The Sun. — London, England, 1842-04-28 00:00:00

e e,or, ney of A' 'e butt sue - , ,moan,, the iod that sill about it in 25. !st LHt Pricr. 119 1 „ 2 07 25... I '2 St co 241 •-• 6 ...▪ 10• 5I • 114 Ni SI% a; . 10531 51 , 2 :410 n 590 House of t. Hon. tile mare4jog round o' 3 ltended t inal head! nee inland d erabar!‘ utli before ternonn At air Bobe- 0 3neeledeb, ndondeal eign i'' • , quest the to call on Po tlegal utory, resolution ,on sePv , ur nits from Ltion ha' iqujegty he 20th the of is slight . ; ient ; his go' it cough' perlocl l l ig synir the 2f s t ght, apd p . re, inqi ce Londe, ilia. SRS , 454 ;VI 564 e 9 ~ 199 ;6 is the that; cf. yrtt the. 4 7 1 ,rolll.cicll, '. l sero 4(4 S u ar y r 4: v ti ; AV t )..p A N D tit) 1 C) i p talc !Vico runs may read.' M. Huml3nn, tho. French .Minister of Finance, die:'., on Illonday, at noon, -of an attack of apoplexy:. One of his chiefs of division had just left him in his cabinet, and tie was in the act of affixing his - signaiuie ti .a number of official papers, When he was struck with death. Aledieal aid was instantly procured, but all elf its to restore animation proved fruitless. l'he French Funds were at first. depressed on this melancholy vent being announced, but they recovered towards .the close of bUsiness. The ttineral of Marshal Moncey took place on Monday in the Church of the li:tali:les. Six battalions of infantry, and do et%alry and artillery, were in attendance. U. Berlin de Vaux, Peer of France, and one of the pro prietors o f the Juurntl des Debuts, died in Paris, on Sunday, in the 71st year of his age. Marshal Oudir:ot," says the Constitutionnel, "is spoken of as the successor of Marshal Aloneey, as Governor of the inValides. Marshal Berard will resume the office of Grand - Chancellor of the Legion of Honour, and Marshal Molitor will replace Marshal Gerard in the command of the National Guard of Paris." The Commerce says—" The deaths of Marshals Moncey and Clauzel reduce the number of officers of this high rank to keen; viz., Soult, aged 72, Oudmot 74, Molitor 74, Gerard 70 , Grouchy 76, Vaiee 69, Sebastiani 68. According to the new law regulatuw the staff of the army, the number of Mar shals is henaeforthin time of peace to be limited to six, conse quently all the reports as to the promotions of Marshals in the toom of the deceased arc, to say the least, premature." . It appears from a recent return to the Minister of Marine, that from October 1841 to January 1842, 452 neLro slaves :have been emancipated in the French colonies of Martinique, Guadaloupe, Guyana, and Bourbon. The total number of etUancipated since le3o is 38,959. " . . / The Malta Times has a circular by Mr. Warrington the British Consul at Tripoli, dated March 26th, addressed to the .? different chiefs of the interior and northern coast of Africa, re ..presenting to them the folly as well as cruelty of the slave „ trade, and advising them to suostitute for it an active trade in the natural resources of Africa, such as gold dust, ivory, Out- Oich feathers, gum, skins, indigo, &c. This circular has been !tfanslated into Arabic, and profusely distributed. Mutuch Paeha, the Admiral of the Egyptian squadron, died ''aa few days ago. It is thought that Said Pada, Mehemet Ali's will be his successor. The plague continues its ravages at Damietta; but there have been but two cases in town, and ten in the harem of his Highness, which leaves now twenty-six , Wien, including eunuchs and imauns, and forty-seven women in the palace. The French corvette, Liligente, is expected here in a few days to relieve the Cornaline, which will then proceed to Athens. pm:mac oznazow. The Chronicle says" The disclosures before election • committees have naturally infused strong suspicions into the 'public mind, both with regard to the almost universal Neva. •- lence of con uptions• and the disposition to screen it. The re fusal on.the part of Mr. Fleming to answer a plain question put to him, will lead to the inference that some important purpose was to be served by that iefossl. At a time like this, , %ben three millions of petitiOners are . complaining of the pre sent state of the representation, and claiming universal suffrage, it becomes a matter of the utmost importance that the House .thould take to inconsiderate step. What may be behind Mr. ', 4l crning's refusal, we pretend not to say. It may be that he • ' has foolishly attached importance to what really is of very little ." s n l Pratance: - It may-be that the rumours afloat on the subject, - Sod to which 111 r. Fleur ng's strange conduct has given im ''Portanc.e, may be utterly destitute of anyloundation. But the tl , *plest and most straightforward moue of proceeding in such asss is 'alviays the best. No man knows this better than the puke of Welangton, who is in no small degree indebted for the .. i s gteat influence lie has alWays possessed over the minds of those Ottlh 'whom he has acted, to the singleness of purpose and di- ~hetness observable in ail his actions. Where there is nothing ~ ]'so conceal, there ought to be no mystery." The Herald thus justly and forcibly alludes to some of the '‘ik feels of the Income-tax:--" The House of Commons had ',Acareely entered 'on the business details of the Incoms-tax Bill .I ' 4 o%lollday night, ere a few of the difficulties of levying a tax of -lioree per cent. on income equitably became most apparent. The ;Conduct' of the Bill through Committee was assumed by Mr. ' Goulburn, the'Lliancedor of the Exchequer, aod, to write the -truth, with such indifferent success, that, bad not Sir Robert ,feel interposed, his colleague would have terminated the even . log's discussion by provoking unnecessary hostility against a ; 'osasure already sufficiently well hated for its merits as well as . I Peehil demerits. It is Mr. Goulburit's general mistortune Ihat he does not increase the popularity of the measure which 1 4 t , supportsMonda evening tie failed to render his defence f the parts of the Bill } discws d reasonable, and seemed , Afraid of involving the Government in a scrape by even pro '...oising attention to an objection the force of which was felt by , 'Dory one in the House—the Premier included—save himself i . Sir 'George Clerk. When any Ministers endeavour to rid remedying what amounts to a patent defect, which will, ~,sdopted, work shameful injustice, by vague expositions of i., 14 a " principle" of tee measure itself,. and by foolishlysexag- Oras e d illustrations of how a remedy may possibly in one qty out of ten thousand defraud the revenue, the public may •itly on it that the defect complained of is utterly detenceless." We take the following from the Times :—" During the pre tout unsettled state of things, all trade is inevitably suspended. !ID tradesman can give orders till it is ascertained on what `crnis his business is tube carried on fur the tutors. And the effect' of this paralysis, added to the ruinous torpor which is already beginning to bear its fruit in discontent and riot through- Ut the country, are a sad reality from which gentlemen of the i4ouseof Commons might learn to forbear their long speeches, ex ‘,cept to make a firm protest, once for all, against what they 'may deem actual injustice, or to move practical amendments .which they really have some hope m a y b e a d opte d . 01 t hi s titter cha rac te r were t w o s p eec h es by Mr. Ricardo anal Mr. Li• Wood, the one relating 'to 'the much-debated question of at'minable annuities ; the other contending, as it semis to LIT, Milt much justice, against the unfairness of not allowing a lierson engaged in different .occuaations, when returning his It, stable income, to deduct his_ losses in one branch of commence Tom his gains in tnother., It is strange, but true, that the k chan ce ll or o f th e E xc h equer s t ate d ' t h e pr i nc i p l e of dte Bill to 4 1 _ , that losses sustained under the same schedule might, b u t !oases sustained under different schedules might not be so set Ni• We must say that any distinction so utterly unworthy of i! L tound statesman we have seldom heard." 1 The Post contains the following observations :—" It has not :cep without an object that our Whigs and educationalists have :Night to array the mass of the people against authority in all ''s forms. No; our ' Liberal' Reformers have had in view srtain ends—political and socials—to the attainment of which ,Popular education' has been' regarded a s the . most effective : l eans. These ends are, the subversion of monarchical and ' l ,ttocratical . authority—the overthrow of the E s tabli s h e d . k4 atireh, and of the authrity which nat ura lly a tt ac h es t o suc h 'lt institution—the abasement of agricultural industry—the ' l tatieement of trade and. manufactures—and, in fine, the 4ktssfererice to money-capital of all that mass of power which b llow shared by the Monarch, by the nobility, by the hi/1.- 1,7 11 y, and by the owners and occupiers cf the soil. In ordei 4 attain these ends, the Educationalists of our time have ad -1.1 Ned the basest flatteries to the working classes, while they t ., 4 ;e subjected the aristocratical orders to the most rancorous j' 4 tnnies. In their actual legislatiem for the working classes, ou r `Liberals' have exhibited a degree of cruelty that harm ies well with the falsehood of their general professions." LAW AND PO ~4 t flow-street, on Tuesday, Suisse, valet to the l:te Marquis , ilertford, underwent another examination on the charge of 8,0001., the property of his master, and was re 'atitled for a fortnight. Lambeth -street, John Broughton, Robert Bird, Joseph 11, eott and Thomas Trotman, constables in the H division of i '''hee, were sentenced to two months' imprisonment with hard l', fur, for stealing wine and brandy from the London Docks, ile on duty there. LrxErtanir AND SCIENTIFIC. Ilanim, author of the well-known " Tales by the tiara F amily," ha., we understand, written another story of life and character. % i The members of the Shaksp eare S oc i ety h e ld t h e i r anniver tg meeting on Tuesday in the rooms of the Roy a l Society of r i erature, St. Martin's-place, Tratalgar.square. J. P. Col t, Lg., was in the chair. The volumes already issued by Society are seven in number. .COURT—pAsnsoNAELE. iard and Lady Seymour arrived in Spring-gardens on Sun - , from Italy. Dowager Duchess of Cleveland has returned to town Z; St.,Lemiard's. me Duke and Duchess of Northumberland will leave Lea ,kß, ton Spa on Saturday next for town. Lea -I``e Duke and Duchess of Leeds are expected to leave i. e 'rtiliy Castle, Yorkshire, to-day or to-morrow, for the Cla -4.,(1,"11 Hotel, Bond-street. bc,"e venerable Earl of Leicester has left . Admiral Sir Henry in Harley-street, for Holkham Hall. he first ball for the season to-dry, at Alinack's; is likely rove one of the most brilliant for several seasons past. Palmerston gave a grand dinner on Sunday last. 14' 1 0 Marchioness of Westminster will leave Eaton Hall to. ,Y for town, fur the season. e understand that the marriage of Miss Cecil Wellesley, vY unmarried daughter of the Hon. and Rev. Dr. Gerald L e ,t,hsley, a sister of Viscountess Chelsea, with the Hon. Mr. s.ll, so n o f Lo r d Ravensworth, is to be solemnized in the .of the ensuing month. The fair betrothed is niece of i :puke of Wellington. ;i ~......,:_,_„—,.