The Sun. — London, England, 1842-04-15 00:00:00

rm.. o ber tb utions la ke tb supP° l6 late 001 fining' ' l ° l tst deed iclies.) kbers QD time 66 to .11e6t , 0 1 uirAt'r ll rh,s t r ' j d I _ ( 1, tit it if b e A VOLld be t o what Deo to thi; Ik o pt terest s 0 0 but 11 '.,401 oh ss oother POl if the _ Ad i low t a, ! tbe ituj nIcl f"1 1 0. . 0 0 11 1 th e ;PO °A,„l ° the 3 bo o iff s 0 1 , 1 ftirth` P b )fe I l e o iv o• coo e 5,0 unleis 4 tb: 'int ° 1? , a duties o reo L er .._ of e le g e , oo ° 0 pa 0, 44 ti 9 e . DP ° b 11 iC e CV 3 ("4 re._d 11 ot: stls" 1 4‘ ' suf 9 o,. • 001 had been imprisoned for a space of thirty-two 'weeks on a similar charge, and had been sentenced to a • line of only one shilling. Sir JAMES GRAYAM said he was not disposed on • the whole to resist the motion. But ho would remind th c nottfe that the crime to which the motion related ' a l ono which might in many cases be of the greatest ~l'"aP;nitude. He did not wish to di s p arage th e o ffi ce o f V ' broner; but he thought it would not be an advantage if, they had the power of acting on a first impression in = eases of manslaughter, which impression might be erro ile°lls. At the same time he did not think he should have done his duty if he had not called the attention of the House to the subject. WAKLEY wished the Right Hon. Gentleman to kilderstand that this was not a power that Coroners t hetnselves were anxious to possess, as it would rather !* an inconvenience to them than otherwise. It might, ' l ,„°wever, be of some advantage to the public, if they had 'sa'e poWer to commit in cases of manslaughter in the Z. ) ./ne manner as Magistrates. Coroners had the power 'orderly, but by a law passed in 1824 the power was i nadvertently lost. • Leave was given to bring in the Bill. • GILBERT' UNIONS. i,. Captain PECHELL said, from the determined silence tor the Government, not only with respect to the Poor -140-, but the Gilbert Unions, h e mus t move f or certa i n ~ t ocuuients, that whenever the measure came h e f ore Par liament, he should be enabled to show the Government that the uniformity of practice said to exist in the Poor-law tnions,' was not carried ont. He thought that the Government ought to show them some inducement fur throwing themselves into the arms of the Poor-law Conunissioners. He proved, ftom a case of ill-treatment °fa pauper named Smith, who h a d b een b roug h t to t h e • last stage of ill-health by being kept to bone-breaking in the bone-house of a Poor-law• Union in Suffolk, that the treatment of the poor was harsh. The immediate matter of complaint was that Mr. Brooker made observations on the case, and charged those who worked the Poor-law of being guilty of moral and constructive murder. An 4 ortourable Member had said, in answer, that the charge of Mr. Brooker was a libel, but that Gentleman in structed him (Captain Pechell) to say that he was ready to meet the charge that was made against him. He state that the charge of a " gross libel" made against jut was uncalled for, and that , he would stake his character for respectability upon the fact. The honourable Member who said the pamphlet was a gross libel, was not in the House, and he would tot enter upon the statement he made, but he believed the agricultural laborers would not again draw him to the hustings. He (Mr. Brooker) stated that he would again renew thr., charge of moral and constructive mur der, and tivat he would be ready to meet the charge Made age:inst him. He begged to be understood he did not trAke those statements on his own 't.thority ; but he ',toped an inquiry would be instituted. fie,.w . ished to ..:no w when it was probable the Right Hon. Baronet would introduce the Poor-law Bill, because it was de sirable the country should know, and also that Hon. Gentlemen might have an opportunity of recording their • votes agreeably to the promises they made their con stituents. The Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving "" A. Return of the Poor-law Unions, distinguishing those in which there were no orders of the Commis ' skaters prohibiting out-door relief." Mr. CURTEIS said that he had a conversation with the Chairman of the Board of G uar di ans o f t h e East ' , oeurne Union, who requested him, on behalf of the Board and himself, to state that they desired an inquiry. lie begged to be understood that he did not pronounce ,any opinion on the pamphlet of M r . B roo k er , as h e tad not read it. The motion having been put, Sir J. GRAHAM said he did not wish to offer 'any 'oPposition to the motion of the Hon. and Gallant Officer, and though at present he could not name any time for the inquiry, he could assure the Hon. and Gallant Officer that there should be no delay. He begged to dove, as an addition to the motion, for " a similar re turn of unions in which such orders have been issued by the Commissioners." After a few words from Capt. PECHELL, the return, With the addition, was ordered to be made. CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. Mr. ALEXANDER CAMPBELL said, as he under stood that the motion which he was about to make would het be opposed, he would not trespass on the patience of th e House until the second reading. He would content himself with moving for leave to bring in a Bill to re palate the exercise of Church Patronage in Scotland. ' 4 ' 4,, S ir JAMES GRAHAM said he could not allow ,01' Bill of so much imp or t ance t o b e i n t ro d uce d W i n silence. He wished to gu ar d h er M a j es ty' s Go er,Vernment, in giving their consent to the introduction of r\l„ the Bill, against the supposition that they were prepared to legislate on that important subject.. Considering the intention which the lion. Member had given to the sub -1 • ject, they could not refuse their consent to the introduc tion of the Bill. Sir A. LEITH HAY said it was a matter of great importance that legislation should take place as speedily as possible ; and he trusted that the House would give their best attention to the subject. Mr. PLUMI'TRE said, having some acquaintance ‘Nith the Bill, he was enabled to state that, in his opi- Pion, it was calculated to settle the differences which existed in reference to the, disputed question of Church Patronage. Leave, was given to bring in the Bill. COLONIAL PASSENGERS! BILL. Lord STANLEY moved that the House go inteCom ittec en this Bill, and hoped the Hon. Member for Lambeth would permit the clause respecting the intro luetiOn of Hill coolies for the Mauritius. to go through, Pro forma, and he could object to it as effectually on the bringing up of Eke Report. Mr. HAWES assented. Clauses to 5; inclusive, were agreed to. Clauses 6 to 13, inclusive, were agreed to. The other clause 'of the Bill were then agreed to, and the Ifettse 'resumed. AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BILL. On the Order of the Day for the second reading of This Bill being read, Mr. W. S. O'BRIEN made .a few remarks on the subject. It appeared, from the Hon. Gentleman's n ervations, that some apprehensimis had been expressed b ,Y an Australian Company in the City, that the regula ii t 'ns of the Bill