The Sun. — London, England, 1824-04-28 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY .Extraetf front the Morning Petpers, April 28. [THE TIMES.] We understand that of the new financial mea sures contemplated by Ministers, that of re ducing the interest on Exchequer bills from V. the 11d. per diem on every 1001. will be the earliest carried into execution, and is expected to take, place within the present year. In con nexion with this measure there is another under consideration, which will form the first attempt to lower the interest of the fixed Government securities by the creation of stock of a lower denomination than any at present in circulation. At the period of lowering the interest on Ex chequer bills, it is intended to lessen the amount of those securities, by funding a portion of them in a stock bearing interest at `.!.5 per cent. In consequence of the rapid decline in the value of money, and the corresponding advance in every species of Government security, it is expected that this conversion may be effected at about 5101. for every 1001. stock of the new description. Its whole amount, as produced from the conversion of Exchequer Bills, will not be large ; but Government will be enabled, by the price it is found to obtain in the list of secu rities, to determine how soon the great and im portant experiment may be ventured on, of re ducing the interest of the 3 per cents. which now represent the great mass of debt. The payment of the dissentients to the reduction of the 4 per cents., who hold about 7,000,0001. of that stock, will create no difficulty, as the Sinking Fund is expected to be diposable for that purpose before the day of payment, by the rise of Consols above par. [MORNING HERALD.] We received last night the Paris Papers of Sun day. They are almost wholly taken up with the previous day's proceedings in the Chamber of Deputies. Two rather curious petitions were presented from a citizen of Bourdeaux, named Deloncle. One prayed that a chapel should be " dedicated" to the Virgin Mary, and " conse crated" to the Duchess of Angouleme. Whether the object of this votive chapel was the same as the vow of Louis XIII., the birth of an heir to the throne, in the direct line, does not appear. The Chamber passed to the order of the day —or, in other words, rejected the petition. The Sieur De loncle's 2d petition demanded that the religious should precede the, civil ceremonial of marriage. This petition excited some discussion, and was 'referred for further investigation to the Minister of the interior. The next and most important subject was the Minister's proposal to reduce the interest of the 5 per cents. to 4 per cent. in terest. The first opponent was M. de la Bour donnaye, who uttered an elaborate speech against the scheme. He is an Ultra of the most violent class. After a few more speeches for and against the scheme, the proposer of the measure, M. de Villele, rose to speak.— His appearance excited great interest. There is nothing, however, of striking moment or of peculiar point in his speech. The main argument urged by him was, that the re duction of the interest, on the basis of paying off those who choose that alternative, was perfectly fair, inasmuch as it allowed 100 francs for 75 francs to those who had Rentes on hand. The latter number being the mean proportional be tween the highest and lowest fluctuation of the market, the debate, as might be expected on such a subject, was unusually dull. It conclud ed with the Minister's speech, to be resumed on the next day but one, and the succeeding day. [NEW' T1A111.3.] Yesterday afternoon an improvement of one half per cent. took place in Consols. To account for this sudden advance, it was asserted that se veral leading speculators had purchased, in con sequence of the strong assurances from Paris that the project of the French Minister of Finance was likely to meet with little obstruction. As far as we could ascertain, however, it did not appear that any later intelligence from France had been received in the City than to Saturday evening. The price of Consols had previously been at 961, and- at the close was 961 i; and we understand they were subsequently done at 97 for the Ac count. Foreign Securities support their prices, and indeed they rather improved yesterday ; while some of the lately introduced projects were on the decline, the public frenzy having in a slight degree subsided ; still there exists much inquiry as to those about to be in-, troduced. A Loan to any Government (no matter what) where Bonds are issued, ap pears to meet with greater success titan shares of a. Company for any specific purpose. The Bra zilian Loan is looked forward to with much in. terest ; hut we understattil the proposals of the parties bidding will not be received until Mon day next ; and that it. will bear five instead of six per cent. interest ; there is a strong competition amongst several houses who are desirous of be coming the:Contractors, and as it is to given to the best bidder, a high price is expected to be obtained.