The Sun. — London, England, 1834-05-22 00:00:00

~, I'RH'ES GI , s•OCI:S THIS til* AT ONE O ' CLOCK. Bank Stock 91 6,, Is j veer 5 pe - Cent. — 3 per Cent. Red giao,i y 4 India Stock eou 3 per Cent. Cons. 92%4 . Ditto Bonds 3ll 29 pm. L. per Cent. Ditto Red 1814% old Annuities — Rev, 3'4 per Cent.— I 04 4,4 New Ditto 7--- 3 ,4 Per Cont. Ann. 1;26 1 per Cent. A n n. 1751 — Per rent. 1526 fOrNi% lEx Bills, £ 1,0"' 50 51 pm. oa nk Long A mi.to expire !Ditto 9;0 5O 51 pm Jan. 5, 1g6i... ... 17 3 3- 1 s !Ditto Small 5O 51 p m. yet. 10, IMO —lDitto Commercial 53 pm. Jan 5, 1,4 , 0 17 7-16 % !Ditto Advertised lan, 5, (w)t — , Bank for Account , '216 Aprils, 11 1 . s __Jan. 5, 1870 —i Cons. for Account --- faiers OP FOREIGN FONDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK • II rian Bonds ... ...... 100 14 I Peruvian !solids ..... ...... . ..... 93 , I ,INn !iond , H * l! MHO Account • 3 , -); , to Account R Portuguese Bonds ~ •.;tian ponds 75 1 • Ditto Acronn• ............ .. 79 ittri Amount Alii % ! Ditto New Bonds 794 41 1enos Ayres Bonds 3l t intto Account 794,34 14 kh 1 l u itto Account 10 1 4 ;Prussian Bonds ....... 11t3 t 4 3 ellitian Rands...._. 4 "" , •'', Ditto Bonds, 1991 ......... I'.; ,11:tto Account `21:9-., Russian Ponds, 11 , 22 ......... It 6 . "-Aani•ltn Pon.is Litto Account VI.. Ditto 111 ................... 19534 - ," 11 . 1 0 Bonds, 18'24 9 64 ,Spataish Bonds. ' --• ...... "'A ••131 1 g, i " ti , Accoont. "6" ', 3•4 1 ,4 Mtn Acc...314%%• 9'04 7 , i' ..'au,h i,,, r , . 5 Ditto Bono , . t• 3 n 1)1 1tn Account 75 Ditto Acconot 33 t r ek 'l4(-41(13.—... ....... . French Hentes. hp. c.. ...• ...., • ? „. 1 ;tto Bonds, , ii•.:;. „.. .... ..... --- Exchange —l "ittn Account _ ..---n of r cent...—. —, —4- 14 X1can Bonds f , ',pet ccnt.F3l4 Exchange .. —,• Ditto Account . Du t c h , f.l p. c. 5 9 1; 14 , 5 4 . , 0, #: p e r cent "1 , 5110.0 k,tto Account 45 % Ditto, 5 p c ...h 7 6T. '...711 , - , iirae,., „ ..1) 1 V2 DM. Account 97 PRICFS OF SHAKES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. I'hl4l Pei Sl,an- Alten Mining Company .£9 11% L"4 41 .• 'nex. on.. . 1., X.,. 41 :1,11111 £ bin "Matins Mining Cr/100:m' .£150 11 razil i * .. an Mining Compar• 5 ..I4 aziltan ~,,,, Th... rI. ...v. at SI. p;ri. €2O r) ; ttr. Macaubas Cocaes 2O hitt. , ST. Jahn tiel Rev i,ata Ilranca Mining Company ."6 r "iBii lion Mininv Cnoinanv . £so f • : (4 11 , nbit ii f%l; J unk Co. (isp. at 510nn.) 5216 11 ' , :nilisti Nsn..og Company ... 1214 Hibernian Mininc A.;Siglllitintl Mining Co. £lo t rxican Mining co. U a e•II 'lOl M..nt, Mining tn....(unrog.) --- u .t...i Itex Min. cn •IS , 41 W. ;MO 40 . n i o New gm in . ...mimic,. 1.- I .' C h.,,,,,... Ire ilsil. alit c -ono. A ust . ,* • 1 1, , nstiranc, Comp. C. raoan Co. ••• 11,1 " 91114 ~.. .. a 1 r.rnI,IIIV Vnelral 4 9 n ,:-, --- n (•, ... . IN . • , 4 . . vi,..111 l al mnal Provincial Hank of England I't ,Rio Duce or.— ' nein ' i 4,,,,•„ , • ri•lint , 9 127% 35 15 59% 204 6 651 31% i 3 CC4 :15 8 X-1 7 0 PRICFS OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, MAY 19. hani, I.o'h C , n nisol,;, 3 twi . en ~ i % ., v. St,:ek, 3 , 4; per cent pBl4 4ati.nal Ditto ...ft. N..v, , her Cens — 1- libernian 'Rank (3 , v. ne!.. 3 , ,, percent.— 90 Provincial Ditto — ' l ' , Yal I anal Stock ....•.... Royal Irish Mine — Grand Canal St•xk — r . riptrin.! Ville e ' - ' rvh. I per cent — gining Co. of Ireland ...... Ballast office Deb. 4n. c — f '-oramercial Rut:dings ..... .. Armen' ' . ' Out y"I e ''' DI: t O America 0 0 liarntturg . 0 O Brazil 0 Ifnenos A yre! O i arthagen2 0 0 Leeward islands ... 0 I • I ' :).:1:!In I' ilanderr 0 i 0 %Una 0 1 zrance 0 ' 0 ~w erlen I - u..toseN &.;erser.. 0 1 Waterford 0 HMO WATER AT LONDON RHIDGE TO MORROW. 340 rEittg 24 minutes after 2 Evening-AS minut,s after 2. 4 U: I ,4, Ai r ,=,...--17:`. ..05:-S:41,•;,.4: , A ,_„, : 0 4 - • LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 22, 1834. General LAFAYETTE died at Paris on Tues -44, in the seventy-seventh year of his age. his loss rill be deeply felt, not only by his ° Wu party, hut by upright men of all parties. T he General was a perfect gentleman, and a tr uly honest politician. He brought with him f rum America the spirit of republicanism, and his principles and character underwent no 'flange, under all the varying circumstances la which his country was subsequently placed. That he might have been at the head of a re- Publican government in France and declined it, sh() %vs -either that he apprehended such a government was not suited for the French p e ople_ that he foresaw that the result would 15 fatal to the peace of Europe—or that he d eemed himself unqualified for such a position. rerhap s all these considerations had their share leadina to the determination to which he came. That the General had failings is ad 'lllitted, but his patriotism and political integrity have not been, and cannot be, questioned. The French papers state that the Chamber h as nearly completed the business before it, 4 "(1 that its sittings will probably terminate on the 31st. Ad m i ra l R OUSSIN h av ing declined the appointment of Minister of Marine (pre f l rAtng to re m a in at Constantinople), Admiral con has been appointed to that important 0,, 'nee) and has taken the oath in the presence ` )f Louts PHILIP. M. PERSIL has been selected for the Gers DUCHATEL for the Charente-Inferieur 44 d General SEBASTIAN' for the Aisne. Dutch papers, of the 21st instant, contra 41et th e report in the Journal D'Anvers of an ins urrection having taken place in Sumatra, w hich terminated in the expulsion of the Dutch autho rities. Accounts have been received from that Colony six weeks later, which are silent °l t the subject : • v er T h e Batavia journals from Dec. 31 to Jan. 25 give I °lls details of the earthquakes in November last at -'t i r ) * At B encoo l en they w ere muc h more v i o l en t th an h alembang and Singapore ; the sea rose to a great Nht, wash e d a way the counting-houses of the De- Part in ent of Customs, and threw two schooners, be ven,tn, g to the government, and some sm a ll na ti ve other oil to the rocks. The Chinese camp, and r Places su ff ere d much by the inundation, a n d th e eart h quake s also did great damage. theiu ta the district of Palembang, on the 22d of Dec., twiTuund in the village of Tjarilalie sunk in, and Owed up the dwelling-houses and other buildings. 