would diminish the land fund, and have ,o effect of preventing capitalists from embarking their ..apital in undertakings of emigration, and that some re 114Iations were required with respect to the Catholic • er w Igrante, who formed a large portion of the whole body ` 4l lgrating. Lord STANLEY, in reply, gave some details of the Pantity of . land in the Cape colony, showing, from the t nitoense quantity of waste land—destitute of water and ,sotally unfit for cultivation, and the low price. won above or Is. an acre that it would fetch—that it ld be o l nPossible to apply the same system of emigration to the ', 4 l ) e as was pursued with regard to Australia. He could rlti'e no encouragement to those great projects which he d heard of, of 'raising two or three millions as a l ard -fund, and thus absorbing the amount that l jlight be employed during two or three years (' be applied to the purpose of pouring into the colony a str eam of emigration. As to the Catholic emi gnats, he repudiated any intention of drawing any d istinction between them and those of other creeds. Fie thought the Governor of New Zealand had e xercised a sound discretion in endeavouring to consoli date the elements of emigration in the northern island, that they should be scattered over the other Islands. The Government intended to bring in a Bill for regulating the civil adtninistration of South Aus tralia, and he trusted that Gentlemen would not think it n ecessary to put questiuns on those particular items that Were under consideration. • • The Bill was then read a second time. ."-;.X.CISE DUTIES (COMPOUNDS AND WASTED MALT) BILL. On the motion of Sir G. CLERK, this Bill passed t hrough Committee.—Report to-morrow (this day). The House then adjourned, at Ten o'Clock. COPPER ORES, &c. A deputation of the Members for Cornwall and several of the l eading Representatives of the mining interests, was received tsterday by Sir Robert Peel, Lord Ripon, and Mr. Gladstone. we have reason to believe, that the result of this interview was !%fretnely satisfactory. The Cornish g entlemen expressed their l otention of not contending for such a scale of duties on foreign tl res as may exclude them from the market; and the Govern !lent has shown its anxiety to meet the reasonable wishes of the !wing proprietors and population. The duty on copper ores,. ✓ho w as or i g i na lly s t a t e d t o b e Si. per 100 on the value of 1 ° ores, is now proposed to be 51. per 100 on the value of the Leta' to be extracted from ores containing more than 14 parts yr (topper ; and 21. 10s. per cent. on the value of the metal in "oc parts eontaining less than 14 par of copper. The Deputation „ l ' L'ged the propriety of making the duty Si. per ton on the metal, 'truing (as is the fact) that the average pi ice of copper in Eng. al4clis about 100/. the ton. It appears, however, that there l a a Considerable departure from the original plan, and no slight s'oger of fraud from the proposal toadmit the poorer ores at a duty tf 21. 10s. ixstead of 51. For such an enactment would pro bably make it. the interest of the foreign miner to send his ores Pregland in a poorer state, either by mixing the rich ores ci qd the poor ones together till they should come in at the low .. 4 tY, or by stopping the process of dressing the ores at an 'Flier stage, by which means the cost of dressing would be kotinished, and the additional freight would be compensated 7 the reduced duty. Thus, in point of fact, the importation At copper ores to be smelted in England would take place 2 1 the low duty, oral the revenue would receive only 10 5. per ton of metal, instead of Si. Ores con jing 14 parts of copper are rich ores ; those of Cuba vary 11 .,t 12 t 025, but the average of the ores of Cornwall is only a lnt. Hence it is clear that the higher duty would never be ' 4 4, the revenue. would be less benefited, and a quantity of totter ores would probably be brought into the market so sod . my and abundantly as to affect the prices to a considerable =tent. We hope, therefore, that the final decision of the 0 4rd o f T ra d e w ill fi x t h e d uty on copper ores a t a un if orm .. : t c of 5/, per ton of the metal. The interests ofthe tin mines 11 1 , 1 1 the i manganese trade, and the drawback on timber for the ti" of mines, were also satisfactorily discussed by the Deputa o I L --Mornng Paper. A, to- • „, , f ~vr , t T. `” V it :It, ok"' '544 n association of Russian noblemen and merchants f; ab out - (says the Constitutionnel) to open a line of railroad '° ll l the centre of the kingdom to Nicolaeff, with a branch had V i e B t to Odessa. This line is afterwards to be united to the I t 4 3,, 5 ; Petersburgh and Moscow Railroad, to which alone it is "'ll Is me lrior in i m p or t ance , an d, w h en com pl e t e d, w ill b r i ng St. ' e 'ershurgh n six days' journey of Con.taninople. In a ' poin h t of view, this undertaking will make St. .V 1 c e ' t e n rsburgh and Odessa the two great entrepots of the empire, \1 1 ,`:1 1 7 ,P, , in less than eight days, the merchandise of the Baltic *.11,, - ..." ‘ _ 0 0 transorted to the Black Sea. It is calculated that the si l ;" will be completed in four years ; or, if the Government 1 I t i e *I decid e 0 .- 1 em ployi n g t ro ops, in a shorter p er iod. Prince , N . 1-l eraidoff, so well known for his extensive scientific and ‘ 11, -4 Uracturi ng establishments, and for his " Journey of Scienti l!,.; Re search in Southern Russia,'",will, it is reported, have the ,sec t ion of the operations. ,li t i n -11 ty millions of litres (rather more than 63 mil .: 1•,, t , b: of English quarts) of beer, says a Belgian journal, were e ; ti, - nrsed n Brussels last year, making an average consump. Is,"r about four litres per day for each beer-drinker. It 4 tt.,7111, 4 1 : (1 . appear floln ;Lis statement that tee-totai;sm is not favour at Brandi. PEEL AND THE LANDLORDS. The following letter of Sir Charles Wolseley, written some six years ago will be read with in terest at the present crisis. It was addressed to the nobility and gentry forming the Agricultural As sociation : I • My Lords and Gentlemen,—As a man engaged in 1 the same pursuits, and bound by the same interests as yourselves, and of experience equal to almost any of you, I have a right to address you, which. makes any excuse unnecessary. From the nature and terms of your Association, and from the published senti ments of many respectable men of your body, I am led to believe that you will reap nothing more for your labour than the pains thereof. An institu tion for the attainment of practical good, must not only have cohesion but unity of purpose, single ness of action, and direct and tangible means for following that purpose out to its conclusion. The fable of the bundle of sticks has a point which is all very well in its way. But if you get no fur ther than the imitation of sticks in a bundle, I fear that a waggish and mischievous generation like the present will be apt to say that you are indeed a pack of sticks, in no way formidable to any other portion of the. community. I observe the most strange dis cordance in your