The Sun. — London, England, 1827-05-24 00:00:00

FORRIGN INTELLIGENCE, • FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Journal des Debats.) " Mamma, MAN 10. Despatches from Count d'Ofalia give reason to hope that the French troops will be with drawn from Spain, and the 'English from Portugal, by the let of October next, except a strong Guard of Honour for the Princess Regent, which will remain at Lisbon. This ws fills with joy our Apostolicals ; and their Ministerial gent Calomarde has despatched an order, which prepares ew scaffoldi for the members of secret societies. You may ecollect that in August, 18.24, a Royal order consigned all hose unfortunate men to the Tribunals. They were to be Punished capitally, and the sanguinary executions at Gre nada afforded a frightful presage of what might be appre ended throughout Spain. Meanwhile some remains of shame, ierhaps of fear, led to the publication of an amnesty for the timbers of secret societies, on condition that they should vo untarilY acknowledge their offence, in communications ad :!essed to the Archbishop s or Bishops. This course has n!therto been followed; but since that through these commu nications those who remain refractory may be known, M. C,-ialornarde has ordered the names of those who have de (ared themselves to be secretly transmitted to the Presi dents of the Tribunals, that the others may be treated as w ere the unfortunate people of Grenada. This is a pro ceeding in th e true apostolic Spirit. Sultan Mahmoud was Wrong when h e o b serve d to the European Ambas the situation of the Spaniards was more wretched than that of the Greeks under the Mahomedan citrate?. (From t h e Etoile, dated Tuesday, May 22.) ; " MADRID, MA Y 7.—A letter from Aranjuez is in "ill ation, which bears every mark of exa ofgg e or rathiter complete falseh oo d ; t h e f ollow i ng are the ration, contents :..., ' The Count d'Espagne, commanding the Royal Guard, having, -.during a review, run his sword through the body of A Chasseur of the Guard for a trifling fault, all the officers.of the Provincial Militia and the Inspector- G eneral have complained to his Majesty, saying they would t hrotv up their commissions, if the perpetrator of such an a ct Were not punished. The King has dismissed the Ge neral, ordered him to be put under arrest, and appointed metal San Juan to take his place for the present.—Me- Thcrri'd -Dorde/ais. twelv i e dle z itiLb At MAY 14.—At the latter end of April, Z m i. Pl'solleil confined at Puycerda, and most of them ie'brnteti to'diath;contiivil to escaPe. ' This occurrence, pil l ob - : P re ttY frequeat in the Prisons of Spain, where withiasrmat.e.very negligently guarded, has filled the country dered Amon these robbers are some who plan t, tthe 'church of g eastalbot: There is no doubt that ' th eY -47° tlic en.refuge in the 'village of Atidorg, which is • e ,, 1 1 . 1 1111 retreat of such people.cho du Midi. - _ t b e fats, MAY 21.--M. Hyde de Neuville has ceased ' ploy e ' ae ed on the list of Ambassadors not actually ern- Ap ci rd_ be.acel?n ts . from Constantinople of the 16th of had ' r ing nothing new. The situation. of the Greeks that not become worse, since it was positively announced i, the Acropolii of Athens still held out. 2 ,,,2 41 article from Vienna, communicated to ti'a Aug.s -javte"doazette, contradicts the reports that have been cir eldaded q several French and German Journals, of a pre em du el,- in which Prince Frederick de Schwartzeuburg, 11 - „,i " 11. 0 f the late Field Marshal, is stated to have been ri — ' The Prince lately arrived at Vienna, and there has ten !I° thle/ between him and another officer. li A „ ,_ (From the Quotidienne.) . . ta t - i il is ; aikst 20.--It is stated that M. Benjamin Con atttib.7lllred to the Magistrate that the papers (produced tel l° .. ), 41 1b 1 Inal) had been given to him by a young man hi s had Come to his house; in the name of a number of n ot be:lllrades. He had not asked his name, that he might foli o ~.,e/Posed to the p ersecut i ons which had frequently Ii e ~T, those of i that thewhom he had s p o k en i n t h e Tr ib une. e tn Ted papers had been deposited wit . tiek et it,t, and that the consisted of—lst, an elector's stiaet 1 822 ; . 2dly, a list of works denounced and A% e; ma nly, a an order for carrying to the Prefect's Ili a a uned Carpentier ; 4th, a receipt • given to 'th e but of the said Carpentier, after be was carried to e l 4t ,:eet's office. pro k i i 7 l.3 from Lisbon of a recent date, announce an apr ail delitchange in the Portuguese Ministry. The Al, - Aff4l4. p aella is to take the Portefeuille of. Foreign 11, ) 4 ll. Mello Brayner, the Ministry of Justice, and 'Ws di °l ; e lle Cabras, to fake ' that of the Interior ; the_ _M r a a r i: oa.AClngeja is to have the military command of T d e 8 °4 "; ths Marquis of Valenca, Minh° . ,• Ai tuttiar . 1 Fl r the the Count ''''erot • e e) Beira ; and the Count do V I I-a - ° ' .eio. Zosr AMERICAN PAPERS. . Roe, whi t h ~°11? Anat. 2 8.---,The British brig Roy th e .rriy e d at Baltimore last Tuesday, 44,,Itillett,tor to depart Within 24, hours, agreeably to the was ordered by ti.ca , r . l . .8 Proclamation. against , the t 4 above p r oclamation, closing our , ports ag. on the litli Colonial Trade was received at Nassau, last h ; s ah 1 1,k t ,,,,•' Y a vessel from avann • fthe irritation gi n ti o „ --Mott; •Al'ltlL 21. CANADA. —I. doin for CiProVince continues to spread, as it has it from the g Preitt!nort time Past, any advantage derived to it redoundr i „ 4 the t e „ P° ,, ai tion of the West India trade, will not The 'AI (Up to the benefit of the Mother Country. that k u PPer Ca d ) Freeman, of the Bth instant,nays,. th e , ita a Ca ,matoralization Bill, "has kindled 0 the torch f a • signine the Ilk intle that thousan,.s ate 0 Petiti P e n ea "; an • in all direc tick anS against it, which are getting up . . 