—.,.,.T . ..! , ,j , r . ............... is‘ impressive ceremony took place a few days ta; th,,iti the Tribunal de Commerce at Bordeaux. The P, eri it,t4 having ordered the name of Buffet to be called out, a per tl,' ilt the dress of a sailor, with a complexion evidently hard- V'll and embrowned by a seafaring life, came forward, and 1; 14 Modest firmness'stood in front of the Court: The Pre it4lft addressed him in very impressive terms on his brave k i devoted conduct in saving the crew of the Commerce de k i , l leaux. "In the night of March 11, this vessel," said the ti v tl ident, " was thrown en the rocks at the mouth of the h e r . and every soul would have prished, but for the cou kit' end undaunted perseverance of Ruffet, The National kw Pwreek Society, informed of his noble conduct, had iik; l 44 vd hint a medal of honour, which he (the President) thT gre at pride in presenting to him. The owners of the ilkt 10 which he belonged, in testimony of their admiration, ti ,resolved to promote him to the rank of mate, and the iii k 'Utial of Commerce had likewise determined to confer upon I'o , , Pecuniary reward, as a testimony of its admiration." hi e I 'resident having presented ihe reward, the brave sailor 4 kt irled his thanks in grateful but modest terms, and retired, 1e k;. ",7 by the hand a child whom he had saved, amidst the k 'e3 and cheers of a crowned audience of all classes of e iy.• li,: I(- ~,'' name of the Englishwoman who committed ~ ,- ' 0 two days ago, after attempting to murder her child, a ' si x , th • years of age, and not seventeen, as erroneously stated i• k .e first accounts, vs as Myers. t'ihe was only twenty-five 4 te; Of age. • Her husband died last month, and, as he had l kif;l'eently begun business as a watchmaker, on his death his ti,kand two children were left in a state of complete desiiiu qt; This so affected the poor woman, that she conceived the ! , c ( - " 4 11 resolution of destroying her children and herself. She , I ,j 4 iogly called her eldest boy, a child six years of age, and 1 4-:, (1 , 14 te1v stabbed him in the breast ; but her resolution for- Ns tr , -e IY failed her in part, and, on the child's crying for %NI? she left him, and instantly drew the knife across her i kt4"roat, inflicting a dreadful wound. She then, as already t , i; opened her window and threw herself from a third story tiii 4 o street, and was taken up quite dead The poor boy i s ttii bell, and has been received, as well as his younger ' t 'e, into the British Orphan Asylum. /i • c onstan, an engraver of Bordeaux, is stated (114 ; ' journals of that city, to have invented a jointed axletree, 4 '''ide to heavy and light ordinary carriages and waggons, Zt; l4 o to railroad vehicles, the advantages of which arc thus N i r , ed : ---A tiavelfing-carriage, built at Bordeaux, and fur ty. with these new axletrees, was loaded to the same Air} as the mail-Coach, minus 300 lbs., started from Bnr. `ark at the same time as the mail, and arrived with it in Valthough Al. Constan'e carriage was drawn by two .Poli, while the mad had five. After its arrival, it was Ped ca.ietully, and. found not, to have sustained the slight lk% 'et:oration from factiOn or any other cause. MONEY and COAIMER,C LNE WS. • • CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING. T/1 , 2 Funds still continue to ri,v, and the mar ket left off, buyers, of Cons,ilS, tit 924 for end 92g- for the Aocount ; B an k 5t0 , ...k, 1664. 1071- ; India ...Stock, 24 247 ; Ex'Ait'quer BiUs, SS 40 premium. The principal dealings in the Foreign ;Securities hare hei'n in the Dutch Two-end-a-Half per Cents., Irhich were 52 32 . 4 ; and the 'Five per Cents., 100f:-. ; Belejan, - .03,1 2 L 1041 ; - Danish, 801 Z 1 t ; and lirazilian, 67 68. Mexican has been'neglected, the quotations being the same as at the commencement of businesie . fiamely, Transactions in Railway Shares hav e b een limited, which must be chiefly attributed 'to the small number. of the principal lines offered for sale. Great Western Were 284- 294; ; the Half Shares, 284 29> ; and Birmingham, 89 91 premium. Birmine-ham and Gloucester, f 35 57 ; Smith Western, 62 621. ; Go pert. 62 62A- ; North Mid '. land,' 67 6!.`; the New Shares, 35f1 33 ; Sow h Eastern anal thos., 11.94. 33 ; Eastern Counties, tti lil ; Black well, 12 12 ; .the New Share's, 10 101- ; and Brighton, 364 36i4er share ~ Scarcely any bargains were made in the Bonds of the insolvent States. The quotatioes (To, nominally—CO lombian, 262GN ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 37 4 1 . 381 ; the Three per Cents., 224 23 Spanish . SFive per Cents., 2.4.4 24 ;. and the Three per Cents., 24 . 24-4-. A portion of the East India merchants.have been en deavouring to alter the terms upon which, sugar from Bengal is at present sold. The present conditions are, for the importer to pay the - duty, and to allow a credit of two months, or, if the - buyer should prefer to pay for the goods. at once, or if the seller,• for any. reason, should choose the money in preference to the risk, then in either case the purchaser is allowed interest for the unexpired term of the credit. This system has latterly been found to work extremely well for both parties ; by relieving the wooer from the obligation of keeping up a large capital, thereby pro portionably reducing the.- price to the retailer and the consumer, and procuring for the seller a higher price than he should otherwise get, in consequence of the facility offered to the buyer inducing competition. This method for selling the article in question, has survived the introduction of the bonding system, first introduced by Mr. Pitt ; and, as the duty on the produce of the East Indies and the. Mauritius, was equalised with that of our West Indian Colonies, so were the terms assimilated ; and, at present, the intention is, if possible, to oblige the buyers to pay immediate cash, and pay the duty themselves, as they may require the goods. The strongest objections which the merchants can urge will be the risk and the expense ; the latter is almost too small to be of consideration for a moment, the extra amount being the brokerage and commission on the amount of duty, (245. per cat.,) and the two months' in terast, - if the goods be paid fisr, which can scarcely be pat into competition with the advantages derived from the extended dethand which the facility of transacting. busi ness causes ; and, is it will have been observed above, it is optional with the merchant to trust the.buyer, as immediate payment, with the deduction of interest can be, and most frequently is,- demanded. Many houses who have" been most extensively engaged'in this branch of business have never, from acting with proper cau tion, met 'a loss by giving credit bile others, by acting recklessly, have been severe sufferers - . It the alteration be made, all parties connected With the article, except a few large capitalists, will be losers ; th e plan ters from the absen ce o f competition, the wholesale grocer and the retailers will all beat the mercy of, and obliged to pay what the middle men. may demand, who, from their wealth, may command both the market• and the prices, and thus a complete monopoly will be created. (From The Sun of ..LaV, Night.) The funds have recovered front the temporary depression of yesterday, and the. prices • for Consols have again advanced, being 94 924 for Money, and 92 for the Account; Three per Deduced, 91e, 914; Three-and-a- Half per Cents. Re duced, 100 100 : 1 1; New Three-and-a. Half ptr Cents , 101 i 1011 ; Rink Stock, 164 167 V, ; I tidia Stock, 244; the Bonds; -19 21 ; and Exchequer hills, 33 40 premium. liusine,s in the Foreign becurities has b..en to some extent, and prices are rather better. Belgian, 104 ; Dutch Two-and a- Half per Cents., 53. nailroad i!'hires have been in better request-South Eastern and Dover, - 294.30 ; Soul!' Western, 62 ; Giest Western, New, 6 , 4 65; Fifths, 10 k ; Eastern Counties Ntw, 51. Ils. 8(I.; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 54; Alanehester and Leeds, 90, and Brighton, 36 36f1. • _ . . _ • The tiondsof the insolvent States, Portuguese Five per Cents., 374 ; the Three per Cents., '22:4; Colombian, 27, and Spanish Three per Cents., 24 24k. Accounts from Archangel state that a movement has taken place in the market fur flax, princip -11 y, hower r, for specula tion. The chief consumption fur the article in this country is in the north, and any considerable rise in price would materially injure the trade there, were it not for the increasing use of a kind of hemp produced in the East Indies, which is becoming daily more into favor as a substitute for • the foreign production. This has had the effect of obliging the Russians to ship here on their 9wn account, in consequence of the absence of orders, and it is gratifying to observe. by each successive arrival from India, that exertions are making to improve the quality of the various articles of native growth, so that in the course of a short period the whole supply - necessary for the use or this country will. he drawn from thence. The bilance of trade is too much in favour of Russia, not to render it . advisable to take every measure of reducing it to Something .like an eqttality ; an d if the efforts now going on in various of our colonies be pro perly encouraged, this object will be speedily attained. It has already succeeded in linseed, and is - now partially doing so in hemp and flax, as well as in hides, the chief.artieles -except tallow, timber, and iroti, for which we are at present dependent on eliat kingdom. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. it A ILWAYs. - Paid. •Per-Share Eastern Counties . 23 Ditto New 9 / 6s. 8d..... Edinburgh and Gla , gow 50 54 Great Western - • Ditto New - t 341 - 'to 65 . • Ditto Fifths ......... ... .. 4 - London ant Brighton ... 50 ...... 2tik': ; ... to -- London and So u th W es t ern 3SI, iHi- to Londtat and Croydon ( Trunk)... 131 PI: ; .. to Manchester and Leeds ...... ...... 70 4 10 .. to Ditto-A Shares Midland t' yanties . . ..100 - nt. to South Eastern and Dover bo - to 30 29i JOINT STOCK BANKS. NationalProvincialofEngland... 