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THE SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, introduc;ng Mr. B ATTY'S unrivalled Collection of Animals, consisting of nu merous and matchless Cream-coloured Horses, Andalusian Chargers, Spotted Coursers, Fairy Palfreys, and PigmyPoneys, and the most talented Vaulters, Riders, Gymnastics, and Contortionists in the kingdom. To couclu le with an entirely New Laughable Farce, called THE FAMILY MAN; OR, HOW MANY MORE WIVES. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. OSBALDISTON. Great and extraordinary attraction for the Easter Holidays. THIS EVENING, MARCH 31, Will he performed a most interesting New Domestic Drama, in Three Acts, entitled THE LUCKY HORSE SHOE; OR, THE LONE CHAMBER OF THE SILENT HlGHWAY.—Characters by Miss Vincent, Miss Coveney, Messrs. E. F. Saville, Dale, Gard ner, Seaman, &c. After which, with gorgeous scenery, dresses, kc., ALADDIN; OR, THE WONDERFUL LAMP.—Aladdin, Miss Vincent; the Pnncess, Mr:. E. F. Saville; Vs idow Mustapha, Mrs. Griffith . 'in conclude with THE RED ROVER —The Red Rover, Mr. Dale; Fid, Mr. E. F. Saville; Hector Homespun, Mr. Gardner; Madame de Lacey. Mrs. Lee. THE WEATHER.—NooN, MAncit 30. ROYAL GALLERY OP SCIENCE, ♦DELAIDE-STREET. Thermometer... 48 Highest 57 1 Lowest 45 Barometer 29.92.—Wind W.—Freezing Point 22 Dog. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning 50 minutes after 4. I Evening 10 minutes after 5. home require any corresponding increase of a fleet or army, the augmentation in both of which being chiefly the fruit of foreign possessions. But moreover it is well ascertained that pau perism and crimes decrease in proportion as a nation is prosperous, and increase in proportion as population is stinted in its food and comes to a still stand. Consequently the Corn-law, by lessening the supply of food, and checking the progress of population, both augments the ex penses of Government caused by pauperism and crime, and prevents the increase of the revenue. We are pleased, therefore, to see the publica tion which now appropriately directs attention to the effects of Corn-laws, inducing poverty and want, and now creating the Ministerial necessity for an income tax. The Statistical Report is preceded by an ad dress from Mr. H. ASHWORTH to the Executive Council of the Anti-Corn-law League, which al most at its commencement contains the following passage:-- It is a truth which no Christian will be prepared to deny, that the Almighty hath provided and promised that by the sweat of man's brow the earth should yield an abundance of food for the support of his creatures, to maintain them in health and strength; we have there fore a right to assume that no law of man, or class of men, should deny to any other man, or class of men, the full enjoyment of their just and necessary portion—and that if such a law has been made by man it is contrary tio the law of God. Under these impressions, I do not scruple to designate the Ministerial measure, or any other contrivance inter posing between the choicest gifts of an all-wise Provi dence and the toiling hands of his people, a device nil less wicked than cruel, and unworthy of men professing to be Christian rulers. It is now no longer within our power to administer compensation to those who have suffered by the errors of the past, and the country is too much enfeebled to bear their repetition. _ _ _ You Will form some idea how efficiently the sliding scale has answered the design of its originators in sus taining at a high price the food .grown at home, and in excluding, at a cheap rate, the corn of other countries frora;the - following outline of its operation during th , whole period of its existence, from July, 1828. There have been entered for home consumption, 14,787,990 quarters of wheat, and out of that amount 12,452,562, or 84 per cent., were not admitted till the price had been raised to above 70s. per quarter, although it is probable that, under a free trade, the same pur chases would have been made abroad at little more than half the money, and the payments effected by exports of British manufactures, yielding employment and profit, instead of an export of gold, deranging our cur rency for years together, and thereby inflicting other and grievous hardships. If we come to a proximate calculation of tha real loss inflicted upon the country by this system, estimating the difference of price betwixt this and other countries at 20s. per quarter, which lam told is much under the mark, and taking the consumption of this country at one quarter of wheat per head per annum, now generally admitted, we find that upon our population, 26,500,000, the annual loss will be Taking also our consumption of other agricultural products, which are equally "protected," such as animal food, barley, oats, rye, potatots, cheese, butter, milk, &c. &c., and re ducing them to their equivalents in wheat, they will be equal to another quarter of wheat for each person, forming a second sum of 20s. per quarter 26,500,000 Making a total of £53,000,000 a year. Such an annual burden must necessarily have pressed down the people, and wasted our national strength. It is certainly a large slaughter to be the work of ONE mono poly, but you will judge of its certainty and efficiency by the following outline of its mode of operating. The writer then proceeds to illustrate, in de tail the manner in which the Corn-law system limits..our trade, lessens the value of property, and indicts grievous injury on the working classes. We quote some of Mr. A SHWORTH'S observations on this head : But by far the largest amount of real suffering falls upon the working classes, and as the same results are common to all our manufacturing towns, allow me to adduce instances from the case of Bolton, with the cir cumstances of which I am specially and particularly ac quainted. You will have perceived, by the returns made, that the deterioration of condition falling upon this class in the town of Bolton, in the diminished amount of their earnings, has been computed at the sum of £201,600 a-year, and in the additional cost of their food 118,960 „ _ _ • £320,560 a-year. or more than 1,000/. for every working-day, an amount far beyond the power of charitable aid to alleviate and if the poor-rates were increased to the extent of one week's loss in the 52, they would be deemed too bur densome for the generality of rate-payers. The working population are a noble-minded people ; their dread of pauperism, and their sacrifices to avoid it are strikingly shown in the extent to which they have pledged and sold their furniture, and even their dothing, as you will perceive by the returns. Amongst 5,305 persons their houses contain only two 'seats for every three persons ; there are 104. persons for every blanket ; 53 families wholly without beds ; and 609 families with out a change of linen ; their food is deficient, their phy sical strength is westing, and the rate of mortality i s rapidly increasing. By the return of the Bolton Poor Protection Society, it appears that during the month, ending January 22, there were 6,157 persons relieved, whose income did not average more than 1 lid. per head per week. If we deduct from the earnings of these the sums they pay for fuel, &c., there will be left for food probably not more than lid. per day, or less than l ld. per head per week, and it may afford you, as it did myself, a painful curiosity to discover how so small a sum could be ex pended in the support of a family. It is now becoming a question how long the employers can continue to carry on their business under this in creasing pressure.