—Spanish Bonds of 1821 were done yesterday at 17,1, and those of 1823 at 154. oolombian Bonds are steady at 94, and the Scrip at 41 premium. Mexican 11 premium. --The Shares of the Alliance Company are 161 17, and the Irish Equitable Loan 21 3 premium. [MORNING POST.] It is in the recollection of our readers, that two years ago a tax of 10 per cent. was impos e d on the salaries of public Functionaries, including the income of our august Monarch himself. It will also be recollected that this reduction was made on, the following grounds :—First, as a means of relieving the distresses of the country, - which, then, with regard to the agricultural classes, sere certainly most severe ; and, se condly, because the low price of all the necessa ries of life rendered- the smaller income equiva lent' to the larger income when prices were higher. • - Is it not apparent, therefore, on the mere statement of the case . , that the arrange ment %vas intended to be temporary; and as peculiar circumstances had suggested its 'adop tion, that opposite circumstances would dictate an opposite line of policy ? Now, in our opinion, such a change has already taken place as will justify, at no distant period, a remission of the above Centage. In the first place, distress has completely vanished from all branches of industry; and in the next, there has been for several months a progressive, and we are convinced, a permanent rise in the price of all articles of consumption, accompanied by an equal fall in the value of money. Our readers will perceive, however, that by the latter we do not mean the corresponding depression in the value of currency proportionate to the enhance ment of what it is employed to purchase ; but we contend that both the demand for the neces saries of life has greatly increased, and the power of money to obtai❑ those necessaries greatly de clined i❑ consequence of the vast accumulation of capital throughout the country. The lower the in terest of money, the more of it is required, as an equivalent for commodities ; and we know beyond dispute, that capital for 1.2 months past has been an absolute drug in the market. Ca►► it be fair or politic, in such a state of things, to continue a tax which originated in the very reverse, and never would have existed but for the difficulties of the nation at a time that money was scarce and ar ticles of consumption plenty—the one high in price, the other low ? We shall not nevertheless press the subject further on the attention of the public at present, but we certainly intend to bear it constantly i❑ mind, with the hope of seeing justice done to all the Functionaries in the State. [BRITISH PRESS.] The latest letters from Leghorn and Genoa state, that all our shipping in the Mediterranean had proceeded to their destination in safety, without meeting a single Algerine vessel, from our strict blockade of that port. The commerce of other powers, Spanish and Italian, will ex perience the full benefit of our protection. We shall thus, without the lose of a singlo man, annihilate the pursuits of these barbarians ; not a ship can quit or enter Algiers but with a cer tainty of capture, and the Pirate of that Regency must of necessity submit to any measures we dic tate. Whether any new outrages may oblige us to attack and bombard the place, and again lay the defences of Algiers in ashes, we cannot now anticipate ; but such an attempt cannot be made but by a powerful fleet, and at great loss, and every purpo,e is accomplished by the blockade. The Corsair can now dispatch no aid against the Greeks, and the Egyptian Pacha will pause be fore he forms an expedition. No half measures with these barbarians would accomplish any thing ; they must be taught to feel the conse quences of their outrages before they will relinquish the perpetration ; and our blockade, at present, is annihilation to them. The entire Mediterranean at present appears free from them ; and if any of their cruisers are abroad, they must ultimately fall into our hands. This nest of pirates has for ages been the curse of those seas, and the terror of the neighbouring coasts of Spain and Italy. The Powers of Europe ought to unite, and by a decided expedition render them utterly incapable of any further outrage. Sir Sydney Smith some years since, with the chivalry that marks his cha racter, attempted to form such a union, but failed. But for the interposition of this country the Mediterranean would be impassable; these pirates would swarm in every part of it, and make descents on the unprotected coasts of Spain and Italy, carrying away whole villages into slavery,l as they did iu past times, and inflicting incalcu. !able miseries on the wretched inhabitants ; but this horrible traffic is now annihilated by our blockade. [MORNING 4iMILONICIA.] We have an excellent Society in England, that which has for object the improvement of Prison 'Discipline. In the