35 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, -APRIL 25. 3 per Cent. Consols - 901- Bank Stock Threeand Half Stock 9BA Grind Canal Stock ... Ditto Reduced Ditto New 1830......... 991 Ditto 4 per cent ... -- 3b. per Cent. Debs. - I Royal Canal Stock LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, Aran. 26.—Prices were very steadily supported, but the market had a very quiet aspect, and the earlier sales did not exceed 3,000 bales, 700 of which were purchased by exporters. LivEr.eoot. SHARE MARKET, Aram 26.—Eastern Cc:un ties were rather heavy to-day, and business genural:y was somewhat languid; a few transactions took place in Eastern Counties, at. 91. 18s. 9d., new Si. 14s. 2d. ; Liveryool and 'Manchester, 1871; London and Birmingham ' ; London and South Western, 615; Manchester and Leeds, 895 Quarter Shares, 64; Paris and Rouen, 174, and South Eastern, 20*. A NCIIKsTrAt STOCK EXCHANGE, Arum 26.--,Our Market continues very firm in prices, and there is a good dema n d f,,r . Railway Shares. Bristol andi Exeter, 444 ; Manchesth . and Birmingham, 28%; Manchester and Leeds, Quarters, 614 ; Paris and Rouen, 17 ; yistrict Bank, 1011. and 101.8 s. 9.d. ; Union Bank of Manchester, 6/. I Is. 3d. ; Manchester Ex change Shares, 1(X). CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. . • Bank Stock ]67 'lndia Stock. ., 246 3 per Cent Red. ....... 21prr 3 per Cent C0n5...... 92i Ditto Old Annuities ... 3. per Cent Red lOO Ditto New Annuities:— New 36. per Cent . New 5 per Cent. Long Annuities ;1) expire I Ditto Small 3B pm Jan. 1860 .. 12 9-16 Bank Stock for Acct ... Oct. 1e59...., ..... 12 7-16 India, Stock for Acct.... Jan. 1860. 12i Consols for Acct 923 FOBEIGN FUNDS. Austrian, spi vent-- Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 pet rent 10.41 Ditto, New Ditto 374 Brazilian ...... Prussian, 5 per cent.. ~„ Buenos Ayres 6 per cest ;Russian, 5 per cent. Chilian, 6 per 'Ditto,'NletalW ... .... . .. Colombian, 6 pet cent ;Spanish, 5 per cent...... 24i Ditto, 1824.. ....... 27 'Ditto, Deferred..... Dani,h, 3 per cent — .French, Yper cent. Greek, 18:45,5 per cent — Exchange -. I •..c. 'llle.aican, ft per cent.... • 341 French, 3 per cent — • —c, Ditto, 6 per cen::. 1b37 Dutch, 21. per cent. 53,1 Pet uvian, 1825, F; per eh 191 Ditto, 5 per, cent. . 101 A SHARES. Cheltenham and Great Western :(721 paid) 20 Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) .. • Ditto New Shares ( paid) Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ... 544 Great Western Railway (65 paid) Ditto New Shares (50 paid) ... 65 . Ditto Fifth (4 paid) • - 101 London and Brighton ( 5 0 paid) itto Loan Notes (7i paid) Londn:i and Birmingham (90) London and Greenwich Railway ; pd) • London and South Western London and Croydon Railway ( 14 Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ...... Ditto Quarter Shares ( 2 paid) North Midland Railway (100) Paris and Rouen (16 paid) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) . 291 PLYMOUTH, APRIL 28.—The York, Capt. Legg, freighted with troops for India, having had her .deck repaired, sailed in the night for her destination.—The Alban steam vessel, Master Corn. King,. arrived here last night from the westward, whither she had been dispatched to relieve the home waid• bound vessels.—The Nightingale, 6, Lieut. Corn. J. Barnes (a) arrived in the night from II eland. - She will be paid oil at thi, port. —Our respected Commander in Chief Admiral Sir Graham Moore,. Bart., G.C. 8., G.C.M.G., will strike his flag on board the Caledonia, 120, guardship, this day at sunset. —The Lightning steam-vessel, Lieut. Corn. E. S. Pearce, arrived here yesterday for the purpose of attending on Sir G. Moore and fami'y. CuATswonru.—This superb chateau is now nearly complete in its improvements, a,.d ready for the reception of the noble owner, who is daily expected to arrive from Italy. The new fountains ate unrivalled, and excite the a - itonishment of visitors. The jet dean of the'printipal one i s p.ojected to the height o f 8 0 f ee t,. the supply being oh taint d from the neighbdurir ig mountains. he new rouser- i vatory, which has cost the Noble D u ke immense sums, is the T largest in the kingdom, being 360 feet long, 70 feet wide, and 70 feet in height. The arrangement is somewhat similar to that of a church, having a middle ar.d sid e aisles, The water pipes, &c. warming the st ructure excee d seven miles in length. All the statues collected by the Duke in -Italy are de posited in the mansion and grounds. • - . BRITISH SHOEMAKERS.—(.From a Correspondent.)' Pray notice a fact which came out on the trial of a des! it nte shoe naakr, reported in your paper of last bight, viz., that the mere prospect of the considerab!e reduction in the duty on foreign manufactured leather has thrown many hundreds of joui ney men shoemakers out of -employ, and into the deepest di!fi ess. Surely, such a simple fact will cause the Minister, and honest men of both sides in Parliament, to reconsider the Subject. SUDBURY.-Mr. Redington, the- Chairman of the Sudbury Election Committee, has given notice r.f a motion on the 10tb, of May, for love to b trig in a Bill 10 exclude the borough of Sudbury from sei,din4 Burgesses to serve in Parlia ment. That motion will test the Premier's metal. • THE SUN, LONDON, . URSDAY 28, 1842 COURT CIRCULAII The. Queen held a Coto: and Privy Council yester day afternoon; et Buckingham Palace., The Council was attended by his ],loyal llighnecs Prinove Albert, the L or d President;the'Lerd Privy Seal, the l'irst Lord of the Treasur,., the Secremries of State thr the Home, Forei,n, and . :01mnd( Departments, the First Loed of the Admiralty, the President of theßoard of Trade,. the President of the Board of Control, the t;oeretnry at 'tier, the Paymaster of the Foree.s, the diuke of Wellington, the Lord steward, anti the Lord Cham berlain. - ' At the ConnA. 'the Queen having been pleased to ap poiot the most Honour a ble Chrtrie , ;:iLrquis or London durrr to be Lord Lieutenant of the county of Durham, his Lordship took the customary Her Majcsty having been pleased to appoint George DukJ of Marlborough to be Lord-Lieutenant of the county of Oxford, ins 'Grace took the oaths appointed tube talf7n. The Hon. William Bathurst was the Chit: - of the Cc uncil in Waiting.. At the . Cmrt, the following Foreign l'ilinisters had audionoos,of the Queen : Baron do Colt.), the Bavarian Minister; Count do Pollen, the Sardinian Mini ter;, Mr; Everett; the United State,l Minister. Their D:collencics Were. respectively intr,dact d by the Earl of Aberdeen, K.T., her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Sir ifobert Chester, Master of the Cereino- ' nies. The Right Hon. J. Nichols, Judge Advocate-General, I had en audience of the Queen, sod submitted to her - Majesty the proceedings of some Courts-martial. The Queen gave audiences 'to Sir Robert Peel, the Lord President, Sir James Graham, Earl of Haddington, Earl of Aberdeen, Sir William Lurnhy, and the Lord Chamberlain. The Court was attended by Lord Hill, Gold Stick in Waiting, - the, - Vice.-Chamberlain, the Treasurer of the Household, the Comptroller of the Household, the Hen. Mr. Bligh, and Colonel Bouverie,- Equerry in Waiting on Prince Albert. , • Lord Byron end the Non. Captain Hood were the Lord and Groom in Waitin g . Tier Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by Frances Lsdy Clinton, visited the Queen yeSterday afternoon at Rockingham Palace. Her Majesty, attended by the Countess of Dalhousie, took an airinglesterday afternoon in an open carriage and four. His Royal. Highness Prince Albert, attended by Colonel Bouverie, rode out on horseback at the same time. Their Royal Highnesses - the Prince of Wales and the Princes Royal were taken an airing ii Royal gardens yesterday. The Duehesa 'of Cambridge . and the Princess Au gusta of Cambridge took a drive yesterday to hew • A Deputation of the Leather Trade, cwisisting of Mr. Boucher, . Chairman- of the Committee ; Messrs. Hackblock, Meek, Sanders, Underhay, E. Sanders, and Mr. Hepburn, the Secretary, accompanied by the following Members of Parliament Lord - Courtenay,- Lord Sandon, Sir Howard Douglas, Sir T. Dyke Acland, Sir W. James Mr. Miles, Mr.' Miles, jun.; Mr. H. Berkeley, Mr. H. ReMble, and Mr. E. WodehOuse,'•had an interview with the Right Hon. W.,E. Gladstone yes terday at the °diet. Of the Board of Trade. A Deputation of the Wine Committee, consisting of Mr. George Barnes, Chairman, Mr. Quarles Harris, Deputy Chair Man, , Mr. W.. P. Richards, Mr. John White, and' Mr. John Wild, .had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing -street. Mr. Wallace had an interview with the 'Chancellor of the -Exchequer yesterday in Downing-street. Major Mercer had an interview with Lord Stanley yesterday at the Colonial. office. Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxel ; lrA an interview yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. THE GREAT FIGHT BETWEEN 131tO ME:AND TiLTNGAIME FOR THREE HUNDRED POUNDS A SIDE. This contest, which has excited such interest in the. sporting world, and upon which bets to 'an enormous amount have been pending, was decided yesterday in flivour of Broome, who from his frequent victoria :•; had become the champion of what is technically termed the "light weights." He is a fine scientific lighter of great muscular power and stamina. His' opponent, an Australian, named Burigarec, is alSo a man of great strength, and for foreigner, possesses great know ledge of sparring and the tactics of the ring. Both men for the last few weeks have been in active training, in the -suburban districts of the metropolis, under the Most experienced professors, and their con dition was considered by the best judges to be first rate. The Australian, from. , being cornparativly un known to the lanc e s', did not meet with so many backers has his opponent, but nevertheless he obtained consi derable patronage from'some of the principal support ers of the prize-ring, as he was reported to have fought several well-contested battles, and to possess the most determined courage. The odds on Friday and Saturday laSt, at the sportingbouses, were (3 and to 4 on Broome, and notwithstanding this confidence ther were plentY of takers among the London fancy. According to the articles of the match it was ar ranged that the fight should come off within twenty miles of Newmarket, and it was generally understood that the ring would be formed on the six mile bottom, favoured resort of boxers in the palmy days of pugiism, and where, among other celebrated battles, the p•reat fight . between Gulley and H. Pearce, at that period known by the cngnonlon the " (4aine Chicken," was contested. The accounts which arrived in town late last night were very conflictiTz, but from the information which our Corrospondent obtained from the most authentic sources, it appeared that the combatants and their friends experienced very great difficulty in obtain ing a site for the "erection of a ring, but after one had been formed, a desperate struggle ensued, which lasted for an hour and a half,-;when Broome, amidst the tremendous' cheering of his partisans, was de clared the victor. Our correspondent was unable to ascertain the number of rounds, but was informed that both men were much punished, and the fight, in the opinion of the cognoscenti, was of the first description. 