views, even now, in the days of your noviciate, and long before that trying. season when you will be front to front with the crafty enemy, namely, the monied, mercantile, and manufacturing interests. In their forces you will find no resem blance to your own condition and conduct. Full of envy and rivalry as they are, one with another, you will be astonished, and, I fear, confounded by their firmness, union, and adroitness in the hour of trial. Already, while you are criticising one another's sentiments with an acrimony which makes 'Change Alley shake with laughter at your expense; their organs in town and country are giving tongue, in most harmonious yelping, to raise the people against you. I know that none of us are wiser than our need. But I cannot help wondering at you when I read of an organisation which, by its protestations, with re gard to debt, taxes, and currency, has nearly bound itself to complete inaction before a blow is struck. Can it be possible that men with reasoning heads upon their shoulders, complaining to the world of the unjust depreciation f their property, and the ruin of their tenantry, have published the alleged causes of their sufferings, with an undertaking that they will not in any way provoke or allow discussion upon them, although the catalogue comprises the only con ceivable causes that any one can point out ? Yes, unhappily, it is possible, and it is fact. You give the world to understand that your Association has nothing " political" in its object, and many of your members join the cry of " mad dog," when any allusion is made to the state of the currency and the taxes, as connected with prices and rents, as rabidly as any of the cronies of Sir R. Peel. If you shut out what is "political" (meaning, ac cording to Johnson, that which concerns the commu nity at large),—if you shut out the consideration of a debt contracted and taxes laid on to pay the inte rest of that debt in money, 90s. of which were required to buy a quarter of wheat for ten years together, and the payment of which is now enforced with wheat at ss. the bushel,—if you shut out the fact that in the former period the Government forced upon the country a vitiated paper currency, and then, when the whole burden of state profligacy was weighing upon the shoulders of the productive classes, the Govern ment passed laws to prohibit the circulation of paper money on any terms,—if, I say, you resolve upon the exclusion of these things from your deliberations, because, forsooth, they are " political," what, I ask you, have you left to waste your breath and ink upon ? Suffer me, with a firm but friendly hand, to re move the veil which disguises, without giving any interest, to the beauty of your designs. In disavow ing anything " political, you unwittingly prove yourselves to be rather too politic. Confess, now, without blushing, is not this course suggested in order to shun the politics of the Liberal or Movement party ? Yes, yes ; you own the soft impeachment. You cannot do much longer with rents, dwindling or in abeyance, with lands racked out, fences fallen down, and drains choked up ; but neither can you go on, as you believe, without Sir Robert Peel and his " Conservative principles of government." Ah Sirs, you will find, before long, who has the best of Conservatism—you, in the incomes of landed estates, or he in the receipt of a princely revenue from the funds, those funds being replenished by taxes squeezed, in the main, out of the pro duce of your lands, that produce being reduced, by an Act which bears his own name, to the minimum of value. Why should any of us wish to hide the fact ? A great, a ruinous blunder has been com mitted. You were tempted by the syrens of the money market. You were warned with more than the persuasiveness of Ulysses, by Mr. Cobbett, of the danger of listening to them. You passed the cash payment Act, - and doomed all bonded debtors, public or private, to pay treble value to their creditors in future. This, with respect to the debt called national, is a deliberate confiscation, without the receipt of any equivalent by the nation of two-thirds of the products of all the national industry for ever. This, however, does not describe the actual nature and amount of the Peel and Ricardo scheme of plunder. Under the stimulus of this harassing goad, the industry of the country multiplies products in a ratio out of all pro portion to the money in circulation. The cheapness of products caused by their multiplication would of itself be a general blessing. But under the action of the debt, aided by the increasing disproportion of money and commodities, that cheapness has no other effect than pampering the public annuitants with fresh spoils torn from the sinking ranks of industry. One illustration may be useful. I know of an estate which had a mortgage on it for 4,3001. The interest, 5 per cent., had been paid for years with about 360 bushels of wheat. At the present prices it would require at least 800 bushels. Is it better with manufacturers ? By no means. Mr. Fielden has proved before Parliament, that, reckoning the payment of interest by the prices of the cotton manufacture through the whole of the periods before alluded to, the fundholders have received back both principal and interest, and are now indebted to the pub lic for an overplus. What has been the fate of the Ba ronet himself all this while ? His fortune in the funds stands at its nominal amount, while yours is dropping into annihilation. He is at the point of summer heat, and you are fallingbelow zero. The lower you go, the higher he stands ; the more he gains. But I suppose yon will find it necessary to " grin and abide it." He is your own. He is your serpent of the wilderness. But he gazes on you without healing you. There is only one way to safety. You must go back by the road you came. You must return to the point at which you departed from justice and fair dealing with the masses who have to pay the taxes. Whatever else is suggested is froth or smoke. lam no paper-currency man. I am no currency doctor. I will not be hunted by the clamour of Whigs and stock-jobbers. I know that this country is pay ing three times the value due to the fund holders. I know that this has been effected by a gross violation of public faith, and can only be re medial by. an honest adjustment of the contract, ac cording to the terms upon which the money was bor rowed. Liberavi animum. I have done my duty. I wish you better times, or rather, I wish you the reso lution, as you have the power among you, to make the times better.