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'quit! luded. Jphin tiberi w. 11(1 b e t, NV° ge tiOn Of is [NOW se N r of Of red iu s eetil s Pis* lo g • IC ° 10▪ 0 £4OO 14. 1 d o ar t 410 V tot el. of ea t ed iffered be er, for ice• Ted to ser 1041 5 10 bat to eraon' ru g" rea Ef injor ►herl' . .e ~ the malt drawback duty he suspended for n. limited time. The Right lion. t;entletesti said that. he intend-+1 drat, back for trxu months, in order to give eoe:;ider the 21.11-,jc et. Mr. 6. O'BRIEN uas understood to oppose the motion, • captain JONES supported the motion. • -Mr. IIEDINGTON opposed the reception of the 1.,< clause proposed by the Right Hon. Gentleman. After some observations from Mr. F. French, Mr. Baring, and Sir J. Tyrrell the motion was agreed to. The Bill then passed through Committee, and was or -ofti,94ki-ed to be read a third time tomorrow. NEW ZEALAND. On the motion of Lord STANLEY the House re .N„,5• 161Ved itself into a Committee on the Australian and 10 9F Tew Zealand Bill. oesd :Clanses up. to 7 were agreed to without any amend • The remainder of the clauses were also agreed to with I,.,;'t s etbal amendments. . :ri e , 2 The Bill went through Committee, and the Report was 'ordered to be received on Friday next. s 0 I'AYMENT OF WAGES—ADJOURNED DEBATE. t a . i r The Order of the Day for the resuming the adjourned sal debate on the nomination of the Committee to consider • the payment of wages hating been read, On the name of Mr. G. W. Wood being proposed, Mr. G. W. WOOD requested to be excused from arl serving on the Committee. ti tzz, FERRAND had nominated the Hon. Gentleman . o .„ '- at the request of several of the working classes, who had sd ;, ; 6posed the greatest trust in the Hon. Member. • • The Hon: Member was excused. On the name of Sir J. J. Guest being put, en ; ; ; Mr. Alderman COPELAND vindicated the Rhymney CIO .Ircin Company from the attacks which had been made ai 1 - "Ott it, and expressed a hope that that would be the first OMpany subjected to inquiry before the Com m ; ;Inittee„ The Honourable Gentleman then proceeded to ,a o i,*ta'elr - the Dowlais Company as being mixed up s Wirth the truck system, but at the same time tei,Ab - P:ntsti say that there might be circumstances under - which it would be, of the greatest advantage to e4tablish a truck shop. He had lately in Staffordshire Deers asked by his own workmen to open a shop. t, ; . Sir J. J, GUEST would challenge every inquiry into the *cbliduct of the Dowlais Company. He had never , Paid his workmen in anything except sterling coin. ao.lo lir. Alderman COPELAND explained. 'After a few words from 111 r. V. bTEWART and Dr. ted i Bowltmtd„Sir John Guest was added to the Committee. On the motion of 'Mr. BROTHERTON, Mr. Cobden % 14 ititi added to the Committee. ▪ Sir JOHN GUEST declined acting. The - other Orders of the Day- were then disposed of the House adjourned at Half-past Twelve. Tispe - nd *a; Nearly ready, in 3 vols. post Bvo., A 'NEW NOVEL 11 41 , By the Authoress of - " TAE HISTORY of a FLIRT." urn, o eurylbl3, C Publisher, Great Marlborough-street. COMPANION TO THE LIVES OF COLLINGWOOD • AND NELSON: '`'' Now ready, in 2 vols. Bvo., with Portrait, THE LIFE OF q„rA DMIRAL VISCOUNT KEPPEL, FIRST - LORD of the ADMIRALTY in 1782-3. By the Hon. and Rev. THOMAS KEPPEL. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. • MADAME D'ARBLAY'S .....113IARY OF THE COURT OF QUEEN CHARLOTTE, t,i"B- -NOW READY AT ALL THE BOOKSELLERS. Zd : 4 , .. 1 117 far the most interesting, and entertaining too, of these d: ... mottant volumes. It lets us into the interior of a court, and Iles - us every particular of that life. 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A..._ 41 1014 WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. ; , ---inutes after 1 i Evening 47 minutes after I. advertisements of a Disgusting Character, • op Tendency, are excluded from Columns of " The Sun." 4+. • '-v• • • 8 r .vr u I 4 , • • ••• 4. 9 1‘0.14,°r4f- , '" 1 ."41 1 1W : & - t - -"4 '• Ark mes LONDON .TUESDAY MORNING, MAX 10, 1842. ki llt ' l l:itic E.'s motion and most of the ' 1 7nt to last night by Mr. WYNN as he originally made it, was N : l4l l 4 P i6 triber s 'of both partied. 1 )It k' t : ll ,►t down bribery, and Lord T JO e L y i N a Il RUSSELL prof h ele a d y r h id a t cmiNiki tti.lll' PEEL agreed that a Bill d sh m o a u n ld de b d e th r a o t uk ir. ttet that object, but they . ' tri , k : 811 0111 - make some speci . fic e . c s har T ge h s e , y in w o o r ul de d r norm} e „ t - - 'inquiries of his Comlnitttc.. C''°l4.''lll- 1 1 ti 4 4- 1:1 4:- to, what was called a fishing and roving o tti t'et h .; kid M. ROEBUCK modified his mo h t a it r ai ges, il liktr eo " ell ' `dews He made, therefore, specific c ci ll-it' ' e ' 4 4 .Pr0 - rm'se . s : had been entered into in the case ,i koji%,, _ill, g,.. lk7 ottinghain, Harwich, for LetA es, and I a - a Select Com kittee "dtioris, . and he moved NI/44 u 'O. Investigate them. That motion . was acceded to 4TH ,11.t.SA division, and the Committee will be appointed.. ttnl ie - . .,. 1 4/elt. Jias also promisedtoin to tro g lu ve ce a short - Wit 44/ Le ' ref — ti ' ity — ,to enable witnesses: evidence ..04t crinahlating themselves b? - t : e - 111 ''e not_ sort), that the ' Committee is appointed,. we c are nothing for the success of the motion. The le,,l4°l4J4viwobtained when Mr. ROEBUCK made his o ' n e l e eh, and the investigations of the Committee can l' retl4l tilitt - information to a specific legal form, fus ed the possessed by the public. To have re -1%/1 1::_,.."0 C OParnittee, would only have spread over the °' 4114113 e. the accusation whichwill now fix itself on the few bornushs, and the few Members subjected to I ?ti - ; inquiry. In the col:: of the debate L ti , a t, LUch comprowises had long been known and practised, and he doubted whether they were either illegal or a breach of the privileges of the House. Lord JOHN RUSSELL referred specifically to the case of Norwich, in the last Parliament, as a notorious compromise which had not called forth the censure of the House. It seemed to be considered, as Major BERESEORD stated, that such matters were private affairs, of which Honourable Members, from a son of fellow feeling, were never to inquire into. That House of Commons' law and House of Commons' logic, is consistent with its general conduct. The decision of au election petition concerns the constituencies, and about them the House never troubles itself, unless they happen to be coincident with the party or private interest of some of its own Members. Whatever may be the result of the inquiry, the public are so convinced of the great corruption of elections, that they will not be 'satisfied with any thing short of a general measure to repress it That House has essayed in vain, for several years, to re-establish itself in the public esteem, and all its efforts for this purpose—whether they were partial alterations in the constituent body, new contrivances to settle con troverted elections, or bills against bribery—have only damaged it more and more. Its conduct of late is uni versally stigmatized as in the highest degree immoral. The bulk of its Mem hers were elected on the principle of preserv ing the Farmer's Protection Bill entire, and the bulk of them have voted to lessen that protection. They have forfeited their word, and have broken all their vows. At the same time they have signified that the measures fur which they have voted do not meet their approbation. They have been equally false to themselves and false to their constituents. Their votes and their convictions, their acts and their consciences, have been at variance. To keep in Sir H. PEEL they have cast political honesty to the winds. Now has come this ex posure of the manner in which many of them have obtained their seats, and there is now not a debating club in the country which, on account of the sincerity and honesty of its proceedings, and the just manner of entering the club, is not more respected than the House of Commons. 