to escape ? Will it allow, also, those honourable Members to sit who have, by these comptemises, confessed their guilt ? By bringing i those questions before the House, and before the public, Mr. RoEnucK has rendered a must essential service. The Hon. Member concluded by calling on Sir J.. Honuoursu to second his motion, and by moving for a Committee to inquire into the charge he had made. Capt. FrrzaoY in a manly speech, Sir J. HODHOUSE not hat log cornpli(d with the call, seconded the motion; but the debate was, on the suggestion of Mr. WT. IVYN-, ado:irned till Monday. That Tight Han. Gentluman admitted that it was a most important question, deeply concerning the honour of the Members,' and therefore rcquireil time for consideratior,. To that Mr. Iloanuca. made on objection, and on Mon (lay the debate will be resumed, when it will be proved, wr apprehend, to the public conviction that seats in the House of Commoni have been made the sub ject or sordid and disgraceful bargaining. We cannot without saying, that Mr. ROT. BUM Won the pr,,'oation of the whole House, and merits the approba-‘ tioli of tile public. ASHLEY has. entered a notice on the books of the House of Commons, " for a Bill to make regulations resnecting the age and sex of persons admitted to work in mines dud collieries. " The subject, too,'was brought b(! ,re tboLords last night, b)' the Bishop of Noawicu prT:enting five petitions against the employment of chil&en,.and espeCially of females, in mines. The Rev. Prelate pointed to the profligacy - which results, and said,i on the authority of the Commissioners, that other la:' curers would not marry the females who had been brought up in mines. A short and interesting debate ensued, in which Earl FITZWILLIAM, with his customary good sense, dispelled the illusion that the cruelties and hardships to which children are exposed nre chiefly con fine tto manu f actur i ng . districts. We agree with the Noble 14H, and say with him that the inquiry will not be complete unless it be extended to the " healthy em ployments" of agricultural districts. Admitting that the employment of women and chil dren in mines and collieries, is a disgrace to the commu *,-, we entertain grav e d ou b ts as to the propr i ety of I7,, i . t i. r i ng with it by legis4tion. Lord ASHLEY has alr(ady interfered very largely with factory children, without doing much good ; while the present increased demand on his exertions is cztleutated to excite sonic alarm as to the CN tent of his self-imposed task. Where is he .to stop ? He must consider, as Lord FITZWILLIAN svid, whether there be rot equal degradation and depra vity in other employment.;for females. r ifler pre,cribing Tidies for working boys and girls in mine:, will not the:solitary little herds who lie out on the hills 'in nil weathers, with no companions but their flocks and their dogs, lie deserving of legislative care ? May not the young females also demand it, who are frequently kept at work making ball-dressos or court mourning for the gentry and nobility till they fallfrorri .their seats, and' whose hard - niaT a 'tlieinf fall an easy prey to any seducer who promises them food, clothing, and relaxation ? To many a sensitive personit must seem a terrible hardship for young lads to climb ap shrouds and lay nut on yards when the vessel is rolling, the sleet falling, the ice hanging on the rigging, and the hands are benumbed with cold, so that they can hardly feel the rope, on holding fast by which life de pend 3. Ilarcj, sery , hard, is the-life of a dredging boy in a Peter •boat, fereed to 'go to ,work on the water in the depth of winter ; and there are hundreds of them between Buyer and Yarmouth. The complaints of the shopkeepers' assistants in London of being overworked are numerous. All these classes will be entitled to receive the attention of the Legis lature, if it begin to regulate and prescribe em ployments. In short, for it to enter into that career opens up a prospect of such fearful trouble and responsibility, that it ought ti pause and deliberate long before it proceeds further to interfere with the employ ment of the pink. We ask again, if Lord Asntarr begins, where will he stop ? Our legislayms, who obstinately refuse to admit the working classes to be either constituents or representa tives, know practically little or nothing of their toils. Accustomed to find most of their pleasures in ease, idleness, and bodily comforts, they form a very exagge rated notion of the actual sufferings of those who toil. Use is second nature, and living in squalor, or dabbling in dirt, shut up in a pit,.is perhaps not near so painful as appearances make the rich, and the tenderly brought up, suppose. GOD tempers the heat of the mine to the col liery girls, and the fierceness of the blast to the dredging boy, as he tempers the wind to the shorn lamb; and the Legislature, which is composed exclusively of the upper classes, will commit a gross mistake if it attempt to legis late about employment from its own views of the happi ness or misery of theworking-elasses. On these accounts we doubt very much the propriety, of making laws for the regulation of employments. Hard and irksome as may be the lot of these children, it is better than starvation ; and if the Noble Lord cannot supply them with plenty of food in idleness, it is, per haps, cruel to interfere with their occupation. The peo ple themselves scarcely complain of their toils. They want less work, and better wages, not the abo lition of their employments. We confess that we mistrust those who, while they pretend to feel for these infants, cruelly tax their food to enrich themselves. Let Lord ASELEY and his friends set a good example, let them abstain from plundering the people by laws, let them resist Sir ROBERT PEEL in squandering the pro perty of the people as if it belonged to the Parliament, and' they will confer more benefit on the working classes by their conduct, than they can possibly do by any laws. One part of the work for which children are required is to ope'n and shut doors, which might be easily done by machinery ; but when the population is ground down to poverty. by mischievous laWs, they look with . abhorrence on the employment of machinery, as depriving them of bread, and they petition agains t it, as if the benevolent agent that spares their toil were a curse, and not a blessing. To make them prefer machinery to irksome toil, and to put an end to these degrading and deMoralizing employments under ground, the first requisite is, that the people be able to get cheap and abundant food aboveground ; and till the Biskops demand the repeal of all Corn and Provision-laws—till the Lords repeal all such barbarous and brutal enact ments, we shall hold them to be the guilty authors of all the miseries in mines, collieries, and factories they pre tend to deplore, and will vainly essay to prevent by legis. 1 ation. The Chartists may congratulate themselves on having attracted public attention. Their' petition is generally noticed, and both Whig and Tory Journals have undertaken to controvert their arguments, or expose the absurdity of their demands. Great good will arise. 'At present it is a subject of general con gratulation amongSt the Liberal Journals, that PEEL'S Tariff, and PEEL'S Corn-law, by touching the farmers' pockets, are rousing them to consider questions of political economy, from which it is expected they will ultimately arrive , at sound conclusions. In like man ner; the Chartist petition, by touching the political fears of the upper classes, is compelling them to over- . haul their political theories, and, in the end, will lead them to adopt the truth, and do justice.to the people. It has, for example, been long held in theory that . Government, which practically and historically we know was founded on ignorance, usurpation, and conquest—the first laws, as it was once expressed in the Edinburgh Rer,ip7, (perhaps by Mr. MAcAuLAY, the defender of flogging,) having been written by the sword—it has long been held in theory that Govern ment is intended to promote the general benefit, the greatest happiness of the greatest number, and not to promote the aggrandisement of or give wealth and security to, particular classes. Whether the Govern ment answer that noble theoretical purpose or not en never. be decided,: by those who administer it, nor by any particular - classes on whom it may confer special benefits. On that point the authority of Whigs and Tories, and of the priesthood, who are en dowedand supported, goes for nothing. It can only be decided by the , opinions of the governed, who alone can form_ an opinion, by feeling the action and opera- . tion of the Government throughout their existence, whether or not it answer the assigned end. Nor can the power of judging of that be, by any possibility, taken away from the multitude. The pe titioners in question are of opinion that our Govern ment has not answered this end. They point to the unrepresented masses whose wishes have been stifled, and whose opinions the laws would fain