The Sun. — London, England, 1842-04-12 00:00:00

Mr. BLEWITT spoke to order. He said-the lion. Mem ber ought to know that the Noble Lord rosie before he moved the adjournment. If the lion. Member had moved the ad ymenment first, he would have been ent:itled to speak before tix Noble Lord.—(Hear, hear.) He wished to say a word in his own justification—( Cries of " Order, order.") Lord F. EGERTON said he rose Chiefly for the purpose of calling the attention of the House to the opinion of his consti tuents upon the question under consideration. Last week ho had presented a retition, signed by 4,000 inhabitants of the manufacturing town of Bury; that evening he had presented ole. which was signed by 24,000 inhabitants of the town of ;qanchester, and both were in favour of the income tax. 'These petitioners stated that they were tensible of the necessity v,hich existed for making w vigorous effort to supply the defi ciency ; that they believed the plan proposed by the Govern ment would relieve the distresses of the industrious classes, and relax those impositions which impeded our. intercourse with foreign countries, and fettered our domestic industry. —(Hear, hear.) These were matters of opinion, but what fdlowed was matter of demonstrative fact ; it was to the effect that any delay in this emergency beyond the iistaimerts o e f I , 'r discussion had ceased to he pardonable, it was not a 1 'orliamentary manmuvre, it was a crime of the deepest and blackest magnitude—(Great laughter from the Opposition ) f•r it was a prolongation, of the distress w 1 hese hich existed.— ( Hear, hear, from the IsLnistarial benches.) ' petitioners w.re the sensitive plants of property, which were to wither nil oie, and yet they told them that -they believed the mea sures. proposed were calculated to relieve the country in its ;.i .t r e ss .—( Bear.) It would ill become him (Lord F. Egerton) t stigmatise the course of moving adjournments; but the peti liners stated that in their opinion such delay was highly pre judicial to the interests of commerce in general, as well as to the petitioners, to whom the revival of trade was a matter of most urgent necessity. It was after the close of the Easter I, , Cess, that this petition had been presented, after the Noble Lord had come down .to the Howe with that declaration of 1.1 , , Which infused new life and spirit into the ranks 01 his party. Ito ( Lord F. Egerton) rememitered when, after the uefeat which he had suffered, the Noble Lord— I.ay floating many a rood." _ _ . —( Great laugbter from both sides of the House.) Daring the Easter recess everythieg that could be was devised and he hot looked forward with some apprehension to see what course would be pursued.—(Laughter.) It was subsequent to all this that petition was drawn up, in which the petitioners spoke of . ehe high satisfaction with which they had seen that a plan, in ,: lollop; the income tex, - and his Right Hen. Friend's tariff, tied been submitted to the House by her Majesty's Go 'crilthetlth—( Cheers from the Ministerial benches.) The sig liettres to that petition were not exclustvely of a Tory charac ter. It was stated that the petition was lee more than sit cle3s in progress of signature. It was only exposed for signa -Irc at the Exchange, and two or the e other places ; yet so .popular was the subject of . the petition, that the names of a g' eat number of the Whig party were attached to it. He didnot anaeh more importance to this petition than it deserved. *. • a"d he should thick as much of it if it had contained 24 o' 4,000 signatures. Under all the circumstadces it was a ‘teevenstration which ought to relieve the anxiety which the w Right lion. Baronet was supposed to labour under. The re • were one •or two topics re' the various speeches of that d evening upon which he wished to make one or two observe ., tiees. Great alairm appeared to have seized the Right Hon. peel Learned Gentleman who preceded the Right Hon. Jronet, for he thought that the proposal of Her ,Majesty's Government - would have the effect of lowering this country iu the estimation of foreign powers. If he (Lord F. Egerton) ceor - :urred in th, prayer of that petition, it was because he thought it was conceived in a spirit which would raise this e eentry in the scale of nations and in the estimation threig,n powers.—(Loud cheers.) - He had been very swuck, eith a passage of a work written by a fereigner in very eloquent language, Which he would read to the House. "If we are destined, as we might be, to meet her ( England) in arms, in every continent and in every sea we sheuld meet her as antagonist worthy of our arms. 7— ( cheers.) ThiS he (Lord F. Egerton) believed was the spirit end the feeling that would be engendered, if (hey made the poTosed effort to relieve the enuntry from her present dared : te s . He thanked the House for the patience with which he stay heard, and he would most cordially support the measure of the Right lion. Baronet.—(Cheers,) Mr.OROTHEILTON then moved the adjournment of the debate. On the qnestion being put, Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that the Noble Lord had wed f• eW observations to which he wished to refer. The Noble • Lo 1.1 hat alluded to the conduct of the late Government, and s o id that those who gave delay to the measures of the Government would be guilty. of a crime. Ile thought that Hon. Gentlemen must be guided by the nature of the question brought forward, Wfore they could come to a conclusion with respect to them.— ' (ieeir, hear.) But with regard to those bald measures of the ki -rverinnent, let it be recollected that:in the month of May, tteese questions might have been fully considered, and they had he, n put off on account of the slave trade and the misery that mkt be inflicted oil the natives of • Africa; anti in the nimeth of September, * when the new Administration came into office, they did not bring those Measures forward—( Cheers )—but they p e t them off till February--(Cheers)—and it was not till the month of Mewl that these 'measures Which the Noble Lord's constituents at MancheSter mere so anxious about were.brought fer.vard.—(Gheers.) Therefore; if there were any respousi hi i.y, he begged leave to say. that the bulk of the crime • s nut to be, imputed to 'his side of dhe House. He (Lord J. Russell) had not voted for any delay; he only wished that t. Toe might lie allowed for the .due consideration of a question, which. if carried, would not 'give that relief to the country which the country had a right to expect; and which it was necessary, on that account, they should .spend some time in ca ~. sicterii,g. There was another point on which he would y few words. It had been stated, that it would be tt . vessary to institute some inquiry as to 'the original policy :he expediton to Alfg,Lanistatio Ile (Lord J. P..) was fully • onstble as a Member' of the late Government for that expedi te, and he did not wish in any degree to avoid an inquiry; but , 2'; it he recdllected that at the time the late Government laid sei toe table of the House, when the expedition had taken place, yers which they thought sufficient, to justify them, the .;7,.,ithers of the Opposition were then very vigilant in watching h !policy of the Government, and they brought forward mo t tot, so it h respect tO Canada and China, but they did not make smiler indication with respect to the expedition to A ..hehanistan.—( Hear, hear.) Bat, if it should be made iri.::t.ter of future discussion, he - only asked that not only those papers immediately referring to the matter, but that no. full and entire caie, as contained in the documents in the Foreign-offlee, would he laid before the House, :old that Parlituneut would be afforded an opportunity o considering them.—( Year.) He need not say further with •--poet toltie Noble Friend, Lord Auckland, than that it was ossible 'for any man to give greater attention to the ;.t!'ttirs of his Government ; and after all the deliberation welch the Governhahnt, of which he (Lord J. Russell) was a lit mber, had given to all the occurrences, they could come ie.!). to this' conclusion, fhat the expedition was necessary to tles preservationnf our empire in India, and he (Lord John • liiissell) always be ready to identify himself with the I o;iey of Lerd Auckland. Sir J. HOBITOUSE wag • not prepared to take part in a debate upon the poliey of the late Government in East Indian etahi. Ile could only - say• - with his Noble Friend that he weuld not shrink, and that the , Governmeut of which he had L. en a member would not 'shrink, froin the responsibility of I. Auckland's policy. But be thought that it would be more cw.zvet•ient for the House of COmmens to take another ce.s,eei©n of discussing this question;' - when it would be possible -te give it a full and fair discussion.-e( Hear.) He thought that lee late Government would be able to show that Lord Auck leiel was fully borne out in the conduct which he had pursuerl, :see that he would have betrayed his ditty, not only to the In eiee Government, but to the Government of this country, if , h: had taken any other course.—( Cheers.) Mr. hIARK PHILIPS had, never sought to protract a debate from factious motives.. Ho had been . re . tnreed to . that House by a majority considerably greater then any Conservative candidate for the Borough of hianchester could procure. His constituents would not ohject to theit - fair share of the public burdens. If re c urse must be had to an income tax, it behoved the llonse to piotect th e p eop l e against any farther tax on atticars c.! . consumption. Ile had looked forward with great •auxiety to settlement of the questions pending between this country R od the Brazils, and he saw nothing in the propositiotis ema nating from her Majesty's Government by which those,citfle rettees could be placed on a more satisfactory hails; he should, • :to far as the income tax was concerned, give his conscientious oppo.tit ion to the plan of the Right Hon. Baronet. .ilr. LAI3OUGIIE4E was understood to put a question in u'fr renc3 to a charge made by the Noble Lord, the Meraber for S-pith Leitetthire, that that penilemen on this side of the House • lied obstructed the progress of the taeiff ? eir. R. PEEL•sa d he wished to void, as much as possible, , '011.