The Sun. — London, England, 1842-05-26 00:00:00

__... _ ~ al, spormno. ts Marylebone and Cambridge University Clubs played mei', grand cricket match a d a y s i nce on P ar k er ' s p i ece, Cambridge. 'I he b e tti ng of the former was roam dable, and although Cambridge has not- been so strong f,r years, yet the ' d xuate own h clos e d i n favour of Marylebone, with three wickets to go . , .It is supposed that the Epsom races began about the period .when King James 1. resided at the Palace of Nonsuch (near 'well). Claredon, the historian, mentions " a meeting of the Royalists in n 1648, on Banstead (Epsom) Downs, under the preteno, of a horse-race, and 600 horses were collected and marched to Rei gate. " The celebrated Derby stakes were established in 1780, and the Oaks in 1799. • COVIKT— PASHIONABLE. rscount and Viscountess Palerston have issued cards for k grand dinner on Saturday week , ,at the family residence on Carlton -terrace. The Marquis and Marchione'is of Aylesbury will shortly re sume their dinner and evening parties, di n l e he Ma rqu i s and Marchioness of Downshire will give grand dinners (in Monday and the following day in Hanover-square. t The Duke a n d D uchess of louceleuch give a sumptuous en ertainmer,t to-morrow at Montagu House. Coun'ess Cadogan has an assembly on Monday next, in Pic cadilly. The Marchioness of Camden held her first assembly last right in Belgrave-square. Upwa r d s o f 300 f as hi ona bl e s were present. Lady W. Powlett had a soiree last night in Curion-street. The Duke of Wellington gave a gran d di nn er y e st e rday at Apiley H ouse. t?The Earl of Harrington is making great improvements in his Znservat cr i es and gardens a t El vaston Hall, Derbyshire. The ililicei%rl has resumed his dinner parties at Pembroke House, The Marchioness of Lansdowne has issued cards for a con cert at Lansdowne House, on the 3d of the ensuing month. S. It is calett'ated that upwards MISCELLANEOU of 3,000 vehicles passed through Kennington -gate alone yesterday , and paid toll. LA W __ INTELLIGENCE. T/10USE OF LORDS.—(THIS DAY.) ieese h le it liv.oeurseeLsordat to-d a y camp to hear Scotch appeals. The Peers tenh am be 11 Brougham, Brougha, and Lord Cot ?HE EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW UNION CANAL COMPANY V. SI R THOMAS 0 ARMICHAEL, BART. whole 14 arguments in this app . c eal occupied their Lordships the morning. Th LFI A.NCERY.—(T e HIS AY.) ILOADD CHANCELLOR sat in Lincoln's Inn-hall to-day. !th e f CUTHBERT V. FURRIER. LOrdsh• the wh urther arguments in this part-heard case occupied his IP ole morning. TIL E. CRANC ERY—(T IS DAY.) no • easinof Chancellor o f E ng l an d h ear d causes to -d ay , b ut th e r•'!.eneral interest came before his Honour previous to ' g o g f the Court. (Before Vice-Chancellor Wta RAM. ) ' te nonr sat t o -d ay at Li nco l n ' s I nn , w h ere th e E qu ity ! R( ris, for t tehe convenience of counsel, continue to sit during present m. ° ease requiring special notice came before the Court. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) 111, 40 Lad MA bIDADIUS—OLIVER F. SPOONER. • HILL applied to the C our t on b e h a lf o f th e pl a i n tiff. tor been chosen to serve the office of Churchwarden ealli n tlle Parish of Aster, in Warwickshire, for a rule of c,„. 4 ,_aPell the defendant, who was Archdeacon da rm :TrY Ind Ordinary of Aston, to show cause why a m.an th aneuld not issue, ordering him to swear the plaintiff into °Mee to which he had been elected. The ground of the Arch beear's beltrefal was, that he was not aware whether or no Presents %lid hosen as 'visitor of the parish of Aston during the Arph year, but he (Mr. Hill) thought that the fact of the it i n - " me aceit's being the Ordinary, was quite su ffi cient to render eumbent upon him to admit Mr. Oliver. From the affi ia, t anti - ' I appeared that the Archdeacon had some doubts on the %Oct, and did not l i ke to act without the authority of the °L.—Rule nisi granted. THE •EXCH EQUER.-(T HIS DAY.) QUEEN T. THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY COMPANY vslt l u thlS ease M r. (now Mr. Justice) Cresswell had obtained calling on the Att orne y-G enera l t o s h ow cause w hy, the 'payment uf a deodand of 1251., all further proceedings n Tst the Company should not be stayed. „ h . e ease arose out of an accident on the railway, caused by C es bu rsting of a boil er , by w hi c h f o u r persons l os t t h e i r An inquest was held on the bodies, and the jury in their -zeitiy!ct returned a deodand of 500/. against the engine, which in übe sworn on the trial to be o f th e va l ue o f 1.300 1. The 9Portioned out the amount of the deodand in fourdifferent Ms . 125/. each, to be given to the families of the sufferers. The, rule obt a i ne d b y M r. J ust i ce C resswell had been granted on ground that the verdict was on this account informal, inasmuch II one d eodand only could be levied upon any article, while the d l 7 bad, in effect, ordered the p a y men t o f f our d i ff eren t edand s . ' • The ATTORNEY-GENERAL now appeared to show cause a rrinst the rule. The Con ET, after hearing the case argued, decided that the Vra Put forward by the Company could not be maintained. he jury had substantially awarded a verdict of 500/. ; and the Company were bound either to pay the entire amount, or to give up the engine. Tlie rule was therefore discharged. BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.) IN RE GEORGE BERKLEY KIRKWOOD CASSIDY. The bankrupt in this flat was the individual who made him self so notorious some time back, in what was then termed by portion of the daily press, the " Delicate affair in Paris," and with which the names of Lord William Paget and his lady I vkle mixed up. He was officially described as a bill-broker, Rueklersbury. This d a y b e i ng appo i nte d f or an au di t i n t h e case, t h e solidi ton to the fiat stated to the Court that as' yet only a very small : r t had realised from th e es t a t e , w hi c h was c hi e fl y f rom 1,;',.r n,i mory notes and bill s o f exc h ange , an d th at a cons id era bl e "Se had been incurred in endeavouring to trace his present re. „ e , so that in s t ea d o f t h e i r b e i ng any sum ava i la b le as a I, +a4' l for the creditors, at present the expenses incurred At ler e than excee d e d th e rece i p t s . 0u,,,, 15 4 :rew words from the Official Assignee and the Learned - "Arn et t the further hearing was ordered to stand ad. 4r %week. 4 CE INTELLIGENCE. m 1 ,, r(,„ TIIEET (THIS DAY.) "4 , ; r .table looking iddle-aged female, neatly attired in ' (\ b riAight up under the following extraordinary charge: Prisqne °, Flsl, stated that he was on duty about one ntornin i St IVlartin's.lane, when he th bp ,to , n L' s °Der eornpany with another female and a man s ; the old the other female, whom he could not name, were I ,% 4 l , :i l h 'b e si i n ) ;t is t o h n e e ir r p w e a r s so v n e s ry in , a must indecent manner to the drunk; bet those with whom she ~,1110,1.4°1°Pany were quite sober. Witness endeavoured to take . tot te n , to the station-house, but the other two ran away a ' no one passing at the time. 13hfbilecitisoner, in defence, stated that the charge was wholly ; was a most respectable woman and kept a re ar '°('Aitlg-house, for which she paid an annual rent o 6 , , tai e ; ti s- e eould bring, she said, numerous witnesses, who would 7 14. S '4 l-, t she was i said, able of the conduct ascribed to - ‘ ', 241 110 y, - a e .. b .i at! been to the 13 Docks seeing her brother off to 41 Pert, " i u that accounted for her being out so late ; but she tr h.et•Y 'Ober, and, indeed, the charge was uttery devoid noAelidliAtr. thought it very unlikely that the policeman '"e a charge of this sort, unless there were a very strong ouid ' 6 1 4 1 for it ; in fact, therefore, to test her statement, he t e : s . th e Inspector who took the charge at the station 'l h e / Peak to the state in which she then was. 4Pector gated she was very drunk. Aire prisoner was again about to deny it, when 'let t "ALL ci kl dh by telling her, that if she Ipd y enee er s ' i ht; agal he •lionld send her to the House of Correction, etts4 ti n t the chance of a fine. This was a most scandalous s aid Pzeuse could he made fur her; if she were, as she c alne se respectable woman, so much the more shame. This 00 'eat °.tqletely withi n the Act of Parliament, and he had a v Illtnthto commit her for seven days. He should, how lii,errt• give her the option of a fine. lie, therefore, ordered lur 20 s. ;or be committed to the house of Correction the 2ta)s. e was immediately paid. V,l Tw ---cERK ENWELL.—(THIS DAY.) th arr ,..°louno' lads were brought before M. GREENWOOD, the ithban attempt to set tire to a letter-box. It appeared prisorers were in the habit of selling matches in Gos • were'treet-, ClerkenweP, and that yesterday afternoon they (41 1 ,1.'Fide e n by little girl, who happened to b! passing on . the uf the way, take out a ma; light it, and . throw it se tt b , e e d into the letter -Lox; she gave notice to a policeman and f tit s ' were taken into custody. Air. Newell, preprietor o kst. i .,7 4 kee, stated that all the letters . in a neighbouring tstsn o ‘ 4, e box were consumed some short time ago in a similar , kr IDt . +it . 1 -114 41rANt remarked that ink had been thrown into a 4 .e f t ;' (- ,', 5 in the City, which effaced all the superscriptions. s ' k tENwoon discharged the boys on their parents pro ' - I to chasti.e them. SUMMER ASSIZES. t h n " Judges this morning chose their respective Circuits for IN,,,ing Summer A s sizes as f o llows : O, 4 I "ERN—Lord Denman and Mr. Justice Maule. 1-1 01 °_!"i Lord Chief J ustice Tindal and Mr. Justice Erskine. Abinger and Mr. Justice Coltman. N s ," l3 -111r. Baron Parke and Mr. Justice Patteson. Isl o 4 ° LK—Mr. Baron Alderson and Mr. Justice Williams. S ou II r.Es-51r. Baron Gurney. t :rit NV A s—Mr. Baron Rolfe. ' rE itli—Mr. Justice Wightman and Mr. Justice Cress- GI e A T r LT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY. a:Ule returns for the week ending May 21, 1842: Pa , ssengers £96l 7 6 Ale,reliandise • 476 13 11 £1,438 1 5 gLo nr may 25. IV. O'BRIEN, Secretary-. tho, BELGIUM. fir e tit'sstts, MAY 22.—Last night at ten o'clock a violent t n ritain ( Ae out in a n i mmense ware h ouse near th e c anal, which gi xia . e d great quantity of inflammable su . bstance. 1. li kevri,‘ ed among the hay and oats in the:loft, where there were thr ow e Some hales of rags, part of which were, however, h t. t h c4 4 out of the windovva. The fire soon spread through the th e :d h ' ulkiin g. and great apprehensions were entertained for 14,(1_,J(nning houses. Happily, the great exertions that magazine .„414.7., .suceeeded in confining the conflagration to the . ), 'lt began. On the ground floor there was a large q-an t,'As h) e er, belonging to different persons, and in the cellar tto casks of beer, belonging to aM. Van Haelen. The vi ter i .' 7 ing reached the ground floor above, 2,50(1 casks of beer 1 4 ,__'10 -t ; the beer flow ed into the streets. That in the cel litsr_c .a 4 saved. Several persons were severely injured while 1 1 :: v ' e l:lg in checking the rreffre3s of the flames. They were, 4. 