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ppass.that foreigners would come to that House to ask the , character of British manufactures. If they thought that the manufacturers were making inferior articles, let them at once throw open their trade in corn, and there would soon be an end to it. If they would remedy such an abuse they must widen the sphere for industry.—(Cheers.) In conclusion, he bugged o say, that he cordially supported the motion. Sir R. PEEL—Sir, I am surprised at the tone of the charges made by the Hon. Gentleman, and further at the tone lie has adopted with respect to my Hon. Friend, the Member for Dorchester. He did not know what there was that ren dered it incumbent upon his Right Hon. Friend to support the Corn-law League.—(Laughter.) Mr. COBDEN—I charged him with cheering. Sir R. PEEL—Sir, I think such charges as these are miser able modes of carrying on a debate in the House of Commons. —( Hear, hear.) Then it. is said that we on this side of the House circulated the speech of the Hon. Member for Knares borough throughout the country. Now, all I can say upon that is, that I have never heard of the circulation of that speech, and that lam not answerable for it. I think that such charges sire really absurd. 1 thin's it would be much better that these i subjects of cheering a n d sm ili ng an d c i rcu l at i ng speec h es s houli be disposed of in so me o th er way t h an i n a grave an d important debate in the House of Commons.—(Cheers and laughter. ) This is the first motion of which notice has been given by the lion. Gentleman, and I am now prepared to state what course lam ready to pursue with respect to it. lam now prepared to d ea l w ith t hi s ques ti on upon the principle on which I think the House of Commons ought to deal with it, and I do not think it would be just for the House of Corn.. mons to lend its inquisitorial If for the purpose of conduct ing such an examina ti on . f that were the case, whenever an Hon. Gentleman on either side of the House had made a charge against some particular party, the House of Commons would Ix expected to examine into its truth or falsehood. —(lean ) We are to determine whether the inquiry shall be instituted - upon other grounds. Now the first proposal of the Hon. Gen tleman is to inquire into the existence of frauds in the various - manufactories of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire land. I should be very sorry to be a member of that Committee. In the first place, I could not acquiesce in such an imputation npon the great body of manufacturers in this country. For the House of Commons to presuppose that the manufacturers of this country have, without exception, been concerned in the commission of fraud is what I cannot consent to.--( Hear. ) I have not the slightest doubt that there are frauds committed in manufactures—l have not the least doubt of it ; and so long as the world exists, there will be fraud, there will be disho nesty, and no laws which you can pass will be sufficient to pre -vent it.—( Hear, hear.) The security you have against fraud as in free competition, and in the preference which, in the long run, the honest dealer will have over the fraudulent. Precau tit ns of this kind, when taken against fraud, very often defeat themselves. The party who buys the article relaxes in that natural vigilance and circumspection which he ought al ways to exercise.—( Hear, hear.) When I first went to Ireland I found that there had been frauds in the butter trade. A butter taster was then appointed ; not a frkin was allowed to go out until it had first been tasted, and there was then a stamp placed upon it to show that it was genuine.—( Laughter.) People then bought the butter, taking its quality for granted, because it had been submitted to the butter taster. The consequence was, that frauds were prac tised to a greater extent than they had ever been practised before, because there was a general absence of that caution and vi g ilance which h a d b een prev i ously exercised.—( Hear, hear. ) Depend upon it the natural interest of the purchaser is the .great security against fraud, and another security is that in tegrity and honesty all in the long run, both with respect to the home consumer and the foreign consumer, ultimately sell the cheapest article, and secure the greatest profit. It is difficult exactly to determine what fraud is. You call goods manufactured at Glasgow, at Manchester, and at other places in this country by a foreign name; you imitate articles of foreign manutac tures. These may, in one sense, be designated frauds. It is quite clear that the knife which is sold for a penny is, in one sense, a fraud upon the purchaser ; but it is necessary to pro duce this cheap article for the accommodation of those who ,cannot give a higher price. Therefore, in the first place, I :should object to any imputation on the m anu f ac t ur i ng i n t erest .of this country. I firmly believe that in the main it is exempt from that imputation, and I never could consent to hold out to other nations that the House of Commons had thought it neessssary to institute an inquiry into the fraud s generally of t:ne manufacturers of this country. Now the inquiry in is'oich we are about to enter, limited as it is by m}' itight ',lon. Friend, i s an i nqu i ry of which I think it is d flii.ult to foresee the conclusion. I have had some expe rience ed inquiries into the effects of the tuck system. It must be inlanitted that it is desirable, prima facie, to pass a law that all r ereons should receive payment for their labour in the cur re a l coin of the realm. But 3ou will find that there are msny ases to which that principle can scarcely be applied. I think his Majesty's Government are the largest truck-masters. They iundsrtake to supply both the army and the navy with mothes ; taat undoubtedly is an exception. Therefore you must put a limitatinn upon the principle that reward for labour must he in the current coin of the realm.—( Hear.) In the course of this inquiry I have no doubt you will find gross frauds; we cannot be free from them in the present state of society. —(Cries of " Hear, hear.") Now 1 cannot conceive anything so Lad as the eetulect of the master, who i n v i o l a ti on o f the law abuses the power which he has over his workmen, by corn polling those workmen to buy of him inferior articles at the till price- I believe you will find that that practice exists ; and I musts Say that I cannot conceive a more unwarrantable .abuse of power. lam very much afraid that the answer is not a cur pleto :Ind satisfactory ono that where there is a full demand for labour, there is an end of fraud. 'cause, observe, where the master and the workman necessa rily reside in certain localities, the demand for labour may be larisk, and yet the muster may have an opportunity of abusing Dsi s pawer over his workmen by the practice of the trues system. -cif you can expose and prevent that abuse of power, I shall heartily rejoice in that result. But then on the other hand, you will find this : You will furl the caw of a mine opened in a mountainous dis trict, and far removed from any town, where the workman has no alternative, but to go from four to five miles for his provisions, and hue a reduction made on account of his loss time ; you will find the case of a master, from a considera tion of the interest of their workmen, consenting, at a loss to themselves, to est a bl is h a s h op f or t h e purpose a enabl,ng his milkmen to purchase his lucid -.without going so great a dis tance ; you will find that in some cases the charge for provi sions is f.ir and reasonable, and that very great advantages arise from Abe system. If it is contrary to law it ought not to exist, but you must not be too strict in applying the principle that the employers should pay their wages in current corn. Well then, again, with respect to the employers of rural labourer-. I believe many people look hack with regret to the period when the farm labourer lived in the same house as his em iiloser, believing that there was then a better security for the mm - als and c.l conduct of the labourer than ued,r the present eys'em. persons believed from the cesation of that on:ter NI hi 11 the labourer was considered as part of the carrely of Ins master; but that practice necessarily implied tae truck ss stem. While, therefore, no man can reprobate mon: hit I do the abuse of authority on the part of that master, who cornue s his workmen to purchase articles of him, olaalier they be good or bad, and still more who passes off ai titles, end eampels his workmen to pay for them an eaorhitant price—whde I do this, I feel it my duty first to rot iiy to those who have had less experience of the matter than in)self, that the time when a full anti comprehensive report will be made is probably a very distant one ; and secondly, t o warn them aga i ns t concluding too hastily that they can, with nilsantige to the working classes, entirely put an end to the pia:lice of paying wages upon what is called the truck system. fir JOHN GUEST supported the motion, and stated that in the borough of Monmouth, where there was orse of the hugest works in the world, there was not a single instance in whieli the truck system was practised. 111 r. slid COPELAND supported the motion. A-. E. TURNER said he could state confidently that the wliela of the wages in the county of Cornwall were paid in iii,ey. Mr: VILLIERS said, that es he had taken upon himself to (-ill upon the Honourable Gentleman opposite to substantiate this charges he had made, he felt that censistency required Linn to snppo, t the present motion.—( Hear, hear.) The Jleneurable Gent'eman had alluded in his speech to the tee model which be (Mr. Villiers) had endeavoured to read to tile .11euse Leon the manufacturers of Yorkshire. Having fiat Irs.ented a petition, which the Hon. Gentleman objected to, leseaute tt did not include the parties whom he h,d charged, he subsequently received one from the Hon. Gentleman's own district, and that be might know who the parties were he had pnblished it with their names and residences in a public news paper.