1 We fancied yesterday, as we copied from the Morning Post the announcement that a general charity sermon is to be preached fur the relief and subsistence of the starving millions of the manufacturing districts, that we saw awn - pallid faces, at first lighted up with smiles of joy and hope. They started up, a e thought, as the news reached them, and huzzaed for delight. Then came over them a doubt, and they whispered, " Is it, indeed, true ? Can it be that the humane and patriotic advisers of her MAJESTY ' have thought of us poor wretches ? Can it be that they have counselled with the Great PRIMATE and the Bishop of LONDON, the • lineal heirs of CHRIST ? Can it be that these wise men are coming to our aid ? The news is too great and good to be true. But it must be true, it is printott ; it is double-leaded in the Pest; it is sent forth by au thority ; it is propagated throughout the empire in a solemn manner, as an important piece of news, that her MaaEs'rv's htuaiane and patriotic advisers' are coming to our help by o.edaining a universal charity sermon." Wonderftil, indeed' ! And is this the quack nostrum, we think we hear them saying, as they become sensible of the mot ding insult, which PEEL offers to a starving and industrioi is people, after ten months' cogitation ? Wo think we see the people recovering from their astonish ment, the smiles of joy and hope changing into smiles of withering contempt and derision, followed by one universal shout of indignation. We want justice not charity. We spurn your charity, and we will have justice." The announcement in the Post is the most awful event we have fret witnessed. We thought the National Peti tion ominous enough, but a general charity sermon, ordained tap the Prime Minister, because he finds his hopes and his schemes for relieving the people a dead failure, as he avowed on Friday, is a subject for more painful reflections than the presentation of the National Petition. What I the industrious millions of this country, who have just appeared in the House of Com mons, by a petition to demand admission into the pale ofthe Constituti on, to be relieved by a charity sermon Are they to be so fobbed off by the Prime Minister! What! the great distu7esi that is eating into the core . of the nation, the flagrunt injustice of which the people complain, to be relieved - as money is gathered for a mission to the South Seas, or to rebuild a church struck by lightning ! Impossie, absurd—a proof only that Sir R. PEEL has lost his :tenses, and kno‘vs not what to do. We have entertm tied. an opinion from the first that his policy was shortcoming and inefficient. But this plan of eking it. out by a great charity sermon, makes it abso lutely &spice:tie. A masqued -ballet Court to give vigour to our arms in India is not a m pre contemptible expedien.t. Can Sir ROBERT. PEEL' suppose for a moment that the people will be gratified by such a course of pro ceeding ? They, ask for - Universal Suffrage ; he con sults willa the Archbishop of Cals-rEarantv, and issues a QUEEN'S; Letter. They ask for the abolition of the landlords' monopoly and of class legislation .; he ordains a charity sermon. . Does he now suppose that the' people are - to be so bribed and preached into contentment ? Does he- expect, by thus putting fora and the priesthood, in what he sUppoSes a good work, to re store them to public es twerp ? If he means both to elevate the priesthood anti content the people by such a contrivaz ice, never was a poor charlatan more miserably deceived. The cunning triclt is at once seen through, and the people will only despise the more the bungling con triver, as well as the ministers of religion, who are so willing to substitute the charity of others for doing justice themselves. , But will this scheme even answer Sir R. PEEL'S object ?' The plain intention of it is to bolster up, if possible, the landlords' injustice. We take it for granted, therefore , that not a single free-trader or Radical in the empire • will contribute a ftrthing to the fund. It is intended . also to relieve the manufacturers, they there fore can contribute nothing. Adding the unwilling to the unable, there will rem. tin few persons to con tribute beyond the landlords themselves, and a few of the opulent tax receiv 'ers of the metropolis. The alr eudy over-burdened middle' closes will need all that the y can scrape together to pay Sir ROBERT PEEL'S Income- tax, and it is not likely that they will contri bute lac gely. The bulk of the funds, thsrefore, will come fro in the pockets of the landlords and clergy, who will pro trebly give more than, they will gain by the Corn-laws. They will have, tb erefore, all the dsgrace and all the odium of support ing those laws, without reaping a, single penny profit to compensate them for the just - indignation and hatred of the people. The cs trious announcement of a general begging in behalf o f men who despise the alms, is accompAnied by anet her equally curious announcement. We .say nothing against the benevolent motive - of, the anlia,b.:e and well-meaning Lady who is about to enliven her Court, and excite the attention of all,Europe, by a most splendid and novel en tertainment. . We believe that she and her Ministers entertain the 'opinion that the extravagance of the rich benetta the poor, Thinking neither of the bad example nca , the tuiprOductive con sumption, they suppose, therefore, they are doing good to the nation by giving splendid entertainments. On that economical question we now after no opinion ; but we mayventi2re to remind those who are continually admo nishing tbe people to take t he Bible as their guide—that the wise Kings of Judah,. when their kingdom was afflicted, clothed thetnselve s in sackcloth and ashes. Our rulers, on the contrar;7, when the nation is in dis tress, ord sin charity sermons,' and give masqued balls. The same journals which con Lain the announcement of our "patriotic Ministers" to issuo a QQEEN'S Letter, inform the public that " for years the re has not been a season of so much f 4 stivity, cnd so many amusements of every descrip tion, as a t this mo vtent ; all thoughts are absorbed in breathless 'expectati on of her MAJESTY'S Masque." Are the nobility and g& !ntry aboi it to dance over the grave where they have bus led then ational welfare ? ......... ........ woolen Some of the Tory jour -was , have been, and occasionally still are, virtuously indi t , ;nanit against the repudiating States of the North Ameri can Union. "How atrocious," they have exclaimed, ." in . those States not to pay the in terest on loans contracted i n their name 1 They have lost their credit in the murk( it, and no capitalist will now lend a farthing to an Amet ican repudiating State." We agree in this instance with Our Tory Contemporaries; but wha; can they say for Ent r 'and, become a repudiating State to a certain extent moi l .r the administration of Sir R. PEEL ? England does.not repudiate—the fashionable phrase for artfully def :audit ig a State's creditors—the whole of her debt, A t e oril . y repudiates, at present, 2/. 18s. 4d. per c, at t. o f it. But it is whispered that the Income-t ax i o b y and by to be ex tended, in order to g ive more commercial relief, eXt 6 and instead of 24 18 s . 4 d . pe r cent. it witl be 10 or 12 per cent. Sir IL "'Er a , h a vin g. established the principle to the form( 1r of repudiatingnt, must carry out nis own principle, and make a a l the State creditors pay 10 or 12 per cent., as he now ro ;to make them pay se. 21 18s. 4d., whenever the. Income- .‘ ax is extended. It is, however, a certain fact t h at E nn l st . , d has become a re pudiating State under a se wori 'd Government of the Tories, and has so become- ,on Sir pk.EL'S theory, to preserve public credit. 1 1 rat i s a k :rime, therefore, in the new republics, is a vii 'tue itt the old Tor.y monarChy. ••••■■■—• _ We have now befor' a c Jpy of the amended In-: come-tax Bill, as it pa. ftsed throe gh Committee, and as THE SUN, LONDON, TtESDAY MORNING, MAY 10, 1842. w e suppose it will receive the Royal sanction—for we have no hope Ht it will receive sny 'Jr, ,-!gb the "0 c.)•, -, ?. of Lord,. Much k;:i has been said of its inquisitorial character, every description of it falls short of the reality. 'We as sure the commercial classes, that they will pay dearly for the apathy with which they allowed the Easter recess to pass over, and the little support which the Press received from them, in de nouncing and resisting this most oppressive impost:. Among other harassing powers given to the Commis sioners, is that of summoning before them, and ex- . amining, upon oath, not only merchants and traders themselves, but also their confidential clerks, agents, and servants, and interrogating them respecting their masters' affairs. Should they refuse to appear, or decline to be sworn, or object to answer any question put to them, they incur a penalty of twenty pounds. This enactment places masters at the mercy of their ser vants, and renders them liable to the suspicion of hav ing committed perjury, should any discrepancy be found between the statements made by them and those fur nished by their clerks. Again, where the tax is com pounded for, and evidence is found to prove that the in come paid for falls short of the real average income for three years, the money paid is declared forfeited to the QUEEN, a penalty of fifty pounds is incurred, and the whole Income-tax levied anew as if nothing had been paid. Hero is a door left open for the gratification of the most malignant passions. In the case of the thousands of struggling traders, who really know not the exact amount of their annual income, how easy it will be for a rival trader, or a discharged clerk, to ruin them by means of the course of prosecution here suggested. The task is an easy, one. In the pre- MOO of the new inquisitors, the suspected person must become his own accuser. He must supply the proo which shall establish his guilt himself. If he refuse to answer he is ruined by penalties. If he only decline to answer five questions, the cost is an hundred pounds. The Commissioners may ask fifty, or indeed as many as they please, and impose a fine for every refusal to answer The stock of Friendly Societies, Savings Banks, and Charitable Institutions are exempted from the tax. While income from professions, wages, and the funds are taxed sevenpence in the pound, incomes from the usufruct of land in England, are taxed threepence half penny in the pound, and from land in Scotland twopence