11 l aa, a :: la Withby, they are determined to resist it to a 3 top e, -'''' that to the very last extremity." Time ba s 9e' that the Colonial system of Great Britain Whil e Cant in the main true advantage to eh for their her Colonies are weak, li they drain her treasur.e apt to-‘thiP,Port 1 and when they grow strong, they will I) 4 P; Ilk t heY Can Walk better by themselves. private advie ft "°l4 C otountA. We have received our fr°lllh,l,,l4 La Gua , ra and enema to the 2d of . April, e Payro e ,,'7 4 en We learn that Bolivar's decrees respecting the the I C" of duties at the Custom-house are enforced with not e ar ned enat4t rigour, and those merchants who were montrates bla comply with the requisitions of thel The ~e``na.. incarcerated in rather situations.uncomfortab f e the vales is !Itessiv;ti°o Produced by the suspension I not to submit la th e n, • , and the merchants have determin d ei their business, ' l4 e tc,P e at state of things, but to suspend h the Govern 'nett %,;;;Ist°res, and go to prison ; by whic its stir ok -4, Pertnips see the impracticability of enforcing telex the sYstak7Pr°teedinge,and will, iu all probability, l aragraph 'esketi n lieltretila . The above is the en lean from the lett ers e°mraercial matters which we can g nearly oar of our correspondents, and they are ts oft of political i ntelligence, merely detailing acco r u o n b_ bel ies execution of culprits for various murders and . fo r , ' and the itg,,. - of Bolivar in en • ible determination or N the law' t solicitations urgent b L ef l o a t e f a i r of c;aracnoetwmitlastandiiii many g w t h h o e m fall on their knees co ore the Liberator, s'i; liti o ng the pardon of one of the " Z,eil•"--aaltiolorpepGcaazette. fen tlat-;41.26.--The British ship Arabian, at Charleston, plia rke 16th instant, in 11 days from Barbadoes, in com the QoliNvith tile Preeident'a Proclamation, was ordered by ss , , r e h at4 to I.eav e the port within 24 hours." ~°l l Sat o ,: aglisli ship Killingbuck arrived at . Alexandria rtesid r ,,;"aY last, from Antigua. On application to • the raitt e d - t °I the United States, the passengers were per beiak-. t° land with their baggage ; but no other privilege t Vs tile -ship was ordered to sail, within the scribed resided `` rae ) fc's some port beyond the limits of the States. A pm f - hent merchants., o the cargo was on account of " The foregoing lA N ' ra t dof our di 1 h _ on tun p Dab- allow. to what a situation of our -c;°tlZt e t i ti V ePaitMe nt has reduced us. 11 Property and Mr. Adas brought from abroad to • Z. 7 very doors, ..ms, und er the prevents them obtaun proclatna- I Possession of it. We tin ' Zand also, that a number oftfhe merchants of our city, il l' were in daily expectation o lare.remittances in pro from the West Indies, lately petitened the Prenident, at th,_ . see might be permitted to be landed, even if the essels should be ordered to depart immediately thereafter . 44 1 but to 'this reasonable request a , N a l Peremptory i ‘ t a 4 giNerk. ' The iii • ;''''' NI • altzmor e Patriot . of the 24th April contains the Buenos A am j a avr.ing. i ntelligence, relative to- yte,„ razilian armies c c , ~,, drought stated yesterday in general terms the. report liao„ - ' 6 ,,gt by the brig Caledonia, that a severe action had 13 o ; '° ll ght in the province of Rio Grande, between the 1; nas-Ayrettn. and Brazilian armies, .er ed in which it was be the f oil i na the latter was defeated ; we are .indebted for litelii,,lng additional information on this subject to an I, a nds Gent Passenger i n the Caledonia (this vessel left Rio b 24 March.) o , oir : 4l e relate s t h at the Buenos-Ayrean army, under the 'fie."trld of Gen Imperial arm A Ivear, having th rown i tse lf b e t ween 114 44 ,7 1 n ot th e my and Ri o G rande, continued I tran ce towards th a t city, as far aa the walls of Ja %eh! which town it entered, paying due respect to the 4) ‘ ,,. I ., ta nts. The Buenos-Ayreans then made a diversion l?'.tr arqs she • of Porto Al o (the ca ital . of the ro qire) city . _egr p , . ,d; nd after various efforts to engage the Imperiahsts, 1 ,,k 1 lacteeded in bringing them to action on the 24th of 'ruary. .. _ ,`` As it as expected that a general engagement would rt. use of the contest, and' would in all probability in ' cnisequeueei of the highest importance to both cram- PRICES OF IRISH Bank Stock 943% 1i Consols, 3 per cent 82% Gov. Stock, *si percent. 89 8 Ditto, New 4 per Cent. (35 1 y iiS, Gov. Deb. 334 per cent. Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock City Deb. 4 per cent • Office Deb. 4p. ct nips, the Commanders of. the.tsra armies bad• ,established• the highest degree of .discipline of which their respective commands were susceptible. When the action commenced, the Buenos-Ayreaa army numbered about 8,000 men, principally mounted ; that of the Brazilians about 10,000. The Brazilian General, aware of the powerful charge of Buenos-Ayrean cavalry, protected his centre and flanks by a large body of German Lancers ; the encounter was furious and bloody, and the slaughter consequently great on both sides. The battle lasted without intermission till night separated the combatants. The loss on both sides, it is supposed, is nearly equal—in all about 5,000 men killed and wounded. The Brazilian Officials claim the victory ; but the people of Rio Grande seem very doubtful on the subject, aa, notwithstanding their attachment to the Emperor (having a short time previously presented him with 500,000 dollars) they did not evince any signs of joy or gratulation, either in their appearance or in the illumination of their houses. "Of the further details it was impossible to obtain any information, the official reports not being entitled to credit, and rumours equally unsatisfactory." STOCKS, MAY 19. St. Patrick lnsur. (per sli.) Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto Patriotic Ditto Hibernian Bank Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine Imperial Mine Mining Co. of Ireland Commercial Buildings HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning —45 minutes :titer I. Evening ... S minutes after 2. rifir ...*114114 v LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 24, 18E7. We received last night the Paris Papers of Monday and the Etoile dated Tuesday morning. With the exception of reports from Spain of the probability of the French Army being with drawn from that kingdom, and of the British Army being withdrawn from Portugal by the Ist October, they contain nothing interesting. M. HYDE DE NEUVILLE ha s been struck off the List of unemployed. Ambassadors, and con sequently deprived of the pension he enjoyed for his former services. The Etoile, which states the fact, does not explain the cause of it ; but this severe measure has, it seems, been adopted in consequence of the speech which M. DE NEUVILLE recently made relative to the instructions given by the French Ministry to M. DE MousTIERs while Ambassador at Madrid. Such acts, on the part of the Government, show its weakness, and will rather strengthen than diminish the opinion that the statement of M. DE NEU VILLE and his inferences could not be disproved. Extracts will be found in another column, and we suNoin the price of the Funds : FRENCH Fuxin, M y 24.