The Sun. — London, England, 1842-05-07 00:00:00

THE INDIA SU CONTAINING A MAP AND FULL ACCOUNT OF APPGITANISTAN AND THE THEATRE OF WAR 1N INDIA, IS NOW READY. THE WEATI-lER.—NooN, MAY 5. 40 YAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Ti , errnometer .... 59 I Highest 6l I Lowest 4 • Barometer 29.85.—Wind W. 411 HIGH WATER in AT LONDON ve B ng RIDGE THIS DAY. 41...... 55 m utes after 11 I Eni 0 minutes after 0. 4-11,Advertisements of a Disgusting Character, OP Immoral Tendency, are excluded from Mc Columns of "The Sun." the sleet falling, the ice hanging on the rigging, and I the hands are benumbed with cold, so that they can hardly feel the rope, on holding fast by which life de pends. Hard, very hard, is the life of a dredging boy in a Peter-boat, forced to go to work on the water in the depth of winter ; and there are hundreds of them between Dover and Yarmouth. The complaints of the shopkeepers' assistants in London of being overworked are numerous. All these classes' will be entitled to receive the attention of the Legis lature, if it begin to regulate and prescribe em ployments. In short, for it to enter into that career opens up a prospect of such fearful trouble and responsibility, that it ought to pause and deliberate long before it proceeds further to interfere r,ith the employ ment of the people. We ask again, if Lord ASHLEY begins, where will he stop ? Our legislators, who obstinately refuse to admit the working classes to be either constituents or representa tives, know practically little or nothing of their toils. Accustomed to find most of their pleasures in ease, idleness, and bodily comfiwts, they form a very exagge rated notion of the actual sufferings of those who toil. Use is second nature, and living in squalor, or dabbling in dirt, shut up in a pit, is perhaps not near so painful as appearances make the rich, and the tenderly brought up suppose. GoD tempers the beat of the mine to the col liery girls, and the fierceness of the blast to the dredging boy, as he tempers the wind to the shorn lamb i ; and the Legislature, which is composed exclusively of the upper classes, will commit a gross mistake if it attempt to legis late about employment from its own views of the happi ness or misery of the working-classes. On these accounts we doubt very much the propriety of making laws for the regulation of employments. Hard and irksome as may be the lot of these children, it is better than starvation ; and if the Noble Lord cannot supply them with plenty of food is idleness, it is, per haps, creel to interfere With their occupation. The peo ple themselves scarcely complain of their toils. They want less work, and better wages, not the abo lition of their employments. We confess that we mistrust those who, while they pretend to feel for these infants, cruelly tax their food to enrich themselves. Let Lord ASHLEY and his friends set a good example, let them abstain from plundering the people by laws, let them resist Sir ROBERT PEEL in squandering the pro perty of the people as if it belonged to the Parliament, and they will confer more benefit on the working classes by their conduct, than they can possibly do by any laws. One part of the work for which children are required is to open and shut doors, which might be easily done by machinery ; but when the population is ground down to • poverty by mischievous laws, they look with abhorrence on. the employment of machinery, as depriving them of bread, and they petition against it, as if the benevolent agent that spares their toil were a curse, and not a blessing. To make them prefer machinery to irksome toil, and to put an end to these degrading and demoralizing 'employments under ground, the first requisite is, that the people be able to get cheap and abundant food above ground ; and till the Bishops demand the repeal of all Corn and Provision-laws—till the Lords repeal all such barbarous and brutal enact ments, we shall hold them to be the guilty authors-cif all the miseries in mines, collieries, and factories they pre tend to deplore, and will vainly essay to prevent by legis. lation. The Emperor of RUSSIA is engaged in a contest with his Nobles about the emancipation of the serfs through out his dominions. His Imperial MAJESTY is opposed to serfage, and since his accession has done all in his power to give freedom to the most oppressed and most deserving class of his subjects. The Nobles, however, who are the owners of the serfs, and who re gard them in the light of property, are so op posed to the measure that ti revolution may be expected, should the EMPEROR persevere. Now, persevere he will. All who know anything of the character of the Emperor NICHOLAS, must be aware that he never swerves from any purpose which he has once undertaken. His ob• stinacy is so great that nothing can remove it. It matters not whether the course to be pursued is right or wrong, the CZAR never swerves from it. Fortunately the course which he is now pursuing is the right one. Serfage in Russia is but a modification of slavery as it exists in the Southern States of North America. The Russian serf can obtain liberty on no terms whatever. If he follow any trade or profession, he cannot remove five miles from his native village without the written permission of his master, which is always obtained with difficulty. His 'earnings, his wife, his children, are all the property of his master; and the instances are exceedingly rare in which serfs have been allowed upon any terms to purchase their liberty. Some of the serfs engaged in trade, especially in the Baltic provinces, are rich, - their families highly accomplished, and yet at the beck of their masters they may at any moment see their daughters torn from them, and given to boors without their consent, and themselves reduced to the most abject slavery and misery. The pride of a Rus sian Noble is to have as many serfs* possible, and the more he has the greater is the consideration in which he is held by his compeers. To diminish the power of the Nobles is the main object of the Easraaon'S attempt to emancipate the serfs. While serfage exists he reigns by the sufference of the Nobles, and he wants to be absolute. We, __however, care nothing what are his intentions, so long as his acts are liberal and beneficent. Now next to the abolition of the African slave-trade, the abolition of serfage in Russia is one of the greatest boons that could be conferred upon the human race. But it re quires to be done with great caution, and to be accom panied with measures , making the letting of land com pulsory on the part of the great proprietors. The omission of such measures on the part of the Imperial Government, completely. neutralized the benefits which might have been expected from the abolition Of serfage, a few years ago, in some of the Baltic provinces. The former masters of the emanipated serfs united in refusing to let them land on any terms, in consequence of which they were reduced to such misery as to im plore the authorities to allow them to return to their former condition. The fact was seized upon at the time by the Nobles, as demonstrating how much Russians pre ferred serfage to freedom, and for a time the resolution of the EMPEROR seemed shaken by it. But the actual circumstances of the case becoming known, the EMPEROR more than ever determined to restrict a power which was shown to be too great to be controlled by an Im perial Ukase. We shall enter more into the details of this question on a future day. The Right of Search question continuos to excite the attention of the French Journals. The following sensi ble remarks of the Journal des Debuts, stated, to be from the pen of M. GUIZoT, are in answer to the ribald attacks on England in the Presse and the National. They are worthy of their imputed author : We need not dwell on the last treaty relative to the right of search. The Chamber, having testified its disapprobation, the Government has not ratified it, and M. Guizot has repeated, even to satiety, in terms the clearest and most precise that language can furnish, that unless important modifications should be introduced, it will not be ratified at all. What is not less true, and what France ought pot to be mistaken about is, that England has a right to be astonished at this refusal to ratify, and at the explosion of abuse which accompanied it—for the treaty was our work as much as hers. We, like her, had negotiated for it in the great Courts of Europe fur years to gether, and under every Ministry since 1833. We may be accused over and over again of having an English heart, but what we have just statist* will not be the less true, and it is not our fault if for ten, years the persons, who take as the text of their declamations th e treat y of 1841, have done every thinF in their power to have it concluded, signed, and ratified. Let tt not be ratified if such a line of conduct appears ad.. visablei but let us not appear ridiculous in speaking of per fitly. To hear the present outcry, one might suppose the treaty of 1833, with the right of search, was quite a new dis covery. What ! if a great abuse existed, would everybody remain silent for ten years ? But the truth is, either the treaty was unknown or entirely forgotten, and this is the very best proof that if the right of search produced some abuses, they could never have been attended with such la mentable consequences as are perceived at present for the first time. Is it possible, we ask, that our commerce could have been ruined, and our navy annoyed and insulted for ten years, without a cry having been uttered from one end of the kingdom to the other ? Believe it who may, we certainly do not. Vexatious proceedings and unjust seizures have been cited ' • we do not deny the truth of su ch statements for a moment. The treaties themselves contemplated the possibility of abuses, and have provided the means of obtaining redress. We have re commended that such matters should be represented to the Go vernment, which will apply to England, and we hope—nay, we are convinced, that justice will be dealt out to our just applica tions. This is all we advise, and yet for this we have excited the fury of the patriots of the old and new schools. War is all their cry. They wish to begin with cannon-shots, and after wards come to some understanding on the matter when France and England shall have reciprocally burnt their fleets and done each other as much injury as possible. or to abolish the treaty of 1833 and tear up our signatures, which would be a totally new pr oceedin g amon g st civilised nations, anal would highly honour the France of 1830 ! It would be a fine sight to find the country, which is named Liberal par ercellence, and which first proclaimed the rights of man, commencing a , ainst England and against all Europe a war in favour of slavery. And let us, even with the ri.k of having ourselves doubly abused, tell the whole truth, and inquire since what period the infamous traffic in slaves has relaxed? Since the Treaties of 1831 and 1833, and the establishment of the right of search. The Revolution of July took pride in having abolished a commerce which so cruelly outraged the dignity of maxi. We were not willing to leave to England the honour of having driven slavery from the world, and are we already tired of our efforts? Have we done what England has effected? Have we paid 500 millions of francs to purchase the liberty of a portion of the human race? BOURSE--PARIS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 4. Past Highest Lowest Last Price Prue. Priv.. Price. french 5 par Conu ll9 90 ... 