2 , 1 , er ' g°lng nn well. The fire was not subdued until mid- Ab i ;;; 1,,,, 0 111y the btre walls. remain. The loss is estimated at uu,ooo francs, and it is said nothing was insured. . ___ ?IeIJEATIE OF THE FATHER OF THE TURF.—ChIiStC. r wisott, Esq., of Oxton Hall, generally designated as the 'Miser of the turf, died yesterdaf morning, at Christie's Hotel, Ja rnes-street, where he had arrived Irom his country seat 'Alter t short illne in his 79th year. Mr. Wil,on was one she senior memb n, ers of the Jockey Club, and was highly re f ett,cl i n the sporting circl es . 'lle nave of Arragon is the title of Mr. Knowles's C M ay now i n rehearsal at the Haymarket, of w hi c h M rs. 'Gan is the heroine. 915. gib 4 !12 . 313 " 156 587 25 Que 113$ /wham ral 3 c e i'lljesty le before tat ki tor; OEWS ) U. ire chiefly usnott )eputies. Tb ° '" a he obiervat io l 1 prisoners , il b J , G o vernment i .n current as t:„ these reports he slightest td' ournals. he le hands of )OCf., to be t i e ; fferers front. ° &c., for rece' l ,l making a Let f nd the name; )f. A o vev C om mittee , ' )tal amount r i e l ' e given 1 1 Court of Ell e. ; n, accomPant been preP a ':if who Is Ja' en up with jet apt on the P II next sess tow f Justice. f the Miniit erf and the 1" t „ r s day afterso?:, uty for the 1, by a maP ri o ( id e - de. ea 0?11,,, other canaw Carlos to the •cepted. 11 . -e ac.er of t army that ' lig of his port fo Alzaa, * •Ap ils of- tlte,,, i at Chichlw aoanaed. cards that i t , at Anstrs e 0 m r r tinople (r rested by ? tie I Kantr. ial Sheiks Wan, ras engage e happy to t. A. -, ms took 1)w - „ f educe the do' lost. by I , s a f t° rest, to rens 55., which luty on col l r ' to keep ---. Conservan'i, i t hi s prop l ie pp rt , that t ef t till a go', • as the WO' of the We b 1011 ; y agreed tu . ,,a niecute t i. Ist all inve', 1 who acte d those who ‘ c .: ? India 14 7 it in tinaoc; •ovement imited euPP i d a hurtle"' bringing uP not mare:) . 3 ssmente. tention 0 f Alai a rus t„r consequence'it that bo difficult inte, ne r, and th , and N oe' nited to Adis nation to the ) f State, and seek to punisll L ent of tr . to G. . 'their /o e , ar y sero to occor l. e r lay, 2t id debts 51. 135. irought I}l , ce ver be auglil er° e d t h r, ct a i o f o r akart°olll. in of it t the up 3 t , if abtxti n su oit 3 Y Clei VP' an Irire I'',r:; 'a nd" r'S 1131 , nt i . oo o • auc not Lee ; ,,g iegion 1: t fo r ti o o r ftltbe MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Bank of England have intimated their intention of con tinuing the present ras e of interest, although rumours were cur rent that it was intended to reduce it to 3 1 / per cent. These, however, obtained but little credence, it being generally consi dered that the value of money was already sufficiently low, and that if it were depreciated still wore, a formidable rivalry would be set up by the Joint-stock Banks. A discussion on the sub ject took place in the Bank parlour, and it is understood that a division occurred, the result of which was the issue of the fol lowing notice:- "BANK OF ENGLAND. "Mar 26, 1842._" The Governor and Company of the Bank of England are ready, until further notice, to receive applications for loans upon the deposit of approved Bills of Ex change not having more than six months to run, Exchequer Bills, and India Bonds, such loans to he repaid on or before the 15th of July next, with interest, at the rate of Four per Cent. per annum, and to be for sums of not less than 2,0001. each." The principal occupation in the English Market is the ar rangement of the account, which has been easily effected, speculative business having been very small daring the last six weeks ; the value of money has been four to five per cent. from day to day, and the rate of continuation nominally five-eighths, but currently ,done at nine-sixteenths per cent. Price• , and Consols for Money, 92* 928 ; for the opening 15th July, 93i 93 1 4; Three per Cents. Reduced, 914 913; Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 994 ; Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 100* ; New Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 101 A ; Bank Stock, 1674 168 ; India Stock, 250* ; India Bonds, 19 21 ; Exchequer Bills, Old, 37 39, Advertised, 33 35 premium. The prices of Foreign Securities are firm, although but little doing. Business has been confined to Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 524. Very little has been done in Shares. Edinburgh and Glasgow, 534 53k, New, 41; North Midland Thirds, 20/. 13s. 4d. ; Midland Counties, Quarters, 17 ; Cheltenham and Great Western, 22 ; South Western, 634 ; Eastern Counties, 9;4, New, 4/. 9s. 2d. ; Blackwell, 104; and Brighton, 36. The quotations of the Bonds are-Portuguese Five per Cents., 38; the Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 224 ; Spanish Five per Cents , 23 ; the Threeper Cents., 224. Late accounts from Buenos Ayres tarnish some particulars regarding the trade with the Havannah in salted beef, which are the more interesting at this time, when the necessity of obliging our own vessels to resort to foreign ports for their sup plies is partially removed. At the Havannah several cargoes were remaining unsold, and the quantity sent there in 1841 had been 444,055 quintals, each 100Ibs. British; and the stock on shipboard was estimated at 66,000 quintals. It has beers calcu lated that this beef could be laid down here at the cost of about twopence per lb. ; and that, although some portion of it is lean, and of an inferior quality to what we have been accus tomed to use, yet, the bulk is sufficiently good for general consumption. Letters from Rio two days, and from the Mauritius, one day later than those previously received, have arrived, but contain no further information. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Cheltenhan and Great Western. 724 224..... to - Eastern Counties Ditto New ...........21. 6s. Bd. Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O 5314 ... to - Ditto New 3 - London am Brighton London and Blackwell - London and South Western 384 634 to -- Midland C Junties 100 Ditto 4 Shares - North Midland lOO - Ditto Third. 2ll. 13s. 4d. 20/ 13s. 4d. JOINT STOCK BANKS. Colonial ... ~-" LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MAY 25.-:tales to a good extent were effected, and the Market had a steady tone, the last quotations being easily realized for 6,000 bales. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, MAY 25.-The demand for South Eastern and Eastern Counties somewhat improved, but for other Shares there was little inquiry, and the sales were confined' to -Eastern Counties, New, 4/. I Is. 841. ' Deben tures, 101. I Is. Bd. ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, New, 14 ; Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock, New, si; Grand Junction, 185 ; Great Western, Halves, 634 ; London and Birmingham, 180 ; Brighton, 36 ; Manchester and Leeds, Quarters, 54 ; South Eastern, New, 28. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 25.-We have had more stock offering to-day, and the market generally flat :- Manchester and Birmingham, 274 27 3 4 ; Eastern Counties, ; Do. New, 4/. 101. Bd. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 26. Wind this day at Noon, S. to S.W. DEAL, MAY 25.—Wind S. W., moderate.—Arrd. Margaret Conell, Smith, Mauritius ; James APColl, St. Kitt's. Sld. Margaretha, Batavia • Arabella, Mauritius ; Highbury and Richard Brown, St. Vincent ; Broad Axe, Newfoundland. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 25.—Wind S.S.W.—SId. her Ma. jesty's ship Spider, Plymouth. COWES, MAY 25.—Arrd. Caledonia, Lund, Bahia. DARTMOUTH, MAY 25.—Arrd. Sophia, Tope, Oratuexe (Teneriffe). BRISTOL, MAY 24.—Arrd. Adelaide, Dowell, Tobago. Sld. Pomona, Trinidad. CARDIFF, MAY 20.—Arrd. Margeretha, Amsterdam. OFF PENZANCE, MAY 24.—Canish, Diamond, Mediterra nean. OFF DOVER, MAY 25. —Ship, Amsterdam, No. 508 ; Susan, Allen, Rio ; Fama Cubana, Havannah for Hamburgh. LIVERPOOL, MAY 25.—Wind S.W., moderate.—Arrd. Dorothea, Barbar, Valparaiso; Harris and Castilian Maid, Scott, Gracioza, with cotton, from the :Mary-le-Hatton. Sid. Franciosa, Boston ; Hindley, Mauritius ; Amens, Trinidad ; Harkaway, Vera Cruz. CLYDE, MAY 24.—Sld. Lord Sidmouth, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Congress, Mobile. CORE, MAY 25.—Sid. Normandie, New York. SCILLY, MAY 24.—A pipe of white brandy, marked 009 has been picked up near t.ere. FALMOUTH, MAY 24. Wind S. S.W. to W., moderate.— Sld. Brazilia, Quebec. Arrd. off, Achilles, Mauritius ; Volgo, Africa, for Amsterdam. HULL, MAY 25.—Sld. Suffolk, Quebec. A vessel of about 150 to 200 tons, bottom up, was passed 15th inst., about 15 miles W. S.W. of Saints, by the Ibis, arrived here. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) WHITECHAPEL. There was a middling supply of Hay and Clover, 'with a moderate demand for all descriptions, and prices without alte ration. Of straw the supply was plentiful, with a good trade at the present quotations. Closer, 2/. 103. to 5/. 3s. ; Hay, 2/. to 41. ; Straw, 11. 10s. to 1/. 14s. COLONIAL MARKET. There were several public sales of produce, at which a fair demand existed, and most of the goons offered found buyers at full rates ; the home trade, however, were the chief operators. Raw Sugar sold steadily. Brown West India at 595. to 61s. ; Yellow, 61s. 6d. to 70s. per cwt. Refined Sugar was firm ; Standard Lumps B'?.s. per cwt. Coffee dull of sale, and prices declining. Cocoa was cheaper. TEA MARKET. There were few buyers of any kind of Tea, and the market wore a dull aspect. Prices were nominal. Company's Congou Is. 9d. cash. TALLOW NI A Rl{ ET. There was little business transactedin Russian Tallow ; but holders were firm, and would not sell ur.der 48s. on the spot, and 495. for deli very. EPSOM RACES. (THIS DAY-BY EXPRESS.) Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, &c. Mile and a quarter. (14 Subs.) Mr, Herbert's Teetotaller, 3 yr 5..... (Simpson) 1 Mr. Goodman's Miss Fidget, 4 yrs 2 Revision, 3 yrs—Master Aaron, 4 yrs—Ajax, 4 yrs—Haitoe, 3 yrs—Folly, 5 yrs—Tommy, 3 yrs— Vibration, 3 yrs—Rochester, 3 yrs, and Dahlia, 5 yrs, also ran. Won by a head. THE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET. - ADMIRAL SIR EDWARD OWEN'S ORDER OF THE DAY ON ASSUMING THE COMMAND OFTHE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET. " In taking upon myself the command of the Mediterranean fleet, and the direction of the various duties on that station, I feel highly gratified by the good will which I have found pre vailing in the several ships comprising it, and I beg to offer my sincere acknowledgments to Sir F. M. Ommanneyi my imme diate predecessor, of whose valuable services I shall have the honour and the gratification to avail myself as second in com. mend. To Rear-Admiral Sir J Louis, Bart., superintendent of the dock-yard ; to the several captains, commanders, and commanding officers ; to the lieutenants, to the officers of the Royal Marines; to the warrant and petty officers; to the sea men of every description, as well as the non-commissioned officers and privates of the Royal Marines, I am most hoppy in expressing my satisfaction with the good order, the regular, and the right good feeling so generally established. I trust that all will in their respective stations stilt uphold the credit of the naval service in which they hold so prominent and so honourable a position. It must be borne in mind, however, that this tine fleet, perfect as it has been made in all its equipments and appointments, has higher duties to perform than those of mere parade, or the indulgence of the individuals serving, in those gi atifica lions which will draw one moment from the great object, or from the details of the several duties resting upon each. The fleet must, on the contrary, be at all times perfect in its order, its discipline, and its exercises, in momentary readiness to meet whatever contingencies can possibly arise. With this view the indiscriminate indulgence of the shore must be re strained, and the example of self-denial, on the part of the officers, will furnish a most useful example to those around them. •It is, in the moderate expectation of the superiors, on their knowledge of those placed under them, in their marked notice and encouragement of the good men, and in the timely restraint of the idle, that the best foundation fur good discipline will be laid, leading, as it should do, to that unmeasured devo tion for the service of our most gracious Queen and our beloved country, which their honour and their interests demand and call for at our hands. "I urge, therefore, on each individual in his station, what ever it may be, to contribute, as all may do, in their conduct and example, to that harmony of discipline, which rest on the willing submission and respect of all to their super iurs, of the kindness, the condescension and the friendly interest of the super;ors in the welfare of their subord,nates as well as in the consolation and the general good will of all." The Commissioners of Woods and Forests have sent in about 50 workmen to rebuild that portion of the stable yard adjoining the mansion of Colonel Peel, opposite the guand entrance of the Duke of Sutherland's mansion. WEATHER AND CROPS IN SCOTLANDI—The preva lent wind for several weeks has been the east and north-east. We have observed that, of late years, the easterly has been the prevalent wind from about the middle of April till towards the end of June; and this circumstance, especially to invalids. has been no slight drawback on the out. of-door enjoyments of the season. For some days the Caithness and Sutherland moun tains have been hid from us by a haze, or but dimly discovered through a long and sweeping veil of mist. During the day, a bank of fog lies along the verge of the German sea, which, to wards nightfall, sends long strips and filmy trains of dusky vapour trailing along our hills an d d i rat h s ; and not seldom does this chilling and cheerless visitation overspread the whole coun try, giving the vapours to the people who had, but five minutes before, been basking and rejoicing in the sunshine. Notwith standing the bleak east wind, however, vegetation is making visible and rapid progress. The potatoes are beginning to peep out from among the clods; and the proce ss o f capp i ng t o facili tate the i r egress is going on vigcrously. The braird is rising steadily andhe is now 4itlifuilYlT the clover lo o k s f res h and prom i s i ng, and the farmer beginning to prepare his land for turnip seed. More rain is desirable , On the uplands the sur face soil is asdry as dust. Iho frillt trees, unless their blossoms be blighted or shaken off by the wind, promi se a crop unusua ll y abundant. The price of cat tle continues . low, but b utc h er ' s meat is not cheap in proportu . The tari ff panic seems to have subsided in this district, as elsewhere. Roup are rife.— Wick Paper. rrn Sl(3l‘q, I,OI 4 .IDON,'_TiIUkSIAk . kiiii/411q4., MAY 164 g , NATIONAL BANK 0-F IRELAND The Seventh Annual General Meeting 'of the Share holders of the National Bank of Ireland was held yester day, at•their Offit!e, - 13, Old IlrOad-street. lAt one o'olocqc the Right Hon. Daniel O'Connell, M.P., entered the room, accompanied by' the Directors.' The Directors .present, Were, the • Right Hon.: Daniel I O'Cuitm:ll, M.P.,. Colonel the Eon. Leicester Stanhope,. Maurice . O'Connell, M.P.,. T.. Lamie Murray, Robert Sutton .jum, S. I'. Rickman, Julia Joseph Keene, J. C. Sutton, Foss ler Newsom, A. R. Jblinson, E. F. Green, George Meffat t, J a Me s Rea de,L.4 ', qs.; and amongst the Proprietors w e o b serve d the follow i ng, v i z.: C apta i n Scallan, the Rev. Thomas Madge, James Hutchinson,. Charles Bianconi, James Lowe Wheeler, Francis Frith, James Johnston; John Robins, Arthur Buckley, Daniel Maclaurin, James Ruffen, Esqrs., and others. The RIGHT 110 N. GENTLEMAN. in taking the Chair sail , I take the Clair at present merely as a Proprietor, as 1 this year go out of office by rotation. I will proceed, therefore, in the first instance, to have your attention called to supplying . the place of those Directors who t,n out by rotation ; and the notice in the Gaiette, conven ing the present meeting, Will be read by the Secretary. Tile notice having been read. •The CHAIRMAN said I now call upon the Secretary to read that paragraph in the Report which mentions the names of the Directors who go out by rotation, and who are eligible for re-election. The SECRETARY then read the following names, viz., Right Hon. Daniel O'Connell, M. P. ; T. Lamie Murray, Esq. ; John C. Rudintr, Esq., and James Reade, Esq., the gentlemen who retire by rotation. • The CHAIRMAN said, I am not in a position to put the names of any other persons to be elected as Directors. If we had any other candidates Leonid put their names to the meeting, but as no other gentlenien have been proposed for election, I will non- put the names of those four to the meeting, and you may negative the appoint ment of any of those of whom you may disapprove. I propose that the four retiring Directors be re-elected. The question was then put, and the four retiring Di rectors were unanimously re-elected. The CHAIRMAN—I can now take my seat as Gover nor, and I now call upon the Secretary to read that paragraph of the Report respecting the Fifth Director, referred to in the advertisem ent i n t h e G aze t te , an d whose election you are now call e d upon to con fi rm . .. The SECRETARY then read the name of Fowler New-.. sam, Esq. - The CHAIRMAN—I put it to the meeting that' they should confirm the appointment of Fowler Newsam, Esq., as a Director of this Bank, in the room -of J. 11. Elmore, Esq., who has retired. The question having been carried, The CHAIRMAN said, I declare that this . Court has confirmed the appointment of Fowler Newsom, Esq., The SECRETARY then read the Report as follows : REPORT of the Directors of the National Bank of Ireland, made to the Proprietors at the Seventh Annual General Meeting, held at the Office of the Company, No. 13, Old Broad-street, London, on Wednesday, the 25th of May, 1842. "It is with renewed satisfation that the Directors meet the Proprietors, assembled at the present Annual General Meeting, more particularly as the favourable expectations which they felt justified in expressing in former Reports, respecting the prospects of the Company,. have been fully realized. " The Directors hare much pleasure in assuring the Proprietors that the business of the Bank continues steadily and progressively to increase, which affords the most gratifying evidence of public confidence, and the prosperity it has attained will be best shown by the ac counts to be submitted to the meeting, embracing the result of the operations of the past year, which demon strate the soundness of the principles and the efficiency of the system of management, upon which the affairs of the establishment are conducted, and whereby the Direc tors are now enabled to present to the Proprietors the following statement : £ 5. d. Undivided profits at December, 1840...... 22,283 9 6 Net profits for the year ending Dec., 1841 28,798 0 9 ' 51,081 10 3 Deduct half-year's dividend to the Proprietors for Midsum mer, 1841 Ditto, ditto, for Christmas, 1841 10,500 21,000 0 0 Leaving amount of undivided profits at December, 1841 £30,081 10 3 " Notwithstanding the serious commercial embarrass ments which have prevailed during the past year, it will be observed from the foregoing statement, that after de fraying all the current expenses, and providing for bad debts, the net profits of the year ending December, 1841, amounted to 28,798/. Os. 9d., and that after the pay ment of the half-yearly dividends, for Midsummer and Christmas, at the rate of six per cent., per annum, a sur plus remained of 7,7981. Os. 9d. which sum, added to the previous undivid e d profits, left a total of unappro priated profits of 30,0811. 10s. 3d., at the credit of the Shareholders' Reserve Fund, in December last. "It will be a source of considerable gratification to the Proprietors to find that the National Bank of Ireland is deriving those advantages it was fairly entitled to ex pect, in return for the great benefits it has conferred on those districts of the country where its branches have been established, and in congratulating the Proprietors on the prosperous condition of its affairs, the Directors are confident that they will not be disappointed in the anticipations they have formed connected with its future success. " There are now to be elected four Directors in the room of the Right Honourable Daniel O'Connell, M.P., Thomas Lamie Murray, Esq., John Clement Ruding; Esq., arid James Reade, F.sq., who retire by rotation, all of whom are candidates for the office, and eligible to be re-elected. " Since the last Annual General Meeting, the Court of Directors have appointed Fowler Newsam, Esq., as a Director, to fill a vacancy in the Direction occasioned by the retirement of John Richard Elmore, Esq., and which appointment will require the confirmation of the present meeting. " Approved by the Court, " May 18, 1842. T. LAMIE MURRAY, Chairman." The C RAIRMIN —lf any gentleman wishes to have the. Report read over again, it shall be done. Mr. BIANCONI—As no person seems desirous of having the Report read again, 1 beg to propose that the Report be adopted. In cluing thi s , I h ave great p l easure in com paring this, our seventh annua l meet i n g , w i t h the same annual meeting of the s h are h olders o f t h c Provin c i a l Bank of Ireland. At this our seventh annual meeting, it appears that we have a rest of over 30,0001. At the seventh annual meeting of the Provincial Bank of Ireland, it appeared that their rest was about 32,0001. From their accounts it appears that they only paid up to that period dividends of 4 and 5 per cent. while we have paid dividends of 5 and 6 per cent. Therefore we are in a better position to-day than the Provincial Bank of Ireland were, if they had paid similar dividends. An HON. PROPRIETOR wished to ask what were the profits of last year ? The CnAIRItAN—I would suggest to the llon. Pro prietor that it would perhaps be better that he should defer his questions until I have given the details of our transactions, and then he will be able to ask any ques tions upon points on which he may not be satisfied. I would now wish to