- A suspension of business is immediately followed by ' the pledging and selling of workpeople's clothes and furniture, and a rapid progress to a state of destitution. The additional cost of their food, within the last five years, has occasioned pressure to this class accompanied by an uneasiness which has manifested itself in political excitement, demanding a wider extension of representa tive power. I witnessed an example of this, about a year ago, at a Corn-law meeting, where the work people denounced the free-trade question as an agitation for a reduction of their wages, and appeared to have become persuaded that the pressure they felt arose from the arbitrary dealing of their employers. As I ob , ierved some present who were in my employment, 1 called a general meeting of them to consider the subject. Having assembled in the school-room, we proceeded to take the sum of their earnings for the previous year, 1840, and to compare it with that for 1835, which they called a good year; the amounts appeared so nearly alike that they at once acknowledged that what they suffered had not come from any changes in the amount of the wages they had received. This disclosure startled them, and caused an investigation of their expenditure, when it appeared that the outlay of themselves and their de pendents in agricultural food, in 1840, had amounted to 18,500/., whilst that of 1835 was only 12,500 L, making a difference of 6,0001. in a year's maintenance. A discussion arose respecting this loss, and one of them charged the shopkeeper with robbery ; another defended them, and said the shopkeepers could not have got it, for they were failing on all sides. The high prices were then traced from the shopkeepers to the farmers ; but it was admitted that they did not appear enriched ; so at length, as with one voice, they called out, " Why, the landlords have got it ;" a conclu sion which I left in their hands. While it is a question amongst the manufac turers how long they can carry on their ,opera tions under this system, Sir ROBERT PEEL is to add to its weight by an income tax. The landlord's burden is not enough, be thinks; so he will increase it by an additional State burden. This may be bold and wise statesmanship, but to us it looks like that madness which is the fore runner of ruin. Those, whether Whigs or Tories, are the enemies of our future greatness, and even our future safety, who admit, for one moment, the necessity of adding to the burdens now levied by the State on the people. Obvi ously the true policy of the country now is to allow the population to increase, by permitting them to draw supplies of food from every poisi ble quarter, to graciously permit trade to ex pand, by removing from it the noxious restric tions imposed by stupid, ignorant law-makers, and so allowing the basis of the national power to enlarge, and the streams which flow into the national coffers gradually to swell bigger and bigger. Sir ROBERT PEEL'S plan goes to narrow them, to lessen productive employment, to check the progress of population, and diminish the resources of the State. Some of our Correspondents have asked us, how many crimes the income tax will cause ? This is a question which our political arithmetic is quite insufficient to answer. We can see, however, that every law creating a restriction, or imposing a tax, creates all the crimes which grow directly or indirectly from the desire, or from the attempt, to evade that law. It may be good for Sir R. PEEL to talk about the depravity of human nature, but, so far as the evasion of the income tax is concerned, that depravity is called into life by him. No person doubts that a great many persons will make false returns under the law ; will deliberately state untruths, and will expose themselves to be summoned beti)re Com missioners, to whom they will repeat these un truths, where they will sometimes be exposed to f41,r4. • s O 74. 4 ) JP..4 11 11 ' , op4. ll 4 ter , g T** • ' .--, • stop SfM iitz _.-'ltit. LONDON: TIIURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 31, 1842. The Corn-law seems almost forgotten, while public attention is wholly absorbed by the more pressing interest of an income tax, from which there will be, by all whose incomes are above 150/. a year, no escape but by evasion and fraud. Not unappropriately, however, is the " Report of the Statistical Committee of the Anti-Corn-law Conference" published, because as the people feel or fear the pressure of the income tax, they ought to be reminded that the necessity for it grows from the Corn-law. The complaint of the Government is that the revenue does not equal the expenditure. It is quite certain that the revenue depends mainly on the number of people, and equally certain that the Corn-law, during all the years it has b een i n ex i stence, h as every 3 e ar shortened the suppl y o f f oo d , an d considerable increase f prev ented a o people. It has prevented, therefore, a corresponding in crease of revenu e, and has begotten th e Ministe rial necessity for now levying an income ta x on the middle classes. It must‘no t be supposed that a 1 i ncrease ofpeople carries with it a corresponding increase of expense and. a correspondinz extension of the duties of Government. One Sovereign, one Cabinet, one Commander-in-Chief, one Board of Admiralty, one series of tribunals, can as easily perform all the duties of governing 20,000,000 people as 10 ,000,000. Nor does the increase of people at THE SUE, LONDO shame, and sometimes achieve a guilty triumph. No person doubts, or can doubt, that an income tax, therefore, will cause a great number of moral offences, a vast amount of discomfort, and will strengthen a great number of bad passions. With all deference to Sir ROBERT PEEL, we must assert that this is a most serious considera tion. Though no man may be able, either be fore or after the enactment, to state in a tabular form, with as much accuracy as he can state the annual number of births and deaths, the exact amount of crime caused by the income tax, yet the awful certainty that it will cause a great many crimes should make any man, not callous to all the better feelings of mankind, pause long before he inflicts it on the community. It would be a curious inquiry, could it be ac curately followed out, to ascertain in what pro portions the crimes which now infest society grow from the natural evil disposition 'of the ruled, or from the unwise restrictions of the rulers. One thing is quite certain, that in proportion as Government has gone on making restrictions, and so enlarging the number of offences•—making actions crimes by law, which nature never forbade—so the number of offences and of criminals has increased. It is, in fact, a disgrace to this country that, abounding as it does with all the natural ele ments of social happiness, and endowed, as our people are, far beyond the average, with wealth creating skill, poverty and crime have rapidly increased, and are still increasing. This must be the fault of the governing bodies, because they undertake to prevent and limit crimes, and be cause they make those restrictions which are the parents of numerous offences. Although we cannot ascertain the exact proportion in which crimes grow from the natural disposition of the ruled, or the increased restrictions of rulers, still we are thoroughly convinced that these do pro ' yoke a great many offences, and consequently they ought to be enacted as sparingly as possible. How many villages on the sea coast have been demoralised by smuggling cannot be told. How many families will be corrupted by familiarising their cheats with the practice of making false statements under the income tax cannot be guessed at. How many sad crimes have, witkin our own recollection, had theirsource in the game laws cannot by any skill be ascertained. They have equally provoked criminality in the game preservers, though the laws do not punish as in the poachers. It is enough for us to know that such laws, and the laws which the smuggler corrects, have caused greatcriminality, to induce us to call on religious men, on all men interested in promoting the morality of the people, to re sist Sir ROBERT PEEL in now passing a law that will cause as many, if not as odious crimes as the duties on foreign spirits and the game-laws. Every evasion of the income tax, every false re turn which may be made under it, every moral offence which it may indirectly cause, will all be due to Sir ROBERT PEEL, and may all be most assuredly prevented—stifling