• Ile thoughteehereeire, that the Hon. Gentleman could net eveasittetitly withdraw his motion.' • . Ns, lIARDY did not know if they were to inquire into f. anis in England and Ireland what tort of frauds they should are to investigate, but he was certain, if they once began it teeee would be no termination. Frauds on foreign purchasers Nv,;11.1(1, in the end, cure itself ; but the other part of the inquiry teas err!ainly very important—that was the frauds said to he committed on the people employed by the manufacturers. If to steers the ca c. it was high time the inquiry should be made; it W 11.4 due to those who were not represented in that llnuse. fie knew of instances in which masters had established shops, -at their own loss, for the accommodation of their -workmen, to prevent their being oppressed and cheated by small shopkeepers. In the case of the hen works, that had been mentioned by the worthy .Al.lermati behind him, it would be a great convenience to the workmen. `f he investigation recommended to the Hon. Gen tleman by the Hon. Secretary, would be practicable, and he should vote for such an inquiry. If the Hon. Member went beyond that he would certainly fail. IIDWRING said he should not have risen, but for some of the observations that had fallen from the Hon. Mem bsr for Knareshorough. Similar observations had already done serious damage to trade and commerce, by representing that the goods of English manufacturers were of an inferior descrip tion. some statements of the Hon. Member had been widely circulated, and used to the injury of their manufactures, to en extent of which the Honourable Gentleman might not be aware. Ho. felt bound to state that the general character -of English merchants and manufacturers stood as high as.any of the same class in other countries. Ile bad had opportunities of seeing it placed in advantageous contrast with , the character of merchants of other countries. `ll.O lion. Member had referred them to the old and absurd legislation with regard to manufactures. The Statute-book wss lull of these interferences with the freedom of trade, and i n man y places manufactures had actually perished in cone seTuence of that interference. What they wanted was emah , cii etion from enthralment with regard to manufactures, and to that alone could they trust for safety. Sir C. BURRELL thought the Hon. Member for Knares borough had been completely justified in the course he had taken, and lie did not think that he was liable to the taunts that had been thrown out against him. He had done his duty manfully and fearlessly, and with great honour to himself. Mr. *I:ERRAND replied. He doubted whether the Stand ing Order of the House, which was said to render his second resolution unnecessary, would be sufficient to protect the work ing man giving evidence before the Committee. However, he should accept the offer of the Right Hon. Baronet with re spect to the truck system, and leave the manufacturers to fight out the question themselves as to the frauds in trade. They might depend on it that this question would not be al lowed to rest, but that from day to day there would be more urgent demands for inquiry. The amendment to the resolutions proposed by Sir James Graham was then put and agreed to. CRIMINAL LAW (IRELAND). Mr. Sergeant JACKSON troved for leave to bring in a Bill to assimilate the law of Ireland, as to the punishment of death, with the law of England; to abolish the punishment of death in Ireland, in certain cases; and to establish other pun ishments in lieu thereof. The Hon. and Learned Member stated that one case, in wizich it was proposed to abolish the punishment of death in Ireland, was this: —At a time when they were at war with France, an Act was passed, 'punishing with death any person, in the service of the Drench King, who might land in Ireland. He apprehended that there could be no objection to the repeal of that law. Leave was given to bring in the Bill. THE GRINDING ACT. Mr. HUTT moved for a Select Committee to consider the ions expediency of renew; ng a n y of the provis of the A c t of George IV., common l y ca ll e d the Grinding Act, and under what modifications.—Agreed to. • LOGAN NAVIGATION. Lord ELICj moved for leave to bring in a Bill for vesting the Logan Navigation in the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland. IRISH ES. The NOBLE Loa n b roug h t up the Iris K h Turnpike Trust Bill, which was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Monday. CIVIL BILL DECREES. The NoaLE LORD then moved for leave to bring in a Bill to amend and explain so much of tw,o Acts, the 6th and 7th of his late Majesty, and the Ist of her present Majesty, as rely es to the execution of Civil Decrees for the possession of land in Ireland. After a few words from Mr. MORGAN J. O'CONNELL, Leave was given to bring in the Bill. The Bill was subse quently read a first time, and ordered to be read a ,t cond time on Monday next. Mr. GREENE brought up the Report of Supply, granting to Her Majesty the sum of 18,293,0001. for the payment of Exchequer Bills, charged in the year 1842, and 66,0001. for defraying the charge of civil contingencies. Sir G. CLERK gave notice, that he would move a vote of Exchequer Bills in Committee of Ways and Means. The Punishment of Death Bill (Ireland) was read a first time, and was ordered to be read a second time on Monday next. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a quarter to Eleven o'Clock. THE WEATHER. —Nook, APRIL 20. toy AL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, A DELAIDD.STREET. Thermometer... 57 Highest 5B Lowest 33 i3arometer 30.19.-4Vind N.E.—Freezing Point :-12 Deg. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning...... 25 minutes after 9 I Evening 3 minutes after 10. Zbg r;. N at. f; t °lttf t t tan SUN OFFICE Three o'Cloch. THE INCOME TAX. The Income-tax Bill, ordered by the House of Com mons on Monday to be printed, has just been published, and is entitled "A Bill for granting to her Majesty duties on profits arising from property, professions, trades, and offices." It has been prepared and brought in by Sir ROBERT PEEL, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, and Sir GEORGE CLERK, contains 189 clauses, and ex tends to 130 folio pages. A brief outline of the contents will be found interesting to all those concerned. The tax is to be charged and levied from and after the sth clay of April, 1842, and is to continue in force till the sth of April, 1845, and no longer. There are five schedules, A, B, C, D, E, which describe the different rates of taxes to be levied, and the various kinds of pro perty liable to the assessment. Schedule A enacts—That for all lands, tenements, and hereditaments or heritages in Great Britain, there shall be charged sevenpence for every twenty shillings. SChedule B.—For all lands, &c., in respect of the occu pation thereof in England, the sum of threepence shall be paid for every twenty shillings of the annual value thereof, and in Scotland the sum of twopence-halfpenny. Schedule C.— Upon all profits from annuities, divi dends, and shares of annuities, payable to any person, body politic or corporate, company or society, out of any public revenue, there shall be charged sevenpence for every twenty shillings, without deduction. Schedule D.—Upon the annual profits or gains accru ing to any person residing in Great Britain from any kind of property whatever, whether in Great Britain or elsewhere, there shall be charged sevenpence for every twenty shillings, and the same sum for every twenty shillings upon the annual profits accruing to any person whatever, whether a subject of her MAJESTY or not, re siding in Great Britain, or any profession, trade, em ployment, or vocation exercised within Great Britain. Schedule E.—Upon every public office or • employ ment of profit, and upon every annuity, pension, or stipend payable by her MAJESTY, or out of the public revenue (except annuities included in Schedula C), there shall be charged for every twenty shillings yearly the sum of sevenpence. It is enacted that upon every fractional part of twenty shillings a similar rate of duty shall be charged, but not of a lower denomination than one-half penny. Clause 3, enacts that the duties granted by this Act shall he under the ma nagement of the Commissioners of Stamps and Taxes ; and the remaining clauses, to clause 24 inclusive, provides for the appointment of Commissioners aid Assistant - Commissioners, for the purposes of the Act. The Governor and Directors of the Bank of England are appointed Commissioners for assessing duties on annuities, dividends, and sala ries payable by the Bank. A similar enactment is made respecting the South Sea Company, the East India Company, and the Commissioners for the reduc tion of the national debt. The Commissioners thr the duties on offices in the public departments are to be ap pointed by the principal tAlicers belonging thereto ; fur instance, the LORD CHANCELLOR and Judges, and the principal officers of each Court, whether civil, judicial, criminal, ecclesiastical, military, or naval, shall respec tively have the power to appoint Commissioners from and among the officers of each Court. For cities and boroughs the Chief Magistrate and the Aldermen, or principal officers, by whatever name they are called, shall be Commissioners for exe cuting the Act. elll these Commissioners are to be exempted from parish and ward offices and serving on Juries. Temporary absentees are to be charged as residents, and temporary residents to be charged after six months' residence. Persons departing after claim ing exemption, and returning within the year, to be charged. Corporations and societies to be charged with duties. Non-residents are to be charged in the name of their factors or agents. The receivers of trust pro perty appointed by the Courts of Law chargeable, but may retain the duties out of the trust-monies. Clause 45 enacts, that the profits of any married woman, living with her husband, shall be deemed the profits of the hus band. and a woman living apart from her husband shall be charged as a femme sole. Assessors are to fix general notices un church-doors, &c., requiring persons to de liver lists, these lists to be delivered to the assessor of the same parish or place. Householders, are to deliver lists of the names of lodgers, inmates, and others, who are liable to the provisions of the Act, but not otherwise, and every person chargeable shall give a true and cor rect statement in writing, containing the annual value of all lands and tenements in his possession, and the amount Of his profit:, or gains from all and every the sources chargeable under the Act. The penalties for neglecting to deliver lists are extremely stringent, as it is - enacted that every such person shall forfeit any stun not exceeding 201., and treble the duty at which he ought tube charged. Houses under let are to be charged on letallords, as well as the houses of Foreign Ministers, exemptions are made in favour of Colleges-and. Halls in 'Universities, hospitals, public schools, arm almshouses. A great number of clauses follow, laying down rules fer the assessment of various kinds of property. Te nants in Scotland are to produce their leases, or leave them with a Justice of the Peace, or the clergyman. The assessments on houses are to be discharged for the period they are unoccupied. Commissioners are to allow and sign assessments not objected to, but when objection is made, they are to ,rectify assessments. Exemptions are made in favour of Friendly