• any promise to which he could not adhere. He held the tariff in his hand, and it had gone to the printer. When it came on ferreclisetisston he felt confident that Hon. Gentle nen opposite would hot throw any obstruction in its way other than what'teight arise from 'a fair discussion of it., The House eveukl iiicuss the propositions with a deep sense that iu the nneahtiine'the "counteY was kept in a state of depression and emeertainty on account of the discussion. There was no wish fur eiretipitation, but while it received a ftill consideration, he etested that the other side of the lelouse would not throw in its y • any unnecessary obstruction: Lord F. EGERTON said, he had been quite misunderstood. H' had not meant to charge Hon. Gentlemen with any such peweeding. He had stated that to protract the discussion be e eed the limits absolutely necessary, would be a crime of the ercatest magnitude, but he had not the smallest intention of wherging Hon. Gentlemen with participa'ing in it. :Sir It PEEL said there might be three or four articles, .I.to. they were not important ones, on which it might be de • ..eble to tahe the opinion of the trades, awl this might justsfy eeete alteration Mr. C. .IeOWELL having given carefdl : attention to the ;income tax dr& Itight 1-lon. Baronet; and seeing its.koquisi terial 'nature, while he had failed in showing a necessity for it, he must give his vote against it. Mr. BLE WITT rose amidst toed cries of " Question." He voiild only trouble the Flouse with one word of explanation. Lie had thought that he was perfectly in order in acting as he, I , a .t done. As • soon as the Spealier had called him • to order, he had submitted, and if he had been guilty ee any breach of order, he begged to apo!ogise to the House the his conduct.—( Cheers.) The question fur the adjournment cf the debate was then put :mei carried. The Fisheries (Ireland) Bill was read a second time. • INDEAINITY • BILL. The Ihdemnity Bill was read a third time and passed. ' TURNPIKE ROADS' BILL. Alr. AIANNEWS SUTTON . brought in the Turnpike It ,, acis' Dill, which wa3 read a first time. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of and the I.J.use Adjourned at Half-past One o'Clock. On Saturday mo r •. - ~. i • --- ... :Kin(rstOn-upfm-Tham niiig a Itatat accident , occurred at A boat, loaded with gravel, in which were John and ;a s ' ..„„ b „,,,i Jones, was James Blake ; father and son, and another Pittnn the b•tat, wlll4l;;arn7 'IIo the riveL., and near Thatnes the three men were irnra4sedeavi'Yladen, suddenly sunk, and. .vas 4 s:niggle' , Jones sucreried, . 6.fter a sev,r in th , water. John Blake and I ut tfie son, latnes Blake, in getting to shore, eirßWa into the eddy caused by the 't ' 56 forturtate, as he was h s a in2ti , :ii., , r L u st, and did not tri , e again. Lord .i)e Roos, who Ditton, was standing upon his lawn at' erce at :Eames he time of the acci- • , iletit, and when he saw what happened, ht,. t u i r i lmediately jumped the hope el rescuing into the water, and dived several times in the unfortunate youth, who hail sunk with e boat, but his gallant and humane endeavours were unsuece:sful • h e did liowevei re:inquish his attempt until all hope of , a'sti I, rot !.f the youth was abandoned. The IA (ly was pelted 'lg the tife short up abou two hours afterwards. The Scotoriaii of Saturday has the, followinp• extract of a letter from India, which we subjoins with Out co 7t - n, at :-.:" Bellary, 22d Feb., IB42.—Wild has forced his w ra a; - t,) Ali-Musjeed with tke four native regiments ; I .ii - ... ice.e y trust he4aay save Sale,,and not be himself cutup:" VESSy:Ls • SPOKEN IV/TlL—London, Java, to Table 13a . ,, Der.. 15, hat. 24 S., Jon, 33 B. ; Anna, Catharina, Batavia to Amsterdam,Jan.2, lat. 34, lon. 28; Glanmire, 4,. hit, 34, lon. 24 ; V erem i ng i t ia, Batavia, to Amsterdam, 4 , lat. 35 ; henry Davidson, London to Bombay ; Tho tAaa Coutts, London to China, Feb. 13, lat. 1 S. lon. 21 s‘,7e t ra l , larhara, Mauriti us t o Li ver p oo l (th e master and 1 of the crew laid up with scurvy). 7th ult., lat. 33, '°. 33 ; Gladiator, Londonto New York, 26. 1;:t. 45. 1 m. 22 ; 'Marquis Bute, C ar diff to New York, 26, lat, 48, lon. 17, by the Watkins, arrived of Scilly. THE AVEATHER.—Noox, APRIL 12. ROYAL GALLERY OP SCIENCE, ADT:LAIDE-STREET. Thermo Meter... 40 ) Highest 42 Lowest Barometer 30.20.—Wind N.E.—Freezing Point 32 Dew. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning...... 39 minutes after 2 I Evening 51 minutes after 0 '-' t . ,, , _ . ,„ : ._, 4 „, _ 4,".. g z tint,- . s.l l „ a . ,00›is-i.„____--,,, pgpal , ion "taral SUN OFFICE, Three o' Clock. , • The cry which the country has raised against the im position of an inquisitorial income tax in time of peace, is beginning to alarm the Cabbiet, and accordingly we now hear of nothing but the wars in which England is engaged in Affghanistan and . China. This dishonest Tory trick was well exposed by the Right Hon. Member for Edinburgh, Mr. MACAULAY, in the debate last night upon the proposed iniquitous impost. The Right Hon. Gentleman demonstrated that a refer ence to hostilities in Affgbanistan was an after thought—that Ministers could have had no idea of a war on that side of the Indus when the resolution to tax income was adopted by the Cabinet. This called up Lord STANLEY, who, disappointed in replying to the eloquence of Mr. SHIEL on Friday night, was of cause eager for a fitting opportunity to deliver an oration which was liable to grow stale. With a pertness verg ing upon impiety, he ridiculed the wisdom of the Divine aphorism, " sufficient for the day is the evil thereof," quoted by Mr. WAsoN ; and lnodestly claimed for him self and his colleagues the pre: cience which foresaw, and therefore prepared against, coating catastrophes. There was no war in Affshanistan when the Tories resolved upon an income tax, but, wit'a that prophetic force of vision which penetrates the mysteries of futurity, they discovered at a glance what was to happen. " Stanley, the sage, whose comprehensive view, The past, the present, and the futere knew"— saw that an incoms tax was the only State remedy, and therefore he adopted it without uttering a syllable about the anticipated reverses in Caubul. Were the occasion less serious, we might be amused with the cool im pudence of this speech. This Parliamentary defuice of second-sight legislation is rich in absurdity. But neither the war in China, nor the reverses in Caubul, have had anything to do with the question of the income tax, and the attempt to mix them up with it is as inpudent as it is .dishonest. The war with China was as clearly foreseen by the Tories in 1833, as the reverses in AFT ghanistan were by the Ministers when they resolved upon an income tax ; and yet,what was the opinion then expressed by Sir R. PEEL of such an impost ? We are indebted to Mr. WALL Acs for last night bringing it to the recollection of the Right Hon. Baronet and his friends. Sir ROBERT then praised the Government for not adopt ing an income tax, and, although a war in Syria was ex pected to embroil us in hostilities with France, he con tended that nothing . but extreme necessity could justify Parliament in subjecting the people of this country, in a time of peace, to the lnqUisitorial process which must be resorted to, in order to render that impost producti, and that it would be the 'excess of folly to have recourse to it for raising two'or three per cent. Now this excess of folly, denounced in 1833, is the Conservative excess of wisdom in 1842. The fruit of the Premier's meditation is but a returning " of the dog to his vomit,': and of the " sow that was washed, to her wallowing in the mire." • . From a notice given in the House of Commons last night, we gather that it is the intention of the agricul turists to take " horned cattle " under their special protection. We are not surprised at this, for " like clings to like," and there is certainly much of a con genial nature between the protectors and the protected. Both live by the soil ; both are equally dull, .sluggish, and impervious .. to - every argument short of a sledge hammer ; and both can bleat and bellow on occasion with equal vigour and effect. In one respect, however, the ox has manifeStly the advantage over the agriculturist, for the former is a ruminating animal, whereas'the latter never ruminates at all, being wholly destitute of the logical or thinking faculty, and acting solely. from the blind force of instinct. But why do the agriculturists restrict the range of their sympathies to " horned cattle ?" Have " Co lonial Asses" no claim on their kindly consideration ? We should have imagined that the long-eared fraternity, even though of foreign growth, would have been the primary objects of their solicitude ; for—putting fellow feeling out of the question—there can be no doubt that if asses could be imported from our Colonies, duty free, or next to it, the agriculturists would gain a vast accession of numerical strength. Con ceive, too, with what added emphasis a BUCKINGHAM `Would plead the cause ofhis party, when backed by the support of a herd of kindred thistle-eaters from - the Cape ! - ,By the timely assistance of these Colonial allies, he might possibly succeed in 'terrifying Sir ROBERT PEEL into a capitulation on his own terms - ; for if .the bray of a single ass once put a lion to flight, it is evident that the bray of thousands must have a thousand-fold effect on a Tory Premier, who is anything but a lion in hiS nature ! Pursuant to Act 56 Geo. 111., chap. 120,- a return has } been made to the House of Commons of the number of persons committed to the different gaols throughout. Ireland for trial in the year 1841. No data can be sup plied for forming correct opinions as to efficacious opera tion'eof the laws in any country equal in value to such returns, when drawn up in the lucid manner of the one now before us. We have first a return of the gross number committed ; next of the number against whom • indictments were found ; next of the number found guilty and the number acquitted by a Jury .; and last of the number, not prosecuted, and also, how many remain for trial. Now it may be taken as an axiom, that the social condition of every country is advanced, and the administration of justice rendered more • perfect, in proportion as the number of cenvictions for crimes approaches nearer to the num ber of personi acccused and committed to prison for the supposed guilt of such offences. Wher; many are imprisoned, and only few found guilty, one of two great evils must exist—namely, either the law cannot reach all the guilty, or innocence is no protection against im puted crime and false imprisonment. Now one Or other of these evils is frightfully prevalent in Ireland. This is demonstrable from the return before us. Let us begin 'with the ultra-Protestant and loyal North, of whose Jury system Mr. O'CoNNELL recently made such an exposure in,the House of Commons. Within the last yeir there were 599 individuals committed for various crimes to the county gaol of Antrim, of whom 62 were acquitted by the verdict of a Jury, against 41 no bill was found, 'nail 'l6 were not prosecuted. Here we have 119 . p9Vons, or more than one-fifth . of the annual .num ber of committals, legally innocent of any crime, and therefore unjustly imprisoned. Of 47 committals to the gaol of Carrickfergus only 25 were convicted by