—l am, my Lords and Gentlemen, your obedient servant and fellow-sufferer, CHARLES IV OL SELEY. P.S. Mine will be a lady's postscript : it will con tain the whole mystery of the subject. Consider it well. It was written more than a hundred years ago. Observe what wisdom, what prophetic sagacity . , breathes through it ! Where would you be now, if, instead of mortgaging the soil and the people to the fundholders, to carry on crusades against the liberties of mankind, you had acted the part of " natural guardians," as you style yourselves, and firmly held to this advice, given by the great Locke ? " This, by the way, if well-considered, might let us see that taxes, however contrived, and out of whose hand soever immediately taken, do, in a country where their great fund is in land, for the most part terminate in land. Whatsoever the people are chiefly maintained by, that the Govern ment supports itself on. Nay, perhaps it will he found, that those taxes which seem least to affect the land will most surely of all others fall on the rents. This would deserVe to be well considered in the raising of taxes, but the neglect of it brings upon the country gentleman an evil which he will be sure quickly to feel, but not be able very quickly to remedy; for rents once fallen are not easily raised again. A tax laid upon land seems hard to the landholder, because it is so much money going visibly out of his pocket ; and therefore as an ease to himself, the landholder is always forward to lay it on commodities. But if the rich man thoroughly consider it, and examine the effects, he will find he buys this seeming ease at a very dear rate ; and though he pays not this tax im mediately out of his own purse, yet his purse will find it by a greater want of money there at the end of the year than that comes to, with the lessening of his rents to boot; which is a settled and lasting evil, that will stick upon him beyond the present payment." SOUTIIAMPTON, APRIL 13.—The Peninsular Com pany's iron steamer Cairo, Captain Moody, left Southampton Water last evening for Egypt, to run on the River Nile. The South of England Steam Packet Company's steamer Monarch, Captain Forder, commenced her summer voyages to Havre last night, with the Earl of Leven and his family, ant a large number of passengers on board. The same Com pany's steamer, the Atalanta, Captain Babot, commenced running also between this port and the Channel Islands and St. Malo. The Oriental it is expected will be detained a con siderable time in quarantine at the Mother-bank, in conse quence of the virulence of the plague at Alexandria when she left that port. The Commander of the West India steamer Medina has received strict orders to leave Southampton for Fal mouth on Friday next, at 12 o'clock at noon. A letter from Rome, in the Leipzic Gazette, a report that Dc .n Migue' intends to dust the capita' account of his not being treated with sufficient consideration by be Cardinals. THE DISASTERS IN AFFGHAN -ISTAN. The Dublin Evening .Mail of Monday contains the following interesting communication from the scene of war, written by an officer high in the confidence of the late Sir W. M'Naghten, who was with him at the inter view with Akhbar Khan, and was an eye-witness of all the scenes which he describes : " I take the first leisure moment to give you a few lines, which will, I trust, some day or other, reach you, and convey the assurance of my being up to the present date well, and, I trust, safe from personal danger. What we have gone through since my last to you can only be related, should we ever meet, which the merciful God, who has hitherto protected me, and in whom I trust, will, I doubt not, if he sees fit, enable me to do so. " On the 2d of November the insurrection broke out in the city. I was sent by the Envoy to the Kin g in the Bala Hisser, and narrowly escaped with my life, having to run the gauntlet of a heavy fire and the at tempts of swordsmen. The result "of my mission was, that Shelton, with nearly two regiments, and Nicholl's troops, took possession of the Bala Hissar. I returned to Sir W. M'Naghten in the cantonments. The day following the commissariat fort, in which all our provi sions were, was taken by the enemy, through the UMW• countable conduct of th e m ilit ar y au th or iti es . This, as you may suppose, completely paralysed us in canton ments ; we had but two days' tatta. Now became evi dent the madness of keeping our supplies out of can tonments, as also the folly of having made them co large as to require the whole of the troops to protect them. On the 2d Sir A. Burnes, brother, and Brad foot were killed—his house plundered and burnt — Johnson's treasury plundered and burnt—he had luckily slept in cantonments. Anquetil and Troup were out riding, and so escaped. Mackenzie, in his fort, which was also a commissariat depot, most gallantly defended it for three days with a handful of men, till all his ammunition was expended, when he brought off his party into cantonments at night. Trevor remained with his wife and children for two days, protected by the Huzerbash, who escorted them all safely to us. Skinner and Drummond were concealed by friends in the city. The successes en both sides were various. We took two forts which were close by, and in which we got some grain. These were taken at the earnest entreaty of the poor Envoy, for our unfortunate general was quite unfit, from sickness and age, to do anything ; and 1 grieve to say his staff proved utterly incompetent to meet such a crisis, they being entirely for defensive measures, whereas our only hopes of safety were in the most vigour ous offensive ones. The Envoy is dead, so I may with safety, .and free from the supposition of interested motives, say that he was the life and soul of us ; that whatever was done of good was done by him ; and that, ,from his death, cruelly and barbarously murdered as he was, by the Ghuznees, we may date the commencement of our misfortunes. Many officers were killed at different times. was sent for, and one regiment withdrawn from the Bala Hissar. The arrival of the troops, however, was not attended with the success we anticipated. Though brave as a lion, the Commander had from the commencement despaired of success, and thought of nothing but defeat at all risks. This was peculiarly unfortunate, as all his councils were imbues with the unhealthy hue which had taken possession of his mind. To make a long story short, we were once more reduced to six days' supplies. Up to this we had contrived, through promises and bribes, to get enough for the men, but little or nothing for the horses. I had, and so had others, suggested our re tiring into the Bala Hissar, which Oniony, who was with the King, strongly advocated, and to which the poor En voy was willing, till told by the General it was quite ins impossible, as he dreaded a panic amongthe troops. The 44th had disgracefully abandoned, so had the 37th. with out firing a shot, a fort close by ; and in an action on a hill, which Shelton fought well at first, but in which he kept the troops under a galling fire for several hours, they at length broke, and foot and horse ran into can tonments, pressed by the enemy, who were only kept from annihilating them by Osman Khan withdrawing the soldiers of his tribe under some pretence. He was then in treaty with the Envoy about the —. The re maining regiment, the 54th, was withdrawn &OM the Bala Hissar, and the King left to his own resources. For days all the military authorities had pressed on the Envoy the absolute necessity of entering into terms Aith the enemy, based on the evacuation of the 7Fountry by our troops. As long as it was pos sible for man, the Envoy