'entY-three persons and some cattle perished. icti FUNDS—AmsTvitosm, MAY O. t ti lai Debt, 24, per Cent. ort Syndic. 454 per rent. 9O to 9;q4 r , ito, tun. 5 , 9 per cent. Ditto a l l of IRS° 5 per rent IO ON to 101 1 5 32 and 1,33, 5 per Cent ... 97 to 97 1 4 i f.•,change o London 12 ON, ttn, two months l2 044 be brussels papers o f the 21st instant have ell received this mor n ing. As mi g ht have been expected the death of the young Prince has occasioned very great grief to the King 411c1 Queen of BELGIUM. The Queen of the French was hourly expected to console hir ( laughter in her present calamity. The funeral of tile Prince is fixed for Saturday next. The -ow inn are extracts : likt'SsE' LS, MAY 19.—The Court will t o li f 4 : . nino• for a month, on account of the go dead. Prince Royal. aPp ') ", e , remains of the Prince will be embalmed ant cliraC t 'd in the Church of St. Gudule, in the s e p u l. th at t allit of the Dukes of Brabant. It is suppose, It wa ,, e funeral will not take place for several days pri ce at first contemplated to inter the remains ofth( deei c ,ill the Cathedral of Malines, but it has beer T h e u, that they shall be transferred to Brussels. e ‘ ,„'r Maj es ti es saw no b o d y t h e d ay b e f ore yester. i 6 \V Majesties are told it would be found difficult to form ai fr u i t ° ` the affliction which they fe e l at th e l oss of the firs a of their great union. The the obliged to mak effort to sign some of t letters of notifica ( tion, laid before him by the Minister for Foreign Affairs. The ministers, and several persons high in office, went to Lacken. I.vt could not be admitted. The theatres will he closed for three days. The sepulchral vault of the Dukes of Brabant, in the chancel of the church of St. Gudule, was opened the day before yesterday. Several tombs, and numerous epitaphs of the ancient dukes of Brabant, were found; one in particular, of the date of 1330, in a perfect state of preservation. On this tomb was deposited an enormous silver sword, with the arms of Brabant chased on it ; on another tomb is a gold vase, with the arms of Austria, containing the heart of the Arch duke Ernest, who died Goyern , :•-general of the Ne therlands, at the end of the sixteenth century. Two English cabinet messengers have passed through Brussels, one going with despatches from Vienna to London ; the other from London on his way to Germany. The Courrier de la Meuse announces that the Ca tholic university will probably be established this year, and that it will have, at the outset, the professorships of divinity, philosophy, and letters, and the mathemati cal sciences. The faculties of medicine and law will Ibe added next year. _ . The Journal of Louvain says that a report is in cir culation in that city, that the magistrates have sent a deputation to Malines, to solicit the archbishop to choose Louvain as the seat of the Catholic University. BRUSSELS, MAY 20.—The obsequies of the Prince Royal are fixed for Saturday next, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon. Her Majesty the Queen of the French is expected here every moment. The several ministerial departments arc very much employed. BELGIAN FUNDS.—Baussm.q, Mal* 20. Actual Debt, 214 pee Cent. 5l Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent 99 IA Loan of the City, 1832 ' 4 per Cent. 94 EXCHANGE ON LONDON, MAY 1 —Three months, 10?.i. The Prussian State Gazette of the 17th contains an article, under date of Vienna, which states that the Russian Ambassador at that Court is to return to St. Petersburgh on leave of absence for tlirc..e.,months It is ..also stated for certain the Poles are now to leave Switzerland, in consequence of the remon strances addressed to the Confederation. This is, at least, doubtful, for the Directory stated that those Poles who had not contravened the laws of the Republic would still find an asylum there : INSPRUCK, MAY 6.—The monument in memory of the celebrated Andrew Hofer, erected in the church of the castle, has been opened to the public with great ceremony, in presence of the Estates, of the civil and military authorities, and of the three sons-in-law of the deceased Jno. Hofer, Governor of the Castle of Tyrol, of the relatives and comrades of Andrew, and an immense assemblage of persons of all ranks. Andrew Hofer's widow and his two daughters were not present, being too much indisposed to bear the sight of so affecting a solemnity.—Journal de Frank fort, May 15. PRUSSIA'S FUNDS—BERLIN, MAY 16. St. Schuld. Sch. 4 per cent. Pru-sian En g lish Loan, 1818, 5 per cent 1013% -- Ditto ...... l'22. 5 per cent.... -- -- Ditto Bonds 1833 4 p e r c; nt.... 94% Exchan g e on London, three mon th s ....... 