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and la clamour is sought to be raised against them for doing so. - SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING TAPERS OF THURSDAY. GLOBE.—There were two dangers in passing such a measure as the Reform in Parliament ; .one of which may be deemed to have been surmounted, but the other still threatens us. The danger which then appeared most imminent to the opponents, or timid friends, of the measure, was that its passing would open the floodgates of unlimited and irresistible change. That the Reform would not be a "final measure" —understanding finality in the sense in which alone honest interpreters ever construed the expression—i.e. that its principles, and leading provisions, would not continue to be regarded, for' the ordinary term of things human, as a settlement of the question professed and intended to be settled by its passing —and, for the sake of settling which with some permanence, a large measure was proposed for adoption. If the statesmen who passed the Reform had proved unable to resist the urgency of the movement party for a second Reform Bill, and if it had proved possible to push through a " Reform of the Reform Act," by aid of the pressure from without, we have no hesitation in saying that the greatest dan ger would have fallen on the country which alarmists could anticipate, or revolutionists could desire. We have been saved from that danger at some expense of popularity to the statesmen who resisted it, amongst that class who claimed an exclusive right to the title of Reformers, because they set no limit to change in the form of our institutions. But there was another danger, besides that of reforming too much in one direction. That, indeed, we believe was the greatest danger which then threatened us. The " balance of power" has been treated as a chimera by some politicians, with whom the fact that any 'doctrine in politics, as in morals, was held before Bentham, is quite sufficient reason for disbelieving it. We conceive that doctrine expresses an important political truth, and that it is precisely the destruction of the balance of power, and the creation of an absolute power in one order of the State, which is the danger to be guarded against most carefully in all organic changes. Whether the order to which all power is practically transferred by such change is aristocratic or demo cratic, we conceive that mischief is only done by the very fact that an absolute power is created in any quarter. The question then is, whether giving up the Reform Bill as no final measure of organic change—and surrendering the amended Par liamentary system to a new Radical remodelling, would have been, or would not have been, a virtual avowal that one order was to be absolute in the State, and that its dictates were to be irresistible by the most solemn decisions of the whole Legislature: We are not in the habit of dissembling our views on these questions, and we say plainly that such an admission of 3 second change, on pure democratical principles, would have been—would be—in our view equivalent to the most violent revolution which could possibly take place in any old and established empire. STANDARD.—Fastidious critics may quarrel with the style - of the Kidderminster operatives' ad dress, though, as it is much easier to discover faults 1 than to amend them, such critics might be at a loss to write better ; and, at all events, the evidence of strong sense , calm thought, earnestness, and sin cerity, the best qualities of any composition, is too plain in the address to leave any excuse for cavilling at style. Such an address, proceeding from a body of 1,367 men, in no very high' rank, earning their daily bread by daily labour, is a gratifying testimony to the truth of the proposition which we are proud to have always maintained, whether against Whig-Radicals, 'who looked with hope of evil to the education of the people, or against Conservatives, who looked with apprehension; our proposition is, that all Englishmen, at all times, and in every rank, are essentially the same—alike benevolent, reasonable, and just—and that consequently the 'more they are instructed, the more strikingly will these noble cha racteristics be manifested. The excesses of popular violence in other countries, and of the very ignorant in our own, instead of proving that it is dangerous to educate the labouring classes, really prove the very reverse. Education is power; and power acquired by men will be exercised according to their nature. The very moment you educate an Englishman up to the point that gives fair play to the understand ing, you attach him to the institutions of his country, because you show him that these institutions are the best calculated that circumstances will permit for the moral as well as physical well-being of the whole. Hence the phenomenon that, with as much party spirit as exists in any nation, or probably more, England never gives a deep root for faction. The people love their cerentry and its institutions, because they love what is good and just and wise. They may, as all men may, be perplexed by conflicting theories, as to the best means of' promoting the common prosperity ; and they m ay, as well as all men may, be deceived in the cha racter and designs of those who claim their confidence ; h en ce party spirit, sometimes wrong, often violent. The intuitive good sense of the nation is, however, always a sufficient guard against the spirit of faction to any considerable extent; and, as in the case of the Chartist petition, the grossest frauds must be first committed to entrap the more ignorant into the ap pearance of a factious spirit, and equally gross frauds to magnify the appearance, when 'obtained, into any thing like a formidable character. (FROM TUE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.) GLOBE.—If the Secretary for the Home Department had been content to appoint, and defend his appointments, on the ground of inefficient or partial administration in any locality—on the ground of invidious omission of particular individuals—there could hare been no objec tion to his acting as such cases would justify ; but he does not allege any such misconduct. He does not plead any such motives. He asserts what is justly designated as a principle new to the constitution—a principle, we must add, - likely to be highly injurious in its operation to that impartial administration of justice which Claims his care. That the Right Hon. Gentleman will not appoint brewers, or atterneys, or clergymen—that here or there he will set aside one individual, or add another—there would be no attempt to question this or that exercise of discretion on his part • or at least to question it on such grounds as we ;hill's are now fairly brought against him. It was studiously stated by Mr. Hutt, and the subsequent speakers, that it is not the appointments that are individually challenged, but the wide sweep of the principle on which so large a number of new appointments are made. Sir James Graham may dis claim the intention of " swamping " the opposite party ; but he has nevertheless taken care to do so in several in stances, where it is stated that, happily, little party feel ing had hitherto existed. He has taken care these places shall enjoy no such exemption in future. What is more, he has avowed the principle of regarding impartiality as impossible ! We have frequently, of late years, seen mu nicipal Magistrates, who had previously been considered to hold opinions designated as " extreme," acting with not less vigour than the most Conservative bench could have done in suppressing disturbances excited on political pretexts. Indeed, we have seen them act with much more vigour than those Bristol corporators whom the late Government are accused of having passed over in their appointments. Now is it not a spectacle much snore conducive to public tranquillity—the unanimity in supporting the laws which has been shown re peatedly by such gentlemen—than the spirit of party Jealousy, or of shirking responsibility, and throwing it on the party which is usually deemed anti-popular —which it may now - be feared will be shown by some of the former majorities in the Magistracy ? Is it not to be feared that men who (you take for granted) will act unjustly, unless their numbers are swamped, or balanced—may be now indisposed to art at all on occasions where their energy and popular in fluence might have been highly serviceable? We do not say that this will be the case. We hope it will not generally. But We say that the Home Secretary seems really to have done his best to make it so. The opera tion of his principle, which, we trust, will be less sweep ing than its statement, must be to divide responsibility between parties, where it were better left undivided, and provoke men to act wrong from party spirit, or party jealousy, where they were likely to act right enough, if they only were let alone. ,STANDARD.