1 11ERATtiliE. B 17.-R Gil RifiTlEil. CL. T. Longman,' There are few "illustrious characters Of3iliidern flutes whose reputation has better steed the vv'ear-anil tear of vests than that of Fiselereic the Seeknt of Prussia-411c hero of the famous Seven Years' War— who, elngle-handed, and with the odds atleast twenty to one against him, resisted the combined powers of France; Austria, Russia, Saxony, - Sweden, and the Germanic body ; and at the close of the War still kept possession `of to wrest which from his iron grasp had been the one leading object of the con federacy. The,' Prussians May well be proud of bin, —though it must be confeSeed that admiration of c ruthless warrior is a very vulgar and hinailiatingfient in the eharacter of any nation-L , LfOr he the only tsreat military genius they ever produced, the only oee ie modern history wire ean bear all instant's corn- OfiriSsal With N ' Both th ese conquerors i n d ee d possessed IMIT!y CiAtlitiOTl. Loth were ,equally regardless tat the faith of treaties; lash were equally devoured by a love 01 fillss , glory ; both looked to France as the source and centre of European ; and the ,genius. of both showed to the greatest advantage Under l (-verses which would have utterly crushed less energetic minds. Napole on maintaining his last astonishing struggle in France, with but a handful of dispirited troops," against the whole overwhelming power of the Allies, hardly hibits more signal energy and fortitude of nature, than Frederick, when disputing every square inch of . ground, with Ins capital in possession of the Austrians, and his , kingdom overrun with swarms of northern barbarians. It is singular that both these illustrious men, at one specially disastrou s period of their Career; contemplated death not in the field, but by poison and we may add, that they were never so calm and self-possessed, as when tottering to all appearance on the verge ' of ireetrievablo . ruin. But here our par rallel must stop. Frederick's military genius was the growth of time and experience ; Napoleon's resembled intuition, and seemed to shoot up, lis:e the fairy palace or' Aladdin, in a night. His very first battles were brilliant victories, whereas 'those of the Prussian Monarch were crushing defeats, bro Sight 'On by his own blunders. Napoleon took his position at once as the chief warrior of the age ; Frederick won his wv to fame by, slow and painful degrees. In the former e estimation no renown was worth winning save that acquired by the sword ; he affecte,indeed to rimite artists and men of science ; but it was a cold and con strained admiration, in' which the heart had little share. Frederick, on the contrary, entertained a sincere and hearty respect for scientific and pictorial genius. Literature, in particular, divided his attention nearly equally with war ; and in his bitterest season of adversity he could always derive consolation from the Manufacture of indifferent poesy. During his campaigns the sword was only laid aside for the pen : and he . was frequently awake in his tent, ,or in a shed, seriblding• wretched verse, hours After his officers and soldiers, were fast asleep. About the year 17,59 an edition of his poems was printed in England. As a matter of course it excited public attention in no ordinary degree—Frederick being then the great here of the day—but it soon sank into oblivion, and was denounced in warmer terms than such a collection of indecent, irrellecious rubbish deserved, by Gray and Horace Walpole. We remember, a few years since, glancing at some odd volumes of his Majesty's works, in prose and verse, and were astonished to find how few passages there were worth recollecting. The imagery was all common-place; the philosophy was merely that of Voltaire and Bolingbroke at second hand ; and the-wit and sarcasm, even when genuine, were of the coarsest and most offensive character. But it is idle to enlarge on the literary peculiarities of the Prussian King. lie is .long since defunct as ar author, and survives 'only as a warrior in the blood stained pages of history. In the NuMber before us there is an asbnirabls sketch of the character Of this celebrated despot, whose military career is traced down to the ,close of tits Seven 'Years' War. We can scarcely doubt to \vitas( pen we are indebted'thr this rapid and brilliant sketch, which betrays its author in every page. There is one passage in it, however, which, as proceeding from a zealous Whig, is somewhat exceptionable, to say the least of it. "Is it not perfectly clear," asks the Re viewer, " that if antiquated claims are to be set up against recent treaties mid long possession, the world can never be at peace• for a day ? We 1101 d that the transfer of Norway from Denmark to Sweden, was an unjustifiable proceeding s but would the King of Denmark be therefore justified in landing, without any new provocation, in Norway, and commencing military operations there ?" If this is to be held sound doctrine, then it Ibllows that Poland has in right to attempt to regain her independence. "'Re cent treaties and long possession" prove incontest ably that Russia is justified in keeping her in a state of abject slavery. hi like manner, Italy is bound to take no styes to overthrow Austrian domination, .no matter how grlnfling and insulting. it may be... This is a strange theory to bepropounded in a Whig eurnal—m that very JOurnal, too, which has inva riably advocated the cause of the Poles, and been loud in its denunciations of Austrian despotism in Italy ! But to return to the subject more immedi ately before us. The Reviewer gives a highly di verting account of the intimacy and subsequent quarrel betiveen Frederick and Voltaire, who, it it well=iknown, from having been sworn friends became deadly enemies. 'rue King, who admired every thing French, invited the great wit and philoso pher of Ferney to Potsdom ; but soon after his arrival, took offence at his inability to detect superlative ex cellence in the royal poetry, and testified his displea sure by giving orders that " his guest's allowance of sugar and chocolate should be curtailed." On this corning to Voltaire's ears, he "indemnified himself by pocketing the wax-candles in the royal anti chamber !"—a mode of retaliati on no t a lt oge th er be tc:)ni7)rdgtiary i,l n le'igni coupletYof 7.philosoph er . s Of course t hi s extraordinary parted, never to meet again ; and, indeed, consideringtheir characters— b and n ervous l y appre h ens i ve o surprised h ow th e y m a na g e d r r l i i d l7. c e t i i n ie Ly l a v i en, are irritable, a only to keep the peace towards each other for two days etanseeutively. It is a ridiculous circumstance that, when Voltaire quitted Potsdam, he carried off with him a manuscript volume of his Majesty's poems, which enraged the royal author as much as' if he had wrested Silesia from his grasp. He took for granted that the French wit Meditated plagiarism on them ; and Voltaire, on the other hand, felt quite indignant that he should be suspected of a design to steal such rubbish. Ultimately, the volume was recovered by the King, but not until Voltaire had been kept twelve days in custody for the supposed petty larceny ! We subjoin the Rs v : ewer ' s c l e t a il s o f t h e . I?rench philoso pher's first visit to Berlin:— " To Berlin he was invited by a series of letters, couched in terms of the most enthusiastic friendship and admiration. For once the rigid parsimony of Frederick neefned to have relaxed. Orders, honourable offices, liberal penson, a well-served — table, stately apartments under a royal roof, were offered in return for the plea sure and honour which were expected from the society of the first wit of the age. A thousand louis were re mitted for the charges of the journey. N o am b assa d or setting out from Berlin for a Court of the first rank, had ever been more amply supplied. Bat Voltaire was not satisfied. At a later period, vhen he possessed an am ple fortune, he was one of the most liberal of men ; but till his means had become • equal to his wish e s, hi s greediness for lucre was unrestrained either by justice or by shame. He had the effrontery to a s k for thousand loins. more, in order to enable hint to bring his niece, Madame Denis, the ugliest of coquettes, in his company.. The indelicate rapacity of the poet pro duced its natural . offret on the severe and frugal King. The answer was a dry refusal. • I did nut,' said his Ma jesty, 'Solicit 'the honour of the lady's society.' On this, Voltaire went off into ft.,paroxysm of childish rage. • Was there ever .such avarice ": Re ban hundreds of tubs full of dollars in his vaults, and haggles with me about a poor thousand lonis; It seemed that the sego. tiation- would be brok en Off, but Fred er i c k , with great dexterity, - affect e d indifference, and s eemed inclined to transfer hisidolatry t o Baculard and d'Arnaud. Ilis .Maj l esty.even wrote some bad verses, of widell the sens e was, that Voltaire was a setting sun, and that Arnaud was rising. Good-natured friends soon carried the lines shirt, to danced Voltaire. aibco was thein( his jump e d out i n hi s nt h rage, and seat f or hi s passport and his post-herses. It was Pot difficult to foresee the end of a connection which had suc h a b e - ili . - ginning . . . down by ocafleft the great ;: il l tea t al ; . v lt a ,, isli thirty i ri i ct i 3h. theli( years, y'ea was r hi l le 5 1 ;) ,(,) : , ushrealti,eo again lbtao bowed after the lapse splendid and ex tremegiuristio,ltdrittugnel,mto te is i r n ece th p e tio m n i i tl n st r o r f: m a sia Was such as might well have elated a. less vain and excit a bl e m ho . He wrote to his friends at Paris that the kindness and the attention with which be had been w e l comed sur passed description—th a t the King was the most amiable o ll f e me l n vt — ts tl c ia re t a l t ' :d ta c ia b l a n m ‘ b va er s h t t l i i i, e l paradise of philosophers. and received together with his gold key, the cross of an order, and a patent ensuring to him pension of eight hundred a Pounds ster ling a year, f or lif e . A hundred and sixty p ounds a year were promised to .his neice if she survived him.' The royal cooks and coachmen were put at his disposal. He was lodged in the same apartments in which Saxe had lived. when, at the height of power and glory, lie i s i te d Prussia. Frederick, indeed, stooped for a time even to use the language of adulation. Ile pressed to his lips the meagre hand of the little grinning skeleton, whom he regarded as the dispenser of immortal .rertown. - lie would add, he said, to the titles which he owed to his ancestors and his sword, another title, derived from his last and. pi °attest acquisition.. His style . ' Should run thus:—Frederick, King ofPru.ssia, Margrave of Branden burg, Sovei ei.ii Duke of..Sile.