the Jury.,2o being declared innocent. Out of 450 indivi • dualtcommitted to the gaol of Armagh only 224, or less than one half,- were found guilty. The committals to the gaol of Lifford, in the county of Donegal, were 245, of which only 81 were convicted, all the rest being legally innocent ! There were committed to the gaol of Dowupatrick, in the county of Down, 540 individuals, of whom 287 only were convieted. In the Smith things are still worse. The number of committals to the county gaol of Galway for the last year was 1,040 ; of this number 178 were acquitted by the verdict of a Jury, no bills were found against 425, and 268 were not prose cuted, and consequently, after a considerable period of confinement, were discharged without trial ! Even in the Liberator's county of Kerry we find that out of 110 committals, only 33 were found guilty by a Jury. Nor is the. Capital an exception to the rest of the country. The principal gaols of the city of Dublin are Newgate and Kilmainham. To the former the number of com mittals was 380, convictions 191 ; to the latter, com mittals 113, convictions 56—being less than one half. We do not notice this return with any view to put abroad an impression that crime is increasing in Ireland. On the contrary, we are gratified to find that offences of an atrocious character, and which indicate a barbarotts • state of society, are decreasing as rapidly as education is spreading throughout that country. Still we have quoted sufficiently from it to show that the administra tion of justice is very imperfect, and that, from whatever cause arising, the (nil dues not the less loudly call for the exercise of a wise and impartial vigilance on the part of the Goveennika. Centuries ago Sir JonN --AVIS wrote that no people loved justice better than the Irish, and as the Lord Mayor of. Dublin asserts that they are un changed in that respect, they cannot . but recognise in justice in a system which admits of the committal to prism every year of more innocent persons then con victed criminals. 'rite debate on the income tax has again closed with out a division, and will be resumed to-night, after the House have beaten Sir ROBERT PEEL into a due sense of the respect which he ought to pay to the constitu tional rights of the people in the sacred cause of petition ing ; and we earnestly trust that such an impression will be made by the influential members cf every constituency upon their representatives, as to lead those n . l are worthy ofeonsiderati on lute their proTov • ra the Tories, re ttaned to serve a sp,., 1.• • • L Parliament, from ever again disregarding the inalienable right of the people to petition when and how they please.- In the debate on the income tax, our readers will observe Mr. WALLACE taunted Sir ROBERT PEEL with a,n entire change of opinion since he ad dres'sed the House in 1833, on the subject of an income tax. The quotation from his speech, clearly shows that the Right Hon. Gentleman himself pointed out, so long ago as 1833, the odious nature of this impost. The exemption of Ireland from the tax is another point of high importance, and we entirely concur in the- remark which Mr. WALLACE made in the, late discussion, when he accused the Premier of having cautiously and cunningly devised his measures so as to place the various classes of society, as well as the inhabitants of the different countries, in hos tile array against each other. The people of Scot land are especially indebted to Mr. WALLACE. for the stand ha is to make on their behalf. But it is a common cause, and we are sure the representatives of the three kingdoms will so see it, and cordially unite in re jecting this measure, and stopping it at its present stage, or so . mutilating it at a future time as to have a similar effect,. We would earnestly, also, entreat our Irish friends to look wcll to the interests of their country.' If they are .wise, they will believe what Sir ROBERT PEEL, said in 1833, and utterly repudiate his apparent promise of exempting Ireland from an income tax. He has already said, that his only reason for now exempting Ireland, is .the want of machinery for the application of the tax. He knows well enough he has now got machinery, which did not exist in 1833. The surveys which have been made of Ireland. for the purposes of tithe commutation and the atorking of the Poor-law, have been accompa nied with valuations which will easily enable him to apply the income tax. We ohope the working classes will see the deception which Sir ROBERT PEEL has attempted to impose upon them. When speaking against Lord ALTELOur's proposal, in 1833, he then saw 'clearly enough that a tax upon income and property would directly injure the labouring classes. But now that the proposal comes from himself, he tells them that he is their friend, forsooth, and that taking away the income of their employers will have no effect upon them, in their unheard of distressed state in 1842. A word is enough to the wise. The working classes' will see through the fallacy as quickly as we have done, and view the attempt in the same light. There is no news in the Paris Journals received this morning. Nothing is talked of in the Chambers but the budget, and the tierce attacks of the Opposition are but what in England we would call hustings' speeches. CUSTOMS DUTY.—An accolint of the gross and net receipts' of each Custom-house, for the years 1840 and 1841, has just been laid before Parliament. The fol lowing five places stand highest on the list :—London (in 1841, gross receipts), 11,757,262/. ; Liverpool, 4;140,5931.; Glasgow (including Greenock and Port Glasgow), 1,050,4621. ; Bristol, 1,027,160/. ; and Dublin, 977,718/. The receipts at all these ports, tvith the ex ception of Liverpool, have increased considerably as compared with those of the previous year. The falling ofrat Liverpool amounts to 467,0001. JUSTICE OF THE LAW.—(From a Correspondent.)— One law says that the property of a person dying in testate shall pay a larger legacy duty than if he or she had made a will ; another law forbids a person below a certain age from making a, Thus the property of a minor of a certain age is regularly plundered. It is mulcted because the individual did not do a certain act which the law forbids. Just law ! Wise law-nutkers ! MONEY and COMM h:RC IA L NE WS CITY, QUARTZR TO THREE. The prices of the English funds have been drooping to day, and now are not quite so good. The depression can only be accounted fur upon the s u pp os iti on t h at t hi s is a slight. reaction consequent upon the late rise. Consols having been sold at 90j for money, are now marked 904 ; and 904 fix the Account. New Three and a Half per ('rots., 100 1006 ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 891 90; India Bonds, 16; and Exchequer Bills, 36 38 premium). . The . Foreign Market has had literally nothing doing; the nominal quotations for Colombian are 276 fur Money, and 27i fur the Account ; Buenos Ayres, 24 ; Spruill Active Five per Cent. Bonds, 25 251 1 ; and the New Three per Cent. Stock, 25*. The price of the Dutch Two-and-o -Half pet Cents., is 524, and of the Five per Cents. 100 100*. The depression in our own Stocks has caused Railway Shares to be less in request than they were yesterday, but the rates remain the same. Great Western, 93% ; south Western, 60*; Midland Counties, SO ; Birmingham and Derby, 54%; Greenwich Privilege, 174 ; and Brighton, 364 361 per share. Intelligence has been received at the North and South Ame rican Coffee-house, by means of Watson's telegraph, that Ge neral Carmona, and General Eran, the President of New Granada, had met and arranged their disputes, and that peace had been proclaimed. This information was brought by 'he Diana, from Savatilla to Liverpool, off Cape Clear, out forty day,, having sailed on the 20th February. Ace(tunts to the 18th of February have been received from Porto Rico. The prospect of the sugar crop appeared to be good, and trade generally had improved. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. it A ILWAVE. Paid. Per Share. Wrmingham and Derby •Lotidon an, Brighten London and South Western BEi 6oi to Midland C .unties South Eastern and Dover 50 LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKUP, APRIL 11, had some ap pearance of briskness, and Saturday's prices were fully sup ported. 300 American were taken for export, and the entire sales amounted to 6,000 bales, namely, 2,000 Surat, 3d. to 40. : 150 13ahia, 61d. ;150 Maranham, 5(1. to bid. ;.70 Pernams, qd. to 7d.; 60 Egyptian, 7d. to Bd.; 3,570 American, 4id. to 6d. LivEnroon SHARE MARKET, APRIL 11.—The transac tions in Railway stock were rather few, but there was litt'e 'Variation in prices. Eastern Counties, ; the New Shares. 41.165. Bd.; Brighton, 37i; South Western, 60f, ; Paris and Rouen, 14j ; Great Western Halvrs, 65k, Fifth , •,loi• London and Birmingham New 32/. Shares, 30. The market dosed firinly, especially for the two last named lines. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 11.—We have a good demand for Railway Stock, and prices continue very cam. Manchester and Birmingham, 28 ; Manchester and Leeds, 62 s 3; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 484 ; Alliance Bank, 24a Manchester Assurance; 9%. BANK of ENGLAND —(THIS DAY.) ELECTION OF GOVERNOR AND DEPUTY GOVERNOR.. A special General Meeting of the Court of Proprietors was held at the Bank of England this day, for the purpose of electing a Governor and a Deputy-Governor for the ensuing year. William Cotton, Esq., was proposed as Governor and James Benjamin Heath, Esq., as Deputy-Governor. As there are no other candidates, those gentlemen will at four o'clock be de clared duly elected. ELECTION . COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) • LONGFORD. The Committee met at 11 o'clock, Lord Ashley in the Chair. Sergeant WtANGHAM resumed his argument upon the question of the registry, which he had net concluded yesterday at the time when it was announced that the Speaker was at prayers. The Learned Gentleman reviewed at length the va rious statutes relating to the registration of voters in Ireland, and had not concluded his arguments when we went to press. As Mr. A u STEN is to reply, it is probable that the Committee will be all day engaged with the arguments of Counsel. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 19, 1842. SUDBURY. The Committee met at the usual hour, Mr. Redding`on in the chair. Up to the time of our going to press, several witnesses bad been examined, but notEing of material importance was elicited from any of them. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT Henry Gazzard, 20, labourer, was indicted for unlawfully assaulting and wantonly riding a horse against John Tedder, whereby his thigh was broken. The prisoner was driving a horse through the streets at a furious rate. The prosecutor was crossing at' the tirne, and was knocked down. The prisoner was found Guilty, and sentenced to three months' imprisonment in the Penitentiary. NEW COURT. No case of importance came before the Court this morning. The whole of the business hawing been completed by half-past twelye, the Common Sergeant dismissed the Jury, and the Court adjourned till the 9th of May next. POLICE INTiq.Li() ENC E. BO W-STREET—(T HIS DAY.) ROBBERY AT THE LATE MARQUIS OF HERTFORD'S.—A middle-aged foreigner, but whose name did not transpire, was placed at the bar before Mr. Jardine, charged with having robbed the late Alarquis of Hertford, in whose service he lived as valet, of property amounting to several thousand pound=. The Court was crowrded w ith Noblemen and Gentlemen, and on the bench we noticed Lord Montfort. Messrs. Bodkin and Phillips appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Flower for the defence. Since the prisoner's apprehension 2,0001. in notes have been traced to the bankers, the prisoner's boxes were broken open in Court to-day, but nothing material was disc.,vered, with the exception of a few tiinktts, and the prisoner was again re manded for a week, to allow time to make inquiry on the Con tinent. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (THIS DAY.) Samuel Spencer, one of the keepers of Kensington-gardens, was lined til., or in tiefault two months imp isonment, for drunken and disorderly conduct last night in Piccadilly, and assaulting two police eons. aides of the A division. Mr. Hot);er, jun., attended on behalf of the defendant. The money was imn.cdiatcly paid. UNION fiALL.-(THIS DAY.) Aldridge Clark was charged with entering the Ship public house, at Dockhead, and stealing a quantity of clothes. The landlord having an alarm-bell to his bed-room door, heard it ring at nine o'clock on the preceding night, and know ing that thieves were in the house, he ran uif stairs, and was struck on the head by a person from above. He, however, rushed up, and on entering his bed-loom, he found the drawers and boxes all broken open, and their contents packed up ready to be earned off. On further search, le discovered the prisoner outside the window hanging on the parapet, and if he let g" , he mwt have been dashed to atoms. lie w as dragged into the house and given in custody • he turned out to belong to a gang of thieves, who ar e i n the habit of robbing public houses. lie was committed. COVENT GARDEN TIIEATRE._MiSS Adelaide Kern ble took her benefit last night at Covent-Garden Theatre, in the opera of La Sannambula. Her performance went off brilliantly, and the house was as fully and respectably attended as the lady herself could desire. • • •±h• ' goer, dingtorn The land goes, with the peerage, to his brother. Nil J'TD Vtibite Optatatt. " Who runs may rend." FOREIGN. The Courrier Fruncai s , of Thursday, contains an article on the taxation; it announces that in the whole depar:ment of Nievre the patents for 1842 have been increased by, a third and more than formerly ; in all the towns of Nievre petitions are signed for withdrawing the rolls of 1842. This Journal adds;—" What is now going on in the Nievre departmerd, will soon hapren in other paces ; the Most formidable con demnation. the Administration coultl receive, is the seeing facts prove exactly contrary to their solemn words andertgagements." fil. ..Sauzet, the President of the. Chamber of Deputies, gave a magnificent ball on Ntturday night, at the Valais de 11nur bin. No less than five thousand invitations had been issued. A number of Generals and tacers attended in lull uniform. The Dukes of Orleans, Nemouri, A umale, and the Prince de Joinville, were present. Lord Cowley, cur Ambassador; Iteschidl'acha, the Ottoman Ambaseactor; as well as other members of the diplomatic toips, were also present. The Ministers, all the Parliaintntary notaliiiit - es, and the most dis tinguished " illustrat ions". of the Fren.li capital, were included in the company. The bail last e f till daybreak. At Lisbon, on the 4th instant, the Queen of Portugal's birth. day was celebrated with the usual festivities. There was a bull-fight, at which the King and courtiers attended. . Four French sailors were art est.tl at Lisbon for killing a Per tugut se boatman. .1 2 11 . 2 1 .1V1 In the Lords, last night, sortie p titions were presented against the income. tax. 1..,rd Campbell moved the second reading of his Bills for re forming the Appellate Jurischvion of the country. The Lord Chancedor id=approving of the measures, moved that they be read a second time in six months, which amend ment was carried after a shout debate, mid the 13i11s were thrown out. So ends Lord Campbell's present measures of judi cial reform. In the Common-, Mr. Wakley presented a petition, informing the House that the petitioner hnd others would be ruined by the income tax, which, on this plea, was order ed to be laid on the table. We have elsewhere adverted to Mr. T. Duncombe's motion on the subject of petitions, the debate on which was renewed. Here we shall only say that Sir H. Peel, Mr. M. Alilnes, and Captain Hamilton, Lord Sandon, and the Ciiamellor of the Ex chequer, opposed the motion, and that Lord flowick, Mr. H. Berkeley, Lord Egerton, Lord J. Russell, and Mr. S. Wortley (a Tory) supported it. Ultimately it was lost by *tie. On Sir C. Napier inquiing of the Speakyr if he might have followed Sir Itibett Peel on Friday night, the Speaker replied " Yes," and a short discussion arose as to the rules of debate, in which the Speaker maintained his previous opinion, and Sir Robert Peel came to his aid with some cases. The adjourned debate on, the Report of the Income Tax Resolutions was resumed by Dr. Bowring ; and aPer Mr. Macaulay, Lord Stanley, Mr. Labouchere, Lord F. Egertcti, and several other Members had addressed the House, the debate was again adjourned. A short discussion arose on the question of the adjournment. Lord Egerton, in the course of his speech, spoke of an yfactious opposition to the measures of Sir R. Peel as highly criminal in the present state of the country ; and also made some allisions to Affghanistan, which was i truth a prominent subject. of the debate throughout the whole evening, confirming the statement that the income tax is to be imposed on the country for the sake of conquering .Cabool. These remarks called up Lord John Russell, who reminded the House that the criminality was on the other side, which had put off giving the country any relief for nine months, and that papers connected with Afghanistan had been laid on the table of the House, and the Tories had not raised any question on them. Both the Noble. Lord and Sir j..Hobhouse declared themselves ready to meet any inquiry into the origin of the war, an to take their full share of the responsibility. Roth eulogized the conduct of Lord Auckland. The House adjourned at a Quarter before Iwo. ' , Erni.= OPINION. The Times contains a leading article on the subject of the right of petitioning, from which we quote the following pas sage :—" We cannot but repeat our regret that Sir Robert Peel has persevered in his opposition to the reception of peti ti, ns against the income or any other tax while under the consideration of Parliament. We regret that he should have exposed his Ministry to something so very like a defeat as a mere majority of one. And we regret. that he should have taken a position wh:ch seems to us at variance with the ordinary principles on which the House of Commons must be cnnteet to act, and which, therefore, he will not be able to maintain, but at the expense of much credit and popularity. The arguments urged by him in favour of this course are— first, that it is backed by the practice of 150 years ; secondly, that it would enable persons, factiously dis posed, seriously to embarrass and delay the Government meat sures for the defence of the country, when expedition was ab• solutely necessary for the common sefety. For ourselves, we must confess we are not disposed to regard with any very deep • reverence an antiquity which goes no further back than 150 years: it appears to us just that age which is not so much tine-lent as old-fashioned. it is old enough to be out of date, but not old enough to be bound up with any very venerable or touching associations. - N6r is the subject-matter one which receives any greaz dignity from antiquity, even were that anti quity fire times what it actually is. Laws which have become national habits—which are interwoven even with popular pre judices—which cannot be removed without danger, or at least shock, to certain ether true and useful ideas with which, in the mind of the people, their ramifications are entwined—or main, laws, which embodying, though'ioeorrectly, a principle of deep importance-, have yet in their imperfect shape, by mere force of long habit, obtained a binding form, which could not be hoped for any newer, though jtister and more convenient, ar rangement,—such laws in sack an antiquity have not only a presumption of wisdom, but a tangible and substantial advan tage—not. only ground for hesitating, but a reason (as far as it goes) for re:wing to change." The Herald says :—" A majority of 1 only,--on a division of 222 to 221,—repudiated the question of bringing- up the anti- income-tax petition. We may be allowed to offer a few words on the more erorninent speeches of the evening. In doing so, we cannot' refrain from renewing the expression of our regret that a great constitutional right should have found its staunchest opponents in Conservative Mi nisters. The' event of this division has at once con firmed and justified the terms in which we befere al luded to the The 'spirit •of fair play ; con sistent good faith in public as i n pr i vate a ff a i rs; an d attachment (proof against all averse conditions of circum stances), to the_ privileges accorded to them by the constitu tion—these are the properties which identify the cause of a Conservative Government with the hearty support of the Con. servativc portion et the public. Were it en account of this feeling, alone, We should always be reluctant to see a Con servative Premier' vindicating any course opposed to the na tural tendency of such moral properties by arguments founded merely on considerations of expedi enc y o r convenience in relation to the- greater facility it might afford to the despatch of the Goeernment or the Parliament." The public ine ; t s Advertiser bus makes the the following observations on the im portant question - of the right of pet i t i on i ng Miserable, even to contemptuous pity, was the position in which Sir Robert Peel last night stood in the House of Commons, on re smiling the debate on Mr. T. Duncombe's motion to receive a petition against the income tax. The Right Honourable Ba ronet, in addressing the' House, appeared not to have reco vered