—Mr. Hutt involved the House of Commons last night in a long and somewhat interesting, but not very profitable, debate. The subject of t hi s debate was the appointment of municipal Magistrates by the present Ministers. Now the merits of this question lie in the narrowest possible compass. If it be conceded that the late Ministers acted with _the most perfect impartiality in the selection of municipal Magistrates, distributing the p ower of the Ma g istrac y so e qually as that no one hail g round to complain of a prefer ence of one political party over another ; if it be conceded that the late Ministers acted in this manner, there can be no doubt that their successors ought not to interfere with the commission. But if it appear, on the other hand, that the late Ministers loaded the commission with their own partisans, with the most flagitious contempt of impartiality and the public inte rests— if this appear , as app ear it does, then it was not merely the right but the peremptory duty of the pre sent Ministers to repair the monstrous wrong. It is on this ground that Sir James Graham and Sir :Robert Peel defended the new appointments, and this ground is impregnable, Somebody stupidly called this defence a tu quoque defence, as if Sir Robert Peel's Cabinet descended to justify its acts by the dis graceful precedent left by the Melbourne Cabinet ; but to redress an unjust balance is not a tu quoque pro ceeding —an excusing one er:me by another. When the law hangs a murderer, the law does not plead the tu quorjue ' though literally it might. When Lord Denman signs a judgment, say in an action of trover, he does not avail himself of the tu (poetic principle, he merely restores to the owner what a wrong doer took and retained unjustly, not imitating the injustice, but extinguishing it. And this is precisely the case with the new magisterial ap pointments of the present Ministers. They found the municipal benches of justice in a disgracefully partial state—they have made them impartial by the gentlest of 'the only two means within their reach : instead of striking off the . Radical excess, they have equalised parties by a. due addition of Conservatives, without giving, as they might ea sily have dyne, a preponderance to the latter. This is the whole matter, which occupied the House of Commons last night, and we are quite willing to leave it to th e public judgment, and to give to the late Ministers all the glory theT can reap from the exposure of. their crime, for this - in truth is the subject. matter_ of all the speeches. The late Ministers committed a disgraceful erima; the present Ministers have neutralised its ill effect, DONATION TO UNIVERSITY COLLEGE. At the distribution of prizes to the students of the Faculty of Medicine of University College, which tool place on Satur day last, 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 Alf. 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 part of them, which you will receive to-morrow morning, shows that they relate to various branekes 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 a 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. I may add, that not more than six or seven appear, by the translation of their titles, to relate to military subjects. Be lieve me, ever sincerely yours, H. BROUGHAM. " Grafton-street, April 29, 1842." GREAT FOOT RACE, FOR ONE HUNDRED POUNDS, BETWEEN " THE STAG" (JENKINSON) AND JOHN SMITH-DIS TANCE A QUARTER OF A MILE. This match which took place on Thursday, at the Swiss Cot tage, St. John's Wood, has for a considerable time interested the amateurs of pedestrian feats, on account of the supposed extraordinarary capabilities of the men. Jenkinson, better known by his cognomen of " the Stag," has been very suc cessful in his various races, but was defeated in his last undertaking, to run two hundred yards, by Moore of Leicester. Smith has not so often proved his fleetness in Lon don, but, from the power he displayed in the celebrated match with Atkinson, of Newcastle, found plenty of friends willing to invest their money upon his exertions. The men started at five o'clock, Jenkinson having the advantage by at least 2 yards, Smith waiting upon him until about half the distance from home , when he shot by with the speed of an arrow, and won the race, leaving his antagonist seven or eight yards behind. The affair appeared to afford much gratification to a large concourse of spectators, including many sportsmen of the higher order, who have latterly patronised this innocent and fine old English amusement. The quarter of a mile was run in less than a minute ; and the betting, at starting, was 6to 4 on Smith. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality in the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes Registered in the week ending April 30,1842." The Table is issued from the Office of the Registrar-General:— Weekly Average 1838-9-40-1 CAUSES OF DEATH. Total. 1 ----.-- 1 Four I Four Springs.lYears Erdemic,Endemie, & Contagious Diseases 120 183 190 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 144 147 149 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration .. Diseases of the Hea•t and Blood-vessels Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &e Cbildbed, Diseases of the Uterus, &c 4 9 10 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 4 6 6 Diseases of the Skin, &c 4 1 1 Diseases of Uncertain Seat 93 99 104 Old Age, or Natural Decay 6l 63 69 Deaths b y Violence, Privation, or Intem perance Causes not specified Deaths from all causes. 783 -- Average Weekly Deaths B7l 912 Population Average Death enu- Weekly in DISTRICTS. merated Deaths the Ib4l. 1335-9-413-1. Week. West—Kensington, St. George r - ---- ^ --- 1 (llanover-square),Westmin- Four I Four ater, St. Martin in the Fields, Ye rs.l Springs. St. James North—St. Mary-le-bone, St. Pancras, Islington, Hackney 365,660 162 156 138 Central—Saint Giles and Saint George, Strand, Clerkenwell, Holbo - rti, St. jike, East Lon._ don, West London, City of London - 373,806 188 17p 165 East—Shoreditch,Whitechapel, Bethnal Green, St. George in the East, Stepney, Poplar 392;495 206 190 15 8 South—St Saviour, St. Olave, St.George(Southwark),Ber mondsey, Newington. Lam 'beth, Camberwell, Rother hithe, Greenwich .............438,060 221 210 193 THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY AIORNINCT, MAN 7, 1842. ON OUR FINANCIAL DIFFRAILI lES. The following is the remedy proposed by General Sir George Cockburn, and submitted to Sir R. 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 r, 10 per cent. during tLe 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 left by 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 gold, 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) 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 d e mand 60,000,000/. Total in circulation, 80,000,000/. ; 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 26th 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 lation in England, Ireland, and Scotland, at the fright ful fictitious circulation. 50,000,000/. (mind, notes only, not other liabilities) ; to deal with which, By the return in May last, the Bank of England had 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 as3ert 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, bow 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 14,000,0001. 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, an Act of Parliament to make it illegal forany banking company whatever to issue any note payable on demand, from and after a day to be named ; and as to all outstanding Bank of Eng land or Ireland notes, to enact, that from and after six months it should be illegal and penal to issue or traffic with them, and the same as to all private banks in four months. Next; to enable the Lords of the Treasury to issue 30,000,000/. 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-banks, 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 bow fide sinking fund of 1,000,0001. a year, not a humbug one to keep up the price of stocks, but to bona fide pay off so much every year. I would issue as follow s --no note for less than 51. Notes of ...... 5 Notes of 2OO Ditto ........ 10 Ditto • Ditto .........25 , Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto These notes to be issued so as most convenient, and making in all 30,000,000/., and those of 1,0001. or upwards to be on parchment. At present, even with the quantity of paper money, the complaint is that our circulation is too small, though 1 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 mould be lowered by 20,000,0001., then, to please r. Attwood and others, let Government issue 20,000,000/. more, and with it pay off so much of the debt; thus the nation would de facto have a paid up in full, and no 601. or 70/. to re ceive interest ; and on this alone there is a g cent. to the nation, and thus the nation would be relieved from so much taxation, and it is a l i a n rg o • l e fo loan 3ool. p ande r vain to expect much higher. As I have shown the circulation to be in England, Ireland, and Scotland 44,000,0001., if all other notes but those issued by Government were abolished, a currency of 30,000 ,000 / . m i g ht be thought too small, and if so, it would b e easy to issue the 20,000,000/. more, and pay Off so much of the deb t with the same, not at par ; but certainly if paid at 80 per cent., or choice of reduced interest, it would clear 0ff30,000,000/. at all events, and I con tend that whatever paper mone y is in circulation it ou g ht to be a national one , i. e. b y the Government ; a n d, whatever it is, it is eq uivalent to a loan without interest, and one paid up in full. No doubt, my remedy may appear to be a very bold one, but the times and circumstances of the country require such, and if we go 011 (though badly) with a very doubtful paper currency, I ask would not a strictly national one be preferable ? I may be told that this is coming again :to legal tender ; and also, what can I propose if every one runs to the Treasury for gold ? I answer, as they do not do so now to the banks, as is notorious (though we have such a paper currency, and issued by 100 different companies, is it to be believed that they would do so f o r a l imited and certain one of 30,000,0001., or even 50,000,0001. of Government paper ? Besides, though I would make the notes legal tender, I would make the 51 . , or pos sibly the 10/., to be ,paid in coin on demand, and if (as we see) the Bank of England alone can meet the demand of payment in gold for their 17,000,0001. of paper out, which by 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 dan gerous ones ; fOr, after all, who knows how much they coin ? 