direct your attention to the statements in the Report, and in doing so I beg to say that I depre— cate comparison with any other body in a spirit of rivalry. Mr. BIANCONI—I beg at once to disclaim anything like disrespect in the comparison which I instituted .witri the Provincial Bank. The CHAIRMAN—It IS an historical fact, and as an historical fact, we maybe at perfect liberty to refer to it, in congratulating ourselves on the present state of our affairs, that they are now more prosperous . , than those of the Provincial Bank were at a similar period of their history. No institution, however, can be better conducted than is the Provincial Bank of Ireland. I may therefore allude to the Report of that Bank, who have stated the situation of Ireland during the last year. I dare say there is no g en tleman present who has not read that Report ; it has sh own the difficulties in whi c h the agricultural a nd commer c i a l i nterests in Ireland have sur beene on agr iculture, as there i s scarce l y any manufactures there. The Provincial Bank in thei r Report have gone fully into the c au ses of depres s i on ex isting in Irclsnd, giving, if w e wanted it, an amp l e iea placed ; these interests d epen d i n a great n apology for our making 11 m ore unfavourable balance for the last year than we have done ; but there is no neces sity for such an apology, for, notwithstanding the de pressionProprietorsany in Ireland, and notwithstanding th a t. the effect of the tariff has been to strike down in p r i ce e very arti cleinwh of da iclil e re l l il a i li g Ireland dealt, fang of ealt i a n ndto cause a n anathy— a cessation price, unusualin any other period of commercial history — notwithst a ndi ng we .. former oc casion.—(Hear, contend i la i s i with comesuch before a state i h t a i l s ' eilhad consolatory e hear.) I will now apply myself to the point suggested in the question of one Of the Proprietors with respect to the account of profit and loss, from the year 1838 to the present period. The Provincial Bank has had this a dva ntage over us —f or a great many years, not hin g thein natur e o f domestic calamity has pressed upon its resources, or F r e . vented its springs . from ?tending throughout the land. We were differently circ umstanced—we scarcely came into existence before the Agricultural Bank failed and stopped payment, and the consequence of that was, that a suspicion was created against every Bank, a run took place upon every Bank, and the con sequence was a great ac caniulation of exp ense in meeting that run. It is true that we had better mean s th an per haps. any concern of meeting those expe nses, because 1 had previously thrown out that it was my conviction that the Agricultural Bank could not continue, j u d,i ng from the manner it was going on. The stoppi„._ 6 g of that B an k caused naturally a run on our Bank ; we utet every lia bility in every locality—(( , heers) — and the result was, that that which was inconvenient and expensive in the first instance, established us in the public mind, When they found and saw that at an early period of Our Institution, we were able to meet every demand ; so that that' which was at first a source of weakness, became a source of strength. For one half year we made no dividend ; we made one, however, i n 1838, and every y ear s i nce . The nett profits, in 1838, were 22,7971., the dividends were 17,5001, ; and that left, as a reserved fund, the sum of 5,297/. In December, la no - - Th our profits increased to 27,336/., the dividends, at 5 five per cent., were 17,5001., 1 atving to the reserved fund 9,8361. in addition to the firmer. In 1840 we i ncreased - the divi dend to six per cent., that increased .our expenditure in the payment of dividends by the sum of 3,5001. • Our profits in that year were 27,7451., and the dividends were 21,0001., and we added to the reserved fund 6,745/., which would have been increased to upwards of 10,0001. if the dividend had not been in creased to six per cent. - _so that inst ea d of falling off OW profits had increased. In 1841 the profits - were PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS (From the rotes and Proceed:: ?igs of the House of Commons.) , MAY 24. TUESDAY, CUSTOMS ACTS .—( in the Committee.) DIVISION .ON MR. \ Th .t the Duty on Foreign AN Question put, ThAt the AIAJORITY- Ackers, James—Ludlow ticland. T. ll.—West Somerset ','Court, Captain—Tamworth Acton, Colonel—Wicklow Co. A'ntrobtiS; Atbuthiltit, General—Kincardine shire . 1 WAKLEY'S MOTION, pies be 6d. on the 1001. value. Duty be 6d. let bushel. —AYES, 186. Hodgson, lid.-13erwick-on..Tweed Holmes, Hon W.—We of Wight Ho!nby, J.— Blackbui n Jackson, Mr. SeTj.--7Publin Uni versity . Jerinyn, Earl—Bury, Suffolk Astell, W.—Bedfordshire Bailey, J.—Herefordshire Baird, W.—Falkirk, &c. Banker, G —Dorsetshire Baring, W. B.—Thetford Basket vale, T. 8.-11crefordsliire k tt, %% Bernard, Visc.—Bandon Bridge filackhurne, Ireland—Warrington' Bodkin, W. IL—Rochester Boldeto, Henry G.— Chippenh..m Bothell, Beriah—Ludlow Bramston, T W.—Essex South Bruce, Lord E.—Marlborough Campbell, Sir H.—Berwickshire Clayton, ft.—Aylesbury . Clive, it. H. south Shropshire Corry, lion. 1-1. L.—Tyrone Co. Ceurtenay, Lord—S. Devonshire Dawnay, Ho.i. H.—Rutland Denison, E. B.—West Yorkshire Dickinsol, J. 1-I.—West Somerset Do ig Lis, Sir C. E.— Warwick Johnson, W. G.—liellast Jones, T.—L4aidoliderry Co. Knatchbull, Sir E.—East Kent Knight,'F. Worcestersh. Legh ' G. C.—North Cheshire 'Lincoln_. Fad of—Northamp:on sh-re,"Souin Litioti, Edward—Col,raine Lockhart, Wil iam—Lanarkshire Lowther. J. H.—York Lowther, Colonel—Westmorelsiist Mackendle, W. I.—Peeblesshire Mainwaeng, T —Denbighshire Marsirain, Lord—West Kent Martin, W.—New, ort,l.or Wight Alasteiinan, J.—London Meyncll, Captain H.—Lisburne slurgan, C. M. R.—Brecon Morgan, Q.—Monmouthshire Newry, Lord—Newry Nichol!, J. —Cardin Packe, C. W.—Leicester, South Palmer, George—Essex Peel, lit Hon. air li.—Tam worth Plumptre, John P.—East Kent Pollock, Sir F.—Huntingdon , Douglas, J. S Egerton Sir P.—South Cheshire Eliot, Lord—East Cornwall Estcourt, T. G. B.—Uxtbrd Univ. Fellowes,Edw.— Huntingdonshire Filmer, Sir K—West Kent Frolliott, Jo hn— Pram!, W. T.—ht. Ives Pringle, Alexander—Selkirkshire Pusey, Philip—Berkshire Rose, Sir George—Christchurch Round, Charles Gray—Essex N. Round, John—Maldon Itushbrooke, Colonel—Suflbllr Ryder, Hon. I).—Hertfordshire Sandon, Lord—Liverpool icon, Hon. F.—Rexburghshire Somerset, Lord G.—Alonbaeuthsh Stanley, Lord—North Lancashire Stuart, IL—Bedrord Sutton, C. M.—Cambridge Tennent, J. E.—Belfast 'rolletnache, J.—South Cheshire Tro!lope, Sir J.—S. Lincolnshire Trotter, John—West Surrey Flower, - Sir J. —Thetford Puller, A. E.—Eas Sthsex Gaskell, James Milnes—N , enlock Gladstone, W. E.—Newant-on Trent Gordon, Hon. W.—Aberdeenshire Gore, M.—Barnstaple Goring, H. D.—New Shoreham Goulburn, Right Hon. H.—Cam. bridge University Graham, Right Hon. Sir J. R. G —Dorchester Grogan, K—Dublin Hamilton, W.—Newport, Isle of Wight Hardinge, Right Hon. Sir H.— Tyrrell, Sir J. T.—Nortti kisex Verner, William—Armagh Co. Vivian, John Ennis—Trino Whitmore, T. C.—Bridgenorth Winhington, Sir T. E.—tlekvciley Wortley, Hon. S.—W. Yorkshire Young, John—Cavan Co, - Launceston lenley, J. W.—Oxtordshire Heliburn,Sir T. —Haddingtonsh ire Herbert, Hon. S.—south Wilts Hervey, Lord Alfred—Hiighton hillsborough, Earl of Hinde, J. Hodgson—Newcastle ukobn.Tyne TELLERS. . Fremantle, Sir T.—Buckingham Cleik, Sir G.—Stamford MINORITY. Aglionby, H. A.—Cockermoutk Aldam, J. J.--Leeds Archbold, Robert—Kildare Baring, l . T.— Portsmouth Berkeley, Hon. C.—Cheltenli, m Brodie, W. B.—Salisbury r.rotherton, J.—Salford Browne ' W. l).—Kerry Busfeild, William—Bradford Childars, John W.—Malton Christie, Wm. D.—Weymouth Clements, V isc.—Leitrim Co. Cobden, R.—Stockport Craig, W. G.—Edinburgh Duncan, (I.— Dundee Duncombe, T. S .—Finsbury Due das, Admiral—Greenwich Escott, B. —Winchester Evans, William—North Derby Forster, M.—Berwick-onTweed Gibson, T. M.—Manchester Gill, T.—Plymouth Gordon, Lord F.—Forfarsh ire Hume, Joseph—Montrose, &c. Hutt, W.—tiateshead Langston, J. H.—Oxford Loch, James—Kirkwall —NOES, 51. Mangles, It. D.—Guildford Marsland, Henry—Stockport Martin, John—'l2ewkeshury Mitcalie, H.—Tytreinou•li Morris, D.—Carmarthen Napier, Sir Chat les Marylehone Ogle, S.—South Northumberland Parker, John—Sheffield Pechvll, Captain—Brighton Philips, G. IL—Poole Philips, Mark—Manchester Plumiidge, aptain—Pehryn Russell, Lord John—London Seymour, Lord—Totness Stanstield, W. H. C.—Huddersfield Stanton ' W. e.—Stroud Strutt, Edward Derby Thoriiely,Thos.—Wolverhampton Turner, Edmund—Truro Villiers ' L. P.—Wolverhampton Ward, H. G.—Sheffield Wawn, J. T.—South Shields Wilde, Sir Thomas—Worcester Wood, Benjamin—Southwark TELLERS. Wakley, Thomas—Finsbury Bowring, Dr.—Bolton WEDNESDAY. MAY 25. Instead d 11. per cwt. on Butter, Question put, That the blank be filled with 10s.:— Aldan'', William Bar. lay, David !laniard, E. G. powring,pr. NORITY-AYLS, 59. Guest, J. Seymour, Lord Hill, Lord Mamas Staristield, W. IL Howard, C. W. G. Strutt, Edward How ink, Lord Thornely, Thomas Hume, Joseph Troubridge, Sir T. Hutt, W. Tufncll, Henry Labouchere, H. Turner, E. Lemon, Sir C. Villiers, Charles P. Loch, James Wakley, Thomas Marsland, H. Ward, H.G. Martin, John Wawn, John T. Mitealte. Henry Williams, Wm. Morris, David Wood, lenjamin Napier, Sir Charles Wood, C. Ogle, S. C. H. Wood, G. W. 0 d, W. Wrightson, W. Parker, John Yorke, H. itedhead Philips, G. R. Philips, Mark Rice, E B. Russell, Lord John Browne — NV. Busfeild, W.; Byng, George Childers, J. W. Clive, E. B. Cobden, Richard Cowi er, Hon W. Craig, W. Gibson Crawford, W. S. ')ivett, E. Duncan, Lord Lbrington, Viscount Escott, Biclikam Evasn, ichlen, J. Forster, Matthew Gill, TELLERS. C. Duncombe, T. 8, Acton, Colonel Allix, John Peter Ashley, Lord 'Saline, Colonel Bankes, George Baring, W. B. Bell, Dl. Bernard,lViscount •Srarnston, T. W. Broadley, Henry 6roadwood, H. Brim?, Lord E. Burroughes, N. N. Chelsea, Viscount Chute, W. L. Clayton, R. R. C.ive, R. H. Colville, C. R. Connolly, Colonel Creswell, Baker Cripps, J. Darby, George Denison, E Beckett JORITY—NOES, Fuller, A. E. Gaskell, J. M. Gladstone, W. E. Glynne, Sir S. R. Gordon, Hon. W. Gore, W 0. Goulburn, H. Graham, Sir J. Greens), Peter Grogan, Edward Hamilton. W. J. Hardiuge, Sir H. Heneagc, 3. W. Henley, J. W. Hepburn, Sir T. B. Hervey, Lord A. Hodgson, R. Hogg, J. W. Hope, Charles Houldsworth, T. Ingestre, Lord James, Sir Walter Johnson, W. G. Johnston; Hope Jones, T. Kemble, Henry Knatchbull, Sir E. Knight, Henry Gaily Legh, George C. Lincoln, Earl of Lowther, J. H. Lygon. General Mackenzie, Thomas MacGeachy, F. A. Mahon, Lord Manners, Lord J Marsham, Viscount Martin, C. W. Master, T. W. C. Dickinson, F. 11. Douglas, Sir Howard Douglas, Sir C. E. Drummond, 11. H. Duncombe, A. Egerton, W. T. Ege, ton, Sir P. G. Eliot, Lord Emlyn, Viscount Esmonde, Sir I'. Esteourt, T. G. B. Farnham ; E. B. Ferguson, Sir R. A. Filmer, Sir E Fitzroy, Captain Ffo'liott, Joh') Follett, Sir W. W. 115. Miles, W. Morgan, Octavius Murray, C. It. S. Nicholl, J Norreys, Lord O'Brie , A. Staffbrdj O'Brien, W. Smith Parke, C. W. Pakington, John S. Palmer, R. Palmer, G. Patten, John Wilson Peel, Sir It. Plumptre, J. P. Polhill, P. PoHinton, Viscount Price, Richard Pringle, A. Pusey, Pnilip Reade, W. M. 