suppress. They point to a so-called Christian episcopacy, gorged with wealth, and to a starving people. They point to a vast national debt, incurred for purposes wholly foreign to their happiness, which their in dustry must annually pay. They point to a regal splendour, raised by taxes on those, who re ceive twopence-halfpenny per day per head for irksome toils ; and, comparing the professions of the Government with the actual results on the com munity, they, justly conclude that the. Government has not answered the end for which, according to the theory, GoveAnment exists. Now, it is because Governnrnt is sail to serve this sublime purpose, that writers on morals and govern ment have concluded that therefore the people were bound to obey it. Allegiance is the' correlatiVe duty to protection ; and where n o protection.3s given—where starvation is inflicted--allegiance is no longer a duty- The persons who have signed the 'National Petition, have come practically to the-conclusion— That any form of government which fails to effect the purposes for which it was designed, and does not fully and completely represent the whole people, Nvlt o are e•nnpelled to pay taxes to its supportand obey the laws resolved upon by it, is unconstitutional, tyrannical, and ought to be amended or resisted. . ~.. . • .. Their language and conduct have startled those who have hitherto contended the most strenuously for the principle that the Government, ii ius'titakted,te. promote the public welfare, and that the community at large, to whom they daily address their lucubra tions, are the only persons to judge if the Government , answer that end. Being startled, they at oncethyOW ‘ the whole theory overboard, and rev i ve th e almost for gotten and long since exploded doctrines of DiVine right. They' essay to re-establish the wealieued ower.of Government over the minds of the multi tudei by such doctrines as this : That Goi , ernments do not rest their authority on fi consent ff the people, but simply on their own established existence—that the powers that be have a claim upon oar allegiance because they are,—and that we, bore under their authority, receiving, before we have the power to express assent or dissent, the benefits of their protection, through our whole lives as unable to dis el4im as they are to withdraw those benefits, and finally specifically commanded by that authority from which both they and we derive all such rights as either of us possess . to pay them honour and obedience, are thus morally and religiously bound to accept such a definition of our rights as is given us by the Constitution under which we liv e ; an d w i t hi n these limits only, to exert our selves for the development of all of its beneficial, and the extirpation of its pernicious principles. it is now ascertained that the great constitutional doctrine of co-extensive existence of representation, and taxation is not borne out . by the present condi tion of society. It is _found also that the Govern 7 ment cannot stand the test of promoting' the public welfare ; and therefore. refuge is taken in the asser tion that we are all born under the authority of the 'landlords, and that we are all cOmmanded by that POWER which is superior to all human authority to pay them honour and obedience, and accept from them such laws as they think fit to enact, and such rights as they, not the. ALMIGHTY, think pro.: per to bestow on mankind. The conduct of the petitioners has at once brought to the test the most approved political theories, and overthrown them by a touch. At once public writers give them ,up, and tell the people, that they did well enough "as long as they were confined to the draWing-rooms and ture-rooms of the aristocracy;" but- directly the people appeal to them, these public writers take fuge in that blind obedience :Ind in that Divine right ') - 111 ,- ,:h our ancestors, over and over pgaiu, practically refuted. That the petition of the people has already provoked these , results will b 4 an immense benefit to them in future. A more solemn discussion, and one going to the very foundation of political society, than any Sir"R. PEEL provoked by his Tariff and his In come-tax, has been already kindled by the Nationa, Petition. It will not do for writers to play any longer with principles. They are now found to be a two-edged sword ; and those who profess the principle that Go vernment is for the benefit of the millions, will have to demonstrate its benefits to them, in spite of the daily and unceasing evils it inflicts ..on them, or give up the theory, and acknowledge that Government is a usurpation. We have before row stated that Pusey ito doctrines had a political origin. They sprang from the conviction that neither the Church nor the State, as now constituted,' can bear investigation on the principles of the Reformation and Revolution. Puseyism is, now extending its donain from the Church, where it has established the Divine right of the Bishops, to the State, where it seeks-to establish the Divine right of the landlords. In the progress of society the knowledge that was confined to drawing-rooms and aristocratic lecture-rooms, has spread, like other luxuries, over the humblerclasses. This is the age of diffusion. Doctrines, as well as Manchester and Sheffield ware, have become common to the multitude. Hence there is no alternative but either to re-establish the principle of Divine right in politics, - or concede great alterations to the demands of the people. The Tories prefer the doctrine of Divine right, and the claim now put forth by the people has forced them to avow their slavish creed. The authors of the Income-tax and the Corn-law demand On principle the most abject submission from the people, and assure them that by divinee authority they are morally and religi ously bound to accept poverty, slavery, and starvation, from the landlords. BRIGHTON ELECTION. FINAL CLOSE OF THE POLL. At four o'clock in the afternoon, an hour after the close, Mr. Cady, the returning officer, made the follow ing official declaration of the state of the poll, on the Permanent hustings in front of the Town-hall, viz.:— Lord Hervey Mr. Harford 640 Mr. Brooker l6 Giving a majority for Lord Hervey of This announcement was received with a loud and long shout of execration from the supporters of Mr. Harford, followed by deafening plaudits on the part of the suc• cessful candidate, which lasted for several minutes. Lord HERVEY, having been declared duly elected, came forward amidst much confusion, in which he was pelted by some of the crowd, and said he had to return them his warmest thanks for the courtesy with which he had been received by gentlemen of all political feelings during the contest.(Uproar.) Mr. HARFORD next came forward, and was loudly cheered by his partisan's. He thanked the 640 indepen dent electors who had voted for him, probably at the hazard of injurious consequences to themselves. Mr. BROOKER afterwards addressed the electors, and a vote of thanks having been passed to the Returning Offi cer, and duly acknowledged by that gentleman, the large concourse of persons that had assembled dispersed. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert left Buckingham Palace at a quarter before one o'clock yesterday afternoon in a carriage and four, escorted by a party of hussars for Claremont. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and their attendants occupied another carriage. Two carriages and four followed, in one were Colonel Arbuthnot, Equerry in Waiting on the Queen, and Colonel Wylde, Equerry in Waiting on Prince Albert ; and in the other the Dowager Lady Lyttel ton, Lady in Waiting, and Lord Byron, Lord in Waiting. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge, visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday evening at Marlborough House. Their Royal Highnesses and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge afterwards honoured the Countess of Jersey with their company . at the Grand Ball, given by her Ladyship at her residence in Berkeley-square. The Duke of Sussex visited the Queen Dowager and the Duchess Ida, of Saxe Weimar, yesterday, at Marlborough House. His Royal Highness also visited the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, at Cambridge House. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited the Duchess of Gloucester, yesterday, at Gloucester House. Their Royal Highnesses, and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, honoured the Italian Opera with their presence on Thursday evening. Mr. J. Corry, from Queen's Camel, Somersetshire, had an interview with the Earl of Ripon, yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Despatches from the Governor of the Mauritius, and also from the Governor of New South Wales, were received yesterday; at the Colonial Office. ROYAL ARTILLERY. Lieutenant-General Lord Bloomfield, G.C.B. and G. C. H. having expressed his desire to obtain from Mr. Jeffrey, the in ventor of the new composition for caulking and strengthening ships—with which the experiments were made a few days ago in the Marshes—some details of the nature of the materials and the experiments which had been previously made before it was tried by the Ordnance Department—Mr. Jeffrey attended on Thursday at the Observatory, near the Royal Military Repository, Woolwich, and at one o'clock Lieutenant- Geneve% Lord Bloom• field, Colonel Paterson, Colonel Lacy, Colonel Cleaveland, and Colonel J. E. Jones, Assistant-Adjutant-General ; Lieutenant Colonel Dancey, C. 8., Lieutenant-Colonel Blaahley, Lieute nant-Colonel Jackson, Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. W. Ar • bothnot, Lieutenant-Colonel Chalmer, Major Sandilands, Major Vaughan, Major Hope, Major Anderson, and Brigade- Major Cuppage, Captain Bloomfield, Royal Horse Artillery;. Captain Bent, Captain Grant, and a great number of the officers of the Royal Artillery, assembled in the large room to hear the explanations relative to this important discovery. Mr.' Jeffrey commenced his details by exhibiting pieces of copper covered wiah the composition, to show that it was equally applicable to the preservation of metals from the effects of salt-water as it was to wood, preventing, when mixed with certain materials, the adhesion of barnacles or other shell-fish, so injurious to wood or to copper when not properly prepared, or which may, from -some unexplained cause, have lest its power of protection from the attacks of marine insects and shell-fish. A block was next exhibited, fixed together, composed of three pieces, having on one side of the centre-piece about three-quarters of an inch of the composition, and on the other side a similar thickness of the substance at present generally used for vessels in the naval and mercantile service. This block had been submitted to a pressure of twenty-two tons, to show the effect that would be produced in very cold climates. The new composition, under that pressure, retained its softness, but 'the present caulking , materials became as brittle as rosin, and could be broken into powder by the slightest strain or sharp blow upon it, which would have no effect on the new composition.' The two pieces of teak formerly referred to as having been joined together and tested with a strain of twenty-one tons, by the hy . draulic ma chine in the dockyard, were then exhibited, and It was aston ishing to witness the strong and sound iron bolts of I-3,-inch in diameter, which had broken without the least symptom of Ole material wiih which the pieces were joined yielding to the great power applied with the object of tearing them asunder. Another block, formed of three piece, joined together, so as to present angles which would be sure to give great force against the joinings- in whatever posi tion it might fall to the ground, was exhibited to show that it had received no injury, althoic.;h it had been thrown from the top of the shears in the Dockyard, 76 feet high, on the hard granite below: During the time Mr. Jeffrey was making these explanations, in order to show the quickness with which the new composition could be made available, he joined two pieces of wood with it, and another pi ice he brake aid fixed again in its rough state, and in about fifteen minut, s he submitted them for the purpose of being broken, which could only be effected' by - breaking with a hammer the solid wood on each side. At half-past three o'clock the whole of the Royal Horse Attillery assembled in review order, and continued exercising until five o'clock, several of his Lordship's friends being pre sent on the oceision. INFANT ORPHAN AsYftm.--LlVe beg to call the attention of the benevolently disposed to the'anniversary dinner of that. very excellent and unique charity, the only one in which the helpless infant is received when bet eft of parental care. It has been aptly enough remarked, that this is in reality the nursery of chanties ; and when we state that nearly two hon• dred children are at this moment reared in it, whose very ex•st ,etice nii;ht be justly doubted but for the kind offices of this institution, and that infants six weeks old have been received into it, we need not say much more. The Stationers' Com pany deserve great praise for having afforded the use of their spacious hall on this occasion, when his Grace the Duke of Wellington presides. The small annual subscription renders it a charity that almost all may aid, and the list of stewards in anotliWr' column of The Sun will show that men of influence and rank have not been slow to take the lead. The following amusing anecdote is related by the .t 7ndependerit of Brussels. One of the copying clerks in the Belgian war-office, more remarkable for his manual dexter:ty than for the strength of his intellect, was desired lately to make a fair copy of the petition of a widow of a general officer for a perston. On coming to that -part of the petition in whieh, speaking of the disease of which the general died, ' she had used the words " devore par tut cancer," the clerk, finding the letters ce in the last word to resemble an a, wrote canar, instead of cancer. The Minister, having read the copy, sent for the clerk, ar.d good-humouredly pointed out to him the word canar. The latter full of contusion. but as far as ever from discovering his real error, exclaimed, " I beg pardon for my bad spelling; I sec I have omitted the lett er d," and, taken his pen, he made the addition, thus representing the deceased general to have been " devere par en canard " (de .vourcd by a duck instead of a cancer ) He then withdrew leaving the Minister convulsed with laughter. The sale of Messrs. Wigney's household furniture, except so much of it as was lately found in Mr. George Wig ney's vaults and other places (which still remains an the cus tody of the assignees ) terminated yesterday ; and, from what we are enabled to collect, the auctioneer's return must be ;most satisfactory to the creditors. From the day the sales were published Mr. Ridley's office has been besieged by applicants for " tickets to view" the effects, and we are . assured that up wards of 5,000 persons were accommodated ; indeed the several premises were thronged during the hours set apart for the exhibition, nor did excitement cease with the " view," for on. each day the sale room was crowded to excess with. persons of the highest respectability, and the biddings never flagged, but a liberal competition was kept up from first to last. Mr. Isaac Wigncy's furniture, fixtures, carriages, and horses, realised upwards of 2,0001. ; aid Mr. Clement lyigney's about half that sum. There remains for sale (ac cording to the bankrupt's statement before the Commissioners) the furniture of a residence in Brunswick-square, let to Sir H. l'alliser ; also several houses and parts of houses in Regency square, Ship-street, tee. ; and what will doubtless attract more notice than anything e!se, the " hidden treasures," or the " reclaimed" property, including the celebrated candelabrum, a harp, and other musical instruments, a quantity of plate and furniture, costly fancy ball and court dresses, jewellery, trin kets, &c. &T.—Brighton Gazette. As it is very possible that the friends of some of the captives in tffghanistan, in Port Baderabad, Loughance Valley, may not have heard directly (rum them, it will be gra tifying to such to know that we have been favoured with the perusal of a letter, dated Calcutta, IBth March, from which we , make the following ex tract ;—" Maj or P ott i nger ' s last letter to Government s t a ted they were allowed every indulgence, and as'happy and comfortable as they possibly could be in a state of captivity. They have received a supply of clean clothes, which they were in the utmost need of, having lost everything except what they had otitheir backs.'!. OPf OU.R FINANCIAL DIFFICULI lES. The following is the remedy propoSed by General Sir Gebrge Cockburn, and submitted to Sir It. Peel in August, 1841, to which we lately directed atten tion: Sir,—On the subject of our financial difficulties we must recollect as follows : 1. The great public or national debt. 2. The interest of it, and the expenses of our civil, naval, and military establishments, requiring such great taxation that it is impossible to push it further without an Income or Property- tax, which at 10 per cent. during t!_c late war only produced 10,000,0001. a year, and, at 5 per cent, (a large demand in time of peace), it might possibly' be estimated at 5,000,000/. but if it produced that, those who had to pay it must and would dimish their taxable expenses, in short, would be obliged to do so, for I take it'as an axiom, that taxation, including poor and county rates, &c., is almost at a maximum. 3. Our expenses, from various causes, are every year increasing, and our 'revenue diminishing. 4. The Government, or the nation, owe the Bank of England £11,000,000 Bank of Ireland 3,000,000 Savings Banks... Outstanding Exchequer Bills The deficit legacy lef tby the Whigs 3,000,000 Total £30,000,000 We must now consider the paper money in circu lation, and payable on demand, or convertible into g 01.4, viz. : Bank of England £16,615,000 Ditto, private banks (England) .. 