-ia, Possessor of Voltaire. ,BUt 'even : . midst the delights of the honeymoon, Vol taire'a seasitiye vanity begun to take alarm. ' A few days after his arrival he fcotdd not help telling his niece that the amiable king had a trick of giving a sly scratch with In e hand, while patting mid stroking with the_ other. - •Soonicanie hintsiu'rt the less -al&rrning beCattSe, In skrions.'.. '. The s u pper - parties are•-'dliclo s . .. The K ng,, is . Ilw: Jif e. ., Q,c tip p4rollp But--1 pa htiVM °perks at d comedies, reviews' and concerts, my siudie;3 and 7nolzs. But—but—Berlinjs fine, the Princesses charm ing, the maids of honour handsOme. But —' . . . . ThiS eccentric friendship was fist cooling. Never had. there met two persons . so exquisitely fitted to plague :each. other. .Ealih > of them had exactly the au:t .of which the other- 17:IS most impatient ; and thiy were, in different . ivav - s, the must impatient of mankind, Fredrick was frugal, almost niggardly. When he had secured his plaything,' he began to think that he nad bought it too dear. Voltaire, on the other hand, wa s greedy, even to the 'extent. of impudence and kna very ; and conceived that. the favourite of a Monarch who had barrels full of gold and silver laid up in cellars, ought to make a fortune which a Receiver-General 'night envy. They soon discovered each other's feel ings. Both were angry. and a war began, in which Frederick stooped to the part of.Harpagon, and Voltaire to that of Scapin. It is humiliating to relate c -rhat the gireut warrior and statesman g av e or d ers t h at hi s guest ~ allowance of sugar and choeslate should be curtailed. It if posieble, a still more humiliating fact, that Vol-. tair,4 idemnitied himself by pocketing the wax-candles in the Royal ante-chamber," . " :Moore's Poetical Works" is a notice of the latest edition, revised by hitnself, of the. poems of this accom plished versifier. It is introduced by some remarks o n the diff e re nce bet ween f ancy and• imagination, in which the Reviewer succeeds most happily in bewil- tering his readers.. Ilia cursory observations on Moore's Satirical powers are much more concise and intelligible ; and we cordially agree with him in his opinion of the wit of the author of the " Twopenny Post-bag," which is,. perhaps, the most remarkable faculty of his mind. "France, America, and Bri tain," sketches with much truth and force the leading features-in the characters ofthose three great nations. " America,' says the Reviewer, " is, certainly irri table. She is apt to take offence where no insult was intended, and to consider herself injured when the treatment which she applies to third parties is adopted towards herself. She ought to feel how impossible it is that any other Power will Wantonly offend her. But though America is irritable, she does not bear malice—a defeat does not rankle in her mind as the subject of revenge at • the distance of half a century." " The Glacier Theory" is ably and in geniously argued, but the theme is one which will he chiefly interesting to the scientific Few. The un learned will be apt to find it wearisome. In the " Budget of 1842," the Reviewer, speaking cursorily of Sir - Robert • Peel, says ~.that he " is not distin- • guished for political knoWledge," and that he " has often yielded to circumstances, but always too late." In reference to his favourite nostrum of the Income tax, we are assured that " when once it has come into operation—when the painful exposure and the humiliating discussion have been undergone—when men have felt what it is to tremble at the knock of the tax-gatherer, and to deprecate the suspicions of a CommissiOner—when the pain of loss has been em bittered by that of degredation ;—a detestation of the tax will arise which all the discipline of the Tory party will he unable to con lest." This is a bola, straightforward prediction, Which we are convinced will, ere long, be realised to the letter. ATHELWOLD—A TRAGEDY. Blackwood, London, 1542. There is much graceful poetry in this play, which indeed is its chief recommendation, for as a drama, it is deficient in action. The period referred to is the reign of King .Edgar of England, who, as romancers .and historians tell us, formed a desperate attachment for the beautiful Elfrida,'. daughter of Olgar, Earl of Devonshire—an artful, ambitious woman, who, taking advantage of the Monarch's infatuation, prevailed on him to raise her to the • Royal dignity. Mason, it may be remembered, has already dramatised this inte resting historical episode; but his was a cold, elabo- Tate, though showy production, without an atom of feeling to vivify it. In this respect the present drama fin- superior; it has many passages characterised by genuine earnestness and sensibility ; but, as we Said before, it is languid in point of action, and the principal personages lab Our under :a decided inconti nence of speech. Archbishop Dunstan, in particular, is singularly fond of the music of his own voice ; but. in justice to the author we must add, that he has put many striking• thoughts and poetical imageti into the mouth of the priest; so that we are in a great degree reconciled to his volubility. As a dramatic poem, " Athelwold" deserves high praise ; but as a tragedy, we fear it must he pronounced ineffective. We quote one or two of: the passages that. have most pleased us : " I taste love's sweetness but in love's despair; It has been sung in many a gentle verse, • That scenes of natural beauty calm the heart, Suffusing their own neace ; they find it so Who bring that peade they wisely love so well To the mute vision. lin vain retreat To this fair solitude—the placid world Of wood and water, hill and verdant plain, Is all on fire with love ; the liquid lake Glows with a beauty warmer than its own ; In the soft air the breath of woman burns Upon my conscious cheek ; and nothing- lives o'er all the scexe, as nothing lives within, But one consuming passion V.' Grieve not so much that sin Bath found a stealthy passage to thy heart, As now rejoice that penitence bath tracked its subtle footsteps there. Sin and Repentanc These two give men religion and their God, Their faith, their hopa. It is not innocence, It is not wisdom claims the skies for man, Or wings his soul to immortality. "Es Guilt that leads to the celestial gate, And weeping Mercy stands to open it." CANADIAN SCENERY. Part 24. Virtue, London, 1842. This Part contains four engravings, illustrative of some of the most picturesque landscapes on the Canadian frontier. One of these, representing the tower of St. John from the Signal, is exceedingly bPautiful, and, as a work.of art, is by no means amiss. The letter-press department of the work is under the superintendence of Mr. Willis, author of " Pencillings by the Way" —one of the most flippant and indefati gable scribblers of the day. !RANT'S ORIENTAL HEADS. No. X. These form four excellent wood-cuts of .he present leading - Affghan Chiefs, and, from the accompanying Letterpress, gathered from the latest travellers, we collect the following account of them . Dost Mahommed Khan first signalized himself in an expedition against the Khans, who had possessed them selves of the flirt of Attock, on the plains of Clinch : he here headed a body of 2,000 Atfghans, commenced the attack, and captured the whole of the Sheik artillery. He himself dismounted two of their guns, and was pro ceeding to improve his victory, when he found - that he was without support, and that his brother's army had tied. It only remained for •him to retreat, which he ef fected with honour.—illujur Hough's Narrative. The unfortunate Shah Soojah, appears to be an author. " His adventures," says Sir Alexander'Burnes, " detailed by himself in a small volume are replete with interest," and might, with those of' his heroic Queen, the Wulfader Begum, form material for a romance." • Burnes adds in a note, "I am in possession of this curious work, which Shah Soojah himself did me the honour of presenting." The Delhi Gazette of 1838, gives a very accurate picture of Dost Mahommed he was then 40, though in appearance much younger ; in height he is at the utmost five feet eleven inches ; his countenance is sallow ; iu person he is prone neither to obesity nor leanness ; in his youth he was accounted very handsome ; h is ryes large and black, and capable of fine dilation. His mother was by birth a Persian ; be is connected, by marriage, with Shah So ;jab, both having married sisters. In the aff.or of the " Ghoorbund Pass," Dost Ma hemmed, though the day went finally against him, was seen the busiest in the melee‘; he wore a large white turban ani light-coloured dress, and was always attended by a sky-blue banner. At one part of the battle, the Affghan e walry were fairly in our ranks, cutting and slashing in all directions. Dot Mahommel led his men down the hill—was seen to take off his loongee from his head, and staid calling to his brave followers, "In the name of. God and the Prophet fight ; drive those Peringhee Kaflirs out of the country, or 1. am a gone man."--Operations of the Army of the Indus. Dost Mahommed's appearance is very distingue : he wears a white muslin tunic,,or Anghur, and over this a light 'blue Urhhaluk, or coat of . merino, trimmed with gold, with crimson pajahmahs, or loose trowsers, and Persian boots. " This," said .the Ameer, "is my usual dress (that worn on the 2d of November had been asked for)—if you want my - fighting —my iron clothes—they are at Loodiana."