'he Bank of Ireland carries on this trade bysteam, and a very nice machinery it is, and a bank-note for 5001. or 1,00001. is as easily coined as a 1/. note. Total 1,870,727 912 It is stated that under the term Metropolis are comprised the 32 districts herein meutioned, which include the City of Lon don with and without the walls, the City and Liberties of Westminster, the out-parishes within the Bills of Mortality— and the parishes of St. Marylebone, St. Pancras, Kensington, Fulham, Hammersmith C,hapelry), St. Luke (Chelsea), Pad dington, St. Mary (Stoke Newington), St. Leonard (Brom ley), St. Mary-le-bow, Camberwell, Greenwich, St. Nicholas and St. Paul (Deptford), and Woolwich. The population, as enumerated in 1831, was 1,594,890, and in June 1841, was 1,870,727. The weekly averrge for 1838, 1839, 1840, and 1841, was obtained by dividing the deaths in the four years by 208, and the deaths in the four winters by 52. TEMFEKATUkE IN THE WEEKS ENDING April 23. April 30. 61° 69 3 38 45 48 56 , 1842. Highest Lo — west Daily Mean . . General Register Office, May LLOYD'S SHIPPING - - - DEAL, MAY 6.—Wind S.S.W., moderate.—Arrd. Hel velyn, Glover, Sydney ; Senator, Kerr, Ceylon ; Lady Raffles, Bahia; Mary, Kelso, Havannah ; Inca, Burnham, Charleston, for Bremen. Arrd. from the River and sld. Britannia, Quebec. MARGATE, MAY s.—The Elizabeth, Burnett,from Guern sey to London, with potatoes, got ashore on Foreness yesterday, and remains. OFF DovErt, MAY s.—Frances, M'Lean, Berbice; Hebe, Douglas, S. Dounes ; Edina, Skinner, Manilla. SOUTHAMPTON, MAY s.—Arrd. British Queen steamer, Kean, Antwerp, for New York. BRISTOL, MAY s.—Arrd. Fanny, Rove, Barbadoes. LIVERPOOL, MAY s.—Wind S.S.W., moderate.—Arrd. Otterspool and Caribbean, Calcutta ; Indus, Brown, Ceylon, with loss of mizen mast, in a squall, 23d ult., in lat. 43, 10n.19 ; Barbara, Mauritius; Kestrel, Lima; Pampero, Roberts, Buenos Ayres; Express, Cubbin, and Ann, sailed 25th March, Maranham ; Wilsons, ampbell, Demerara, left 21st March ; Mary Ellen, Barbadoes, 25th do. ; Den' son, Pearson, Antigua, left Ist ult. ; Royal Mint, Seawright, Jamaica, left 12th March; United States, Lucy Wright, Sobieski, Columbia, John Bull, Independence, Albanian, Monmouth, Victoria, Wash ington, Swanton, Thomas Battersby, all from New Orleans ; Metaka, Lavinia, Birmingham, Serely, Scott, Pearl, and Carroll of Carrolston, Mobile ; Clanquens, Warren and James Edward, Apolachiola; Francis, John Bentley, and Nelson, Village, Savannah ' • Embrook, Pollock, Huron, Sherbrook, Gray, and Ann, Hall, Charleston; Cuba, Ha vannah ; St. Mark, Alexander, New York ; Brunswick, St. Andrew's ; Black Cat, Gracioza, with cargo from the Mary Ann, Hatton. Sailed the Normandie, New York ; Handara, Quebec; George Sutton, Newfoundland, Santos, Valparaiso, Speed, Buenos Ayres ; Robert James Haynes, Barbadoes ; Eve, Rio; Abbotsford, Sir Charles Napier, Eustace and Margaret, New York ; Crown, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Jamaica, Jamaica. Arrd. off, Shannon, Mobile. The Ad miral Lake. Murdock, from the Clyde to Antigua, was totally wrecked on the lith of March, on the south east end of Bar buda.. Crew saved. SillEi.ns, MAY 4.—Sid. Crusader, Jamaica. DARTAIOUTII, MAY s.—Wind S.W.—Acrd. Toronto, Guisoald, New York, left 14th ult. Arrd. off, Ida, Pernan. buco, for Harnhro. COWES.—Arrd. Janet, Phee, Singapore Juna, Havannah. OFF PORTLAND, MAY 2.—Menado, Tokkens, Batavia, for Rotterdam. PLYMOUTH, MAY s.—Wind S. W.—Arrd. off, Mary Bray, Mauritius. FALMOUTH, MAY 4.—Wind W. to S.W., fresh breezes.— Arrd. Charlotte, Frenorth, St. Michael's, and sailed for London ; Cyrus, Thomson, Barletta ; Aclere. M. Guffie, Marseilles; John Hall, Ancona; Mary Hanniford, Lisbon. Std. Forth steamer, Tayer, West Indies. Orr PORT ST. VINCENT.—Planter, Allen, Jamaica. SCILLY, APRIL 29.—Arrd. Herald, Scadon, Leghorn for Dublin, with bowsprit sprung, and other damage • Wave, Ed wards, Newcastle for Lisbon. May 2.—Arrd. Premier, Lee, Gibraltar. HULL, MAY s.—Wind W. S.W., light breeze.—Arrd. Ca short ofSophia, Brandt, Altona. Sld. William Lee, Calcutta. DARTMOUTH, MAY 3.—Arrd. Jane, Browning, Tarragona, short of provisions. Off port, Commodore, Hore, Jamaica. VESSELS SPOKEN WlTH.—Ellen, Jamaica to London, 19th ult., in Crooked Island Passage ; and Sunbeam, of Stockton same day, by the Charles Hamerton ' arrived at Cork. Eng land, Liverpool.to New York, 16th ult., lat. 48, lon. 49, by the Jean Hastie, arrived at Cork. oncord, Liverpool to Constantinople, lat. 38, lon. 8, by the Thomas and William, arrived off Dover. King George, Liverpool to Bombay, Feb. 14, lat. 1 S., lon. ‘ , O W. ; a schooner, No. 3,580, under se cond distinguishing flag, 4th ult., lat. 44, lon. 16, by the Ed ward, arrived off Dover. Oxford, Liverpool to New York, 26th ult., lat. 50, lon. 16 ; Mandane, Shields to the Cape of Good Hope, M arc h 8, l at. 2 5 S., lon. 30 W. , Satuda, Cape de Verds to Rio, March 16, lat. 13, lon. 30; Fran ces, from Dublin, 30th ult., 70 miles W. S.W. of Cape Clear, by the Prospero, an ived at Liverpool. Barque Gloucester, bound to Jamaica, 18th ult., lat. 48, lon. 8, by the Newland Kron Prins, arrived off Scilly ; Christian, Hamburgh to Rio, Feb. 28, lat. '2 S., lon. 21 W. ' • Edward, Rio to Hamburgh, 2d ult., lat. 47, lon. 20, by the Olga, arrived off Scilly • Ad venture, from Leghorn, leaky, 30th March. o ff Ali can t, by the Herald, arrived at Scilly. Regolution, London to Quebec, b 30th ult., by the Luna, arrived at Cowes. Erole, Londale, bound to Liverpool, Jan. 2, lat. 32 S., don. 94 W. ; Susan, Anca to Lis erpool, Feb. 19, lat. 25 S. lon. 20 W. ; Mathilde, Hamburgh to Havannah, lat. 36 N. , lon. 25 W., by the Nouvelle Gabrielle, arrived in the Gironde. Harwood, Leg horn to London, 28th ult., lat. 49, lon. 8, by the Eliza Roy, arrived at Bristol. Prince of Wales, Newcastle to Havannah, 9th ult., lat. 32 N., lon. 39, and supplied with water by the Eliza, arrived at Bristol. Westmoreland, Bahia to Hamburgh, 12th ult., lat. :30, ion. 44; Lancaster, Liverpool to Vera Cruz, 29th ult., lat. 49, lon. 12, by the Reliance, arriv e d off Romney. DEATH OF THE DOWAGER DUCHESS OF RlCH moNn.—Thursday, at a little after twelve o'clock, her Grace the Dowager Duchess of Richmond expired at her residence, in Upper Portland-place, in her 74th year. For some time her Grace.has been in a declining state, and has received every consolation from the kind attentions of the Duke of Richmond,. and her numerous sons and daughters, ail of whom attended their parent to her last hour. The Dowager Duchess was eldest daughter of Alexander Duke of Gordon. Her GraCO Rill, be deeply regretted by her numerous family, to wlfain she has everVoYed a kind and affeetionatii-Mother:. The Duchess of Richmond has been unremitting in her attentions to her lamented mother-in-law. SALE AT STR.A.WBERRY HILL. Thursday's, the eighth day's sale, consisting also of coins and medals, realised about 570!., being fully as much as was expected by most competent judges. The agent for the British Museum as usual, carried off the finest lots. Lot 1. Edward VI., fine thick pi: dfort, or pattern for a shilling, was bought by that national es tablishment for 481. Lot 3. 'Charles I. halfpenny pattern was sold to Mr. Wigan for 31. 3s. Lot 5. Ann's farthing, fetched 3/. 7s. 6d. Lot 6. Ditto, in silver, 2/. 12s. 6d. Lot 7. Ditto, 1/. , 14s. Lot 8. A unique fragment of Queen Elizabeth's intended broad piece, one gold, only sold for 361. 155., to the British Museum. Ruding, and. Walpole himself, mention this curious piece. Lot 12. George the Third's five guinea piece, 271. 10s. Lot 13. A similar, but finer, 26/. Lot 15. Ann's halfpenny, 1/. 17s. Lot 20. Mary of Scotland's fine testoon, with the old head, rare, was sold for 2L 195., to Mr. Curt, whd also purchased Lot 22, Ann's golden lion, for 31. Is. Lot 23. Henry VIII.'s celebrated gold coronation medal, only two or three of which are in existence, was bought by Mr. Till for 51/. Lot 41. Mary and Philip's medal, chased, 41. 