his self-possession, so indecorously lost in the debate of Friday night; and commenced his speech as follows :—" Sir, 1 cannot acqn esce in the motion that this petition be brought up, because I believe that the country generally is adverse to the proposal." What ! The Premier believes that the country is adverse to having • its own voice heard in the House of its so-calleil Representatives I ! We do not be lieve the Premier such a dolt es to believe any such thing. The country may on other subjects be divided in opinion, but on the right, the necessity, and the value of pstitioniug, notwithstanding the gross disregard with which petitions for the most part are treated by the House of Commons, there exists throughout Om country but one feeling of anxious unanimity. If the country,' as asserted by the Premier, were gene, ally . adverse to the proposal,' no inconvenience need be appre hended from complying with Mr. Dune , rube's motion, as th country would not offer petitions against its own feelings; but the country, as the Premier well knows, so far from being ad verse to the proposal, regard; it as the vital principle of public freed'sm, and therefore the assertion of the Premier must be • regarded as a willul falsehood, perpetrated in support of a posi tion in favour of which no other or better argument could be alleged than that it has existed for 150 years." We take the followi from the Chronicle :—" The debate on the income tax was again adjourned. The principal feature in the discussion was the resuscitation of Lord Stanley. Con jecture has, of course, been busy in accounting for the silence hitherto maintained by a nobleman not remarkable for his dif fidepce, except on subjects strictly within his own department. Some would have it that Lord Stanley has been purposely kept in the shade by the Premier, uniter the apprehension that the peculiar talent for irritating opponents pos sessed by his Lordship might add to pia difficulties. Others again give his Lordship credit for sufficient suseepti- KV to wish that time might deat'en the impression left by his Tarnboff expedition before he again placed himself con , spicuously befere the public. But his exhibition last night sufficiently proved that Lord Stanley's silence was not the re sult of any eist rust of his own powers. 'there was a daring dis regard of truth in his misrepresentation of Mr. Macaulay, quite worthy of his most successful efforts in the same line. e he feeling against the income tax begins to grow stronger in the House; and the country is now taking a most decided part against it," The Post says With regard to the new tariff, the Whig- Radicals give out th a t th e Government will receive the sup port of the great b o dy cf the Liberal Opposition. That, we take the liberty of thi n ki n g, will very much depend upon sir. eumstances: 'lf the Liberal Opposition' can put the Govern ment in a min or it y b y vot i ng against the Government, we feel morally certain th a t th e y wilt so vote. If they see that, let them do what they will, the Government must succeed, then indeed, we do u b t not, t h e y will make a merit of approving the measure of thei r opponen ts, and vote with the Ministers. The Whig party never yet wore superi or to the g rand motive of embariassing th ose oppose d to them, and we see nothing in their present t emper to l ea d any rational being into the belief that they are likely to improve upon their former practices. We believe that at this moment Lord John Russell would be but too happy to coa l esce with the country gentlemen whom he so glibly insulted on Friday evening, if they were to resolve on opposing the importation: of • cattle and provisions to this country, which it is the object ofe part of the tariff to en courage." El EETZING. The registration i; 7C Wednes day, when the Liberal registry showe d a g ain of 31 over their oATlaty°o,reland, concluded on Tiopponents. The Wigan Election Committee terminated its proceedings yesterday, when Mr. Standish was declared the sitting Mem ber, thus giving to the Liberals a gain of one. '1 he Marlow Committee also terminated, and Mr. R. Hampden was declared the sitting Member, giving a gain of one to the Tories. NAVAL AND VIXIATAItY. General Sir William Houston died in Kent on Friday last, at the age of 78, having been 61 years in -the army. His ser vices in Egypt gained him a medal, and his brilliant services at Fuentes d'Onor also won him a similar honorary distinction. A case of spontaneous ignition took place on Sunday in the decks of a surveying steamer at Woolwich, originating among some tow, oil, and turpentine, stowed together : it was fortu nately quenched in time. Another wreek, in which four out of six persons have been drowned, has taken place at Dungeness. On this dangerous point, nearly twenty Frenchmen -alone have perished recently. In 1724 King George I. was driven on shore; and lives are yearly lost. LAW AND POLICE. At the Central Criminal Court, Godwin, the policeman, repeatedly examined at the Nansion-house on a charge of stealing aelcak and time-piece from Mrs. Lewis, who keeps a marine store-shop, was tried and convicted yesterday, and sen tenced to be transported for 15 sears. At the Livers of AF,izes Inst week sn action was brought n.q.zinFt Crrrie am! . mortgage security, which the Z:•.octe , y haU sulfured a loss of 11,3501. - It appeared from the evidence that no imputation was 1 y , ..„ T „ „ 4 .,,, made aga'nst the moral character of the eerendants, but were ri $3 ‘,, ~U : , t simply liable for negligence ; and the jury returned a verdict vid 1. 90 ,k,k I for the f u l l amount. Elizabeth Er!ge was tried at the Chester Assizes for poisouing her brother and sister, on the 7th of August last. It was clearly proved that she had bought arsenic, and on the body of the sister being opened, about forty grains werefound in the .stomach. Tie brother had died six weeks before, and strong suspicion existed that the prisoner had poisoned them both, in order to get their property. No evidence to satisfy the Jury on that point 'was given, and they accordingly found a verdict of Not Guilty. I COXTIZ.T-ziAsur '' , N11.73Ta2"... , i Arrangementi arc in progress for th e i ns t a ll a ti on of the D u ke o f Northumberland, as Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. The Duke of Wellington, ar.d Lord and Lady Lyndhurst, have announced thfir it.tention of being present on the occasion. . Prince arid Princess Nicholas Esterhazy arrived at Calais on Wednesday. and on hursrlav proceeded to Vienna. The Duke of Rutland returned yesterday to Belvoir Castle. The Duke and Duchess of Bedlerd return to town for the season, nn Thursday riext. The Duke and Duchess of Montrose arrived in tawn yester day, from Northamptonshire. The Marquis and Marchioness of Abereorn, are expected in Park-lane on Thurida next. 'The Earl of Devon arrived in town yesterday, from Powder ham Castle, Devon. riziscELlatNr7.,o7.l - s. The gold teekers are still busy at Lambeth : two groat pieces ef Hcnry \lll.'s reign, and three others of Edeard AC:O found on z3aturday. NE %1/ GRENADA. We haw. received the fl,llow•ing from Wats( n's General Telegraph Office, 83, Cornhill. " TELEGRAPH CUTTER, OFF CAPE CLEAR, APRIL 8, sig.—The Captain of the Diana, from Savani!la, for Liver pool, 40 days out, reports the day he s4iled, Feb. 20, peace had been proclaimed; that General Carmona and General Erao, the President. of New G.enada had .met, and arranged, when hostilities had ceased. 4‘ her Makstv's ship Comus had arrived, and was lying . at Savanilla when he left. LLOYD'S SiI!PPING—(TH IS DAY). LONDON, APRIL 12.—Wind this day at noon ' N.E. MARGATE, APRIL 11. —The George, Cox, from Guernsey to London (atone laden), got on Margate Sand this morning, but has been assisted off and brought into the harbour, very leaky, and %% ish Liss of anchor, chain, &c. DEAL, Aram 11.—Wind N.E., strong.—Arrd. Visitor, Tailor, Port-au-Prince. ArrtL from the River and sld. Ceylon, Sydney ; Su:an, Hobart Town ; Gloucester, Jamaica ; Rich mond, Algoa Bay; 'tuna and Vesper, Montreal; Jamaica, .Quebec, and several others. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 11.—Wind N.E. to E.—Arrd. Quebec, London, and sld. for New York ; her Majesty's ship Nautilus, en a cruise. LivEnroor,, APRIL 11.—Wind S.E., moderate.—Sld. Resolution, Rio; Dickey, Sam, Monte Video; Robert, Per nambuco ; Aldebaran Richebucto ; Gazelle, Newfoundland. Orr KINSA LE. —Cydia, Petrie, Bahia. • OFF TUSK A It, Arum 6.—Mersey, Liverpool, New York. WORKINGTON, Arum 10.—Sid. Bowes and Argo, Quebec. CORK, APRIL 9.—Arrd. Clifton, Cardiff, for St. John's, New Brunswick. Orr SA LCOMRE„krnIL 10.—Arrd. Clara, Mattson, Per nambuco, for Stockport, in 65 days. DARTMOUTH, APRIL 10.—Arrd. Sarah, Crispey, Lisbon, with damage, loss of sail, and short of provisions, &c. FALmotrokr. APRIL 10 —Wind E. to E.S.E., fresh breezes.—Arrd. Liverpool, steamer, Southampton fer Vigo. OFF PENZANCE, Arun 9.—Despatch, Brannon, South Seas. BRISTOL, Aram 11.—Sld. Miranda ... , Cape de Vents. PA DSTOW, APRIL 10.—Sid. Clio, Quebec. GLOUCESTER, Aram I 1.--Arrd. Ilebe, Greene, Paletmo. THE MARKETS.-(THIS I)AY.) COLONIAL MARKET. There was a fair business transacted, and at firm rates. The irnuorts keep tight. Raw Sugar was in fair request, and at firm rates. TEA MARKET. The demand was limited, and the public sales went off heavily ; a small pai.kcnly told, and at easier rates. Companfs Cougoc Is. cash. 'TALLOW MARKET. The Market was quiet, but p+ ices were firm, and P.Y. Candle could nct be quoted under 465. 3d. on the spot, and 48s. 3d. for delivery. SPIRIT MARKET. There was little life in the Marker for lium, : but prices were smtatned. Proof LeTwards, 2s. sd. per gallon. Brandy in fair request. WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET. The supply was moderate, the trade middling for ail quali ties with priers steady. Clover, 21. Ifs. to 51. Bs. ; Hay, 2/. to 41. 45.; Straw, 1/. l'ut. to . 1/. 16s. SPORTIN( 4 INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) NEWMARKET—MoNnAr NIGAT. • The Second Grillion Stakes (To-morrow)—Eusebius is scratched. BETTING IN THE EVENING. :2,000 GUINEAS STAKES. 5 to 2 cn the field 5. to 1 agst Meteor--taken CHFSTER UGC. 20 to 1 agst Bellona— taken DERBY. .25 1 agst Forth's IW—tali( n3oto 1 agst Lord of Holdernesa 30 to 1 agst Sir. Gregory's two gb to 1 agst Moss Trooper 50 to 1 asst Policy 9 to l agst Attila—taken 50 to 1 agst Wi•eacre 10 to 1 agst Frederica c—taken 50 to 1 agst Gunter 16 to 1 agst Auckland 50 to l agst Devil-among-the.• 22 to 1 agst Joanna c Tailors •.15 to 1 agst Chatham 66 to 1 agst Meteor 30 to 1 agst Eteus 66 to 1 agst Dime c I,too even between Attila and Frederica c—taken 1,500 even between Chatiurn 3nd Eleus —taken lb to 1 agst Chatham and Elcus—taken OAKS. 40 to 1 agst Pharmacorlaia—taken DURHAM RACES (coNcLunEo). SATURDA.Y.