8,614,132 Ditto, joint stock (England) Bank of Ireland Private and joint-stock (Ireland) 3,000,000 Banks of all sorts in Scotland 4,000,000 The deposits also payable on demand on the Banks of England and Ire land Total £52 . 133,896 I must observe here, that in 1794, according to Lord Hawkesbury's secretary, Mr. Chalmers, the cur rency is stated at '20,000,000/. gold and silver, and bank notes payable on demand 60,000,0001. Total in circulation, 80,000,0001. ; and, as Paine observed, enough to overpower the credulity of the most stupid man, for the banks could not pay even one half-crown in the pound on one-third of that sum in hard cash. The Bank of England return above is to the 25th of May, 1841, pursuant to 3d and 4th William IV., and the others from returns in 1836 ; and within the last five years the coining of notes has much increased, and therefore we may estimate the total paper circu lotion in England, Ireland, and Scotland, at the fright ful fictitious circulation 50,000,0001. (mind, notes only, not other liabilities) ; to deal with which, By the return in May last, the Bank of England had £4,921,000 The Bank of Ireland, and all other banks, we may estimate as having, pos sibly, 1,500,000 Total £6,421,000 I have gone through two large volumes, viz. "Re ports of the Secret Committees, ordered by the House of Commons," and before I proceed to my remedy, or possibly only palliative, I beg to call your attention to the following remarks of the said Committee:— " It was under the consideration of your Committee whether the law and the practice which they have de scribed did not require the interposition of the Legis lature during the present session ; they have been led to decline pursuing this course, because their inquiries are incomplete, and because they feared that more in convenience might have resulted from an imperfect measure, than from allowing the evils of the present system to continue. ..The right of the Legislature to interfere, not only in respect to banks to be established hereafter, but in respect to existing establishments also, is a principle which your Committee are prepared to assert in the strongest manner." It is plain, from the above statement, that the na tion depends on millions of paper currency nominally convertible into gold, but fortunately not asked for in any considerable quantity, the public having still a confidence in paper, notwithstanding its enormous quantity and many failures. Paper riches is a delusion which cannot last for ever, and the amazing increase 'of the paper currency now in circulation exposes England to a tremendous bankruptcy, and has also the effect of banishing real money. If we touch on Bank deposits, and such liabilities, I dare say they would say they had securities.to more than the amount ; but the reply is, how much of them could be realised, if the Bank were seriously called on to pay in coin ? As to any.evil from my remedy, it can only affect monopolists ; and unless the Government deal with the national debt as they ought, and with a master hand, and with moral -and political courage, no re medy can save the nation, now so embarrassed, I may say, in almost every point with difficulty. The Government ought at once to dissolve its part nerships 'with the Banks of England and Ireland, and the. Treasury ought to entirely manage all the money concerns of the nation, and particularly as to coining or making a legal currency, whether of gold, silver, paper, or all. .To enable it to do this, it must pay the debt due to these two Banks, and which amounts to 14;000,000/. sterling, and which I shall presently show can be done ; next, as the Crown is constitu- • tionally the coiner of the nation, if we must have paper coin, it should be a national one, and not by companies, who get all the profit instead of the Go vernment. Moreover, a national currency would be safe, whereas that of bankers is very unsafe. I propose, therefore, an Act of Parliament to make Company whatever to issue a it ny ille n ga for otel payable any an on nkg demand; from and after a day to be named ; and as . to all outstanding Bank of Eng land that from and after and penal to issue or sixl nd In or o n I r t l s a n i d t s i b ' o o t n e l s d , b t e o enact, traffic with them, and the same as to all private banks in four months. • _ _ Next, to enable the Lords of the Treasury to issue 30,009,000/. of notes as follows, and to make them a legal tender, and which would enable them to pay their debts stated to the Banks of England and Ire land, and savings-bunks, and take up the 11,000,0001. of Exchequer-bills out, and the Whig deficit legacy of 3,000,0001., and this currency being made a legal tender, the banks would so far pay their liabilities with it. It would, be taken for taxes, it would, in fact, be a loan of the nation to itself without interest, and would surely be preferred by any one to any banker's notes. Of course there should be provision against any larger issue without consent of Parliament, and there might even be a bona fid,e sinking fund of 1,000,0001. a year, not a humbug one to keep up the price of stocks, but to bona fide pay oft so much every year. I would issue as fellows—no note for len; than 5/. :£. x. Notes of - 5 Notes 0f...... 200 Ditto Ditto Ditto, Ditto Ditto • TheSe notes to be issued so as most convenient, and making in all 30,000,0 001 ., and those of 1,000/...0r upwards to be on parchment. At present, even with the quantity of paper 'money, the complaint is that our circulation . is too small, though I prove it to be a paper one of 55,000,0001. ; and, if we prohibit all this by banks of all sorts, and give it to the nation, .it would be an issue of sound paper; and if 20,000,0001. would not be sufficient,• as the currency would be lowered by 20,000,000/., then, to please Mr. Attwood, and others, let Government issue 20,000,0001. more, and with it pay off' so much of the debt ; thus the nation would de facto have a large loan paid up in full, and no 60/. or 701. to re ceive 1001. and interest; and on this alone there is a gain of 30 per cent, to the nation, and thus the nation would be rolieved from so much taxation, and it is vain to expect much higher. As I have shown the circulation to be in England, Ireland, and Scotland 44 were abolished, a 000,0001., if all other notes but those issued by. Government currency of 30, - , 0,000i. might bethought too small, and if so, it would on 'be, easy to issue the 2 0 ,000, 00 0/. more, and pay off' so mu c h of the debt. with the same , but certainly not at par ; pa id at 80 per cent.,• or . choice of reduced interest, it would clear 0ff30,000,000/. at all events, and I contend that whatever paper money is in circulation it ought to he a national, one , i. a. b y the Government ; a n d whatever it is, it is equivalent to a loan without interest, and one paid up in ful l . No doubt, my remedy may a ppear to be a very bold one,. but the times a n d c i r c ums tances of the' country require such, and if we ' go on (though badly) with a very doubtful paper currenc y, I ask would not a strictly national one be preferable ? I may be told that this is coming again what can I propose if every , one legal tender ; and also, one runs to the Treasury for gold? I answer, as . they do not do so no w t o the banks, as is notorious (though we have such a, paper currency, and issued b y 100 different companies, is it to be believed that they w ould do so for a limited and certain one of 30,000000/., or even 50,000,000/. of Government paper ? B es id e s, though I would make the notes legal tender, I would make the .51., or pos_ sibly the 101., to be paid in coin on demand, and if (as we see) the Bank of England alone Can'mect the demand of payment in gold for their 17,000,000/. of paper out, which-bv law at present they must pay in . cash if demanded, it would be strange indeed if they would do so - to the Treasury. I am now, as you will perceiVe, meeting objections. Bankers are all paper monopoliSts, and very clan gerous ones • for, after all, who kno*S how much they coin ? . The Bank of Irel and, carries on thiS trade by steam, and a very nice•machbiery it is, and a bank-note for 500/." or 1,0000/. is ks easily coined as a 11. note. An outcry against my proposal will be as certain as the sun's rising, but what of that ? We are to con sider the interests of the nation, and not that of indi viduals, and most of whom (private companies) never paid one-third of their nominal capital, held out, in truth, to.gull the people, and it may be called dis graceful and dishonest to permit such trading, and to -such an extent, with a fictitious capital. By a return made to the Stamp-office in 1836, there were 89 joint-stock banks in England, and 24,915 partners in them. To prevent them and all banks from issuing paper money any longer, is; after all, only taking from theta the power of coining, which is the prerogative of the Crown, and if they choose to coin gold, making - the sovereign of only half valde, they