half-penny. This Bill is called a Property-tax Bill by the Government, and is so styled by the printer of the House of Commons. It is no such thing. It is an Income-tax Bill, and nothing else. It does not pro pose to touch property. It taxes only the income aris ing from it— the labour by which it is rendered produc tive. It is a tax upon the wages of labour, whether of the head or hand. It does' . not say to the Dukes of SUTHERLAND and NEWCASTLE, " the Government proposes to appropriate for State purposes three acres out of every hundred of your estates, nor to Messrs. ROTHSCHILD and BARING, " the necessi ties of the State obliges Ministers to confiscate, for the use of the Crown, three pounds out of every hundred of which you are possessed." No; it reserves this harsh, tyrannical, and despoiling language for the medical prac tioner, the author, or the trader, whose sole earnings for the year amount only to one hundred and fifty pounds. It will not hear of any deduction being made . from this pittance for the support of the poor man's family. The Act expressly forbids any such deduction being allowed. He must pay an income tax for every mouthful of food eaten by his children. And yet 'Ministers have the brazen impudence to talk about the equality with which the tax will fall upon all classes ! All taxes should fall upon real property, for it is to protect real property that all the expenses of the Go vernment are incurred. But in this country the aristo cracy have hitherto contrived to throw all taxes, either directly or indirectly, upon industry. By a complicated and most expensive system of indirect taxation, they have imposed the most onerous burdens upon the people, without their being able to discover whence the pressure proceeded. However objectionable, therefore, the new tax may be, it will have the good effect of opening the eyes of the country to the vast importance of examining the whole question of taxation with attention. We are entirely in favour of the principle of taxation being direct. Fifty pounds of a direct tax paid into the Exchequer, produces more to the Government than an hundred pounds levied indirectly. There is here, therefore, a saving of one half in levying the tax directly. Again, it is better that each man should know what the Government costs him. Nothing will make him look more sharply about him, when it is proposed to plunge the nation ,into foreign wars, than to know that he will be called upon to pay for them in the shape of doubled or trebled taxes. In the course of the debates upon the Income-tax Bill, Ur. llcatE proposed a plan of dirt ct taxation which we consider exceedingly equitable, and which we shall take future occasions of explaining in detail to our readers. We - have only space here to enumerate the principle. " "Mr. HUME proposes that as property is ex empted from-taxation, the income arising from it only being taxed, the income of all traders, merchants, and professional men for one year shall be taken as their pro perty, that• such property shall be capitalised, and the income which would. arise from it, taxed in the sam way as income from other funded property. Thus, say a physician earns a thousand a-year, this thousand Mr. HtmiE would call his capital ; it is all that he has, and therefore all that the State is charged wi,h the cost of enabling him to enjoy in security. At 5 per cent. this thousand would produce fifty pounds, and upon this fifty Mr. HUME would levy an Income-tax, at the proposed rate of seven-pence in the pound. This plan would at once equalise the tax upon property and in come. We trust that the Hon. Member for Montrose will see the importance of persevering in making the details of his plan familiar to Parliament and the country. A Morning Contemporary says : " The distress which pervades many of the manufacturing districts has not been neglected by the humane and patriotic advisers of her MAJESTY. We have great pleasure in stating that it is in contemplation to issue forthwith a Queen's Letter, inviting contributions in the several places of worship throughout the three Kingdoms, for the purpose of af fording more adequate relief to the industrious populae tion of the manufacturing districts than local subscrip tions can be expected to yield. A Conference was held on Saturday en this very interesting subject at the house of Sir R.PEEL ,at which the First Lord of the Treasury, the Home Secretary, the Lord Primate, and the Lord Bishop of London were present; when it was determined that the appeal we have mentioned should be immediately made to the benevolence of her Majesty's subjects." Bet ter late than never. We are glad that the Church has at length seen fit to bestir itself in the cause of the thou sands of destitute operatives in the manufacturing dis tricts ; but at the same time we cannot but express our surprise that it has not done so long before. We had fondly hoped that it would have been foremost fn the work of charity, instead of contenting itself with e ntering the vineyard at the eleventh hour ; for if there be one virtue more than another which it is specially in sumNent on the Church to practise, as well as preach, that one is charity. . The distress in the manufacturing districts is not of yesterday's date. It prevailed with more or less severity throughout the whole of last year, and during Ae winter was perfectly appalling; yet we do not remember that either Archbishop or Bishop came for ward publicly with an offer of exerting whatever influ ence he possessed, to relieve it. However, the Church will now, of c ourse, make up for lost time, and as an earnest of its sii:cerity, we shall confidently reckon on seeing its well-paid Prelates and Pluralists draw their apostolic purse-strin6l, and contribute each a sum worthy of his rank a.ld character. It is not enough that these ghostly Dignitaries preach charity to their congregations ; they must themselves set the example, for they abound in wealth, and are expressly and empha tically enjoined to "lay up for themselves a treasure in Heaven," which they cannot do so surely as by bestow ing a liberal portion of their " treasure on earth" on their starving fellow-countrymen. They are eager enough to build new churches at the expense of the nation, by way of providing for the souls of their be nighted flocks ; let them now show equal zeal in providing for their bodies ; for of what use is a new church to a man who lies starving in a cellar—whose clothes are at the pawnbroker's—and who, if he were to be seen enter ing the sacred edifice in his rags, would throw into hys terics all the " respectable" portion of the congregation, and most probably be conveyed to the nearest station house as a rogue and vagabond ? There is no news of importance in the French and Spanish Journals, save what we have given in our Foreign Summary. BOURSE—PARIS, SATURDAY, MAT 7. Highest Lowest Last Price . Price. Price. Price. ~t• ...... 119 45 aie 75 ... 19 45 119 CO 4 per" Cents. .3 per Cent, Bl 85 .- 81 90 ... 81 85- ... 61 85 ,31 rzance r3.4u0, I,oooi. Shares 1035 ...10.1.7 , .103 i —1(35 5.000 t shares 5057 50 -.5057 50 5037 50 ...5057 GO Belgian 5 per Cents, a pee cents., 1640 1t.5% 0 ., 1051(s 105* .. 10644 :3 per Cents 73 40 ... 73 40 ... 73 40 73 40 '40,0 ACLIVO • Passive 4% ... .;espolitan ..... 107 50 ... 50 ... 105 50 ... 'ln 50 ,04 :.. 104 ... 104 104 tioilLWA v SHAH.EB. • s;t. Germain. ..............». 850 ... 850 830 850 Ve, t unes, ' L. 13 Rliwn 555 ... 555 ... 555 555 ()Henn... ...... Strasburg to Wile 235 ... 235 ... 235 235 UNITED STATES. By the packot. ship New York, arrived at I.tverpo:il yesterday morning, in eighteen days from New York, we have received papers from that city of the 20th ult., but they contain no news of the least importance. The Great Western reached New York on the 17th. The Warspite had left Annapolis, for Bermuda. After re maining a short time at that place, she will visit Halifax and New York, and remain for orders' from Lord Ash burton. Texas had occupied the attention of the Con gress, and some discussion had taken place on the sub ject, of the effects which a union with Texas would have on promoting and extending slavery. In the course of the discussion, a Mr. Jones, of Maryland, expressed the following characteristic sentiments : Let President Houston but establish his standard, and proclaim a war of conquest, and twenty thousand men, from Illinois, Indiana, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ark ansas, and Louisiana, would arm themselves to destroy the humiliating despotism of Santa Anna and the Spanish priests, and to enrich themselves with the idols (which were now worshiped in defiance of the command of the Deity) and treasures with which Mexico abounds. Let but that day he announced by President Houston, and that House should not detain him in his seat ; he considered the " plunder," if it must be so called, of Mexico, under such circumstances, justifiable, and the golden images of Jesus would be not the less valuable when converted into American "Eagles." We add the following extracts : THE BOUNDARY QUESTION.