Societies, charitable institu tions, the stock or dividend belonging to her MAJESTY, or, to any accredited Minister from a foreign State. Clause 97 Provides that persons carrying on two trades or profes- sions may set the losses of the one against the profits of th(i other. Inspectors and Surveyors may examine assess, ments, and amend them, if erroneous ; and persons g„grieved may appeal to the Commissioners for General Purposes in the district. Commissioners may put questions in writing respecting any assess ment, and receive answers, on oath, if required. In certain cases the Commissioners for General Purposes may make an - assessment according to their judgment, which shall be final ; and where an assessment shall be .ncrea.sed, owing to incorrect returns, the party may be . charged with a penalty not exceeding treble the amount of duty. Duties may be paid in advance subject to discount, and after assessment made parties may compound for three years. The assessments to be for one year, payable by four instal tnents : in England—viz., on or before the 20th day of June, for the first instalment, and so on, to the 20th or March for the fourth quarterly instalment. In Scotland the payments are to be made half-yearly—namely, on ,he first, on the 20th of September ; and the last, on the 20th of March. Persons giving false evidence or swear ing falsely, to be liable to the penalties of perjury, and may be tried where the affidavit was exhibited. The Commissioners, inspectors, surveyors, and all other officers employed in carrying the Act into effect, are to make oath that they will act according to the best of their information and knowledge, without favour, affection, or malice, and that they will not disclose any particular contained in any statement or schedule, except to such persons as shall be sworn to receive their statements• The Act is to apply only to persons possessed of an in come of 1501 a year and upwards. The lion. and indefatigable Member for Finsbury., Mr. THOMAS DUNCO3IBE, gave the House of Commons notice last night, that on the 2d of May he would pre sent the National Petition in favour of the Charter, signed by more than three millions of the industrious classes, praying to be heard by their counsel, agents, or delegates, at the bar of the House, in support of the prin ciples of the Charter. The lion. Member likewise gave notice that on the following day he would move the House to take the petition into con sideration, and comply with its prayer. When we se e a change in the institutions of the country advocated not by a few hot-headed enthusiasts, but by millions of working people, we owe it to ourselves and to society to expose the danger of allowing such a mass of discontent to go on accumu lating instead of taking timely steps to remove it. When millions rise to resent their wro,igs, the speedy redress of thtir grievances is a measure of self-defence on the part of a wise Government. For the deep discontent which prevails among the working classes, the Whigs are equally responsible with the Tories. They refused Household Suffrage—while they taxed the poor to keep up the monopolies of the rich, they spurned their prayers to be allowed a share in the representation of the country—to have an indirect voice in framing the laws by which they were to taxed and governed. Chartism has sprung from the at tempt to make the Reform Bill a final measure, instead of employing it as a lever for removing those abuses which hung like a millstone round the neck of the in dustry and the intelligence of the nation. What Sir ROBERT PEEL will do with the national petition and the Chartists we do not know, but one of the certain consequences of the Income-tax will be to make converts to Chartism of a large body of small tradesmen, upon whom that inquisitorial impost will fall with crush ing effect. The disaffected will join . the Chartists, and in proportion to the tyranny of the Government will the Chartists gain strength. To put down Chartism, the first step is to extend the suffrage. The next is to remove all restrictions upon commerce, whether the trade be in cotton or in corn, and leave the working-classes unfettered to enjoy the fruits of their own industry. In the naval and military services, the road to rank and honours must be left open to the meri torious, without regard to the mere accident of birth- The whole system of colonial patronage must be abolished, and more regard had to the competency, than the rank and Parliamentary connexion, of the men chosen to be Governors. Our whole existing system of Government is radically bad. It is based on the assumption of an indefeasible right of the few to trample upon the many. It recognises a people as objects of taxation, and as supplying the coarse materials for war, but nowhere as a power paramount in the State. This system can be upheld no longer. It is the duty of the Legislature to take the initiative in gradually abolishing it, with a view to inflict as little injury upon existing institutions as possible. The Augsburgh Gazette states, that the following is the Archiepiscopal Letter of the Primate of the Church of England to Bishop ALEXANDER, to be by him pre sented, on arriving in Jerusalem, to the Prelates and Clergy of the Maronites and Greek Churches. Con sidering that the Maronite Church is in Aposto lical communion with the See of Rome, it is not to be expected that the very Chistian sentiments which the Archbishop of CANTERBURY'S letter breathes throughout, will escape the animadversion of the Exeter Hall bigots. The letter was written by the Archbishop himself, in the ecclesiastical Greek of the early Greek Church :- - " To our venerable and dearly beloved brethren in Jesus Christ, the Bishops of the ancient apostolic districts of Syria and the neighbouring countries, from us, William, by the grace of God, Archbishop of Canterbury and Primate of all England,—joy in the Lord ; We recommend with all the zeal in our power to your benevolence, venerable and dear brethren, Michael Solomon Alexander, doctor in theology, whom we have appointed Bishop of the Church of England and Ireland, having appreciated his piety and ability, and this in conformity with the canons of our holy and apostolic Church,; we have sent him under the authority of our Queen to Jerusalem, and have confided to him the spiritual super intendence of all the lairs and clergy of our Church in that country and its neighbourhood. But, in order that no per son may be ignorant of our motives in sending Michael So lomon as Bishop, we have ordered him not to impair in any way the power which belongs to you and the other heads of the districts of the East, but to testify to you the esteem you merit, and to show himself always ready and zealous for every thing, that may advance charity and brotherly harmony. We feel confident that our brother, the Bishop, will observe from his heart and conscience, in all fidelity, all that we have ordered him, and we pray you in the name of our Saviour to welcome him as a brother, and offer him, in season, all that he may require. We hope that you will receive with benevolence this epistle, which proves in what estimation we hold our bond of brotherly fellowship with the ancient Churches of the East, dissevered for several generations. If these ties should be renewed by the will and grace of God, we hope that the divisions which have sprung up in the Church of Jesus Christ, and for which she has so much en dured, will disappear. In this hope, we have affixed to this epistle, written by our own hand, our archiepiscopal seal. Given at Lambeth, cn the 3d of November, 1841. The Courrier Francais of Monday has a rather angry article upon one quoted in this Journal from the Mecha nics' Magazine, relative to the facility with which steam ships are constructed in England as compared with France. Nothing, indeed, can exceed the sensitiveness of the French Press upon every subject. The writer in the Mechanics' Magazine—(a periodical, by the way, which takes no part in politics, and, therefore, repre sents the opinion of no party in England—had inno cently asked " where are the steam-vessels of which France annually orders the construction ?" to which the Courrier Francais wrathfully replies : These shouts of triumph are uttered with reference to a 650-horse steam-frigate, which the English Government has just put on the stocks, and which it hopes to finish in nine months. Certainly, when a nation, has such arsenals as Chat ham and Portsmouth, when it possesses the most expert engine makers in the world, there is no great merit in producing a single steam-frigate in nine months, and the epic trumpet need rot be sounded as if the creation of the universe had just been completed. We freely acknoseledge the inferiority of our resources on this point, although England does not make the marvellous use of hers that is asserted. The Mechanics' Magazine is wrong, however, in supposing that our steam-vessels exist only on paper. The fourteen transat lantic steamers after which it inquires are on the stocks, and will be far enough advanced to be launched towards the end of 1842. The construction of the engines proceeds at the same time, and although they come from manufactories under the direction of French engineers, they may stand a comparison with the most perfect thiegs of the same kind that England has produced. These transatlantic steamers will be real frigates, carrying cannons, if required, and which a tempest will not cut in two, as occurred 'to the fragile car ease of the President. The creation of this steam fleet is perhaps the act which does most honour to the Ministry of March 1. The present Government has not persevered in the same course. This may be judged of by the last ordonnance of Admiral Duperre, fixing the amount of our steam navy. This ordonnance undoubtedly raises our naval force to a satis• factory proportion, but ten mortal years are required for the execution of it. The bill which ordered the construction of the transatlantic steamers stipulated for a delay of three years. The difference of the two measures lies altogether in this one circumstance. If the Chambers, however, will hare the courage to order it, our steam navy will in a few years be on a respectable footing. Wu wish we could say the same of the arming of our ships of war and our coasts; but the routine of the several administrations puts an obstacle to every im provement on this side. Notwithstanding the proofs which have been exhibited at St. Jean d' A cre of the tremendous effects of cannons for throw ng hollow shot, the French Government hesitates to provide a quantity of this formidable artillery. The Paixhans guns, though invented in France, are nowhere used with greater parsimony. We have only a few eighty-pounders, whereas the English have a 'lumbar of one hundred-and fifty pounders