—Fire per Cents., 100 f. 40c. ; Three per Cents., 70E 60c. ; Bank Stock, 2,022£ 50c. ; Neapolitan Rentes, 77f. 90c. A full account of the 'Westminster " Purity_ of Election" dinner, will be found in another part of our Paper. It is highly gratifying to find that the bone-grubber, COBBETT, has at length sunk below contempt, and excites posi, tive disgust wherever he makes his appearance. Even HUNT shines by comparison. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT made a manly de claration of his sentiments, and completely vin• dicated himself, even in the eyes of his Reform ing friends, for having lent his support to the present Administration. Lord JOHN and Lord WILLIAM RUSSELL, Lord NUGENT, and several other persons of disdnction, addressed the Meeting, b u t th e di s gusting scene which took place may perhaps check their zeal for at tending such assemblies, without a guarantee that COBBETT shall not be 'admitted. Fo reigners must, indeed, be surprised at the liberty and equality which subjects our Aristocracy to the contamination of even sitting in a room with such a wretch. His abuse of Mr. CANNING must be positively gratifying to the Right Hon. Gentleman, for the approbation of him who ap proves the blasphemy of Tom PAINE, should cause uneasiness to the person who enjoys it. 'We have received yesterday afternoon New York. Papers to the 2d inst. Their contents are not important : but we have given, in another column, several extracts from them, containing information on the state of affairs in Colombia —and some additional intelligence relative to the battle between the Forces of Buenos Ayres and Brazil. The claims of General JACKSON to the Pre sidency are warmly supported by his friends, and as warmly opposed by his enemies, and the dis cussions on this subject occupy a considerable portion of the columns of these Papers. The death of Mr. RUFUS KING, late Minis ter from the United States to this Court is an nounced. He had been in bad health for some time, and died on the 29th of April, in the 73d year of his age. PRICE OF STOCKS—APRIL 27. offd. United States (Sixes) 1813 lOl 1011 1815 lO3l 103 Ditto ditto (Fives) lOB 108 4 Ditto ditto (Four and a half) 1832 lO2 Ditto ditto (Threes) Canal Sixes 1837 ll2l Ditto 1845 lOl4 Bank, United States l2Ol 1201 EXCHANGE. Bills on London,, 60 days lO to 101 pm. France 5 15 Amsterdam His Majesty's Packet Hope has arrived with a mail from Buenos Ayres, from which she sailed on the 13th of March—from Monte Video on the 18th, and from Rio Janeiro on the 7th of April. By her we have received the Diario Flunzinense to the 6th of April. It does not, however, make any mention of the battle said to have taken place on the 26th of February, but notices one on the 20th, in which some trifling loss was sustained by both parties : (From the Diario F7uminense.) RIO DR JANEIRO, MARCH 12. On Saturday the 10th, his Majesty the Emperor, gave a solem n audience to the Marquis de Gabriac, to receive his credentials as Envoy . Extraordinary, and Minister Ple nipotentiary, from his Most Catholic Majesty. MARcu 13.--His Majesty has been pleased to appoint the Viscount de St. Leopoldo, Minister of the Interior, to discharge pro tempore, the functions of Minister of Justice in the room of the Marquis of Nazareth, deceased. MONTE VIDEO, FEB. 17. The Government has received official information that, on the 11th inst. the Brigadier-General commanding the line, marched with part of his forces in search of the enemy Who were beyond Pant:ammo, and fell in witb.2so men,who on seeing our troops took flight, leaving .eighty men to cover, their retrept, our artillery fired and killed rour, and the_ rest were pursued by our troops who killed seven, and , ,wounded many. The next day, Colonel iina was sent Out with a detachment which dispersed some parties of the enemy, killing seven men, and making six prisoners; our troops returned to their posts on the-12th, having - only had two soldiers wounded. The Government of Buenos Ayres is ernharaassed to meet the enormous expences incurred by the war with Brazil. Having expended all its resources, and finding it impossible to pay the immense sums issued in bank-notes, it has decreed that a loan shall be raised to the amount of three millions of piastres, payable in six months with interest at one per cent. per month. We, on the contrary, have much pleasure in stating, that the inhabitants of the Pro. vince of San Pedro do Sul, sensible of the justice of the cause of Brazil, are raising a voluntary subscription, in ready money, which they mean to offer towards the ex. pences of the war. The subscriptions, which were not closed, had already produced the sum of 371,252 piastres. OFFICIAL.—MAncu 29. Major Poncadilha, having arrived in this capital, who left Rio Grande de St. Pedro, since the 25th of Feb., the (late of the dispatches which the General Marquess de Bar barena put to our Government (and which have not yet been received) respecting the action of the 20th of that month, we learn from him that the enemy lost many men, including Col: Oribes and Col. Brandzeu killed, and Col. Oliver wound ed ; and that of the corps commanded by Soranto, consist ing of above SOO men, scarcely 80 remained: That on our side we lost Marshal Abrew, Major Galamba, and about 200 men ; that our army was posted on the river Jacuhy, in the Pass (Pasco) of St. Lorenzo, many having passed over to the other side of the Rio Santa Maria, and that part of our cavalry was at St. Sepe ; and tbe Marquis de Barbarena was preparing to ()continue his operations. OFFICIAL...,-APRIL 3. As we are still without official intelligence from the Army of the South, it will not be disagreeable to our readers, if we give them an extract from the despatch, No. 18, of the President of the province of San Pedro, written on the 12th of March last, which contains infor mation brought by a bombardier, Who 'deserted from the enemy to our army, and from whom the President re ceived it " Alvear went to the other - sided' St. , Borja, and on the sth Lavalleja passed, who was in Jugvary. The sick and wounded, both ()four army and .theenemy's,remained in St. Gabriel, with a note frdro Alvear, .tecorame.nding them to the humanity of the Martinis A.lfarbstkezi. They took away the horses and horse-coltS;Jeaving only the mares, and the Brazilians whn joined _them go on foot and as prisoners, a just recompence for their treason." The Budget was again postponed last night, from Wednesday next to Friday the Ist of June. Mr. HERRIES