—The Boston Transcript says that Governor Fairfield was about to convene the Legislature of Maine, in consequence of despatches just received by him from Mr. Webster, stating that Lord Ashburton was fully authorised to settle the Boundary Question, and that there was every prospect that this long disputed matter would be soon adjusted to the satis faction of all parties. IMPORTANT FRO3I MEXICO.—We have received, via Natchitoches, intelligence of a battle between the Mexi cans, who sacked San Antonio, under Velasquez, and the Texians, under Burleson. It took place near the Rio Grande. None were killed, but all the Mexicans surren dered. 'We give this intelligence as we have received it. There was great excitement in Vicksburgh about a Dr. Smith of Cincinnati, an abolitionist, who had been de tected in an attempt to steal three slaves. It appears that the Doctor had secreted them on board of a steam-boat, disguised as Indians; they were detected and the Doctor arraigned for trial. It is said• that an offer of $lO,OOO was made to two lawyers there to appear for him, which they refused; . but that a Mr. Chase, a distinguished lawyer and abolitionist, volunteered as his counsel, and that a mob had risen, headed by some of the most re spectable citizens, had taken Smith and Chase into cus • tody, and intended to hang them forthwith. THE MURDEREBB.—It is said that Miss Hamblin, who recently murdered her husband, or cher amie, between the acts of a tragedy in the green-room of the Mobil. Theatre, has been seen in this city. If so, she must have travelled in the disguise of a man from the South. She is said to be a fine-looking, black-eyed woman, and with a bit of a moustache, would.pass off for a fashionable youth with great success.-- 7 New York Herald. The House of Representatives was visited by the Right Rev. Mar Yohanna, Christian Bishop of the Nes torian Church, of Ooroomiah, in the north of Persia, ac companied by by Mr. Perkins, a Missionary of the Ame rican Board of Foreign Missions. DEATH OF THE RIGHT REV. DR. ENGLAND.—This eminent Prelate breathed his last this morning, about five o'clock, in the fifty-sixth year of his age, exhibiting, throughout a lingering and painful illness, unabated courage and strength of intellect, with an unwavering reliance in the promises of a steadfast 'faith. Bishop England has been a resident of our city for twenty-two years, during which period he has presided over the dio cese committed to his charge, comprising the States of South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia, with sin gular talent for both civil and ecclesiastical administra tion, and with a paternal regard for the interests of his church, while in the civil relations created by the alle giance to his adopted country he ever exhibited respect for her institutions, zeal for her interests, and sensibility to her rights.—Charleston Patriot, April 11. MEXICAN ARMY.—We find in one of our Campeachy papers of the 15th ult. a statement of the force of the Mexican army, that ;lad just been received by an arrival from Vera Cruz. The force actually on foot, and mounted, was upwards of 40,000 men; and although not thoroughly disciplined at the time, there was no doubt it would soon become nearly perfect, from the unusual exertion and activity displayed by the officers to effect that object, The army was then stationed thus :-2,600 in Xalapa ; 1,500 in Perote ; 2,000 in Puebla ; 500 in Vera Crux ; 1,200 in Ulm. ; 22,000 in the capital, and the remainder at various points. No mention is made of a probable movement of this army upon Texas ; and, indeed, it is believed few of them can safely be spared from their present locations. The papers state that a great struggle is preparing for the next Mexican presidency, the candidates being nta Anna, Valencia, and Paredes, and with every probability that the former will succeed.—N. 0. Bulletin, April 6. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND ,publtr ptnton. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. Pageot, the French emissary for prevailing upon the European Courts to consent to the bestowal of the hand of the young Queen of Spain upon a son of the King of the French, was received with as little sympathy at Vienna as at London. Whilst at Vienna M. Pageot was put in possession of the most unreserved expression of Prince Metternich's opinions as to the refusal of France to ratify the treaty for exchanging the common right of search by the great Powers. That sagacious and benevolent statesman, we are assured, pointed out to the special agent of the French Government, in very strong lan guage, the general =policy of France refusing to ratify nego tiations to which she was an originating and contracting party, and the want of confidence which such refusal must beget in other negotiations. We quote the following from the Patric M. Pageot has taken his departure for Berlin. This is the third most confi dential mhsion with proposals relating to the marriage of Queen Isabella 11., with which he has been charged. It is presumed tkat his instructions still are to present the renunciation of France of all pretensions to place a Prince of the house of Orleans en the Throne of Spain ; but on condition that one be chosen from either the Spanish or Italian branch of the Bour bon family. Having failed with the Tory Cabinet of England, and also, as it is said, with Prince Metternich, the support of 111. Bellow is now sought for." 'there is very little to notice in the original columns of our Paris Contemporaries. The discussion between the Journal des Debuts and the Opposition journals on the treaty for the right of search still continues, but it is losing all its interest. The Constitutionnel and Courrier Francais comment with great severity on the decision of the Tribunal of Correc tional Police, by which the proprietor and responsible editor of the Courrier des Theatres have been con demned to a fine of 10,0001., and the suppression of the journal, fer a fictitious declaration as to the ownership of the third of the amount of the cautionnement of 100,0001, which by the French law must be deposited as a guarantee for the payment of fines or damages. The decision is regarded as a violent attack upon the press at large, and a confident hope is manifested that the decision will be annulled by the Cour Royale, as having been come to by the Correctional Tribunal without legal evidence of the fact that the conditions of the law relative to the cautionnement had been evaded. The French vessel the Jena, 74, with a frigate and a brig, have been ordered to cruize off the Morocco coast, between Tangiers and Oran. A steamer had been despatched from Tangiers to Oran with despatches for General Lamoriciere. We learn from the Catalonian capital that considerable agitation pi evaded, and that seditious cries had been uttered in the Barcelona theatre. The authorities, anticipating some republican movement, had taken the precaution of doubling the military posts, and of having numerous patrols for the purpose of maintaining order. The Madrid Castellano of the 30th announces the death of the Archbishop of Toledo. 3lendizabal's motion in Congress, to take into consideration to grant the authorisation for the emission of 160 millions of reals Treasury bills, had been carried. _ _ PARLIAMLENTARY. In the House of Lords yesterday Earl De Grey in formed some Noble Lord, who had asked him the que:,- tion, that Mr. Biddulph had been put out of the Commis sion of the Peace for Ireland. The Marquis of Normanby thought Mr. Biddulph ought to have been dismissed before; and on his motion the correspondence relative to the report was ordered to be laid on the table. The Marquis of Normanby afterwards defended the Sunderland Magistrates from some unfounded attacks of the Marquis of Londonderry. The latter Noble Marquis defended himself, but not very successfully, which in duced his Gallant Friend, the Duke of Wellington, to take him under his protection, and convey him into safety. Their Lordships afterwards adjourned. In the Commons, after a number of petitions had been presented, Mr. SHIEL asked question about the dis missal of Mr. BIDDULPII, who, it appears, has been tam pering with justice, but Lord ELIOT would not answer. Mr. SHIEL and the Noble Lord were, however, both sa tisfied. The debate on Mr. ROEBUCK'S motion was renewed, after petitions from Reading and Southampton had.been presented, praying for an inquiry. Major Beresford defended himself, and, proceeding on rumour, made some severe personal remarks on Mr. Roebuck's accusing him of malevolence, and of becomino•. a Member of the House without a qualification. Mr. Wynn, Mr. Ward, Sir R. Inglis, Lord Palmerston, Lord John Russell, Sir Robert Pee], Lord Stanley, and others, spoke on the sub ject ; but the Committee, with some limitations on Mr. Roebuck's original motion, was granted. The Report en the Income Tax Bill was then consi dered. Mr. B. Wood proposed his clause to allow the losses in one trade to be set off against the profits in an other trade carried on by the same person, in order to ascertain his income. The Chancellor of the Exchequer opposed it because it would open a door to fraud. The clause was rejected, as was also Mr. Gill's, by consider able majorities. The Report was then received. The adjourned debate on Mr. Ferrand's Payment of Wages Committee was resumed, and in the end the Com mittee appointed. The House adjourned at Half-past Twelve o'Clock. pun Lac OPINION. The Times thus alludes to Captain Plumridge's answer to Mr. Roebuck's election questions in the House of Commons:— Captain Plumridge's pledge to the electors of renryn (!) not to spend one farthing even for a single bit of riband—h6 droll way of measuring himself against his questioner as against the recognized Parliamentary standard of purity and incorrup tion—his announcement, not so much exculpatory as deter mined, not only that he did not promise or expend, but that he will not pay one sous' towards any modification of election expenses (qu. his own coach hire?)