Reports which they publish from time to time, much valuable information is communicated with respect to the state of the Prisons, both of this and other countries. It is gratifyiug to know that their labours have not been altogether thrown away, and that our Prisons which, when the benevolent Howard first visited them, could find a parallel only in the descriptions which Poets give us of the abodes of the damned, are gradually receiving those im. provemeuts which are necessary, if we wish to make them a benefit and not a curse to the country. It is to be lamented, however, that there are yet too many persons, both in this and other countries, in which the innocent and the guilty of offences of a comparatively venial character become thoroughly vitiated, and from which they are restored to society " to prey upon its property, pollute its morals, and disturb its peace." It appears, from the Fifth Report of the Society in question, lately published, that most of the 160 prisons attached to the boroughs, cities, towns, and liberties, which possess the right of trying criminals for various offences, in which upwards of 16,000 persons have been confined in one year, are in a deplorable condition. Some of the County Gaols, too, are still in a most wretched state:—" At a County gaol which has recently come under the attention of the Com. mittee, the prisoners committed for the Assizes, that is those charged with felonies, are on their first reception double ironed, and thus fettered, are at night chained down in bed—the chain being fixed to the floor of the cell, and fastened to the leg-fetters of the prisoners. This chain is of sufficient length to enable the prisoner t o raise himself in bed ; his cell is then locked, and he continues thus chained down from seven o'clock in the evening until six the next morning. As there are in-this county but two gaol deliveries in the year, a prisoner may continue to be thus treated for six or eight months, and be then ac quitted as innocent on his trial ; the double irons thus used on the untried prisoners vary in weight from 10 to 14 pounds. In another County Gaol, to which the Committee would refer, the classification consists of two departments only. Some of the prisoners are under sentence of death—others are untried—several are detained for various terms of imprisonment, from three to five years ; these, together with all juvenile offenders, are confounded together, uninspected, and almost uncontrouled; in utter idleness, and of course corrupting one another. In one corner of a day-room, which was crowded with prisoners, on a recent visit, was noticed one of four lunatics who are confined in this prison ; another was the object of sport to his companions. These wretched persons had been committed as dangerous to be at large. The evils resulting from this neglected state of Prison Discipline are returning in the part of the country in which this prison is situated, in an increasing ratio of re-commit ments, especially among juvenile offenders.— Several striking instances are on record of boys and of young girls, who had passed but a few months in this prison, for light offences, and who have subsequently returned into confinement for serious crimes. In this prison, persons committed for trial are fettered with irons, the weight of which is from seven to nine pounds." POLICE INTELLIGENCE. TITHE CAUSE MANSION TIOUSE.---YWCe;day the LORD MAYOR (with whom sat the City Solicitor as Assessor) was occupied in hearing the case of tithes which has excited consider able ferment in the parishes of St. Mary Woolnoth and Wool church, of which the Rev. Mr. S. Bridges is the Rector. The circumstances under which a number of the inhabitants for non-payment of tithes were summoned were these :—The tithes had been allowed to accumulate for 6,8, and 10 years, and in the particular case before his Lordship, for 12 years. —The present occupier had only lived in the parish two years, during which time he had not bees applied to for the payment of arrears, nor did it appear that proceedings had been adopted to enforce payment from the preceding tenants. The LORD MAYOR (with whom the City Solicitor con curred), after hearing, the case at great length, was of opinion that the Rector had forfeited his right to recover, by neglect ing to demand his tithes annually, and take proceedings for their recovery against their former tenants. There had been gross neglect on the part of the Collector ; the rates might have been improperly formed or assessed, and the inhabitants were now, by the lapse of time, deprived of the right of ap peal. Besides, it was not impossible that some of the rates had been paid. Under all these circumstances, the warrants of distress prayed for on behalf of the Hector were refused. CURIOUS CASE. Bow-STREET.