resisted, but hearing that the troops lie had written for from Candahar had re turned to that city, and that there was no hope of getting Sale's bfigade back from Jellalabad, or any aid from Peshawur, he most reluctantly complied, and two deputies with myself and Trevor were directed to open communications outside cantonments. A few days after, the Envoy, myself and Trevor, met all the chiefs on the same spot, when he produced a Persian paper contain nineteen or twenty articles fur a treaty, which he read, and which were all approved. Mahomed Akhbar Khan seemed to be the chief spokesman. Well, other meetings took place, and some of the chiefs called on the Envoy to settle matters. "On the 22d of December I dined out. Skinner came into cantonments at night, with a cousin of Akhbar, the bearer, it seems, of certain propositions from Akhbar, which I only heard of the following morning, and shortly before Sir William told me to be ready with Trevor and Mackenzie, to accompany him to Mahomed Akhbar's. We went, and had hardly been seated five minutes, when, at a signal, we were all seized ; self, Mackenzie,, and Trevor, hurried to horse, and mounted behind Affghan ; the last, we afterwards heard, fell off, and was cut to pieces by the Ghazees, as was also the poor En voy, who, it seems, resisted mounting a horse. Mackenzie and I were wonderfully preserved, though the whole host of Ghazees cut at us as we rode by them ; being on the same horse with two chiefs, they were afraid to fire on us. We were put into a house in the Yaghee fort, where we wore kept till midnight, when we were taken through the city to Akhbar, first having our watches, &c., taken from us. At Akhbar's we met Skinner, and heard for the first time of the Envoy's and Trevor's death, as up to that we had been told that both were well. I remained there till the morning of the 26th, when I was sent for by Naib Ameer Oollah, one of the chief rebels, and he told me that the General had required me in the cantonment to settle the Envoy's papers,and that he re quired the to tzke some Hindoo Shroff in, to negotiate some lloondee, &c. Well, I remained till the 260, when I was sent under a strong escort, much against the wishes of some of the chiefs, to cantonments. The Naib was most kind and attentive to me during my stay with him. On the 6th we marched from cantonments with a foot of snow on the ground. I was after the advanced guard, with the escort, in charge of the ladies. We reached Bagramee unmolested ; but our rear-guard was attacked, and Hardyman, of the sth cavalry, and some men killed. The next morning we made towards Bood hall, our rear-guard attacked the :whole way, and our three mountain guns carried off. It now became clear that we should have to fight olir way on. The fol lowing morning, the 7th, we found the camp nearly surrounded. Skinner had gone in the even ing to Mahommed Akhbar, who was on a hill close to us, and who told us it was all our own faults for leaving cantonments before the troops appointed to escort us were ready, and that the chiefs had not, save himself, power to prevent his being attacked ; that he was willing still to do this on our giving up six hostages that we should not move beyond Tezeen till Sale's brigade had left Jellalabad. Pottinger, who was still lame from his wounds, said he would go for one instead of me, who had been particularly required by Akhbar—so he went. On his arrival he was told that I must go also, and, with Mackenzie, he would be satisfied —so we went, and the troops marched for the Khoord Caubul pass ; but, notwithstanding all the Sirdar's en deavours, he could not restrain the Ghazees, who at tacked the column at all points. We followed in a few hours after, and the scene of slaughter was fearful. One gun was left. Mrs. Anderson and Mrs. Boyd had each a child carried off. Mrs. Mannering was nearly so, but was saved. Mrs. Boyd's child, a European woman, and a wounded soldier, were all brought back by Ma hemmed Akhbar. " The next day the Sirdar said, after lamenting his inability to restrain his people, that the only safety for the ladies would be in their putting themselves under his charge. This they did. So Captain and Mrs. An derson and child, Boyd, Eyre, Waller, Mrs. Trevor, Ladies Sale and M‘Nagliten, Mrs. Sturt (he had been shot), Mr. and Mrs. Ryley, Mrs. Mainwaring, Serjeant and Mrs. Wade, and Troup, wounded, joined our party, and were receieed with every attention by the Sirdar. We halted a day or two, and then proceeded towards Jugdul luk, the whole road being crowded with our dead and dying of tke army. More seem to have fallen from the cold and then been cut to pieces than from the fire of the enemy. At Jugdulluk we learned that the troops had en deavoured to make a stand in an old ruined fort; that after doing so till only 30 rounds of ammunition remained per man, they tried to negotiate with the Ghilzies. Ma• hommed Akhbar assisted them, and asked for General Elphinstone, Shelton, and Johnson to be sent to him. This was done towards the evening of the next day. The troops, from want of water and the loss of their two chiefs, got impatient, and at night made a rush on the road to Jellalabad. The only accounts, we have since learned are, that only one man, an officer, lived to reach Jellalabad—dreadful to relate. The irregular horse had gone over to the enemy in a body, and moat of the sepoys had thrown away their arms. The Sirdar brought us here with Elphinstone, Shelton, &c., where I fancy we shall remain till Dost Mahommed is sent back, or some other arrangement made. In the meantime he does everything in his power to make us comfortable, and we feel perfectly at our ease. I know not what steps Government will take, but in my opinion they have only two before them, either to send back Dust Mahommed quickly, or send an overwhelming force to crush the country ; the latter would most probably co:n promise us, and the sick and hostages at Caubul, but that would be a very secondary consideration. In the former case they would make up their minds, I fancy, lo retain the country. From all I hear, there is no man who could so well or so quickly settle the: country as Dost Ma hommed, should peace be their object ; bu these are subjects for higher powers than we have here. Sale and Macgregor will not give up Jellalabad. " Lughnal, January, 1842. "I omitted to say that, on the 3d, the post at Churbs was attacked—Codrington, Salisbury, and Rattray killed ; they held out till they had been without water four , days—that the regiment became quite disorganised — that only Pottinger and Houghton got into Caubul." INDIA. The remainder of the Overland Mail from India has been received, and a mass of private letters have of course been received, some of which throw a little more light on the events in Aflghanistan, so far as the writers may be credited and have means of information, than what pre viously has transpired. According to one letter, from a quarter entitled to consideration, it would seem that Akhbar Khan has been greatly misrepresented in the general run of accounts. Treachery, and the violation of the most sacred