stated, that this postponement was in deference to the wishes of many Members who had pointed out the inconvenience which the bringing forward so important a question on a Wednesday would occasion. We need not add, that Wednesday, by general consent, has been made a Dinner day, and Hon. Member* are unwilling to give up the pleasures of the table for so dry a subject as that of Finance. We see, by the Times of this morning, that a new Paper called the Standard has made its appearance, and from a story about the Duke of RUTLAND'S having had a four hours' mysteri ous conference with his MAJESTY, we suspect that it is an Orange Journal. We recollect some story, more than a month ago, (which, perhaps, has only just reached this noviciate Journal) about the Duke of RUT LAND'S visiting the KING at Windsor, and a great deal was then expected by the ntras to have come out of it ; but if his Grace has really had another audience of his SOVEREIGN, we make no doubt that the result will be about as important as formerly. It is with deep regret we have, to state, that accounts have been this day received, announcing the death of Commodore Sir James Brisbane, C. 8., late Com manding His Majesty's ships in the East Indies, This gallant and highly meritorious officer contracted a severe illness (luring the operations :theirawaddy;froM the effects of which he never recovered. He died.on board his Majesty's ship Warspite, at Sidney,. New South Wales. Extract of a letter from Gibraltar, dated the 3d May : A report prevails that a Colombian Privateer. is cruising to the eastward and has captured a Spanish revenue cruiser, which, after being stripped of sails, guns, &c., was given up. The privateer is said tc be a brig, and sometimes is rigged as a ship. The Harriet and Diana of this place, which were detained by his Majesty's ship Dryad, were liberated on the Ist inst. _ _ _ Lloyd's Agents at Buenos Ayres write, under date of the 12th March, the following pithy remark :—" Great expec tations are entertained of immediate peace." The letters from Rio de Janiero are of the '7th April, at which time business was extremely bad • The Govern-. meat having issued a large quantity of paper, had reduced the exchange from 371 to 35k. Sugar was 3 mil. 200 reas, looking up. Coffee 'the same price. Scarcely any mention is made in these letters respecting the result of the battle between the Imperial troops and those of the Buenos Ayreans. Sufficient may, however, be gleaned to establish the fact that they were fully aware of the disaster which had attended the former ; and one letter mentions that, but for the German troops, the whole of the Impe rial army would have been totally destroyed. Nothing was likely to stop the Republican troops from arriving at St. Paul, the capital of Rio Grande. The Brazilians lost a General Abrew, who was killed ; on the side of their opponents was a Colonel Branston. The latter are reported to have taken 12 pieces of cannon, the whole of the Brazilian baggage, colours, &c. MADRID, MAY 10.—It is looked on as certain here, that Don Pedro will soon return to Europe. An armis tice is expected to be granted to the rebels in Catalonia. LATEST FROM KEY WEST. —Capt. Porter, the nephew' of the Commodore, had sailed for the Colombian coast, to conduct a squadron under Beleuch to Key West. Supplies of provisions, &c. in New Orleans had already arrived, with a recruit of marines. Prince Edward's Island Tapers of- the 17th ult. have been received, by which we learn that the Legislature of that province were then in Session, and regret to add that a disagreement exists between the two of its branches, relative to the Appropriation Act. The preamble of a Bill had been introduced, to allow Catholics to vote at the elections for Members to the General Assembly, which had, however, been lost by one vote, the Speaker giving the casting vote. This is the more to be regretted, as the island contains a large proportion of individuals of the Roman Catholic persuasion, and they have always shown a loyal and peaceable conduct towards their Protestant brethren. It is to he lamented that the same unanimity, which prevailed in the Assembly at Halifax on this point, has not extended to that island. We understand that a very energetic Proclamation, from Lord Cochrane to the Greeks, is in town ; in which he states, that if they will remain firm to their cause, he will plant the cross on the highest pinnacle of Saint Sophia at Constantinople. By a letter from Buenos Ayres, dated March 18th, it is said that an action took place between the Brazilian end Buenos Ayrean fleets on the 9th Feb., m which the former lost 12 vessels captured. On the 24th Feb. Admiral Brown on his passage to Buenos Ayres, with the squadron and prizes, made an attack upon the blockading squadron, off this Port, consisting of the Imperatrice, 54 gun ship, 1 corvette, 3 brigs, and 8 schooners. After three hours, be found the Brazilians further down the river, and had not a breeze sprung up at the latter part of the action, he would have captured some of them. Only eight of Brown's vessels could get into action, viz. one brig and seven schooners ; but from the precision of their fire, they caused severe loss to their opponents during the battle. The Brazilian schooner, 2nd December, which had just arrived with a reinforcement of men from Monte Video, blew up, and of 120 men, which she had on board, only nine were saved by the Buenos- Ayrean schooner of war Sarandi. The corvette Liberal was much cut up ; all the squadron sustained consider able loss in killed and wounded, and have since kept at a respectable distance from the town. Brown had two killed and five wounded, and on the 25th of February returned to port. The above successes have caused great joy in Buenos Ayres, having opened the commerce of the rivers Uruguay and Rosana, besides destroying a squadron, fitted out with much care and ex pence. The Brazilian Commodore, Don Jacinto, Captain Brown (an Englishman), and several other officers, were sent prisoners to Buenos Ayres. EIRTK.--On the 23d inst., in Cornwall-Ter race, the lady of Janes Giles, Esq., of a daughter. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS.--(THIS DAY.) The. SPEAKER entered the House this day a few minutes before four o'clock ; but_there being only twenty Mernbers present, the House adjourned until to-morrow. [Several motions stood for this night, amongst others, that of Mr. Davenport, on the distress of the Manufactur ing Classes. ] THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, Twelve o' Clock. The business in the British Funds is extremely limited this morning ; Consols opened at 83i- 1, and 831 for July, little or no alteration has since taken place ; they have been done at 83f to snake up, the appearance of the market looking healthy ; they are now 831 for this time ; India Bonds, 78 80 ; Exchequer Bills, 51 2 pm. which shews that money continues abundant. Colombian Bonds 314 4 ; Mexican are steady at 684 4. The resonrces of this Government are shewn by the receipt of duties for the month of March last, officially given in the Mexican Papers—at Vera Cruz it amounted to the sum of 560,440 dollars, and at Tampico, for the same month, 142,716, making an aggregate, at these two ports alone, of 703,156 dollars in one . month, without taking into consideration the duties levied at the - other ports of the Republic, the Tobacco and other duties, or the sum which the Govern ment receives as their proportion from the Mines. A conductor was.appointed to leave Mexico for Vera Crur on the sth April, with an escort, with specie, and the view which we entertained a few days since of the prosperous state of the Republic generally, is fully, borne out by the present arrival. The Share market continues much the same as we have had to report it for so long a time, and a bargain done in them is considered almost a novelty. Two o' Consols have been 838, but are 831- again ; and for the opening, eq. THREE 0 CLOCK. Consols, 834, rather buyers; Brazilian Bonds, 58 ; Buenos Ayres, 60. FOUR o'CLOCK—CLOSING PRICES. Consols 83/ Danish Bonds 61 Do. for Ac. 83/ Greek Do. 1825, Brazilian Bonds 574 Mexican Do. 1825 68; Buenos Ayres Do. 58 Peruvian Do. Chilian Do. Russian Do. 814 Columbian, 1824, 314 Spanish Do. 124 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. PORI SMOUTH, MAY 28.--Wind W. S. W. —The William Money, Jackson, passed last evening from Bengal, left the 19th of January, the Cape the 28d of March, and St. Helena the 24th of April. The Robarts, Corbyn, had arrived at the Cape very leaky, and had pumped out a con siderable part of her cargo ; spoke near the Line, the Hibernia, Gillson, for London ; and the Sarah whaler, of London, with two fish. FALMOUTH, MAY 22.—Wind W.—Arrived, the Hope packet, from Buenos Ayres, sailed March 13 from Monte Video, 18th, and Rio, 7th April. The Cygnet packet, arrived at Rio, 6th April ; the Eclipse packet, had also arrived, and proceeded for Buenos Ayres ; also, arrived the Princess Elizabeth packet, from Halifax, sailed Ist May; the Nocton packet, arrived on the 20th April ; also, the Friends, Cunningham, from Oporto. LIES OF THE DAY. The hackney-coach (No. 64), in which Sir Thomas Lethbridge usually goes down to the House, is called the Opposition Phoenix. The Hon. Baronet not unfrequently drives himself. Mr. Irving's last sermon was only an hour long. Mr. Cobbett was among the danccra last Fri.say, at Almada'. Sir Harcourt Lees has gone to spend a fortnight with the Rev. Dr. Doyle. Mr. Dawson was observed to look complacently last week, as he passed the office of the Secretary for the Home Department. THE KING'S COURT. His Majesty held a Court yesterday afternoon at two o'clock, at his Palace in St. James's, which was attended 17 the Lord Chancellor, the Lord President of the Coun cil, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Lord Privy Seal, the Secretaries of State for the Home, Foreign, and Co lonial Departments, the President of the Board of Conti.Ol, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Secretary at War, the First Commissioner of Woods and Forests, the Master of the Mint, the Marquis of Lansdown, the Lord Chamberlain, the Lord Steward, the Groom of the Stole, the Master of the Houiehold, the Treasurer of the House hold, Viscount Lake, (Lord in . Waiting), Colonel Whatley (Groom in Waiting), the Recorder of London, the Under Secretary of State for the Colonial Department, the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, the Judge Advocate-General, &c. The Right Hon. Lord Bloomfield was introduced to his Majesty by Viscount Dudley, his Majesty's principal Secre tary of State for Foreign Affairs, and had an audience of the King, on his return from his embassy to the Court of Stockholm. Sir Frederick Beilby Watson kissed the King's hand, upon his being appointed Master of the Household. The Right Hon. George Tierney was presented, and kissed hands, upon his being appointed Master of the Mint. The Hon. James Abercromby was introduced to the King, and kissed hands, upon his being appointed Judge Advocate• General. The Earl of Carlisle was introduced to his Majesty, and kissed hands, upon his being appointed First Commissioner of Woods and Forests. Sir James Macdonald, Bart., was introduced to the King, and kissed hands, upon his being appointed one of his Majesty's Commissioners for the affairs of India. Mr. Samuel St. Swithin Burden Whalley was presented to the King, by the Lord Chancellor, upon which occasion he received the honour of Knighthood. Lord Tenterden, the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, was presented to the King, and kissed hands, on his being raised to the peerage. Sir William Keppel was introduced to the King, and kissed hands, on his being appointed Governor of Ports mouth. His Majesty held a Privy Council, at which Mr. Buller attended as Clerk. After the business of the Privy Council had concluded, the Recorder of London was admitted, and made his report of the convicts capitally convicted at Justice Hall, in the Old Bailey, at the February and April Sessions last. The Honourable James Abercromby was introduced, and sworn in a Member, and took his seat at the Board ac cordingly. Mr. Wilmot Horton was introduced, and sworn in a Member, and took his seat at the Board accordingly. The King gave audiences to the Earl of Harrowby, Mr. Canning, the Marquis of Lansclown, and Lord Bloomfield. The Court broke up a little before seven o'clock. The Cabinet Ministers dined yesterday with the Duke of Portland, at his residence in Cavendish-square, for the first time since his Grace has been in office. POLICE INTELLIGENCE, -(THIS DAY.) BOW-STREET. A Mr. Reilly, was charged with an assault on Mr. Galloway, one of the Stewards of the Westminster Elec tors dinner yesterday, at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, during the scuffle when Mr. Cobbett was trying to ob. tain a hearing. Mr. Cobbett, with becoming gratitude, appeared this morning to support his adherent. The de fendant waited till past 12 o'clock, but Mr. Galloway did not appear. On his name, however, being called, it was stated that' others of the Stewards were present, and a de mure looking personage, in a fustian jacket, and white apron, stepped forward, saying, his name was Chew, that he had b een one o f t h e stewards at the dinner, and that he was at present a Westminster elector, and a baker. He had not made the charge, but had attended by Mr. Galloway's request to substantiate it. He considered the harmony of the evening to have been disturbed by Mr. Cobbett. Here the speaker observing the latter gentleman exhibiting that brass so essential for a mob orator, and smiling at the accusation, turned' fiercely round to him, saying, " Aye, you laugh ; one would think that you laughed enough yesterday. Are you laughing at the Magistrate, Sir? I think you had better keep your mouth shut." Cobbett.