would be guilty of felony, although in issuing such coin they might pay 10s. as 11., whereas they now coin a thing and call it a, pound, that is in reality of no value whatever. And if any one choose to apply this to a real natiotial paper, such as I propose, my answer is, it is as secure as the funds, whereas, in point of fact, all the banks in England might become bankrupt without the nation being in difficulty. If the above-mentioned joint-stock partners and pro prietors of banks in England and Ireland amounted to 30,000 individuals, and were ruined by not being allowed to coin in future, is that any reason why the nation is to be ruined, to enable those persons to spe culate, to coin, and furnish fictitious money, in order to keep up monopolies, and thus plunder the people ? I say, no; and let those bankers be what they ought to be, care-takers of deposits and discounters (but with national money)---in short, what bankers were fifty years ago, and as Messrs. Coutts, Snow, Child, and very many hankers now are—real bankers, nut coiners. It would be cruel now to indict them as coiners, and they are probably protected by some Act of Par liament or other yet coiners they are to all intents and purposes, and of very base money. It may be thought that if my plan were adopted, or, in other words, in plain English, no paper money allowed but that actually issued by the Government, what will you do as to post-bills, with which they might still inundate the country? I answer, under strict regulations post-bills are an accommodation, and could not well be done without ; but as to any dangerous issue of them, if the Solicitor of the Trea sury does not know how to draw up an act to prevent it, fie is very unfit for his situation, and there - are plenty to be got who, no doubt, are as able as they would be willing. The nation requires a currency of far more than can be supplied in metallic currency, and whatever must be made in paper must be in future strictly national, and only issued under the authority of the Crown and Parliament, and by the Lords of the Treasury, who are to be responsible. If it is con tended that in some measure my proposal is a return to legal tender, the answer is plain :—The nation has not gold and silver enough to carry on its trades, &c. ; •of course some paper must be issued; then if we must have one, is it not better it should be a national one, than by companies or individuals ? and such ought to be a legal tender, and if not made so the bankers would declare a regular paper war against the Treasury ; but the exchanges will also be brought into the field by the opposers of a Government issue. But I cannot see cause why a nationel issue of paper should. affect them more than what I may call the present private one does. And as to the nation pay in.. 30 000 0001. of its debt to the Bank, &c., as stated, in paper, it must be recollected that the loan or ad vance was in paper, and the paper I would pay them with would enable them so far to pay their debts to others. I now end as I began—no longer any partnership between the Treasury and the Bank of England. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, G. COCKBURN. DONATION TO UNIVERSITY COLLEGE. At the distribution of prizes to the 'students of the Faculty of Medicine if University College, which took place on Satur day list, Lord Campbell, who presided, announced to the meet ing a donation by Lord Brougham, of above one hundred books, printed by the Government press at . Cairo, which had been presented to his Lordship by Mehemet Alt. The letter of Lord Brougham, which accompanied the dona tion, and which, with the exception of the first sentence, was read by Lord Campbell, was as follows : "My dear Lord Campbell,—l am happy to find that you have undertaken to preside at the University College to morrow. You have, indeed, from its foundation been a steady and a useful friend to that Institution. I take this opportunity of requesting that I may be allowed to present to the College a collection of books which the Bashaw of Egypt did me the honour to send me about eighteen months ago. They are a set of the works, above a hundred in number, which have been printed at the Go vernment press of Cairo ; and the catalogue of the greater put of them, which you will receive to-morrow morning, shown that they relate to various branches of the arts and sciences, and letters. I feel assured that his Highness will think I have employed his gracious kindness in the manner most useful to us, and most honourable to him when I make these volumes accessible to students who can turn them to account. That Sovereign has always shown strong disposition to cultivate a good understanding with this country as far as our policy would allow him, and he has, I be lieve, without any exception, been favourable to a friendly in tercourse with our countrymen individually. That he stands eminently distinguished among eastern princes by his exertions for the ducation of his people, these works serve clearly to prove. 1 may add, that not more than six or seven appear, by the translation of their titles, to relate to military subjects. Be.. heve me, ever sincerely yours, H. BROUGHAM. " Grafton-street, April 29, 1842." A JUMP FROM A RAILWAY TRAIN.—While a train on the Glasgow and Ayr Railway was coming towards the latter place one day last week, and when on the highest part of the embankment between Kilw inning and Irvine, a man, who was a passenger in one of the third-class carriages, asked a fellow traveller when it was likely . the train would arrive at Kilwin ming. He was told he had just passed it. " What ! past Kii 7 . winning am I . ! Glide faith, if that be the case, I'm land eneugh here." So saying, he fastened his skull-cap firm on his cranium, buttoned his coat, and, in spite of every remon strance, leaped over the side of the carriage, at the Steepest part of the embankment, nearly forty feet, down which he rolled like a ball, casting a series of not the mostgracsful mersets, while the passengers in the train were in great terror lest he had killed himself by his rashness. He, however, found his level, v , here he was accosted by a labourer in the adjoining field, who inquired if he was hurt. " Hurt! no an inch o' me atwcel," and givinz his jacket a shake or two to de prive it of the dust which it had collected during his de cent, he stet - wed off across the field, exclaiming as he went—alluding to the train now in the distance, "' That wad be ago indeed! You haulin' me on to Irvine, and me dressed and a' for our weddin' at Kilwinnin."—Ayr Advertiser. Last week, the'James Watt steamer, disembarked at Havre a curious cow of the short-horned breed. It pre sents the remarkable p.culiarity of being without hair, and having a covering similar to the skin of the elephant , w ith th e , forehead defende d by a sort of horny substance. This animal is a native of Sierra Leone, and has been purchased from the Surrey Zoological gardens for the menagerie in the Jardin-des- Plantes at Paris. One of the men belonging to this establish ment took charge of it on its arrival, as well as of a broad striped tiger cat and a kangaroo, which were sent at the same time. Our readers will remember, that about three months back, there was.discovered in the ruins of a convent at Madrid a body which, although interred two centuries ago, was in so perfect a state from having undergone some process of embalms sit, as to have been regarded by the owner of the place in which it was found and by the piddle of Madrid as a valuable curiosity. A person was placed to watch it, but it suddenly disappeared, and a ridiculous rumour prevailed that the man in charge of it had been bribed by the British Ambassador to convey it to his residence, to be from thence forwarded to England. We are now informed by the Madrid papers that the missing treasure has been found in the posses sion of an old man and his family, in a house on the banks of the river, Nervion, and that the intention of these per.ons, in obtaining fraudulent possession of the body, was to take it to England through France, showing it on the way to the curious for money. It is stated that the lid of the coffin bears the name of Dona blanca de Oliveros, who died in 1640. NEW SALMON BILL.—The Bill introduced into Parliament by Mr. Ellice, jun., provides, we utVerstand, for the anomalous case of the rivers Ness, Shinn &c., where, owing to the water proceeding from deep lakes, and b. in f o of a warmer temperature, clean fish abound at a very early period of the season. The best salinou we found in the river Ness abount Christmas, yet we are not allowed to begin fishing before February ! Mr. Ellice proposes to give the proprietors of the fishiugs the power to regulate the period of fishing, provided always that the close time shall be of a certain fixed duration, to preserve the breed of salmon.