6 25% —Prussian State Gazette. May 17. The Secretary of the Russian Embassy at Paris is appointed Charge d'Affaires in this country, in consequence of the recall of Prince LIEVEN. The Prince has been in England more than nineteen years, and has acted judiciously for the interests of Russia. He is well acquainted with the best society in this country, and the national feeling, and will be able to inform his master what is thought by England of his designs re specting Turkey, and his cruelty to the Poles. We hope he will not fail to inform the Emperor NICHOLAS that if any war could be popular in this country, it would be one to humble effec tually the pride of Russia, and to restore the brave Poles to their homes and their indepen dence. It appears from reports from the country, and from a meeting of deputies held yesterday in Westminster, that a portion of the county mem bers are opposed to Lord ALTHORP'S bill for the commutation of tithes. Two of the reso lutions passed at that meeting are of a singular description, and argue that the landholders are anxious for the abolition of tithes, not to relieve the tenant from endless annoyance, and provide for the safety of the established church, but to save themselves expense, and put a portion of the tithes into their own pockets. These reso lutions are that the present system is preferable to that proposed by the bill, and that 'no mea sure of commutation will be acceptable unless accompanied by a considerable diminution of the burden of tithes. In other words, these gentlemen say, "We care not for the church, for our tenants, or the peace of the country,— we care only for ourselves our pecuniary interests are paramount to all other considerations." This, at all events, is speaking out boldly, and such a course carries with it one advantage, that the Government and the disinterested members will know exactly what objections they have to answer, and what are the real grounds of opposition adduced by a con iiderable portion of the Irish, and by a few of the English County Members. We had always thought that there are two points con nected with tithes undisputed and indisputable— that the system is the very worst that can pos sibly be devised, and that whatever became of them, the landowners cannot have a tittle of claim to any portion of them. It appears, however, that we have been in error, and that, in the opinion of some persons, Lord ALTHORP has devised something more unjust, more ab surd, and more monstrous than this system, which has raised one universal cry of detesta tion, and that the landowners ought now to be relieved of a share of the burdens. But it is needless to argue on such propositions. The voice of the country has pronounced a final judgment on the tithe system, and the borough members, together with the impartial and dis interested representatives of counties, will pro nounce a judgment no less decisive against such barefaced and unjust. claims. Why does not the Archbishop of CANTER BURY, or his friend the Bishop Of EXETER, inform Parliament and the public what the revenues of the Church really are ; the sources whence they are derived ; and the charges to which the clergy are exposed? That gross misconceptions preval, and consequently that great misrepresentations have been made, in re lation to what is called church property, is not denied, but who can correct them if the Spiri tual Lords will not take the trouble to snake the necessary inquiries, or correct them, and thus enable the G o vermn_nt to afford infor mation to the public ? It is clear that a commutation, and not the abolition of tithes, just and liberal compen sation to the working clergy. and not their degradation,—will now be acceptable to the people of England, provided there be such a reform of the church as shall make its ministers really and truly the instructors of the people. But if this be denied, or even post poned, how long will the nation continue moderate, as it is now, in its expectations and designs ? Let the Church-rates be abolished, the Universities be effectually reformed, the Re gistration Bill and a Civil Marriage Bill be passed, and a Charter granted to the London University without delay, and the reasonable and reflecting portion of the Dissenters will be satisfied; but the nation—never, until the Church has been so effectually refoimed as that it shall be made a source of the greatest possible good to the whole community. Accurate informa tion of the value of the lands, buildings, tithes, and endowments claimed by the Church is, however, the first and indispensable step to the requisite reform. Mr. O'CONNELL has addressed a letter to the editor of the Dublin Pilot, which, coupled with his late conciliatory speech on the Tithe Commutationßill,—a speech that had the effect of throwing Mr. STANLEY into fits of ecstacy, —wears a very significant aspect. The lion. and learned member seems to be precisely in that' state of political vacillation which it requires only an expert tactician to turn to good ac count. : He is halting between two m tives—between his apprehensions for the web fare of his beloved Erin, and his natural, and indeed laudable, anxiety to serve himself. He would, and he would not, take office, as the following passage shows, which betrays in every line an uneasy, restless, hesitating state of mind :—" Ministers have solemnly pledged the Parliament to remove ' the just complaints' of the people of Ireland. A Cabinet minister—, one of the first in rank, and one of the highest in talent—has publicly and unequivocally de clared that the tithe system in Ireland, as it relates to the established church in its present form, is a just complaint.' Shall it be re dressed ? Alas ! fear not. But why should I fear either alternative ? If this just com plaint' be redressed, then the people of Ireland will have obtained a great, a solid, a permanent advantage. If it be not redressed, then the honest, the undismayed Repealers will, with me, point to the falsification of the address, and, exclaiming against the living lie,' feel more deeply how impossible it will be to expect justice from any other than a domestic legislature. This experiment is being made—as the phrase is—it is in progress. The people of Ireland are showing their readiness to receive with heart binding gratitude the act of justice which they require in fulfilment of a most solemn promise. For my part, I am ready to make every sacri fice to obtain the jitylment of that promise. What will the Ministers do—promise and per form ? Oh, I fear not—promise, and falsify their own promise ? Continue, I would en treat my loved countrymen, continue your pre 7 sent attitude of perfect readiness veconciliation:.! The above passage is inexpressibly diverting, from the attempt it makes at mystification— from its