'lepton, George J. Rig hards, Richard Rose, Sir George Round, C. G. Ittishbrooke, Colonel Scott, Hon. F. Shaw, F. Somerset, Lord O. Stanley, tdward Stuit, H. C. Tnompson, Ald. Tollemache, John Vore, Sir C. B. Wortley, J. quart Wyndham, Cblone I Young, John MINORI I Y of Th favour of Sir J. C reign Cheese to 51 Barclay, David Baring, F. T. Barnard, E. G. Bowring, Dr. Browne, Hon. W. Busfeild, William Richard Craig, W G. Crawford, W S. Divat, Duncan, George Evans, W. Fielden, J. Forster, Matthew TELLERS. Fremantle. Sir 'l. Cleik, Sir a irty-nine (Tellers included) who voted in iuest's Motion, to seduce the Duty on Fo . per cwt. Gibson, T. M. UM, Thomas Hume, Joseph Lemon, Sir C. Marsiand, Mitcalfe, Henry A. Morris, David Pendarves, E. W. Philips, M. Rice, E. 13. Stansfield, W. R. C Strutt, Edward Thornely, Thomas Turner, Edmund Villiers, Charles 2. Wakley, Thorma Ward, H. 0. \Vawii, J. T. Williams, W. Wood, B. Wood, G. W. Yorke, H. R. TELLERS. Guest, Sir John Parkei, John MINORITY of Nine (Tellers included) who voted in favour ....-.- - of Mr. Turner's'Motion relating to Copper Ore. TELLER!! Turner, Edmund AG Thos.Col Colonel rikr,leiovuridraainsr,, j Da vid vr Hay, Sir A. L. % E. Stanley, lion. W. 0. Lemon, Sir C. JEWS IN PRUSSIA. Count de Lowenjelm, the Swedish Ambassador at Vienna, says a letter from that, city, May 11, has definitively quitted his post, having been recalled at his own request. The same letter states that Akif Effendi, the new Ottoman Ambassador, is accom panied by a Dervish, who attracts much attention by his original habits. A letter from Berlin, May 9, in the Augsburg Ga zette, states that the heads of almost all the Israelite communities in Prussia, having presented addresses to the King, praying him not to allow the Bill to be made law, which separates them from the other inhabitants of the kingdom, giving them particular political corporations, and granting them, in consequence, certain privileges, and exempting them from military service, they have re ceived a letter from M. De ROchow, the Prussian Minister of the Intarior, dated May 5, and in which, in the name of the King, the Minister says :—" It is the intention of his Majesty to take measures, by means of which the restrictions pressing upon Jews shall be taken off. Those measures shall secure their interests on the same basis as those of Christians, and shall give them greater independence and influence with regard to their own affairs, byestablishing corporations, and by offerino• a wider opportunity of employing their talents and their capacities in their own favour, as well as in favour of the Christians amongst whom they live. But his Majesty considers it to be necessary that the realisation of these prerogatives should be ac companied by the conditions which form the basis of a Christian State, 2..nd according to which it is not admissable for Jews to exercise the duties of magistrates over Christians, and he pos sessed of privileges which might compromise the inte rests of the Christian community. As to the suppres sion of military duties now imposed upon Jews, this Measure cannot do them any injury, since it leaves • them at full liberty to enter the service as volunteers. But, under all circumstances, the Jews ought to wait for the result of the deliberations ordered on this sub ject, and to be convinced that all the reforms necessary for the amelioration of their situation, and compati ble with the general interest, shall be accorded them." At the sitting on the - 18th instant of the Court of Assizes for the Lor-et-Cher, a woman was convicted of the murder of her husband, Sylvian Leloup, of Mouthon-sur• Bievre. They had for several years lived upon bad terms, and frequently had desperate quarrels ending in blows, in which the husband from weakness, caused by having had one of his arms broken, always got the worst. On April 23th one of these do mestic feuds arose, and with ,such violence that the whole neighbourhood was alarmed, and assembled round the house of strife; but no one darecrenter, though some of them described the blows as sounding like those of a butcher felling an ox. At length all was silent, and then they called in the garde cham petre and the Mayor, who made their way in and found Leloup lying in a pool of blond on the floor, in the last agonies of death. His wife confessed her crime, but attributed the provocation to Leloup, sah s she said quarrelled with her because she opposed his going out in the night., and beat her with a wooden prong. She then in het rage took an iron bar from the tire-place, and did the deed. The Mayor, who was examined with the other witnesses, stated the facts which had come to his kn ,wledge, but at the same titre, in all respects, except as to he: quarrels with her husband, gave the prisoner an excellent character for her charitable ann kind disposition, adding that she was the only person of the place who would undertake the nursing of a patient dismissed from the hospital as incurable. She was found guilty with extenuatino , circumstances, and condemned to be imprisoned with hard labour for ten years. Rio DE JANEIRO, MARCII I.—By the search made by the police in the house of Isidore Joaquim Pereira, house-pro- prietor at the bar of Tejuca, the discovery of five interred bodies was made—of blacks, ,laves of his own, whom he assassinated by fl ogg ing at different periods. The criminal is arrested. LTpon this, a correspondent observes :—" Yes, arrested for a day or two ; but a bet may safely be laid of 50 to 1, that no more will be heard about this matter, and that. after a couple of months Senor Isidore will be again quietly in his house, chas tising his blacks worse than ever." Bars de Tejuca is only five miles from the city of Rio, and that in fact belongs to the city. • • .28,79e1.,. while in 1838 they were only 22,7971., and that. increase you must remember has taken place in one of the worst years for commercial purposes in Ireland. The dividends for the la -t year were 21,0001., and we added to ,the reserved fund 7,7981., so that the total amount of the reserved fund is now 30,081/. Yeti have, therefore, a progressive increase of profits, and an in crease of the dividend. And lam enabled to assure you that that dividend will not be lessened in future • that I am enabled to state, positively, to. the Shareholders.— (Cheers.) : I haye endeavoured thus to explain, as far as andt , estand the point put by the lieu. -Proprietor, and if he seeks any further information, I shall be happy to give it.hiin.-7-(Ctieers.) The Rev. Mr. Manes considered, when the meeting l took into account that they had had for s everal years upwards of 20,0001,. as a rest, which was not lucked up, and that all their preliminary expenses had Leen paid, that there was not so much cause for congratulation. The CHAIRMAN said, it was true, all the preliminary expenses had been paid off, but another extraordinary expense, tantamount to them, in the last year, had fallen to be paid. To this he did not wish to refer, except to assure the Hun. Proprietor, and to show him, that there had been one particular payment which, though it could not occur again, accounted for more than the -difference created by the cessation of the annual deduction of anything on account of the preliminary expenses. They had the satis faction of knowing that all the preliminary expenses had been paid ; they had also the satisfaction of know ing that there was no probability of any such extraor dinary expense falling on them again. Mr: JOHNSTONE inquired if the of the Report had been seconded ? Mr. J. HILITCHINSON seconded the motion, that the Report be adopted. SIR. JOHNSTONE thought they had not the information they ought to have received at this meeting. This was the only opportunity the Shareholders had of looking into the affairs of the Bank, and, from the meagreness of the Reports annually presented, they went away with as little information as to the state of the Bank as if they had no Report at all. It was true that they had stated the amount of the rest, the rest for the year, and the amount of the profits. But they had no statement of their liabilities or of their assets, and he considered that, as in the case of every other Bank, they ought to have some detailed report of the working of the establishment. They ought to be informed how the liabilities and assets stood com pared to each other, that they might see if they were really in the prosperous state they were said to be. He thought that every Shareholder of an establishment of this sort, whose property was involved, and who was re sponsible for the debts of the Bank, should have a full opportunity of becoming acquainted with the working of the concern. He complained of the meagreness of the present Report, as well as of that of last year. They ought to have something more than a statement of the amount of the profits of the year, and of the dividend paid. He, therefore, as a large Shareholder, and having a deep interest in the welfare of the Bank, which he conceived was one of great im portance to Ireland, though lie had a perfect confidence in its stability, and in the Company itself, still he thought they ought to have more information. The Shareholders ought to have an opportunity of inspecting the accounts of the Bank ; he thought they ought to have auditors to inspect the accounts. He should, therefore, propose that auditors be appointed. It appeared to him, that in the Report submitted they had not the statement they ought to have, according to the Deed of Settle ment itself. He drew the attention of the meeting to the 105th clause of the Deed of Settlement. which provided that in the Report laid before the Annual General Meeting there should be a statement of their , receipts and disbursements up to the preceding 31st of December ; they ought to have a statement of the assets, of the amount of paid-up capital, the amount of bills in circulation, the balance of profit and loss, ,the amount of specie in hand, of the expences of the establishment,. of the amount of th e c i rcu l a ti on an d d e p os i ts , an d t h e . balance of the accounts current. Neither of these were detailed ; in short it was impossible for any Shareholder to judge of the working of the establishment. He should, therefore, propose that the Report / should not be received, but be referred back to the Directors, in order that a detailed statement of these particulars might be given. He then read a resolution proposing the appointment of auditors. The Rev. T. MADGE begged to second the proposition, and in doing so he would make one observation. The Hon. Chairman had spoken of the effects which had been produced by the tariff. He apprehended that those effects could not have been felt last year, as the tariff had not then been proposed, and it was impossible for the public to know what measure Sir Robert Peel would bring forward. The CHAIRMAN said, it was quite true that the word tariff itself, was inapplicable to a former period ; but the Hon. Proprietor would recollect that the anticipation of those great changes preceded their actual announce ment.