—lnverness Courier. AMERICAN COTTON TRADE. —A statistical table of the cotton manufaetnres of the United States show an immense increase in the period between 1831 and 1840: that in capital having been 7,299,317 dollars ; that in factories 198 ; spindles ; yards of cloth, 182,668,129 ;, pounds of cotton, 45,095,824; value of manufactures , 18,2 , 30,143 dollars ; hands employed, 4,589; and amount of wages paid, 857,912 dollars. In the imports of cotton goods there had been a corresponding , decrease ; the general result showed that they had not increased with a decreasing and low tariff, while home manufacture had increased 75 per cent., although the population had increased but 33 per cent. DINERS OUT, BEWARE !--111 •thc Court of tl Jute-rle-Paix, last Monday, was heard rather a singular case, in which plaintiff and defendant were both English. The plaintiff had stood godfather to the defendant's sister, and was on habits of intimacy with ,the whole family; the consequence was he frequently dined, particularly on the Sunday, with the defendant. In return, he sent vegetables and fruit from his garden to the lady, and she and her young friends visited sometimes the garden, and took tea there. The old gentleman being gallant, and considered wealthy, no doubt a codoca in his will might remunerate for dinners or little attentions. In the meantime, however, the lady could not wait for the will, and, by way of instal ment, borrowed 250 francs which were cheerfully lent. 'rime pass:d on, but there seemed to be no hurry to re. turn the 250 francs, when the old gentleman having a bill to pay, took the liberty of writing first and calling afterwards for the money. His surprise may be imagined when the lady put into his hand 200 francs and a bill for 50 sundry dinners, teas, and glasses of brandy and wafer taken at her table. But the gentleman had livrd too long in the world to be done in such a manner ; remonstrance was useless, the lady was positive and determined, therefore he summoned her before the Juge-de- Paix, who, after hearing both sides, decided, as the lady neither kept an hotel nor boarding-house, she must repay the 50 francs and pay the expences.—Boulogne Gazette. THE HARWICH ELECTION PETITION.—The petition against the return of the two Tory Members for Harwich, on the usual grounds of bribery, treating, &c., has been with drawn, under circumstances which, acquainted as we are with many of the facts that would have been established in evidence against the sitting Members, we greatly• regret, although we can well understand the desire which the• petit lon ers w ould feel to avoid the immense expense of prose using the petition. The Tories were too well aware of the fate which awaited them to allow the case to proceed. It is, we understand, arranged that Major Beresford shall immediately accept the Chiltern Hundreds, and Sir Denis Le Merchant be elected in his stead without opposition.—Evening .Paper. iirroittf')libition SUN OFFICE Three o'clock. The vast number of murders that have been committed in the metropolis within the last few years, casts a great stain on the country, and ought to teach humility to those who boast of the superior civilisation of England, as compared with all other nations. While slanders and calumnies,'not twelve months ago, were heaped upon the Irish people by certain writers in London, charging them with murders and cruelties—and Spaniards and Italians in the same spirit of national prejudice have been stigmatised as assassins—deeds have • been' committed here which make the blood run cold. As sassinations have become frequent, murders of the deepest die have been pepetrated, one-third of the murderers yet remaining undiscovered ; and what shows their great cruelty, many of those atrocious crimes have been committed against helpless women, by the persons bound to protect them. This was the case with GREENACRE, BLAKESLEY, GOOD, and several others, showing a depravity and unmanly violence rarely surpassed.. The case of the wretched man COOPER, now in course of examination, is of a different kind, but it is almost unexampled for reckless, wanton disregard of human life. He murdered one fellow-creature on the spot, seriously, and perhaps fatally, wounded another, and it was from no want of will on his part that many more did not fall victims to his savage disposition. These are certainly ominous symptoms of the present state of society, and, from whatever cause arising, inflict a great disgrace on . the country. It singularly enough occurs, too, at a time when.more noise is made. about Church ex tension, religious meetings, and Sunday travelling than at any former period—when Sunday schools are held in every village, and assemblages collect all over the country at stated periods for humanizing and converting to the Christian faith people of every clime. Enormous sums are sent out of the country yearly for these purposes. Might they not be better spent at home in encouraging education, promoting industry, and preventing crime? Something must be done to abate this great disgrace, or England will become a reproach and a bye-word among all nations. Lord BROUGHAM has brought in a Bill to give pro tection to witnesses examined before Committees of the two Houses of Parliament, respecting bribery at elec tions. The Noble and Learned Lord, like every person who pays any regard to the corrupt state of the representation of the country, is alarmed at the frightful extent to . which this moral pestilence is spreading. We have serious doubts, however, as to the efficacy of his Lordship's Bill as a remedy for the evil. We doubt whether any laws could be framed which would check bribery under the present state of the elective franchise. The incentives are too great and the facilities too numerous for legal hindrance. The best way to check bribery is to begin by extending the franchise. Household suffrage, or the adoption of a knowledge qualification, would inflict a mortal blow upon bribery. The next best step to be taken, but here Lord BROUGHA3.I does not agree with us : would be to adopt the Ballot ; and . finally make Parliaments triennial. Without these there can be no end to bribery. As to Parliamentary Committees, they are notoriously incompetent to act as tribunals to decide upon election returns. It matters little therefore, what protection they can give to wit nesses called before them. M. TRIERS' organ, the Constitutionnel, declares that much as France is benefited by peace with England she would prefer war to the ratification of the right of search treaty. If such be the case the treaty will never be ratified, for we would rather abandon a thousand such treaties than go to war about them. But why not allow the whole question to drop ? The great bulk of the people of both countries - know nothing whatever about it. The longer discussion of it can only tend to create a bad feeling between nations whose interest it is to live in the most perfect amity. Besides, why is Eng land blamed about this treaty ? The National knows that France was the first to propose it, that it was drawn up in conjunction with her, and that she was as earnest as England in wishing to obtain for it the sanction of the other Great Powers. For our own part we Speak the ' more freely because, from the first, we doubted the policy of such a treaty. More reflection has increased these doubts. Right of search treaties never can put down the slave trade, nor can such . search be enforced without inflicting grievous injuries upon commerce. It is on this ground alone that we are opposed to the right Of search. As to the nonsense about the insult offered to the flags of independent States, we diSmisS it at once with con tempt. Where the right is common there can be no . insult in its exercise by any individual State, though there may be great inquisitorial wrong. We would a thousand times prefer seeing the treaty burric:d by the hands of the common hangman, than hear of one life lost in enforcing it. The follewing extracts from the French journals in clude all that, they contain of any interest. Thursday being the feast of the Ascension was observed as a holi day in all Catholic countries. There was therefore no Bourse, But as there is no holiday for the newspapers, they, of course, appeared as usual. SOLOMON says that there is a time and a season for everything under Heaven, save sin. Had newspapers been in circulation in the days of the wise Monarch of Israel and Judah, we have no doubt that he would have added that there was neither time nor season for editors and printers of daily papers knowing fatigue, and taking a holiday. The firce quarrel between the French Church party and the University has been re -kindled, by • the ad dresses to the KlNG—that of the Archbishop of PARIS especially. The University party quote the KING'S answer to their address, in which . his MAJESTY boasts of having reared his sons at the common college. To this .the Univers replies as follows : We were amongst the 400 school- fellows of the young Princes, and ran tell how equal and common was our lots. The Princes came in the morning with their preceptor, in their car riages, to the luxurioucly furnished private rooms fitted up for them at the college. There they learned their lessons. They came down to class five minutes after the other school-boys, and withdrew five minutes sooner, and always to their private room. 