on their coasts and their men-of-war. Will it be believed thiitthe batteries at Algiers have not a single Paix haris cannon, and that our dockyards are altogether without them? We mention these facts unwilli ng ly, b ut we d e gi re t h e Chambers to be ftilly informed on the subject, and we hope they will make the' . Government feel the necessity of at once strengtheningthnie weak points of our position. Delicacy of feeling does not superabound in the breast of a writer, who could thus allude to. the sad fate of the President. Notoriously ignorant, moreover, of the way in which the destruction of the ill-fated vessel occurred, there is something as shameless, as wanting in good feeling, in the assumption of such knowledge by our Paris Contemporary. The same Journal, after stating that it has learned, from an authentic source, that the Russian Cabinet has confidentially informed the Government of the United States that it had exerted all its influence to prevent the delay required by France, for the ratification of the treaty for extending the right of search, from causing any change in the political relation of the Five Powers, and that the EMPEROR has advised the United States, whatever line of conduct they might think fit to adopt towards England, not to count too much on the delay, says : This communication is not exceedingly significative. Di vesting it of its diplomatic form, it means that the Powers reckon on the pure and simple ratification of the treaty signed on Dec. 12, 1841, and that M. Guisot has pledged himself to give it. The Emperor warns the American Government not to advance too far in its resistance to the right of search, which England assumes the privilege of exercising, and lets the United States know that, in this case, they must n o t expect any assistance from Europe, France laving promised to join the parties who have signed the treaty. The Emperor reasons as it the French Government was France, and as if France would ever permit her Government to ratify a treaty against which the two Chambers and public opinion have just declared themselves so energetically. We tell the United States, who, however, have undoubtedly to consult only them selves on subjects which affect their honour, that a French Ministry which should assist England and the Northern Courts against the United States, could not hold long against public opinion. The remembrance of Lafayette and Wash ington is no more extinguished in our hearts than in those of the Americans. We are inclined to place very little reliance upon di plomatic secrets revealed to the world by the Courrier Francais. We have no means of ascertaining its authentic sources of information in St. Petersbargh and at Washington, but we have an impression that they in- elude neither the correspondence of Count NESSEL- RODE nor DANIEL WEBSTER. With the close of the article in the Courrier Fr•ancais it is impossible for an English journal to deal without wounding the suscepti bilities of the French Press. France, it seems, has no Government with which it is safe for any Foreign Power to contract treaties. The official part of the Moniteur announces that Baron Schack, the Envoy Extraordinary of Mecklenburg Strelitz, has presented to the King and Queen the letters of the Grand Duke, announcing the death of his father, and his own acces sion, and immediately afterwards M. Oesthling, the resident Minister, presented to the King the credentials of his Sove reign, confirming him as Minister resident at Paris. The Committee on the supplementary votes of credit has just completed its labours. The second report of M. Duprat, rela tive to the credit required by the Ministers of Public Works, for extraordinary work, was distributed among the Members of the Chamber yesterday. The sum total is above four millions of francs, three millions are asked to complete five royal roads in Corsica, in addition to the 3,400,000 already voted by the Chamber. The Committee adopted the credit of 450,000 francs for the Port of Dieppe. This sum is to be added to the 1,800,000 f. which the improve ment of the ports already cost. The completion of the works of the Port of Dunkirk re quire a credit of 300,000 f. in addition to 1,800,000 f. This is also adopted. Besides these sums, 14,000,000 f. are granted to the Minis ter, of which 6,000,000 f. are for the Royal roads classed before 1539, and 8,000,0001. for the construction of new canals. These 14,000,000 francs do not constitute a new expense, but are only an anticipation of credit on a principal grant already voted by the Chamber. The law suit between the Gazette de France, and two honourable banking houses of Paris, has been terminated ami cably by a compromise. M. Gerionde has engaged to pay 10,000 francs to the hospitals of that city, and has signed a de claration expressing his great regret, at having involuntarily done anything which might prejudice these two houses.— Con stitutionnel. BOURSE—PARIS, MONDAY, APRIL 18. First Highest Lowest Lost Price Price. Prick Price. French 5 per Cents llB 85 ... Ili 85 ... 115 75 ... 115 75 4 4 per Cents lO7 50 ... 117 50 ... 107 50 ... 107 50 4 per Cents. 3 per Cents Bl 5 81 10 ... 81 5 ... 81 5 'lank of France White Sank I,ooof. Stares 1020 ...1025 —lO2O ...1e25 5,000 f. Shares 8012 50 ...5042 `0 —5042 50 ...5042 50 Belgian 5 per Cents. 5 ver C,nits., 1840 104% ... 101% ... 104% ... 104 7 i, Spanish Acme rs% ... 25% ... 254, ... 25 1 „,j Passive 5 . 5 ... 5 ... 5 Portuguese 5 per Cents. ' 304 . . . 31 ... 30% ... 31 .+ e.:politan ROlll4ll 105% ... 106 ... 105% ... 106 RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain Versailles,R. t 3 337 50 ... 337 50 ... 335 ... 335 L. 13 2 07 50 ... 207 /0 ... 207 50 ... 207 50 Rouen 525 ... 505 ... 523 75 ... 523 75 .frieuis Strasburg to Bale 236 25 ... 237 50 .. 236 25 ... 237 50 DUTCH FUND 3 ....ASISTERDASI, Aram 1$ Money. eills. Actual Dabt, 2Ni per Cent alto, ditto 5 per cent. Amert Syndic, 44 percent. 93 954 Ditto, ditto, 34 per cent 77 774 Commercial Company, 4.! per cent 156 1564 Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent. Loan 1937, 5 per cent. 99 99 , ,, Exchange en London, One month l2 124 Two months Hamburgh, One month 35 314, Two months 35 124 Dutch Papers, April 19. CLERICAL CONSISTENCY.—When petitions for the abolition of the Corn-laws were signed by great num bers of all classes at Manchester, the clergy of the Es tablished Church in that place declined to subscribe, alleging as a reason, that the Church should not interfere in such matters ; yet, when a petition was got up ap proving of Sir Robert Peel's income tax, no fewer than twenty-four Reverend Gentlemen put their names to it. REVIEW AT WIMBLEDON.—Her Majesty and Prince Albert, with a brilliant Staff, were present this day at the Cavalry Review on Wimbledon•common. Her Ma jesty and the Prince arrived on the ground from the metropolis soon after twelve o'clock. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The advance which took place yesterday in the price of Con sols, is not only fully maintained to day, but shares are a shade higher, although the extent of business is small. Purchases for investment continued to be made in the heavy stocks, which now amount to a considerable sum, which has been thus disposed of du ring the last tew days. The market prices are—Consols 9 lh, 911 for Money, and 91h 91% for the Account ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 90h 90% ; New Three and a Half per Cents., 1001 100}; Reduced Three-and-a-Half per Cents. 99k, 99% ; Bank Stock, 165 h ; India Stock, 243 h 244%; the Bonds, 19 ; and Exchequer Bills, 40 42 premium. The prices of Foreign Securities are rather better than yes terday, the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. being 524; the Five per Cents., 100 100*; Danish, 80h; Belgian, 103* 104 h ; and Russian, 112 h 1131. The inquiry for Railroad Shares, which has existed for some time, appears to have increased to-day, and the prices of se veral of the lines, especially the Brighton, are higher. Great Western, 95, the New Shares, 65h ; York and North Midland, 93* 94, the New Shares, 32h ; South Eastern, 30% 31; and Brighton, 37h. The bonds, &c. of the insolvent States are thus quoted : Peruvian, 19 20; Buenos Ayrean, 26} per cent. ; Poyais Green Stock certificates, 10s. tol2s.perl ,000 acres ; Portuguese Five per:Cents. 37i 37h, the Three per Cents, 22 22/ per cent. ; Salisbury and Exeter Railway 1 to 1 per Share ; Spanish Ac tive Bonds, 24h 24h per bond ; the Three per Cents. 25h 25h per cent., and the San Pedro Joint Stock Bank 4s. to Os. per 100. Money is very abundant, and cannot be lent at 2h per cent. By an arrival from the Mauritius, intelligence has been re ceived to the 16th January. The want of labourers, which has long been pressing so hardly on our sugar colonies, is beginning to be felt there also, and estimates had been formed by which it would appear that the profit of an estate (instanced) which cost upwards of 50,0001. was scarcely 1,1001. annually. In British Guiana such has been the scarcity of labourers, that several instances have occurred in which plantations have been abandoned, on account of the expenses exceeding the income; and it is to be hoped that the subject, which has been frequently brought under the notice of the Executive, will now receive serious at tention. , The stock of sugar has decreased alarmingly, the quantity of West India now in London being 3,420 hhds. and barrels against 8,865 in April 1641, or not three weeks, consumption, according to the delivery in the previous week ; and if some time hence the supply from the Mauritius should fall off also, the consequenccgnaturally arising will be the ma • terially, and permanently enhancing the price. PRICES' OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Birmingham and Derby lOO .. .. 52 Eastern Counties Ditto New 2l. 6s. Bcl. Edinburgh and Glasgow Great Western Ditto New London ant' Brighten London and Blackwell London and Birmingham 9O 178h...... to 179 Ditto I Shares London and Greenwich London and Croydon (Trunk)... 13/ l4i Manchester and Birmingham ... 40 Northern and Eastern South Eastern and Dover 50 York and North Midland... Ditto i\ stv Shares LIVERPOOL COT TON MARKET, APRIL 19.—The sales were again large and prices steadily supported. The transactions included 6,000 bales, of which 300 Were Egyptian, at 7d. to 7hd.; 200 Maranham, sid. to 6d. ; 500 Sprats, 3hd. to 4d . ; and A 4' m ths e o ric A an c American, er h i i c e a tl n ; o same description. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, A PRIL 19.—The mar k e t had a better aspect to. day, and several tr ansac ti ons too k place in the undermentioned. Altogether the m ar k et h a d a tendency to improve. The sales were—Eastern C oun ti es , 10 ; Di tto, lhmiddling to 7d. Sp ecu l ators too k a b out 1,000 ing quality, and E x p or t ers 6 00 of the New, Si. Bs. Bd. ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, SO ; Grand Junc tion, 190 ; Great Western, Fifths, 65% ; Lancaster and Pres ton Three-fourths, 17 1 % ; Midland Counties, 79%; South Eastern, 30*. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 19.—We have had less tieing in Shares to-day, but no material change in prices has taken place : Edinburgh and Glasgow continue in much request. The sales are—Edinburgh and Glasgow, 50% and 50*; Manchester and Birmingham, 28%; Manchester and Leeds Halves, 36h. THE FUNDS -(CLGSING PRICES) FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent Portuguese, 5 per cent. 64 Belgian, 5 pet cent 104.:1 Ditto, New Ditto 37'a Brazilian 80nu5.......... Prussian, 5 per cent. Buenos Ayres 6 per eel t 26 Russian, 5 per cent — Chilian, 6 per cent...—. 78 Ditto, Metallic .... Colombian, 6 per cent.. Spanish, .5 per cent 246 Ditto, 1824.. ....... ..... 274 Ditto, Deferred.... . Danish, 3 per cent ... 80g French, 5 per cent. —I. — r . Greek, 1825,5 per cent. Exchange I -- c. Mexican, 5 per cent.... 381 French, 3 per cent —.. —c Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Dutch, 21 per cent. , . 524 Peruvian, 1825,6 per ct. 191 Ditto, 5 per cent. .. . 100 b SHARES.:' Birmingham and Derby Railway (100 pd) 52 Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) .... lo* Ditto New Shares ( paid) ' Si 16s 8d Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ...... ... 526 Great Western Railway (65 paid) 95 Ditto New Shares (50 paid) . 66 Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) . 374 London and Blackssall (25 paid) 124 London and Birmingham (90) Ditto Quarter Shares (15 paid) 364 Ditto Thirds (32 paid) 606 Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid.. 301 London and Greenwich Railway ( pd) 64 London and South Western London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) l4 Manchester and Birmingham (40 paid) ... .. 284 Northern and Eastern (45 paid) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) . 31 York and North Midland (50 paid) ... ...... 94. Ditto New Shares (15 paid) 324 LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, APRIL 90.—Wind this day at noon E. S.E. DEAL, ArRIL 19.—Wind N.E., moderate.—Arrd. James Watt, Cadiz. Arrd. from the River and sld. Brooke, Royal Consort, and Gleneig (t rans p or t s ), I n di a; Collingwood, Ja maica; Helen Thomson (transport), Bombay. SHEERNESS, APRIL 19.—The Foxhound, Betts, from the Straits, is ashore on the Grain Spit, but expected off next tide. PADSTOO, APRIL 18.—S1d. John and Mary and Voluma, Quebec. FISHGUARD BAY, APRIL I7.—Arrd. Echo, Waiters, La. guns, oat 70 days, short of provisions. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 18.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Wassinaar, Spielgelberg, Batavia, for Amsterdam. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 19.—Wind E.—Arrd. Glenelg, London, for Calcutta. FALMOUTH, APRIL 18.—Wind. N.E. to E., moderate breeze.—Sid. Tagus (steamer), Vigo. Arrd. off Thomas Blyth, Hay, Mauritius ; CRroline, New York, for Bremen. LIVERPOOL, APRI L I9.—Wi n d N.E., light.—Arrd. Affiance, Spencer, Calcutta Helen, Hunter, Bombay, sailed Dec. 16, St. Helena, Feb. 12 ; Seagull, Grayson , M on t e Vid eo . Sld . Duke of Wellingto n Falk land, St. Thom as ' s ; princess, New York ; Loyalist, Pictou ; Caledonia (steamer, Calcutta • Lyra, Trinidad; Lady ), Newfoundland. The Hadrika, bound to Narva, is aground off Seacombe. KINSALE, APRIL 16.—Arrd. Palestine, Nairn, Laguayra, sailed Feb. 18. WHITBY, APRIL 19.—A ship's boat was washed ashore at Keifieness, 17 h -• t— anat.) marked " James and Ann, Rogers, of Newcastle." . THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals since Monday have been small. Wheat met very little demand, and prices remained as last stated. Barley and Oats were firm at the rates last reported. Flour experienced a limited sale. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. There was a very good supply of Meat. The demand was dull, and prices in some cases fell 2d. to 4d. per stone. Beef, 2s. 10d. to 3s. 6d. ; Mutton, 3s. 4d. to 3s. 10d.; Veal, 3s. 4d. to 4s. 10d. ; Pork, 3s. 4d. to 4s. ; Lamb, ss. 4d. to 6s. per stone of 81b. Of Poultry an indifferent supply, prices well supported, and the demand brisk. Eggs in good demand at 4s. 10d. to 6s. 9d. per 120. COLONIAL MARKET. There was not much business transacted, but holde-s were firm, and in prices little variation took place. The imports were small. TEA MARKET. The Market was inaeti►e, but prices were steady. Corn pan) 's Cougou, Is. 10d. cash. . - TALLOW MARKET. Prices steady, and a fair business done at 465. 3d. on the ►pot, and 48s. for arrival. WOOL MARKET. A fair amount of business done at full rates. MARV OF NE S AND ipubltic La' pinton. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. With the exception of two articles in the Courrier Francais, noticed in our leadingacolumns, there is nothing of any moment iu the original columns of our Paris Contemporaries. The Report of the Directors of the Bank of France for the first quarter of the year, ending 31st ult., shows the following results :—The notes in circulation amounted to 228,180,500 francs; its bills, payable to order, 1,102,969 francs ; balance due to the Treasury in accounts-current, 121,864,068 francs. Balances due on other accounts-current,- 39,021,285 francs, and deposits, repayable on demand, 1,756,000 francs, making a total of debits, of 391,924,824 francs. The specie in hand was 211,909,148 francs ; bills discounted, 152,259,492 francs ; advances on deposits of gold bars, 3,023,600 francs, and on public securities, 10,662,071 francs. Capital invested perma nently in the branch banks, 20,000,000 francs, and further temporary advances, 16,146,188 francs. During the quarter the average amount of the specie in hand has been 195,955,000 francs. Average of notes in circulation, 225,241,500 francs. Average of balance due to the Treasury, 115,452,000 francs, and on other accounts-current, 40,870,500 francs. The dis counts during the quarter amounted to 229,120,400 francs ; advances on public securities to 10,006,000 francs, and in gold bars to 7,335,000 francs. The Presse announces that an extraordinary mission was on the point of being sent to Paraguay by the French Govern ment. " That mission," it says, "is to be intrusted to M. D'Archiae, who has already been attached to the Embassy to Persia, and has for its object to open an intercourse with that country, which may be highly profitable to our commerce." It appears from a statistical report that the regular clergy in Sicily is composed of 23 orders, the members of which amount to 8,000. The secular clergy reckons about 10,000. All the Bishops are nominated by the King and confirmed by the Pope. There are 5,000 nuns, of whom 500 reside in Palermo. They live in convents richly endowed by their founders, and subse quent donations and legacies. Their large estates and reve nues are managed by priests and men of the law, under the control of an inspector and curator. None of these communi ties are res?onsible for the employment of their wealth ; but the superiors are accountable to the Bishops cf their dioceses for the maintenance of order and discipline within their com munities. A French paper announces that Commodore Ramsay is to be placed at the head of an American squadron on the coast of Africa, to protect the colours of the United States, and their vessels from the right of search. The marriage ceremony between the Prince Royal of Sar dinia and the Archduchess Marie Adelaide of Austria, was per formed on the 12th instant, in the chapel of the Palace of Stopinigi, near Turin, in the presence of the King and Queen, and the other members of the Royal Family of Sardinia, and of the Viceroy and Vicequecn of the kingdom of Venetian Lombardy. The Archbishop of Turin officiated. After the ceremony the Royal pair entered Turin amid a salute of 101 guns and the acclamations of the people, and were harangued by the Commandant of the city and the first Magistrate, in the square of Vittorio-Emanuele. Twelve young females, dressed in white, then presented them with fruits and flowers. There was a grand dinner and evening party at the palace, and the city was illuminated. The fetes in honour of this event are, by command of the King, to be of fifteen days' duration. A telegraphic despatch from Madrid, dated the 13th, states that some disturbances had broken out there, in consequence of a coalition of the operatives, owing to the want of work and dearness of bread. Some persons had been severely wounded. On the 13th, in the morning, tranquillity had been restored. PARLIAMENTARY. The Corn-laws exclusively occupied the Lords last night, first with petitions, and subsequently with a motion of Lord Melbourne's, calling on their Lordships to sanction the prins ciple of a fixed duty. Lord Ripon opposed Lord Melbourne, and the Earl of Clarendon supported him by an able speech. A long debate ensued, in which a great many of the most dis tinguished Peers took part, and which ended by their Lordships rejecting Lord Melbourne's resolution by 207 to 71. Lord Brougham afterwards took two divisions on resolutions against imposing any duty on corn, which was lost in both cases by 96 to 9. Their Lordships did not adjourn till Two o'Clock. In the Commons Mr. Pryse Pryse and Mr. A. Lefroy took their seats. The Kingsclere Inclosure Bill was reported after a division, and a vain attempt on the part of Messrs. Godson, Brotherton, and Fielden, to protect, as they said, the rights of the poor. On Monday, May 2, Mr. T. Duncombe is to present the National Petition, signed by more than 3,000,000 of the in dustrious classes, and on the following day he will move that the petition be taken into consideration. Mr. M. Stewart, having put a question to Lord Stanley rela tive to emigration, the Noble Lerd answered it somewhat in detail, and in a manner to show that the New South Wales and other colonies are now overstocked with labourers, and that they at present want capital more than labourers. In reply to Dr. Bowring and Sir C. Napier, Sir Robert Peel feelingly expressed his inability to govern Syria in addi tion to Eng:and, judging the latter task hard enough. Ne vertheless he informed the House that the Government had remonstrated with the Porte against employing the Arnauts in , yria, and against placing Omar Pacha in the Government of Lebanon. Mr. Ferrand, in a long speech, full of bitter accusations against the master manufacturers, moved for a Committee to inquire into their practices towards their workmen. Sir James Graham moved as an amendment, that the Com mittee should inquire into the working of the law which forbids the truck system, and after a sharp and somewhat personal debate, the amendment was adopted. Amongst the master manufacturers there are no doubt many knaves, and every honest man wil: be glad to see them exposed. Sir J. Graham's remark, however, that when the men are prosperous, they are the masters of their masters, was full of wisdom, and explains in one sentence, the real cause of the sufferings of the people. The Corn-laws have cut up prosperity by the roots, and so made the workmen the slaves of the masters. The Solicitor-General for Ireland obtained leave to bring in a Bill to assimilate the criminal law of Ireland as to the punishment of death to that of England, and Mr. Hutt obtained a Committee to inquire into the expediency of renewing the Grinding Act.