—(Hear, hear.) He would find that they had be gun to operate sooner than he had given them credit for ; and he would also recollect that he (the Chairman) spoke not only of the accounts as they stood, but that he spoke prospectively of the con tinuance of the same dividend, which he did say after mature consideration of the effect of that tariff. Now, he did not think that the Directors had any reason to congratulate themselves upon the way in which the Hon. Proprietor had treated them. The accounts coin ' plaiued of were the same as had been given last year. There was no complaint then ; no complaint had been made until the !present moment ; no suggestions had been made to the Directors to propose more detailed accounts. The present motion came upon them with that species of want of candour, which would not have existed if the accounts of last year had been complained of, and the attention of the Directors had been called to their alleged insufficiency. They had often referred to the Provinc:al Bank—he would recal to their recollection, that in that Bank the Report had always been entirely such as had been given by the Directors • of this Bank.—(Hear, hear.) The lion. Proprietor was quite mistaken in supposing that the account furnished' was the only account offered by the Directors. If he had asked him for it he would have given him the very information of the omission of which he complained. He had taken fir granted that because it was not in the Report, it was not on the table, which happened not to be the fact. (The Chairman then read the balance sheet of the Company and con tinued.) As to the motion put by the llon. Proprietor, it was not for him to remind hitn what would be the effect of taking any step from which it might be inferred that the Directors did not enjoy the confidence of the Shareholders.—(Hear, hear.) Auditors were only resorted to in a failing concern, and theirs, thank heaven, was not a failing concern. He doubted whether he had power to put the question of the appointment of auditors, without the notice was sanc tioned by the deed. Mr. JOHNSTONE said he was not aware that there was anything in the deed which required that a notice should be given. The CHAIRMAN said it was incumbent on the lion. Proprietor to show that he had the power. An HON. PROPRIETOR said that the Hon. Proprietor (Mr. JohnstOne) was greatly mistaken in supposing that joint-stock banks in general published complete accounts of all their proceedings. Neither the 'Provincial Bank. nor the North of England Bank, were in the habit of so doing. He would, in short, defy him to state any single case in which it had been done. He thought the Hon. Proprietor should have taken pains to ascertain the real truth, instead of venturing to make the statement which he had done. He knew that in one case of. a Pro vincial Bank the Directors had distinctly stated to the Proprietors, " It is for your sake, anti not for ours merely, that we do not give further particulars."—(Hear, ) Mr. HUTCHINSON said that the object of. the Hun. Proprietor had been fully attained by the accounts having been read. There was a great want of courtesy in not having given notice of his intention to move fur the appointment of auditors. If any notice of his intention had been given by the Hon. Proprietor, there would have been many Shareholders present, who, having had no idea of the lion. Proprietor's intention, had not come to the present meeting. The CtrAntmAN asked the lion. Proprietor if he had found anything in the deed giving them the authority of appointing auditors. Mr. JOHNSTONE-There is nothing in the deed on the subject, but, I believe that, as a Proprietor, I am autho rised at an Annual General Meeting to move fur the ap pointment of auditors. An HoN. PROPRIETOR trusted that, as the accounts had been read, the lion. Gentleman would not press his motion against , the general sense of the meeting.. The CHAIRMAN said that, as the accounts had been pro duced, all had been done that could by the deed be required to be done. The only question left was, as to the ap pointment of auditors, and the gentlemen would se e th a t they had no authority fur appointing any other officers. Mr. JOHNSTONE thought, that as the meeting ap peared satisfied with the information which had been given, that information ought on every future oc casion to be inserted in the Report itself. ' Unless some observation had been made on the subject, they would have gone away with the mer, Report of the Directors. In all future Reports, a state ment should be introduced to the effect that the accounts were laid on the table. The CHAIRMAN said the fault WAS his. At every one of their AnnuarMeetings, the accounts had been inva riably laid on the table, and, on the present occasion, the moment the gentleman had alluded to them, he (the Chair man) had called for them and had got them. In his opening address he had not stated that the accounts of the Bank had been laid on the table as usual. It would pr-chaps have been more correct if he had done so. Did the Hon. Gentleman wish to press his resolution. Mr. JOHNSTONE seeing that the sense of the meeting was clearly against him would withdraw his motion. The -CHAIRMAN regretted that the Report had not been read a second time as he had suggested, if that had been done this discussion might probably have been saved, for the following passage occurred in the Report. —(The Right Hon. Gentleman then read the passage referred to, which it was stet( d that the prosperity the Bank had attained would be best shown by the accounts to be submitted to the meeting.) The question that the Report be received and con firmed was then put and carried unanimously. Mr. JOHNSTONE, before the meeting separated, wished to direct their attention to the conduct of Mr. Cochrane one of the Officers of the Bank of Ireland, and concluded by moving for the appointment of a Committee to in vestigate that gentleman's conduct. After a desultory conversation, the Hon. Proprietor's motion was negatived, three hands only being held up in its favour. The thanks of the Proprietors were unanimously voted to the Governor and Directors, on the motion of Mr. Bianconi, seconded by Mr. Wheeler. The CHAIRMAN, having briefly acknowledged the compliment on behalf of his brother Dii ectors and himself, Mr. WHEELER moved, and Mr. ROBINS seconded, a , . rote if thanks to the Sceretary and the oaken of the o4abliahment, which having been ottrriod unaaimoubly, the meeting separated. LEVANT MAIL. CONSTANTINOPLE MAY 7.—lt appears at last to be pretty .well decided that Ashkar Pacha, the Governor of Tripoli, in Barbary. whose conduct for a long time past can hardly hare given satifaction to his Court, is about to be removed, Lord Ponsonby, long before he left this embassy, had to Make known to the Porte severe complaints against his tyranny and corrup tion, and'on several occasions it was Honig/it that he would be put down ; but the Porte had enough of other matters on its hands at the time, and he remained for a more favourable op portunity, which has now, they say, occurred. Azmi Bey, who went to Tripoli, with funds to pay the troops, an his return brought with hilt a representation, ugued by some of the principal people of the regency, engaging that, if Ashkar Pacha were recalled and replaced by a Governor collecting the revenue on fixed principles, they undertook that it should amount annually to 40,000 purses (160,0001.) which would, after the expenses of administration were retained there, yield the Porte a handsome surplus to go into the 'Treasury, in stead of drawing large sums from it, as heretofore, and the Government, who could not be averse to this salutary eco nomy, has taken the matter upon the footing recommended. I have heard that Said Pacha, of Adrianople, has been in vited to Constantinople, where, it is possible, he may be made even mushir of the palace, in the place of the Riza Pacha, whose health, though he is young, is materially suffering. He will be sent elsewhere for " change of air." Some speak of the change of Ries Effendi ; Sarim Effendi, the present in cumbent, being " too much of a Turk" to agree well with the anti-Turkish Frank embassie . The Sultan is undoubtedly acquiring great firmness of character. He has declared that he is determined to ameliorate the state of his country, morally, financially, and politically, and to this end will devote the major part of his private revenue. The Custom-house of Constantinople is up at auction, and although it has never yet rendered the Porte more than 56,000 purses annually, already arc 80,000 purses bid for it. This would yield a difference of about 120,0(101. a year in favour of the Government, which, in addition to their profits. the contractors are to replace by the prevention of smuggling. The affair, if thus decided on, will be a grand thing to the fair traders, at the head of whom are certainly our own countrymen here. Contraband will still take place, but not to the enormous extent that has existed hitherto. It was quite time to see a stop put to it. Another point has still to be looked to, viz.: the advantages enjoyed by the Russian mer chants over others by the payment of higher duties and supe rior protection. Whilst other traders have for some time past been losing money, or, at best, hardly making head against their current moderate expenses, the Russians flourish extra ordinarily. I could mention the instance of a Russian pro tege at Adrianople. who, in a short period, has realised 8,000/. or 10,0001., whilst his less fortunate neighbours arc all drop ping into the background. '1 hey pay duties on silk, and so does he, but less by 18 piastres per oke, or exceeding 10 per cent, on the present value. On other goods he has equal ad vantages, and besides enjoys a protection which knocks down all obstacles in his way, whilst others make complaints which f: e quenily go unredressed. ALEXANDRIA, MAY 6.