more crimes than the police and the courts of law—by not al lowing Sir ROBERT PEEL to carry his scheme into effect. He says he must have money ? Must the Go vernment then demoralize society ? It is consti tuted to promote the moral, as well as the phy sical well-being of society, and when its plans for raising a revenue become incentives to crime, we are entitled to conclude that the Government itself is in error, if it be not a complete failure. It must not have money at the cost of many crimes. The income tax will be inquisitorial, unequal, unjust, a perpetual blister on the people, but, over and above all these, it will be the parent of much criminality, and will thwart the efforts of educa tionists and philanthropists for the improvement of the people. There is, we apprehend, another and a strong ground for resisting it, on which all the clergy, all the members of the Society of Friends, and all those who have struggled to ameliorate the condition of society ought to take their stand. Its pecuniary evils, and its physical evils are great, but they dty Hot, in our judgment, equal its moral evils. A crime-engendering law is a dreadful pestilence. What the Tories want in wisdom they supply by impudence. Because their opponents ob jected to their impenetrable silence on their pro. jects, those opponents are now taunted with opposing the Tory measures. As the opposition required, in the interest of the country, to know the Premier's intentions, they are accused of faction, because now that they do know them and disapprove of them, they do not hasten to pass his measures. If this be good logic, it will only be necessary for a Prime Minister to with hold his measures till the last week of the ses sion, to procure their passing by acclamation. The longer be delays his measures, and the more clamorous his opponents become, the more cer tain will he be of success, let him propose what he will. Again, the Tories call Sir ROBERT PEEL'S Budget the poor man's budget, and ask compla cently, would he like to have his coffee and his sugar taxed instead of seeing the middle classes taxed? This is marvellous, considering that the Whigs offered to reduce the tax on sugar, and the Tories would not let them. The Tories, in fact, accuse the Whigs of increasing the burdens of the people, when they were only prevented from lightening them by the factious conduct of the Tories. We are at a loss which most to ad mire—their love of falsehood or their unabashed impudence. The ward of Farringdon Without yesterday did its duty, and set an excellent example to every other part of the empire. Why should not Lambeth, Finsbury, Marylebone, and all the towns of the empire do as the ward of Farring don has done? A little present exertion will save the people money, time, and comfort here after. It is a mark of barbarism not to take counsel from experience, and avoid evils which our forefathers have felt, though we have not. To allow the past and the future to be wholly swallowed up by the present, is more like a savage than a civilised man. The income tax was a curse, and it will be a curse; but because it is not now felt, men will not take rational means to prevent it being inflicted on them. We publish in another part of The Sun, the dig nified reply of the Earl of ABERDEEN to the note of the late American Ambassador, Mr. STEVENSON, on the Right of Search question. Nothing can be more forcible, and at the same time more moderate and conciliatory, than the language of the Noble Foreign Secretary. The question required the most delicate handling, after the decided, but unfair and offensive way in which Mr. STEVENSON placed it be fore the public, and we think the Americana them selves will admit that it has experienced it at the hands of Lord ABERDEEN. As the United States Government persists in a refusal to concede a right of search, in conjunction with England, France, Aus tria, Russia, and Prussia, Lord ABERDEEN is forced to relinquish any claim to such right for the righteous purpose of suppressing the inhuman slave traffic. But he insists upon the visitation of vessels carrying the United States' flan, by the Commanders of cruizers employed in suppressing the slave trade, for the pur pose of ascertaining that they are bona fide the pro perty of the United States. Should the - vessels visited be really American, they are not to be interfered with, or detained, although laden with cargoes of slaves ; as in the words of Lord ABERDEEN, " such vessels must be permitted, if engaged in it, to enjoy a monopoly of this unhallowed trade." There will be no overhauling of the cargo; no examination of pa pers beyond what is absolutely necessary to deter mine the real nationality of the vessel. Within such restricted limits we do not see how the American Government can offer the shadow of an objection to the proposition of the British Cabinet. iThe right is one which Lord ABERDEEN states, and which every body conversant with the question knows America herself exercises in the Gulf of :Niexico. Respecting the right of search being an invasion of national dig nity, which the patriotic sensitiveness of Americans could not brook, the Noble Lord cuttingly remarks that concessions sanctioned by Great Britain and. France are not likely to be incompatible with the dignity of any other State disposed to follow their , example. This is the only sarcastic stroke in this THURSDAY MORNING, MARC H 31, 1 {-,42. diplomatic note, and more than one Member of Con- • gress has already winced under it. We are not, however, unprepared for an American opposition to the visitation, under any pretext what ever, of .vessels carrying the United States flag. The Americans want to continue the slave trade, and they shrink from the odium they would incur in Europe were their participation in that odious traffic officially proclaimed to the world, in the manner it must be in the reports of visiting officers commu nicated to the Cabinets of the Five Powers. A sense of shame is a step towards repentance, and the very concealment with which the Americans seek to conduct this unhallowed traffic induces us to hope that the day is not distant when they will abandon it as we have done, and detest the memory of it as much as we do now. But considering the jealousy of this country which prevails in the United States, it appears that our Government has not gone the right way, to work in conducting negotiations which are in tended to accelerate the advent of slavery sup pression by the Cabinet of Washington. Instead of being the sole negotiator with the United States the English Foreign Secretary ought-to have taken every step in personal conjunction with the Ministers of the other Great Powers who have consented to the Right of Search Treaty. Every note should have been the joint production of the Ministers of , the Five Powers, who acting thus in concert, could employ lan guage more conciliatory, and even make larger con cessions to the influence of public opinion in the United States, than would comport with the dignity of an individual Power. What in them would be mo deration, would in the case of single States be inter preted the language of fear. It is a species of bravado with many public men in the United States to oppose every measure advocated by England, for no other cause than that it is so supported. They fancy that to oppose England manifests an indifference to her power, and a 'readiness to cope with her in war. These men, , > therefore, , would regard very dif ferently a note signed by the representatives of the Five Powers, and one dated from the Foreign office, bearing only the signature of Lord ABERDEEN. Nor is it yet too late to adopt such a course. With out the co-operation of the United States, the slave trade can never be entirely suppressed ; and if Europe be really in earnest in seeking its suppres sion, the better feelings of the American people are only to be worked upon in the way which we have just pointed out. Attempts have been made by several English Journals to turn into ridicule the lively and versatile