119 90 ... 119 70 119 75 per Como ......... 107 W 107 80 ... 107 80 107 SO 4 per Cents. ........ 101 ... 102 0 . 102 ... 102 3 per Cents.. Bl 10 ... 82 10 P 2 82 Dun ..... 82 10 . 82 10 ... 8 2 1 0 .. 82 10 S a nk of France ............... 2362 10 ...ON 50 —5362 50 :3362 50 LatAtte an I,OOOE Shares 1040 ~.1040 ...10-IS 5,000 f. Share . 0055 ...5055 ...5055 ' Belgian Bank 0000 0000000 795 795 'Os 795 Belgian 5 per C ent 5.......... 103% 103% • per cents., 184.0i0 105 % ... 105% ... 10514 _ 5O 105% 9 pot Cant otoomot 73 30 0. 7x.10 ~, 73 7l 80 - • '1"":".' , • ..°‘S DY IN - *PAN • • fr. , . . , IJ tZ LONDON SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 7, 1842. Zr. ROEBUCK'S notice collected a very crowded House last night. The very foremost performer—the great Star of that assembly, in his most favourite character of Public mystifier, could not have collected a larger or a more attentive audience. It must be a great gratifica tion to the Hon. Member fur Bath, and a general encou- Nement to well doing, to learn from experience that airaesty and boldness, under the guidance of skill, may Come as attractive, even in the House of Commons, as 11 71sompous fudge mimicking sincerity. Mr. ROEBUCK " t "lc as he said, an extraordinary course ; it was traightforward and manly, and had, therefore, all the warms of novelty for that assembly. While his mode )roceeding was the most remote possible from vul gar or offensive, while it was ever courteous, it broke in upon all the conventionalities of form, and roused and knocked down a multitude of the idols there perpetually 'worshipped, fc ,',. ‘ Pre ceeding on no better foundation than common 1,„:".% . Or general rumour, which is held to be no ground be g a n with parliamentary proceeding, the Hon. Member 6an with Lord CUELSEA, and politely, but firmly, asked • • him, Was he a party to any compromise, violating the 1 1/ 4„;) -mges of the House—and, what we regard as of more importance violating the right of the constituen eies—for resigning his seat, though declared duty elected by a Committee of the House ? Lord CHELSSA in a :neat, and evidently a prepared speech, declined the authority of the Hon. Member, and peremptorily and Unequivocally refused to answer. Set him down, there fi•e, the public will, as guilty. Mr. RUSSELL, the other Member for Reading, having had the same question put to him, returned a similar answer, and the public will draw a similar conclusion, :Ciaptiiil - Pit.TINUtIDGF., with the sincerity and openness ‘which generally distinguish gentlemen of his profession, *tdmitted that such an arrangement had been made with 'espect to his seat for Penryn, but he declared that he - :was not cognizant of it till after it had been made.' He -bad put himself into the hands of a lawyer, and he abided by that lawyer's act, though he thought it prema ture. - Thus it is not even the Members, but attorneys and barristers, who dispose of seats in Parliament, in. Iste.td of the constituencies. 1 Sir Jost HonaousE stubbornly and dryly refused to unswer.—Verdict of guilty against Sir JOHN, amply confirmed by the resignation of his colleague. Mr. ELPIIIN STONE admitted that he had been a party to a compromise,but did not contemplate resigning his seat. '..l.lajor BERESFORD treated the matter as a private con ' cern, and stiffly denied the lion. Member's right to ask the question. Guilty will be the verdict against the limber for Harwich. Mr. J. ATTWOOD was absent from the House, and Sir G. 11. DE LIRPENT has re signed his seat, allowing judgment to go by default. Mr. ROEBUCK having thus obtained all the- informs _ `iion he could, proceeded to move for his Committee, claiming to be heard, as it was a question of privilege, • and making good hi s claim in spite of much opposition. ile grounded his motion on statements which he had heard, and said he could show that there were grave reasons for suspicion against the Hon. Members for Notti ngham, Ha rw i c h , P enr y n , and Lewes. The accu sation Was, that they had obtained their seats through in timidation an d bribery. H e c h a rged them with bribery —he cha rge d t h em w ith entering into a compro mise, in order to avoid the consequences of their bribery; and h e appealed to the House, whether this were not a gross breach of privilege. We must quote what the Ron. Member said of the Nottingham case, perhaps the Worst : Suppose a general election about to take place, and that the two seats for Nottingham were about to be contested; a sort of a , Parliamentary Nap o le o n determines to conquer that town; he jumps upon it, as Napoleon would say, with both his feet— ;ea f r r r h e t s ei low n into the town, he bribes every man he meets, his opponent out of the town, and he is returned. The party who has lost, petitions; the Committee is to be Struck, say on Monday—fear seizes the Members, and they en ter into a compromise with the party opposed to them. They Pay down money for the purpose of exculpating themselves, and of escaping from the scrutiny of a Committee. They Jur ther pledge themselves to allow the other candidates to walk over the course. , Mr. ROEBUCK then emphatically asked the House, would it allow such gross bribery to escape ? - Will it allow, also, those Honourable Members to sit who have, by these compromises, confessed their guilt ? By • bringing those questions before the House, ,k.ttral before the public, Mr. ROEBUCK has rendered 41 most essential service. The Hon. Member concluded :' by calling on Sir J. HonuousE to second his motion, _and by moving for a Committee to inquire into the charge he had made. Capt. FiTznoY in a manly speech, Sir J. HOBBOUSE not ' ,having complied with the call, seconded the motion; but ,The debate was, on the suggestion of Mr. W. WYNN, adjourned till Monday. That Right Ron. Gentleman admitted that it was a most important question, deeply Concerning the honour of the Members, and therefore Is , ,;`equired time for consideration. To that Mr. ROEBUCK made no objection, and on Mon ,' 'lay the debate will be resumed, when it will be proved, apprehend, to the public conviction that seats in the Ileformed House of Commons have been made the sub jeqt of sordid and disgraceful bargaining. We cannot conclude without so.) ing that Mr. ROEBUCK won the ap probation of the whole House, and merits the approba tion of the public. -Lord ASHLEY has entered a notice on the books of th e Hous e o f C o mmons, " for a Bill to make regulations respecting the age and sex of persons admitted to work Mines and collieries." The subject, too, was brought before the Lords last night, by the Bishop of NoRWICH 13,l'eSeRtillg five petitions against the employment of Zkildren, and especially of females, in mines. The Rev. lad' pointed to the profligacy which results, and 17' on the authority of the Commissioners, that other 1,-a4murers would not marry the females who had been ; tet ight up in mines. A short and interesting debate t ; s ro ll ed, in which Earl FrrzwituA.3l, with his customary Sense, dispelled the illusion that the crelties and f,7 u ips to w hi c h c hild r en are exposed are chiefly con -117 to manufacturing districts. We agree with the : 31 / 4 1 ° Lord, and say with him that the inqui r y will not ‘ll,,'lllplete unless it be extended to the " healthy era _ / A fttl ents" of agricultural districts. 44 1 flitti ng that the employment of women and chil llity,4l mines and collieries, is a disgrace to the commu iritttf?! entertain grave doubts as to the propriety of I ll'eae,g with it by legislation. Lord ASHLEY has with interfered very largely with factory children, de t&tta u d d oing much good ; while the present increased alar n i (311 his exertions is calculated to excite some is h e t : tt/ tf, t ia the extent of his self-imposed task. Where d 1 ,, s 1? Re must consider, as Lord FITZWILLIAM I)l4l,"iii in "e ther there be not equal degradation and depra ‘" "'` , 4.4 4 other employments for females. mine' te r prebcribinm rules for working boys and girls in s, will not the solitary little herds who lie out on s hills in all . weathers, with no companions but their e 4,,,iituea and their dogs, be deserving of legislative car 1 . ,I, 4 :_rs t lY not the young females also demand it, who are • : ec luently kept at work making ball dresses or court .e ng for the gentry and nobility till they fall from tOitts, and whose hard toils make them fall an : °lll -ptex to any sedu cer who prom i ses t h em f oo d, 14 Kt4ee „ el ing, 4nd - relaxation ? V , O T u tn tt terrible hardsrliopmfoarnyyoausnegnsiltaiNd'es ' • ii " .41 § 4t; persontoclimb it 24,, and, lay out on yards when the vessel is. rolling, 111 t*oti _l/7 11.!