--A dashing damsel, named Eliza Louisa Edey, was yesterday brought before ROBERT HALLS, Esq., on a warrant charging her with obtaining the sum of 381. from Mr. Allen, an officer in his Majesty's service. The office was crowded to excess. Mr. Allen stated, that he came to reside in London about three weeks ago, and took up his abode at the Golden Cross, Charing-cross. On the Thursday after his arrival he break fasted at the coffee-house, 25, Charing-cross, kept by Mrs. Edey; she was in the coffee-room, and in the course of conver sation he asked her if he could be accommodated with a bed room ; she said he could, and, after agreeing on terms, he was to take possession on th e S a t ur day foll ow in g . O n th e Monday she sent her servant to the Golden Cross for his luggage, with a note for him, which requested the loan of a sum of money. In the evening he again saw Mrs. Edey, and asked for an'etp/a nation of her note, when she represented herself to him as being the widow of Captain Plomer, of the 10th Hussars, and stated that she received a pension of 1001. per year through her agents, Messrs. Cox and Co. ; she also said she was the daughter of General Dunbar, who was some years ago Governor of Jersey ; she then told him that she had the misfortune of having a bill for .381. returned to her, and that if she did not get the money by the morrow, she would certainly be arrested. From her story he took pity on her, and as he had some money which he had not immediate occasion for, he agreed to let her have the required sum, on' her promise to return it by the end of the week. He did not make any inquiries at Messrs. Cox and Co.'s until Thursday last, when Mrs. Edey went out in the morning, and about the middle of the day sent a note home, saying that she was going to the Theatre, and should not re turn to dinner ; since which time he has not seen her. Mr. the Allen produced several letters from the defendant, worded in most " loving" terms, concluding with " your faithful Louisa." Mr. HALLS observed, that he should infer by the letters that the money was advanced to " his faithful Louisa." • . • Mrs. Edey, in answer to the charge, stated, that the prose cutor came into her coffee-room, as stated by him. On his entering .she was about to leave the room, when he requested that she would stay. He began reading, out of some old Ma gazines, some nonsense concerning love, and asked her if she ever was in love. She, not liking his discourse. told him she never was in love; he then, after asking her hbout'a lodging, said that he was very respectable, having an income of 150/4 per year, and that if she chose they might live very comfortably together out of business, and asked her if she had any debts ; she told him she owed a few small debts, which hepromised to pay, saying he was about to receive some money of a trades man in Rathbone-place ; and pressed her very much to apply to him if she had the least occasion ; the bill being returned, she wrote the mote to him, asking- for the money as a favour she coneuded her defence by saying, that they had since been living together at Windsor as man and wife. While she was making this defence, which was - delivered in a tone and manner indicating perfect confidence and selfapos• session, the complainant paced about the room,. clasped his hands together, and at the close of every sentence, exclaimed, in a tone of perfect astonishment, " False, false ! so help me God ! Pure invention, your Worship, on my honour and my oath. Not a syllable of truth, so help me God ;7 The lady maintained her composure. Mr. ITALLs—Give me leave, Madam, to ask yotiffiretitieS-. tion. Are you the widow of Captain Plomer ?. • Defendant—l hold the lease of the house at. Charipg-crpss. My name is Edey—at least I a m kn ow n by no o th er n ame .' ` The question put by the 'Magistrate was repeated several times, and at length she reluctantly admitted that she was not tie widow of Captain Plower. She was then asked if she had a husband of the name of Edey, and after great pressing, she said Mr. Edey was dead, and that she had lived with, but was never married to him. She was asked her real name, and after again being much pressed, she wrote on a piece of paper, " Mrs. Webster," and handed it to the Magistrate. Mr. HALLS—You now state yourself to be Mrs. Webster. Pray who is Mr. Webster ? The defendant conceived she was not bound to answer that question ; and all she should say was, that Mr. Webster died in France. Mr. G&RRATT, a solicitor, said she had consulted him coil ' fidently about some property which she said 'belonged to her.