—The House rose at a Quarter to Eleven. PUBLIC OPZNIoN. The Advertiser says:—" Like the msn in a play of Sheri dan's, who confessed that he lived by his bad name, and appre hended utter ruin if it were known that he had ever done a good action, Sir Robert Peel, through his organs, declares that he has not reduced the rents of his tenantry 20 per cent., as asserted in yesterday's Advertiser. The Post and Standard denounce the imputation of such a concession as a mean and malicious attempt to injure the Premier in the estimation of his agricultural connections, who, we may remark, as yet seem not to know whether to regard him as a friend or as a foe. On this point, however, they would have no difficulty in coming to a correct conclusion, were they to bear in mind that Sir Robert Peel never yet exhibited any fixed principle of policy, but always, however obnoxious and degrading to his own sen timents, pliantly yielded to the expediency which might best befit the hour of his mean and selfish ambition. There could not be placed at the command of a tyrant oligarchy a more dan gerous man than Sir Robert Pee:." The following appears in the Post—" Lord Brougham has failed altogether to prove his assertion, that the wages of labour do not depend to a great degree on the coat of the necessaries of life. Let hi Lordship show that if the price of these neces saries should fall in America wages would not fall ;—let him show, on the other hand, that if these necessaries should in America rise in price, wages would not also rise ; —let Lord Brougham do these things—and, these, his Lordship may as sume the credit of having established one of the proposition, most indispensable to the confirmation of thefree-trade theory 1" The Times contains a leading article on the Corn-law ques tion, from which we extract the following :--" It will be years, and may be many years, before the demand for corn in the English markets will have created in foreign countries a cor -1 responding supply; and, unquestionably, till that time any re laxation of restriction will not have worked out its own legiti mate consequences. Till that time the English corn factor will want more than foreign countries have to give, and accord ingly the foreign farmer will be able to drive his own bargain, and foreign wheat will rise to English prices, instead of Eng lish wheat falling to foreign ones. Till that time the British growers will not be really brought into competition with the rest of the world. But when, and in proportion as the in dustry of the people shall be incited by more favourable cir cumstances, and urged by the enterprise of the English spe culator to the cultivation of tracts hitherto unavailable, in Spin or Russia, in Africa or America, then certainly, though not till then, the question will become one of the mere cost of production and conveyance ; and we may calculate, on the one hand, on getting our corn at the lowest price which will furnish a remuneration to the grower, the factor, and the carrier; and, on the other, on throwing out of cultivation all land which will not produce it at the same rate in England." The Chronicle remarks as follows on the subject of the In come-tax :—" An Income-tax places the resources of the country much more absolutely at the disposal of a Minister than any other mode of taxation. It is a screw which turns with facility. The invention of a new and profitable tax is no easy task ; and its imposition, when invented, is always un popular, and not always practicable. Even a very strong Go vernment would have some difficulty infighting its way through the imposition of a succession of new taxes ; hut a mere addi tion to an existing tax, two per cent., one per cent., or a half per cent., clapped on Olson the Income-tax, would occasion little trouble, either by opposition within or without the walls of the House of Commons. Tho worst features of the tax— its inquisitorial nature and unequal pressure—remaining the same, and belonging alike to the smaller per centage and the larger, there would be no very formidable struggle to encounter on such a question as eight-pence in the pound instead of seven-pence. All facilities of this description increase the power of a Ministry. They diminish the points of defence at which a people can make its stand against the encroachments of a Government. And hence an Income-tax, though the argu ment has been left comparatively in abeyance, is really as ob jectionable constitutionally as it is fiscally or commercially. It deserves the hatred of a eople jealous of politi ca l r i g h ts not less than a peopl e chiefly dependent on trade and commerce for their prosperity." The Herald thus alludes a Viscount Melbourne's speech in the House of Lords last night Lord Melbourne last night exhibited his sympathy with thisi painsiple of the Corn-law pro posed by the Cabinet over which he ostensibly presided, by moving, in the House of Lords, a resolution declaratory of the superior advantages of a fixed duty on the importation of foreign grain over a sliding scale. The Noble Lord's speech will be read with interest, and in truth it deserves to be read, were it only for the happy contrast which it affords to the exaggerated arguments, declamatory expectations, and violent denuncia tions, which composed the staple of the orations of the Noble Viscount's late colleagues in the House of Commons. It de serves to be read as an excellent specimen of the equanimity, the calmness, and the entire freedom from bitterness or ill- i feeling of an ex Prime Minister." MONEY —TRADE—COMMERCE. The Staffordshire nailors are in extreme distress : large stocks of nails are on hand, for which, no:market can be found ; nearly all the warehouses are closed, and the rest only at half-business. At the Bristol post-office upwards of fifty persons have been detected, within the last three months, purloining letters, the chief portion of which have contained jewellery. The legal expenses incurred in prosecuting post-office criminals amounted last year to above 10,0001., and the money, jewellery, &c., lost in that time is supposed to have been above 50,0001. STATISTICS. The Associations established in Great Britain at present for the circulation of the Scriptures is 2,228; in Ireland, 550 ; Continental Europe, 1,400; Asia, 83; Africa, 16; America, 2,800; Australia, 17 ; and the \Vest Indies, 226 ; 69 of the latter being conducted by freed negroes. NAVAL AND MILITARY. The Earl of Ludlow died at his seat in Bedfordshire on Saturday last, in his 83d year, having been 64 years in the ser vice. fie served in the American war ; was wounded at Flanders, and lost an arm near Roubaix : he subsequently com manded in Egypt, Hanover, and at the capture of Copenhagen. The title is extinct. MAW AND POLXCE. The case of the barque Bullfinch and the St. Petersburgh brig Massachusetts, was decided in the Admiralty Court yes terday. The latter was proved to have driven against the Bul finch in the Lcndon Docks, and the Court pronounced against the Massachusetts. Nicolas Suisse, the late valet of the Martinis of Hertford, was yesterday brought up again at Bow-street for re-examina tion. A letter from the English Consul at Paris had been re ceived relative to the prisoner : and furthet evidence being expected in the course of a week from France, Mr. Jardine declined accepting bail, and the prisoner was remanded for that time. John Powell was yesterday charged at Union-hall with having a quantity of smuggled tea and tobacco in his possession, for which he was committed in default of payment of a 1001. fine. A motion for a monition against the Lords of the Admiralty, calling upon them to put in an appearance to an action in the case of the Athol and Jane Clark, was mado yesterday at the Admiralty Court. The latter by collision at sea had been lost, but on examination by the Lords of the Admiralty their judg ment was, that it arose from the darkness of the night and the unseamanlike conduct of the Jane Clark's craw. Dr. Lushing ton was ready to allow of the motion, but at the same time owned that his own Court was powerless towards carrying obe dience to the monition into effect. The point stands over for consideration. rxmc AMTS. At the Philharmonic Society on Monday night, in addifon to the debut of Mademoiselle Pacini, daughter, we believe, of an eminent Parisian music -seller, Mr. Alvers, a celebrated harp player, just arrived from the conti nen t, performed a new solo, which was brilliantly executed, and greatly applauded. C .0 URT —r. A s H 10N.E132 - liE . Lord and Lady Southampton have left Whittlebury Lodge for Leamington Spa. We are enabled to announce that all the preliminaries are now finally arranged for the marriage of the Hon. Miss Stuart, daughter of Lord Stuart de Rothsay, the British Ambassador at St. Petersburgh, with the Marquis of Waterford. We understand that the sister of a Noble Lord, who has re cently taken his seat in the House of Lords, is about to be united to a Rev. Gentleman distinguished for his theological and classical attainments. Lord Abinger's indisposition arises from a rather severe attack of erysipelas. Tile Duke of Norfolk intends making considerable improve ments and alterations at Arundel Castle, Sussex. The Duke of Bedford left town on Sunday for Bedfordshire. He was expected to return last night. The Countess of Munster has left Grove's Hotel, Albemarle street, for her new residence in Gloucester-place. The Dowager Countess of Galloway has gone en to Brighton, accompanied by the Earl of Galloway. The Earl of Chesterfield commences his dinner-parties to morrow. TXSCELLANEOUS. The Royal British Institution held its first public meeting yesterday since its re-establishment : it has admitted 946 boys and 342 girls since this last period, and 19,000 children since its foundation ; but it is still encumbered with a debt of 1,2001. ELECTION COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) WAKEFIELD. The Committee met this morning at eleven o'clock, and the room having been cleared, the Committee proceeded to deli berate on the objection made by Mr. Cockburn yesterday, to the readin; of the notice to the electors of the disqualification of Mr. Honldsworth. After a short absence, strangers were re-admitted, and the Chairman announced that the Committee had decided that the notice should be read. It sass read ac cordingly. After which, Mr. Cockburn objected to the Committee proceeding to consider the validity of the votes on the poll, contending, that as they had yesterday decided that Air. Houldsworth was the returning officer, any poll taken before any other person was invalid—any return of such poll by any other person mere waste paper, and that, therefore, the Committee had nothing to adjudicate upon, but must treat all the proceedings at. the election as null, ab initio, and declare the election void. LAW INTELLIGENCE CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) His Lordship was engaged during the morning in hearing an appeal motion of Ann Farmer v. James Farmer," which presented no feature of public interest. QUEEN'S BENCH-(THIS DAY.) The COURT was engaged all day in hearing motions in volving points of law, none of which were possessed of any public interest. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) BARKER V. BURTON. Mr. CROWDER moved for a rule to show cause why the ver dict in this case should not be set aside and a new trial had. The case had been tried before Lord Abinger in London, and a verdict found for the plaintiff. It was an action brought by the plaintiff, who was a printer, against the defendant, who was a Director of the Water -proofing Company, for the recovery :of the sum of 181., due on ac count of work done for the Company. It appeared that the bill had been contracted after the defendant had be come a Director. The plaintiff had taken out an attachment against the goods of the Company for a sum of of 1161. claimed by him. Ile a g reed , however, to w i t hd raw th e attac h ment on the payment of a portion of the debt, and on a promise being given that the rest should afterwards be paid. The promise not having been kept, the action had been brought. The Learned Judge before whom the case had been tried, seemed to take it for granted that the agreement between the parties was a proof of the account taken. The ground of the present application for a new trial was, that a special agreement did not prove the account of work and labour done. The COURT was of opinion that the account was not proved, and therefore granted the rule. KIDDELL •. BURNER. Mr. CROWDER moved for a rule to show cause why the ver dict in this case should not be set aside, and a new trial granted. It was an action brought on a warrant, guarantee , ing three bullocks, sold to the plaintiff by defendant, to be sound. A verdict was found for the plaintiff, with damages 251. It appeared that the bullocks had a temporary disease com mon among cattle. They were driven 200 miles, after they had been purchased, in fifteen days, and, as they became injured by so long a journey, in consequence, it was supposed, of their being already slightly diseased, their value, it was proved, had been greatly diminished. Mr. Justice Ers kine, before whom the action had been tried at the late Assiies at Somerset, in addressing the Jury said that they would find for the plaintiff in case they thought the cattle had any disease at the time of the sale which would have, rendered them less fit for ordinary use. The Learned Counsel in making the present application sub mitted that this was a misdirection, and that an animal could not be considered unsound, merely because it had a slight or temporary disease which with a little care might easily be cured. He admitted that there were some doubts upon that subject, and he believed that no decision had ever been given in banco with regard to it. The Learned Counsel then quoted conflicting opinions of Judges upon the point, Mr. Justice Parke having decided one way and Mr. Justice Coleridge having decided another. Mr. Baron PARKE said that he adhered to the_opinion he had always held in such cases—namely, that an animal was to be considered as unsound which had any disease which could diminish its actual usefulness, or which could be proved to have had the seeds of any disease which would diminish its use fulness. The amount of damages would, however, of course, depend on the degree in which its usefulness might be thus impaired. The other Judges were of the same opinion. The rule was, therefore, refused. BAIL COURT -(TII IS DAY.) Mr. Justice WIGHTmArr presided in this Court, and was engaged all day in hearing the case of Meal se. Harding, which was an action for 821., the price of a bell which was put up in Clapton Church. The case did not present any features of general interest. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. (THIS DAY.) DARING ROBBERY.—Henry Hichey, aged 19 years ; Thomas Hickey, aged 10 years, and John Joyce, aged 19 years, were placed Pt the bar before Mr. Maltby, the presiding Alagistrate, on the following charge:— It appeared that about eight o'clock last evening the pri soners, in company together, were seen lurking about the shop windows of Mr. Edward Manison, of Nu. 37, South Moulton street, Grosvenor-square, and after being watched for a con siderable time, the prisoner Hicks opened Mr. Manison's shop_ door very softly, and crawled in on his hands and knees, and round the counter to a sliding till, where silver and farthings were kept. In a short time he re-appeared at the door, with a pair of. Wellington boots and the till in his hand ; upon which his companions crossed over to him, and having received what he had got, they all walked away together towards Oxford -street, and by some accident were lost sight of for a short time ; but very soon afterwards were again seen lurking about Air. Morrison's shop, the„ prisoner Hicks having the audacity to go close up to the doer and look in. A police constable coming in sight at the instant, the prisoners attempted to make their escape, starting off in different directions, bu were pursued and overtaken. On searching the prisoner Hicks the pair of Wellington boots he had stolen out of the hop were found nn his feet, and in his pockets were found a crooked, marked sixpence, and a silver three half-penny piece, which Mr. Morrison could swear to. The amount of silver in the till could not be ascertained. The till was also missing. Mr. MALTBY inquired if the prisoners were known, and was informed that Hickey and Joyce had each been convicted of felony at the Central Criminal Court, and that Hicks bad been repeatedly in custody for felony. Mr. Morrison identified Hicks as having been lurking about his house for several evenings past. Mr. MALTBY said that there was no doubt but that they would now be sent out of the country. They were committed to take their trial at the Westmin ster Sessions.. William Parker, a sturdy beggar, was committed for one month, for begging yesterday afternoon, at four o'clock, in Bolton-row, Piccadilly, and most violently assaulting and resisting two of the constables belonging to the Mendicity Society ; and William Houghton, who described him self as a carpenter and joiner, living at No. 5, Lisson street, Lisson-grove, was fined 505., or in default of payment one month's imprisonment in the House of Correction and to hard labour, for assaulting one of the above officers, and ob structing him in the execution of his duty, and endeavouring to excite a mob of bete een 200 and 300 persons to rescue the prisoner Parker from out of his charge, and to ill-use him, also with having menaced the officer with a hammer, a large pointed file, and a chisel, and threatened to " rip his guts out." The defendant pleaded intoxication, and said that he was ex tremely sorry for what had happened. Mr. MALTBY said it would be a warning to others. The defendant, not having the money, was committed. WORSHIP-STREET-(THIS DAY.) The Magistrate was occupied the greater part of the morn ing► in disposing of ordinary cases of drunkenness, which were quite destitute of interest. PARLIAM HOUSE MINORITY of SE READ :ENTARY DIVISIONS. OF LORDS.—APRIL 18, i',VEN TEEN AGAINST the SECOND )ING of the CORN BILL. EARLS. LORD& Malmesbury I Beaumont Yarborough Kinnaird LORDS. Lilforcl Hastings Rayleigh Willoughbyd'Eresby Godolphin Camoys Western De Freyne DUKE. Buckingham MARQUIS. Clanricarde EARLS. Orkney Tankerville Stanhope MINORITY ( f FIVE FOR SOLUTION FOR FR LORD BROUGHAM'S RE EE TRADE IN CORN. MARQUIS. Clanricarde EA RI, Radnor LORDS. Kinnaird Brougham Vivian A STARTLING FACT.—It was stated by Lord Arthur Lennox, ;n the House of Commons, on Fridy night, during the discussio n on t h e M ut i ny Bil l, that there are at t h e present time in the British Army four Colonels who suffer ed corporal punishme n t w hil e they were i n t h e ran k s, f rom rt Inch they had lubsequently risen by their own merits. SPORTING INTELLIGENC.E• (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TuzsnAT. 2,100 Guineas Stakes-5 to 2 agst Meteor ; 3 to Petulance e (t); 6 to 1 agst Timuleon; and 63t to 1 ag:d l - . ‘ G. 13entinek's lot. 9 1 CHESTER Cur.-8 t o 1 ags t L anercos t (t f ree ly) ; agst Vulcan ; 10 to 1 apt Rory O'More (t) ; 12 to 1 Alice Hawthorn ; 12 to 1 agst Bellona ; 15 to 1 apt M. S. V . 1 18 to 1 agst Satirist; 20 to 1 agst The Squire ; 20 to 1 sr Cruiskeen; 25 to 1 apt Retriever, 30 to 1 agst Rhodan 30 to 1 agst Pagan; and 30 to 1 agst The Young-'Un• r „ .4 ,• DEE STAKES (CHESTER),-5 to 2 agst William de r bus ' • sto 2 agst Skipton ; and 7 to 2 agst Marion. D ERBY.-61, t0 1 apt Frebrica c (t); 8 to 1 apt Att 'Lit!. 15 to 1 apt Auckland; 17 to 1 agst Joanna c; 25 to 1 sr Eleus ; 30 to 1 agst Moss-trooper ; and 40 to 1 agst Mete* Ongs.-8 to I asst Adela f; 11 to 1 apt Sister to Y°; shire Lass; I'2. to 1 agst Passion ; 20 to 1 apt Black Beal o l' and 20 to 1 agst Amima f. BATH RACES—(TuisnAir CONCLUDE)). The County Members' Plate of 501., added to a Sweeps. ° 5 sovs. each ; 3 yrs. fist 101 b ; 4 yrs, Bst 61b ; 5 yrs,. 9eh ; 6 yrs and aged, 9st 51b; mares, &c., allowed 3 lbs ; %viol extra. Mite and half heats. 