—The Ladies' Plate of 501., the gift of the Members for the City. Heats, one mile and a half. Mr. Heseltiuc's The Shadow, 6 yrs, Bst 11b.... .. ...... 1 1 Mr. Smith's Candide, 3 yrs, 6.4 10113 Colonel Cradoek's The Prior, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b 3 dr MUSIC. THREE SONGS, COMPOSED BY JOSEPH HAIGH. Monro and May, Western City Musical Repository, No. 11, Holscrn-bars. " ANSWER ME, BURNING STARS OF NIGHT. " Poetry by Mrs. Hemans. There seems to be no fixed idea throughout this composition. The composer has attempted a scena on the same scale as Hutchins Callcott's " Last Man." We wish we could say he had succeeded. The words, however beautiful, are not well adapted for music ; neither to the recitative nor continuous melody. His phrases are too abrupt—his modulation too sudden ; the resolution of his discords frequently offending the ear, especially in the symphony at the beginning of page 4. The melody that follows to the words— "Ye clouds that gorgeously repose," and ending, "For those whose earthly race is run," is the best, and in much better keeping. The remainder is full of short imaginings, and ineffective. " THE MOON IS SAILING O ' ER THE SKY." A more simple compcsition than the former, in the usual ballad style ; rather pretty, and would be more pleasing, if Mr. Haigh had been content with less change from the original key in §o short a space, as a sixteen bar melody. REMEMDER ' ST THOU THE SUMMER'S DAY." This is the best of the three ; simple and flowing, agreeable, and much more correctly put together. we do not here observe the frequent use of discords unrelolved, as in the former compositions. The song, without much pretension to originality, is by far the most mus!cian-like of the set, and as such we recom mend it. Mr. Wilks, the author of " Woman's Love," "Lori Darnley," and several other favourite pieces, will take a benefit to-morrow evening at the Victoria Theatre. Threelessees of London theatres have offered their services—narnely, - Messrs. Osbaldiston, Shepherd, and Bonner, together with Mr. Ox berry, of Covent-garden, and Mrs. F. Matthews, of the Hay market. This gent:cman has afforded much amusement to the play-going public, and we confidently trust they will show a due sense of gratitude, by returning the must substantial compli ment they can confer—a full house. GOVERNESS INSTITUTION, 30, SOHO-SQUARE. — Mrs. Hinton respectfally informs the Aohility, Gentry, and Principals of 'Schools, that her list. contains the names of English and FnreignG overnesses, resident, daily, and occasional, with goad references, and properly qualified to take every branch of female education. School property transferred; and pupils recommended in England, France, Germane, and Swit zerland. Mrs. H. having resided many years on the Continent is familiar with the modern languages. Letters must be free. SournAmrroN Doc a - . Com PANY.—Yesterday Special General Meeting of the Shareholders of this Company was held at the offices in Ilishopsgate 7 strret-Within, for the purpose of their ennsithrinm a plan to complete tke Company's capital, by a sale of forfeited shares, and by the issue of deben tures or otherwise, subject to the provisions of an Act of Par liament to be applied for, and also fur the forfeiture of shares. The chair was token by J. W. Liggins, Esq., who stated that having failed in the accomplishment of the objects contem plated in their Pill, through a non-compliance with the Standing Orders, the Directors had prepared another plan, which he had no doubt would be equally approved by the Shareholders, as it would effect a saving of at least 50,0001. in Comparison with the former proposal. The Secretary explained the scheme for rais ing the 100.000/. (to complete the original sum of 350,000/. for both d'icks),s hich was to re-issue about 1,800 forfeited shares, and an equal number of debentures, the former to be fixed at 20/., and the latter at 30/. each, no call to exceed 101. on each shat e and debenture, three tnonthsat least to intervene between each Ball, and an equal number of shares and debentures to be taken in conjunction, to bear an interest of five per cent., with option to the subscribers after five years, if not repaid, of con verting each share and debenture into 5 1 t1. stock of the Com pany. ()lithe Chairman moving that the Directors be autho rised to take the necessary steps to c. rry the above scheme into effect, Mr. Richards spoke strongly on the want of security with the present contractors, and the evils of the truck system. The Seer etat-y said that 10,1 001. had been paid to the contrac— tors out of the last 51,0001., which. latter amount Mr. Giles, the engineer, said would complete the tidal dock by Midsum mer. After sonic discussion between Mr. Goldsmid, Mr. Heathfield, Mr. M'Laurin, and others, the resolution was car ried by a large majority. An additional forfeiture of 316 shares then tuck place, wh.n thanks were voted to the Direc tors, and the meeting adjourned. BLASTING BY GALVANISM.—Mr. Robert's mode of blasting was for the first time in the neighbourhood of -Glas pw carried into practical operation in Mr. M'Callum's quarry, adjoining the Necropolis, on the evening of Saturday last. The operations were directed by Mr. Wilson, of the Mechanics' Institution, and the successful result in eve y instance g ave a most convincing proof of the practicability of the application. Some hundred tons of rock were detached; - and several practi cal men who were present, and who previously were sceptical on the matter, expressed their complete conviction that the adoption of this mode of discharge would be more efficien t and economical than the common one.— Caledonian . Mercury. This day, at twelve o'clock, Mr. Justice Cress well laid the first stone of the New National Boys and Girls Schools, at New- Brompton. The parochial authorities, and a large D'Anher of ladie, add t ;entlenwn. resident in tl:e prvset!t. 'I t e 110(....5F9ry :Vow; for the building -o:2lneipaliy arce•Alipt ladles residing us' the immediate neigtdourhood. PARLIAMENTARY I IVISION. (From the Votes and Procecdzngs of the MONDAY, APRIL used Commons.) INC ( iME 7 AX, ate on Question [Bth -undersigned persons Nietropolis, against .tion again proposed: ,0 House divided .- 221. Order read for resuming adjourned Deb Apr;l]. " That the Petition [,,f the there• engaged in Profet•sions end radeS in 0; the Income Taal be brought up t"—Quc —Debate resumed i—Question put t-'-T" Ferguson, o.onel l'errand, W. B. Fielden, J. Fitzwiliam, G. W Forester, Hon. G. French, F. 0 Ibsen, T. M Agilonby, H.. k. Ainsworth, Peter Aldan., William Archbold, lt. lial: wing C. Barry Ba»neirnan, A. Bar lay, David Paring, - F. T. l':artiard, E. G. Bell, John Berkeley, Captain Berkeley, FL F. Bernal, Captain Blackstone, W. S. lildke, Sir Valentine Biewitt, Ileginald Blunt, Sir C. Borth, Irk, Peter Bowes, J. 13owring, Dr. Brock lehurA, .1. Brodie, W. B. Bretherton, J. Browne, W. Bryan, George Bull, ley, Sir R. B. W. Burroughes, N. N. Busteilo, W. Butter, Hon. P. Byng, George - Cave, 11. U. CavendiSti, Hon. C. Cayley, F. S. Chapman, Benjamin Childers, sAr. Clay, S r W. Clayton, It. R. Clements, Lord Cobe en, ttichard Colebrooke, Sir T. E. Collins, W. ColvCle, C Cower, Hon W. Craig, V. Gibson Crawford, W. S. J;urrie, Itaikes Curteis, tl B Dalawny, Lord Dalrymple, Captain. Dawson, lion. T. V. Denison, John Evely n I) omistonn, J. lick, Uuintin Dick.nson. F. IT. D'lsraeli, Benjamin 'lvett, L. Duff, James Duke, Sir James Duncan, Lord I)uncan, George Dundas, C. NV. D. Dundas, F. Dundas, Hon. J. C. Du Pre, George This l hope, Sir John Ebrington, Viscount Egerton, Uri! Fran. Elhee, It , . Hon. E. Ellice, E. Ellis, Wynn Elphinstune, Howard Lt wail, It.. Evans, V‘illiam Ewart, W. Philips, G. R.: Phillpotts, John 1, tiger 1). R. Pinney, W. Plumridge, Captain Ponsonby, C. F. A. Ponsonby, llon.Jolin Powell, Caleb Power, Jam', Prothcroe, E. Pulstord, It Bert Ramsbottorn, Rawdon, J. U. Rennie, George Ricardo, John Lewis Itos , ell, Loin John Russell, Lord E. ttoch.eru d, A. Seim!Meld, J. Scott, Rcbe t Scropt, (4. P. .Sheil, R. L. Sibthorp, Colonel Smith, Lenjamin Smith, J. A. Sombre, -, 0 ,Dyee :turners, J. .I' Som2rville, Sir W. Stanloy, VV :Mansfield, W. It St.fr.to,, W. H. Staiit:ten, Sir 0. St wart, M. Strickland, Sir , G,_ Strutt ; Edwa'd Stuart, Lord J. Stuart, W. Vi tiers 'Pancred, H. W. Thornely, Thomfts • Ilemaclle, F. J. Tolls:maclie, John Town , ley, John Trouhridge, Sir T. 'Purnell, Henry Turner, E • Vane, Lord Harry Villiers, Charles P. Villiers, Frederick Vivian, C. C. Vivian, J. H. Vii ian lion. Cai.tain Wakley, Thomas Walker, R. Wall, B. Wa!iace, R. Ward, H. G. Wason, Rigby Waist', John r, Westeara, H. It. White, Luke White, S. Williams, Wm. Wilshere, W. Winnington, Sir '1 Wodehouse, Edmond Wow, Benjamin Wood, (3, W. Wortley, Lord Wortley, J. 'tuart Wrightson, W Yorke, H. itedhead Gill. ThorriaS • fiord - n, ly)rd F. Gore, Robert Granger, T. C. Grattan, H. ito, sit G. • Grosvemr, Lord R. Guest, .1. Hall, Sir B. Ilanmer, 41r John Hlntly, Jehri Harris. John Q flastie, A. Hatton, Capt.:An V. Hayter, W. G. Heathcoat, John S r R. Hill, Lord Mamas 1 - I,Onouse, Sir .1.C., Howard. C. W. G. • Howaid, J. K. Howard, Lord Howard, E. G. Howard, P. H. Howard, 11. rivw , :.K Lord Hutt, W. James, W. John: tone, Alex. Labouehere, H. Lainlnon, it. Langston, J. 1-1. Lecgton, W. Leader, J. T. Lemon, Sir C. Listowel, Earl of . Loch, James Macaulay, T. B M`Taggart, .101111 Marnii, Lord Mainwaring, 'l' Mangles, B. tr, Warners, Lord J Marjoribank,, S. Alarshall, %V. Martin. John Henry Mitcnell, T. A. Morris, David Morison, W lliarn Morison, James Mostyn, Hon. E. M. - Murphy, F. S. Napier, Sir Charles Noricys, Sir D. O'Brien, C. 0' i:rien, I. O'Brien, W. Smith O'Connell. D. O'Connell, J. Ogle, S. C. H. Pag:, Frederick Paget, Lord Alfred Palmer, R. Palmer, G. Palmerston, Viscou n Parker, John Pendarves, E. W. TELLERS. Duncombe, T. S. Hawes, B. Aciand, 'l'. 1). A'Court, Captain Acker's, Janles Acton, Colonel Adare, Lord Adderley, C. B. .-i dual, Viscount Allis, John Peter A ntrobus, Edmund Archdall, General Arkwrig:.t, George Ashley, Lord Ashley, Hon H. A. Astdll,' Wllham Bagot, Hon. W. Barley, J. Bailey, Joseph, jun. Colonel H. J. Baird, W:11 am Balfour, J. 31. Baring, W. B. Barrington, Lord Baskerville, T. IS. M. Beckett, William 1;0.1, Bentinck, Lord G Ber. afoul, Major Bernard, Viscount Blackburn, John 1. Buldero,Henry G. kiotfwld, bcriah Bradshaw, James . Broa.,ley, Henry Broadwood, H. lkooke, Sir A. B. ISrowurigg, J. S. Bruc Lord E. Brui c, C. L. •. Bruen, Colonel Buck, .Lewis W. Buckley, Edmund Buller, 'Sir J. B. Y. Burdett, Sir E. Burred, Sir C. M. Campbell, A. 1.1 - lapin:ill, Aaron Viscount" Chet weile, john Clerk, Sir G. It. H, Cochrane, A. Cot oruc, W P.idley Collett, W. Bickford Cooto, Sir C. H. Corry, H. L. Lcurtenay, Viscount Up ; s, J. I)user, lion. Dawson Darby, ;_ieorgt Dawilay, Hon. W. D.idd, George Dough s, Sii Howard Douglas, Sir C. E. 3.