* 11,1 - YIP tiT r r it Id DA he nt .4 let ost oi ike ou al the :ntt kere Loa; :ion , ard tice roes rese a to ding ens leen' nble hem and up. kabti lied . part lan3e it he E. the lauef d nod hal. not' draW einall Hon (Ml- ( G 0 fue*.. after ist it as se iOOO emb Bat 0 Leh 11°. ,sessea- zse House' u p 00 agroe 4 red jci 01 ,BA • a a the i nd who ice Ha rry.l ud Df, DIY J.. 4 e 'el ntter' we d tli* dere ,s,lO • IJI ejlils Ater P t i r ie _*04.00 ue34.00 ; tteoi rn-r' dagli `titsip ace" ..91 we: , ►8 DO 0834 , ,fi r el di O il , .11 *or t o I we i s t ? or ti GO b iel alio* oPIP` ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Wonderful attraction, and matchless Stud of Horses. THIS EVENING MAY 7, Will be presented Lord Byron's M A ZEPPA ; OR, THE WILD HORSE OF THE DESERT, with increased splendour, extensive auxiliary aid, and unapproachable effects. After which, in a more extensive and splendid Arena than ever before witnessed, NEW SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, introducing Mr- 11 VrTY'S unrivalled Collection of Animals, consisting of nu. rtiermiS and matchless Cream.coloured Horses Anialusian Chargers, 3 Potted Couriers, Fairy Palfreys, and Pigmy 'Poneys, and the most talented' Vaulters, Riders, Gymnastics, an d Contortionitt in the kingdom, with a gorgeous Entree, called the AMAZONS of the GULDEN SUN and the KNIG FITS of tile SILVER SPUR. To conclude with the Melodrama of ROBINSON CRUSOE; OR THE BOLD BUCCANEERS, with New Scenery, &c. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 7, 1842. Portuguese 5 per Cents. E2 3 . 2}6 32x, Neapoittaln 50 106 — 103!; 106% Rozkan III6W. ... __..% ... ziALLWA 1..4i-IAtiES R. Germain Ver,atik., K. 1 . L.B 2u3 ... 2 , 5 ... 185 ... 119 8. , 01cn 51;0 ...58^ ...55a ... 555 Orleans Stia..lJurg to 8a1e.... _._ 2 -i5 ... 2:5 ... 235 ... T. 35 Austrian, spa rent.— )Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 pet rent — Ditto , New Ditto — ; Brazilian Bonds . ...... ... Prussian, 5 per cent.., — Buenos Ayres 6 per cost 23 'Russian, 5 per cent ll2l Chilian, 6 per cent.— 'Ditto, Metallic ...... . Colombian, 6 pet cent.. 7 -- j Spanish, 5 per cent 23,i Ditto, 1824.-- .... ..... -, )Ditto, Deferred.... Danish, 3 per cent — IFreneh, 5 per cent. —l. —c. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — !Exchange Mexican, 5 per cent.... 33a. ;French, 3 percent —'. —c. Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 IDutch, 2i per cent. .. . Peruvian, 1825, fi per et. Illitto, 5 per cent. .. . 101* SHARES. Bristol and Exeter (70 paid) .. . ... .. 44 Cheltenham and Great Western (72k paid) Isi Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) ... Ditto New Shares•(— paid) Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ...••• ... 55 Great North of England Railway (100 pd) 86 Great Western Railway (65 paid) 93i Ditto New Shares (50 paid) 64 Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) • 36 London and Blackwall (25 paid) ...... — Ditto New Shares (—paid) ... ........ ... 10 London and Birmingham (90) Ditto Quarter Shares (15 paid) 37 Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid.... London and South Western London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) l3i Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) Ditto Quarter Shares (15 paid) lBi North Midland Railway (100) Ditto New Shares (40 paid) •.. 32 Paris and Rouen (16 paid) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) ....•• Ditto Scrip. ( 5 paid) • York and North Midland (50 paid) ... ...... 94 COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam CF. 12 7i Gibraltar ... . 46 Ditto, at sight Rotterdam ...2 U. 12 8 Genoa . 25 95 Antwerp .. 12 8 Milan Hamburgh M.B. 14 0 Venice ... 47 Altona Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 75 Palermo, per oz 120 Ditto, 3 months 25 95 Lisbon Marseilles Bourdeaux 26 0 Rio Janeiro 27 Frankfort on Maine... 1521 Bahia Petersburgh, 3Us ... 364 Buenos Ayres 8er1in..... . 7 New York, 21 days sight 46i Vienna, effec. 11. 3M. 955 Philadelphia 46 Trieste, ditto .. 956 PRICES OF MILLION, PER oz. Madrid Cadiz Bilbao ... 36 New Doubloons OO 0 Barcelona . 36 New Dollars 0 4 Cif Seville - MURDER OF A POLICEMAN. MONEY and COMMERCIAL IirEWS ! CITY, Verney SEresenso. It appears that for the last three weeks a series of highway robberies have been perpetrated on persons passing through,: Business in the English funds has been confined to a the fields in and near the Hornsey-wood-house by a footpad, sale by the Bank broker, which depressed the,, price or said to have been heavily- armed, and a description of whose l' Consols to 921 928 for money, and 928 92'4 for the account. Bank Stock, 167 168 ; India Stock, 2471 2436 ; Exchequer person a few days since was forwarded to the station-house of ' Bills, 37 39 premium. • the N division, Islington-green, since which period Superin -1 tendent Johnston has caused additional men to be placed near Foreign securities were rather flat, and the price of Belgian was rather lower bein 101 1026 Dutch Two and a Half the spot mentioned. Shortly before four o'clock on Thursday , g 1 ; afternoon police-constable Charles Moss, 162 N, was on per Cant:. were 53 53-1 ; the Five per Cents, 1 01 101 6 , Danish, 801 S 1 ; and Brazilian, 67 68. duty near Hornsey-wood-house, when he observed a gen tleman going along the' path which leads from it towards Railway Shares were a shade lower, although some Wen town, and a man following him in such a manner as led sive business was done in them. London and Birmingham, hint to suppose he intended to rob him, and who also 90 92; Great Western, 52 54 ; the Half Shares, 146 15 prem. Birmingham and Gloucester, 52 54 ; South Western, 63 1 64; answered the description of the man suspected to have Gosport, 633 64 • North Midland, 64 66; the New Shares, committed the previous robberies. He pursued him, and on approaching within a few yards, the villain turned 313 321 ; South ' Eastern and Dsver, 301 311 ; Eastern round and fired a pistol at him the ball ' lodging in constable Counties, 94 10; Blackwall, 11 i 123; the New Shares, 9; 103 . alikl Brighton, 361 363. Moss's right arm. Moss called ' loudly for help, and police constable Mallett, N 341, who was standing on a hill about a The foreign Exchanges were not so favourable as on this quarter of a mile from the spot, and a journeyman baker, day week. Hambro' 13 13; Amsterdam, 12 41 12 43 ; Rot terdam, 12 41 ; Antwerp, 12 41 ; Frankfort 1518 151 i ; Paris named Charles Mott, in the employ of Mrs. Woodward, of 25.30,25.85 ; Vienna 9529 53 ; Trieste 9 531 9 546 ; Lis- U pp er-street, Islin g ton, but who resides at Hornse y , and who bon, 533 ; and Cadiz 361 363. man Mott had got within a few yards of him when he drew was also near, joined in pursuit of the suspected robber. The The bonds are quoted: Portuguese Five per Cents ,37 37 1; the Three per Cents, 22 22/ ; Colombian, 26 ; Mexican 3,4 another pistol from his breast, and again fired, wounding his , ursuer g in t shoulder. ker 33 ; Spanish Five per Cents., 24 233 ; and the Three per p Cents., 23 231. of Ilornse fri y, who htfully was in he his chaise-cart . H at the oward time, b and Some further information has been bought to light upon saw the occurrence, give chase to the assassin, whom he kept in sight along the main road in the direction of Ilighbury the subject of the surreptitious issue of upwards of seven Barn, on arriving near which he jumped over a ditch millions sterling of the Three per Cent. Spanish Stocks, and into some fields, in the direction of Highbury Cottage. Mr, bad as the s'ater»ent may appear, it is greatly to be feared that Howard followed him, and whilst doing so, observed the worse remains yet to be unfolded. 'To those who may happen murderer reloading his pistols. He mired to two gardeners to be unacquainted welch the trickery of Spanish finance, these in the employ of Mr. Wilson, the magistrate, who had joined disclosures may appear exaggerated or doub ful, but to such as in the pursuit, to be careful, for the man had loaded fire-arms. may have had experience, painful and expensive perhaps, they will be perfectly credible. The Madrid Gazette of the 26th He got into a lane which ran up to the house of a gentleman, naieed Warren, and at the end of which there was no through ult.,reported a speech made in the Cortex on the 25th, by Don fare, and in which he was mat by police•constable Timothy Pedro Gil, in which in allusion to the contract with M. :-.'ala- Daly, N 65, who was about to seize him, when the villain mance laid before them, seventy millions of reals in coupons drew from his breast the pistol he had reloaded, and bred at had been given by the Government to th .t gentleman as part Daly, who instantly fell on the ground lifeless, the ball having of the guarantee for his advances. These coupons have, p e n e trated his heart. Bysthis time Mr. Howard and his other doubtless, been converted into stock by the several agents, and pursuers came up, and the murderer was seized. He exclaimed, the stock thus created found its way into this and other markets. " I'm done, now I give myself up," and lie was then asked to '1 he settling, it is to be lamented, will be a day long to be re give up his pistols, which he did. No police had come up by membered by many who have purchased these documents. this time, and the people assembled bound the assassin's hands (From Tile Sun of Last Night.) with cords, and in that way conveyed him to the Islington The English Market opened firmly, but the sale of nearly station, Islington-green. 100,0001. stock by the Bank. broker, has since rendered it dull. On the arrival of the murderer at Islington station-house The prices are—Consuls for Money, 921 92%, for the Ac- —followed by several hundred people—he gave his name count, 92% 921; Reduced Three per Cents , 911,1 2 918 ; as Thomas Cooper, No. 1, Rawstorne-street, Clerkenwell, New Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 1004 1003 ; ditto Re said he was 23 years of age, and a bricklayer by trade. He is duced, 993 994 ; Bank Stock, 167 168; India Stock, 2473 2483 ; about f i ve feet four inches high, and of fair complexion, but has India Bonds, 21; and Exchequer Bills, 33 39 prem. very cadaverous sharp features. ' His attire was a blue coat Foreign Securities are firm at the prices of yesterday— very ragged, an old red valencia figured waistcoat, and fustian Belgian, 102 103 ex. die. ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., trousers. 