--all this, joined with the Gallant Captain's previous ejaculation, made apparently with all the frankness of dis c o n te n t, th a t he retired because he made a bad bargain,' produce such an odd and puzzling effect upon our minds, that we know not what to thick or what to do, but to follow the example set very freely by the House of Commons, and laugh. We know it is no laughing matter; but really if Captain Plumridge will be so very funny, we can not help it." The following appears in the Post :—" The public will have read with concerti, but still, we think, with approbation, the somewhat sombre account which was given by the Prime Mi nister on Friday night, of the state of trade in this country, and of its prospects. The statement arose upon the discussion whether, in fixing the Income-tax upon the profits of trade, the average income of the preceding three years should be taken, or the income of the one year immediately preceding. It was allowed, on all hands, to be a very difficult question ; but ultimately it was determined that the average of three years should be taken. One tolerably good reason for preferring the three years was, that the person who took the lead in opposing it was Mr. Joseph Hume. There are few men more infallibly in the wrong than Mr. Hume. It is clear that as the last year was decidedly a bad one for trade, and the year before not very good, if the current year produce an improvement, as every one wishes it may, it would be more profitable for the revenue to take the income of the current year than the average of three." We take the following from the Herald :—" A refusal by the House of Commons to inquire, either by hearing evidence at its bar, or by reference to a Committee of Privileges, into Mr. Roebuck's accusations against the Members for Reading, Falmouth, - Nottingham, Lewes, and Harwich, will be a decla ration and an adoption of its own impurity—will be a direct encouragement to the committal of bribery and corruption, and the subsequent compounding of those penal offences—and will be a hypocritical abandonment of its own grossly-violated pri vileges. The House of Commons cannot—it dares not, refuse an inquiry ; the accusations are too serious—the acts complained of are too notorious—public decency has been too scandalously outraged—the elective and representative trust has been toe openly bough and sold, not merely by venal freemen, drunken potwalloppers, or needy ten-pound householders, but by Mem bers of the House of Commons, for that assembly to dexte rously wriggle out of, or boldly to refuse, inquiry." The Chronicle says, in a leading article suggested by Mr. Roebuck's recent motion :—" From all that passed in the HOuse of Commons on Friday, and from what we have been able to learn of the sentiments of Members since, we think it to ~ t probable that Mr. Roebuck's motion will be carried, or, at any rate, that an inquiry of the kind which he proposes will not be altogether refused. But he must not imagine that the majority will make this concession either readily or honestly. What they concede will be a concession to sheer dread of public opinion ; nothing will be conceded but what that public opinion imperatively demands ; and whatever is conceded will, as far a. possible, be neutralised by every limitation and qualification that precedent can justify or ingenuity suggest. Doubts will still be raised about the form of the motion ; objections will be found against a Committee as the best means of investigating the subject ; the scope of the inquiry will be restricted ; and when it is commenced every difficulty that can be created by refusal to answer questions, and by opposition to the authority of the House of Commons, will be suggested by lawyers, and brought into action by the impudent audacity of the subordi nate agents of corruption.' The late forcing of Tory Magistrates upon various boroughs, especially that of Berwick, is thus commented on by the Ad vertiser of that locality :—" Whore there are certain grounds for thinking that other motives dictated the appointments, we are entitled to ask for proof of their necessity. Did it exist in Berwick ? Can the most hot-headed partisan within the walls of this borough pretend that the legal and constitutional func tions of the Magistracy could not have been all fully dis charged by those previously invested in the office ? Admitting, however, for the sake of argument, that there might be a ne cessity for increasing the list in some cases, was there, also, a necessity that the gentlemen appointed should, without excep tion, belong to the Conservative party ? Lord John Russell's rule was to consult the Town Council, the local representatives of the people, in every case where an increase of a municipal borough-magistracy was contemplated. On their recommen dation he proceeded, and the consequence was that his appoint ments were, in the fullest sense of the term, popular." The Hereford Times, reviewing the clauses of the Income tax Bill, says :—" This precious measure seems to have been framed, like a small-mesh net, to catch all and every species of income beyond a hundred and fifty pounds a-year. Indeed, if we may judge of the Bill from the description of several of the ablest Conservative papers—and it is worthy of remark, that, confessedly, the ablest Tory prints have condemned the injustice of the measure—it will be a tax not only on incomings, but also on outgoings ; and likewise on neither one nor the other, for a considerable portion of the had debts of the pro fessional man and the tradesman—bad debts, in the commercial acceptance of the phrase—will have to contribute seven-pence in the pound to keep Sir Robert Peel and Co. in office ! This sounds paradoxically ; nevertheless, it will prove a reality ; therefore, a practical paradox." As a panacea for our over-grown population and lack of em ployment, the Cambrian urges the only effective remedy . " Everywhere, in town and country, the labourers are too nu merous to be employed whilst the competition for employment depresses the wages of those who are employed; to this hungry multitude four hundred thousand beings are added year after year. 'What is to be done for them ? Every year increases the difficulty ; yet there is plenty for all. The earth would grow a hundred fold more corn than they want ; and they have strength, skill, and industry wherewith to purchase it. Only allow them the opportunity of labouring for the food which Europe can supply them—only fix and re duce the duty on foreign corn, and they will be fed." Alluding to the late presentation of the Chartist petition, with its three to four million signatures, the Leeds Times remarks :—"A petition from such a number of individuals is at no time a matter to be treated lightly, and least of all at the present time. It indicates the existence of a deep ferment and agitation, which must yet affect anti modify the destinies of society for all time to come." IVICON*Ir —TRADE—COMMERCE. The tea-plantations at Assam, it appears from the report of the Company, will soon grow tea enough to supply the demands of all nations. By the end of 1845 they will produce 3.50,000 lbs. of tea ; the annual value of these will be 32,000/. ; the charge of their cultivation, 23,1001., leaving a balance of 8,900/. profit. PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. From the report of the Society for the Suppression of Men dicity, it appears that from the formation of the Society in 1818, to the year 1841. 35,076 registered cases have been dis pnsed of, and 1,264,029 meals have been distributed, exclusive of relief in money, blankets, clothing, &c. During the same period 20.646 vagrants have been arrested, and 11,638 con victed. In the past year, 1841, 2,810 men and women have been employed. ECCLESIASTICAL. The disputed church-rate at Greenwich, was put to the ques tion on Friday last, when it wag lost by a majority of 47. A poll has been demanded, and fixed for next Thursday and Friday. NEW YORK MONEY MARKET'. 5 Delaware and Hudson 25 Bank of America ... BO% 50 Bank of Cora. set a 4 mos 90 170 Mechanics' Banking Association 5O 25 United States Bank 3i 50 Ohio Life and Trust 55 10 Utica and Schen. Railway 5 Au. and Hoch. Railway. 99 20 Do. 200 Long Island... 5O 50 Harlem Railway ... ...b 10 days 10 15 New Jersey Railway 25 Mohawk 150 Paterson SECOND BOA RD. 350 Long Island 5O 200 Harlem Railway a 3 days 9:4 40 Do. 10 25 Mohawk 25 Do. 50 Delaware and Hud50n.... ,,,,.. ..b 3O days 93 25 Dn. blo days 93 50 Paterson Rai1r0ad,,, ,,, ,,,,,,, 49 NEW YORK MARKETS, APRIL 19, 1842. AsHEs.—Since our last about 60 barrels of pots have been sold at 6 dol. a 6 37k- dol., and 30 of pearls at 5 60 dol. COTTON.