—The principal news is naturally the arrival of the Pacha on the Ist, and with him his Foe, Sa'd Pacha (fatter than ever) who will assume the command of the Egyptian fleet. In the meantime, however, his time has rot been unprofitably employed, anti the system of supplying the want of native capital, energy, and enterprise, by the appro priation of shifliks in the hands of the great officers of that state has succeeded well. Said Pacha, with Abbas Pacha, and Ibrahim Pacha the younger, have already entered the market as the sellers of a portion of the produce of their agricultural labours, and have contracted for the whole of their growths of sessamun seed, now about to be sown, at most flattering prices. deliverable in November next. Ibrahim Pacha, the elder, re serves to sell when his produce will b e ready for the market. There is no longer any question of the free trade which is officially (verbally) announced by the Minister to be in force; and that of the coming harvest, and the cotton now planted, all persons who wish to do so, may proceed to purchase on the spot. Many European agents of commercial houses here have already proceeded to the interior to make purchases. The Pacha on his arrival here told the merchants it was his inten tion to sell his present deposits and the future produce of his own shifliks, by public auction at regular in tervals, as formerly practised. We were not, therefore, a little surprised to find, after three days of expectation, it was rumoured that two merchants had privately bought from the Government the greater portion of their pre sent grain deposits at the very prices so long up held by the Minister, and which, in the absence of the Pacha no person would pay. The sale was announced of 115,000 ar delis beans, at 36 piastres, and 60,000 ardebs wheat, at 65 piastres, payable, however, on treasury assignments, which assignments, owing to the want of proper organisation in the Egyptian finance department, are always to be purchased at a very heavy discount, dependent upon the prospect of their prompt or remote payment by the Government; for instance, a week ago these assignments were to be bought at 30 per cent. discount, while to-day the discount is only 14 per cent. This discount, however, enables the buyers to resell in the place for cash at the very price which the merchants would have paid the Government in the cash they so much wanted many weeks ago—they have only nominally obtained a price which it was ridiculous to pretend to; but the Minister has carried his point, and has shown the Pacha that the prices lie exacted were really obtainable, while the Pacha can be easily kept ,in ignorance of the extent of the discount to which his " promises to pay" are subjected. The cry ing evil of this country, the incubus upon its progress in the scale of nations, has been a perpetual succession of financial blunders, and trying to do too much, taxing the country far beyond its powers; but an unprejudiced observer may already perceive the progress a few months of peace a nd the direction of the energie s o f its ruler to its internal develop ment have already produced. Two or three years of peace and quiet government will change the face of the country, and al though the amelioration of the condition of its people may be more slow, it will nevertheless be sure, and in their present unsettled state the sluilik system will work bettter than any other. Innumerable canals, unused for centuries, have been already opened under the immediate superintendence of the Pacha and his superior officers, and immense tracts of formerly uncultivated lands have thus again been brought into cultivation, which will, with a favourable Nile this year, more than treble the average produce of the country, while the Pacha, shorn of the glory of the possession of Candia, Syria, and the Hedjas, is spared the exhausting drain upon the Egyptian treasury and the cultivators of his soil, which crippled the noble resources of this country; and by continuing to direct for a few years longer his mighty energies in their present channel, Egypt may yet hope to live in wealth and civilisation, with its former position in the scale of nations. Orders have already been given for the re-commencement of the " barrage," at the head of the Delta, fur the better irriga tion of those provinces—a plan long since abandoned as im practicable, atter immense outlay ; and so it will, I fear, again be found. Egypt is not yet the country in which similar gigantic operations can be attempted. Similar attempts may be considered the errors of a great mind ; but still they arts errors most prejudicial to a State hardly emerging from the exhaustion of protracted foreign wars, and most imperfect in ternal administration. Adventurers will not be wanting to suggest the facility with which unprecedented undertakings can be carried through, as long as they can thereby ensure profit able employment for themselves ; but surely the signal failure of the previous attempt to carry through this undertaking ought to have been a sufficient warning. MALTA. MAY 15.—Strirs or WAR IN PoLT.—The Queen, 110, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir E. W. C. R. Owen; Ceylon, 61, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir John Louis; Impregnable, 104 ; Vanguard, 80 ; Calcutta, 78 ; Cambridge, 78 ; Phoenix, Devastation, and Vesuvius war-steamers ; and Alecto, Polyphemus, and Prometheus steam-packets. DISFOSITION OF THE REST 01 THE FLELT:.—The Howe, 120, boating the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir F. Mason ; Thun derer, 80, and Savage, 10, on their way to Tripoli, in Barbary; the Rodney, 92, on her way to Alexandria and Beyrout ; and the Cyclops steam-frigate at Beyrout. The Formidable, 84; Lizard, steam.tender ; and the Java, 16, at Gibraltar. The Monarch, 84, and the Vernon, 50 ; Medea, war-steamer ; and Beacon and Magpie, surveying -vessels, on their way to the Piraeus of Athens. The Belvidere, 38, at Cadiz. The Incon stant, 36, and Hecate, war-steamer, at Beyrout. The Magi cienne, 114, at Suda, in Candia. L'Aigle, 24, at Smyrna. '1 he Stromboli, war-steamer, and Locust steam-tender, at Constan tinople; and the Scout, 18, and Snake, 16, at Corfu. NAVAL Movemxicrs.—The Vernon sailed from Malta for the Piraeus of Athens on the 26th ult., to relieve the Monarch, which vessel, accompanied by the Medea, which took her de parture from Malta on the 28th ult., proceeds to the mouth of the Xanthus river, to remove the sculptured marbles from the valley of the same name, which the Monarch will convey to Malta en route for England, where they will be deposited in the British Museum. The Rodney sailed for Alexandria and the coast of Syria on the 29th ult. The Phoenix arrived at Malta from Beyrout (after touching at Syria) on the 6th inst., bringing most deplorable accounts of the state of Syria. Anarchy and confusion reign throughout, and nothing short of the restoration of the Emir Besehir is likely to bring about peace and tranquillity, as the Sultan's officers are intolerable. The Magpie sailed on the ht, and the Beacon on the 7th, both for Athens, from whence, after picking up their boats and ten ders, they will repair to Port Nassau, in the Grecian archipe lago, to resume their surveying labours in that vicinity. Some serious misunderstandings have taken place between the Paella of Tripoli (in Barbary) and Col. Warrington, the British Con sul thereat, rendering it necessary for the latter to apply for the protection of a ship of the line. On the 28th, the De vastation was dispatched thither with a supply of coals fur the Locust, which has been employed in conveying the Consul along the coast, dist: ibuting appeals to the native Arab chiefs, with a view to stop the inhuman traffic in slaves, in which it. is said he has been successful, so far as promises can be relied upon, though strongly opposed by the Ott oman , or S u l tan ' s officers at 'Ft ipoli. On the :'Bth the Devastation returned to Malta, with the Consul's application for a ship of war. She was sent back again on the 2d inst., and returned to Malta on the 4th with a reiterated request front the Consul. On the Bth the Vesuvius was despatched to Tunis and Tripoli, from which ports she returned on the 14th, bringing accounts of fresh in sults having been offered, indirectly, to the British Consul. On the 12th the Howe (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir F. Mason), with the Thunderer and Savage in company, took their departure from Malta for Tripoli, and will no doubt speedily bring the Pacha to his bearings. Meanwhile the Lo cust (which arrived from Tripoli on the 30th ult.) has been sent away to Constantinople with despatches relating to this affair, for Sir Stratford Canning, and provisions and stores for the Stromboli, war-steamer, Stationed thereat. The Com mander-in-Chief granted a passage by her to Lieut. Sir Bruce Chichester and lady, whose mansion at Malta will in their ab sence be occupied by Captain Rich, of her Majesty's ship Queen. The Scout left for Corfu on the 10th inst. —lt is said that the Admiralty Board has, in consequence of an unfavourable report of the Commander-in-Chief touching. the sailing qualities of the Queen, as compared with the For midable, ordered an experimental cruise to take place, to try her against the Vanguard and some other ships. Almi,s.—The Alecto arrived from the lonian Islands and Patras on the . 26th ult., and w ill convey to Gibraltar to morrow the math for England. The Great Liverpool, which arrived from Alexandria on the '26th . ult., with the Bombay mail of the Ist proximo, proceeded on her voyage to England on the 27th. The Prometheus, which conveyed the Overland mail to Marseilles, returned with the London mail of the 6th inst. yesterday at noon. The Polyphemus arrived from Gib raltar, with the London mail of the 15th, on the 29th ult. ; was despatched wi!h the mails for the lonian Islands and Patras on the 3d, and re t urne d on t h e 13 t h i ns t. The Oriental ar rived from England on the morning of the 12th, and pro ceeded en he r voyage to Alexandria on the evening of yester day, the 14th. Ihe Phoenix war-steamer conveys to-day the mails for Greece and the lonian Islands, as the Iberia con tinues under repair. THE CROPS.—The crops in this vicinity are suffer ing severely from the want of rain. The wheats are getting foxy and unhealthy, and on some stiff lands the oat-sowing; cannot be completed. Peas ha v e suffered severely from de slug, which was never known to be more destructive than this year. It is quite certain that in the eastern part of this county and the west of Kent, not one-half of the usual breadth of wheat is sown, and also that the produce of that in the ground will not average more than two quarters Or acre, and with but little straw. The hot weather has had a good effect on the hop bine, and the tying is now nearly completed; but some which, at this time, gives rise to much fear. fly into be found, ighton Guardian, HAVTI. Adviona from Port. Ito- Prince, na , -ti y of April ldb- 4164 been ieeciaed at Havre by the Vauban, which arrived on the 22d inst. The Manifeste of the 10th gives the following some wh4t. obscure detail, of the events which occurred on the occasion of the opening of the legilative session " For a fortnight the town was occupied by 4,000 troops, and cannons charged with grape were pointed against the building where the sittitg was to be held. On the 4th the represeittatises assembled in their usual place of meeting, to the number of 37. Jo order to commence the first_ business before the Chamber, viz., the voilicatton -of powers, M. La. fortune. the elde s t member, was provisionally . called to the chair, and the two youngest, ADJ. Gotereaux and l'onthieux, were appointed to act as Secretaries. The bulletins for the ballot of the provisional but eaux were in preparation, when the President of the Assembly proposed to decide on the question whether the•expelled members were to be admitted or not. The majority tejeeted this mistiest, as the powers of th e deputies lad not a.; h et been verified, and consequently they had no deliberative character. The President, husseeer, persi s t e d, an d, a f ter an eat nest lint ineffectual effort to get hit propositi on carr i e d , retired with ten members. '1 hose who remained drew up a statement of the farts, and sent a copy of the document to the executive power. Un the 6th, the Commandant of the town rook possession of the keys of the Chamber, and in the eyeeine a strong detachment of troops was placed there. On the i tat, the national flag was displayed at the Chamber, forced. The Deputi es w h o h ad signed the and the d e t ac h ment was greatly re-ii protest were already assembled there. The tweet ) -eight members of the majority made their appearance itelividtedly. The representa tive Homo, who ailed as porter, declared -to them that they could not be admitted unless they fu es signet the protest. This they refused to do, and then assembled at the house of the vpreseotative Ponthieux. front whence they assent in pro. eesion to the Chamber. When they had arrived at the large gate, Captain Elk, the officer in command, said to them very politely, Gentlemen, you arc forbidden to enter.' 