53 533 ; the Five per Cents, 101 1013 ; Danish, 806 813 ; Shortly after eight on Thursday night, Mr. Wilson, a county and Brazilian, 67 68. Magistrate, near whose house the catastrophe took place, The flatness in Railroad Shares is somewhat improved, and visited the Islington station-house, to make inquiries into the more business has been done. London and Birmingham, matter, the who eof which relating to the death of the mur -181 181% ; Thirds, 31, Great Western, 931 A ; New, 644 ; dered man had been seen by some of his servants. The pH- Fifth , , 103 ; Bristol and Exeter, 44 ; Cheltenham and Great soner, who was handcuffed, and divested of everything which Western, 161; Great North of England, 861 • North Midland, would enable him to lay violent hands on himself, was then 65, the New Shares, 323 ; York and North ilidland, 933, 94 ; brought out for the purpose of ' hearing the charge-sheet read Paris and Rouen, 173 ; South Eastern and Dover, 313; the over to him. On coming to that part which charged him with Scrip, 13 ; and Eastern Counties, New, 51. 9s. 2d. the murder of Timothy Daley, he exclaimed, " What,. is he Bonds are quoted—Colombian, 266 ; Mexican, 32 331; dead ?" and his countenance became deadly pale. On being Portuguese Three per Cents , 221; Spanish Five per Cents., asked by Inspector Thatcher if he wished to say anything, at 233; and the Three per Cents., 221. the same time cautioning him, if he did, it would be taken Money continues plentiful ; two-and-a-half per cent. has, down, Cooper, who appeared covered with perspiration, and however, been paid to-day. whose previous fortitude seemed completely to have left him, Accounts from Buenoi Ayres to the 12th of February have replied, " No, I have nothing to say now." been received. It appears that the Governor was determined It appears that the baker (Mott) and the deceased were in to preserve peace with the surrounding nations as far as it was the saute lane together, and that when the prisoner found there possible, and that he had received satisfactory communications was no thoroughfare, he drew the two pistols , and declared from several of the neighbouring Republics. The receipts o! " the first man►that attempted to molest him he would shoot." the Treasury in January had been 39 silver and 3,076,784 A man in a cottage close by came out with a gun, and the paper dollars, and the disbursements 2 , 9 57,2 66 , of which 1,273,765 had been on account of the deferred debt , and the prisoner fired both the pistols simultaneously at the deceased (Daley) and Mott, the baker. balance in hand on the Ist February, was 112 silver and 1,860,812 paper dollars. 't he Treasury bills in circulation at that time amounted to 4,385,000 dollars. Exchange on England 3d. Intelligence from the Mauritius to the 26th of January has come to hand. The extreme cost of the production of sugar over the price obtained, still occupied the attention of the planters. Three remedies were proposed—the introduction of more labourers, whereby the present high wages would be reduced ; the abolition of the land-tax; and a remission of the export duty. In the month ending the 20th of January, 11,945 bags of Sugar had been put up to public sale, of which 8,925 bags had been sold ; middling and good brown at from 4.75 to 5.80 ; middling to fine grey 4.76 to 7.23, and nsjddling and goad yellow 5.45 to 6.85 per 1001bs. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET ' MAY s.—There have been about 3,000 bales sold in very dull market to-day. Except 400 Surats, at 3d. to 43d., and 120 Egyptians, 7d. to Bed., the whole was American, 4d. to 6J. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, MAY s.—The market wa very dull, and Eastern Counties and South Eastern were both lower, the new Shares of the latter being, on leaving oft', at 33, and the Debentures of the former Si. 6s. Bd. The other sales were, Edinburgh and Glasgow, 55 ; London and Birrhingharn, 181 ; Manchester and Leeds, Half Shares, 393; and the Quar ters, 63. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY s.—We continue quiet in Shares ; prices remain firm, and net much Stock offer ing. North Midland Halves, 321; Manchester and Birming ham, 29 to 293; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 541/2 to 55; South Western, 63 to 64. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock .. 168 India Stock ..... ....... 2483 3 per Cent Red. 9ll i Ditto Bonds ........ --a 21 pre 3 per Cent Cons 923 Ditto Old Annuities ... 33 per Cent Red 993 ,Ditto New Annuities... New 33 per Cent New 5 per Cent.. — , Ditto 5001.... 39 pm Long Annuities to expire ' Ditto 5ma11...... 36 pm Jan. 1860 .... 121 Bank Stock for Acct ...1673 Oct. 1859. ........ 12 7-16 India Stock for Acct.... Jan. 1360. .... Consols for Acct 923 FOREIGN FUNDS. EXAMINATION OF THE MURDERER. CLERKENWELL. Thomas Cooper, a bricklayer, apparently about 23 or 24 years of age, was placed at the bar before Mr. Greenwood., charged with the wilful murder of Timothy Daley, a police con stable of the N division. The Court was crowded, as was the street outside. On the prisoner being placed at the bar, Mr. GREENWOOD said—Prisoner, what is your name? Prisoner—Thomas Cooper*. Mr. GREENWOOD—Where do you live? Prisoner—Raw stome-street, Clerkenwell. Mr. GREENWOOD—What are you? Prisoner—A brick layer. The prisoner spoke in a very low tone of voice, so as to be almost inaudible. He is not at all an ill-looking man, but has an expression of wildness in his countenance. He has very long, flowin g light hair, and light eyes. He appeared, when placed in the dock, as though he was intoxicated, or in a state of half stupefaction. By order of the Magistrate he was accommo dated with a chair. John William Howard was the first witness called, and said, I am a baker at Hornsey ; I was calling on my customers on Thursday, at half-past 3, when I saw a man running across the fields, and a policeman pursuing him. I was in my cart at the time. 'They were running towards the Hornsey road. I was about 100 yards from them. When I came into the Ilornsey-rdad, I stopped till one of the persons came up, who was pursuing the prisoner. I saw the prisoner running towards Highbury Cottage. The person I saw told me that a person had shot a man, and had escaped. I drove on towards Islington. I then saw the pri soner in a field about a quarter of a mile from me. He was without a hat, and running in the direction from me. I got out of my cart and pursued him, as I was afraid he would be lost in the shrubs. When I got to within 200 yards of him I saw him get over a fence; and I heard him ramming something in his breast as though he was ramming a pistol. I got over the fence, which had spikes at the top, as well as I could, and kept calling out for asSistance. Several people came up ; saw the prisoner present two pistols at me ; he had one in each hand. Ile presented the pistols at the people round. dont't think he pulled the trigger. I then went roue . - ,' past Highbury-barn and I saw the prisoner fire kt the police man. ;his was close to Highbury.barn. That was a good distance from the fence ; it must have been about a quarter of an hour after he was at the fence to the time he shot the man. There was a number of people at the spot at the time the prisoner shot the policeman. I saw the police.. man with a man named Mott, a baker, who made a rush at the prisoner, and while he was doing se the prisoner fired at him, and Mott was wounded in the shoulder. The policeman then made a rush at the prisoner, and he was immediately shot by the prisoner, and he fell. I was then about 50 yards from them. I then saw the policeman lying on the ground. 1 saw the prisoner seized and secured. His hands were tied. At that time there were as many as a hundred people present. I heard the prisoner say when he was seized, " Prn done for." Mr. GREENWOOD—Prisoner, have you any legal adviser here? Prisoner (in a very low tone of voice)—No, Sir. Mr. GeezNwoon—Do you wish to ask any question of this witness? The prisoner replied " No, Sir," in a scarcely audible voice. John William Young, the next witness, said—l live at Hornsey Wood-house, lam a waiter there. The first I heard of this transaction was from a boy who came into our house and cried out for help, as he said a policeman had been shot. I went out, andsl saw the policeman lying bleeding on the ground. He pointed to the direction of the Hornsey-road, and I saw a man running away across the fields. I and another policeman went across the fields, and the first person I saw wt s Mr. Howard, the baker, in his cart. I said, have you sec li a person without a hat, running away ? and he said he had, We followed in pursuit of the man. We came up to "Cooley gardens, and I saw the prisoner present the pistols. I saw Daley, the deceased, and I called him to assist u 4, The prisoner was then standing with a pistol in each hand. When we re turned there were several people around him, at a distance. The prisoner said he would shoat again. I saw a baker make a rush at the prisoner, and the polleenan followed him. The prisoner immediately fired one pistol at the baker and the other at the deceased, who fell to the ground. I ran off to a docter. I had to go about 150 yards. The doctor was at home, and he came to the place directly. The prisoner was seized, and I went to the station-house with him. I saw him searched, and one or two bullets were taken taken from him. He made no statement in my presence. Mr. GREENWOOD—Pray do you wish to ask this witness any question? The prisoner, leaning on the box, with his face in his hands, replied faintly " No, Sir," • Wm. Ilensom said—l Garnard's-mews, near to Hornsey-wood. Yesterikri I "heard the report of a pistol in the Hornety Wood. I went in that direction, and I saw a hat anti pair of gloves lying on the ground. Before that I heard a man cry out " lam murdered." I met the man who said this,and he was staggering, he was a policeman. He was holding his hand to his arm. The blood was running through his hand. Another policeman came up, and he told me to go to Hornsey Wood-house and get assistance. I did so, and the last witness came with me and we went in pursuit. A woman told us that a man had gone across the field. I was not present when the policeman who was killed was shot. I know no more than this. The prisonor declined asking any question. Stephen Turnbull said I was working at Mr. Paul's myrtle gardens at Highbury. I saw the prisoner running across College-road at the back of the garden. I saw him afterwards welkin , * up and down a field with two pistols. I went round up College -road, and I saw the prisoner standing in the road against the