•1). S. Drummond, H. H. Dugdale, W. S. Duncombe, A. Egerton, .T. Ege ton, Sir P. G. Lon. Escott, Bichkam Estronit, T. 6. B. Farnham, E. B. Feilden, W. JOlll T V—NOES, Fellowes, Edward Filiner, Sir E • Fitzroy, Captain Fitzroy, Ho-. H. • Follett, Sir W. W. I'aibes, %%a:lam Forester, lion. G. Fuller, A. E. Gaskell, J. M. Gladstone, W. E. Gorden, Hon. W. Gore, Montague Core, W. H. 0. Goring, H. D. • Goulburn, H. G , aliam, Sir J. Granhy, Marquis Grant, Sir A. C. Greena 1, Peter Greehe, T. Grimseitch. T. Grimston, Lord Grogan, hale, It. B. Haltord, H. Hamilton, C J. B. W. J. ' Harcourt, G. G. Hardinge, Sir H. Haw kos, Hayes, Sir E. ileatbcote, it V. Ilenea;;c, a W. • Ilcivey,a. W. liepiairn, Sir T. B. ilerbe.t, Hon. S. 1-I.llshorough, Earl o • Ilnide, J. H. • Hodgson, :IL - Hodgson, F. Hogg,. J. W. Holmes, W. A'Court Eopc, Charle-, Herlihy, John . Houldsworth ' T. ingestre, Lord Irving, John James, Sir Walter Jer y Ear'. _Jocelyn, Vneount Johnson., W. G. Johnstone, Sir John Johnstone, Hope Jones, 'J.' Knatchbull, Sir E. Knight, Henry Gaily Knight, F Winn Law, Hon. C. E. Lawson, AlldiCw Lei:ester, Earl of ',Mild 1 : 11. T. Lincoln, Earl of Lindsay, 11. Lockhart, William Low.ner, J. H. I..wther, Colonel Lyali, Ge,rge Lygoii, General Mackenzie, homas Mackenzie, W. F. Mackinnon,. W. A.- M &Goan hv, F. A. Manners, Lord C. Alartyn, C. Cecil Martin, G. It. Master, T W. C. Mas erman, John Meynell, H. Miles, P. W. S. Milnes, 11. M. • Bltxdaunt, Sir J. Morgan, Octavius Mundy,.E. Miller Murray, C. R. S.. Neeld, John Needle, Ralph Newry, Viscount Nichol', .1, Surreys, Lord No trilind. t.ord O'Brie , A. Stafford Ossulston, Lord Owen, Sir J. Packe. C. W. Patten . , John Wilson Peel, Sir - R Peel, Jonathan Pemberton, T. Pigot, Sir R. • Planta, J. Pluniptre, J. P. Polhill, F. P0111,.t ton, Viscount Pollock, Sir I owell, Colonel Piaed, W. I. Price. Richard Pi logic?, A. Rashleigh, William Heade, W. M. Reid, Sir J. 11. - 'lepton, George J. la. /Janis, Richard lU:re, Sir George Round, C. G. Russell, J. D. W. Ryder, G. D. Sativierson, R. Situdon, Lord Scarlett, Hon. R. Sheppard. "I nomas Shirley, E. P. south, :fuel Sorrier lord G. Somerton, Viscount Sotheron, T. H. Stanley, Lord Stuart, H. Stint, H. C. Sutton, Henry M. Taylor, J. A. 'reorient, J. E. Trench, Sir Frederick Trevor, Hon. G. R. Trollope, Sir John Irotter, John Vere, Sir C. 13. Verrwr, W. Vernon, Granville NValsh, Sir J. Wilbraham, it. 13. Williams, T. P. Wmod, Colonel Wood, Colonel 'l'. Wyndham, C,,lonel Wynn, Sir W. W. Young, John Fr:ma:We. ;!.ir 'l'. Baring, H. B. CORONER'S INQUEST. Yesterday forenoon a long inquiry, adjourned from Thurs day list, was resumed before Mr. Wakley, M.P., and a most respectable Jury, at the infirmary of St. Marylebone k house, New-load, on the body of William Chapman, aged 47, formerly a linendraper in an extensive way of business at Pentonville, who was alleged to have died in consequence of improper treatment at the hands of the police. Mary Hill said, the deceased was her brother. He formerly was a linendraper in a large way of business at Pentonville, but had become reduced in circumstances, and lately lived in Oxford-buildings, Oxford-street, and had been wholly main tained by herself and husband for some time, being from his birth affected with paralysis of the left arm and the whole of the left side. On Saturday week last she met him in Caven dish-square. and gave him some money for his support, and was to meet him in the evening to give him some more. He was a perfectly sober man, and she had never known him to be intoxicated in her life, At II o'clock •on the same night she heard he was in the station-house at Marylebone-lane, and she went there to see him. The po!ice were very rough to her, and would scarcely give her anv information about deceased, only that "he was drunk," They would not permit her to go to the cell to see him; but after great entreaties brought him up to her. On bringing him up he was quite insensible, and she at once told the police that he was not drunk, but very ill. They would not believe her, hot - persisted in his being drunk, and said that was what he was charged with. She gat him bail or, the charge of drunkenness ; but no having sufficient money to pay ter a cab to take him home, she was persuaded to let him stay there all night, and gave money to a man named Robinson to get. him some breakfast in the morning, and the police said he would be seen to. They said they had found hint drunk in Ge..'s-court, at tour that afternoon, sitting on a step. On going next morning to the station-house, She found he hail just been removed to Marylebone workhouse, where she afterwards saw him. She was positive he was not iss.oxicated when she saw him at the station-house. ~..,.. Dr. R. I3oyd, resident physician and surgeon of Marylehone Infirmary, was then sworn. -He said deceased was brought thereabout eleven o'clock on Sunday morning in a perfect state of paralysis dual convulsions, on a stretcher, and he was in tried that he had been al night in the station-house. Every effort was used to produ e reaction, but the deceased stied at four o'clock the next mornit.g. He had since, bv the Coroner's order, made a post morteni xamination 01 the bo - dy. He ,ound ~_xtens:ve disease rit the brain of long standing on the right side. One half of the right hemisphere was perfectly . ab sorbed, and tie space supplied by fluid. The left brain weighed eighteen ounces and a half , and the right my nine oastices and a quarter. He did riot think that the deceased's life could have been saved, or his death accelerated, by any treatment he had received at the hands of the police. A man with the brain in such a state as that of the deceased might like all the appear ances of a ,:runken man, and be found in a state of stupor. The CORONER said it vis.s a mest abotnimble practice, when there were surgeons so easy cf access, for the police to loCk up people presumed to be intoxicated without taking medical opinton thereon, and it was throwing on the police themselves a .degiee of responsibility which they ought not to be permitted to bear. Inspector Tedrnan said that he could produce witnesses who saw the deceased it,ipgering as if intoxicated before he was found by the policeman. • The CORONER. said, that only showed the extreme diffi culty in deciding on such cases, and the absolute necessity of calling in medical aid. Another point, and which was of equal importance, was the system of placing a man who was drunk in a cell,. without any place upon which his head could rest above the level of his body. The result of this was, that frequently the determination of Mood to the head would cause'svessel to give way. and produce apoplexy. The floors of the stations ouget to be built on inclines, or there ought to be'inclined seats, with straps to keep drunken persons in an upright position. The Jury concurred in the views of the Coroner, and re turned a verdict of " Natural death," with a recommendation that the treatment of persons found by the police in the, streets in a state of stupor should be brought under the consideration of the Police Commissioners, and their attenticn also directed to the other suggestions thrown out. Inspector Tedtnan said, he would lose no time in forwarding the recommendations of the Coroner and Jury to the Cora missivners. • ANOTHER COAL-PIT ACCIDENT.—On Thursday morning last, one of the most alarming coal-pit accidents oc curred at a pit in °rehire, that has happened for a number of years in this district, though not attended with immediate loss o f lif e . It appears that on the morning in question the miners descended the pit as usual, about twenty in number, and re sumed their labour for a s ho rt time , when the fire-damp ex ploded With nuot alarming fury, -10., A great number of the poor unfortunate workmen are severely burnt, and some, it is pain ful to relate, are in a very perilous state. The names of the sufferers we have been able to ascertain are John Grey, a..d two persons of the names of Alai sh, brother and sister, who reside in Chapel-late. We are informed that five or six others, who re ,iiie at Pemberton, are a l so very severe ly burnt.-- Bolton - Free Pro's. At the ebb of the tide each day since the first dis covery of 'coil - 1i opposite Lambeth Palace, men, women, and ehildrt n have been hard at work in sitting the mud, but with out much success. On Saturday, however, a lad found two groat pieces, of the reign of Henry VIII., in ari excelle9t state of pre servaton ; and three others of •Edward VI., were found by a man named Jones. A short time ago a carabineer, stationed at Clam bery, the capital of Savoy, having an animosity against one of hie officers, fired at, but m i sse d hi m . Another officer, hearing !h report, came to inqiiire the cause, when the carabineeftli-12earvirneg reloaded his piece, an d, believing it was the first o d 1 ; m in turning to arrest hi m , discharged it again, and stantly, The ma-, tn , a=eralrtinarti.a.), asi • by &timed to • •••• f:, .:.:• 0,7 h's „ a tho W idol , .• .•,_ • • ••. children of the officer whose lite he S had inveitintarily taken. MONEY MARKET ..and CITY NE Ar' ' FROM THE MORNINO PAPERS OF Tula DAY. T 1 lIIES, —The dispppearanee 'W . Spanish dollars from Can ton is a suLject which has excited great interest in that place. if we may judge from the latest accounts. '1 he a mount of these dollars formerly required for the trade at Canton was not above 4,000,000, which have been subject to more than di' 7 . ordi;',ary wear and tear of coins from the practice of chirpitlg, ' them into small pieces, by which they acquired the name! '• chipped dollars." 'I he coinage of the dollar ceased 115 y ,- o' ago, the imports have likewise ceased, after gradually diniit;isl Big for some years, and another must important redu c tion Wl s ' effected by Captain Elliot. sending 700,000 dollars of the rand— som money to England. The currency, alrea.dy scare", IS to have been redneed by this proceeding about one and what renders the . scarcity more sensible, the n e l; shy for a• metallic currency has increased. When whole fo; sign trade of China was confined to Ca ,- ' t accounts were easily settled by transfers . without the .. employment of specie, and those dollars: that were s culated in the tea districts soon found &Ili way. to Canton to pay for opium. This was the s tate of Illnfse before Commissioner Litt appeared at Canton ; but now :a, trade is carried on at three places, viz. , Canton, Macao, Hongkong, there is no longer the same tacility in settling , a 7.