'The Princes dined with us, but always on dishes prepared and reserved exclusively for them, acid which we envied prodigiously. The Princes very seldom came to the play-ground; and, if they did, it was only to take a turn znd be gone. And when they did,, the twelve or fifteen boursiers, sent by the King gratuitously to college, formed a little court around them, and kept off us pro fane. As to the common benches, on which M. Villemrin in his speech places the King's sons, that is a figure of rhetoric. The Princes were kept as much apart as possible. It was but' the name of public education. As to the Duke of Orleans, he has avowed, in a well-known letter to Beranger, that his only Jessons in politics when a youth were derived from the poet's songs. The Semaphore of Marseilles contains the following from Naples, April 28: —"'l he post -sffit e trt sty between France and the '1 wo Sicilies only waits for the King's signature. The Duke of Montebello will take it in a few days to Paris; the ratifira inns will be exchanged in two months, rnd it will be in full operation in October 1. The complaints made by Holland and Belgium relative to the losses experienced by different capitalists of these two nations in the affair of this Tavoliere di Puglie, have been submitted to the mediation of the Holy See. France also interpo'es, but only as a friend. There is no doubt that this affair, wbich at first had a threaten ing aspect, will be arranged justly and satisfactorily.' The marriage of the King's sister, the Princess Therese, with the young Emperor of Brazil, is regarded as concluded. The Count de Rayneval, first secretary of the French embassy at Rome, has just left fur Sicily. After a tour of a fortnight cr three weeks, he will resume his duties at Rome." A letter from Constantinople, April 17, in the Sud of Mar seilles, says :—'• The customs of Constant;nople have been put up to public competition. A friend of Izzet Bey, the Sultan's present favourite, and the protector of the Gf and Vizier, offered ten millions of piastres more than they yielded last year, under the farmer-general Tahir Bey, one of th e most i n fl uent i a l personages in the empire. Tahir Bey naturally could not offer more than he had brought to the Treasury for this branch of the revenue during the great number of years that he has carried it on. It would have been owning himself guilty either of extortion or of bad administration. The struggle is still ,ffoing on, so d no person van say w h o w ill b e the victor ; but Tahir Bey is possessor of immense riches, and it is thought that he will succeed through the influence of the cat du cast). Sultana Valide.- Riza Pacha pretends to be ind:sposed, and goes rarely to the Palace. The influence of the Grand Vizier continues to be great. The Sanitary Council is engaged in a dispute with the Grand Vizier. This latter ordered the laza retto to b 3 evacuated, in order to quarter some troops there. fhe Ccuncil of Quarantine protested against this, and - it is not yet known how the dispute will terminate." DISFRANCHISING TARES.--Mr. T. Duncombe, with that attention to the interests of the electors which dis tinguishes him, last night induced Sir Robert Peel to give his consent to introducing a clause into the Pro.- perty-tax Bill—if that shall be necessary—to prevent: the Bill operating, on the score of not paying the taxes, as any additional means of disqualifying the electors. This is the beginning of that opposition which must arise whenever the tyrannous measure comes into full opera tion on the decayed and decaying resources of the people. Even Sir. Robert Peel was obliged to confess last night, in the HOuse of Commons, that his hopes of the revival of trade in the spring had been disappointed. O n the decaying resources of the people, he, however, is laying additional burdens. MEETING IN DEVONSHIRE.—A county meeting Will be called in Devonshire to take the Members to task for supporting Sir Robert Peel, and voting for the Income -. tax. We have a hand-bill lying before us, signed " A Devonshire Freeholder," which says, "our County Mem bers have most shamefully neglected our interests." It' describes the Income-tax " as rascally and tyrannical, imposed to keep up foreign wars ,in India." We learn from a Correspondent in Exeter that the bulk of the farmers in Devon are arrayed against the oppressive measures of the Government. In Exeter, it is added, passive resistance is rapidly organizing, and it is pro posed to defeat the intention of th e Premi e r, by refusing to make any returns, and allowing th e bloodhounds to distrain the goods. In that case, if put up to auction, no one would buy, and, like John Hampden with the ship money, passive resistance would dofcat the tyranny of Government. A fund is to be established to repay the losses of those who may suffer by this scheme, and ono auctioneer has declared publicly that he will not soil the goods distrained. THE TARIFF.—The Customs Acts were read pro forma last night in the House of Commons. and a Com mittee on them appointed for Tuesday, The Tariff will then be discussed. We have just seen a copy of Messrs. Longman's cata logue of books for the year 1842, which contains works in all departments of English literature, classified; a nd with a general alphabetical index. The full titles, sizes, prices, and dates of the last editions are also given, so that the Catalogue is as complete as a thi ng o f the sort could Possibly be. MONEY and COM M_E R I. NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Bank broker has again been operating to-day, and the prices of Consols have further declined, being 924 92 for Money, and 923 for the Account. Three per Cents. Rad ueel 911; Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced 99a; New Three and-a- Half per Cents. 1001 ; ,Bank Stock, 168 ; India Bonds 20 21, and Exchequer Bills 38 39 prem. The only transactions in Foreign Securities,- have been' in Dutch, Two-and-a-Half per Cent 5..53 ; the hive per . Cents: 101 i ; and Brazilian 78. Railroad Shares are heavy, and with little doing. Edin burgh and Glasgow, 55 ; Manchester and Leeds-, 87;' Northern and Eastern, 4a; South Eastern Scrip, 2* pram. ; South Western, 63 ' • and Brighton, 364, the- Loan.notes, 8. The Bonds and Buenos' Ayres, 23; Mexican, 333- ; Peru vian, 181 19* ; Spanish Fives, 23k, and the Threes, 22i. Papers four days later from the Mauritius have been re ceived, but contain no further information. c, Accounts from New Zealand afford information relative to a now settlement at Manukao. The first immigrants, prin c ipally from Scotland, arrived there on the 27th of November, in good heal4h; and, on landing, eitpressed themselves highly delighted with the location which had been chosen. .The en trance to the port was found to be easy of, access, and in the worst channel, by which she entered, the vessel beat through with a foul wind, and found plenty of water. The inhabitant s of Auckland viewed this settlement with much satisfaction' , justly concluding that as it advanced so would their prosperity increase. A sale of Crown lands was to be held at the commencement of February ; the lots would average one hundred acres each" and be put up at 1/. per acre. The intelligence from the island generally appeara to be very favourable. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT RAILWAYS. raid. . Per Share. • Cheltenham and Great Western. 724...... I to Edinburgh and Glasgow .50 London and Brighton Ditto Loan Notes 74 8 London and Greenwich • 124..... oa to London and South Western 385 63 to ' Manchester and Leeds Manchester. and Birmingham ... 40 Northern and Eastern South Eastern and Dover ... 50 Ditto Scrip 5 ...... 745 ... to RICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, MAY 5. 3 per Cent. Consols Three and Half Stock 994 ' Grand Canal Stock. ..... Ditto Reduced ...... Ditto Debs. 6 percent... Ditto New 1830... 34 per Cent. Debs. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET has been dull all the week. and prices of the middling and lower qualities of American about an eighth less ; in other respects there has been I )° change. A fortnight since it was h ope d t h at a permanen", improvement had commenced, but this has, in a great measur e ' disappeared, for the present at least. Speculators and export ers are now doing but little, the latter havincr , taken 800 ' Aon e rican and 200 Madras, and the former LA) American. „„i sales for the week amount to 18,530 bales. ' The quantl taken for consumption between the Ist of January and the the of May in the present year, has been 371,500 bales; i n n aj a like period o f 1841 it was 345,000 b a l es, o f w hi c h E as t I n the has increased f rom 30,000 to 4 7, 500 b ales. The exportj The same time of 1842 has be en 27,30 0 agalnat. 8,600 in nd quantity imported this year has been 667.100 bates , „l.