—The news per the Great Western has had the tendency to make the market quiet, buyers claiming to have a deduction, while sellers are only willing to operate at previous rates. FLOUR.—The weather has been unfavourable yester day and to-day for the operations in the Flour Market, and we have heard of no transactions. We quote Canal at 6 37i dol. (From Bicknell's Philadelphia Reporter of April 19.) THE MONEY MARKET. —We notice with pleasure an improvement in our Money Market. The rates, although still high, are assuredly lower than they were a fortnight ago, while the prospect for the future is more en - couraging. The periods for the largest payments of the spring have gone by, with much less difficulty than was at first apprehended. The failures have been few and far between, the resumption of specie payments has been fully successful, and our banks have more specie and specie funds on hand at the present time, than they had the day the resumption was attempted. The banks are discounting, but with no alteration, and in few in stances, beyond their daily receipts. None of the suspended banks have yet re-opened. We hear, however, that the Mechanics' and the Mopamensing are both making vigorous efforts to such an end. We trust that they may prove successful, but are not suffi ciently acquainted with their assets and liabilities to au thorise the expression of a confident opinion. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert arrived in town at half past four o'clock yesterday afternoon in an open carriage and four, escorted by a party of Hussars, from Clare mont. The Equerries in Waiting, Colonel Arbuthnot and Colonel Wylde, followed in a chariot and four. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal and their attendants occupied another carriage ; and the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, Lady in Waiting. and Lord Byron, Lord in Waiting, were in the last carriage. Her Majesty and Prince Albert were received at Buckingham Palace by the Lord Steward, and Lord Col ville, Lord is Waiting on Prince Albert. The Royal Party at Buckingham Niece last evening included her Royal Highness the -Duchess of Kent. Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Mr. George Edward and the Hon. Mrs. Anson. ... _ The band of the Ist Life Guards was in attendance at the Palace daring the evening. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday at Gloucester House. The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge went yesterda' to Kew. Their Royal Highnesses returned to town .in the evening. The Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar visited the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday at Gloucester House. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has issued invita tions for a full dress dinner party on the 19th instant Deputy-Chairm an of the East , 3', to the Postmaster- Governors of the tBGo Bank, nn c k e e l i: e at b ih r , ea the h h ae Governor I A i r l ae a n j r n e a s on t r y d ' s apn ß ed i p r u t tp h India Company, of the Customs, of the Excise, of the Stamps and Taxes, the Lords and the Secretaries of the Treasury, and other Gentlemen connected with his department. Mr. Home Drummond, M.P., Colonel Sibthorp, M.P., and a Deputation on the subject of the Salmon Fisheries, had an interview with the Ea r l of Ripon yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade. Lord Stanley had a din ner par t y .a t th e i r residence . The c om p an y included e R e rm rsdale. • . • and in Ladyst. James's-square. amteasn,s le . s the Duke and Duchess of B u ccleuch, the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury , Earl and Countess of Jersey, and Lady Clementine Villiers , Earl and Countess of Wilton, Lord and Lady Jocelyn, Earl of .Clare, Lord , Lord Claud Hamilton, FLiotrdzrocyanStoimluepres,eat,ndEnrlJd PUBLIC-HOUSES BlLL.—This Bill, which was brought in b useful clauses, both for r Captain thepublic R anodu the h pubc ontained iica some n ss. By one of the clauses public-houses were to be open after one o'clock on Sun day, so that tradesmen and others who go to .the coun try in the afternoon might have refreshment at any hour. The Home Secretary referred the Bill to the Commis sioners of Police. They, -of Course, made a Report, and the consequence is, that every improvement proposed has bee= rejected. The Bill has passed, through Committee, and is now a mere skeleton. The hotels and public houses for fifteen miles, round Londort will be shut be twnen three and five o'clock as before, while beyond that range there is no. restriction whatever. 'rave not the people in the country good reason for dreading the ap proach of the New Police ? Ker.MaiotY and Prince Albert, accompanied by the i t , wloo o f w ales an a t he Princess Royal, are expected to arrive: ire s4., wm _ a p f fA ir -oclock -this-after n oon from Claremont, =The Royal carriages were ordered to be in readiness at Claremont Parlt at half-past two o'clock. FINE ARTS. Mendelssohn will be presented at the two last concerts of the Philharmonic Society, when he will conduct his new symphony, and perform a pianoforte concerto. LlTiatAlity AND SCIENTIFIC. The Marquis of Northampton gave his first soiree, as Pre sident of the Royal So c iety, on Saturday evening, a t his man sion in Piccadilly. About 400 of the most distinguished Fellows of the Society were present, and many foreigners of rank and distinction, together with Mr. Washington Irving and Mr. Samuel Rogers, the poet. The next soiree takes place on Saturday. At a meeting recently held at Cork, it was resolved that the British Association for the advancement of Science should be invited to hold their meeting for 1143 in that city. COURT—FASHIONABLE. The Prince and Princoss Nicholas Estherhazy arrived at Vienna en the 17th of last month. The Duke of Hamilton is shortly expected in town from Hamilton Palace. The Duke of Wellington entertained a select party at dinner on Sunday night at Apsley House. Sir Robert Peel had a large party on Saturday. The Marquis of Kildare is staying with Count de Chabot at Thomastown Castle, Ireland. The Marquis of Headfort has taken a house for the season in St. James's-place. Lady Grey of Groby arrived at Mivart's Hotel on Friday from Enville Hall, near Stourbridge. Lord and Lady Francis Egerton left town on Saturday for a short period. Count Raezynski, Prussian Minister at Lisbon, left 2slivart's hotel on Saturday for Falmouth. MISCELLANEOUS. A pair of Sheltand ponies, intended for the young Prince of Wales's pony plueton, arrived at the Aberdeen steam-packet wharf, St. Katharine's, last week. The Liver• Flour-mills at Liverpool, the property of Mr. Edward Holme, were totally destroyed ,by fire on Friday last ; they are, however, insured. Three of the fire-police, and the foreman of the mills, were seriously injured. RIIIIOURS OF THE DAY. It is reported that a large number of clergymen and influen tial laymen intend to form a new society, to be called, " The Church Aid Society," having for its purpose the active defence and guardianship of that Establishment in every possible point of view." ROEB UCK. " I charge the Member for Nottingham with bribery. I charge the Member for Harwich with bribery. I charge one of the Members for Penryn and Falmouth with bribery. I charge the Members for Reading with bribery. I charge the Member for Lewes with bribery."—Mr. Roebuck, Friday Night's Debate, May 6. .11U Commons of England ! once within your Hall Our iron Cromwell caused Corruption's fall— Flung his stern words at those assembled there, While each the other viewed with wildered stare : Thou art a perjurer—thou a coward—thoa Thy country's traitor, false to thy true vow." So scourged he all, then pack'd their crew to reign Down in Perdition, with " Sir Harry Vane." Like him, so acted that most potent man.— " Emperor" call him, or plain " Corsican"— Who, mid five hundred traitors calmly trod, Frowned his dark frown—dissolved them with his nod; The awe-struck herd evanished from the floor, While he—a second Cromwell—locked the door. Third let him rank—a lesser—yet not small— Who now, like those, treads nobly England's Hall ; Lifts his just voice, and bids corrupted right Stand out from darkness, and confront the light ; Ho! Chelsea tremble—Larpent blush and start— E'en thou, staunch Plumriuge, quail thou in thy heart; Shrink Hobhouse—Elphinstone—and fifty more,t Yet to .be known when cut we to the core , While England sees, by Roebuck's courage bold, Corruption crushed beneath her seats of gold. * Napoleon, in the Council of Five Hundred. t Dir. Wakley's expression—see Debate. ANOTHER CONSPIRACY TO MUR DER LOUIS PHILLIPPE. Another conspiracy to assassinate the King of the French has happily been detected ; and several per- ' sons, chiefly ouvriers, have been arrested, among whom is the notorious Considere, twice before implicated in similar plots, but acquitted. A quantity of petards, arms, and ammunition, found in their possession, has been seized. The following letter contains the fullest 1 particulars relative to this most atrocious conspiracy : " PARIS, MAY 7.—A rumour prevailed yesterday that a conspiracy to murder the King had been disco vered, to which, however, little credence was attached, the more especially from the silence observed by the Government Journals last night, and the absence of all allusion whatever to it by any of the journals of this morning. 