4s. Lot. 42. Elizabeth's medal on the destruction of the Spanish Armada, 2/. 16s. Lot 44. Silver medal of Julius on his attempt to re-establish Catholicism in Great Britain, was sold for Si. ss. Lot 46. Medal of Lord Inchinquin, chased, 9!. 19s. 6d. Lot 53. The satirical model of Cromwell, only four 'genuine examples of which are known, was bought by Mr. Till for 8/. Lot 55. Fine silver coronation medals of the Kings of England, by Dr. Rawlins, for 2L 12s. Lot 68. Medallion of Sophie, mother of Georo l .v 1., exceedingly fine and rare, by Mr. Curt, for 21. 2s. Lot 103. A collec tion of 486 Pope's medals, in silver and brass, bought by Mr. Curt for 321. If these had been divided into smaller lots, they would certainly have produced more than double the amount. FRIDAY. -'The sale this day was the most important that has yet occurred. It included some of the finest miniatures in ex istence, as well as various curious articles in plate, china, &c. The attractive nature of this day's sale may be guessed, when it is stated that the proceeds amounted to about 2,6001. It has been said that upwards of 40,000/. will be cleared by the sale of the whole of the personal property in the villa, and we are inclined to think that this estimate has not been over charged. The following are the prices at which the principal lots were sold :-Lot 8. A missal Drawing was bought by Mr. Bevan for 42g. Lot 21. Portrait of Cowley the Poet, by Se. guier, for 1051. Lots 24 and 25. Portraits of Sir K. Digby and j Venetia Stanley sold together, were bought by Mr. Rood for 178/. 10s. Lot 26. Lady Diaby, by the same, 52/. 10s. Lot 31. Lady Lucy Percy, by the same, 1051. Lot 40. Portrait of Holbein, by himself, 21/. Lot 56. Portrait of Sir K. Digby, his wife, and two sons, after Vandyke, supposed to be the finest miniature in the world, was purchased by Mr. Farrer for 241/. 10s. The plate sold for very moderate prices ; indeed, it was not a a very superior quality. Lot. 120. A plateau, with an engraving, by Hogarth, was sold for 15s. an ounce to Mr. Garrard. Lot 127. A pair of wine coolers, fetched 17s. an ounce. Lot 119. A racing cup, described in the catalogue as silver gilt, was dis covered to be gold, and sold for 1/. 2s. 6d. an ounce. The china produced most extravagant prices. One of the lots, con sisting of a chocolate cup and stand, being sold for no less a sum than Si. 15s. 6d. The sale-room was crowded, and the bid dings were kept up with the greatest spirit. FATAL DUEL AT PALERMO. We have beer. favoured with the following from a gentleman at Palermo, dated April 23 : "A most melancholy event has just occurred at this town, which has caused the greatest excitement throughout all the country to the foreign and native at present residing here. Having arrived on the spot where the catastrophe took place almost immediately after its having happened, and learned all the particulars, I feel it my duty to send a statement of it as soon as possible, in order that no misrepresentation may occur. A yacht is just on the point of starting for Marseilles, and 1 send this by a friend who is proceeding direct to England, in order that he may deliver it to the public press. The event was as follows : " Two officers of the 88th, now quartered at Malta, hav ing procured leave of absence, had come over for a few days to Sicily ; they had landed about three days at this place, when yesterday evening a quarrel arose between one of the officers, Lieut. J. Brooke 'Johnson, and a Neapolitan Noble man, the Duc di Calabritti, which proceeded to such lengths that Mr. Johnson, who was somewhat intoxicated, struck the other such a violent blow on the mouth that it knocked out his two front teeth. A meeting this morning was the consequence. Before the affair had got wind to the police, the Duc de Cala br:tti, being attended by Mons. del Balzoff and Signor Parisi, while Mr. Johnson was accompanied by his brother officer, Lieutenant Norton, and another English gentleman, called Markland, the combatants were placed at fifteen paces distance, pistols living the weapons used. The first fire took place without effect ; but, unfortunately, notwithstanding every attempt made to reconcile the parties, a second fire was in sisted on, when, horrible to relate, Mr. Johnson was shot dead on the spot, his own shot wounding his antagonist in the face so desperately as to carry away part of the nose, disfiguring him most probably for life. The seconds are all in custody, and it is feared will be hardly dealt with, as the laws against duelling are very severe in this country. As may be imagined, a great gloom is thrown over all here by this very unhappy affair." A few days ago, says a, letter from Anxonne, a boat on the Saone, in which was a pleasure-party, consisting tf four young men and three females, was suddenly upset by he latter leaning too much on, one side. Two of the young men caught one of the females and swam with her safely to the shore. Another of the youths, in attempting to save his sister, was embarrassed by his blouse, and, although a good swimmer, was drowned, as was also the other man and the two females. GREAT FIRE IN LOCHAR Moss.—On the evening of Friday last a tremendous fire was seen burning on the Caer laveroek side of Lochar Moss, which, it appears, originated near the present resting-place of the steam-plough, right op posite to Broeklehirst. Judging from the eye, the range of conflagration exceeded a mile, and, as night closed in, attracted the marked attention of all travellers along the line of the Annan-road. The flame seemed to rise to the height of seven or eight feet, and flickered so splendidly far and near, above and around, that the conflagration, on a scale far exceeding Aluirburn, was at once appalling, sublime, and beautiful. Old birds and hares in great numbers were seen flying and running from the scene of danger, leaving pouts and leverets to their fate. —Dumfries Courier. The price of bread in Paris is fixed, for the first fortnight in May, at 33c. the kilogramme. SUDDEN DEATH IN A CHURCHYARD.--Wednesday forenoon Mr. Wakley, 141.P.,-held an inquest at St. Maryle bone workhouse en the body of James Cormont, aged 56. On the afternoon of Saturday last the deceased, who was a stone mason, had been engaged in repairing some tomb-stones in Old St. Marylebone Churchyard, High-street, and had put up his tools, in order to take his departure, when his companion recollected they had left some cement behind them. The de ceased turned back to fetch it, and had gone about two paces when he was heard to exclaim, Oh, my God !" and reeled backwards. Medical aid was promptly procured, but the mo ment deceased fell he ceased to exist. Verdict—" Natural death." 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 in 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 Wigney's furniture, fixtures, carriages, and horses, realised upwards of 2,000/. ; aid Mr. Clement Wigney'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. Palliser; also several houses and parts of houses in Regency square, Ship-street, &c. ; and what will doubtless attract more notice than anything else, 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. &c.—Brighton Gazette of yesterday. ALLEGED MURDER.—On Monday an inquest was held in Dublin, on the body of Mary Conolly, who was re ported to have been killed bt her husband, on Saturday last. Conolly, who had been detained in confinement since the even ing of the unfortunate occurrenee, was brought to the inquest in custody. It appeared from the evidence, that the deceased was a woman of the most ungovernable temper, and that their mutual quarrels were frequent, often termi nating in personal violence ore both sides. The inquiry lasted till six o'clock, when the Jury, after about ten mi nutes' deliberation, returned the following verdict :—" We find that the said Mary Conolly died in syncope er faint, produced by violent excitement, arisingfrom a quarrel with her husband on Saturday last, and from the injudicious treatment she re ceived subsequently, while in that faint, by her neighbours placing her in an erect position, and administering salt and water." The prisoner was then discharged from custody. 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 petitioners would feel to avoid the immense expense of prose;uting 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 Marchant be elected in his stead without opposition.— Evening Paper. SIR J . GRAHAM'S NEW MAGISTRACY.