roundabout way of expressing a very simple and obvious fact. Every one knows that Mr. O'CoNNELL's usual epistolary ad dresses to his countrymen are terse, pointed, and epigrammatic. Now the present is remark able for the absence of all such peculiarities. It is•as studiously vague and wordy . as one of the late Lord CASTLEREAGH'S speeches. Trans !ate .1 into English, it means this ;—Ministers are now busy with their Tithe Bill ; if they frame it so that I can consistently advocate it, I will at once throw Repeal overboard, and take office under them. • But " oh," (we can imagine the pathetic spirit in which this "oh" was penned) I feel they will falsify their promise, and give me no excuse for nestling under their wings. In this case, therefore, I shall still con tinue a Repeal agitator ; but, in the mean time, till matters are arranged, I must beg my countrymen to stand in an "attitude of per fect readiness of conciliation." So far as the public interests are concerned, we hope matters may be arranged to Mr. O'CoN NELL'S satisfaction. It would be curious, to be sure, to see him seated on the judicial bench, and in that capacity denouncing Mr. FER GUS O'CONNOR for agitating the highly unconstitutional measure of Repeal : still even this would be preferable to seeing him continue his present vocation, as the arch agitator of Ireland, and the perverse thwarter of all salutary measures of reform. It is a fine game of finesse that Ministers and Mr. O'CON NELL are just now playing with each other. Some of our readers may, perhaps, have seen a shrewd old fisherman angling for a trout of eval shrewdness, and admired the way in which the cunning creature swims up to the bait, turns it round and round, just gives a sort of a half-nibble at it, and then startled at some slight shadow thrown perhaps by the nervous angler, as he steals nearer to the water's edge, turns tail, and swims away. Just in this dexterous spirit, are Ministers now fishing for O'CONNELL. If they even get him to bite, they will show no common skill ; but if they catch him, they may justly consider themselves the most cunning sportsmen that ever threw a bait. But we have our doubts of their success. DANIEL is a wary old fish, up to all the tricks of anglers, and though by no means wanting in voracity, yet as shy a s the most knowi ng sa l mon t h a t ever swam , in the Shannon. A letter is in town by the last packet from Mexico, dated from the city, and written by General Pedraza, which states that the insurgent leaders Bravo and Canalizo, whose united force was redued to 300 cavalry, had made fresh proposals for submisson to the Government, which were under consideration at the departure of the mail. Official accounts Lad also reached the capital that Acapulco, which bad been for a short time in the hands of an insurgent party, had surrendered to the Government troops. -- Times. FINE ARTS. ILLUS'TILITION , S' OF THE COURT MAGAZINE. We have just been favoured with a sight of the illustrations 'of the forthcoming number of the Court Magazine, which consist of two por traits and a landscape.• The former are Lady Emily Cowper and the Hon. Miss Jervis. Both are executed in the very ablest style, with a delicacy of finish that does credit to the engraver, and both are remarkable for extreme sweetness and beauty of countenance. We have seldom seen a face of more exquisite loveliness of expression than that of Lady Emily Cowper; it is in Sir Thomas. Lawrence's most elegant and poetic manner. The Land scape Engraving, is a view of Alnwick Castle, 41 gothic mansion, built like Warwick castle, in the most imposing style of baronial magnifi cence. VICE-CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) As this was the first day of Trinity . Term, his Honour the Vice-Chancellor did not take his seat till twenty mi nutes before two o'clock, having to breakfast with the Lord Chancellor, the Judges, Masters in Chancery, King's Counsel, &c. His Honour, on taking his seat, immediately proceeded with motions, none of which, up to the period of our reporter leaving, possessed any public interest. KING'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) This being the first day of Trinity Term the Judges did not take their seats until half-past one o'clock, when the Lord Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Littledale, Mr. Jus tice Taunton, and Mr. Justice Williams arrived in Court. The Loan CHIEF JUSTICE intimated to the bar that it Was the intention of the court to proceed with the new trials immediately—after such causes had been taken as had been appointed specially--and to go on with them, day by day, including Tuesday and Wednesday next. The Court then took causes in the peremptory paper, none of which possessed the slightest interest to the public, up to the time when our Reporter left. COURT OF EXCHEQUER.(THIS DAY.) The Court did not sit to-day till near two o'clock, the Ju'lges, as usual, having breakfasted with the Lord Chan cellor. At that hour the Lord Chief Baron, with Ba rons Bolland, Alderson, and Gurney, took their seats on the bench, and called upon the bar to make any motion in which they might be instructed ; but, •as is almost always the case upon the first day of term, no one was prepared. The court then directed the country new trial paper to be called, and stated that they would proceed upon it every day till it was gone through. Nothing of interest took place before we went to press. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-THIS DAY. (FROM LLOYD'S ) DEAL, MAY 21.—Wind N. E., fresh breezes.—Sailed the Juliana, Tarbutt, for Madras. Arrived from the River and sailed the Black River packet, Baker, for Jamaica; and Ealing Grove, Falconer, for Demerara. Arrived the Albion, Stevens, from Galway. A ship homeward bound has anchored—name not known. Several Deal boats have launched to assist a large brig. PolCTSarouTrr, MAY 21. —Wind E. N. E. to E. N. S. Sailed his Majesty's ship Tyne, for the Mediteranean ; and his Majesty's ship Raleigh, for Chatham. PLYMOUTH, MAY 20.