1 find, however, upon inquiry, that the fact is but too true, that a discovery has been made by the police, which leaves no doubt of the ex istence of a plot not only to murder the King, but to involve in the same fate as many members of the •Royal Family as should be with his AL-tjesty at the chosen moment for putting the atrocious plan of the conspirators into execution. It appears that during the summer months the King is in the habit of driving out from Neuilly in a large open caleche, accompanied by the Queen and other members of the Royal Family. Upon such occa sions the carriage is unattended by a military escort, and the horses are driven at a merely ordinary pac e . These circumstances seem to have suggested the idea of an infernal machine, and one has been in vented of a simple character, being in form an ordi nary sized ball, calculated to burst upon falling, and to shatter everything near it with irresistible force. The principal material is said to be a fulmi nailing powder of a very powerful character. The instruments for working, the materials, and some balls, were found upon premises adjacent to Considere's wine shop in the Rue Montmartre. This Considere has been twice tried for complicity in plots to murder the King, and each time acquitted. He was one of those tried in connection with Quenisset. Considere has been arrested, with seven others. This conspiracy will lead, in all probability, to more stringent laws. The police authorities complain that they have no preven tive power—they say that, no matter how strong the moral certainty may be on their minds that marked and suspected persons are planning wickedness, yet that they cannot interfere ; and then when the plot comes to light, people ask what were the police about ? Of what use are they ? And what has been done with the secret service money voted for preventive objects ? Upon the other hand, the abuses to which so dangerous a privilege might give rise can not be lost sight of. Up to Thursday night the police remained in ignorance of what was hatching. " On Sunday evening last the King sat at an open window looking upon the garden of the Tuileries dur ing a whole hour, while a musical hand was perform ing below in honour of his fete day. The garden was densely crowded, and it was observed that the greet ing of the multitude was of an unusually cordial character. The public mind has latterly, thanks to a wise and moderate Government, been so calmed and re gulated, that a return to loyal feelings appears to have taken place, and the discovery just made will excite horror and disgust universally. " The Chartist petition, which excited some curio sity, no longer attracts attention. The dangers just discovered at home from regicide ruffians have de stroyed all interest, if any existed, in the proceedings of the malignant and cowardly demagogues of the other side of the water." ARRIVAL OF THE CLYDE STEAMER. SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY MORNING.-The Royal Mail Steam-packet Company's steamer, the Clyde, ar rived at Southampton at a late hour last night. She left Havannah on the 16th April, and brings all the mails. They were landed at Falmouth, and will not be received in town till to-morrow. - VVe have received by this vessel a file of Havan nail papers to the 16th ult., but they contain nothing importance. The Creole men were liberated by the Court at Nassau on the 16th of April. The Clyde has brought a quantity of money for the payment of the Mexican dividend. (From the Nassau Royal Gazette of April 16.) THE CREOLE MUTINEERS. The 17 men who remain of the 19 originally con fined in the gaol of this town, under circum stances with which the public are already familiar, were this morning discharged by proclamation of the Special Court, or general gaol delivery, which was convened for the occasion, and before which they were arraigned in order that they might undergo a trial for piracy, should any prosecutor appear. The United States Consul requested further time that he might procure evidence to substantiate the charge ; the Court, however, de cided that it would be most unjust further to detain the men, as there was not even a possibility of pro curing any evidence which could bring the crime home to them. They were accordingly discharged. (From tile same of April 6.) The Teviot, Lieut. Crock, R.N., from Turk's Is land, with the March mail, is just anchored outside of Hog Island. _ _ . (From the same of April 9.) The Teviot sailed on Thursday, about noon, fir Havannah. In December last a bull-dog;• belonging to M. Migeon, a wood-merchant, on the Chaussee du Maine, got out of the yard, and entering the lodge of the porter of a neighbouring house, named Pasquier, seized his child, between five and six years old, and caused its death. The father brought an action of damages against M. Migeon for the loss of his child, but the Correctional Tribunal dismissed the complaint. Pasquier, however, laid an appeal before the Couce Royale, which was heard on Wednesday; when the judgment of the Lower Tribunal was reversed, and hI. Migeon was condemned to pay a fine of 50f., and the damages to the amount of 2,000 f., to Pasquier. The sums which the city of Paris has since the year 1833 granted to the hospitals as its contributions towards their maintenance, amount to nearly 50,000,000 f., being an average of 6,250,000 f. per annum. LYCEUM AND ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE: This theatre opened last night with an excellent com pany, two new pieces out V fhur, and the preliminary salvo of the national hymn. Charles Dance's burletta of the Beulah Spa commenced the entertainments. The piece itself is neatly cast, and the component characters last night conferred on it alfinished air. Auxiliary gems,. also, were not wanting in the introduction of two new songs by Caroline Grantley (Mrs. H. P. Grattan), both of which were sung with a deal of witchery, and the exquisite naive infused into " I'm o'-er young to marry yet," was enhanced no less by its light tunefulness than its fascinating style ; this lady made a dashing beauty, a sweet guitarist, and a merry gipsey. The waspish Mr. Batchelor (F, Matthews) was irritative as a nettle, and reminded one of Farrel in his best bits ; Oxberry was excellent in the LaMidlill boy. L'Amour L'ilinquer, the second piece, laid the scene in Melia, and showed off to much advantage some light limbed dancings. Miss Bailin was the Venus—but one of a somewhat sylphid cast, and younger than would be imagined of the Aphrodisian Queen, unless, as supposable at that moment, when she sprang from the sea-firma and might, by stretch of license, be fancied to be more juve nescent in her beauty ; she exhibited, nevertheless, much rotundity of limb in her postures, and several graceful swayings of the body. Hymen and Cupid (Miss and Master Marshall) tripped airily ; the rapidity of Mr. Gilbert's foot-flittings was surprising__ though in some of his positions he was not Bien balance. The new burletta of Enthusiasm is without aim Or plot, and hangs together by the slenderest thread imaginable, but has one or two clever portraitures. Messinger Smith, of the Thespians (Mr. Walter Lacy), makes love in the most ineffable manner to Mary (Miss J. Mordaunt) : her old guardian, Mr. Vane Waverly (F. Mathews) is smitten with her likewise ; but young wit, as usual. is more alert than sexagenarian, and love and marriage are ratified in a breath by the younger parties, and the help of Bore (Mr. Granby). The crazy trait in Mr. Waverly's composition, whereby, as a phrenologist, he discovers the bump of destructiveness on his onn head, which drives him, while acted upon by this fancy, or frenzy, to demolish every breakable commodity within. swing, was felicitously hit. So also was: Messinger Smith's temporary assumption of the music-master. Mr. Fitzball's new melodrama of the Trooper's Horn, or the Goblin of the Chest, rounded the evening's entertainments. The plot is based upon the nefarious action of die Wizard Earl of Soulis (Mr. Diddear) who inhabits an enchanted castle, and wears a charmed life. Like the Styx-dipt Achilles, he is vulnerable but upon one score ; and his deadly enemy, Lord Robert of Brankrome (Mr. Barker), it is foretold him by the red fire-goblin (Master Marshall). shall alone achieve his death, when he beheld the face of this sprite, w hom an averted head has hitherto kept hidden from his sight. The Wizard hereby fancies himself safe, Since Redcap the goblin, is encased in a triple-locked chest, which spells alone can undo. His enemy in Lord Robert he has created by standing as his and conspiring with him in love for Lady May, a grace ful and lovely personage (Miss Mordaunt). 