paling. This was at Highbury Park South. A number of people were round. Upwards of a hundred, I should think. I heard Daly the deceased say, " I don't be lieve those pistols are loaded . " .The prisoner replied, " I will ire them at you." I saw. .. Mott, the baker, make a rush at the prisoner, and also the policeman Daly, and the prison'er immediately fired both pistols i the left hand at Mott, and the , right at the policeman, When he fired he - looked at the baker, and then looked at the policeman and fired again. Daly fell dead. I laid hold of the prisoner, and he felt for something in his pocket. I took a knife out of his trowsers pocket. ( The knife was here produced : it was a butcher's knife, about ten inches long.) When I got the knife, he said, " lam done ; you have got all my weapons." I went with the prisoner to the station-house, and I asked him going along how he could do such a thing, and he replied that he would have served me the same. I asked him if he was married, and he said he was not, but he had a mother. I saw him searched, and saw the ball taken from his pocket. The prisoner, still leaning on his face on the bar, faintly said he had no question to put. Thomas Grover said he was coming past Highbury-barn yesterday afternoon about five minutes past four, and saw the prisoner standing with his back against the fence. with a pistol in each hand. Several persons were round him. I heard the prisoner say the pistols were loaded, and any one who dared to attack him he would_ fire the contents at them. Daly, the policeman, was there, and he said he did not believe they were loaded, and the.priioner replied " they are loaded." I then saw Charles Mott, a baker, make a rush at the prisoner, and the prisoner fired the left hand pistol, and sown as he had done that, Daly approached, and was immediately shot dead. The last witness, Turnbull, seized the prisoner, and. I wrenched one of the pistols, the left, from the hands of the prisoner. ( The pistols were here produced. They were a couple of horse-pistols, with flint-locks. ) The prisoner declined asking any question. James Wheeler said—l am waiter at Highbury Barn Tavern. A man came in yesterday afternoon, and said a man had been murdered. I went out, and I saw the prisoner against the fence. What has been stated by the other witness is correct. The prisoner appeared extremely faint, and his countenance had changed to a ghastly hue. Henry Haines Walton said—l am house-surgeon at St. Bartholomew's Hospital. The man Mott was brought baba the hospital last night about six o'clock, and afterwards the wounded policeman. I examined the man Mott, and I found him in a state of collapse. I found that a ball had passed through the shoulder. l - k is very feeble and low, and it is impossible to say what the probable result of the wound will be. I examined the policeman who was wounded, and I found the arm to be fractured. I can't say how long it will be before he will be able to be produced. I think there is danger in the case of Mott. I can say that the wound is a gun-shot wound with out looking at the ball. Ido not think there is any bone injured in Mott. The ball passed through the muscle and the skin. George Beckley, police-ofnecr, 12 N division, said--I picked up a bullet on the opposite side of the road to where the man was shot. It was on the curb of the foot-path. It is now precisely as I found it. It exactly corresponds with one found on the prisoner. It fits the bore of both instals. . At the close of the proceedings of the House of Com mons on Thursday night, a new writ for Nottingham, in place of Sir G. H. De Larpent, who has accepted the Chil tern Hundreds, was moved for, but the motion was got rid of by the House being adjourned. There is no longer, therefore, any doubt of the disgraceful compromise. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the Royal Suite, left Buckingham Palace yesterday for Claremont Park, where the Court is expected to remain nntil Monday Twit. - Their. Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, were taken in one of the Royal carriages and four. P.anten OF MAnyi.EnoNE.--The poll for the election of vestrymen and auditors for 1842 terminated yester day, when the Liberals had a majority of 848 over the Tories—the numbers being, 1,320 for the Liberal candi dates, and 472 for their opponents. That indefatigable opponent, o f Church-rates, Mr. Childs, after great expense and no little anxiety, has just gained another victory over his prosecutors, the Churchwardens of St. MarV , Bung ay. M r. Child s h a d been summoned before the justices for the non-payment of 1839, when shortly 39; when he i i atof toektrlNotvrbaejreedestiaoshillingsn suit t l tot n stwhe a a d f validitycoiouuuirnpecO:eed of the a rate, that day the Con against him, which judgment, when Mr. Evans, the Judge, d ecided that the defendant was ststorial Courtterminated only of o perfectly justified in opposing th e proceedings, that the plaintiffs had thrown m uch obstructi on n Norwich the 3d instant. s t gave ant. and difficulty in his way, that the defendant had corn, out of the case with clean hands, and he must therefore declare the rate months, and has void, with costs to the defendant. This suit has been , however, —gaged in the suit, to causedp tr r aT e l ed m ti hnoegr defendant, enf t oe h nw a d n a forn a t ' andt o twenty-sev en u o sa l n erse miles. a poor man resist such be comes of Sir Herbert Jenner s remark that these Courts a o r p e pr n e o s t si ez ? ensi T v h e for congra tulation—the Churchwardens, from the day they assailed Mr. Childs, now nearly eight years, have never made a move that has not damaged themselves. ,earendishoolnveccoaulltdse INFANT ORPHAN ASYLUAL — We beg to call the attention of the benevolently, disposed to the anniversary dinner of that very excellent and unique charity, the only one in which the helpless infant is received when bereft of parental care. It has been aptly enough remarked, that this is in reality the nursery of charities ; and when we state that nearly two hun dred children are at this moment reared in it, - whose very exist ence might be justly doubted but for the kind offices of this institution, and that infants six weeks old have been received into it, we need. not say much more. The Stationers' Com pany deserve great praise for having afforded the use of their spacious hall on this occasion , when his Grace the Duke of Wellington presides. The small annual subscription renders it a charity that almost all may aid, and th e li s t o f s t ewar d s i n another column of The Sun will show that men of influence and rank have not been slow to take the lead. Government has ordered . two large ships, the Duchess of Argyle and the •LadY Gifford, to be chartered for the Paisley unemployed weavers, to sail frorn Greenock for New Zealand about the beginning of. Junel and Dr. Boyter, a Government emigration agents is at preae4oVaisley,.organi ing the expedition. - I : t/ .0,1.v_iy,7- Lary :.k.; Edward Drewry, of 8, Park.terrace, Highbury, surgeon, said I was called upon yesterday afternoon, about half-past four, by a man who said that two men had been shot. In three minutes afterwards I proceeded to the spot, and I found the policeman dead. There was a slight muscular action about the jaw, but there was no pulsation of the heart. I saw that the man was dead, and I went to the other man and extracted the ball from his ribs. The ball had passed from the shoulder blade to the ribs. I extracted the ball in a moment : it was un der the lower portion of the shoulder-blade. He was immediately taken to the hospital. The pistol must have been close upon him, as there is a quantity of powder driven into the skin. I think there is a small bone running across the shoulder blade broken. I have made a post mortem examina tion of the deceased policeman, who is now lying at Highbury Tavern. The ball entered and fractured the seventh and eighth rib, and then passed transversely through the stomach, and out at the other side below the floating rib, which is frac tured. The ball did not enter the cavity of the chest, so that it must have passed considerably below the heart. The prisoner, who appeared to be growing weaker and weaker, here fainted into the arms of the gaoler, and was taken out of the Court immediately. Mr. Drewry ordered some brandy to be administered to the prisoner, which order was promptly attended to. Soon after the prisoner's removal, Inspector Penny informed the Bench that the prisoner declared he had taken poison, and that he was evidently in a very dangerous state. Mr. GREENWOOD requested Dr. Drewry, who yet remained in Court, to hasten to his assistance. Meantime the people who thronged the body of the Court were in a state of in describable excitement. Dr. Drewry returned in a few minutes, and had a private communication with the Magistrate. We heard it was to the effect that he (Dr. Drewry) from the symptoms evinced by the prisoner, believed that he had taken poison. Inspector Penny announced that the prisoner was getting worse every moment, and that he was at that moment throwing up large quantities of blood. Waddington, the gaoler, said the prisoner had told him he had purchased, yesterday evening, two pennyworth of white arsen►c and six pennyworth of laudanum. One of the Police Inspectors subsequently informed us, that in a few minutes he ceased vomiting, but was in a state of the greatest debility. Afterwards he appeared somewhat better, and took brandy and water, and some emetics. From the extremely debilitated condition of the unfortunate wretch, and the uncertainty whether or not he will recover the effects of the poison, it was said, though not from the Bench, that he would be remanded until Mor.day next. When our Reporter left he was lying apparently insensible on a bench in the gaoler's room. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. PLYMOUTH AND DEVONPORT RACES. WEDNESDAY. The Lyneham Stakes of 5 sons, each, 2 ft. Heats, once round and a distance. Gen. Gilbert's Pulwaun, 4 yrs (Owner) 2 1 1 Sir W. Trelawny's Chartist, aged ... 0 0 2 Mr. Crofton's Muleteer, a yrs ' 1 2 dr Mr. E. Bloxam nd. Great Western 0 0 dr Handicap Plate of 50/. Mile heats. Sir S. Spry's The Jewess, 5 yrs (J. Horsley) 1 1 Mr. Croiton's Muleteer, 5 yrs 2 2 Mr. Downe's Harmodious, 6 yrs Mr. 11. Carlisle's Single Peoper, aged 0 0 The Hurdle Stake; of 15 sOvi .. . each, with 15 added, were won, in two heats, by ,Jr. A. Vivian's The Bride (Owner), beating Mr. Bray's Maid of the Vale, and two others. CHESTER RACES.