„, 415,941 in 1841; and tae' stock on hand on the - 6th of ' I 'J r was computed at 597,500, an increase. of 170,000 bag , °v 1841.:The average weekly consumption shows an improvem e nt of 1,372 bales, being now 20,638 bales per week. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET closed heavily, with 'very littls business having been done in any kind of stock. Eastern Coals" ties have slightly declined,. the new shares being Si. 6s. Bd.' Liverpool and Manchester, 1874 ; London and Birminghal paid up 321. shares, 6051 North Midland H a l ves , sod South Eastern new shares, 34. 1114,14clizszEit STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 6.—We C ap - :rtt report any material alteration in our mark e t. M a nchester and , : Leeds, 87-to 88; Ditto N ew , 384 so 39 ; M anc he s t e r and, Or' mingham, 29 t o 291 ; S ou th W es t ern; 64 ; South- Eistera. (New) s 34 to 4 premium. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS LONDON, MAY 7.—Wind this day at noon, Westerly. ' MARGATE,MAY6.--The Elizabeth, Btirnett, from Guernset to London, .was assisted off Foreness Rock this morning, 3 "..t, brought into the harbour leaky, and with damage. DEAL, MAY 6.--Wind W. S. W. fresh.—.Arrd. Tigr ls 'ot Mauritius ; Silvia, Sierra Leone ; Thomas Henry, Churn'," ward, Calcutta; Janet, Goldsmith, Cape ; Tropic, Clark. Barbadoes. Arrd. from the River and sailed, Sultan, 1100 1 / 4 A Town ; Prince Albert, Cape. Remlins, Th e Lively, for ik1e 1 .,,,f Bay. Put back, General Palmer, Ascension. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 6 —Wind W. N. W. strong and squally'' —Arrd. Circassian, London, for Montreat;% Orbit; • ditto, fq,, • Quebec. Sid. H. M. S. Benbow, Eastward. • Arrived v" Isabella Blith, Lane, Mauritius. COWES, MAY 6.—Arrd. Guernsey Lily, Le Bug, WO; Dos Amigos, Rentina, Havannah. OFF DARTMOUTH, MAY 2.—Yari, Mauritius , Hever, Johansen, Porto Rico, for Hamburgh ; Copernien't Probst, Nevi Orleans, for Bremen; Brit'sh King, Hurton , New York.• fin. ditto ; Adelar, Smith, 'Batavia, fur -Hotter.. darn ; Vigilant, Eckert, Port au Prince, for Llamburgn Washington, New 'York, for ditto. BRISTOL, MAY 6.—Sid. Ann, Prince Elward's Island. PLYMOUTH, MAY 6.—Wind N. W.—Arrd. Star, Sellervl Messina ; Jane, Ancona. Arrd. off, Fortune, Sierra Leone. STANGATE CREEK, MA y 5. —Arrd. Glengariff, Sullivan , Jamaica; 'Eliza, Lawry, Mor)adore. , r " FALMOUTH, MAY s.—Wind W. S. W. to S. S. W,, fresh 4 , brdezes.—Aird. Ann Eliza, Cape Hayti; sailed 3d Ulf. LIVERPOOL, MAY 6.—Wind W., moderate.—Arrd. Co- rinha, Wilmot; C: lcutta ; Rushton, Arica ; Courier , ; ! Fisher, &Ake, sailed 30th March ; Enterprise, Duckin , . Nevis; Carter, Rennie, St. Domingo; Mountaineer, Palestine, Parthenon, and Mila, New Orleans; Hogarth, Ellen Nero , Shlannon, itannia, and Ellen Bryson, Mobile ; Ninian , Lindsay, Si. Joseph's; Glengarry,. Savannah; Alexander, Edward, and Elizabeth, Charleston; Helena, Hoaker,.Halifas'• . 0 , Sld. John tabby, China; Coolock and George Glen, 31 01 ' trail. Put back, Arctus, Valparaiso. The Swanton, front • - !;# Mobile, dia not arrive as reported. 1 OFF DOVER, MAY 6.—Gilbert Munro, Nicholson, Maori' tins; Not ma, Robertson, Belize. YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT, MAY 6.—Arrd. Inglis Ira" - port, London, for Bombay. WAIIisEA„ MAY 6.—Arrd. Sunbeam, Dury, Helen Hard)" , Smith, and Alexander Robertson, Harrison, .Cuba. DUBLIN, MAY 4 —Arrd. Hugh, Smallmen and Ellen , Rots, Trinidad. '" tivEnroot, MAY 6.—The Kestrel, arrived ,yesterdiy PO' LiMa, brings about :).00,000 dollars on freight. . • WORKINGTON, MAY 4.—The Philomela, Sprott, was.tq.r et i a : froth Monte Video on or about the 16th ult., for the Kigdom. ' rfosbi't KINGSTOWN MAY 5. —Arrd. Thomas Dempsey, - for Liverpool. • Coax - , MAY s.—Arrd. Horsford, Byers, Buenos Ayres : Henry Bell, Hood, Laguna ; Scipin , Henderson, diitosail ed 2tqh March. Sld. Mary Caroline, St. John's, New 13runswiek. Arid. off, William Glen Anderson, Giiles, Savannah and Ber muda, in 29 days ; E ur O p e, H on d uras, and sailed for London.' THE MARKETS.-(THIS 'DAY.) i .. WHITECHAPEL MARKET. ' ' he supply nas very m o d era t e , w ith a good demand; little l' • ation in prices, except in beef, in which there was a decided ,-./ rovement....Beef, 2s. Bd. to 3s. Bd. ; _Mutton, 2s. &I. to iVeal, 2s. 4d. to ss. ; York, 2s. Bd. to 4s. 6d. ; Lamb, Sd. to 65..41.,C10ver, 2/. 7s. to 5/. Bs. ; Hay, 21, to 4/. 45.: t.w, I/. 12s. to I/. 16s. TEA MARKET. le large public sales that are declared for next week ied bu)ers to operate with caution ; and the market was but prices were sustained. Company's Congou:ls. 944-1., . . 1 TALLOW MARKET. There was was a fair business transacted at full rates. EY' Candle on the spot, 465. 3d. and 48s. 6d. for delivery in the last three months of the year. .. , • ' • • SPlfitr MARKET. There was little business transacted in the Rum Market, but pries were sustained. Proof Leewards, 2s. 43d. to 21. s d• Brandy firm, and wanted. WOOL MARKET. Prices had an upward tendency, and a good businesi vod transacted in b o th E ng li s h an d f ore i gn , a t fi rm rates. Arrival': come in slowly from all parts. :.~ ".ad . ._. , - ---------,- --- 1- ~j GENERAL ELPHINSTONE. ' The follrea-ing is an extract from a letter written by Colon el •;i o i Cuieton, of the 10th Lancers, and dated Meerut, March IS :I- o fi ll Through the kindness of a friend I have rein a con fidential : o ff letter containing an extract of a dispatch from th e late EtlY°l,; "01 Major Pottinger, dated January 30, and whi c h says , . Y o u wi"- ,o , be glad to learn, that so far from blaming El p hi nstone for vfill it . ,1 has' occurred, he al ogether exonerates hi m : 10 , and wishes th i9 ' I, 1 fact to be made known to Government ; f or t h e no bl e co u rage t it and resignation with which the General bears himself undert,':o' sue a load of mist rtune and physical su ff ering (an attack ,2 0 V 4 . 4 1 t he unwic gout in the joints of each h an d , and shot throug h the : '-, but ork) nifike a mans heart ble e d ?fir him that he s houla WI! li A cep fated to hold such a continent" when so incompetent from disease.. and vvt,undort so badly.' n " The above is an extract f rom M a j or Pottinger ' s lettert. ~- d -; the ; ' one communicating. it sa - ys, 'NMI can of course carnatuar cat c wh a t I give you rogarthirk ElphinitOne 'to • hiS friend C';',l, Cuteton, who I know has the General's credit greatly at lieatt. sv The I specie who se p meet of Thur funeral the chin The thq, trt i ( remain-. 1 1841, al Taper ; I.] Thar, Public h nett er as Our ; Cl.arnbe f * 'e 160, Alinister whiuh w not a set in Engle tional at therpby Muir i e °?Pons: the 1 Prnsia I ns Ma month, army Ilan Cot busseldo T h. , Kin Highness hare, itPrussir shirTe he bob in 18 .0 1:m aril; Bromwich win scarce wilt not list dustriousht Cambri c the north A rr qu i, Joseph Stu ime Aletube but it is ex t uta : sit,s e e r t,n ° ll o ,fg l:n n f erg o o.r t ,aus h vir vv°l "nen are e "nie bald nearW,d," alt, as. hingtni Th e 1 3 • eig tm Gc 1 1, ' sth i nst of re- r n• ba ck, cabin ; gat and chi t b elan "'ere udginen. "' J in hear A DUIIn " 1 V e In nice, \ 'teh th e S i {;„; he port ] th e : ! 0 the , expenle o a i niter hi m. Th e.clisee un f 0 ,. 4 h e Eriffj • th e i c b n t V44'' ' 'l 't at I C r ' i Leketin ; I: 4 . ' E Nelf a til l ,: Club 4 ha're tt, held • ' C In potted IN to I COnony , ln g of ih e ea:11"Y. that atlitiS raa. e ° sltlndg i no tes , hll that de}it,, thh by vi Eai colent e epi t ,' a t Ord a, Wa te n r g,,her 1 FAth''' l3 l i l t 1 :1c Post 41' he . o f Lira irit•wrgr The BUDGET, No. VII. This clay was published, price 3d., TII E B IT D G E T, Ye. VII., Containing a LETTER to SIR ROBER.T PEEL On the, expediency of establishing Differential Duties in favour of British Colonies, and on the Effects which the Importation of Cattle and of Corn from Foreign Parts is calculated to pro duce upon the well being Of the Working Classes, upon the progress of Agriculture. and upon the value of Landed Pro perty in the United Kingdom. By A MEMBER of the POLITICAL ECONOMY CLUB. Publi,hed by Smith, Elder, and Co., Cornhill. HORTICULTURAL' SOCIETY of LONDON. EXHIBITION at the GARDENS.—BENJAMIN EDGINGTON, Marquee, Tent, and Rick Cloth Alunufac turer, 2, Duke-street., Southwark, respectfully informs the No bility and Gentry, that several MARQUEES of his fitting-Up, and of various dimensions, may be seen at the Society's Gar. dens, 'Chiswick, on SATURDAY Next, the 14th instant. Orders, per post, addressed No. 2, Duke-street, London bridge. Rick-cloths, New and Second-hand, with Poles, corn plete. A Warehouse, 203, Piccadilly. THE WEA.THER.-2Noox, MAY 7. Itai AL GALLERY OP SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Thermometer .... 55 Highest 62 Lowest • 41 Ilarometi;r 26.40.—Wind ttIOH WATEIt AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY, Morning 55 minutes after 111 Evening d minutes after 0. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The letter of Mr. TiWesley is referred to the Reporter. .§1,13t THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MA' 7, 1842