—Cakutta Paper, Oct. 1841. Tb subscliptions raised for the purpose of erect ing and endowing an episcopal college in Scotland, amount, at present, to 17,0001., including I,COOI. from the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. - The Minister of Commerce has addressed a letter, dated 19th inst., to the Chamber of Commerce of Bordeaux, in reply to one which he had received from that body, on the sub. ject of the critical position of French subjects in the Republic of Paraguay, in consequence of the war with that of Rio do la Plata. The Minister announces that orders have been given f,r the reinforcement of the French naval force in that quarter of the world, with a view to the protection of French interests. The present Board of Admiralty has been much oc cupied for some time past with the subject of naval architec ture; and having appointed a comini'tee of practical ship builders to take into consideration this important question, and to suggest such improvements in the construction of our ships of war as their long experience and practical acquaintance with the science might enable them to tio, and received its report, have resolved to act upon it e ithout delay. Their Lordships have, moreover, directed three of the most distinguished members of the School o f Naval Architecture, Messrs. Read, Chatfield, and Creuze, to furnish a series of designs for ships of every class in the ser vice, for which purpose they have been oriered to repa — r to Chatham, and commence their labours immediately. By 'thus combining the highest scientific attainments with the prac tical intelligence of the master shipwrights of our dockyards, we may fairly anticipate a degree of perfection in the construction of our wooden walli for the future to which they have never hitherto attained. A rumour is current that the post •of Surveyor of the Navy is to be abolished, and that of Naval Architect to be substituted in its stead. At all events, the appointment of the three gentlemen already alluded fo may fairly be regarded as a preliminary step to the establishment of a board of naval revision ; an arrangement which cannot fail of proving of the utmost advantage to the country. Up wards of two millions sterling have already been expended on ships, which we gather from the parl amentary admissions of Sir George Cockburn and Captain Rous are decided failures. It is therefore surely time to put a stop to this speculative in , !‘le of ship-building, and the Admiralty deserves high credit for the earnest and laborious attention it has lately devoted to the sub cct. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris i 3 10 per mile, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10' d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 402, and the ex change at Paris on London at short being 2O 62'„ it follows that bold is 0.85 cent. dearer in London than in Paris. fly advices from Hainlinrgh the price of gold is 434 per mark, which, at the English Mint pi ice of 3!. 17s. 10 1 ,';d. per I orrice, gives an excliann-c of 13 91, and Oat! exchange at flain burgh on London .at short. being 13 Ii j, it follows that gold is 0.92 rer cent. dearer in London than in Ilaniburgh. The course of exchange at. Ness York on London is 107 per cent., and the par of exchange between England and 'America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the ex change is 2.b7 per cent. against. England. But the quoted exchange at New York being for bills at 60 days' sight, the interest must be deducted from the above difference. By the official returns published by the Customs, the exports of the preCious metals to foreign and colonial ports for the week ending Thursday last, were as undt4, viz. : Ounces. ilver coin to Rotterdam .. Silver bars to Rotterdam lOO,OOO The amount of business trani•acted to-day in the foreign ex changes was not to any large extent. There was a better supply of bills up,.n Hamburg!) than on the preceding poq, and the rate was rather higher. The price for Amsterdam and Paris was about the same as on Friday. NEWSPAPER. PRESS BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION.— The annual meeting of this Association took place on Monday last ; Dr. Sheridan in the Chair. Mr. Knox, the Hon. Secretary, read the Report, from Which it appeared that since the last annual meeting 200/. had been funded in faveur of the Society, and that there had been a considerable accession of nsembers to the.Associalion. The election of officers for the noting year then took place, and the meeting adjourned. The members present were highly gratified at the successful pro !Jess of the Association. CRIMINAL RETURNS.—By the annual statement just published by the Police Coniniissioners in Scotland-yard, of the number of persons who were taken into custody by the Metropolitan Police in the year 1841, we gather the following information :-8,573 persons were apprehended charged with offences against the person, 244 with offences against property committed with violence, 13,477 wilt offences against property without violence, 2,134 with malicious offences against property, 868 with forgery and offences against the currency, and 48,665 with other offences not included in the beforementioned classes, making a total of 68,961, of which number 46,358 were males, and 22,603 females. Out of the total number, 5,418 were charged with common assaults, 2,168 with assaults on the police, 1,210 with larceny from the person, 5,108 with simple larceny, 2,990 with misdemeanours with intent to steal, 1,919 with unlawful possession of goods, 2,082 with wilful damage, 12,795 with being disorderly characters, 15,006 with drunken ness, 4,882 as suspicious characters, and 4,841 as vagran t s . THUNDER STORM IN GLASCOW.-011 Saturday afternoon, a little after five o'clock, a thunder storm broke over the city. For a short time'its proximity was evidenced by the rolling peal following the lightning's flash almost instanta neously, and the rain fell in torrents. The turmoil expended itself in half an hour, after which the EMI again looked out, and the evening closed in mild and beautiful. During the thunder storm, the lightning struck the top of the giant chimney -stalk now in the course of erection at St. Itollox, on which a number of bricklayers in the employment of Sir. M'lntyre were at work. Although they were both stunned and alarmed, one of them.so much so that he was for a brief period insensible, the iejury sustained on the whole was trilling, and the man alluded to soon recovered, and seas able to walk home. The stalk is already 204 feet in height, which, we believe, is not half of the altitude which it will ultimately attain. The storm extended to the south-cast-ward.— Glasgow Courier. LAUNCH OF THE HINDOSTAN.—This splendid ves sel, one of the finest steamers that has yet been built, was launched from the building-yard of Messrs. Wilson and Co., on Tuesday. The day was beautifully fine and, as the launch of a vessel of such vast bulk naturally excited great curiosity, a vast concourse of individuals of all classes assembled to witness the event. Among the company present were the Ear! of Sefton and a large party of nobility and gentry, several of ear leading merchants and their families, and numerous respectable individuals belon g ing to Liverpo o l and it s v i c i n i ty , amongst . whom were many ladies. The ceremony of christening was per formed by Mrs. R. Gladstone. The launch took place at 10 mi- • nutes past 12 o'clock, and a more beautiful sight was never wit nessed. There was some difficulty at first in moving so enor mous and heavy a structure, her weight being estimate d at up wards of 1,300 tons. By dint of proper mechanical appliances, however, she was at length set in motion, when she glided slowly and majestically into that element on which we hope her future career is destined to be one of prosperity and success. This fine vessel is allowed on all hands to be a first-rate speci men of naval architecture. Her burden is 2,009 tons, and her engines 560 horse power.—Liverpool Courier of yesterday. THE FAST-DAY.—Thursday being the half-yearly sacramental fast, many persons, as usua l, proceeded to the country by different conveyances. The day being exceedingly fine, the town was almost deserted. A large proportion availed themselves of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, anti in the evening the terminus at Haymarket was surrounded by an im mense crowd. According to the Glasgow _Herald, '• the five o'clock train from Queen-street (the Glasgow terminus) was so densely crowded that it had to be taken up the incline in two divisions, and when it departed only a single carriage remained in the railway yard; a circumstance which, we believe, has not cmurred since the opening of the line." We understand the number booked at the Edinburgh station was 1,729, of which 717 went to Glasgow. Almost the whole passengers returned in the evening. The aggregate number travelling along the line to and from the different stations is calculated to have been upwards of 4,000. On the Dalkeith Railway there wen e the immense number of 6,661 passengers, being nearly 700 beyond any simllar day. The seam-boats to different parts in the Frith, and th e various stage-coaches, were also crowded beyond all former precedent. The only at:cis:cuts we have heard of were that of a man falling out of one of the coaches on the Glasgow Railway, and that of another having got his foot struck by one of the coaches on the Dalkeitb line ; but neither of theta were seriously injured.—Krlinberesk Paper .I).nqxvt,:nr.—The Westmeath (ivardia)t contains a curious account of the discovery of a skeleton by two labourers, in the bog of Kilbremtan, some live or six feet below the surface, without any appearance of clothes or other covering about the bones. Doctor Battersley, who was ex amined on the inquest, stated that to the best of his opinion the remains were those a a full grown man, with a fracture on the left frontal bone sufficient to have caused death. From the evi dence of several other persons they are supposed to be those of a man named Ilichael Malone, who suddenly and unaccount ably disappeared from that neighbourhood nearly 40 years ago. Diligent search had been made for him by his friends, but without success, at the time. Verdict—" We find that the body belonging to the skeleton was murdered by sonic person or persons unknown, about 40 years ago." 'fun 13liur.An Timor Suip.---This vessel, ...idyll ran on shore in the East Bay, near Dungeness, on the morn ing of Tletirsday week last, with the first division of the 29th Regiment on board, was got off on Saturday night. last, and has since proceeded to Portsmouth to repair the extensive damage she received by beating on the sand. The troops are quartered at Hythe Barracks, and will remain there until another vessel is got ready for their reception. THE HINDOSTAN ST.EAMER.