'I replied, Do you know who we arc ? We are the representatives of the nation.' It is positively, gentlemen, to the representatives, that 1 have been ordered to refuse admission,' replied the Captain. Whereupon the Depu ties retired with dignity, some voices crying out ' Vise la I,iberte! ['lutist les Representatives du Potpie !' These exclamations caused a litt:e movement in the detachment, the officers drawing their swords, and, it is said, an order being given to fine if necessary. This demonstration in no way shout the firmness of the representatives, who main reise:red to M. Ponthieuz's, where they drew up a protest azainst this conduct, and addressed a letter to the President, demanding the with. drawal of the armed force which had refused them admittance. During the time they were thus secupted a small number of persons had collected near the house. A detachment was sent trom the Chamber to disperse them, and much violence was employed towards several young men, some of whom were wounded, and several arrested." The same paper then gives the following account of the pro ceedings in the Chamber on the Bth and 9th of April : " At seven in the morning of the Bth, the Deputy Benoit presented himself at the door of the Chamber, but was refused admittance by the officer on guard. The President of the Chamber, M. 'Ambit'', who was present, ordered the officer to allow him to pass. but he persisted in his refusal, &Irving, that he obe)ed the orders of the military commandant, who re cognised as President only M. Lafortune. Dl. Laudun thea withdrew, and sent a letter to the President of Hayti, inform ing him of what had occurred, and requesting that the guard of the Chamber might, be placed under his orders, as the elected President. The letter was left unanswered. M. Laudun then returned to the Chamber, where he found AL Lafortune in stalled in the chair, and wearing the insignia of office. M. Laudun, as the elected President, claimed the ehtir, but N. Lafortune refused to give it up, being desirous, he said, to read some documents, and amongst them the protest against the excluded Deputies. The Secretary of the Chamber then withdre* full of indignation, and several of the Deputies spoke loudly against such conduct, and called upon Al. Lafortune to give up the chair to the true President. N. Lafortune, how ever, remained firm, and was supported by M. Pierre Charles, who stamped and beat the benches with his hands. and in : suited all who differed from him it opinion. The noise at this period became general. and I'd. Laudun, putting on his hat, declared that anarchy had apparently taken possession of the Chamber. At length calm was re-established, and AL Lafor tune having quitted the chair, it was taken by Al. Laudun. The Secretaries then read the minutes calling for the definitive organisation of the Chamber, and the administra tion of the oaths to the Deputies ; but this was violently opposed by Di. Lafortune, and about thirty of his party in full chorus, and the note became so great that the President adjourned the sitting for an hour. At noon it was resumed, but there was the same confusion, and con sequently the Presit'ent adjourned the Chamfer to the next morning at seven. At six on the following day N. Lau dun was at the Chamber, but his competitor, Lafortune, was there before daybreak, and had already taken possession of the chair. At eight N. Laudun claimed the chair, but' Lahr tune's party set up a loud noise, and the voice of Pierre Charles was heard like a trumpet in a symphony, louder thaw all the rest, whilst Lafortune, grasping the chair, exclaimed, Le n'entends pas raison, ma tete za mss pieds, ze ne eederar pas la fonteille." The President. Lauduti then said, in aloud voice, There is anarchy in the Chamber. AL Lafortune has usurped the chair, and keeps it by force. I cannot stand by and witness such scenes. I protest against these in famous acts, and will denounce them to the nation. "with draw.' He then left the Chamber, followed by the Deputies of t he opposition." It appears that on the 13th the Chamber met, and declared the four re-elected Deputies not qualified to sit, and annulled the election of six new Deputies. On the 16th, the session was opened in due form, but several of the Opposition members left the House. PROPERTY AND INCOME TAX BILL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN, SlK,—lt is very much, wished by many of vour subscribers that you would direct the attention isf that public, particularly corporate authorities, to the as sessment of house propertV, in which, mos4etsons of respectability arc materially interested. The Bill directs the assessment upon the rack-rent, as land, without previously deducting, say .25 per eucti.(rtliclt should be the case) for r e p a irs, insurance. deteriora tion, &e., as in poor-rates generally. Sec. O. Disputes as to value. Iteferenee to be stained by the Commis , :ioners only---not in the usual way of reference.. See. 82. Floods, tempests, &c; Relief as to lands ; but none in case of abatement of rents, &c., of houses. Power to compel parties to appear and verity upon oath. Penalties in case of refund. " Treble d u ty" in innumerable eases, besides penalties. Indictments for perjury, &c. As the hill now stands it is a disgrace to the Legis lature, and would be no lesS so to any persons found to put it in execution. In borough towns generally, this unenviable honour is conferred upon the corporate authorities, who, in such times as these, are to have the unspeakable feli city, gratuitously, of taxing themselves and neigh bours. It is hoped the public press will dissuade, per sons from acting, unless alterations are made more conformable to equity and justice. The house pro perty throughout the country is of immense import ance, and requires immediate attention. Not a day should be lost.—Yours, &c. A SUBSCRIBER. THE FUNDS—(CLOSING 1 3 1tIcEs.) BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 167,i India Stock 2lOl pm 3 per - Cent. Red. . 3 per Cent. Con 5.... 35 per Cent. Red 1001 1 Ditto New Annuities... New 35- per Cent... lOl4 iEI. Ilills, 1,000/....2i4 37 pm New 5 per Cent — ! Ditto 5001...... 39 plli Long Annuities to expire ! Ditto Small ...... 39 pm Jan. 1860 ...... 125 illank Stock for Acct.._ Oct. 1659 Jan. Ph(' FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, sin r cent Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent Ditto, New Ditto — Brazilian Bonds... — Prussian, 5 per cent. Buenos Ayi es 6 per cent. Russian, 5 per cent — Chilian, 6 per cent B7 'Ditto, Metallic . .... _ Colombian. 6 per cent... 'Spanish, 5 per cent 23b Ditto, 1824 — 'Ditto, Deferred.— . 101 Danish, 3 per cent — French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange —f —c. 31exican, 5 per cent — French, 3 percent. —f. —c. Ditto, 6 per tent. 1837 Dutch, 2i per cent. 5 0 :,1 Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et. Ditto, 5 per cent. .. ... lot SHARES. Birmingham and Glouee.ter 11,ilway (100 p) Ditto New Shares (17i paid) I3 1 Cheltenham and Crest Western (721 paid)... 221 lER.lert. Counties Railway (23 raid 1 ... ..... 96 Ditto New Shares (-- paid) Edinburgh and Glasg ow (50 pant ) ... 5 3 Ditto New Shares ( 3 paid. 4 1 , Great Western Railway (65 pa . d) Ditto New Shares (iet) pant) ••• London and Brighton (51) paid) .. ........ ... London and Black wa ll ( paid) ............ London and Bir m i ng h am OA) .. .. Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid) London and South Western (3tll 17s 0d pd) 63i Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) Ditto Quarter Shares (15 paid) l7 Northern and Eastern (45 paid) North Midland Railway (100) Ditto Thirds ( paid) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) • 29i Ditto Scrip. ( 5 paid) .... 71- 631 !c4 101 FIRE AT 01.1) BRENTIORD.—YeSterthI NVU re ported in Brentford that d ur i ng t h e ' prev i t us " n'ght a most daring attempt had been made to set fire to the extensive dis tillery anti premises belonging to Sir Felix Booth, Bert. It appears that, about three o'clock, as police constable James Cuisham, 'l' 110, was proceeding round his beat, he observed smoke issuing from the bullock-house at the rear of the pre mises. The bidding in question is very spacapus, being up.. wants of 300 feet long, and on the ground-floor frequently filled with ground grain to the value of from , . contains nearly 500 heal of cattle, while the 0 11( 0 ) 0 o 1 r . s to ah l oJe oo a o r t e On hastening to the spot he found Mr. Swan (one of the ma )lwho with the watchman and other persons, were already i n al f s . s a h g a e v tig loadingshavin g s, m,erteo soonthe feeacdtiinnv,g; wished, No done for three weeks in the there, nage ten by great exertions the flames, which were found ing a N to n n d b e e fi a l r i l filled t r h i s n , a , a v q:ul a a:n r i t o i i a t w y , : i g building, there is no doubt the fire must have been caused by some incendiary. INtit'EsT.—Yesterday evening an inquest Was held at the Director-General tavern, Woolwich, before Mr. C. J. Cartier, on the body of Eliza Wilson, msther of the young mac named Robert Wilson, who was recently tried at the Old Bailer for shooting his father-in-law, Patrick Cavanagh. It appeared from the evidence of Dr. Francis Bossey, who, with his brother, h al er m l e a n st , inlilanteiessa, posted w,thinro,i4eine iodncdwiilizatwNoVilOt(hmerdumreindgic e ch iL ua i tn n tce ition of the body, thither death took place from natural causes and a general debility of the whole frame, brought on by intemperance, and the difficulty experienced in pro ‘i-laeibititinsgolier from abstaining from fermented liquors during th e time she was und er Dr. Bossey's care. The inquest was, held in consequence of a report having been circulated that her hus band, Cavanagh, had, by striking her, caused a wound in her hack, but this rumour was proved to be unfounded by the evi dence Produced before the coroner and jury, who unanimously returned a verdict that she died from natural causes only. The General Steam iNTavigation Company's Brtesh steam-ship, Wilberforce, Capt. J. Stranack, arrived this /won: tug from Antwerp, having landed her passen gers at Bttin , ,wick' wharf, Blackwell, eighteen hours after they er.ibae.ad Antwerp. The Rotterdam mail-packet, Ocean, Captain J. C. Ilast, landed her mails and passengers at the same 10.erf at ten this morning, after a most ocelleut passage, I I