—The first act of the new Magistrates at Devizes has been to •create a job for one of their creatures, by dismissing the former Clerk to the Court, Mr. G. W. Ainstie, against whom they can allege no fault, as they are themselves obliged to admit. — Evening Paper. As it is very possible that the friends of some of the captives in Affghanistan, in Fort Baderabad, Loughanee Valley, may not have heard directly frcm them, it will be gra tifying to such to know that we have been favoured with the perusal of a letter, dated Calcutta, 18th March, from which we make the following extract :—" Major Pottinger's last letter to Government stated they were allowal 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 on their backs." Last week, the James Watt steamer, disembarked at Bane a curious cow of the short-horned breed. It pre sents the remarkable peculiarity of being without hair, and having a covering similar to the skin of the elephant, with the forehead defended 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 Jardinsdes , 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 mouths 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 frcm having undergone some process of embalment, as to have been regarded by the owner of the place in which it was found and by the public of Madrid as a valuable curiosity. A person was placed to watch it, but it suddenly disappeared, and a ridiculous rumour prevailed that th e 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 persons, 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 Uliveros, who died in 1640. 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 them the power of coining, which is the prerogative of the Crown, and if they choose to coin gold, making the sovereign of only half value, they would be guilty of felony, although in issuing such coin they might pay 10s. as 1/., 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 national 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 bankers now are—real bankers, not 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, he 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 ing 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. CORONER'S INQUEST.—Thursday afternoon an in quest was held at the sign of the Wade's Arms public-house, East India-road, Poplar, before Mr. Baker, the Coroner, on the body of Charles Harris, aged 15 years. The deceased was employed as a labourer at toe yard of Messrs. Green, Wi gram, and Green, of Blackwall, ship-builders, and between four and five o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, was in a new ship, now bein g built, and in attempting to pass from one stage to the other he slipped, and fell to the ground, from a height o! between 30 and 35 feet. There was no one near him, and the occurrence was purely accidental. He died nearly instantly, his death being caused by injury of the brain. Verdict, " Ac cidental death." We regret to learn that " crow's feet" have been scattered in the neighbourhood where the recent assemblages of nailers took place, for the purpose of laming the horses o the troopers. The distress of the labouring classes in the neighbourhood of Stourbridge is deplorable, and the Board o Guardians have been daily distributing relief in large quantities of bread.— Worcestershire Chronicle. St. LEONARD'S-ON-SEA.—The following unfortu nate accident with lose of four lives, took place immediately oif the Royal Victoria Hotel, on Wednesday morning :—A small sailing-boat, containing an old and experienced boatman of the name of Stevens, a footman in the service of the Rev. Mr. Pettit, of 65, Marina, and a footman and page in the service of Mr. Dawkins, of 70, Marina, left this town this morning at 5 A. sr., for a sail ; at 7, at about a mile from shore she was seen turning round for the shore, and immedi diately (as if from a sudden gust of wind) to fall over upon her side and sink. A boat was immediately put off from the shore, and several others followed; but were unable to dis cover anviliin,g belonging to the boat or c. ew. Up to nine P.M., although unceasing exertions have been and are making, nothing has been picked up or any trace of the boat or bodies discovered. It is singular that one of the coast guard on duty saw the boat go down, but did not see any of the crew appear. Stevens was known to be a go cd swimmer. CITY IMPROVEMENTS.—The Fleet-street end of Fetter-lane has at length been barricaded, while the houses are about to be pulled down to effect a communication of a proper width with Holborn and which will join the western end of the viaduct to be erected from the top of Holborn-hill (leav ing St. Andrew's Church to the north) across Shoe-lane, Far riugdons street, through Green Arbour-court to the Old Bailey. On Sunday last a female, nearly eighty years of ago, went to the hospital of La Pitie to see her husband, to whom she had been married 47 years, and who was a patient in that establishment. On her arrival, the poor woman, whose anxiety to see her husband was excessive, was informed that he had just died. The shock was too great for her ; she fell down in a fit, and in a few moments expired. RAILWAY Dury.—The proposed commutation by the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the railway passengers' tax, of one-eighth of a penny per head per mile, to a general pay ment of 5 per cent. on the grosss receipts, is expected to cause a loss to some of the great metropolitan lines, but to prove of the greatest benefit to others, especially the Scotch, as the cheap carrying lines, having to compete with steam-boats, have fre quently never realised any profit whatever. The alteration will moreover, enable the companies to increase the accommo dation to the third class passengers, and perhaps to add a fourth class. ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY.—The ordinary monthly meeting for general business was held on Thursday afternoon at the rooms of the Society in Pall-mall. The Report of the auditors and council given in at the anniversary meeting was read, from which it appeared that the total income of the Society for the last year was 11,691/. 15s. 11d., and the ex penditure 10,931/. 17s. sd. The income of the past year, com pared with that of 1840, gave a decrease of 1,1201. ss. 6d., whilst the receipts from the annual subscriptions were less by 5301. 183., and under the head of garden sales there was a fall ing off of 151/. Bs. 6d. A very serious accident occurred on Wednesday to Lieut.-Colonel Acklam, late an officer of the Ist Dragoon Guards, at the works of the Hungerford Suspension-bridge. The Gallant Colonel had gone to one of the coffer-dams of the proposed new bridge for the purpose of inspecting the new. invented steam machinery for pile-driving, and while in the act of passing along a plank, unfortunately lost his footing, fell upon another plank, from which he rebounded, and received in his further fall injuries of the most serious nature, having had the skull fractured and the jaw-bone broken. The unfor tunate gentleman, who is 70 years of age, received immediate medical attention, and was without delay removed to his lodg ings in Jerrayn-street, St. James's, where he lies in a very precarious condition. WILL OF THE LATE DUKE OF CLEVELAND, K.G. —The wid of the late Harry, Duke of Cleveland, has been ' just proved in the Prerogative Court by the executors, Henry Lord Brougham and Vaux, Thomas Metcalf, and G. B. Wharton, Esqrs. The personal property has been sworn under 1,000,000/., upon which a stamp duty of 13,0001. has been paid. The property has been bequeathed pr.n cipally to his family, consisting of the present Duke,. Lords William Poulett and Harry Vane; Ladies Laura Meyriek ( who is abroad). Arabella Arden, and Augusta Milbanke, with the exception of some legacies and annuities to his servants. Lord Brougham and his executors are bequeathed 1,5001. each. The late Duke's personal estate is the largest left by any Peer of his elevated rank since the late Duke of Sutherland, whose personal effects were sworn as amounting to more than 1,000,000/. ; all sums beyond which amount are not subject to probate duty. The Dowager Duchess is hand somely provided for under the late Duke's will. NEW SALisIoN BILL._The Bill introduced into Parliament by Mr. Ellice, jun., provides, we understand,for the anomalous case of the rivers Ness, Shinn &c., where, owing to the water proceeding from deep lakes, and bring of a warmer temperature, clean fish abound at a very early period of the season. The best salmon are 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 fishings 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 salrnon.—inverness Courier. The following amusing anecdote is related by the Independent of Brussels. One of the copying clerks in the Belgian w ar-office, more remarkable for his manual dexterity 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 per sion. On coming to that part of the petition in which, speaking of the disease of which the general died, she had used the words " devore par un cancer," the clerk, finding the letters ce in the last word to resemble an a, wrote eanar, instead of cancer. The Minister, having read the copy, sent for the clerk, ar.d good. Immouredly 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 see I have omitted the letter d," and, taken his pen, he made the addition, thus representing the deceased general to have been " devori par un canard " (de voured by a duck instead of a cancer ) 11. t en withdrew leaving the Minister convulsed with laughter. AMERICAN COTTON TRADE.—A statistical table of the cotton manufactures 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 810,824 ; yards of cloth, 182,668,129 ; pounds of cotton, 45,095,624 ; value of manufactures 18,280,143 dollars • hands employed, 4,589 ; and amount of wages paid, 857,912 A o llars. 