—A magnificent steamer, of 1,800 tons burden, to be called the Hindostan, w ill be launched from the building-yard of Mews. Wilson, of Li verpool, this mornings She is built for the Oriental Steam Navigation Company, and is intended to ply between Suez and Calcutta direct, calling at Aden and Point tie Galle, in the island of Ceylon. It is hoped that when the Hindustan gets fairly at work, the whole distance from England to Calcutta will be performed in 30 days ; aed if she equals the Oriental and Great Liverpool in swiftness and strength, the hope will be realised. Though larger than the Oriental, the flindosten is on precisely the same plan ; and another steamer, of the same s'ze and construction, to be called the Bentinek, also intended for this line from Suez to Calcutta, is likewise in progress. It will be no small honour to Messrs. Wilson, and to the port of Liverpool, to have furnished the steamers for the longest line of E team communication in the world, and to have supplied ves sels not to he surpassed by any port or any builder in Europe.— Liverpool Tinges of yesterday. Cactirrr A TARTAR.—A curious incident occurred during the recent march of the 78th Highlanders through Bir mingham. It appears that some of the men had brought over from Ireland a bottle of whisky, of which a sergeant of police Was endeaeourihg to deprive them, when the sergeant of the regiment, gazing intently at him, owned hint as a deserter from the 78th thirteen years before, and ttaok him prisoner. SALE AT STIIAWBERRY7IIII.L.—The lots Of books disposed of yesterday were of a very miscellaneous description. The must important portion of them consisted of historical and political tracts, history, anti memoirs. The six first lots produced upwards of 120/. They were " Tracts anti Pam phlets in prose and verse at the time of James L and Charles 1., many of which are extremely rare and curious, interspersed with notes and ;Tints." The seventh lot, " A :look, containing the true Portraiture of the Countenances of the Kings and Queens of England, from William the Conqueror to Queen Elizabeth, engraved on wood, printed at the Blackfriars in 1597. small quarto," sold for 16/. 16s. These lots, we under stand, as well as some others of a similar nature, sold at this day's sale, are to form part of a most distinguished library in this- kingdom ; they are as f o ll ows : —Lot 4. A collection of tracts, historical and political, in prose and verse, many of , which are very rare and curious, sold fur 81. 18s. lid. ; Lot 69. Ditto, ditto, 81. I Bs. 6d. ; Lot 70. Ditto, ditto, 6/. 16s. lid. In addition to the above, high prices were obtained for many of the lots ; for instance :—Lot. 110. A collection of tracts and pamphlets, historical and political, published during the reign of King George 111., in prose and verse, collected by the late Lo:d Orford, was purchased by Mr.• Thorpe for 36/. less. Lot 170. The Theatre of George 111. ; a collection of plays formed by the late Earl of Orford, coneis.ing of several hundreds, uniformly bound, with the contents of each volume on the fly leaf, in Lord Orford's baud -writing, was knocked down to the same buyer for 22/. 10s. Lot 171. The British Journal, and Mist's Weekly Journal, was sold for 111. 11 s. Lot 201. " Memoirs of Richard Walpole," " The Jesuit," and thirty other tracts, and relative to the family of Walpole, most of them containing notes by Lord Orford, a very curious collec tion, was purchased by Lord Walpole for 5/. The proceeds of the day's sale amounted to nearly 600/. 23.—Owing to the very alarming tate of the northern parts of Tipperary, as evidenced by the numerous outrages perpetrated within the last fortnight, a meeting of Magistrates tool place on Saturday last, when a memorial, strongly worded, was forwarded to the Executive, praying that prompt measures would be taken to afford protec tion fur the lives and properties of the peaceable and well disposed inhabitants of the disturbed districts. Five additional policemen have been dispatched to Moneygall, the scene of the recent murder, or, it is to be feared, murders, as it is currently reported in town to-clay that Mrs. Margaret Curry, the com panion of the ill-fated Mr. Roberts, had expired of the wounds she received on the evening the former met his untimely end. Up. to the present there has been no clue to the assassins, and from the combination that exists there appears to be little pro bability that the Government reward will have the desired effect of leading to detection. The Commerce contains the following letter from Logan, in the Canton of Tesmo, dated April 17.--." We have been for two-days under arms, on account of a report that the adherents of time aristocratic party, aided by Austrian de serters, and favoured by the Governments of Piedmont and Lombardy, were about to make a new attempt at a counter revolution. Yesterday was the day mentioned as the day for the intended attempt, but it has passed o7er without any de monstration." A letter from Vienna, April 13, in tin Journol fle Franhfin t, says :—" The arrival of M. Pageot, Charge d'Af faires for France, at the Court of Madrid, after having been to London on an extraordinary mission, has excited general no tice, and his frequent visits to several high diplomatists, always accompanied by Count Flahaut, hate caused various surmises. One of these is that he is chargedwith eneging our Court to favour the modifications which France wishes to be mahe in the treaty for the right of search. Others conceive M. Pa geot's object to be the inducement of the Cikaris of Vienna, Berlin, and St. Petersburgh, to .join France and England in their acknowledgment of Q ueen I sa b e ll a 11. It has been re marked that, since the arrival of M. Pageot, there have been several conferences between Count Flahaut and Sir Robert Gordon, the British Minister. The only certainty is that, for some time past, the correspondence between the Cabinets of tho different " great Powers has become more active th an during she winter Prince Albert on 'Tuesday afternoon inspected the new Houses of Parliament. his Royal Highness was con ducted over the works by Mr. Barry, the architect. The Prince remained pearl' an hour, PERSONAL PROPERTY OF THE QUEEN OF SPAIN. The revolution of September, 1840, made im portant changes in the dom p e r s ( t ) i r e or c t i , re o tit . n ti s ie tat Q ic ti e r s . : l n o ci f s t i I, C F epee of that . e ven t an d . to eni , e ki t , i ( t ..i o l f_ the i p n ers , o , :: a: 4u the eontemporaneous abdication of the Regency by her Alajoste's mother, Maria Christina de Bourbon, she and her iatcr, Infanta c,f Spain, were left. in a state of parental and political orphanage, and ,the royal patrimony without other administrator than the Government and Cortes -- Of the nation. It is hardly possible, indeed, to conceive a ease of more complete separation from friends and family than that in which the royal mi nors were p l ace d . Th e i r f at he r, Fer dinand VII., long dead their mother become the wife or another husband ; their elder uncle Don Carlos an enemy, and proscribed the country ; his brother, Don Francisco de Paula, and hi. family, residing in France at the time ; the fate of the children and of their estates devolved into the hands of the nation. There was not even one of their kindred or relatives at the time to look after them in their abandonment, or to look to their interests. It is necessary to keep these particulars in view in considering their fortunes since ; and an account of the Queen's household and patrimony, reeently drawn up and addressed to her Majesty's guardian, Don AnguStin Arguelles, by the intendant or adminis trator of the Palace, Don Martin de Ins Ileros, the two huh% iiluals charged with the care of her Majesty and her sister, and their iwoperty. Only six hundred copies of this Memoir. of which you may have seen partial extracts in the Spanish journals, have been printed for private distributifm. M. Hems commences by making a few remarks on the numerous complaints raised against him and her Majesty's guardian fbr not having made more on enteri ng i n t o off i ce in August ex tensive change- , in the househ o ld, and manag,ement of seen for s even years pre ltahsetrovillepait;ioipnioeitsl.l,aving viously the household and royal patrimony so scanda lously and - ruinously mismanaged, it was but natural that the nation would come to the conclusion that a complete change of administration was required. Heros, however, shows that the complaint s m a d e were, at least, not all well founded, and that it would ha ve been imprudent and unjust to comply with all of them. Some , idea of these complaints, and the em harrassing position in which they placed the author and M. Artroelles, may be formed from the following passagv t Memeir:— " Duri» g the five mo.nths 1 have be e n now iu o.,:n et ,. 11-:::- s P Z, sa th t :ti7e n v 4 er il and presume the sam : e in m d have been phie:med by a greater nionlw r of applieatiOns, complabits, scandals, p er h ope t o the lot of one man. The old • Servile,' the modern • Carlist,' the 'Liberal' of a former, and the • Reformer' of the present. day, those within and those without the palace, all run upon me, some wanting to he promoted, others saying that they were persecuted tbr this or that political opinion, and more complaining of this or that person exercising undue influence in the affairs of the palace. In a word, all sought to be placed, replaced, pensioned, or indemni fied : and still worse, to remove others without any better reason than that. the applicants would get their situations. None seemed to recollect that Spaniards of all demaninations oontributed to the support of her Majeste, that to proscribe for mere political opinion would be unworthy of her service, and that in the R household there were old and titithful adherents., that domestic habits and affections had been formed, and which it was of importance to the young Queen' personal comforts and happiness to respect." \I. Hews next proceeds to describe the state in which he found the Royal Treasury on entering into office. On the :ilst July, 1841, when the works were delivered up to him, lie found in the Treasury 576,5951. sterling. Of this gross slim there were only 10,374/, sterlin g i n cas h, th e rest being, made up'of of one kind or other. Since that period some 12,0001. sterling of these bills and credits have been realised, so that the. available moneys in the Treasury on his entering• office be set set down at 22,0004 sterling. 