'The red sprite is unloosed by the silliness of one of the Wizard's retainers, Anuan (Mr. Oxberry) ; they behold each other face to face, and the Earl is about to expiate hie evils on earth, by an immortality of pain below, when he again holds parley with the powers of darkness, and demands what ransom they will accept for a renewal of his life. The life of one alone will satisfy them—her whom he loves—the Lady May. Solely regarding his own existence, with his myrmidons he compasses his object—on the verge of the fatal hour he drags her to the cauldron of immolation—the storm ing of the Castle at this moment takes place by her bor ther—Lady May sounds the horn that shakes the magic of the Castle, and falls into the arms of her brother,. while the Wizard Earl is snatched to the fires of perdition_ The scene is claimed by Scotland, but it is rather Ger manesque, we should say, than Scottish. The two cha racters of Como and Osric, moreover, must by the wri ter's fancy have become transferred to the Highlands by mistake ; they are decidedly African, and suited only to Fez or Morocco. As regards sustained excitement, there is no lack of this in the piece. The house was full, and expressed itself well pleased. THE MURDER AT HIGHBURY. (From our Evening Edition of Yesterday.) CLERKENWELL. Shortly after ten o'clock Mr. GREENWOOD tnok MI seat on the Bench. The murderer Cooper was then placed in the dock. lie seemed in a good deal better health than on the previous days. Stephen Turnbull, Thomas Grover, -- Young, and other witnesses were examined, but the circumstances detailed by them respectilo c t the murder and arrest of the prisoner have already appeared. Mr. Drewry, the surgeon, was next examined. lie was called on to attend the wounded man by r person named Sumner. The coat of the deceased was produced. The breast of the left side was quite singed. There was the mark of the bullet, hole in the middle of the singed piece, and another mark of a bullet bole on the right side above the hip. The medical gentleman detailed the nature and description of the wound. There was no question that it caused Daley's death, and that almost instantaneously. Daley was a stout. built man, and ire perfect health when he met with his death. Police-constable North, N 17, deposed to the capture of the prisoner, and his appearance in the station-hou.,e. Found on. searching him two bullets. Had known the deceased police. man Daley about six years. He was a particularly quiet, in offensive man, and had left a wife but no children. This w ness supplied the only link in the chain of evidence against the prisoner which was wanted—namely, that he saw hint from the time he got over the Rev. Mr. Wilsoes.fonce s until he reached the spot where the murder was committed. Inspector Thatcher then bald the case against the prisoner was closed. Mr. GREENWOOD—Haie you anything to ay why you should not be committed? The prisoner replied—Nothing. Mr. Corry ten applied that the prisoner alight be confined in the New Prison until his trial. The prisoner• said he preferred going to Newgate ) whither he was sent in the evening. INQUEST ON THE BODY. Yesterday, a.t half past ten o'clock, the Jury sworn on Friday last to investigate the cireunastances of the death of Timothy Daley, aged 42, met in the spacious dising.room. of Highbury Barn Tavern. The names of the Jury having been called ova, The CORONEU, addressing them, said it would be rentem. bered that they adjourned on Friday last, in order that the examination of the accused party might be completed else where, and that they might have him before that Court He regretted to state, that they were, however, in a sii.. milar situation, for they had neither prisoner or witnesses. On Friday night last he (Mr. Wakley) communicated with the Secretary of State fur the Home Department on the subject. but by some mistake the order for the production of the prisoner had been given to the Governor of the New Prison, Clerkenwell, instead of the Governor of the House of Core ection, in whose custody he was. It certainly did appear that every impediment was thrown in the way, and done to bring the Coroner's Court into contempt, for there was nothing to have prevented the prisoner being before the Jury on Friday, if the Magistrate had done his duty according to the Act 2d and 3d Victoria, chap. 71, which compelled him to take his seat on the bench at ten o'clock, whereas the Magistrate in this case did not do so until eleven. Such proceedings were calculated to bring the administration of justice in this country into disrepute, and he was determined to see the matter settled, After other comments on the conduct of the Magistrates, Mr. Wakley adjourned the inquest till Wednesday. On Sunday from an early hour in the morning and through out the entire day the neighbourhoods of Highbury and Hornsey presented the appearance of a fair, in consequence of the immense number of persons who attended there for the pur pose of viewing the scene of the late murder of the policeman Daly, and in order togratify the morbid appetite of the public, some of the persons who were present and who viewed the dreadful catastrophe, had broken a piece out of the paling whore Cooper, the mnrderer, stood, and had chalked the immediate spot where the poor man Daly fell, and where Mott, the baker was shot. It is estimated that there were not less than 15,000 who visited llighbury during the day, and the proprietors of Highbury Barn and other places in the immediate locality reaped a plentiful harvest. Up to Sunday afternoon doubts existed amongst-the medi cal gentlemen as to whether Cooper had really taken poison ; but the bottle which he admitted having thrown away whilst being pursued, has been found in a field near Highbury, and Mr. Drewry, the surgeon, was occupied upwards of three hours analyzing the small portion remaining in it, the result of whitish was that he had proved it to have contained metallic poison. It is singular, however to relate, that when the bottle was found the cork was in it, so that the prisoner must, if it were really the one used, have taken the trouble to put it there after drinking the contents of the phial. In the course of yesterday the following disclosures were re ceived by the police of the robberies which the murderer has perpctrated in the immediate neighbourhood of Hornsey. Late on Saturday, a gentleman named Sware, residing in Single ton-street, Hoxton, gave information to Inspector Thatcher, that on the Saturday week previous, in the afternoon, he was met by Cooper, whom he has since identified, in a path leading oat of Hornsey-wood. He demanded his money and watch, anti on his ,refusing he struck him so violent a blow on his forehead with the but-end of a pistol, that it split his head open, and tne blood poured freely from the wound ; he than gave him tliss watch, and he made off in the direction of Muswell-hill. Mr. Southall, a gentleman of independent fortune, residing at Downham's Villa, Hornsey, has identified Cooper as the man who stopped him and presented a pistol to his breast about half-past eight o'clock in the evening of Mon-lay last, whilst returning to his residence from the city. He state -d to Inspector Thatcher, that when Cooper came rip to him and presented the pistol, he said, M Come, your money, there is no time to lose." Mr. Southall states that he had i n his trowsers left pocket upwards of 101. in gold and notes, ar.d„ in his right, about 10s. or 12s. in loose silver. He gave Cooper the latter, and showed his empty pocket, on which he r ix, claimed, showing him the pistol, " Don't make a noise," and made off. Mrs. Roach, of Brookly Hall, Homerton, has identified h sin as the man who stopped her a few days since near Lea-bridge, and took a gold chain from her neck whilst holding a pis col to her bead ; and also the boy who keeps the toll-bar near t ate Manor-house has 'Toyed, that six weeks since he was hitt is g all alone in the toll-house, at which time there was about as. worth of halfpence on the shelf, when Cooper came in, ! an d attempted to reach it. The boy called for help, and he. skid " I'll give you this," showing a long knife. The boy rani oat, and Cooper made ff. - TILE K I nK.—We are sorry that the (lovernmi?nt have intimated an intention of bringing in a Church Bill, ; tnd especially a Bill reFenibling that of Lord Aberdeen. But we may save ourselves the trouble of deprecating any,aathoritat ire attempt to settle the question. Sir James Graham will t tot proceed far till he find that, like Lord Aberdeen, he has undies.- taken a task beyond his patience, or that of any mortal State: 1- mm , The Non-Intrusionists must be left to the law as it They are beginning to tire already, and, but for the factitiot ti aid they will derive from this_ step on the part of the Govern c urrent, they would soon sink into merited insigni*cance u d contempt. We had thought that the expressed judgment o f the present Government in regard to the Scottish Chunk% question was, that no new law should be propounded until im plicit obedience were yielded to the old. Is Sir Robert Peek going to turn his back on himself again?— Aberdeen Herald: —['lsere is no cause for alarm. Sir Robert peel is too dee p for the Non-Intrusionists. If he bring in such a Bill, end in - duce them to accept it. he will prove to the would that tit Non -In trusionist clergy are the most arrant knaves in existence The appeal of the inhabitants of Chauria, in thtt Puy de Dame, against the lodgment of the Court of Assizes , which condemned them to various punishments, for having! taken part in the jots in opposition to -the census, had be ta , heard by the Court of Cassatton, andrejectid, `fir as 0 ,or Fo7 , 30 . ofkl r - "'" - '11P 1 111