—(With his best bow to Mr. Minshull.)—By no means. Chew.—We should have been all quiet enough if you had'nt been there ; you disturbed us all. We have been quiet for seventeen years before. Cobbett—Yes, you have been extremely quiet. But the criminals never quake till the Judge comes amongst them. Do you recollect that story ? Mr. Chew was proceeding to retaliate, when Mr. MiNsnutt observed, that as no accuser appeared, the charge against Mr. Reilly must fall to the ground, and the parties withdrew. TIM SALMON FISHERIES. An Inquiry into the present State and Means of Improving the Salmon Fisheries ; including a Digest of the Evi dence taken by a Sei,ct Committee of the House of Commons.—Londen : Ridgway, pp. 193. The subject of this treatise has of late acquired great importance in the estimation of the public, and has engaged the attention of a Committee of the House of Commons for the last three Sessions of Parliament. A great mass of in formation has thus been collected, the substance of which is presented in a condensed and in teresting form in the pamphlet whose title is pre fixed. It will excite surprise in those who are un acquainted with the history and progress of the inquiry referred to, to be told that the rivers and estuaries of this kingdom, contain an almost exhaustless supply of Salmon,—that from these might be obtained a great quantity of wholesome and nutritious food—that the immediate effect of such increase would be to the public a reduction in the price of Salmon, and of fish generally— but that in consequence of an obsolete and ab surd Statute, passed more than a century ago, and forgotten amidst the lumber of a barbarous age, until raked up by the industry of interested parties, a most signal improvement in the mode of fishing Salmon has been denounced by law, and the community deprived of the benefits of that improvement. The mode of fishing by stake-nets is a comparatively recent invention. It had been adopted with great success in the Solway ; and, in the year 1797, it was intro duced on the shores of the Frith of Tay. There too its advantages were speedily felt—a prodi gious increase in the number of Salmon taken was the result ; and the public were beginning to reap the benefit of the invention, when the proprietors of the fishings in the upper part of the river Tay, founding their plea upon the statute referred to, raised an action to have the stake-net fishings de clared illegal. The statute in question was enacted to prevent certain destructive and in jurious methods of killing salmon then in use ; but could have no reference to an invention, which was destined to remain undisclosed for upwards of a century. While, however, the Courts of Law held that the stake-net fell under the description of engines denounced by the act, they left the question as to the merits of that mode of fishing open for the consideration of the Legislature, and that question the committee of the Commons are now engaged in prosecuting. The progress already made in the enquiry, is detailed in the treatise now before us, which like wise gives an interesting account of the natural history and habits of the salmon—of the evils which attend the present anomalous regulations regarding the Fisheries—and of the remedies which naturally suggest themselves for the cor rection of these evils. We have not space for an analysis of its contents, but beg to recommend it to the attentive perusal of our Readers. • The following extracts will give them an idea of the style and contents of the pamphlet : It has been ascertained, that there are about eighteen thousand ova in the roe of a common salmon. If the whole were to be deposited, therefore, and young fish to come to maturity from each ovum, the supply from two or three parent fish would be more than equal to the produce of the fisheries in even the largest and most productive rivers in the kingdom. Accordingly, it almost exceeds the power of numbers to express the myriads of salmon which exist. The proportion which falls to the share of man, after the utmost stretch of his ingenuity and exertions, sinks into insignificance when compared with what is consumed by the larger marine animals, which depend chiefly upon salmon for their existence. When floating in the open sea, and in the bays and estuaries, the salmon are continually persecuted by the larger marine animals, particularly by the grampussea or porpoises, and seals. Grampusses abound on all the coasts of the kingdom, particularly on those of Scotland and Ireland. They pur sue the salmon in every direction in the sea, and in the bays and estuaries ; but they do not enter the fresh water. They move together in herds, sometimes of the number of hundreds ; and, it has been said, that they pursue the salmon like a pack of hounds.' In the estuaries, they generally rush up with the flood tide, following the salmon, and again rush out, when the salmon change their course with the ebb. Seals, also, are found on all the coasts, and in most of the estuaries. They do not generally leave the estuaries with the ebb-tide like the grampusses, but remain on the sand banks which are left uncovered by the tide, or among the rocks on the shore; and they are daily seen in the larger estuaries and on tlie coasts, in flocks of fifty or sixty, and sometimes many more, on one sand-bank. It is perfectly ascertained, that the salmon constitutes the chief food of all these animals; and it will not admit o f doubt, that the destruction of salmon in this way far ex ceeds all that can possibly he captured by man. The introduction of this mode of fishing has been de scribed by the great modern novelist, in Redgauntlet. It is now a considerable length of time since it was first re sorted to. But it was