— She stated herself to he the proprietor of an estate at Northend, Fulham, and spewed him a schedule which she had made out, and in which she made it appear that her whole property, in cluding 2,5501. in the funds, amounted to about 6,9001. She told him she was niece by marriage to Sir T. Plomer, and con sulted him as to the propriety of going into mourning when that Gentleman died. i!e always considered her to be of the highest respectability, and had so much confidence in her that he in troduced her to his own family, and became answerable for several debts of hers. She talked of her intimacy with the family of Mr. Ramsbottom, M.P., and other persons of distinct" on. ' A Mrs. Withers next preferred a charge. She was the daughter of an elderly man who was waiter at the defendant's coffee-shop, and she had let her have 201. upon the representa tions that she was the widow of Captain Plomer, and receiving 1011. per annum, and that she wanted that sum to enable her to administer to Mr. Edey's will. Mr. HALLS, who was joined by Sir R. BrivirE in the opi nion, held that neither of the charges were tangible uneler the statute of false pretences. Credit had been given without pro per caution, and the defendant could only be sued for the debts. Mr. GARRATT contended with much earnestness that there was sufficient to go to a Jury. After some conversation the defendant was about to be dis charged, when the following fresh case was brought forward:— Mr. Samuel House, a broker in Sloane-street, stated, that on Thursday last the defendant and Mrs. Dexter (a confiden tial servant of Mrs. Edey's, w ho was present) came to his a'up, and 'Mrs. Dexter said, that her friend, Mrs. Wintnell, bad lately fallen in love with a young life-guardsman, and that she wished to furnish apartments f'or him, until she could get his discharge, when she intended to wash her hands entire ly of soldiering, and take him to her friends in the country as soon as she could get some money to which she was entitled. The witness told her he had no wish to dive into her private• affairs ; all he wanted was a reference. The defendant re peated the story, and said she wished only to hire some furni ture for a short time. She stated her own name to be Witnell, and said she lived with Mrs. Edey (Mrs. Dexter), who kept an hotel at Charing-cross. Mrs. Dexter assented to this, and said she had kept it for five years. %Vitness•made inquiry, but not being satisfiied, he did not furnish the goods: In answer to this charge the defendant and her confident de nied using the pretences alleged by Mr. House. Mr. HALLS was of opinion that this case was sufficiently strong to go before a Jury, and he ordered, Mrs. Edey and Mrs. Dexter to give bail, eadh, herself in 401. and two sureties in 207. each, for a misdemeanour, in attempting to obtain goods from Mr. House under false pretences. ' The witnesses were bound over to prosecute. FOR THE SUN. PLEASURES OF A RURAL LIFE. Mn. EDITOR—A' strong predilection for a country life, seems almost a natural and heredi tary passion in man. Before human nature had been corrupted by sin,such was the mode of exist ence assigned to him by his maker. A garden was his habitation, and to till the earth from which he was taken, his amusement, as well as his oc cupation. It is not surprizing therefore that men in our present corrupted state, should still feel a strong degree of partiality for the manner of life Divine goodness had destined for us. To cities belong, without doubt, pomp, bustle, gaiety, and magnificence ; but what are all these when compared to the peace and tran quillity of mind,which nature presents to us in the country. We may some times gaze with delight and admiration upon the beautiful or the stu pendous fabrics which the hands of man have raised ; but magnificent, and beautiful as they may be, what are they it► comparison to the sub lime and more perfect works which nature ex hibits to our view ! So much are almost all men alive to this superiority of the country, that wherever we see large and opulent cities, we are sure to find there environs covered with rural retreats to which all that can do so, hasten to forget, amidst woods and fields, the noise and bustle of a town life. What an encomium is this of the country. We quit it because necessity compels us, but no sooner are we at liberty to follow our own inclinations, than we hasten back to it with joy. In the springof life the pleasures which the coun try afford are not less varied and numerous, than they are eminently conducive to health. There, all that surrounds us is in unison with our feel ings and inclinations, and nature appears equally youthful and vigorous with ourselves. All hours of the day have their particular advantage. When we awake, the " cocks shrill clarion," the cloudless sky, the warbling birds, the merry swains, induce us to quit our couch, Brushing with hasty steps the dew away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. And there enjoy the delight which the awak ing of nature imparts to every feeling mind. —The enamelled fields invite us to walk : the beauties of the distant prospect urge us to extend our rambles ; the cooling shade invites us to repose, and the murmuring stream, soothes our mind into a pleasing state of melancholy. At the close of day, then have we it in our power to enjoy that greatest of all rural bless ings, an evening walk, in which all that are possibly combined to charm our senses, and de light our eyes, our ears, our smell, arises spon taneously around us, and