—TituitsDAY. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas, for three yrs old, &c. Thrice round. Mr. Orde's Bee's-wing, aged •• e. walked over The Marquis of Westminster's Plate of 1001., added to a Han- dicap of 20 sovs. each, h ft. Grosvenor Course. Mr. Heseltine's The Shadow, 6 yrs, 9st 41b ...( Heseltine) 1 Lord Eglinton's Beflona, aged, Bst Mb 2 Mr. Raworth's Cattonian,4 yrs, 6st 12Ib The following also started, but were not placed :—Lord Eglinton's The Young-'un, 5 yrs ; Mr. Buckley's Gilbert, 4 yrs ; Mr. Skerratt's Lydia, 4 yrs ; Sir R. Bulkeley's Cerito, 4 yrs ; Mr. Price's Croydon. The Selling Stakes of 5 soya. each, and 200 added. Grosvenor Course: Mr. Price's Prince Albert, 5 yrs (Cartwright) 1 Mr. Mostyn's Peter the Great, 4 yrs Mr. Dawson's The Biddy, 3 yrs The following also started :—Mr. Griffith's Miss Eaton, 3 yrs ; Mr. Walter's Miss Winney, and Mr. Speed's Emperor, 4 yrs. Free Handicap, of 20 SOTS. each, 10 ft, and 50 added. Heats once round and a distance. Mr. Mr. Mr. Plummer's Alice Hawthorn, 4 yrs ....(Bumby) 1 1 Ferguson's Humming Bird, 5 yrs . ............... 0 2 Skerratt's Hudibras, 4 yrs Thompson's Fenella, 5 yrs ... .. 0 dr DERBY BETTING IN THE EVENING. 7 to 2 agst Attila (taken); 4 to 1 agst Frederica c. (taken); 8 to 1 agst Canadian (taken); 14 to 1 agst Auckland (taken); 20 to l agst The Lord of Holderness (taken); 22 to 1 agst Jack (taken); 25 to 1 agst Ballinkeele ; 25 to 1 agst Tiptoe; 30 to 1 agst Chatham (taken freely); 40 to 1 agst Fireaway ; 1000 to 15 agst Combermere (taken); 1000 to 10 agst Ghuznee (taken); 1000 to 10 agst Scaltecn. EGLINGTON PARK RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The Curraghmore Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 100 added. Two miles. Lord Howth's The Augean, aged (Mr. Moore) - 1 Mr. Knox nd Roderick Random, 6 yrs .... Lord Eglinton rid The Gipsy, aged The Winton Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 50 " a half. tad. Mile and Mr. Ramsay's Recorder, 6 yrs 0 . ( Major Richardson) 1 Mr. Alexander's Jock, 5 yrs " • 2 Sever. The Two.years old St:: Yothers ran. ices of 20 sovs. each. Half a mile. Mr. Ramsay's buf':, ) , Lord Eglintor . ' s Egidia Inheritor, out of Lady Easby (Noble) I 2 Mr. AlP :cantier's lienbow ':.ardicap of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 30 added. One mile. Mr. Ramsay's Oswald, aged (Major Richardson) 1 Mr. Moore's Magic, 4 yrs The Arndilly Stakes of 7 sovs. each, with 50 added S kiiIMARY OF NEWS AND %HOW eptittott. " Who runs may read." POR.XIIGX4. The F'aris Journals indulge in few comments on the accounts from India. Most of them indeed abstain from them altogether, and give merely an analysis of the news. The (.`ourrier Francais which, on a former occasion, made some gloomy predictions as to the result of the struggle, now says it has no doubt that the English would again pass the Indus on the re turn of fihe weather, and that they will er.ter Caubul as con querors; but it qualifies this anticipation by observing that their prowess will cost an enormous sum, and produce no po litical advantages. The Tribunal of the First Instance of the Seine gave its decision in the affair relative to the succession of Baroness de Feucheres on Wednesday. The Attorney-General, M. Ter naux, after examining at. considerable length the facts and arguments adduced by M. Philippe Dupin, in favour of the heirs, and by M. Chart d'Estange in behalf of the Paris hos pitals, uhimately declared against the pretensions of the latter. The Court then retired to deliberate, and shortly afterwards re-entered the hall, and delivered a judgment by which the relationship of the Baroness with the fisherman Richard Dawes was declared to have been satisfactorily proved, and rejected the claim of the hospitals. The Madrid Gazette publishes a decree by the Regent, declaring that the lazaretto of Vigo, in the islands of St. Simon, will be opened from the Ist of June next to all vessels, Spanish or foreign, which may choose to pass their quaraitine there.— The Castellano states that the I.\ ational Guards of Peralada. near Figueras, had been disbanded for having sung republican songs. We learn; by the Brussels Journals, that a military revolt, on a small scale, took place at anent on .the 119th ult. The soldiers forming the compagnie de discipline in barracks at that place refused to peform an additional hc.ur of service which is imposed on them, and several threw down their muskets. An officer, however, boldly advanced among the mutineers, and, some troops having been sent for, , three of the ringleaders were taken into custody, upon which the remainder returned to their duty. The Emperor of Russia published an ukase on the . 2d ult., modifying the position of the Russian serfs in respect to their lords, which created so much dissatisfaction amongst the no bility, that the Giand-Master of the Police of St. Peters • burgh found it necessary to publish an ordinance on the follow ing day, annulling in reality all that had been commanded by the preceding ukase. The Gatette of Upper Germany states that the Germanic Diet has been for some time past, and still is, engaged in the consideration of a general amnesty for political offences. A letter from Vienna, 26th ult., in the Suabian Mercury, mentions a rumour of letters having been received in that city, announcing that the Emperor of Russia had recently had seve ral attacks of illness- It does not appear, however, that much credit was attached to the rumour. PARLI.A.IVIENTATLY. The Lords met last night, and had a short debate on the condition of children in mines and collieries, which the Bishops of Norwich and London deplored. The Marquis of Londonderry denied that females were chained to waggons in the collieries of the Tyne and Weare. Several Bills were forwarded a stage. Lord Brougham, with a view to inquire into the strange scenes now exhibited before Election Committees, laid on the table a Bill of Protection and Indemnity to all who might be required to give evidence on the subject. It was read a first time. On the motion of the adjournment, another little sparring match took place between the Marquis of Normanby sad the Marquis of Londonderry relative to the accusation which the latter had made against the Magistrates of Sunderland, and which he refused to retract. The disorder was so great that Lord Redesdale was shocked, and called the Noble Lords to order. Their Lordships thereupon adjourned. Besides entertaining Mr.. Roebuck's motion, to which we have elsewhere referred, the Commons only discussed the Property tax Bill in Committee, and in spite of Mr. Hume and his friends, passed the rule for assesing tradesmen's profits on an average of the last three years, by 76 to 27. The House was engaged with the Bill the whole evening, and got through all the clauses. It Adjourned at One o'Clock, till Monday. IVIONEY;--TRADE—COMIVIEILCE. From the Report ofthe Royal Westminster Opthalmic Hospi tal, read on Thursday at the annual meeting, it appears that the number of in-patients was 305, and out-patients 7,630, making a total 01 7,935, being an increase of 3,200 for 1840 and 1841. 3,850 barrels of oil, one of the richest cargoes known to be conveyed into the East India Docks, has been brought home by the large ship Active, from the South Sea whale fisheries. At the half• yearly meeting of the Imperial Brazilian Mining Company, held on Thursday, at the London Tavern, the Report stated that the produce of gold for the six months ending the 31st December, 1841, after deduction of duty, amounted to 20,5721. 19s. 3d., against which the expenditure for the same period was 13,9921. ss. 9d., thus leaving a balance of 6,5801. 13s. 11d., which enabled the Directors to announce a dividend of 10s. per share (of 251.) for the whole year. ELECTIONEETLXNG. The nomination for Brighton took place on Thursday. There are four candidates in the field :—Mr. S. Harford, Liberal ; Lord Alfred Harvey, Tory; and Messrs. F. O'Connor and krookes, Chartists. The show of hands was declared in favour of Mr. Hayford, when Lord Alfred Harvey demanded a poll. The election took place yesterday. ECCL SIASTZCAL. The Bishop of Lichfield is stated by a Birmingham Corre spondent to be rapidly sinking under h►s illness, and very faint hopes appear of his recovery. The Bishop of Worcester has issued a letter to the rural Dean of Birmingham, in which he forbids the public use of the term " Puseyite," as applicable to those entertaining Tracta rian opinions. NAVAL AND IVIILXTAIVir. Accounts state that the ship General Evans struck on a reef within two days' sail of Sierra Leone. The twelve passengers escaped, but five seamen died subsequently from fever ; the rest are now on their way to England. The loss of the vessel is estimated at 6,0001. The Military Board in India have issued orders for the commencing without delay the burning of bricks for the con struction of the Ganges canal. This magnificent work will irrigate the provinces on its borders, especially the immense tract of land lying between the Jumna and the Ganges. - The sloop Fantome, commanded by Captain Butterfield, has captured 19 slave-vessels, and liberated 2,261 slaves during the 20 months she has been employed on the coast of Angola. MAW AND POLICE. At the County Court held on Thursday at the Sheriff's Court, Red-lion-square, proclamation of outlawry was made aga►nst 24 persons. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC. Mr. Charles Heath has just left London for Paris, to com plete his arrangements with Jules Junin and Eugene Land, the former to supply the literary, and the latter the pictorial, illustrations for a new splendid work on Paris, which will be ready by September next. Dr. a ogel, the eminent botanist, died at Fernando Po, on the 17th of last December. THEATIMXCILTs. Madlle. Dejazet, whose travesties have attracted so greatly at Paris, appeared fur the first time last night at the St. James's theatre. Mdlle. Plessy, the celebrated French actress, left town on Thursday for Boulogne. Theatricals in America are said to be in a much more thriv ing condition than they have been for some time past in Eng land. The Seguins have been rearing a golden harvest from their recent visit to New Orleans. COURT—TASIIIONASI.E. The Duke of Wellington intends to give a ball on the 19th instant at Apsley House, in celebration of her Majesty's birth day. It is to be on a scale of princely splendour. His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury gave his annual entertainment on Thursday to the Bishops at Lambeth Palace, as is customary on Ascension-day. The Marquis of Northampton arrived at his mansion in Pic cadilly on Wednesday night, from Rome, after an absence of nearly twelve months. The Earl and Countess of Harrington arrived at Harrington Home, Whitehall, on Wednesday, from Elverston Hall, Derby shire. It is reported that her Majesty has signified her pleasure to appear, with her whole Court, at the ball for the benefit of the Spitaltields weavers, in the costumes worn at the Royal Masque. The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch gave a grand enter tainment on Wednesday night at Montagu House. COURT CIRCULAR. _ The Queen and Prince Albert left Buckingham Palace at a quarter before one o'clock yesterday afternoon in a carriage and four, escorted by a party of hussars for Claremont. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and their attendants occupied another carriage. Two carriages and four followed, in one were. Colonel Arbuthnot, Equerry in Waiting on the Queen, and Colonel Wylde, Equerry in Waiting on Prince Albert ; and in the other the ,Dowager Lady Lyttel ton, Lady in Waiting. and Lord Byron, Lord in Waiting. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge, visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday evening at Marlborough House. Their Royal Highnesses and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge afterwards honoured the Countess of Jersey with their company at the tirand Ball, given by her Ladyship at her residence in Berkeley-square. The Duke of Sussex visited the Queen Dowager and the Duchess Ida, of Saxe Weimar, yesterday , at Marlborou g h House. His Royal Highness also visited the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, at Cambridge House. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited the Duchess of Gloucester, yesterday, at Gloucester House. Their Royal Highnesses, and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, honoured the Italian Opera with their presence on Thursday evening. Air. J. Corry, from Queen's Camel, Somersetshire, had an interview with the Earl of Ripon, yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Despatches from the Governor of the Mauritius, and also from the Governor of New South Wales, were received yesterday, at the Colonial Office. BRIGHTON ELECTION. FINAL CLOSE OF THE POLL. At four o'clock in the afternoon, an hour after the close, Mr. Cady, the returning officer, made the follow ing official declaration of the state of the poll, on the permanent hustings in front of the Town-hall, viz. : Lord Hervey Mr. Harfurd 640 Mr. Brooker l6 Giving a majority for Lord Hervey of . 637 This announcement was received with a loud and long shout of execration from the supporters of Mr. Harford, followed by deafening plaudits on the part of the suc• cessful candidate, which lasted for several minutes. Lord HEavEv, having been declared duly elected, came forward amidst much confusion, in which he was pelted by some of the crowd, and said he had to return them his warmest thanks for the courtesy with which he had been received by gentlemen of all political feelings ll during the contest.—(Uproar.) Mr. HARFORD next came forward, and was loudly cheered by his partisans. He thanked the 640 indepen dent electors who had voted for him, probably at the hazard of injurious consequences to themselves. Mr. BROOKIiR, afterwards addressed the electors, and a vo te of thanks having been passed to the Returning Offi cer, and duly acknowledged by that gentleman, the large concourse of persons that had assembled dispersed. A BIUGHT Boy.—There is a boy in Salem so bright that his mother has to look at him through a piece of stained gla►s.—New York Paper. once round. Heats Lord Ilowth's Augean, aged (Mr. Moore) 1 1 Mr. Merry's Patriot, aged CHEAP PROVISIONS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stu,—You will oblige many of your readers here by copying from the Carmarthen Journal of Friday last the paragraph headed " The Weather, and Cheap Pro visions." It is a positive fact that a family can live in Pembrokeshire as cheap as in Jersey or France. It is true wine, spirits, and tobacco are cheaper in the Channel Islands and on the Continent, but then at Milford and Laugharne fish, poultry, eggs, and meat, are cheaper— coal, house -rent, and servant's wages are less than half what is charged in Brighton, Southampton, Bath, or Cheltenham. T. G. Port of Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, May 2. [We have not received the Carmarthen Journal of Friday.] WIGNEY'S BANKRUPTCY. TowN HALL, BRIGHTON.—On Tuesday morning the ad journed examination of the bankrupt took place in the large room of the Town-hall. As before, the room was crowded with a large number of the creditors. Mr. James attended en behalf of the assignees, as also Mr. Upperton and Mr. Turner, as solicitors. The whole of the assignees were present. Mr. Creasy, the barrister, attended on behalf of the bank rupts. _ _ _ Mr. Commissioner MERRIFIELD addressed the bankrupts and said, that there were some extraord;nary circumstances attending their case, and warned them, that any money in vested after the marriage did not belong to the children, but must be given up to the assignees. He (the Learned Com missioner) made this sbservation, it having been stated at the last meeting that money had been bought in their names. Perhaps the bankrupts had better retire with their legal ad visers. The bankrupts then retired, and on their return, Mr. Creasy thanked the Court for the caution, and stated that all the property had been given up, except that legally settled upon them. Mr. Isaac Newton Wigney examined by Mr. James —I pro duced at the last meeting some bonds, which produced 1,700/. The 3001., part of that amount, was some money I received in part of rent; the other part was out of money left to my wile. by an aunt named Wakefield. Ido not say that 300/. was the identical 3001. left by Mrs. Wakefield. I considered it safer that the money should be invested in bonds in prefer ence to bank notes. I purchased bonds in the name of Captain Gossett. Bonds could be traced easier than bank notes. Mr. James—Do you mean to represent that a Belgian bond, purchased in Captain Gossctt's name, would be more traceable than bank notes? Mr. Wigney---I cannot give a reason; it was a highly injudicious act; but my state of mind was so bad at that time, I hardly knew what I did. The money was paid into the Bank in May 1842, and drawn out in November 1841. While there it became bank assets. I drew it out in Bank of England notes. The 3001. I invested after the fiat I had in my possession from November. It had never been paid into the bank after that time. From November to the date of the fiat, the largest amount I had in my possession was from 5001. to 600/. I had this at the date of the fiat. I don't think I had any more. Mrs. Wignoy also had about 2004 1001. was given to Miss Walter by my wife in November, and she is now a debtor to the estate to that amount. Another 1001. was paid to Miss Walter subsequent to the fiat. Two cheques, one for 501. and another for 451. were paid into the bank the day we stopped. I went to the bank in the afternoon of the day it stopped. The reason why I made up my mind to suspend was a greater run than usual that day. We might have gone on a day or two longer, but the stoppage was inevitable. The further examination of the bankrupts was adjourned until Tuesday, the 14th day of June, on which day they will produce their balance-sheet; and the 13th of October was named as the audit day. THE CAUBUL MASSACRE, The Alphabetical List of Caubul Officers (published in our paper yesterday), was incorrect in the following instances : Lieut. Hobhouse, H.M., 13th Light Infantry, omitted— stormed a fort at the head of a forlorn hope at Caubul, early in November (vide Lady Sale's Journal ) Skinner, Captain, 61st Native Infantry, missing, explained by a note at the head of the list to mean " supposed to have perished in the passes "—Commissary at Caubul, con cealed by his native servant, given up to the insurgents, em ployed by them in negotiation, and as interpreter, and well treated up to the middle of January, never in " the passes." Burt, Capt., sth Cavalry, reported in the Private Corre spondence of the Times, from the Delhi Gazette, as ransomed and safe in Peshawur, omitted altogether. The expressions " at Cabool," " safe," " at Baderabad," so irregularly used, are calculated to give great uneasiness, and lead to misconception. They only mean that the officer named is alive, and a prisoner in the hands of the Affghans. The ac curacy of the meaning of the word " missing' may be judged of by Capt. Skinner's case. " Sturt, Lieut., Bengal English killed." There is no such corps—" Engineers" is meant, only the officers of which are English. MISS BURNEY'S DlARY.—Although the leading features of the third volume of Miss Burney's Diary and Corre spondence connect themselves with the period of her uninter rupted residence at the Royal Palaces of Windsor, St. James's, and Kew, and relates her daily intercourse with Queen Char lotte, George 111., the Princesses., &c. of the Royal Family, we find that even in literary interest and value, the volume will compete with its predecessors---in virtue of the numerous cha racteristic traits and anecdotes which it furnishes of (among otl'ers) the following celebrated individuals, none of whom are introduced in the two volumes now before the world—vict Jacob Bryant, the mythologist, Dr. Beattie, Bealjamin West , Herschell and his scientific sister, Matthias, Dr. Kennicott, the celebrated Hebraist, Swift, Mason, Young, Hume,White head, Sir Francis Drake, Dr. Roberts, Provost of Eton„ Madame de Geniis, Rousseau, Madame de la Roche, the cele brated Argand, &c. ; all of whom figure prominently in Miss Burney's pages, without, however, excluding numerou s others to whom we were introduced in the first and second yolt tmes. LITERATURE. THE IJERBERTS. 