dispositions of our neighbours on the other side of the Channel. They cannot live, it is said, without some cause of excitement, real or imaginary ; one topic succeeds another in rapid succession, and so effectually is the transient passion effaced by its successor, that the French themselves even find amusement in laughing at their own folly. If these writers would look nearer home, they would find that the French are not the only people who render themselves ridiculous by these transitory fits and passions ; and, least of all, the people of this country. The French can enjoy themselves at little expense, but the English cannot have their folly without paying dear for it. A new topic every season is brought forward at Exeter-hall, which agitates the public for a few months, then dies away, and leaves Jolty BULL'S pockets somewhat more empty than before. The great rage for the last season has mani fested itself, by the cry for more bishops. Ever since Lord STANLEY reduced the ecclesiastical staff in Ire land, the High Church party have been contriv ing means to keep up the number, by convert ing clergymen into bishops and transporting them to almost every quarter of the globe, as if the very existence of new settlements depended on the pre - sence of these functionaries. Not content with send ing them to the West and East Indies, to Canada, and New Zealand, we must dispatch one to Jerusalem, where there may perhaps be ten Protestants, all the rest of the population consisting of Mahom medans, Jews, or members of the Greek Church. Did the French ever commit, any act of folly equal to this ? To send a Bishop to Algiers, where there is a large French population, and troops -ready- to protect them, was absolute wisdom compared with the wild scheme of our eccle siastical chiefs in sending a converted Jew to a foreign country to be the laughing stock, nay, more to be stoned like STEPHEN (though we hope not to death) by circumcised unbelievers. This is, indeed, a heavy blow and great discouragement to the bishop-makers and were this the only consequence, we should rather rejoice at the result. It exposes to ridicule the mania of the present day, but it may also expose the country to serious danger, as the Bench of Bishops - will call on the Government to demand satisfaction for this outrage on a mitred head. We trust, however, they will call in vain. England has sufficient work chalked out for her in other quarters of the globe, without getting embroiled with Turks and Greeks by such a contemptible transaction. The best thing, therefore, Lord AnNRDERx can do is this. Let him apply to his friend Lord HADDINGTON for a vessel of war to despatch her to the coast of Syria, and bring back the rejected Bishop without a moment's delay. He may read his sin in his punishment. He entered the Sacred City like a conqueror, while his divine Mas ter entered it " riding upon a colt, the foal of an ass ;" and the Greek believers therefore determined to take vengeance for the insult. Letters and papers from Lisbon of the 21st inst. have 'arrived, brought by the Liverpool steamer to Falmouth. Queen DONNA MARIA. had on the 16th given birth to a son, and both mother and child were doing very well. The Cabinet was still incom plete, for now that the Chartists are in the ascen dant they do nothing but quarrel for favourite ap pointments. It was reported that Lord ABERDEEN and Prince METTERNICH approved of a revolution which increased the Power of the Crown, the latter at the same time expressing surprise that such a trifle as an oath should interfere with the QUEEN'S joyful acceptance of the additional prerogatives offered her by the revolutionists. Such is the morality of statesmen. In the North of Portugal, the people were crying out for a trade with England, in order to get rid of their wine, for 270,000 pipes of which they could find no purchasers. This is one of the glorious results of the protective system ! fadrid Journals to the 21st instant have arrived, but their contents are unimportant, with the excep tion of a few paragraphs given in our foreign sum mary. There: was one bargain transacted in the Threes on the Exchange of the 21st at 20k for sixty days, amounting to 600,000 reals ; 33 in the Fives for 20,520,000 reals at 27* for cash, 27 13-16, 281 29, 27i, t, 28 9-16, 27i, for various dates, with the 10 coupons and 20i for sixty days ; three bargains in the Debt without interest for three millions at 6i 6, for various dates. Of political news there is an absolute dearth in the few French Journals published in Paris on Easter Monday. One fact only is worthy of notice—France is pursuing the system of naval disarmaments. The King of Prussia, says a letter from Berlin, has issued a Cabinet order, dated 20th inst., stating that, as he has learnt that in Denmark Jews are freely allowed to exercise their industry, without obstacle on account of their religion, all Danish workmen, of the Jewish reli gion wishing to reside in Prussia, are to receive, on ap plication for that purpose, authority to work for any person with whom they can find employment. A letter from Florence, dated March 18th, says : " Prince William of P r ussia, who travels under the title of the Count of Glatz, after having passed ten days here, has just left for Home. During his stay our Grand Duke gave a concert in honour of the Prince. Prince Stourclza, formerly Hoopodar of Moldavia, died lately at Jassy, aged 80.---Galignaurs Meesenyer. BO UItSE—YI,IIIS, MONDAY, MADCII 28. First Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Pric, Pricy. French 5 per Centi . ) 17 50 1 17 50 ... 117 45 ... 117 45 4 per Cents. per Cent: ............. 3 5 60 35 35 ... 61,30 ... 6.nk or France ...... . Latlitte Bank I.lloot. Briar's 10 21 i —112 ,1 ...le2o 5.000 f. Shares 5047 50 ...5047 5C —504% B elgian 't an k ......... CO ...1064) ...1060 Belgian 5 per Cents. ......... 1 , 05 % ••• 105 % .. 110 ii F. per Cents., 1840... 1C.:1; ••• 106 % ... 106% Spanish Active ........ v 5 3 4, 2541, ... 254 ... 255 4 Passive .................. 5 % 5% ... 5% 5% Neapolitan «.........«..........• 1 06 5 156 25 ... int; 5 ... 106 x 5 .... 105 ... 105 ... 105 ... 105 Boman RAILWAY SHARkts. St. Germain ..... 840 ••• 840 84 ° 810 V ersailles. R. ............ 345 345 ... 34:1 75 045 216 25 ... 21r1 25 216 25 ... 216 25 ................. Rouen ....... ........... 525 ... 525 ... 925 ... 525 563 75 ... 5 (mean, ....................... 133 75 ... 562 50 562 75 Strasburg to little.. ........ 241 tis ... 241 25 .. 240 240 TH BgNsow.—ller Majesty's ship of the line Benhow, which sailed from "Malta on the 7th, put back during the night of the 11th, having lost her foreyard, and suffered considerable damage in her sails, in heavy gales, 200 miles to 'the westward of the Island. She was in port refitting at the depar; ture of the Levant Mail. r.. I AR 'I OF NEWS AND ttbltC OPtiltOlt• " Who runs mayrend." POILMIGN. The steamer Liverpool arrived at Falmouth on Mon lay evening with PeninSular mails, bringing intelligence thLt the Queen. of Portugal was safely delivered of a Prince on the 16th. The dates are—Gibraltar 17th, Cadiz 18th, Lisbon 21st, Oporto and Vigo 24th. Left at Gibraltar her Majesty's ship Malabar and Lilard steamer ; at Cadiz two French•brigs of war ; at Lisbon, her Majesty's ships Indus and Lynx, and Rhaciaman thus steamer, French man-of-war Jena, Frigate Afri caine, and corvette Ignateo. On the 24th passed the Braganza steamer in Vigo Bay ; on the 25th, off Cape Finisterre, passed a steamer bound south, private signal at the fore, red, white, and red, horizontally. The French Government is seriously occupied with the promised disarmament. The Toulonnais of the 24th inst. announces that a despatch from the Minister of Marines reached the maritime authorities of Toulon on the 22d, enjoining them to dismiss immediately all the seamen of the fleet who had served during 36 months on board the ships of war. The Courrier Francais and the Commerce were the only French papers published in Palls on Monday, - on account of the Easter holidays. The Madrid journal Castellano announces the disco very of a gold mine in the neighbourhood of Saceda Tras Sierra, and of two other mines, supposed to be of quick silver, in the district of Huete. — *Accounts from Rome of the 17th instant state that a perfectly good understanding now prevailed between the Court of Lisbon and the Holy See. A courier was de spatched on the 15th with instructions for Monsignor Cappaccini, the Nuncio in Portugal, and who was the bearer of the Golden Rose, which the Pope consecrates every year, on the fourth Sunday in Lent, in order to be presented to some Prelate of distinction. It was believed that several new Cardinals would be appointed after Easter. The Swedish Count de Palen was found murdered in his Palace at Bologna on the 16th. He had retired for some time from political life, and was engaged in putting ' in order a quantity of materials, which he had collected in his journey through Greece, Egypt, and the East, The murderers carried off a valuable collection of anti quities, which was no doubt the incentive that had prompted them to the commission of the crime. The Count was eighty years of age. puma.