of international obliwations, have been freely imputed to him, on account the murder of , Sir W. M`Naghten, the British Envoy in Caubul, on occasion of the meeting under the guarantee of an agree ' merit agreed upon between him and Akhbar Khan for considering the terms of a convention. According to the accounts in the Indian papers, ac cepted as authentic, Akhbar Khan is represented as having given the signal for the murder or seizure of the Envoy and his suite, which on resistance led to their murder. But the letter alluded to, from a respectable source, gives quite a different account of the transaction. It is said, that whilst the discussions for a treaty were going on between the Envoy and Akhbar Khan, at le appointed rendezvous, the latter observing that people were gradually accumulating upon the place, until at length crowds of Ghazees, or re ligious fanatics were congregating there, advisA the Envoy of his danger, and frankly stated his own inability to ensure their safety against fanatics over whom he had no control. He is said to have urged Sir William and his attendants to retire through the house, in front of which the conference was held, and mount their horses at the back, where they were to make their escape. The Envoy unfortunately re sisted all his solicitations, and stood upon the sa credness of his character as an Envoy. Iu the mean time zees , liste n i ng t o th e exc iting l a n guage passing Akhbar Khan and thb Envoy, became a t g he bet Gwlren enraged like zealots and barbarians past endurance. Upon a signal given among them, Sir W. M'Naghten was shot, and one of his officers, upon which Akhbar Khan insisted with the other two . that they should retreat through the house to the back part, where accordingly they mounted their horses, and, under an escort from him, safely reached the camp. Ad mitting this account to be true, and coupling it with the kindly treatment afforded to the ladies made captives with their husbands and General El phinstone, by which the fact of such freedom from the intention of treachery on the part of Akhbar Khan would seem confirmed, it must result that the accounts before received are not only extremely incorrect, but grossly unjust to Akhbar Khan. For it appears more over that he had so little of the reality of power, how ever he might be invested with the appearance of it tem porarily, that after the destruction of our Caubul army, he was left by the co-operating chiefs of tribes without a shadow of en army or power, whilst Shah Soojah, our very costly ally, still remained with the dignity, if not the' authority, of an absolute soverein. THE FRENCH POET-OFFICE AND GAL I GNANI'S :NE WS PAPE R. We give the following paragraph from Galignani's Messenger of Tuesday, as a specimen of the ill-treat ment which everything in the shape of an English jour nal experiences at the hands of the French Post office : " We have once more to call the attention of the superior authority to the unaccommodating conduct of an under director at the Post-office, by whom a portion of our yesterday's journals, which arrived five minutes after the stipulated time, was refused, thus depriving part of our subscribers of their journals, containing one of the 'nest important debates of the present Session of Parliament. Were there any reason for this extreme rigidity as to a few minutes more or less, it would be excusable ; but there is none ! the mails not being despatched from the Post-office until six o'clock, three hours after the time they insist upon the newspapers being taken to the office. What a contrast does this conduct present with the prompt and business-like activity which reigns at the same establishment ifn Lon don, where the journals are received until within one hour of their being despatched. The difference is, that in England the object of the Post-office and its employes is the service and accommodation of the public, while, in Paris, that establishment, in the opinion at least of the sous-directeur, M. Mollard, seems to be kept up, not for the public service, but merely to supply i t s h ea d s w ith comfortable .berths and salaries at the least possible amount of trouble. In a word, these gentlemen take upon themselves to be the masters, instead of servants, of the public ; and it is high time that this conduct, which has notoriously given rise to complaints from so Many quarters, should be seriously looked into by their superiors, It is stated. the utmost anarchy prevails throughout the establishment ; however this may be, it is extremely hard that the inconveniences of such an im proper state of things should fall upon journalists who, as in our case, after making every possible effort to supply their readers with the fullest and latest intelli gence, find all their exertions defeated by a system of petty despotism like that we have described." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. (Continuation of Wednesday's Races.) Availing ourselves of an opportunity of forwarding our despatch by a private conveyance, we closed it after the Column Stakes, leaving the 100 Sews. Stakes, and the dead heat of the Plate, undecided. Of these we now add the results, with some additional particulars : Sweepstakes of 100 sous. each, h ft, for fillies, Bst 71b each. R.M. (3 Subs.) Lord Chesterfield's Dil-bar, by Touchstone ( Scott) 1 Mr. Thornhill's Equation Duke of Rutland's f, by Binrre—Flambeau's dam Betting-5 to 4 ast Equation, and 5 to 2 agst Dil-bar. The Duke of Rutland 's filly cut out the work until half-way down the hill, and was then passed by Equation, who went on with it half way up the cords, where, in her turn, she was headed by Dil•bar,and beaten in a canter by two lengths. PLATE. —Patchwork made the running, followed by the Wiseacre colt, behind whom were Eringo and Garry Owen. Patchwork resigned at the dip, and Garry went on with the lead, Eringo waiting on him. A few yards from the chair Robinson rushed in, and, in the last stride, made it a dead heat; Patchwerk third, and Wiseacre colt fourth. In the deciding heat Eringo made all the running, and won in a can ter. 5t04 on Garry Owen. COLUMN STAKES.