requires only attention to afford one of the most pure of earthly enjoy ments. And when night closes the scene, and all nature sinks into repose, we retire to our couch, not swerved by fashionable or riotous pur suits, but calm and tranquil as the scenes around us , and with no more of fatigue than what will render our slumber quiet and refreshing. The delights of a rural life are not, however, confined to the young; they are equally grateful to the old. When age has smoothed the sharp edges of our passions, when the restlessness of youth has yielded to the quiet of maturer years, then jdo we still seek in the country the repose which is most congenial to our present feelings. The purity of the air refreshes whilst it invigo rates the frame, which the closeness of cities and the cares of a public life had impaired. The cheering rays of the sun supply the warmth which time has decayed ; the serenity of the sky produces a corresponding serenity in the hitherto, agitated mind, and the charms which every where court the attention, afford an end lest and varied source of employment and of pleasure to the mind. Attending to occupations of a nature wholly dissimilar from those that had hitherto employed all our thoughts, we find them con. ducive to our repose, and discover, for the firsi time, that we may be busy, without beiug fa tigued. - To the meditative and contemplative mind, the country is particularly delightful. There, with the great book of nature ever open before his eyes, man can never he at a loss for something that may amuse and interest him. In all he sees, in all he examines, he finds wonder hitherto un noticed, or unknown ; and the more he sees, the more he_ examines, the greater is his astonish ment, his delight, and his admiration. Every sense that he possesses, becomes the source of some enjoyment. The whole of the productions of nature seem created merely to administer to his pleasures. He feels himself truly the lord of nature. It is for him that she is arrayed in the gayest colours ; for him that she sends forth the sweetest perfumes; for him that she assumes the most beautiful forms; for him that she has peo pled the groves with a variety of feathered song sters ; for him that she appears every where teeming with order, with fruitfulness and with life. To the mind capable of feeling all this, the country presents, indeed,an inexhaustible fund of amuse ment and of occupation. Every one of its fa culties is called into action, and every notion it acquires has all the charm of a discovery. The mineral, the vegetable, and the animal kingdoms, offer that variety of objects which, while they afford ample scope for meditation and reflection, banish monotory and prevent satiety : whilst the enjoyment of air and of exercise which such pursuits render necessary, prove no less benefi cial to the body than the study itself is pleasing to the mind. At night, the objects that claim our attention are equally beautiful, and not much more magni ficent and sublime. Through an air free from all impurity, we behold thousands of stars, shining in the vast canopy of the Heavens. This is a scene, which no rational and sentient being can possibly view without emotions of pleasure, and without feeling himself elevated high above his earthly habitation, and all the beauties it con tains. Great as is the pleasure we derive from the productions of nature, it is of nature less intellectual than that which we experience, when gazing upon the starry firmament.— The former confines us to the earth ; the latter yaises us to Heaven, and impels our imagination to wing its daring flight, and boldly soar to the utmost limits of universal crea- Lion. In the former the mind is annoyed by endless variety; in the latter it is awed by in comprehensible immensity. The productions of nature exhibit the wisdom and goodness of our- God ; the host of heaven manifest his power and proclaim his infinite perfections. When me ditating upon the former, man fancies that he is something in creation; when reflecting upon the latter, he finds that even his earthly habitation, nay, the whole system of which it forms a part, are only inconsiderable portions of the vast uni verse. What a spectacle is here, indeed, offered to his view ! Millions of millions of stars are present to his " mind's eye ;" and yet this may bear no proportion to the number that really exist ! How powerful the hand that formed them ! How incomprehensible the wisdom that regulated these various and complicated motions ! How infinite the goodness which gave to a being ; apparently so insignificant as man, a mind ca pable of arriving at conceptions so sublime, and so gratifying to an intellectual being. Illidhurst. A. P. An article from Switzerland, dated April 17, says—" There have been some disturbances in that part of the canton of Appenzell, called the Rhode's Interior. On the Ist of this month, while the Great Council was assembled at Ap penzell,a pretty considerable number