evidently a rude mode of fishing, and could not be very productive, except at peculiar stations. A long period elapsed before any attempt at im provement took place. But as the progress of the British Empire towards its present state of power and greatness, produced habits and wants in the people, previously un known, a demand for salmon arose, along with capital and enterprise to answer it ; and it was not long before the ingenuity of the time:, was applied to the sea fishery About the year 1797, the Solway fishers extended their operations to the Frith of Tay, on the east coast of Scot land. The first net which they erected in that frith was constructed on the same principle with the Solway tide- nets. And their success at first was not so remarkable as to alarm the proprietiors of the upper or river fisheries, in which the old mode alone could be used. . _ But, about the same time, means had been discovered, and were beginning to he turned to use, by which salmon could be preserved in a fresh state, simply by its being packed in ice,—and so could be conveyed in that fresh condition, to the markets of London and other distant cities. Any salmon previously sent to those markets, had been either boiled or pickled. The demand for it, now that it has sold fresh, greatly increased. The prices rose rapidly. And the reward thus held forth, soon led to the extension and improvement of the salmon fishery. The Solway fisher who had erected the tide-nets in the Tay, was active and skilful. He perceived that when his tide-net was shut, by the flood having ceased to operate ca; the valve, there were still many fish playing round the net ; and that after the ebb had begun, there were nearly as many fish running downwards towards the sea as had previously ascended the Frith. He accordingly changed his mode of fishing. Instead of forming his net with a moveable or floating valve, he constructed, by means of netting extend ed on stakes, labyrinths or chambers, of such intricacy, that though the mouth or entrance was always open, and the fish could enter it easily,—in truth were led almost necessarily to enter it if they once approached the nets, — yet they could not again readily get out. And in order to suit his net to every state of the tide, he also constructed a labyrinth or chamber having its entrance formed so as to receive the ebb-tide, as well as one with its entrance to re ceive the flood. Such was the origin of Stake-nets.—A new era opened in the history of Salmon fishing. The new mode was no sooner in use, than its success excited the astonishment of the district. Seven thousand salmon were caught by a single net in one season,—a quantity nearly equal to the fourth part of the previous produce of the whole Frith and river Tay. The improvement was rapidly introduced at other stations in the Frith. And the success was so great, that fishings wbich had previously been let for a few pounds, yielded one, two, and even three thousand pounds sterling annually. This state of things, however, came to an end. The ,proprietors of the fisheries in the upper parts of the river Tay, who had previously enjoyed a monopoly and receive, a monopoly price, complained of the new mode of fishing, and brought an action at law to have it put down. After a long litigation, which continued till 1812, the stake-net was held to fall under the prohibition of certain ancient Scotch statutes. - And in consequence, in the Frith of Tay and in every other frith and estuary throughout Scotland, that mode of fishing is now held to be illegal. But when this judgment was given, the merits of the mode of fishing were not in question. It was tie 4 _ I.ifj!--11 'l 4 statutory words only that vAsulacial fined themselves to interpreting , gea srese - e;',Wiliiiit to the legislature to amend the law; `if It was wrong. And to chew the views by which they were guided, it seems sufficient to notice, that in the opinion or statement de livered at pronouncing sentence, as reported to the House of Lords on appeal, there occurs this remarkable passage : Much has been said of the immense patrimonial and national importance of the question. I beg leave to say, that I divest my mind as much as possible of the great value of the interests in competition. I compel mymind to con sider it as if it were the case of an individual merely; for it is a question of law which I am bound to construe as a judge tied by precedents, and not biassed by its consequences in any way. As to the various questions of expediency,--as to the new light which has been thrown, by great ability, on what it is alleged ought to be the construction of the statutes, I am humbly of opinion, that it is the province of the Legisla ture only to appreciate these, and apply the remedy, if wrong has been done, not of your Lordships. You must tread in the footsteps of "your predecessors; you must se parate the new lights, which have been recently thrown upon this subject, from the case as it stood upon the old Acts of Parliament, and the decisions of this Court. That is all that you have to do ; you must consider these matters only, and decide upon them, whatever injury may be geese sioned thereby to any person or body of men; and if there shall he any wrong done to the public interest, by any judgment that you may pronounce, you may rest in tran quillity, in the assurance that the wrong will be rectified by the policy and wisdom of the Legislature. When the Solway fishers were interrupted in the Tay, and finally prevented from exercising their art in Scotland, they next tried Ireland. In 1810 or 1811, they leased some of the fishings, and erected stake-nets on the shores of the lower Shannon,—that is, in the estuary of that great river. It is well known, that in the upper or river part of the Shannon, there has long been carried on an ex tensive fishery by the great weir belonging to the Corpora tion of Limerick, which crosses the river from bank to bank. The site of the stake-nets, however, was twenty miles below that weir, at a place where there had pre viously been no salmon fishery, and where the frith was, upon an average, from a mile and a half to two miles wide, and ' sufficiently deep to float a man-of-war, or an East Indiaman.' The stake-nets were erected on the shallows left dry when the tide receded, and did not extend on an average above one hundred yards from high water-mark. Here, again, the new mode of fishing was successful in a wonderful degree. In a single tide, one net was seen to - ! In. capture2Bo salmon. But here also there were old laws to contend