6 Subs. Mr. Treen's Una, 4 yrs (S. Mann) 5 1 j M. de Mosher's Wiltonia, 3 yrs 1 4 I Mr. Jones' Fervid, 4 yrs Mr. J. Day's Tamburini, 6 yr5... Mr. Foster's Combat, aged Each heat won easily by a length. THE JOCKEY CLUB MEETING. Alb At a General Meeting of the Members of the Jockey held at Willis's Rooms yesterday (Tuesday), Lord (35 0 5 Lentinck having stated "that anxious to conciliate the ,it"" will of the Club, whilst he still adheres to all the princl and maxims of turf law, laid down in his protest of the I_, of February, he is desirous to withdraw and express his re 1"" for so much of the language in which that protest has couched as has heen felt to be offensive to the feelings of w' Jockey Club," it was unanimously resolved that this std' ment was satisfactory to the Club. NATIONAL CONVENTION. (THIS DAY.) The Convention of Delegates from England, Scotland, Wales, met this morning, at nine o'clock, at the Dr. Johnst o Tavern, Fleet-street. The object of to-day's meeting was to oppose the steps take , by Mr. Sturge, of Birmingham, in forming a National Suffri Association, and the proposition of Mr. Sturge and his party merge the name of the Charter into that of the above Ass , ciation. _ . Mr. DUNCAN took the chair. Mr. CAMPBELL acted as Secretary, and read the minute . of the last meeting, which were confirmed. bloom proposed a resolution to the following effect. " That this Convention respectfully recommend to the Pe c9l : to stand firmly by the Charter,;whole and entire, evenin name' Mr. MA.so.ti seconded the resolution. Mr. O'Connor, Mr. Thomason, Mr. Pitkeathly, and gr" M'Dowall spoke to the resolution. Mr. PHELP, in speaking to the resolution, said he thou's there was co cause for it, as it implied a wavering in alt° cause ; but, as it was before the Convention, he should or port it- Mr. STALLWOOD, of London, did not wish to attribute 0 1°. Sr' tives to any one, but he had heard of meetings attended by, O'Brien, Mr. Lowry, and Mr. Vincent, at which wee those gentlemen were silent; he, therefore, thought there "- great necessity for the resolution before the meeting. o f Mr. DOYLE, of Cheshire, said he had been sent to the political boarding school f‘r daring to express his opinion , , att e he would go there again before he would give up even the of the Charter.—( Hear, hear.) He had no doubt that aver":: , the Association which had ' been formed to divide the people:. their *pinion as to the Charter, came before the public at people Convention to be called at Birmingham, it would be trea tel as it deserved. After several other Delegates had addressed the Convention the resolution was put and carried unanimously. The C ar vention then adjourned. HONEY MARKET and CITY NE" (PROM THE MORNING PAPERS Or THIS DAY.) TIMES—The premium on gold at Paris is 9 per n or which, at the English Mintprice of 31. 17s. 104 d. per °wied er standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 374, and the fito rs change at Paris on London at short being 25 6'24, it Om that gold is 1.0 per cent. dearer in Londor. than in Paris. of By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 433kv mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 175. 1034 4 : j jhe ounce, for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 94, sdi tg exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13 ';ils follows that gold is 0.60 per cent. dearer in London til• - Hamburgh. 10 • The course of exchange at New York on London is . , 01 per cent., and the par of exchange between Englan d e s. America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that th e ote s change is 1.83 per cent. against ngland. But the q d ale exchange at New York being for bills at 60 days' sight' interest must be deducted from the above difference. By the official returns published by the Customs, the 01 0.1 of the precious metals to foreign and colonial ports for tba • ending Thursday last, were as under, viz.:— Omer* Silver coin to Rotterdam 30,0° Silver coin to Hamburgh Silver coin to Calais Silver bars to Ca1ai5......... lO, OOO Silver bars to Rotterdam 105 , 0° Gold coin to Port Philip... l2 60 ,. *** SUN.—A further advance has taken place in the English" It is gratifying to observe, that with the present abtinda o ':o money, an investment has been made in them, in preff,re,;„ to the numerous bubble bonds belonging to insolvent Stated' the quotations of which are raised or lowered as may ,le . s. t a the views of a parcel of gambling speculators. A , an '"' n " f at of the present low rate of money, a quarter of a millio offered to be lent to-day, for three months, at the rate of 0"`" per cent. per annum, and was refused. tha Consols left off at 91i 91/ for Money, and 91* 914 for,' ; Ac ount. New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. 104 il k Ind:a Stock, 2424 2434; Bank Stock, 165 167 ; India Bon 20, and Exchequer Bills, 40 42 premium. Foreign Stocks were without alteration, and the mat el f ir during the day, was firm, Danish, 804 to 814; Dutch lig per Cents., 1004 to 1004 ; the Two-and-a-Half per Cents' to 524; Belgian, 1034 to 1044. Mexican Debentures were quoted 254, and B raz ili an ve 674 to 684. Hallway Shares were in goDd demand, and purchases 0 1 0 extent were made : Great Western ; 944, the Half Shart s o to 654 ; London and Birmingham. 176 to 178 ; Birmlopl 4 and Gloucester, 55 to 57 ' • South Western, 604 to 61 ; 6 4 4 60 to 61 ; North Midland, 69 to 70; the New Share, " - os isOs 35 ; South Eastern and D o v er , 304 t o 31 ; E a stern C°° 10 to 104; and Brighton, 364 per Share. igh° Affair amount of busines was negoti a t e d i n Foreign .be' a lower rate of exchange on Hamburg}, and Paris, the 17,,, t etPr ing 25f. 80c. to 25f. 85c.; and the former 13 13, 13 124. remained at 12 5; Amsterdam, 12 5, 12 54; Roth 12 54, 12 54 ; Frankf or t, 1514, 1514 ; Vi enna , 9 . 52' ,, Trieste, 9 54, 9 55 ; M a d r id, 364 ; an d Li s b on 524, 51,' In the Alley the quo t a ti ons were f or C o l om bi an , 2g FP, Peruvian, 19* • .buenos Ayres, 264; Portuguese F t 3 Cents., 374 ; the Three per Cents. 214 ; Spanish 1 3 n d 244 ; and the Co u p on Th ree per C en t. S toc k , 25425} Of f The Halifax st e amer, if s he sa il e d on th e d ay aprn .01 now have been out 15 days, a far longer period than these splendid vessels have ever yet occupied in the veYdg; ba d uneasiness is felt at the delay, it being considered that ies, M been detained by Lord A s hb ur t on t o b r i ng h ome despst e • o - ol d most probably having arrived b u t a v er y s h or t t i m e pre vt o , the 4th inst., which wa s fi xe d f or h er departure. r_Ar°by subdued tone assumed by th e A mer i cans , as ascer tain ed it o._.e" last arrival, her i n t e lli gence i s anx i ous l y l oo k e d f or , since f most probably brin g a c coun t s o f an am i ca bl e t erm ination d dispute on the Creole affair. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. o so l t ; PORTSIKOUTII, WEDNESDAY.—The Volcano stes el o o l oo „ o Lieutenant-Commander F. C. J. Feath ers t on e, refe r Portsmouth this morni ng f rom th e B eu l a h t rans port. 'ass';l l off Dungeness, to which she was despatched to rendt r e O ter ante on Friday last. The Beulah still remains en scarcely any prospect of her being got off, as at,' - t bene iff she is compl e t e ly hi g h an d d ry, an d at t h e h e i g ht ~.,,bst!f j tide the water does n o t come up to w i t hi n fi ve f e et o f dessh - to draws, so that even at the spring tide it is extreine' l oo oe n e ei if she can be got afloat ; s h ou ld it i n t h e meantime seilbe blow hard she must inevitably go to pieces. Thulf in t p and marines from the St. Vincent were sent 113 ,1 0 04e Af t Volcano and have a-sisted in saving the baggage 'S o oPi the troops and getting the stores on shore. The ,4", the ba j been landed, and are occupying, pro Lem., the V ia e e " h o racks. The place wh ere th e B eu l a h h as ground.eu stj ted three miles in shore of the Dungeness Light. It ! s , ace d plee e ho re the reason alleged by th ose on b oar d for the s hi p beln SP" this extraordinary position is, that they mistook A f i g il l for the Dungeness Light. v r ito The Nautilus, 10, Lieut.-Commander T. g i „'„ Osh e sail to-morrow to cru i se o ff Brighton, to protec t isa` there. sniehe9 Fitt ' The Royal Geo rge yac h t , C apta i n L or d gat' be clarence, is h av i ng h er cabins put in order, and it ' " to be fitted ou t f or t h e reception of her MajestY earl ' 0 1 sum T mer. he wind is still f rom th e eastwar d , an d prevents t rea soe l ° of the homeward-bound ships, of which there is ev ery , pearly expect there arc many in the chops of the Channel., got nea The Winchester, 56, Captain Charles Eden, ha:ll:in beingao the whole of her hands, and will net take a long, t h ' be °n fully equipped for sea, after she is undivked, w h ' e A g giog Monday or Tuesday next. She has got all her 41 5 'Vole s° ready to be put over her masts. Ships in Harbour—The Winchester,_ Nau t l o bt, Escel (steamer), Victory, St. Vincent, Royal George Y lent, t'ylvia cutter, and Diligence naval transport. nu merou s gag ., HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.-- A ve r i arc hard,',, the meeting was held y es t er d ay a f ternoon , R. W. Lied 1 7„;010, V. P., in th e Ch a i r . I t was announce d by th e The secretary, that it was intended to deliver shortuiture• Lu a course of lectures or, the Chemistry of Il i ° to gor e ' of prizes awarded were silver Knightian 11°I.„1`n„scleals to combe and Pince for their new azalia • an°,, - „ksian k Tooting, for a new dendrobium. Silver P a- a nd l' — •• 5 cl- Mr. Vatch, of Exeter, for his new rnanettia ; gr , charl_ .. certificate of merit to Youn, for his atalia; The e s ' r oses. free' ler, for his new camellia; and Sir. River, f". _ areo s t i 3 10. i A k op p .rs r i i sl l s7 s ,ins t eB o h d ~eg April w.r eas tract from the meteorological register kept at . tn h v es ri , Apr best. T"r (Zg. ; a nd q April 19, g lo a w v oro eter, hett, tity of rain, 0.10 inch. h l rac n n • Esq. , Arr2aa OF HONOUR.--The p. 'Ffteeri brother of Lord Audley, and John John„ " affa i r on the i having meditated a'" pop-and earry -cnie were on Lb. q u " °ugh Acres, Dublin, on Saturday, the police _re_ firing thr _.. 'A rtie! and succeeded in preventing the • d heing' n g 'Lies to keep each other's heads, by arresting an , " n un before the Magistrates, where they entered re t t hi4 the peace. April 8, 27 the are' ha p announces A letter from Vienna a b an king- ga . city of a Frenchman who had absconded had bleu traced tfoornop at Paris with a sum of 200,000 f. co 0 being lion was received there of his offence -7,000f. were found upon him. tisbon, which place he h id just left He for Vienna , wh en in c l ee7-s—,r ,2139 a. ;now! t e r BIRHS. On the 16th inst., at Chigwell, T Essex, Mrs. Robert Goddard Jones, of a daughter. OR the 16th inst., at Shirley, Southampton, the la d y of G. Marsden, Esq., of a sun. On the 17th inst., at Cheltenham, the lady o f Colquitt Good win, Esq., of a daughter. DIED' On the 13th inst.., at Ho vin g ham, Alice, relict o f Robe rt Provvde, Esq., of ILwingham, North Biding of are.Yorkshir , Scots On the 16th inst., at Cople House, Bedfordshire, low. G. C. 8., a General in t he Army, and Colo nel of the Fusilier Guards, aged 83. On the 16th inst. a t Weymouth, Miss Cordelia Boydell, daughter of the late inst., Boyden, Esq., Alderman of London. On the 18th inst., Captain 111. Lloyd, late of 5. Scoter I.ondcn: Printed and Published by MURDO y o IN 6 r , N. N. 112, St ra nd, at TA!! SI lA 1.:2, Straus') the County of Itlitidle6vx, WeilAeaday, April 20, 1442. 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