—Wind S. W:—Sailed the Mary transport, for Hull. FA LmouTH, MAY 20. —Wind variable, light breezes. Arrived the Howard, Hutten, from Matanzas. Off port the Cecelia, Lofgreen, from Batavia ; Branken Moor, Honey, from Jamaica ' • Charles Brooke, Bee, froni St. Vincent ; and Triton, Huedman, from Lisbon. Arrived the Shannon steamer, Mill, from London, and sailed for Dublin. 13a sTor., MAY 21.—Arrived the George Gordon, from Jamaica. LIVERPOOL, MAY 20.—Arrived the Lyra, llead, from Tampico; Courier, Balaiz, from Bahia; Roanoke, I latch, from New Orleans ; Superb, Stewart, from Charleston; John Porter, Jenkinson, from Halifax ; Sappho Howes, from Charente ; Freundschaft, from Dantzic ; andThenies, Weven, from Abo. GREENOCK, MAY 19.—Arrived the James Ewing, Main, from Jamaica ; Margaret, from Grenada ; Louisa, M'Kellar, from Trinidad ; and Forth, Hunter, from Sa vannah. Coax', MAY 19.—Arrived the Thomas, Richardson, from Trinidad. Off port, the Chausman, front Demerara, sr..ith temporary rudder. t ..... „ SLIGO, MAY 19.—Arrived the Augusta, Holtz, and Britannia, Potts, from .Memel. Off Cape Clear, the Margaret, from Trinidad, leaky. The Courier de la C uz, from Bordeaux to Vera Cruz, struck the outer reef off Cape Hayti 9th ult., and bilged ; most. of the cargo saved. The Thistle, Thompson, put into Bridlington with cargo damaged, having come in contact with the Friend• bury, from Leith to Hull. THE FUNDS -(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK Halifax papers to the 29th April, and New Brunswick to the 22d April, have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house. (From the Halifax Papers. ) The weather, which has been for these three weeks past unusually fine, has since turned to cold, with keen nightly frosts, and this morning we had a severe snow storm. ( From the New Brunswick Papers.) The Nos folk Beacon of the Bth April gives an account of a severe north-east gale and heavy storm of rain ; the tide rose to a great height, and much damage was done in the roads. (From a Charleston Paper, received this morning. ) It is a remarkable fact that the city of Charleston has not experienced the pressure on the money market that has been felt in other cities. Pecuniary assistance is obtained without difficulty. Business is engaged in with activity and vigour, and commercial enterprises thrive in a degree beyond comparison for a series of years past ; and the mer chantsg A to p i t t i t i L e t2 a . n — t o r f h p e ro s p u e g r a l r y c w r e o e p d \ i N n i g li t b h e e short are making g r eat preparations for a spring trade. this year, e last season, which is now severely felt during the drought that has so long prevailed. THE FUNDS. Th e only arrivals we have, as yet, this morning, are a Dutch and a French mail, and one from Ostend ; the for mer, w e hear, brings the Spanish prices higher frbm Holland. Consols which opened at 92% are now 92 %IA for the Account. Spanish 36%% ; Portuguese 79%. . HALF-PAST ONE. Nothing: has as yet transpired respecting the expresses from Paris, and no operations of consequence in the Foreign Funds has taken place. Consols are at present 92% % for the Account ; Spanish, 36 1 4 to %; Portuguese, 79% N. No direct arrivals from Lisbon as yet. THREE O'CLOCK: Consols, 92% %. ROYAL MUSICAL FESTIVAL.— Their Majesties will go in grand state to each of the four performances in Westminster Abbey. The directors will wear full court dresses, but the company will only be expected .0 wear the usual morning dresses ; consequently feathers will not be worn, neither should ladies put on large hats or bonnets with high flowers or ribands, i n ordr that they may not impede the view of those who sit behind them. What are termed low head dresses wou ld b e t h e b est mo d e th a t cou ld b e adopted. The G u ild o f W eavers h ave pronounce d M r . Rice's account of the improvement of manu factures n that to be m r a e t ain variance sis with enySpring manufacture in D Dublin Cabinet, fa t a s ti d The wants encouragement, It is a singular fact that, notwithstanding the mildness of its climate, and the woody nature of the country, the nightingale is never heard in Devonshire. STOCK JOBBING IN PARIS.—The funds, says a French Paper, seemed threatened with a con siderable fall in consequence of the decline in the London market on Saturday, and a rumour that the King of England was seriously indisposed and that a change in the British Cabinet is imminent. The Quotidienne has magnified this idle rumour of the illness of the King of England into a formal state ment of the mental alienation of his Majesty, which the Journal affirms has been announced to all the Corps Diplomatique in Paris.. It states also that Lord Brougham had voted that the Duchess of Kent should be Regent, DLit that the majority of the Cabinet were in favour of the Queen 1 !_....What oracles these Carlist papers are But it ought to be stated that they take their English news only from the romancing portion of our contemporaries. It would seem, as the Jew said of the aqua fortis, which he preferred to sin, that news was worth nothing if it did not bite. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. THIS DAY, THrnsrmy, MAY 22. • • . HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the chair at a ritiarter past twelve. Mr. HAWES presented a rotitiun from the Lambeth Water Works Company, against the Smith London Water Works Bill. The Limerick Bridge Bill was read a second time, on the motion of Mr. W. ROCHE. The Dudley Water Works Bill was read a third time and passed, on the motion of Mr. RUSSELL. Mr. RICE TREVOR brought up the report of the com mittee on the Carmarthenshire Railway Bill. Sir R. FREMANTLE presented a petition from the proprietors of the Grand Junction Canal, against the Great Western Railway Bill. Mr. HAWES presented a petition from the police ma gistrates of London, against certain provisions of the Pen sion Bill, and praying to be continued within the provisions of the old Superannuation Act, and petitions to the same effect from the clerks and officers of the civil service, and from an individual named William Shelden. Also peti tions from the Baptists of St. M:ary, Newington, for the redress of grievances ; and from the dissenters of Peckham against the prevalent of drunkenness. Sir E. CODRING'f ON gave his cordial snpport to the petitions against the Pension Bill. It was of a most inju rious and unjust tendency, and he trusted it would net be read a third time until it had received very extensive mo difications, as in its present form it was a disgrace to a re formed Parliament. Mr. RUTHVEN was glad that the subject bad been taken up by the Gallant Admiral opposite. The public objected to sinecures and useless pensions, but they had no objection to grant pensions to those who hail given their labour for the benefit of that public. Sir C. LEMON presented a petition from Hilston (Cornwall) against certain clauses in the Poor Laws' Amendment Bill. Mr. MARSLAND presented a petition from Stock port, against the Dissenters' Marriage Bill and against the prevalence of drunkenness. Mr. HALFORD presented petitions from BurstalL Stoney Stratford, Mulgrave, St. Martin's, Market Har bro', St. Nicholas, Leicester, and other places, against the admission of Dissenters to the Universities. Also a peti tion from Market Harbro', against the abomination of beer houses and gin shops. ' - Mr. GREEN presented a petition from Lincoln, against certain clauses in the Poor Laws Amendment Bill. Mr. P STEWART supported thetrtition.s- Mr. MILES presented a petition from Rochester, against the admission of Dissenters to the Universities. Lord NORREYS presented a petition from Horsepark (Oxford), to the same effect. Lord CASTLEREAGH presented three petitions from Portoferry, Killough, and Rathmullin, county of Down,- praying for the renewal of bounties on Irish fisheries. Mr. BAINES presented a petition from Newcastle upon-Tyne, against the proposed bill for the abolition of church rates. The petition was very numerously signed,_ and the petitioners expressed their extreme disappoint ment at the proposed measure, which by no means came to their just expectations. Sir R. INGLIS said he had several petitions to present which had been intrusted to him during the time he had been prevented by illness from attending to his duty in' that house. The hon. baronet then presented thirty-three petitions from Banbury, Ridlington, Woburn, Stowe,' I(naresborough, Hungerford, Gloucester, York, Great and Little Hampton, Kingsbridge, Ripon, Chelten ham, and several other places, against the admission of dissenters to the universities. Also several other peti tions against the claims of the dissenters generally. The hon. baronet then presented a number of petitions from Derby, Birmingham, Poole, Matlock, and other places, for the better observance of the Sabbath, and against the Beer Bill ; and a petition from the presbytery of Aberdeen in favour of the established church. Sir G. STRICKLAND hoped the house would not attend to the prayer of the petitioners against the dissenters. Sir .1. ASTLEY presented a petition from a place in Wiltshire, in support of the established church. Mr. J. OSWALD presented several petitions against ' the crime of drunkenness, and praying for a legislative enactment ; also petitions for a repeal of the taxes no knowledge, and of the corn duties. Mr. ROTE presented a petition from the inhabitants of Perth, signed by 3,324 persons, praying for vote by ballot and triennial parliaments —,a petition which had been adopted in consequence of the undue in- . Iluenee exercised at the late election there. The hon. member also presented a petition from. Yeovil (Somerset), signed by members of the political unions, for a repeal of the taxes on knowledge.; and a petition from London against the Poor Laws' Amendment Bill. After a few words from Sir SAMUEL WHALLEY, the petitions were laid on the table. Mr. DUNCOMBE presented' a petition from a place in Yorkshire, against 'ertain clauses in the Poor Laws! Amendment Bill ; also four petitions against the admission of the dissenters to the universities, and one from Halifax for the abolition of tithes. After a fe-b words from Sir Samuel Whalley, Mr. Baines, Mr. Roebuck, and Mr. O'Connell, the petition was, laid-on the table. - • Mr. PHILLIPS presented petitions frem Lotighbo. , rough against clauses of the Poor Laws' Amendment Bill, and against drunkenness. Mr. MANGLES presented a petition from Guildford in favour of the Established Church. Mr. LYGON presented a petition from a piaci! in Sur rey against the admission of dissenters to the Universities. Loed DALMENEY presented a petition from Stirling and Dumfermline for a committee to inquire into the cause of deunkenness. . Mr. SHAW LEFEVRE presented a petition from Basingstoke for the better observance of the Sabbath, and another for a repeal of the Malt Tax. Mr. BUCKINGHAM presented several petitions from places.in Ireland and Scotland against the prevalence of the crime of drunkenness, and praying for a legislative measure for its suppression. Mr. T. ATTWOOD said that care shouldibe taken in legislating upon this subject not to trench too much upon the enjoyments of the poor, which were already too limited. Ile denied that drunkenness had increased of late. After the presentation of several other petitions the SPEAKER left the chair. THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.) HAY M A RKETS.—. i . per lewd of 36 Trusses s. CU M REM, A NIL ...... Lowiand Mcado. Hay .£3 5 to Sti 10 Vuw vati•Av tiny , 18eful '!ld Wu .... 3 15 4 0 In Up!and Meadow and tiye-grass I!.,zy 4 6 4 10 c,lover Fiav Oat Straw £1 10 to .£1 12 I Wheat straw... 1 14 1 16 SMi}'U};ELD. C iarae heavy Lowland tlt,adow Hay S 3 0 to £3 5 q•-w "ilertiow ivy 0 0 0 0 tls cittod , sitto F.ne . pland %let:dory an.: et y., -gra,- .ty 4 0 4 4 Clever Hay (ex.], fine)....fs 0 .