with. As the fishery extended, actions at law were commenced in like manner as in Scotland. And, under a statute of Charles 1., prohibiting standing nets,' as hurtfill ' to the commonwealth of this realm,' the stake net mode of fishing was put down, and held to be illegal in Ireland ; although, under the same law, and from tl - e same river Shannon, the salmon smelts, to the infinite de struction of the brood, are openly sold for feeding pigs. England alone now remained open to the enterprise of the Solway fishers. The new mode of fishing has accord ingly been introduced into that country to a considerable extent. Stake-nets have been treeted in the Bristol chan nel, and at other placea. They have been attended with great success wherever they have been used ; but they have not yet been generally introduced on the English coasts or estuaries, chiefly because much knowledge of the habits cf the fish and of the currents of tide on the coast, are neces sary, in order to construct them with effeet ; and there are at present few individuals in the country who have that knowledge, joined to the requisite capital and enterprise.--. No attempt has hitherto been made to get the stake-net mode of fishing declared unlawful in England. It is quite certain, then, that the laws of Ireland and Scotland prohibit the use of stake-nets. But it does not appear that they are prohibited by the laws of England.-- At least, if there be a prohibition in the English statute book, it has not yet been enforced. And the stake-nets erected on both the English and Scotch sides of the Sol way Frith are fostered and encouraged by modern statutes. There is no circumstance in the natural history cr habits of the fish, which warrants such an anomalous state of the law in various component parts of the same empire. If the prohibition against stake-nets be founded in right rea son, it should at once be extended to England and the Sol way Frith. If it be not, it should forthwith be removed from Ireland and Scotland. What is a nuisance in one district cannot surely be deserving of protection in another. The only laws regarding the mode of fishing, which have been passed since stake-nets were introduced, are those applicable to the Solway Frith ; and instead of prohibiting the use of such nets, their principal object was to encourage and protect them. The laws under which stake-nets have been held to be illegal in Ireland and Scotland, were passed long before such engines were ever heard of. It is not, and cannot be pretended, therefore, that these laws were framed on a knowledge of the nature or effects of this mode of fishing. The only question has been, whether the pro hibitory words used in the statutes, are such as will com prehend stake-nets? It has chanced in Ireland and Scot • land, that the statutory words do apply to such nets ; and it has chanced in England, that they do not. Is it not de grading to the law of the United Kingdom, that such a state of things should exist ? Is it not full time that it should be remedied; and that the Legislature should deter mine what ought to be the law, and establish a general re gulation accordingly ? SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. YORK SPRING MEETlNG.—Turstur, MAY 22. The following is an account of the running to-day : SWEEPSTA IC ES of 60 goys. each, 10 ft. for trre-yr-old colts, Bst. 51b: and fillies, Sst. Sib. T. Y. C. (21 subs.) Mr. W. Scott's ch. e. Velocipede (Templeman) 1 Mr. Watt's ch. f. by Whisker Mr. Churchill's b. c. Jour des Noses 3 Lord Kelburne's oh. f. by Viscount—Georgiana Mr. Riddell'', b. c. Prebend 0 Mr. Bower's b. f. Lady Vane 0 Lord Milton's br. f. Ballad Singer Mr. S. Lee's ch. c. Plutus Mr. Churchill's ch. c. Sans South Eleven paid.-5 to 4on the winner, and sto 1 eget Lady Vane. SWEEPSTAKES of 60 soya. each, for tbree-yr-old nice, Sat, 31b. Last mile and a half. Duke of Leeds's Lunaria (G. Nelson) 1 Mr. Russell's Emma 2 Mr. Meteslfe's Flosicula Two paid.-6 to 4on Emma. SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sous. each, for three-yr-olds . and up. wards. T.Y.C. Lord Kennedy's ch. c. Bedlamite, 4 yrs (Dockery) 1 Mr. Petre's h. b. Saladin, 5 yrs 2 Mr. Watt's ch. f. by Catton—Altisidora, 4 yrs Mr. F. Lumley's b. c. by Catton, 3 yrs Sir W. Milner's br. c. Liston, 3 yrs 5 One paid-6 to 4on the winner. The SIIORTS of 50 80113. each, for three-yr-.old Bst. 51b. fillies, Sat. 21b. Last mile. Mr. Petre's ch. c. Torn Jonee (Scott) I Mr. Darnell's b. f. Nivalie Lord Milton's b. c. Kit Cat 3 Five paid.-7 to 4 and 2tol on Nivalis-.-4 to 1 art the winner-5 to 1 art the others. MATCH for 50 ISOM each, b ft. Two Mr. Johnson's gr. p. by Ganyrnede (J. Gray) 1 Mr. Watterson's gr. p A pretty sporting race, and won in very good style, THE MARKETS. --(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS. —(At per Load of 36 Trusses.) ST. JAMES'S. a. Lowland Mead. Ha y 3 15 to 4 n Clover Hay 4 15t07 0 Upland Ditto 415 6 0 Oat Straw IIS ' 2 2 Rye-grass Hay 415 6 0 Wheat Ditto 2'2 2 6 Supply moderately good, and trade somewhat brlsk.r prices as last quoted. SMITHFIELD. X. a. X. s. s. X. e, Lowland Mead. Hay 3 15 to 4 15 Clov. Haygenerally 4 15 to 6 19 Upland Ditto 415 315 Do extra nne 0 0 615 Rye-grass Hay 415 515 Oat Straw ll4 IIS New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0 Wheat Ditto IIS 2 A good supply, and a brisk trade ; prices as on Tuesday. FISH-MARKET, BILLINGSGATE. There has been very few' arrivals of fish this morning, and the market exhibited a very poor stock of every kind. —Mackerel sold from 60s. to 708. per hundred. Salmon there was none in the market. Salmon Trout, ls. 6d. per lb. ; Turbots, Ss. to 20s. each; choice red Mullets, SOs. per dozen ; do. Grey, from bs. to 7s. each ; Brill, of superior quality and good size, 4s. to ss. each ; Haddocks, Bs. to 105. per doz. ; Halibut, 20s. each; Eels, per five lbs. Ss. 6d. Soles were rather numerous, and sold low, fire large, from Le. to Ss. per three pair. Whitings, 6s. 6d, per basket; Lobsters, from 10s. to 20s. per score; ias Crabs, 15s. per score; Prawns, from 4s. to bs. per lb.; Shrimps, 39. per gal. ; Newcastle Pickled Salmon, 54e. per kit. in the prices of other fish no alteration. Hs Highness the Duke of Cl arence on his return urnfrom his visit to Sheerness, yesterday, went to Goldsmiths' Hall, and was presented with the freedom of that company, in a superb gold box; after which, het honoured the Company, by pal LAing of a sumptuous din— ner, consisting of every delicacy of the season, served up ors th? occasion upon 4% new service of plate.