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 populatica had increased but 33i per cent. A letter from Aldenburg, 24th ult., in the German Journal of Frankfort, states that the Prince Royal of Hanover, who has arrived at that place, on the occasion of the celebration of the anniver•ary of the marriage of the reign ing Duke of Saxe Aldenburg, is to marry one of the Duke's daughters. EIRIGES OF CANAL,DOCX,ASSUR. ANCF; COMPANN Sli f'.13. 1 :,'; &c. &c. &c. I r.uN1,01%, FRIDAY, MAY 6. Numi•er 13, .r , , :,rd 1 - rwe of per C ANA LS. nor S 1 a re,. A onum. l'a • i.... Skase. 1,766 7 per cent. Ashton & Oldham...Avcrage97/.los.sh. 04 (,4b. 41. Ashby.de-le-"touch ..... Artrage 1131.5 h. 71 1;260 Basingstoke 1001. sh • 5 1,005 51, Brecknock and Abergavenny -150/. sh. 92 F,13)3 I•l6th. 101. Birraingham,l-16th shale .., MI. & 711. 114 WOO 600 31. Bridgewater and Tati n t o n.lool.sh. all pd - SOO .51. Chelmer and Blackwater ......... 1001. sh . 101 SOO 321. Coventry 1002.5 h. ',.;05 Croydon. Average 311.26.10 d. sh . - 2,060 51. Os. Dudley 1001 sh t 4 600 131. Derby lool.sh 120 20,000 4 per cent. Danube and Mayne 411.135. 4o.pd 30 3,5751 4' Ellesnwreand Chester Aveitgel33..sh. 69 231 621 Erowasn .. ,....1001.5n. 735 6,485 8 3 1. Forth and Clyde l9Ol. sc. 1004 pd . 1:6 1,453 71. Grand ./ unction 1001. sr. 1243{ 2,6411 i 255. Grand Union lool.sh 27 ',500 ......... Grand 5urrey......... _' 1001. sh. 15 1,0001 41. percent. Ditto (optional) Loan 11101. -996 ......... Grand Western 600 13 12s. Bd. iihanorganohire, Avcr. cost 1721.136.4 d, 'llO 749 121. Oranth eve, lsol.sh. trzu 6 . 238 2.. dl. Huikiersfilld! Average 511. fis. ed. sh :9 100 .. Kensingto.e loo+ h. allpd ling 2%,12S 14.105. Kennet and Avon, Av. 39/.165. lOil.sh 1814 11,6994 it. 10s. Lancaster Average 471. Cs. Sd '27 9,8975 301. Leed . and Liverpool lool.sh 710 545: 1 1 10s. Leicester 1401. tit 150 ,897 51.1.. Leicester & Nort'4airipton Aver 6.11.10: '72 2,409 01 Monmouthshire 1001.41 200 25C 13!. Melton Mowbray lOB/.sh. '2OO 500 :LI. Mersey and (men 1001.5h, 540 3,000 11. 16s. Macclesf i eld IOU!. ah. ail pd 16 247 171. Neath IOOI.A. 3e.t. 1,400 U. Peak Forest Avei.ge about 761. sh. 63 1,418 Os. Regent's (or London) Av. 313/.10..8d. sh 1 1 5,669 6 1, Bothdale Average 8.51. th 12 500 81. Shropshire ,./ 251. sh . 137 800 111. 104. Somerset Coal 3,600/. 6 per cent Ditto Lock Fund Stock 121.10 e. sh. 11 34 700 351. Stafford and Worcester 140/.sh. 686 500 151 Shrewsbury 1251. sh. 280 300 8!. 3taurbridge ...... sos 1451.5h. 396 3,647 21. Os. Stratford-on.Avoli A ver....791. 9s. bd. eh. 33 as l2 } l Swansea I(Xll.sh. 265 3,762 2/. 12s. Severn and Wye &Railway Av. 261.95. sh. 45 260iitsh. 32/. 10s. Trent and Mersey, i share lOOl. sh. 475 .3.148 flames and Medway Av.191.55.13d. sh. 2 102)(K5h.411 141. Warwick sari Wrminitham lool.sn 200 •,i.itOi 960 10.. Warwick and raaption lool.Bh. 1;9 7,000 41 Warcestce& Birmingham Av.7B/.Bs.sti 55 'SAO 365. Wilts and Berko Aver - sire 671. lOs Bd. sh. 283 800 6,, Wyilev and Essington 1251. sh 74 .28 ... .. WI/Joe/ma ......... :.').".,: sh. SO 905 .1. / Wey and Arun llOl. sn. 20 DOCKS. ,eOO 14r 1,965i5ti. / Sp ' C . Coinmerc al sow... 1001. sh. 61 5 per rent. East and West India ,. ..... ....Rack 115 1,238,31011. Sfl.p,ct. London Stock 60 Ditto Bonds 2,209 3/. 6s. sd. Bristol ..,..,s - Average 14"1.95. sh 75 41,324/. 51. per cent. Dittq Notes, various amounts lOB 152,752 5 percent. St. Katharine Stock 97 500 ; 0004i per cent. Ditto Bonds 200,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years Deptford Pier .9.14. sh. 201. pd 10 BRIDGES 1,600 I/. Hammersmitl 5O/. sh. 2134 1,231 Southwark, Old Av. ('•31.25. Sd. sh, 33., 1,700 I/. 15s. Ditto, New, of 74 per cent., 501.5 h. 15 3 4 ~000 .... ..... Waterloo ~e 100!. sh. 3 5,000 225. 02. Ditto, Old Annuities of 81 601. p 0 2 1 5,000 193. 3d, Ditto, New Ditto of 71. 4Ol. pd 1834 0,0001 51. per cent. Ditto Bonds 5,948 9.71 'Vauxhall Average 701. 10s. 3d. sh. 27 ASSURANCE COMPANIES. 2,000 31 105 Albion 5OOl. ah. 501. pd 70 j(),"„"''' € 6 „„ per cent.] Alli ance ßritish &Foreignlool.sh. 111. pd 14 an 15s. 10,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Maj.ine DIM ah. 5!. pd 153 i 14,000 1 1. per sh. Atlas 5Ol. sh. 51. pd 14'4 1,20015 h. 5!. Birmingham h ire.. n5O/. sh. 55/. pd 10734 90,000 41. percent. British Fire 250/. sh. 501. pd 41 12,000 6/. per cent. flritish Commercial SOL s' , 5/. pd 6 5,000 51. per cent. Clerical &Medical Lite, ICOLsh. 2/10s pd 5134 4,000 21 Os County lOOl. sh. 10/. pd 10 9,000 ss. Eagle 50/. sh. 5/. pd 434 ona r 5 per cent.] E conom i c Lit e 18001. o h. 250/. pd 400 `'" and 301 bat 2,271 22s.percent. European Li 2Ol. sh. all pd 22 50,000 2s. Ditto, New 20/. sh. 21. pd 11, .000,0001. (/.per ct Globe Stock 125 20,000 51. Guardian 30,000 41. 09. Hope sol.sh. 51. pd 5N 2,400 51. 12s. Mt Imperial Fire 5OO/. sh. 501. pd 140 7,500 10s. Pd. Imperial Life IOU!. sh. 101. pd 11 13,459 5/. per cent. Indemnity Marine lOOl. sh. St. pd 3134 2,020 31 101 Kent Fire 5O/. sh. all pd 91 31. Ditto Life 5Ol. pd 10,000 25s Law Life lOO/. :h. 101. pd 3234 5,001.1 101. London, Fire 251. sh. 121. 103. pd 17', 3,900 101. London, Ship .. , 251. oh. 12/. 10s. pd IN siuo.ooo/. ... ..... Minerva Life 100/. sh. 214000 5 1 . per cent. National Loan Fund... 201 sh 2!. 10a. pd 25, 30,000 al. per cent. Palladium Lib' 5Ol. sh. 21. pd 50,000 5/. per cent. Protector lA': 2Ol. sh. 2/. Fd 17504 114(1(10 4 per cent. Protestant Dissenters .... 160/. oil. ill. pd 514 2,500 1/. Provident Lire 110,600 4s. Od. Rock Life, 2l. pd 4 , 9,220/ 51. per cost, Royal Exchange Stork 170 6,000 5 per cent. University L ife lOW. sh. M. pel 11 10,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 100!. sh. 51. pd JOINT STOCK BANKS. 15,000 Agric.andeum. of Ircland2sl. sh. 10/. pd 15,000 M per cent. Australasia 401. sh. 401. pd 5' )0,006 10 percent. Bank of Bit mingham 501. sh. Int. pd 13% 1,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank 5O/. sh. 101. pd 13 0,000 Gper cent. London & Westminster 1001 sh. 201. pd 2.2% , 30,000 5/. London Joint Stock 50/. sh. 101. pd 12% .4000 4 per cent. Lancaster ...... ........ . IOW. sh. 20/. pd 30 5,000 10 per cent. Liverpool 1001 sh. 14/. pd 19 50,000 71 percent. Manchester arid Liver } 501.5 h. 151 pd 19% pool Dis:Onnt 20,000 7 per mat. Manchester 1001.5h. 101. pd 4% 10,000 8 pei eent. Provincial Bank sf Irelandlool.sh. 25!. p 4 41% 10,000 6 i - er cent National Bank of Ireland 601. sh. 17al. pd 15 10,000 6 per cent National Prov,cial Eng.lool. sh. 35/. pd 35% 10,000 Ditto New 101. sh. 101 pd 0 11,000 Gloucestershire 50/. sh. 10/. pd 32 1,000 lOper cent. Hampshire 5O/. sh. 5/, ori $ % GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES, 1,500 16s Od Bath 20/. sh. 11(1. pd 22 %000 British - 4Ol. sh. 101. pd 19 '', '''"" AAA s 5/.percent. Ditto Provincial 2Ol. sh. NI pit ~, 3 land Bs. 6s. 928 5/ 10s Birmingham 50!. sh. 101 1,250 21 06 13r16t0l 2,250 31 lOs Brighton 2ol. sh. 13N 750 31 106 Ditto, NeW QO/. P h lB/. pd 9 1,471 4 per cent Brighton General 1,000 71.105. Continental Consolidated ~..751. 0•21/.pd 110 1,000 101. City 01 London.. ....... 4,000 61. Ditto. New 100/. sh. 751. ?A 150 5,000 31.05. Equitable 5O!. pd 20 0,000 31. per cent. Imperial 56/. sh. 60% 900 5/. per cent. Isle ol "lhanet 251. sh. 20!. pd 19 1,350 6/. per cunt. Independent 10/..01. al! r.,. 56 5,000 N. per cent. Phcenix .. 50/. sh. 39/. pd 90% 1,000 4/. per cent. Itsteliff lOOl. sh. OW. pd 63 4,000 South M..tropolitan 'eq. sh. i 334!. pd 18 9,000 51. percept. United General 50/. sh. 471. pd 30 '240 M. per cent. Warwick . 501. sh. 50 CO 51. per cent Wakefield 'l,OOO 31. Westniii‘ster Chartered ..... 5Ol. sh. 57 1,000 12s. Ditto New 55 I. sh. 101. pd 1134 ygo 3 per cont. Yarmouth 2Ol. sh. 18/. pd WATEIV.WihIKS 1,800 346. Blrmin yham 26' sh. 25/. pd 21 1,453 V. East London 100/. sh. 105 1 4 5,500 2/ 15s. brand Junction Average 411 Ins. 4d. sh. 50 1,1.00 21. Kent ..c 1001. eh. 59! 372 10/. Liverpool. Bootle 1,500 2/10s New Rivertondon Bridge Water Ann... 00 9,486 21 101 Manchester and Salford 100/. sh. 54 1,000 5 per cant. South London lOO/ sh. 98 3,294 4jl. West Middlesex Average 631.1125. 90. sh. 94 1.360 11141 York Building 1,0. Lessee Prop. 100/ sh. 35 Building - _ - _ _ IRON RAILWAYS 1,300 2/. Os. Birmingham and Derby ..... ...... MO/ pc 52 0,500 3 per cent. Birmingham and Gloucester !CO/. pd 53 15,5(,0 4 per cent. Bristol and Exeter 100/. sh. 70 lid 44 7,500 Cheltenham& G. Western 100/.5h. 7 2x1. 14% 3,004 Clarence 100/. sh 100/ pd 20 3,0(X). 40,006 ..... .... Eastern Comities 25/. eh. 'lO/. pd 10 10,000 5 per cent. Great North of Englandlool.sh. WO/. pd 83 10,918 19 per cent. Grand Junction lOOl.O. all pd 182 25,'"'00 4 per cent. Great Western 100/ eh. 05/. pd 03 y i , 25,000 3 per cant. Ditto New 501. sh. 50/. pd 64\ 6,000 5 per cent Gosport Junction.. 'Ol. sh. 501. PO 59 2,000 8 per cent. Hartlepool 100/. Ab. 1001 pd 1453. 8,000 Hull and Selby 5Ol. sh. 501. pd 40 2,100 4 per cant. Leeds and Selby lOO sh. 65 5,100 10 per cent. Liverpool& Manchester 10( /.sh. WO/. psi 188% 7,968 10 per cent. Ditto Half Shares 5O/. pd 91 11,495 10 per text. Ditto Quarter Shares 25/. pd 45 36,000 ...... ... London and B ri g h ton 50 /. sh. 50/ p d 36 % 24,000 ko,ooo 3 Per cent. London and Greenwich ...901. sk. 201. pd 5y,, 25,000 91 per sh. London & Birmingham 100/. eh. 90/. pd 191 25,000 21.7 s rd. Ditto Quarter Shares ....25/.sh. 51. pd 37 31,250 :U. ?s. 4d. Dit o New Shares 324 sh. 32/. pd 31% 36,000 3 per eh. London and S. Western Av.:381,175. 