(lenerally O t Straw ... XI 10 t,..0 I 131 Wheat ' , tram 1 12 1 14 11UNGERFORD. Coarse Meadow Hay New Nfe .dow_ Hay £3 0 to Zi 5 00 0 0 Useful Old Dino Fine Upland He ,tow an,t Rye grass Hay 4 0 4 5 Clover Hay trat Straw £1 ti to 110 l Wheat Straw... 1 19 !13 We are informed that the road from Charing cross to the Houses of Parliament, and the streets in that neighbourhood, have not been properly watered yesterday and to-day, in consequence of the Chelsea Waterworks' Company having been unable to supply water during the cleansing of the filter-bed attached to their reservoir. It is now fixed, we understand,;that Tues day next, the 27th, is to be the nomination day for Leith, and the polling days Thursday and Friday fol lowing. In Edinburgh, Wednesday, the 28th, is intended for the day of nomination, and the days of election Friday and Saturday. The object of minis ters in issuing the writs so soon after the declaration of the vacancies was, in all probability, to have the advantage of the approaching term before removals take place, which will diminish the voters for their candidate still more. This favourable chance, how ever, they have lost ; since by the Reform Act ten days must intervene between the issuing of the writ and the day of nomination, which in the present in stance has thrown them a day beyond the term.— Edinburgh Advertiser. STRANR A ER.—Chol?ra, we rejoice to say, has completely left the cheerful banks of Lochryan. Not even a suspicious case has occurred during the last three weeks ; and the town, accordingly, has been favoured with a clean bill of health. A correspondent, in communicating the above cheerful intelligence, men tions that the de..ths amounted to above thirty in all, and that in almost every instance the victims were per sons of broken constitutions.—Dumfries C'ourier. LEADHILI.S. — MeasIes appeared in Lead hills in March last, and a person who kept a careful list of the cases informs us that they exceeded one hundred in a population of 1,300. The disease, from the first, was of a malignant character or type, and we are sorry to record, on the same authority, that 25 fatal cases occurred within a very brief period. The epidemic, however, has waned greatly, and though a few isolated cases still remain, it is hoped that it will speedily disappear altogether. Since New-years-day the place has been unhealthy, high and airy as the lo cality is, and among others five aged .and respectable people were cut off suddenly.—Ditnfries Courier. GENIUS.— A. distinguished teacher, and p7e sident of a college, defined genius to be " the power of making efforts."—Annals of Education. MONAGHAN ELECTION. (From the Freeman's ,Journal of Tuesday.) • RETURN OF MR. WESTENRA; -:•', 310NAGHA x, SATURDAY EVENlNC.—Thecontestclosed just asi anticipated, the uumberS' Westenra Lucas • Majority for Westenra The declared theto excess. Hon. Westenra duly eleotf-ti courtTheSheriff as crowded - • 1078 984 RECALL OF THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR. —A courier arrived the night before last, with de patches recalling Prince Lieven, as Ambassador to the British Court. The establishment at Ashburn ham House is to be broken up immediately. His Excellency has been the representative of the Russian government in this country for upwards. of 19 years, and leaves to assume the tuition of the heir apparent to the throne of the Czars. The Netherlands steam-boat Batavier, Captain Dunlop, arrived yesterday morning from Ro" - terdam. Lord Combermere and family, .and Colonel Campbell and Lady, came from Rotterdam by this conveyance. DINNER TO MR. CLAY.—The constituents of Mr. Clay, one of the members for the Tower Ham lets, gave a dinner yesterday at the Mermaid Tavern, Hackney, in token of their approbation of his Parlia mentary conduct. J. Simpson, Esq., took the chilir. supported by Mr. Clay, M. - P., Mr. Benjamin Hawes, M. P., and Sir William Molesworth, M. P. ; upwards of three hundred Lentlemen - were present. . _ DINNER TO MR. MENDIZABAL.—A large party of the friends.of the constitutional cause in Por tugal invited Mr. Juan Albarez y Mendizabal to meet them yesterday at dinner, at the Albion Tavern, Al dersgate-street, for the purpose of presenting him with a piece of plate. About 150, gentlemen sat down to dinner. Among whom we observed the Chevalier do Sarmento, envoy extraordinary from the court of Dotina Maria, Mr. R. Thointon, Mr. Easthope, late M. P. for St. Albans, Sir John Lillie, Col. Hodges, Mr. Simes, &c. Col. Evans, M.P., was in the chair. At Edenhall, Cumberland, on Sunday week, the Rev. Sir Christopher. John Musgrave, Bart., who had been in a precarious state of health for a long pe riod, died. In 'the month or, Jatruary : . last he bad an attack of apoplexy, after which he became more se verely affected ; and another attack of the same malady terminated his existence. He was born in the year 1798. He succeeded to the title as ninth Baronet na the death of his brother, Sir P. Musgrave, M. P. for Carlisle, on the 16th of July, 1827. He married in September, 1825, Marianne, daughter of the late Ed ward Hasell, Esq., of Dalemain, by whom he has left issue five daughters, but no son. TILE DERBY.—The excitement in the sporting world on the Derby Stakes, to be run for at Epsom increases. Plenipo, which was the favourite at the beginning of the week, is now second in estima tion, Shilelah being first, and Bubastes the last, though three weeks ago he took the lead, in the opi nion of the knowing ones, of all the others. The betting has varied so much on the Derby, that there has been an ample opportunity for hedging, by which many will win largely who have, at the same time, se cured themselves from losing. Eight to ten were I, .tted yesterday that neither of the favourites wou!d win. Yesterday, at Garraway s, were sold the fol lowing important properties by Messrs. Farebrother. The Lord Mayor was the auctioneer :—A freehold mercantletile or r 2 e o sid y e e n a c rs e f a r n om d plrBe2m2i,seas,t 2401.N0. pl3er6,anCnhuemal sids,sool. The freehold house, warehouses and pre mises, No. 46, Gutter-lane, Cheapside, let for 31 years from 1829, at 1601. a year-3,3001. A leasehold estate, comprising the spacious house and shop, No. 169, Fleet-street, and thirteen dwelling-houses, and a ware house, forming the whole of Iced Lion -court, let to different tenants for various terms, at rentals, amount ing to 740/. 