= OPINION. The Times, speaking of Bishop Alexander's mission to Jerusalem, says—" The tide has set, we are sorry to say, strongly against the Bishop in all directions in Asia, as in Europe.—' Jamque faces et saxa volant."The last ac- Counts stated that he had broken with Tahir Pasha, be cause that functionary refused to recognize him as any thing more than au English traveller ; and his relations with the Christian population seem yet more unsatisfac tory. The Augsburg Gazette tells us, It appears cer tain that the English Bishop of Jerusalem was pelted with stones by the Christians whilst he was preaching a sermon. The Mussulmans remained neutral (and no doubt much edified) 'on the occasion.' And from • another source we hear, that of many reports prevalent in Constantinople with respect to Syrian affairs, • the only one which has obtained confirmation from the mouth of an ambassador is the attack on the Protestant Bishop of Jerusalem ; and it is added, that his life was actually in danger.' 'What is to be the result of the Bishop's troubles, we do not pretend to foretell ; but we cannot admire the foresight or management of those who have exposed him to the peltings of the communions which he comes to conciliate." We take the followin g from the Chronicle :—" The late Ministry contemplated, and had prepared a bill, for an extensive reduction of the import duties, in the, hope thereby of at once realizing a considerable quantum of relief to the people, and a considerable addition to the revenue, by the increased quantity of goods imported, whether for the purposes of trade and manufacture, or of consumption. The policy of this intention must be allowed to be intelligible and straightforward, even by those who think that in principle it was unsound, or that practically it would have proved a failure. It proceeded on the assumption that the resources of the country are yet so elastic that the deficit in the revenue might have been provided for without having recourse to extraordi nary means, by simply removing the pressure frOm the springs of industry. The policy of Sir Robert Peel is based on the opposite assumption. He expects the re venue not to gain, but to lose, by the modifications of the tariff which he proposes ; and the starting point of his policy is a permanent disparity between the revenue and expenditure of the country, which renders the rais ing of more money by taxation an absolute necessity. Why, then, does Sir Robert Peel meddle with the tariff at all ? He wants more money, and here it is to his bands." The Post remarks, in an article on the emigration of Hill Coolies from India to the Mauritius and elsewhere : " There cannot be a greater or more mischievous error than that of regarding the necessity of importing labour into the Ivitturitius, British Guiana, and Jamaica, in reference merely to the preservation of the planters, to the consumption of sugar in Great Britain, or to the re _ _venue which the State derives from that source. These considerations are — not of slight importance; but, im portant as they are, they sink into insignificance when we reflect upon the higher and more comprehensive questions really at issue—viz., whether the vast regions in which, under the auspices of Great Britain, the sugar cultivation has taken root, shall be abandoned to hordes of semi-civilizesl Africans ; whether these Africans shall be abandoned, to relapse into utter barbarity ; and whether the whOle European demand for sugar shall be supplied from other regions to be tilled in perpetuity by fresh importations of staves from Africa?" The Herald asks—" Is there no formidable opposi tion :o any portion of the income tax ? Most assuredly there is, and Sir Robert Peel will not overlook it be cause it vents not itself in clamour, or refuses to coalesce with faction, or be made the instrument of dishonest politicians. Its comparative silence, save through the columns of the Herald, is far more eloquent in Sir Ro bert Peel's ears than the noise of public meetings, or the spoutings of political clubs. It is an opposition which, if neglected or despised, will hereafter • demonstrate its power. Sir Robert Peel is about to impose on' a class, the influence of which he has hitherto so successfully cultivated, an intolerable grievance." PUBLIC MTUSEMENTS. Upwards of 13,000 holiday people visited the National Gallery on Monday, and 10,000 on Tuesday. Westminster Abbey was frequented by upWards • of 1,000 persons, at the admission price of 6d. St. Paul's had no more than fifty, owing to the enormous price of admission.' The armouries and Crown jewels of the Tower were also crowded. NAVAL AND MILITARY. A new light-house has been erected in the old har bour of Alexandria, and will be lit on the let of April. The light will be at the height of about 180 feet above sea level : in fine weather it will be visible at about 20 miles distance. It stands in lat 31 11 31 north, and long. 29 51 28 east of Greenwich. LAW' AND POLICE. At the Liverpo'il Assizes on Monday, James Brown was convicted of stealing, with great violence, 230/. from the person of Benjamin Johnson, on the 13th of Fe bruary, in the neighbourhood of Manchester, and sen tenced to be banished for twenty years. On Tuesday, at Kingston, an action was brought by Mr. Stephens, a builder, against two members of a defunct club, called the Alliance, for the recovery of 52/. 15s. 9d., for work done at the club-house, and the Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount. The Insolvent Debtor's Court resumes its sittings on Thursday, and orders for hearing are out until the 14th of May. Some notion of the number of cases already heard may be gathered from the fact that, in 1839, there were about 127,000 schedules in the Court. About 2,000 cases are annually heard in town, and the same number on circuits. Williams and seven others were tried at the Ruthin Assizes last week, for riot and assault at the last elec tion for the Denbighshire boroughs, but discharged. Mr. Sparkes Hall, of Regent-street, appeared before the Marlbrough-street Magistrates on Tuesday, with several other tradesmen of respectability, complaining of fraud now pursuin g by a canvasser for a new book, who two years ago had for another alleged purpose obtained his name, and now brought it forward as his actual sig nature as a subscriber, endeavouring to enforce payment upon refusal, by means of law. The Me 3istrete obser ved that at present' he could have no jurisdiction in the matter, but was ready to act on a clear case of fraud FINE ARTS. During the repairs lately done to the foundation of a house in the road on the Isere, France, several sculptured marble fragments, with ashes, urns, and a terra-cotta vase, of the time of Trajan and Severus, were discovered. Upwards of Goa. has been already subscribed by the Committee of Antiquities of the Royal Irish Academy, for the purchase of the late Dean of St. Patrick's collec tion of Jrish