—It was not declared, until within ten of fifteen minutes of starting, that Chatham would not run, the odds having previously been even on him, and 3 to I agst Fly trap. The declaration advanced Flytrap to sto 4, and in some cases even betting, greatly to the mortification of those who had laid the 3to I, the bets about Chatham being off. The Clearwell filly made play at starting, followed by Flytrap, the others lying well up ; at the new ground Flytrap took the lead from the filly, and, with the Acacia colt and the Souvenir filly in close waiting, tarried on the running at a steady pace, the -Souvenir filly pulling hard, and looking more like a winner than anything elt , e in the race. In the bottom Archy tried for the front, but failed, and the race was left to the three leading horses, who contested it so gallantly to the end, that Flytrap barely pulled through by a head, and the other two made a dead heat for second: Arch y was f ourt h, an d L or d Chester field's filly fifth. The Column Stakes materially improved the day's sport, which otherwise would have been meagre and unimportant. A glance at the results of the three days will show that the Derby and Oaks nags, which have hitherto appeared, have made no impression whatever on the betting for either of those events. BETTING AFTER THE RACE'. Sweepstakes on Thursday —Chatham was backed heavily at 2 to 1, 7 to 4, and 6 to 4, p p. ; and 1,000 to 10 and 1,000 to 15 taken that he wins it and the Derby. THURSDAY. — Sweepstakes of 100 sous. each, h ft, for foals of 1839 ; colts Sst 71b, fillies Bst 41h. D. M. (15 Subs.) Duke of Grafton's Canadian, by Jerry Mr. Gregory's Barrier, brother ti Bulwark Mr. Pettit's Espartero, by Emelius 3 Colonel Peel's Chatham, by the Colonel ,Jr. Goodman's Rover, by Muley Moloch Bet ting---6 to 4 agst Chatham ; 5 to 2 agst Barrier ; 4 to 1 agst Canadian, and ti to 1 agst Espartero. There was one false start, in which Chatham fell, rolled over Nat, and broke his collar bone ; unaware of the extent of his injury, Nat re-mounted, and rode him in the actual race. Bar rier made his running at a ste a d y pace , f o ll owe d b y C anad i an and Chatham to the T. Y. C. post, where the latter was beaten, and Espartero took the third place. Canadian challenged at the ropes, and after a tolerable race, won cleverly by a length ; Esparter• was a bad third, and Chatham beaten off. Rorer gave in before he had run half the distance. The batting was heavy. Offers to take 15 to 1 about Cana dian fur the Derby. Sweepstakes of 200 BOWL each, h ft, for colts, Bst 71b; arid fillies, Bst 41b ; then three yr s -old. D. M. (7 S u b s . ) Col. Peel's Archy, by Camel (Chapple) 1 Duke of Beaufort's cby Camel, out of Miss Craven' s dam 2 Lord G. Bentinck's Flytrap Lord Eketer's Albion Lord Chesterfield's Johnny Faa Betting-5 to 4 agst Flytrap, 3to 1 agst Johnny Faa, 3to 1 agst Duke of Beaufort's colt, and 5 to 1 agst Archy. The Duke's colt made all the running, followed by Flytrap and Archy to the ropes, where Archy passed Flytrap, caught the roan halfway up, and won cleverly by a length; Flytrap a good third. Subscription Plate of 501. for three-yr-olds, 6st 121 b ; four-yrs, B.t 71b ; five-yrs, 9st ; six-yrs, and aged, 9st 31b. D.M. The winner to be sold for 3001., &c. Mr. F. Clarke's Curricome, 5 yrs ••• •( Sly) I Lord Orford's Young Quo Minus, 4 yrs... The following also started but were not placed:—Lord Lyne dock's Jeffy. 5 yrs ; Mr. Goodman's Miss Fidget, 4 yrs ; Lord Exeter's Abydos, 4 yrs; Mr. H. Clarke's ch f by Ishmael out of Balance, 3 yrs; Mr. Clarke's b f by Sir Hercules out of Octine, 3 yrs; Mr. Beresford's Indolence, 3 yrs ; Mr. Rogers's Bridegroom, 3 yrs ; Captain Colquitt's Astronomer, 3 yrs ; Mr. Pettit's Michaelmas Day, 3 yrs ; and Capt. Daiotree's b c by Mulatto, dam by Middleton, 3 yrs. Betting-3 to 1 agst Young Quo Minus ;3to 1 agst Bride• groom; 6 to 1 agst Miehaelma.,day ; 10 to 1 agst Astrono. mar; and 10 to 1 agst Currycomb. The Balance filly cut out the work at a great pace, fol lowed by Abydos, Kkhaelmas-day, and Currycomb, the whole keeping together till within sixty yards of home, when the leader tired, and Currycomb went up with Y. Quo Minus, the former winning by a length; Michaelmas-day third, and the Balance filly fourth. The Vacillation Stakes of 100 Boys. each, h. ft., for colts set 71b, and fillies, Bst 31 b , &c. R. M. (8 Subs.) Lord Chesterfield's c by Muley Moloch, out of Dirce 1 Mr. Petit's Espartero... Lord Geo. Bent ick's Tedworth 3 3tol on Dirce colt (taken). Won in a canter. THURSDAY. BETTING BEFORE THE RACES. 2,000 Guineas' Stakes.- 5 to 2 agst Meteor—taken DERBY. A report was circulated this morning that the Lord of Hol. denim had broken down, but not until 25, 28, and 30 to 1 had been taken ;40to l was betted afterwards. Tiptoe has been backed freeiy at 1,000 to 10, and 1,000 to 15; and Barrier at 40 to 1. No other change. A match is made for Monday in the First Spring Meeting between Lord Albemarle's Ralph, 4 yrs Bst 10Ib, and Lord G. Bentinck's Proof Print, 3 yrs, 6st 4lb ; 200, h ft. A.F. Departures—Duke of Portland and the Marquis of Nor manby, Earl of Albemarle, Hon. G. S. Byng, Mr. Gre vale, &c. Nearly all, if not all, the races in the list for Friday are likely to end in forfeits. SOUTH AM STEEPLE CHASES—Toasneir. The Sweepstakes of 2 cove. each, and 10 added, four miles, were won by Mr. Matthew's Bellina (Mr. Lamplugh), beating Commodore, and three others. The Sweepstakes of 5 'ors. each, and 40 added, four miles, were anon by Mr. Robertson's Legacy (Mr. A. M'Donogh), beating The Moor, Perfection, and three others. ACCIDENT AT HYDE PARK.---At a little after four o'clock yesterday afternoon a gentleman was thrown from his horse in the ride called Rotten-row, in Hyde Park. He was conveyed to St. George's Hospital in a state of insensibility. The usual surgical assistance was immediately afforded, but without any results which leave a hope of his recovery. His name and circumstances are unknown. Prince George of Cam bridge witnessed th. 3 accident, and made repeated inquiries at the Hospital respecting the unfortunate gentleman's condition. In Auvergne and the Allier, says a letter from Gannat, the weather, during the first week of this month, has Leeen most severe, and moresi ow and sleet fell than is within the recollection of the oldest inhabi tants. LAW INTELLIGENCE. SHERIFFS' cOUR7; April 14. NORMAN V. MILLS. The defendant in this case is a gentleman of fortune, living in Hertford-street, May-feir, and at Blandeston Hall, in Suffolk. The action was brought for the re covery of 151. 12s. 2d. for service rendered by the wife of the plaintiff, from September, 1840, to the 16th of April, 1841, and also for eleven weeks' beer at 14d. a week, for meat at 3s. Gd. a week, and for 51. is. 10d. laid out by the plaintiffs wife, then Miss Kendal, for sundries for the use of the house, such us letters, cat's-meat, chops, steaks, cheese, cakes, Congreves, candles, starch, tea and sugar for herself and her masters. The defen dant pleaded that he was only indebted to the plaintiff six guineas, which he had tendered, and which she had refused, and which was paid into Court. Mr. V. LEE, for the plaintiff, said, Miss Kendal was employed to attend upon Mr. John Mills and Mr. Mills. while Mrs. Mills was in the country. Her wages were 12 guineas a year, but she had to feed herself while her mistress was in the country, for tha gentlemen used to dine oat, and nothing was left in the house for the servant, except she could feed on the atmosphere. In fact., nothing eatable came into the house during several weeks except what was paid for by Mrs. Norman ; but she had to pay also for washing for the family and other imPspensables. Eln fact, she had fed the family herself for some time. Ann Brittle proved many of these details. - She heard Mrs. Norman say, all the money she had received for the use of the house from Mr. Mills was 55., She always complained that she could not get money from Mr. Mills. Cross-examined by Mr. C. JoNEs—The gentlemen used sometimes to come home late for dinner, and dine on chops and steaks. This is a receipt for the 55., but here is another receipt for 10s. Mrs. Mills did come to town in January, and then she paid what Mrs. Nor man had laid out. It was proved that Mrs. Norman had ordered several of the above articles. Mr. C. JONES, for the defendant, said, Mrs. Norman had been employed to take care of the house while the family were in the country. Her wages were at the rate of twelve guineas a year, but she was to board her self. She had received 11. 