9d. 63 , ,, 33,000 A 13/ 15 9d 13 % Ditto New' Scrip.... 13N, al 13,000 41. per sh, Maineb,d Leeds...loo/. sh. 70/. pd 87% 19,000 Ditto Half Shares 'Ai/. 301. pd 39 10,000 Manchester and Birmingham 70/.sh. 40/. 28% Ditto Extension 7l. pd 2 . ...... 10,000 2/.lPs. Midland Counties 'OO/. ah. 10i2 pd 74 15,000 3/. Os. North Midland ...... ... i.Ol. sh. 100/ pd 65 1/.los. Ditto New • 401. pd 3.: 10,256 1/.loe. Northeeri and Eastern.... 501. sit. 451. pd 43% 2,610 Preston end Wyre 5O/. sh. 36/. pd :16 16,000 4 per cent. South Eastern and Dover 'Ol. pd 31 1,000 10/. per cent. , Stockton anti Darlington lOO/. sh. 265 9, , '00 ...... .” rhaniesittaven 5O/. A 5/, pd 6,000 10/. per cent. York and N6rth Midland 50 • sh. 50/. pd P 3% MINES. 8,000 . ... .. .. Albion Copper --- 5/.3 • AL pd 12 4,000 1L . ss. A lten l5/. s h 121 itl pd 1U 10,000 .... Anglo 61Exican,iss. 5/. pm.lool. sh. sti 11l 2)6 Ditto Sub3Cription 25/. pa 3 2,000 P,olanos ....., 150/. sh all p , l 4 10,000 IL lOs Bratilianlmp, iss. 51. pm 35/.01.211, pd 8% 6,000 11,000 Ditto St.Jolin Del Bey ...20/. sh. 141 pd 1 3 tc .000 IS olivar CoplAr Company 20/. el. 20/. pd 1 10,000 20,000 13titish4lro . n ~ lOW sh. 70/ pd 8 ,000 ... . . British CepinW ..,.. 51. sh. .111. pd 1% Ceti 8r4,13ca, -- 61/. pd 514 Candonga 10000 11 Coplapo - ... . . 8500 • .. Columbtan, iss. si. pm 55/. sh. 55/. pd ON 2,850 41. English pd 20,000 6,155 :11exican Company WO/. sh, 60, pa 3,000 Polberon Console .. lOl, sh 81. pd 4 1,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered— 2 3, Ditto Loan Notes 1501. IA 5t f 10,000 United MexiCan, iss. 2pm 40/. sh. all pd 31 Ditti. Scrip 1 ,4 Ditto New Scrip 41 pal 354 West Cork • 501. sh 50/. pd 38 LITERARY lysTrruTioN& 1,000 1,500 LondonUniiersity looe. sh. all psi 7 70 0 King' College lOOl. 19% MISCELLANEOUS ;0,)0e) leultural.loo/. sh 'lBl pd 37 an Land Company 31:, pd 9 1004 sh. 3211. pd 50R, )0,000 51, per cent. Upper Cana:a Loan 1 6 0 1 ,0CC IC° 6/.. perc en t . pel r sl ' e t 13 C Ar a tii n ts a it: da . 0 o m pan y 9 City Bonds, 4 pt. r rent 0,000 IL 6s. General Stearn Navigation 15/.. h. 14/. pd 2,3 4 /01. per cant. Hudson's Bay Stock ii. London Coin. Sale Rooms—. Av. 751. sh IN Camtchoue Company 12;/. pd 12, , , New lit unswick Land Compa , y...sPl pd I'2 5,',?87 4/, per cent Reversidnary Int. 50c...100/. sh. 1001. pd 94 V 3.1 51. per cent, Ditto New 1001. sh. 1001. pd 107 4,000 ,n i ono gs. Van Die.ner,'s Land.... 1001. sh. 181/ pd. 10 LIST of SCO7'7'ISII C OMPANIES' PRICh,S MAY- 4, 1842. BA N Its. ,c). O,OOE 81. J. ct. Bank of Scotland ...831. bs. bd. Hs all pd ;72. 0000,001 Pl. p. ct. Royal of Scotland 100/.0. all pa 150 500.0110/. 81. p. ct. British Linen Company 100/. sh. 411 pd ;05 600,8001. 71, p. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 1 OC/.pd 150 500,000 i. 6n. ct. National IOC/.sh. 101. pd 14 5011,0001. St. p. ct. Glasgow Union 0 501. sh. 50!. pd 81% 1000,0101. (3 p. ct. Western 01 Scotland —.OOOl. sh 40/. pd 08 INSURANCE l 05.1PAN1E5. :50.0005h. rip. ct. Scottish Umon °W. sl. 11. pti As fd, 7,50(1 lit p. ct. Hercules loo/. sh. 10/. p 0 121 4 00,1100 1(1p, et. Insurance Co. of Scotland .10/. ih. all pd 50,000 10 p. ct. North British coo/. sh. 101. pd ROA 1,000 10 p. ct.,Caleclonian Fire 100/. sh. 10/. pd 20 5,000 10 p. ct. Edinburgh L.fe 100/. sh. 161. pd 15 100,000 31 p. ct. West of Scotland lO/. pd .lISCELLANEO US. 4,818 ... . Fdin. and Glas. Un. Canal.so/. sh. all pti 1 , Ditto Allocated , 131/. sh. all p d 414 325,40 r. ge per cent. Edinb. Joint St,ck Water.2sl. sh all pti 14 1,001151) 21 per cciit. Shotts Iror kountuay......sol.sh 4141 pd :143 0,000 1 pef cent. Edinburgh It Leith Giass.`4l.o.sh. ICL po 334 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas •%51.sh. all pd 50 5,450 10 pet cant. Glasgow Gas 750 71 per cent • Lit h Coal Gas ... 2ol.sli, all pd '25 1.154 ..... .... Edinburgh and Dalkeith deit , l} . 50/., h 30 The sub-sorters and letter-carriers of the General Post-office have established a Provident Society, which holds its meetings in Aldersgate-street.. It has-I)seri enrolled accord ing to the Act, and has received the sanaSson o• Lord Lowther, the Postmaster-General, who has, besir*, contributed to its funds a denation of 50/. The objects of"tike Society are to form a fund for the relief of widoWs and orphans, children, or nominees of deceased members. Should Sir Eardley 'Wilmot be appointed to the governorship of the Mauritius, as rumoured, it is thought that Mr. Newdigate, of Newdigate, a member of one of the most ancient families in the ecquify, will be returned in his stead, as one of the Conservative Members for the northern division of Warwickshire.—Birnzinyham Advertieer. THE MARKETS_YESTERDAY• CORN EXCHANGE. The arriviils of Grain have been moderate this week. Th e rains being favourahl, to vi gelation, buyers would searcel9 make any purchases, so that all sorts of Coin may be cons i. dered nominally the same as Monday. Flour also sold veil heavily. SMITHFIELD. The trade for Beef was dull, but for Mutton and Laval ) there was a considerable firmness, and for prime pieces ther° was sume advance. Pork a shade higher. Beast, 5 4 1' Calves, 182 ; Sheep and Lambs, 5,760 ; Pigs, 428. 114 3s. 2d. to 4s. 6d. ; Mutton, 3s. 6d. to 4s. 10d. ; Veal, 4s. 4 ," to ss. 4d. ; Pork, 4s. 2d. to ss. 2d. COLONIAL MARKET. Prices were sustained, with a fair demand for home use, bid for shipping there were but fevs orders. TEA MARKET. The market was very dull, and the operations were so halite* / that we cannot quote prices. TA LLOW MARKET. P. Y. Candle sold slowly at 465. 3d. on the spot, and 48s. 6d. for delivery in the last three months of the year. COAL MARKET. Ships arrived since last marxet.day, 32. . d.i I. IL Carr's Hartley Holywell Main~ Lenz's Main ll 0 Walls End Rd:tie . 2O ' anfidd Moor - 1. 0 ~w 0 West Wylam -, 9 Walls End Adela i d e ii, a 0 Walk End Hilda lB 0 Walls End Seymour Tees... l y Walls End Perkins l7 0 Wal's End Tees lietton .... 18 0 Walls End Ramsey Wails End Ridde11'5........, 9 0 Anthracite 0 W E. liraddyll'sHettoti ... 20 9 14 Bl , ithe ,1% g Walls End Hetton 2O 9 Cowpen Walls End Lambton Walls End Morrison ...... .. is 01 ( From the London New Price Current of May 6.) SUGAR.-The w.rl having changed, arrivals have COer menced to come in ; buyers, however, have evinced less ink' nation to purchase, and have submitted to a reduction e 5 former rates of 6d to is per cwt. To-day the West India Market exhibited a dull appearani the demand was limited both for the sca l e an d'th e pan, el l the supply of Sugar being on the i ncrease , i mporters We' , compelled again to submit to lower rates,_ caking the decli ne for the week Is 6d to 2s per cwt, and the purchases only D!, hhds and tierces. The arrivals of Bengal and Mauritius Stlgn have commenced to come in freely, and of W es t I n di a s eve n ships are daily expected. The market closed h eav ily f o r I P sorts of Sugar. REFINED.-The home trade hare been eager buyers of all, descriptions of Refined Goods, and have cleared the marl° . this week, paying an advance on former rates of is to Is 6d Pe f s , cwt. To-day Refined Goods were tak en s p ar i ng ly by tP home trade, and lower rates were accepted; Standard Luel selling at 84s to 84 s 6d p er cw t. B on d e d C rus h e d S uga r Se slowly at 28s 3d to 28s 6d per cwt. MAURITIUS.-A good demand has existed both for broil° and yellow sorts. and the rates previously established have bee lt sustained. This afternoon the trade operated lest freely at Of public sales, which consisted of 5,198 b ags , 44 cas k s; t h e bi_., , e dines were languid, and not above halt found b u y ers I s to lal under former rates ; fine 3ellow selling at 66s to 675, goy" 64s to 65s 6d, middling 63s to 645, low 61s 6d to 62s per csst-, EAST INDIA-This afternoon several parcels of Bengal W . ." offered at public sale, viz. 4,352 bags duty paid, and 1,183 hf in bond, the sales went off quietly, ac i d p r i ses de c li ne d Is Ir ,r cwt : nearly the whole of the sugar however sold at the fall; ing rates, duty paid-fine white at 68s to 70s, good 60! ' 67s 6d, mid 65s to 65s sd, mid brown 45s to 47s 6d, good to 52s to 55s lid, mid yellow 60s 6d t o 64 5 , s t rong fine 34115 (Dobab ) 65s 6d to 68s 6d ; S ugar i n b on d went as f o llosrs' white 38s to 40s, mid yellow 32s 6d t o 36 s 6d, l ow 27s 6 41 5 1 28s, low brown 23s to 27s per cwt. _,, FOREIG N.-In Brazil there has been a good bu s i n e s s traw A acted in both white and brown sorts, but at prices 6d per el , ", under those of last week for all kinds; at 22s fo r wh i ";, and I7s for brown ; at auction 200 cases 41 has 135 ', been offered, which found buyers at and after the Ol e n! , Bahia, good mid white went at . 