antiquities, coins, and medals : they pur pose to deposit them in their museum, and open them to students and the public. COURT—PA.SRIONABLE. The Duke of St. Alban's has let his spacious mansion in Piccadilly to Sir James Flower. Lord and Lady John Russell do not intend leaving town during the holidays. IVIESdELLANEO7743. Yesterday was the anniversary of the Sicilian Vespers, in 1282. At the hour of vespers the inhabitants ofFalermo flew to arms, and fell upon their French oppressors, who were all massacred. In April the town of Messina fol lowed this example. The funeral of the Earl of Munster took place in St. Mary's, Hampton, on Tuesday. This fabric, built in the 14th year of Richard 11., originally consisted of only one aisle, but from time to time, it was enlarged, and Sir Christopher Wren designed and added a tower. It then became dilapidated, and the first stone of the present edifice was laid in April 1830, by the late King, then Duke of Clarence. The interior contains many monumental brasses, and the arms of the Munster family. DISGUSTING ADVERTISEMENTS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Allow me sincerely to congratulate you on the moral courage you have displayed in refusing the inser tion of those disgusting advertisements which are in serted (to their disgrace be it said) in almost every other newspaper but The, Sun, you have taken a most praise worthy step, and those papers which do not follow your step now, will, by continuing them, show to the world that they are only influenced by " filthy lucre. Offering my personal thanks.—Your's, &c. Manchester, March 29. A FATHER. HOMELY TRUTH.—A gentleman -who was irnpor. tuned by a sturdy beggar, answered My goo( man, I am nearly as poor as yourself, with only the dif ference that what I have I work for." .—................ __ MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. i CGURT CIRCULA R. n a CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING. ' WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—The Queen a-- prince,, pars The prices of the funds continue g ood, although ; Albert walked in the new grounds of the hoof the sales are but to a small ext ent. F or some y ears p ast for some time in the forenoon, and the Prince ot so in the - business has not been so triflin g .as it has been and the Princess Ro y al were taken airings, and aisoji y during the last few weeks. The q uotation for Consuls the afternoon the Duchess of Kent, attended b at the close of business "to-day were 89i • 1 4 1 for money, aa,d 898 buyers for the Account. Exchequer Bills 23 to .‘ Prince Albert rode to the meet at Salt-hill, at ,:_ . t ~ A. M. Dawson, rode out in a carriage and four. , e _ t o 30 premium. . by Sir Edward Bowater, Lord Cantilupe, and M„‘t:T.sii, Thts has been the day for settling the account in the Anson, and after an hour's gallop returned to the u ' rb e foreign stocks, which has hitherto passed off quietly. It In the afternoon her Majesty and Prince Alber.too, has been a bare account, and the opposite party, taking out in the Great Park in a pony pliaeton, his lioYa e t i ,. o ,o advantage of it, have endeavoured to raise the. quotations; ness driving, attended by the Countess Pi'mnry but unsuccessfully. Dealing? have been almost ex- Dowager Lady Lyttleton, Ladies Elizabeth and..;o, elusively confined to the jobbers among themselves, the West, Hon. Miss Cavendish, and the Earl of Wa l. s o , public evincing a growing aversion to speculating in in other phaetons ; and by Colonel Buckley, Sir these securities. water, and Lord Cantilupe, on horseback. ..,,,ill To-morrow being the time for paying the' differences, His Royal Highness Prince George of money, which has been exceedingly tight, was worth arrive this evening on a visit to her ;Majesty v oid fully 5 per cent. at the latter part of the day. The rate Her Majesty's private band, and the band of the 0 0 for the continuation of the Account, was equal to about Regiment of Horse Guards will be in attendance . . 15 per cent. per annum. The price of Belgian was 103 Castle this evening. s ttell 104 ; Brazilian, 69 70'; Danish, 81-i 82i ;of the Dutch His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, ter ,i4 Two-and-a-Half per Cents., . 52 521 ; the Five per by Colonel Jones, left town at nine o'clock Ye'visiof .Cents., 1024- 103 ; The quotations for the Portuguese morning, to honour the Duke of Rutland vita a C W IIIOI OI O ' Five per Cents. was 341 351 ; for the Th ree p er his seat., Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire. rr': Os' Cents., 201 21 ; Columbia, 268 . i ; Mexican, 421 3 ; and Their Royal Hi g hnesses the Duchess a nd the iillor Spanish, 243 3. Augusta of Cambridge, attended by 13ar°ntoisito The settlement in the Shares has also taken place to- beck, left their residence at Kew yesteiday, Ra nts , day, but the fluctuations in prices has been so small, as the Duke of Wellington, at Strathfieldsaye, iisitti to render it a matter of great facility.- Birmingham left Her Royal Highness the. Duchess of Glottcestel.`3llol• off at 84 86 ; Great Western, 26 27 ; the New Shares, her Majesty the Queen Dowager, on Tuesday, 3 ' 133 14 prem. ; Birmingham and Gloucester, 56 58 ; borough-house. South Western, 59 66 • Gosport, 59 60 ; North Mid- The Agent for Jamaica had an interview wit h , A ra; land, 69 70, te New ' Shares, 34 35 ; and Brighton, Stanley, yesterday, at the Colonial-office. S ir •' re 353 363 per share. South Eastern and Dover, 22;1 221 ; M`Nab had also an interview with his Lord.sll and Eastern Counties 131 124 discount. terday. . Ws rdl ir There have been no foreign arrivals , but t he intelli- A de p utation of the masters and journeymen soFi gene from the Havannah, which was in the money shoe-makers of London, consisting of ges' rs ' l a t ir article of The Sun last evening, has created some sense- Taylor, Laidlaw, Grieve, Madwin, J. I)avic 6,3 . tion. It is much to be feared that the ill feeling which Hoppe, M. Blair, Cooper, James, Sketton, 1;;: ii. appears to exist among the Spaniards in South Ame- Frankln, had an interview with the Earl of RiP , i'_,,, rica, and their dislike to any'improvement or innovation terday, at the office of the Board of Trade. ~,t et ir upon old customs, may lead to an unpleasant result, The Lady Mayoress and Mrs. Fry had an l ii.e. V ll tending to interrupt the course of our trade in that I yesterday, with Lord Stanley at the Colonial -o` ~ ii r . i C , quarter. I Lord Wharncliffe, Lord President of the LI - s hire. town yesterday for his seat, Wortley Hall t. co r o dita; ,f - - ado (From The Sun of Last Night.) The transactions in our own funds continue to be on .he most limited scale. purchases only to a small extent being made, and but for investment. It is not probable that speculative business will be entered into until the result of the measures at present before Parliament be ascertained. The delay in settling these questions is beginning to be seriousiy felt, merchants and tradesmen being alike unwilling to enter into contracts previously to ascertaining what will and what will not be carried. Consols remain at 891 for Money, and 898 for the Account ; the New Three-and a-half per Cents., 998 to 991 ; India Bonds, 9 to 11, and Exchequer Bills 27 to 30 premium. The principal engagement of the jobbers in Foreign Bonds is that of making up their books for the settling to-morrow. Portuguese Five per Cents. are quoted 341 ; Mexican, 421 421 ; Peruvian, 171 ; and Spanish, 244. The price of Brazilian is 69 ; of Chilian, 80 ; of the Dutch 'Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 524; and of the Five per Cents. 