• coasts, and therefore there is an increased demand tor dollars, which are further absorbed by the exp es rses of 'l l ,O British Government. at Hongkong. But these, tooiig h chief, are not considered in be the only causes ,of the'scart;i)t‘a but. a drain proceeding from the practice of hoa,•ding: yard to to their number. Svcee silver, although of a puy•erstan!'in. than the &du, has been less in demand, on account Gf• he .t in. of the ingot ; and the scarcity of the dola , r ' ore d trasted with the comparative abundance of the ingot, is .P,. t he by the fact that Sycee silver alone is to be obtained on gar coast for opium. , The increasing scarcity of the Spanish do. it seems to have led to the op mu ll inioo that the coin of Mex ico nog' • be a4vantageously introduced, as some method or other ml' adopted to supply the deficiencies of the circulation. A' attempts, however, to introduce the Mexican dollar have tirely failed. N.—Businesa in the English Funds has been chiefly 0111.06 to some small purchases in the . New Three-and-a-Half per Crit'.;' for investing the dividends just paid, the price 01 for. 100,E 100, 100 A ; Consols remain at 9,4 90-1; for Money, a n " the Aeccunt on Thursday; and 94 91A for May. Sauk sax 165 167 ; Exchequer Bills 36 '3'B prem. the In Foreign Bonds but little was dour. Tne quotation for Portuguese Five per Cents, was 36 36i , the Three per Ce ll . l ' sh ' 21 21i ; Colombian, 27A ; Mexican, 404 41A ; SP aut t ,.:, Active Five per Cents, 25 iii A ; and the Three per , 254 The price of Belgium was 103 101 ; 1 3 ,; 12 ,, a f 67/ ttBt-, ; Danish. 80fr 81 ; the Dutch .Two-and-3-il a " Cents 52k ; and the Five per Cents. 100 1001 A. was A fair inquiry existed for Railway Shares, ati'd tentio,n,„„,..- principally directed to those lines which are not yet in o w, rat ion, it being, apparently, considered, that this de scr T :r es; affords the better opportunity for a fair speculation, the `aloe, in most of the others having now reached their maximuro tb and, therefore, not likely to be brought currently in t° ter D. market. London and Birmingham, 85 87 ; Great We s ot 2.84, 29i ; the Half Shares , 15 premium; Birmingham (11 Gloucester, 56 58 ; South Western, 60 61 ; Gosport, 156 . 0 , i tb• North Midlausg, 71 72; the New Shares, 35 314; ; Ne o , Eastern and Deve;'. 2 S 29* ; Blackwell. 12 121; the • Shares, 10 10A ; 13r4;hton, 36A 37 per share ; Easton C • tieThes, 1:34 13a discount. toreign letters have been confined to that 1 0 ' 6 %1. • M the Overland. ail from India which comes by the leas of 1 0.4 mouth. The more important pas t of these appeared 'Sun some days since, having bee,' The improved culture of cotton, by introduction of from America and Mexico, appeared to b :igage a largo 1 1 . °r , ot tii received via Marst,coi of the public attention ; and although hithert., o the exPe un o " eof '! had not been so eminently successful as many had hoped, still sufficient had been accomplished • 1 0 prove er ., • ultimately East India Cotton would he so improved a 4 ‘lsft of o setle the consumption of American cotton in the coiat' r j . , great extent. The details furnished by these papes much interest, and will form the subject of a future et'' 2,,,nguinepe to FROM T4HE FRENCH — PAPEit' iju. , ea The Constitutional of Barcelona, of the 30th 1° states that a person named Valleron has.denolo c h , the Alcade of Molla the existence of a factiou s "20 orianised in France by a Carlist named Ninbol consisting of nine Frenchmen, who reside at San p ea r renzo de Cerdas, whilst their chief has a house_iof the frontier. It also states that : another har''':ttr Frenchmen had carried an inhabitantof Tordella France, and kept him there a prisoner until bec7o, paid a ransom of twenty ounces of gold. al le •111: stitucional, which is excessively annoyed at 1 0. c. p received notice of prosecution for its offensive at, tti ,ts upon the King of the French, asserts that the : 13 : : f01 the authority for which is, to say the least, d0t;,1"..0 are connived at by the French Government, e•l'.:4- presses its astonishment that ,the Spanish 1\1.'7,0 should think of prosecuting journals which such conduct. o il 11,e A letter from Madrid states that the Quoen, -- 1 occasion of ,Good Friday, and according to e "? .1 ,;t1 1. custom, commuted the punishment of deatlvihrj. of three criminals. the ifaii' A letter from . - Stockholm, March 22, iV t);.".AS burgh Gazette, says :—" A scandalous sceno n om „ :.i l et , place here. Mr. Scott, an English MethodP re ': / - 1 0 . ttl who for some years past has been endeal'="" r i ! c ;rei l propagate the doctrines of his sect, was lately %as,' for' trial for certain illegalities. On Pahl i „tet' the crowd flocked to his place of worship , anal "00. rupted him when performing divine SerViCe th • wit.' loaded him with abusive epithets, and broke .% o r Bows. An' inquiry has been ordered, and tb-,,lft lightened classes of society express the greateit -''' at the occurrence. .' The complete edition of the works of Freeleil s " oce now preparing for publication at the. expensu ,, ol e - Prussian Government, will be en r i c hed with 1 1 , 11 0 rous collection of letters written to the KingY l " celebrated Landgravine, Caroline de Ifese, f th, c stadt. His letters to her are in the archive s . :: ; . wi t '' Count of Darmstadt, enclosed in a casket sol ec . ',s." l the arms of the Landgravine..- - Application l'!';',olr. frequently made to obtain copies of these CO - ibi s cations, but withont success. The letters s9itioble' Princess, however, .are said to contain muc h .IJ- I .l ' lle inforthation respecting- the King's relations w l - i ,o;1 111 ' Governments of the time.. He was fond o f „I - v.° his heart freely to her, for he esteemed her 1 ° 6 10 0; is proved by the inscription he placed on the -, b I P ment erected to her memory—" Woman . 1 . 1 s ' man by talent." ft li° hi The Leipsic ~ journals mention the arri" . -.tl tr' I . ‘ „ city from Russia of a German who has ultF r ibun' t great age of 119 years. He was born near , 9 we on the Unstrut, in Saxony, but when onIYA. i'„`' to St. Petersburg, and worked as a locksul"fote r : was afterwards admitted into.the Royal 3 11111 ,t e ,go , of Arms, where remained he Until .a short t i . '"r t , co': when the Emperor noticed him -and promise°. l i a in*" fernpon him any favour he would' ask. Th e °, l l.lqi desired permission to return to his oWn b e ut Fe" His Majesty . not only granted his reqUes t ' h . o .ic?; him in a private. carriage attended by 3 P i . e ' j i Oa After resting at Leipsic a few hours, he ha's' - . , to his native place. . sit ; s A letter from Dunkirk states that the Sh.P O ,, c out for the cod-fisheries are more num er ce vell. t :, e : .- season than they were in the last, and that.1.4.,01.11c0t three have already been entered at the mat in s age o f A naval court-martial was held• a fe w " 99 0 0 l e Toulon, upon Lieutenant Brun, late Collin sse i 00 00 the Brandon steamer, for the Foss of the` ' ye a tha t ., t • time since by shipwreck. It being Prci e bal e ' blame was due to Lieutenant Brun, he I v° cr ably acquitted. fir° „ D e by The Journals of ,Chartres notice the evj e te .0. there of a man, who, though he will coullilo sc oo. next acts 1,, 103 d year on the 4th of August next, w iti , _, r , ease about the town, viewing all its o bject s o ia r own eyes, which as well as his hearing, r e ele, •.: fectly, good. .• At the annual general meeting :I‘‘, o l f A tb r e i : ; r i li li e tt efe : e ;ol: * Aufeurs Drainatigue,-, held on Sunday a a t_ il d, oVe 4n , d.'lliver, M. Viennet in the chair, cli)oe°tffi.l.iaectli:::::: I:o:bacillite'lle:l... ' the Secretaries, read the Report of the C r ? li ter ° r ie the last year. It announced that' the 31- : o f d o __,., i o i Interior had oEcially premised that ri a„. o ` e lleP°',ivt s ~ Theatre should shortly be-opened. .-.P' 0 1 re c. ' I gave the' following statement of the gee d a rins ~..- of dramatic writers from their- privileg,ents, v"0• 83 9, last-five years at Paris and in the PePti-rT,-,f. ; ill- 5 1 9 4 f., In 1837, 712,722 f.-; in 1838,, 70 ; ° 0 1, 8 472 ' t hefl 7.58,348 f.; in ' 1840, . 885,454 f..; jP," I i neeti n g lip ' ' making a total of 3,967,950 f. r --Lii e n o brok e s e, elected its officers for the pre:lent Ye.tir', two CIgY S IV • An English gentleman was PP' sn l e ssnge I lug' wrapped in his cloak, thltviinhhs;:thlitagitair-ahron-{tohjeiteidri, l e i ~ , ti h ttsi gi noramas, which_ was very Mur b cr i,7 - r e a c h e d tieihnenm t Ntin i tme i tpl e ayetpet ß l a:nonl c i aneai i ib i oni l lini c ideein N sidt • : a :li i cnupi " . %i t vNir l: ii nee r s l icic o g n ttoio, t fn rn aleli n 2 .5. i., eicl . e t e ' I, ,_ _ ,:iir ; t:ib s i .. psi:: bou t snr er o c ; i c a m ie: io s y tni t nli e ee a o d :d t E pot be e T, rn .„ u rr:e* 0 ' fritphica.eocitriaslicon:vfceest•ewor; ,:,' a Commissary, before Berowy had been taken, being cti f 1‘ h ....... _ ; .. ..... ~..... ._.._._.....,.. r, g o n i d: ; receiving the purse from a escaped. a ' .chick the moved by znechatf; t F e*" a carriage ef his invention, whiLbv. any person on thc 1 1 _7 0 6e cut horses, and ismade to full by . ny a great effort , 9 r .f , iti who call keep it in motion without hels and axlerecs are ot e°, t it:, me A u l se . ,Th,eifsrlaantecly, exhibited, i i b n it n e k d e , innkeeper, er, at b .r . r p o r n e i fe e e r t e:c e : e o { , V ‘ e , ri l 'f he carriage is open, the tht NI. Lefranc g',,eJ_'.ol, iv . The mechanism is sat ......_...r.___.-•_ .....tfntt!--"•' - • airroltml it weighs ,v-tehrnigeFrisevailblcoutot SN. BILITIIS. Lady Ern e° - r s tic e id. On the Ilth inst., in Curzon-street, i the of a son. d'3:tr!lbui.,neEe,carx. '-7tlriies'ntbai'tn, l e y e s o i of five 3 of Edward Vhnes,lad of Bethune sf On the sth inst., at Hotnerton, the y T ll° burgh, Esq., s-_trgeon, of _a sun. the lady of Captain Oa the 6;h ins •+ at ilrighton, Infantry,of a daughter. Del/ On the 4th inst.a.tilt.,h:fiteiriZteCra. Hilton. of her Nl:jesty:s 19th Osborne , ver,shaeo, Oxon, 000, On the E9:shg.i,nasft.a, ;:aaN.Vhetstone, the lady of Osborne ..- 0 1 ' MA RRIED. On the 10th of February, at Agra, Thomas tsorlirn--,i,tel. E Ci sq., 13ongal vil Service 3e , to Annie Hirst, eldest tlsi' t he tate Captain James Haig, of the Crescent, Ittford• DIED. 04.0° On the 3 0 th u lt., at Florence, Lord William 11.1°' youn2er son of the Duke of Manchester. aff .<l 69. d e° On the 9th inst. , at Bath, Sir John Meade, On the 9th inst., i%lrs. Wood, of Totteridge, age 7i 3 On the 1 0 th ins t., Charles Henr y , son of Vica r ", Esq., surgeon, Camberwell, Suriey, aged 31. PkillilAled by j'ILRDC , ' ,". Thc Sun Oifice, the County of Mitidloos, luestiqy Ar:ii I*, Lnr.l( P O r rICE I t, of CON e tt, U n d The COUR' keur/h Y gi , IPA N y i> not - 4 1 per C. t decl are d aUd 7 i. Old I on the folk) ,84011 ADELI OING fh cat, IA R' WEEK /tLE D alt lowY For to INV' gb ote Period Ai;° v AlontlT e Month! Lt. 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