'The difference between this sum and the gross one ,toted above. was chiefly made up of 385,924/. sterling in bills upon the provinces, giver& by formerGovernutents in payment o f her Majesty's' allowance from the State, but which were never paid, and remain without hope of being .so; and of about .15:1,7401. sterling in Spanish bonds, the coupons of which have been since. capitalized. No state ment of the' sum found in the Treasury on the alalication of Maria Christina is given —a circum stance in time history of the Treasury which the reader will not confbund with the period now under consideration, the provisional Regency having pre ceded Arguelles and Heros. M. Livros now proceeds to show the net sum due by the State to the young Queen, the 386,944/. sterling in unpaid bills in the-provinves mentioned above, kitting only a part of what is still due to her. lie rnake< Out the sum due to her as follows: ln August,. 1835. the annual sum of 280,()00/. 'ster ling was settled upon her by the Cortes, which, from. that period to Deeenther, 1841, would have ainnunted to 1,796,6661. sterling. Of this sum, however, only 1,472.7861. sterling. were paid her, leaving a deficit or' :323,880/. sterling. 13ut as• a considerable porti on or the orders given in payment by the Government were not raid ; orders which M. Hems gives in detail, but which I must, not state in detail, he brings the State in debt to the Queen at the present moment to the amount of 881,262/. sterling. M. Heros has b active in his r emons t rances to the Governmenteen to provide means of paying up this sum. M. Heros next refutes the reports of the incomes derived from the Royal patrimony or personal estates of the Queen of Spain. in the reign of the last Sovereign, Ferdinand the Seventh, the incomes of this kind front Catalonia, Valencia, and the Balearic Islands, amounted to 4:3,419/. sterling per annum; but according to the information yet. received by 111. l 'ems, they will not amount this year to more thant 7,680/. sterling, owing to the difficulties of collection, and changes made in various taxes which form e d part of the revenue as received by the late King. A minute account of the causes of the diminution of the Royal income in these provinces is given by M. Hero:;. The property of the Royal Convent of the Escurial is next brought under consideration. At the that , the Convcut Swa= Suppressed, with all tits others of the kingdom. in March, 1836, it was sup poed that a large addition would have been thus made to the I patrimony, or ratiter the income derived from it. These expectations have not at all been realised. The portions belonging to the Crown and to the monastery, and which latter has becoine that of the country, are not yet satisfactorily made out. Not only has no revenue been ' - vet derived from the suppression of that convent, !nit the preservation of the buildings ',and payment of eighteen chaplains to perform service there, at a salary of 60/. sterling each, have entailed a considerable expense on her Majesty. A Committee, however, is now sitting, and; have made considerable progress, in determining the portions belonging respectively to the Crown and thew State. The next section 4)4' M. Heros' Memoir is devoted to the sums received and paid by him since his ap pointment. During the five months he has been in ofliee, he received from the Government and other sources 79,464/. sterling, of which sums he has paid out in the expenses of the palace, 67,5701. sterling. The items I need not set down ; but it is satisfactory to be able to state, that the officers of the householcl„, servants. pensioners. &c., are now regularly paid, an much so, indeed, as at an y C ourt , pe rh aps , in Europe, With this part of his subject M. Heros connects soave important reflections on the management of the lin merous pensions paid by the Crown of Spain., but which 1 cannot find room for here. Some interesting remarks are also made in this part of the WWI up on the attention paid to her Majesty's persohal. cir cumstances. , • Front the receipts of the Royal Treasury, during the last•five months, we have beth able to 'extend the small sum of five pounds sterling, fornwrlv allowed her Majesty for private charity, to ten Pe l ttnds sterling per month. Her Majesty's wardrowardrobes h a gbeen alio supplied with costly art i c l es suited tr, the dignity of the person for who m th ey have beer, rovided, and her aPartments fitted up w i t h several rktycles of new fur niture. Fit persons have been a' f so appointed to take charge, of her Majesty's jewels .and library, and new liveries ordered for all the serv,:ants and guards of the palace and Royal demesnes,"/' The state of the palace. of Madrid, and of all the others belonging to the Crown, as those of the Pardo, Aranjuiz. the EseuriaL, - a nd San Ildefimso, have been examined by the pr' ,per architects, and considerable, stuns laid out on tti,eir repairs. fn litct every depart ment of th e IV,val establishment :old patrimony has, been elfrefto ) .y looked into. and so me hnportant im provements made. In speaking o f those e&eted in Aug, M. Heros gives the following list of the 41 matter of curio slito.N7l thi'lreereed'hgvhicesitittibslitsaht:waistf; there consists at preF,erit of 313 males, 121 colts, t.' l 7 filli es , 83 geld (Pi Mules. 2 sires of the hot' se kind. 7 ditto of the largest siied ass kind, and 4 le males of the latter breed. The reader will be rathe r surprised at the fewness of the sires of the horse lei nil stated. Titis usual to use all th e carriage hors , !s explicable by the knowledt.,vl4 the' fact, that it is of her Majesty for thispurpose. Kin the prop sr season arrive s , a number of th ese are sent don It f rom M adr i d to A ranjui z , and having served t be purposes of their mission, are 6pn veee d back again to the Royal stables of the capital. M. Hems, howev er I s ( - 4 -', Proposes to import some 1 fnglish and Mecklen. burg s i res f or t h e use of the• 110. 'al stud at A ran j u i z _ Some of the former were in. , 04 tht over during the reign of Ferdinand ; hilt owin g to t 1 ie extraordinary dif ference. between the temper ()role Tatglish and Sp an i s h horse, and the timidity of th e S pat f i s h grooms, those which arrived at. Aranjuiz were . created more like beasts than domestic animals, and I believe' soon pe rished. If AL Hems, therefore A VW go to New market, he. NVill also have t O tait'e c y e r r r English LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, APRIL 27:—Wind thli day at noon, Easterly. STA NI)CATE CREEK, APRIL 2.h.—Aral. Cocriereth, Men. sins, DEA L, A Pitir, 2t3.---WindN.E., fresh breeze.— Arrd. from the River and sailed, New Express, Ascension; Maxim, ftio lte , olution, 'Quebec ; Dia lem, Prince Edward's Island. • FoßTvgburrll, Avntr. E.—Arrd. Hindostan, Londim, for Madras. POL)LE., rKtt. 2G.—Sid. Anglicana, Quebec; Olive Branch, New Zealand. FAr.•;touni, Arrlr. 25.—Wind E.S.E. to F.N.E., light breezes.-shl. Th aganza steamer, Vigo. BRISTOL, APRIL 26.--LSld. Eliza, Philadelphia. PORT TALBOT, AP3IL Aik,yalermo, Miteoun,4raii. 25.—A rrel. Ocean, Thomas, Quebec. Liv E Aritit,26 —Wind E.S.E., light. —Sid. Gover nor Davies, New 'Orleans ; Haysnnah, Sprague, Baltimore ; Globe. Philadelphia; Chester 'atid Patrick Henry, New York • Christian, Boston ; ILiberdine, Newfoundland. Arrd. off, Abeona, lioinbay ; Coronation, Savannah ; Ocean, Bride, and Joseph Porter. APllirl ‘.2.l. 7 —Arrd. Recovery, Conway, Sierril.eone. S!d. Percival, Quebec. Arrd. off, Otierspoo!, Little, Calcutta; Sylvia, Thorney, Sierra Leone; Pandora, New Orleans. ° OFF CAPE CLEAR.—Arid. Agnes, China. SHIELDS, APRIL `24.—Sid. Fairfield, Bernvida. OFF SA LCOMEE, APRIL 25:—Champion, Manila; Industry, Tobasea for Havre. Orr Ilwit4E.v.—Arrd. Agatha, Heckerna, Havannah for Amsterdam. WHITBY, APRIL 25.—The Glasgow,lll‘Lana:, fro-n Wark worth to Calais, got ashore on Upgang Rock this morning, but Was as3isteti off aCer three hours, and brought into the harbour. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.—StIeCeSS, Liverpool to Madeira, 30th ult., lat. 41, long. 12; Anna Robertson, to Madeira, 4th inst., lat. 45; long. 'll, by the Tantivy, arrived in the Creek. Minstrel, Manilla to Cork, 21st instant ; Colonist, Cork to ,Jamaica, 21st instant; General Kyd, in the chops of the Clotntiel, and a large fleet of homeward bound off Cape Clear, by ilit 4 Otteripool arrived off Cork. • THE CERTIFICATES . REQUIRED BY THE PERUVIAN GO ATErtxmENT FROM EVERY .VESSEL ENTERING THE PORTS OF 'CHAT REPUBLIC. The following . has been received at Lloyd's Office of Committee of - Privy Council for Trade, Whitehall; April 21i, 1842. Sin, ;7 —.l am ; directed by the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade to transmit to you, for :he inf'ormation of the merchants trading to, the port of Peru, the enclosed translation of a form . of certificate, with Ivhich the Peruvian Government requires that every. vessel entering the port of that Republic shall be furnished.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, To the Secretary, Lloyd's. J. APGREGOR. (Translation.) *Department of Finance, Lima, Oct. 30, 1841. This document, having been examined, with the Repel-tr . of the Tribunal of Commerce, and the Custom-house at Callao, and it resulting from the . communications of the Peruvian Consul in Bordeaux,. that it is useful and advantageous to trade that the merchandise which is convex ed from foreign countries should come with the respective certificates of of the Consular authorities from whence they proceed, it is resolved that the owners of merchandis:-, and cap., taus of vessels proceeding from foreign ports, where Consular Agents of the Republic reside, to the open ports of Peru, shall be obliged to take the certificates in the manner which the annexed reforms demonstrate, which they are to represent in the Custom-houses of the ports on their a:rival, and in the same manner make the Peruvian FuncLonary, where the: e is one, note the necessary deduc tions, in consequence of the necessary discharge of part of the cargo, in case they should call at any other port be fore they arrive in Peru ; and it is hereby declared, that these documents are necessary for the logality of the trade, and that their presentation or omission, produce the same legal effects as the manifests. The periods in which this order should be complied with and observed in al its parts, are those stated in the 153 d article of the commercial code.' Reply to the Minister of Foreign with a copy of this decree, that be may cause it to he eireniatecl to the cerresponding anthoritie.;. • CA NO. [here follow the "forms, which are too long for in sertior,.] We understand -that the Earl and Counte,4s.of .1-larllwicke have been hor:otwed by a special invitation to visit the King of Pruisia, and that (luring their absence fyom Eng land considerable alterations will- be made at Wimple. Her M a jesty has been graciously pleased to signify her intention of standing sponsor IO,lliS Lurdship's infant aon,who is to be named Victor,— *CaniN•idpe Chropicle. I I