1021 103. This is settling day in the Share Market, which, from the small amount of business of late, is of compa ratively trifling importance. With the exception of Brighton, which has improved to 351 361, prices are much the same ; Great Western 92 ; Manchester and Leeds, 81 ; Midland Counties, 79 ; North Midland, 70 ; and Eastern Counties, 101. Money is rather lighter on the Stock Exchange, being worth 3 to 4 per cwt. Intelligence sixteen days later has been received from Rio Janiero, by a vessel bound for Hamburgh, which con firms the dull state of commercial affairs there, mentioned in The Sun of yesterday. The exchange on England had fallen to 281 d. The packet of the 10th December had not arrived out when this ship.left. The following letter is posted at the North and South American Coffee-house : The Earl of Denbigh and Colonel Feildthg h e , terview with Lord Stanley yesterday at the office. The Chancellor of the Exchequer returiuta t° yesterday from Betchworth. Despatches from the Governor of Gibra ltar ceived yesterday at the Colonial-office. riO9CS.' SPORTING INTELLIGE ~,6 . ) CHELTENHAM STEEPLE CHASES ( Co ' TUESDAY. ~, isi les ;l The first Imperial Sweeps, value 200 1 . I ' ,,seri $ Mr. Robinson's Imperial Tom ...............•••( s• Colonel Charritie's Napoleon ..................... ''f:ili6,l Five others started. A slow and unsatisfastoselo, The second imperial chase was won by )11 ), 0 Rebel (Owner), beating Mr. Herbert's D'e s after a good race, by a neck. upie s o s s The da was awr y fine and the attendanc e T O ri d PYTCULEY HUNT RACES.—sTe sS ist l ' e ,so The Tally-ho Stakes of 25 sovs each, 10 ft. or'" not thorough bred. Two miles. Gentles , 1 (8 subs.) der) $ Mr. Foster's b c The Conqueror, 3 yrs, Bst 91b cfl . "„., Mr. Foster's b m Sister to Fermeley, aged , 1- ` 5 8 0 .9 ' I Mr. Sweetman's fby Defence, Gratitude, 3 y o ~/ , Mr. Alpin's nd f Dart. 3 yrs, Bst 61b ....... •••"'' o ' s Mr. W. Ekins' Corsican, 4 yrs, lOst 121 b ..... '''a:.'P The Farmer's Cup of 501. and 10/. to•the see' I once round and a distance; I ' Mr. Burbidge's The Flyer, 5 yrs,.l Ist lib ••• a I , '1 Mr. Morton Forest Lass, 5 yrs, list 11b.....• a Mr. J. Dickins' May Day, 6 yrs, 114 91b.. • ... f 1,,,J Mr. Bull's Midnight, 5 yrs, list Ilb ........... • V. The Chesterfield Handicap of 25 sovs. ear only 5 ft. if 'declared, with 501. added. ° I le" and a dis. Gents. riders. 11 subs. of whom' ~,,•:f Mr. Clark's Currycomb, 5 yrs list 5 1 b ........ ,•, , Mr. Foste'r's Combat, aged, (h b) 12st ....... ••': . : s i s t Mr. J. Day's Mulciber, 5 yrs, lOst 10lb ........ ••07 The Hurdle. Race Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. e 4 • with 40 added. 2 miles, 9 subs. , s • Mr. Goodman's Tiger, aged, 12st 41b,,(Olissr) ..,s• Mr. Higgins's Roulette, 5 yrs, list 61b ...... ••"„.••'i Mr.'Ekins's Duenna, aged, 12st 41b . ...... ... •,;, 4 114 The following also started, but were not ro.V o l Elmor's Sam Weller, 'aged, 12st 41hi w Sss.:t Treaty, aged, 12st ; and B a ron Rothsch„ ) aged, 12st 41b. ' • ' riilfeJ CANTERBURY' SPRING RACES.:---„ v A match between Mr. Collard's Sportso:4, Haines' Fanny, was won by the for:'''..:l34,' The Easter Plate was walked over for by 31r. 11. r blk h ; and the Scurry Stakes were won Mann's b,m. NEWCASTLE RACES, 1842. e: sit o ir Acceptances for the Northumberland rit lt f iq cost, aged, 9st 91b—Beeswing, aged, 9st 61 1 1;), yrs, 9st 21b—Little Wonder, 5 yrs, Bst 1111) -- s ie f 5 yrs, Bst 81b—St. Lawrence, 5 yrs, 9 : 1 ,5,/, Shadow, aged, Bst 71b—Gallipot, 5 yrs, °, 5 1 ;,• 1 1 Squire, 4 yrs, Bst 51b—Bellona, aged, Bst 3 ' uese. )* 5 yrs, Bst 21b—Galaor, 4 . yrs, Bst 21b—Crusw , Bst—Kingston Robin, 5 yrs, Bst—Duke of ~,,, F,, s ; ' 4 yrs, 7st nib—Mona, 5 yrs, 7st 111b- - 7 -11 " ti : 4 6 yrs, 7st 91b—Hamlet, aged, 7st 91b—PaPP'5rd; 71b—Retriever, 6 yrs, 7st 81b—Blaek Bee k „'. 0), 81b—Portrait, 4 yrs, 7st 81b—The Young' u:',004, 81b—Rhodanthe, 5 yrs, ist 71b—Marshal )0k 7st.7lb—Jack Sheppard, 4 yrs, ist 61b-- - -Ai rc : o o4! 7st 61b—Miss Stilton, 4 yrs, 7st 61b—Disc' t ° ,,iel'f, 7st 61b—Queen Bee, 5 yrs, 7st 51b—M. 3 `" 0 1 7st 41b-Studley Royal, 4 yrs, ist 411iisli t i 6 yrs, 7st 41b—Jolly Tar, 4 yrs, 7st 41h -- l e 1 4 yrs, 7st 41b—Quilt Arnold, 4 yrs, ist 4 . 5 ,79 gardis, 4 yrs, 7st 41b—Sister to Glencoe, 4 ~, 1 i''b i Chantilly, 6 yrs, 7st 31b—Usurper, 6 Y fr stlY Zelmyra, 5 yrs, ist 31b—Pheon, 4 yrs, 7stS're 6 st 121b—Alice Hawthorn. 4 yrs, 6st lu ss isl'3;' 4 yrs, 6st 61b—Skipton, 4 yrs, fist 61b-:-Laiqerr))' Est 51b—Bounceaway, 4 yrs, Est 41b--k° f e te 6st 41b—Moss Trooper, 3 yrs, Est 41b-- 4 ' 6st 4lbs—The Lord of Holderness, 3316'.11,, Baronet, 3 yrs, Est 41b—Guitar, 3yrs, 6st , tt eil_li 3 yrs, Est 31b—Pharold, 3 yrs, 6st 31b---"/sr'r Est llb—Combermere, 3 yrs, 6 s t—E x trset , c ;f l , Priscilla Tomboy, a feather—Capt. Pott s, br cis re l , and Royal Charley, a feather. The rest „d e e ss o BETTING AT MANCHESTER ---A : 5 , f' TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAB i er 5 to 2 agst Wiseacre (taken), 3i to 1 (taken), 7to 1 agst Timoleon. / ~ CHESTER CUP. 1 lel ji 10 to 1 agst Vulcan (taken), 11 to - us siS Soult (taken),. 12 to 1 agst Lanercost (0,,, 0 , agst Alice Hawthorn, 14 to t agst Rory 0 41all 11 to 1 agst Cormorant (taken freely), - 23 t ° • st , ir • i keen, 25 to 1 agst Rhodanthe, 25 to 1 q e or , 30 to 1 agst Disclosure, 30 to 1 agst Retr l • ~ 75 agst Johnny (taken). ' 1 ) / DERBY. 0 11 11 Bto 1 agst Attila, 17 to 1 agst Rua , agst the Joanna colt, 25 to 1 agst the Lo r sfej (taken), 27 to 1 agst Wiseacre, 30 to 1 agst '' s fj freely), 40 to 1 agst Espartero, 50 to I 0,,f 0 r, EPSOM SPRING MEETING- - V SS The unfavourable state of the weather t'_„4l damper to the lovers of turf amusements, " , holiday time, the assemblage was not Jill r i. ‘,:; . 1( Stewards, Baron de Tessier and Sir Gill t he if were, as usual, zealous in the dischargq, ) r, Vito . , Among others on the Course were Si r , s itt, I, Mr. Greville, Mr. Gardnor, Capt. Coltsese' • Mr. Tompsou, &c. The sport commence,' tertlV o'clock, and the first race was run in a s isecl '', r a circumstance which, perhaps, imP' l e t sion of the starter, who gave the word to it ,„ g ip{ Mr. Tompson's filly had reached the 1/ (4 0 ; 1 ° , having made an objection, and the start Oleo mitted the absence of the mare in ques tio ! "c declared it a false start. On the fic,,s t slte Scott's Mosque was first, Mr. Higgins's ••v 1 74' dpi Mr. Heard's Conjugation thirds afters fl.. j sr, i ; The legitimate struggle ended as follosSl4 t',fsi Fifty Pounds. given by Sir G. Heatl i cotel l it, , ii ,' a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, for 3 Sr?'„ bu st ' Bst 121 b. One Mile. (11 Subs.) d,(,. Mr. H. §„ Thompson's b f by PhysieisTh , „•• 4 , 3 yrs ............................... :.. . ..... ...',',,,' Mr. Forth's b f Vibration, 3 yrs ..... . ..... ' 0 . st i f e e t . ? The following also started, but wer e G. 0 ?) Mr. Lawrence's Lampedo, 3 yrs--Sir • 3 •• - iiV Parmakeen, 3 yrs—Colonel Wyndlian' at of r so At yrs—Captain Gardnor's c, by'Oarnel, ° 0,4 1 / 7 ,r yrs (drawn after the false start) —: , ‘ 11. • 4 1.5 11 1 gation, 3 yrs—Mr. S. Scott's Mosqoe,,, ifigf):` bhin's Affection, 4 yrs—Mr. Higgi lls :ttillg S 5 and Mr. Garrard's The Dandy, 3 yrS. P ho li soil ioi l the field agst two-4 to 1 agst Mr. c l i tic , ey iki to 1 agst Conjugation-5 to 1 agst 310 t 4114191 0 ) agst P - armalseen. Won on the post 9' ale old splendid race, Vibration running hones o°d' ,Ø' 251. given by the Town and Neighbour6sf, 4),s Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. eash, 3 y rs 5 119, 1 1 ;4 5 yrs Bst 131 b, 6 yrs and aged, 9sc , 0 , J. 1 , : 0 be sold for 2501., &c. Mile heats. „, 0 Mr. Balchin's Dromedary, 5 yrs . .••••':„. 1 V Mr. Nightingale's Nick, 4 yrs ........ ; , a , , $. Mr. Goodman's f, by Muley Moloch -3i ' J . ' , . :', 1- 0 ~ Mr. Bushell's Jenny Jones, 6 yrs ..... • '., „. j e n Sir G. Heathcote's Argos, 5 yrs ••• • • ':.„.• 1 v „ Capt. Colquitt's Miss Emily, 4 yrs ••• .. ~„ 0 v„ Mr. Greville's Perseus, 5 yrs ..... ........ ....„ 0 v,, , Mr. Dockeray's Dispatch, 4 yrs • ..... ...,.• 0 ° ',4, Mr. Verrall's Junius, 3 yrs ......... ... ...... .. sry f o. Mr. H. S. Thompson's b c by Phr .e p r oni . e ' l 0 0 Each heat was well contested, but, , o ive ing run for the first and second cour se ~ i ss ss others and won cleverly. COP AO' Mr. Goodman's Match---2001. brm b t y o c l, l o e o ar o , l v . ei r i :r b b iS .. s . ll . . 1 ;;, (v , 00 ,.