22s to 22 s 6d, mio fad, good brown 16s to 17s, fine 17s to 183, foxy 16s, mid g f. l 18s, dabs 11 s ; Pernambuco, low brown 14s, go o d 15 s to 1506•,., A low soft yellow 16s to 16s 6d, low soft white 17s 6d to l 7 o good mid dry white 22s to 22s 6d, mid 21s, low 19s 64 20s 6d per cwt. Yellow Havannah is held with firmness;- full rates. ~i• MOLAS3ES-Prices have been fully sustained for West In u o , this week. Dominica of fine quality at 295, Barbadoes 3 15 4 325, Demerara common and good 25s to 275, St. Vineents ; 5 0 , Berhice 25s to 25s 6cl per cwt. Bengal Syrup at 17s. . reign Molasses at 8s to 8s 6d per cwt. . q• COFFEE. -West India Coffee has been less inquired for P o week, and the business transacted has been upon a small 0: only,. the trade t a ki ng on ly am pl e f or t h e i r immediate W 5510400. Holders have been enabled to obtain full rates. This afters' few purchases were made privately in Coffee for home cons l l Om, and for shipment scarcely an inquiry existed ; at publL,,,e.' 466 bags Dutch Company's Java via Cape, and 201 bags Mi ll via, all damaged, were offered, which went at steady rateo,o former as follows. Ist class sea damaged good ord 1 . 0 45s 6d to 46s 6d, 2d do. 43s 6d, sea damaged and repac 00 r i , l i class good out pale greenish 46s to 49s 6d, fine do. Ort." 56s tid, 2d class sea damaged and repacked good 0rd! } 7 14 4 46s 6d, and fine 555 6d ; Batavia good ord yellow fet7 31s 6d to 345. TEA.-To-day the operations inTea were extremely linal l o and it is difficult to quote prices ; the trade are waiting foe w ill public sales declared for Tuesday, the total qua ntity that 0 be offered is expected to am oun t t o 26,000 pk gs ; 15 P,At",„,4 Is 914c1 is the nearest v a lue o f C ompan y' s C ongou , ealarret common sound Free T r ad e Conguu, Is 8d per lb. The per sales declared for the 10th May comprise 13,300 package, a s ' d o Rust, BRANDY, AND HOLLA Nlm.-In Leeward island R., • former rates have been barely sustai n ed. Th e purc has4n, not worth enumerating, 2s 4id is the nearest value for P,Tii i t Jamaica, at 4s 6d to 4s 8(1 for 30 to 32 per cent. over pro% • common. Calcutta Rum at the low duty Is 10d, se oo , small parcel at the high duty Is 6f i d to Is 7d per 5' 4 , 60 1 For Brandy we have to report a firm market. Cogla c ' d ittor brands of the vintage of 1836, hhds bs 7d, puns 5 15 °1, ;00 1837, hhds 5s 3d, puns 5s Id , ditto 1838, Ws 5! 14 .00 4s lld ; ditto 1439, hhds 4s 6d, puns 4s 4d ; ditto 1117 0 , 0 1 Ve 4s, puns 3s 10d per gallon. Geneva common at 1 5 , 5 ; olitish per gallon. P r ic es h ave a d vance d 4d per gallon for . Corn Spirits. ~,•Q welt , RICE.-Bengal Rice has met with less attention t 3l ° 9 4 64 good middling white went at lOs to lOs 6cl, and middling NO to 10s per cwt : Java yellow at 8s 6d to 9 s 6d, low whit e bi t e to 10s, middling to fine 16s 6d to 12s per cw t : none has ,_.-,b • offered at auction. Carolina first sort at 30s, and other sw at 25a to .28s. Patna at I4s to 19s per cwt. d toill OILs.-For Cod 0,1 there has been a good dernan _ 1 00 week, at the advanced rates of 30/ lOs to 311 per tun, being to to 153 higher. Southern Oil, common sorts at 281 11 110 291 10s, mid to fine 30/ to 31/ 13s per tu n . P a l e Seal 37 I to 38/for first sorts; brown sorts at 30/ to 316 and 31l 10s to 361 per tun. Sperm Oil at stiffer rates , fine B r ,;111t at 78/ to 80/ per tun. Linseed Oil at an advance of 6d pel; „ e t 34s 9d to 35s on the spot, for delivery at 35s 3d to 35s 6n ; l ir cwt. Rape 0:1 at 47s to 47s 3d for pale, and 46s 6d kter r; s t for brown ; Olive Oil has been in brisk request, Genie ° 4 ,0 Coe 6U, Spanish 56s to 571, and Barbary 54/to 581 per tun. li g Nut Oil, first sort at 39s 6d to 40s per cwt. Palm fine e a . . : at 31/ to 311 los, and it ferior 291 10s to 30/ lOs per tun. , iOO , TA teow.-This afternoon the trade operated with . o ls l.o y (11o7e:it and 46s 3d is the nearest value of Petersburgh yellow Cand o ' the spot; at auction 121 pipes 47 hhds 57 brls South Arne° went at 39s 6d to 44s 3d for low to fine quality. IRISH MARKETS. „ R y 1 449. DUBLIN MARKET NOTE for ,he Week ending AA --- ' , From To A ‘ , s , efi l 7 6 Wheat,per barrsl ai i‘oue ' 25 0 39 0 .' V - Berc . l6 stone 0 -if 0 0 147 Barley 3,757 Oats '5 stone lO 6 es 0 14 0 - Flour, per cwt. .. t , atone - 0 - 0 . 10 0 74 0atmea1.,..,.......,. A stone Sold to Bakers 0n1y... d. 8,335 Cwt. e'iour....., 8 0 24 0 2 1 .• Average price of Wheat and Flour 53. 4d per sack , a Firsts . ...... from 17s. Od to 24> ,Td - Itcceipts of Flour, ~„ 1 , 2 ,' 2 6 „1/Sceoinis from 158. od, to IV 4. 0 Sales of --. "E --- Tnirds rates or 11111tAn. - • Quarter!, [.oat ..... Bah Quarters ~...4)fid. CORK DI ARKETS..—ApriI 30. rcj Wheat (per 205t.122, , 0.1. to Z= `2s. tkquats (per 14st. .. 65.0.1. to j, Barley (per Illst,)11 U 13 0 (Florr (per cwt 7 U :+a Oaureal per cwt.) .2.. Od. to 13s. 0.1 Beef, fxl. to 60.—A1 utton sd. to 6d.—Veal, 40 to 50 Fork, 4d. to scl.—Fresh ' Butte!, Ild. ri 12d per lb. r, PRICE OF Burma. id •41, . • To the Merchants. To the Coll - First Quality. 75 ... ....... ' ......... ••......• a •Seeend 7l • •,..• ..• ego.. ...... - V• ' fliird Fourth •• 46 1 •••••••••••••••.,/ ,•••••• CO Filth Sixth q , ... ••••••••.. ..... so , • .• .6c. •••• CLON MELL Alit It K ETS„...April 3/ „ Per (wt, ,f 1 O. 3, d. a. 1 , 1 4 1. d. ,, I New Butter ...... .. 90 oto f• 9 G rialtr Jowl ............ . " 4671 Oatmeal 0 14 6 Bn V ac0.;,5........... 44 i ~,,,, Renderer: Lard 0 52 r, dead. . ...... .....„...2t" j I er fizi,,. Fleur, Second 0 40 I k tour, I n.roi. ~.. .... d W —Houschold...— 0 :18 0i -- 1'0urt,3..... 18 t 1 _ Per Baud. Itto 0 I Balla! ................ 16 0 ~,4 , 13 01C We KILKENNY MAR/SEAS. ~ r° vVl.eat,per barrel)2Bs. Od.to 3:3!. Od. Lset ,er 1 1'....., Os. L l / 4 1. ~ It ~ a rley l2 0 10 0 frlt. , l, •• .......... 0 5 ' O r vacs II 0 15 1. Pork •••••••••••••• ~ 0 4 ~ 0 T Flour (per bag) 25 0 Igo 0 '.err .............. .0 6 jAP Butter(pet cwt.) 0 0 AS 0 tree thorn .. 0 0 0 10 Bacon Pigs 45 0 46 0 Salt Oitte ~...... 0 6 ~ IF Coals lO 1 2 Potatot.s,per it.r• b t 7_4,4 aapeseed 20 0 Here . IRTHS. f t 4 On 'he 19th ult., at Ca ß wthrone Parsonage, the lodt o e Rev.Parkinion, of a son. On the M 27rh ult., at Horringer, the lady of Georg° Oevallt Esq., of a son. Da p [ ! 1 On the 28th ult., in Bedford street, Liverpool, Mrs. Neilson, of a daughter. e ~,, D bi' On the 28th ult., at Leamington, the lady o f R. v• - Esq., of a daughter, who survived but a few hours. wife 0 f tlf On the 30th ult., at Dalton, near Ul terstone, the w"e 0- "" Rev. John Baldwin, of a son. sg t On the Ist inst. the wile of John James Wilson, Eq.' geon, Doughty-street, of a daughter. ll' On the Ist in s t. , at Wilton-place, the lady of Adam Et o> 01 low, Esq., barrister-at-law, of a caughter. () - Islin; he lodY Jn the Ist inst., at Compton-terrace, - Agton, the J. M'Crea, Esq , surgeon, R.N., of a daughter. , tb ° On the Ist inst., at Caltkorpv-street, Guildf or d- st reet, lady of T. A. F. Reynolds, Esq., of a daughter. t he On the Ist. inst., in Hinde-street, Alanehester-square , lady of James Nugent Daniell, Esq., of a daughter. , i , of On the 2d inst., at Portland-square, Ply mou th, the Iv' Charles 'f ann e r , Esq., of a daughter. . 1 , tf On the 2d inst., at Woodside, I,r the btu' ac sv oouside, Lymington, Hants, the o' William W. Rooke, Esq., of a son. lug On the 3d inst., at Page-green, Tottenham, Mrs. I ' l Ward, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 4th inst., at the church of the Holy Trinity, " t I° ford, Surrey, Lieutenant Deacon, of the 19th Regitnel Ann, second dau g ht er o f C ap t a i n Norton, 11. N., Guildfo r ''ker On the 26th ult., at lnwardleigh, Devon, ;11r.1r. APred P r e d solicitor, B arnstap l e , to F rancis Emily, eldest daughter °' Elton,of Putney. E Do ti Tho On the 29th ult., at Christ Church, Surrey, Mr. J. • 00 of Coekspur- street, to El.za, daughter of the late Mr. - Evans, of Great Guildfold-street, Southwark. On the 23ii ult., at Pisa, Julia Sophia Mary, the wife L'eutenant-Colonel the Hon. Edward Douglas Pennant. o r' On the 3d inst., at Oriel Ledge, Cheltenham, Lieutenf'do General Sir William Nieolay, C.B. and K.C.H., Colone l ° c i e r Ist West India Regiment, formerly Governor and Como° h in O Cief ot Dominia. _ b i r o n the 29th oh., c " at Avenham Cottage, P res t on , Lane W. Tomlinson, Esq., aged 54. ict On the 17th ult., at Leamington, Colonel Gold, C. ' of the Royal Artillery. h On the 26th ult., Samuel Miles, Esq., of Narboroug eestershire. w 0 1 i" On the 27th ult., at Clayton -squ are , Eli za b e th, wi‘.° late Edmund Briggs, Esq., of Dalston. • 29th ult.. Sir On the Jth ult., at Tiallow:PlCri, near Worcester , Bell. K. 14., Professor of Surgery, in Edinburgh. a v Iths ° On !be 29th ult., at Isli ngton, Miss Barr, late of I stow, the only daughter of Mr. Barr, of Clapton. yr' - a, ,tro lion Printed find Published I y NIURD') No. 112, . 3t s!;. Office. No 112, the County of Aliddlesex, Saturday, May 7, 1643. NFAN '1 he Conn representant nexitin with his Grace th gaged to p re his - Grace h 11, at STA which has bi Company of the Hall bet The follow ingly conteni Office, 2. ' Br It infaill `‘ gives r ec tb its kind. It 4 t ehiblret e,tle"aie a 4 w eeks old ' 'lx In to the A Ilishment s th e arm , ar 7 n c i !., ° .'ne ler itilotriation, Vittchester-1 OY. TEST 14. D s •, At a nu the R ev. i ft e . at w as um presented to vices rendert tropolis, by relies when and fOr his u Surgeon to I Resolved— Ittineas. The a "4 '4 t th e j Will prel