3 vols. Saunders and Otley, London, 1842. The hero of this domestic tale, William Herbert, is the son of a - country gentleman of ancient descent, whose fortunes have been seriously impaired by the extravagance of his immediate ancestors. At the usual age hiS son William is sent to the University, and as he is a youth of a shy, studious, and thoughtful turn of mind, he is of course destined for the Church, to which his own wishes' point ; but un fortunately before the period arrives for his taking a degree, and entering into holy orders, his father leaving his family in a state little short of destitution. Under these circumstances, the widow, Mrs. Herbert, is compelled, together with her two children, William and Fanny, to quit the family estate of Alverley Hall, and take up her abode at a small cottage in the vicinity, where they receive visits of condolence from the gentry of the neighbourhood, who had known them in their more prosperous days, and who testify their feelings of commiseration in such an insulting, worldly manner, as to realize the truth of Rouchfaiteault's sarcastic remark, that " in the ma fortunes of our friends there is always some thing not displeasing to us." Having got over the embarrassing feelings consequent on their removal and altered prospects, the widow and her children, finding that they have scarcely enough to provide them even with the necessaries of life, decide that William Herbert shall endeavour to push his fortune in the world ; and accordingly the young man, with whom the project has originated, quits home with the view of seeking some of his father's old friends, through whose good offices he might be enabled to complete his terms at college, and obtain priest's orders. The first person on whom he calls is an old Tory Baronet, whcs gives him a cordial welcome, until he learns the re verses that have befallen him, when he suddenly be comes cold and formal in his manner. In thr• hope of meeting with kinder treatment, William Herbert next calls on a Bishop ; but the Prelate, on being made acquainted with his distressed circumstances, acts precisely in the same manner as the Baronet. The details of the inexperienced, sanguine you'.4 man's interview with these two worldly personages, are true to the life, though they certainly do not lean to the sunny side of human nature. After a severe struggle with himself, William finally decides on abandoning for the present all thoughts of the Church, and, with hardly a penny in his pocket, goes to London in the forlorn liope of winning fame and fortune as an author. We need not add, that he is disappointed in his ambitious expectations; having no name and no connexions to back him, the publishers refuse to have any thing to do with his schemes, and he is driven to a variety of shifts, some of them painful and humiliating enough ; but by one of those sudden turns of th e w h ee l o f fortune, which. are of such constant occurrence i n fi c ti on, but 50 seldom . heard of in real life, th e young, penniless, but high-spirited literary adve n t urer atta i ns to etr.,e and competence, and, what he values still mom', :s enabled to enter the Church, where he speedilzi, • %acquires dis tinction as a preacher. There is ay+. Apisode in the story, which relates to certain l ove passages in the life of 11'Herbert, who•, - it seems, has formed an ardent attachment to 4 yowng lady, Mary Walton, in which he is disappoinWt, but which has the effect of bringing out all the finer qualities of his nature s and so far works but the author's views of character ; though otherwise the episode is a tame one, and is certainly not remarkable for depth of sentiment. But indeed feeling is by no means one of the redeem ing merits of the story ; in this respect it is more than ordinarily deficient, and must trust for success to its calm good sense, and its frequent shrewd insight into the goings on of every-day life. The opening of the narration is somewhat prosy, and the author is too+ fond of imitating Fielding's manner in his introduc tions to his several books of " Tom Jones." PRINCIPLES V i T a ePL ha d E S I i ( n ) g F 1 1 1 )e / fo O r / e VEja a .c s . ome Byti , ke t lr m a ,o de o . r three pamphlets "on w'oney mid the currency," which other and mere temporary presing matters have prevented '!s from noticing. Mr. Wade's pamphlet, to " w hi c h we now fi rst tittend, i s written with his us`aal diligence and care, and contains, in an aPPew l 'A i some valuable and statistical documents. gives a short and neat history at the beginning of some of the most remarkable incidents in the history of the English coinage, subsequently adverts to the evils of our present system, and suggests one bank of issue, under one authority, as the remedy for the evil. Without entering at length into this thorny subject, we will recommend Mr. Wade's pamphlet to our readers, while we must avow that we differ entirely from his premises and his conclu sions. Mr. Wade, in his account of the prerogative of coining, overlooks the most material fact in our present condition, namely, that the Govern ment, though it determines by law the relative value of gold and silver coins and decides their form and size, does not interfere with the supply. They, and every person, can export and import bullion, and have it coined at the Mint. Thus the most im portant element, the quantity of money, is entirely left to be supplied by commerce, and with that the prerogative of the Crown does not interfere. Again, paper money is exclusively the offspring of commerce; and to propose, because ignorant and ambitious Go. vernments have usurped a control over it, to sanc tion that, by placing the issue of paper money in the hands of a body appointed by Government, is, in our judgment, to extend the exercise of that power which all experience shows is quite in adequate to execute the numerous functions already attributed to it, and which has continually and com pletely failed to execute successfully what it had un dertaken. We do not assent to Mr. Wade's doctrines; but his arguments, like everything which proceeds from his pen, are clear and precise. MONEY SHOULD BE THE SERVANT OF THE PEOPLE, AND NOT THEIR MASTER By James nylor, of Bakezvell. The title of this pamphlet is excellent, the contents extremely poor. We can figure to ourselves nu merous examples of individuals, of lawmakers, and of States becoming the slaves of gold, instead of remain. ing its masters, but not one of these does James Taylor, of Bakewell, advert to. He is wholly taken up with a currency scheme of his own, show. ing, that gold is pretty much his master, but to not one of the instances illustrative of the manner in which man has forgotten the precept which constitutes the title of his book, does Mr. Taylor advert. In fact, his pamphlet is chiefly a recommendation of a petition which he presented to Parliament, hi 1830 ; but though he has revived the forgotten document, that is no proof that the public will thank us for bringing into notice. We pass on to REMARKS RESPECTING CURRENCY A2VD BANKING. Murray, London. This is a pamphlet of a totally different chnrac ter from the last mentioned, the contents being much more valuable than the title is striking. The author stigmatises as incorrect the notion that our circulation must be regulated by the exchanges, ex poses the error of those who ascribe a rise and fall of finance exclusively to the action of the currency, and points out with historical detail and accuracy the consequences of the conduct of the Bank of England under the influence of the mistakes which the author corrects. The remedies which he sug gests for the evils of the system are extremely simple; namely, a legislative enforcement of large re serves, to be held by banks in proportion to their liabilities, and frequent and universal exchange of their paper. The author we take to be a, man of enlarged views, who is at the same time more a prac tical man than a theorist. His pamphlet is a con siderable accession to our knowledge of the effects of our banking and currency systems, and will repay the trouble of perusal. BLACKWOOD'S STANDARD NOVELS. Blackwood, Edinburgh and London, 1842. In this varied and entertaining collection we have some of the best works of fiction that have appeared during the last twenty years and upwards. Seven volumes have. been already published, containing Gales novels of the " Ayrshire Legatees," " Sir Andrew 'Wylie," the " Provost," and the " Entail ;" Captain Hamilton's "Cyril Thornton ; Lockhart's " Valerius ; and Michael Scott's " Tom Orin gle's Log." Of Galt's tales, the best de cidedly is the " Entail," if only for its portrait of Leddy Grippy, than whom, Sir Walter himself never penned anything truer to life—more original in the conception, or more exquisitely felicitous in the execu tion. We should as soon dream of forgetting this shrewd Scottish housewife, with her dry,grave humour, her constant apprehension ofbeing taken in, and her vigi lant, incessant attention to the interests ofnumber one, as we should think of forgetting Shakspeare's Jack Fal staff, Burns's Tam o Shante r, Sir Walter Scott's Dandie Dinmont, or any of those -marked, indivi ' dualized characters which have made a deep impres sion on our minds. Galt here attained his highest point of excellence ; he wrote many subsequent fictions, but none, however m eritorious, that catald bear compa rison Thornton" em"Lnsttari striking n I g I a m m i i l l o t a n ; y s ti files in the lan risisooinieWo•iftltiitihe gua ge, and will furnish the reader with a vivid idea of the character of the Duke of \\Telling ton's Peninsular campaigns. Of " Tom Cringle's Log," which first made its appearance in the pages of Blackwood's Magazine," where it at once attracted general atten tion, it is enough to say that, as a sir t tale, it is superior to any of Howard's or Capt. Ma rryat's, and every way equal to Cooper's "Pilot," or "Red Rover: " Lockart's " Valerius, though hes xy as a whole, has passages of exceeding vigour and Elcluence, and in its present cheap and commodious fon n will, no doubt, be much more generally read than b eretofore. These novels are each comprised in on. six shilling duo decimo volume, which appears monthly ; is neatly got up, and embellished with suitable.!engrayings. 4