• 0 i'' Mrnßiusr‘kvaess'saLciotitialeplNeVteonbduerriesq..u..e..o._ry dirons . a t t e l l 's a " :s 3 l id, betting commenced at 5t02 on u Go . .. to 1 lop, 4to lltaken), but before starting 01 ey e os e the owner of Little Wonder, svh°, p er fect e and might have been distanced Wit P ldman been so disposed. " Liverpool, March 29th. " A gentleman at our port has this day received a letter from a relative of his in Havanna, stating that a pro tracted and serious correspondence had taken place be— tween the English Consul and Spanish Governor, re garding the new line of steamers. The authorities there were also at variance with the planters, in consequence of some prohibitory duties which htid been laid on. The guards were reinforced, the vessels of war were held in readiness to act promptly, if necessary ; and all the offi cers had received orders to be at their posts in the castles at eight o'clock. The cause of these precautions had not transpired, but there was general discontent amongst the inhabitants, and if the British Consul should meet with full support from England, he would most probably be enabled to accomplish his views. • . The above is nothing but what might have been ex pected from the previous information. It would really appear that the Spanish authorities there were Making every effort to bring themselves into col liSion with other countries, a proceeding which they can very ill afford, considering the revenues of the colony have been mortgaved by the mother conntry for some years to come.. It is considered that no relaxation in his demands should be made. by our Consul, it being of the utmost importance to the success of the new line of steamers that they should have equal facilities granted to them there as have been given ,in all other parts ;' and that if •the question in dispute be yielded, the safety of our trade will be snmewhat jeopardized. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. Paid. Per Share 23 1( ) to — RAILWAYS. Eastern Counties _ . Great Western' 65 92 London ane Brighton Manchester and Leeds Midland C :unties South Eastern and Dover York anti North Alitilatid Ditto N-,w Shares .. ...... 15 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, MARCH 28. 3 per Cent. Consols Three and Half Stock 9B ;Grand Canal Stock ... Ditto Reduced ' 97i Ditto Debs. 6 per sent... 80i Ditto New 1830......... 981 Ditto 4 per cent .. 3 per Cent. Debs. LivEnrooL SHARE AIARKET, :MARCH 29. New Eastern Counties were in request, while all other Rail way Shares met with a poor inquiry, and the sales, ex cept in this line, merely consisted of a few Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock, at 231. The price of Eastern Counties Debentures was 10/. 14s. 2d. ; and ditto New, 41. ss. Bd. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MARCH 29.—1 n consequence of the extreme dullness of the market at Manchester to-day, business was very flat. The entire sales did not exceed 1,500 bales, of which 200 were for exportation. Prices were not lower. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 29, 1842. — We have bad a dull market to day. Our only transac tions are—Manchester and Birmingham, 274 ; Bank of Manchester, 31 and 3-4 ; Rochdale Canals, 651. CLOSING PRICES BRITISH FUNDS. India 5t0ck............... Bulk Stock — 3 per Cent Red. Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent Cons B9i Ditto Old Annuities ... 3 i per Cent Red — Dit to New Annuities... New 3i per Cent New 5 per Cent. Long Annuities Loexpire Ditto 5ma11...... 30 pm Jan. 1860 ..... ..... Bank Stock for 0pen...170 Oct 1859. ........ - India Stock for Acct.... Jin. 1860. .. 12 7-16 Consols for Ilea B9L FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent Belgian, 5 pei cent Brazil►an Bonds 6S Buenos Ayres; ti per eat cent. 80 Portuguese, 5 per cent 63 Ditto, New Ditto 34 Prussian, 5 per cent. IRusslan, 5 per cent ll3 Ditto, Metallic, Chilian, 6 per . ....,.. ......., uieta...- ..... .. - Colombian, 6 per cent.. Spanish, 5 per cent.. 24d Ditto, 1824.......... ..... 26i Ditto, Deferred.... . . Danish, 3 per cent --French, 5 per cent.ll7l. —e. Greek, 18,45, 5 per cent — Exchange f ....c. Mexican, 5 per rent.... 42i French, 3 per cent —:. —c Ditto, 6 per cent. 1637 Dutch, 21 per cent. .. . 52* Peruvian,lB 2s , 6 per et. 171 Ditto, 5 per cent. ... . 102 i SHARES. Eastern Counties Railway (23 raid) .... lol Great Western Railway (65 paid) 92 Ditto New Shares (50 paid) ... 64 London and Brighton (50 paid).. MancheSter and Leeds (70 paid) ...... Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) North Midland Railway (100) South Eastern and Dover (48 paid) ...... . 25 York and North Midland (50 paid) ... ...... Ditto New Shares (15 paid 32 Goo .-•"""---------,0014 reb the Journal h e e o following l tl the me de i c n o r ma me Somme,xut communes extraordinary r 0 dfainthfaere,yv dsanyesrlear:o-,nin5).4.01 of th ( warty :l t ow i performance of high mass. At 0i ef, t e l li s 6 l party of the service, a nian of wild anc , th i n party name, mounted on a large horse, and ear.idto "S aolvlsedltiiiiirnodl,vienngtetrheedat whole fnll . trot, a nd:d o : 0 1: v ; ceV t overturning several chairs and m any 61 w- 0 10 .5 iie into the u cl)(' y ''' alarm. On reaching the steps of the „ h p€ l. ' ' stumbled, but the rider recovered him wi`,,li he ness, and was proceeding in his career ''''' n e t _i cured, taken out, and brought before ift,l'„loci 02 ' soon ascertained that he WAS a lililA le ' - him to safe keeping. . HOLIDAY AMUSEMENTS. WESTMINSTER ABBEY, NATIONAL GALLERY, &n. NATIONAL GALLERY.—During these last two days this public exhibition has been completely besieged with visitors, who poured in, in one continued stream, from the opening to the closing of the doors. It was computed that upwards of 13,000 persons visited the gallery on . Monday, and 10,000 Tuesday ; consequently, the rooms were crowded to suffocation. _ _ WESTMINSTER ABBEY.—At this venerable and splen did structure the visitors were very numerous both on Monday and Tuesday—tar exceeding any previous similar occasion, which probably may home arisen from the circumstance of the admission fees having been reduced to 6d.- since June last. If this fact were more generally known very few persons would neglect to in spect this gorgeous pile. As it is, however, there have been upwards of 1,000 visitors within these two days, a great portion of whom were foreigners, who it appears generally make this one of the lions of attraction when they visit London for the first time. The internal regu lation is under the superintendence of Mr. Foster Owen, the high constable of Westminster, and he reports that the visitors observe the strictest propriety. ST. PAUL'S C ITIIEDRAL.—The visitors here were very few indeed, which may be attributed to the high rate of admission (4s. 2(1.) which is still continued. The number could not be ascertained, but are supposed not to have exceeded 50. _ _ THE TOWEL—The number of visitors to the ruins of the small armouries and the Crown jewels yesterday con siderably exceeded that of Monday. The exceedingly fine weather of Tuesday, and the opening' of the new jewel office becoming more generally known to the pub lic, caused an additional influx of visitors. PETTY SESSIONS, WESTMINSTER.—SeveraI officers of the Court of Chancery and the Law Conrts have apartmeLts in Westminster Hall, from which time imme morial latte been considered extra parochial. Lately, however, the overseers of St. Margaret's claimed pay ment from the different occupants of poor-rates, police rates, &c., to which an appeal was made, and yesterday came one for hearing before the Magistrates in Putty Sessions. The Justices dismissed the appeal, and ordered the payment of the rates to be enforced, thereby de ciding that the apartments in question are not extra pa rochial. Mr. Pemberton, Solicitor to the Woods and Forests, attended for the appellants, and requested that notice should be given to him before any distress warrant was issued, as probably further proceedings might be taken. 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