of country people proceeded to the town with a petition, demanding admittance. They were received to the number of forty-one, and their petition read. It required, in the name of the people, that the two Councils should carefully examine the new Decrees issued by the Government, the rights of the people, the rights of the Magistrates, and, in short, whatever might appear advantageous to the general prosperity ; and that the result of their labour should be laid before the sovereign people. The Petitioners added, that if, contrary to all expectation, this desire was refused, the Landegemeind (a general assembly of the people) should be immediately convoked. The Council, after a long debate, required that all the articles which the petitioners had in view should be dis tinctly specified ; but the latter referring to their application, confined themselves to complaining in general of the innovations which had taken place in the administration ; desiring that the various ordinances relative to them should be ex tracted from the protocol. The Council then appointed the sth of April for the complainants to appear before a Speeial Committee, and det. Clare their grievances. The Committee was to consist of impartial men, chosen from each dis trict of the Canton. On the sth the complainants appeared, and pointed out verbally the innova tions that had begun to be introduced in 1814; the Committee, adjourning its decision, ordered, at the same time, that the new institutions should be printed and distributed among the people. So stands the affair at present." A SCOTCH MoB.-We are sorry to say that the streets of this city exhibited last night scenes of disgraceful ' riot and violence. These took place on the North Bridge chiefly, and on the High-street, where a mob of blackguards assembled, and insisted that every respectable passenger should take off his hat. Those who demurred were instantly pelted with dead cats and such other garbage as could be found. For some hours the streets were held possession of by this mob, and no passenger could venture with safety along the bridges. When these rioters were tired of mischief in this quarter, they proceeded to the Mound, and wantonly attacked the caravans of the wild beasts and other public exhibitions, some of which in their brutality, they almost entirely demolished. The stage in front of Mr. James's caravans a part of the mob seized upon, and hurled down to Leith, where they threw it into the har bour. On their return they wantonly broke almost all the public lamps on each side of Leith Walk.—We do not under stand how these outrages were suffered to continue for such a length of time, or why a sufficient force of policemen did not long before cl ear th e streets an d apprehend- some of the ring leaders. It is not to be borne, that in a populace city, one of the leading streets should be kept possession of by a mob of blackguards, for two or three hours, so that no decent person could make his way without being exposed to insult and out rage. The mob were driven from the I%lound by the police men, after which they returned to the Bridges, and kept po • session of them to a late hour. They were prevented, however, by the police, from doing any farther mischief, and several of them, we understand, are in custody.--( Caledonian Mercury.) A monumental pillar, 65 feet high, surmounted with a lantern, is to be erected on Queenston Heights, to the memory of General BROCK. COURSE OF EXCHANGE, April 27. Amsterdam Ditto, at Sight i 1 16 Rotterdam 12 0 Antwerp 12 4 Hamburg!' 37 5 2 Us Altona Paris,3 Day's eight 25 35 0 Us. Ditto l3ourdeaux, ditto • Berlin 7 10 Frankforton the Main Petersburg! 9 Vienna Trieste ... . Madrid Cadiz Bilboa 354 Effective Barcelona ieville Gibraltar Leghorn 47 Gelioa .. 4:3l—Veniec, Ital. Liv. 27 0 Malta . 45 —Naples 384 Palermo s Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro Bahia . 51 1)41)110 .... 9f Cork 9} pet Cent. BULLION. Portugal Gold, i n Coin 1.3 0 6 11-11 ,s. Foreign Gold, in Bars -3 17 6 New Doubloons New Dollara 0 4 91 Silver in Bars, Standard BIRTHS. On Monday last, Mrs. John Cazenove, of Burton -crescent, of a daughter. On the 27th instant, in Burton -crescent, Mrs. Burchett, of a son. MARRIED. On the 26th instant, atXfresiordtHants,, the Rev. R. IL. Lancaster, Rector of Warnford, Hants, to Jane, second daugh—. ter of T. L. 0. Davies, Esq., of Alresford. On the 23d instant, at St. John's Church, York, Mr. Joseph Dodds, of Chiswell-street, to Ann, second daughter of John Catton, Esq., of that city. I DIED. On Monday, the 26th instant, at his house in Clapton, MU dlesex, John Pearson, Esq., aged 78. On the 22d instant, at Aylesbury, Mary Bailey, relict cf John Bailey, Esq., wine -merchant, aged 56. On the 17th instant, at Paris, Maria, the youngest daughter of the late George Curling, Esq., of Cleveland-row, St. James's. Printed and Published for the PROPRIETORS, at the Si._. OFFICE, 112, strand, by J. B. CARsTAnts. Si. N's St 30 of 1)1