16s.—held under the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's, for 40 years from 1825, renewable ac cording to custom, at 6/. 13s. 4d. ground-rent, and payment of-redeemed land -tax, 671. 4s. a year-6,200j. THE TITHE COMMUTATION BILL.—A meeting of gentlemen connected with the landed in terest of the counties of Kent, Essex, Surrey, Sussex, and Devon, took place yesterday at Brown's Coffee house, Palace-yard, Westminster. for the purpose 'of adopting resolutions against Lord Althorp's Tithe Ccmmutation Bill. Mr. Blandfill, of Upminster-hall, Essex, took the chair. Ceptaia Hampden addresOd the meeting on the burdenst.m3 nature of tithes, and said what they wanted was TOW, not merely commu tation. He proposed a resolution to the following ef fect :—" That the bill brought forward by Lord Al - thorp for the commutation and redemption of tithes is, in most of its provisions, fallacious and highly objec tionable ; and, if carried into effect, will be attended with consequences very injurious to those whom it•is intended to serve; and that no plan could give them relief, if not accompanied by a considerable diminution of their burdens." The resolution having been se, condel, Mr. Divett thought there was something very ung , aious at the very outset of their conversation wish Government, in characterising a bill which had been framed with so much consideration for their benefit, as altogether fallacious. He proposed, as an amend ment, that the word "many," instead of "most," of the provisions, be substituted. This proposition baying met with the approbation of the majority of the gentle nen present, the alteration was made accordingly, apci the resolution adopted. Other resolutions in furtl.- Ince of the objects of the meeting having been agre . t. tn. and a ennirnitt^" "nnointed to wait on Lord Althorp, the meeting separated. it OYAL kik YAIPIC THEATRE.—FRENCH PLAYS.—Monsieur Perlet made his first appearance at this theatre last evening, after an absence of five years, in two of his original characters, in that of Soufflé, - in the vaudeville of Le Secretaire et le Cuisinicr, and in that of the Com?dien, in the vaudeville of .Le Cori", dim d'Etampes. We think M. Perlet is, physica4, much changed since his last appearance among us ; but his acting has in no degree deteriorated. On the contrary, we think it has rather improved, if anything. We are quite sure, that in his best days, his Tia._ formance of the character_nl,,Sidiffl4-- could nothave exceeded that of last nighi. No one who has not seen Perlet in the part of the Cook can form any itltta -of how much the character has lost by the translation, .or of the difference between the broad humour, we had almost said vulgarity, of Liston's Cool: and the delicacy and finesse of M. Perlet's Son filg. He was equally successful in the piece which followed, Le Comediem d'Etampes. A new vaudeville, in two acts, called Toujours, on L'Arenir d' Un Fits, was also perfornA . for the first time. It is from the pen of Mowe.ur Scribe, and possesses much merit, and excites consi derable interest. The plot develops the meaning of the word " eternal," as applied to love, according tci the construction put upon it 11)3 4 most young gentlemen of twenty-one—in other words, it shows that eternity and three months are commensurate, in point of time, with a lover of that age. The acting of M. Paulin 'in s this piece was excellent ; and Mademoiselle Beranger, performed the part of Mathilde to perfection. AWFUL CALANIITY.—We copy frQm the Kittanning ( Armstrong county) Gazette, And Glum, bian, the following account of a most distressing oc currence :—" On the night of Friday, the 18th inst., the house and barn of Captain John C. Kessinger, of Toby township, in this county, were consumed by fire; and what is most shocking to relate, nine of his chil dren perished in the flames 1- The parents were ab.;,. s nt, on a visit to Mrs. Kessinger's father, a distance ibOpt eight miles. Out of eleven children. two only are left —one an infant, which the parents had with them, the other a daughter of eight years of age, who was away from home. The way the fire originated is not {glow% and it was not discovered till about 9 o'cictcl; tho f o i„ lowing morning. One horse and a large quantity o f grain was consumed ;in short, nothing was left sou about the barn unconsumed. The sufferers wertt f. om 19 years of age downwards. So f q 0 , 4 1 4 b t 0 , n o observed, whiche , the ysl bones cp t w , were whichin thele leads d s: ll l:4 4 V , ll 2 t e il l - i e e f p t o l t they were smothered in their beds 4 the smoke beferei the flames had reached them, One only had genc.to a different part of the house, Awful as was the agent of their death, it was probably attended with but little suffering. The unhappy paren:s, we are told, were at first (and very properly too), only informed of the destruction of their property. The father returned en Saturday, but the mother remained at her father's until the'next morning, still ignorant of the extent ,of her loss. When she arrived, she surveyed for a mo :nent the smoking ruins, and then asked for her chil .lren. Let the reac'er imagine, if he can, the effect of this shocking disclosure. On Sunday the bones of the children were collected, deposited in a coffin and .mried, in presence of a large concourse of sympatiliz ,ng friends and neighbours. An impressive disceurse ~.as delivered at the grave by the Rev. Mr. (.4r, rugh."—Ameriean Paper. I