10s. on account of wages, and 41. to pay for sundries, of which she had applied only a small part. She had also left her place suddenly. Bat when she came and asked for a settlement, 61. 6s. were tendered as her due, but she refused it. Witnesses were called in support of these statements, when the Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, for 91. 6s. 2d., to be added to the six guineas paid into Court. THE QUEEN V. TATLIN. Mr. DERANY, solicitor for the Crown, stated that her Ma jesty's writ had been issued to inquire what goods, chattels, &c., Edward Taplin, sugar manufacturer, of Back-road, St. George's in the East, was possessed of on the 12th of March lost, at which period Excise duties were due to the amount of 591/. 17s. 4frd. He understood Mr. Taplin was net the real proprietor, but was registered as such with the Excise, and therefore liable, as were the implements, &e., on the premises, and also the stock of sugar of whatever materials composed ; all were liable under the Act of Parliament. • Mr. FAANCS, solicitor, said, he appeared on behalf of a party who was materially interested, but as he could act as well in the Court of Exchequer, he should merely watch the pro ceedings. Mr. France, at length, in answer to a question from the Under-Sheriff, said he appeared on the part of the as signee* of Mr. Isaac Newton Wigney, banker, of Brighton. William Hemp, sheriff's officer, proved the seizure of the im plements, &c., under the extent, and also the furniture in the dwelling house. There was then, and still is, a messenger in possession, under Wigney's commission of bankruptcy. Edward. Atkinson, assistant to Mr. Crook, appraiser, deposed, that the plant, implements, and about 80 tons of sugar in a raw or unmanufactured state (principally syrup), together with household furniture (20/. ), had been valued at 6001. William Jerard, au officer, deposed that the defendant car ried on business as a manufacturer of patent sugar, which is made from potato flour. There is at present a large quantity of sugar on the premises, chiefly in concrete vessels, but net dried off; and also about 2} cwt. of flour not worked up. That in the concrete vessels is nearly dry. The duty was charged between the 13th of August and the 11th of March last on all the sugar in a syrup state. The last operation was on the Bth of January. Cross-examined—The duty is usually charged when in the syrup state, and then estimated by gauging and the saccharo meter. Fifty per cent. is allowed for waste ; but the duty is again estimated when finished, and if it then comes to more, the greater duty is charged. The duty is not payable before the sugar is finished and comes to scale to be weighed, and he had never before made the final charge. Edward Taplin was then examined, and stated that although the premises were entered in his name, no part of the pro perty but the household furniture belonged to him; nor was the sugar manufactured under his direction. He was merely engaged to keep the books. The Jury, under the Learned Undet-Sheriff's direction, found—" That defendant was possessed of household furniture, &c., of the value of 201. ; and that the utensils and materials seized were used in the making of sugar, on which duty had accrued, and were of the value of 5804—in all 6001." ilt is understood that this sugar is made from potato flour, wth an admixture of whiting, bones, &c.. and when manu factu. ed contains only about three-fifths of the properties of genuine sugar. It is chiefly used in making confectionery. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Yesterday the Directors of the Blackwall Railway Company appeared by their Secretary, upon a summons for tithes due to the Rev. Mr. Betts, the Rector of St. Olive's, Hart-street, for the houses pulled down in that parish for the accommodation of the Company in con structing their railroad. The case came on before Mr. Alderman Gibbs, Sir Peter Laurie, Mr. T. Wood, and Mr. Hooper. Mr. Buckle appeared upon the part of the Rector of the parish, and Mr. Bodkin attended for the Directors of the Railway Company. Mr. Buckle stated that several parishes in the City of London having had disputes with their clergy on the subject of tithes, it was fixed that certain annual pay ments should be made in lieu of tithes, and many cases had occurred, in all of which it had been uniformly de termined that the statue, 37 Henry VIII., was continued in operation, and judgments had been enforced upon it in the Courts of Law. Amongst the parishes alluded to was that of St. Olive's, Hart-street; and the Railway Company, by their 2d Bill, required that a portion of the houses in that parish should be pulled down. At first the Company made no objection to the payment of the 2s. 9d. in the pound demanded in lieu of tithes upon the houses so pulled down, but after having legally acknow ledged their liability they subsequently refused to pay, and they were in arrears three-quarters of a year's tithe, amounting to the sum of 3161. 3s. 111 d. Mr. Buckle having concluded a very long argument in favour of the claim. Mr. Bodkin said that the whole business was an attempt upon the part of the Rector to obtain from the Company 9d. in the pound more than the occupants of the :twines had been in the habit of paving. It was true the Company had agreed to pay the demand in the first instance, believing that the regulation was precisely the same as that by which the occupants had been go verned; but finding out their mistake; and that so much more was required of them than they ought in justice to pay, they were resolved to resist the imposition. The occupants had paid no more than 2s. in the pound, and while the Company were determined that the Rector should be completely in demnified for the loss sustained by him by the pulling down of the houses, they would certainly take care to protect themselves. Mr. Buckle said that the tithe paid by every other Company amounted to 2s. 9d. in the pound, and that the Rector was by law entitled to that sum. He also con tended that if the Rector, from charitable feelings, abated his just claim in some instances, advantage could not be taken of the indulgence to deprive him of that to which he was entitled. • Several other arguments were used upon both sides by the Learned Gentlemen, and The ALDERMEN unanimously decided that the Com pany should pay according to the amount assessed upon the occupants of the houses on the last quarter of occu pation, namely, the quarter ending the 25th March, 1839. An odd-looking man, who said he was a tailor, and that his name was John Grovenor, was charged Is :th having bilked a coffee-stall in Bishopsgate-street, and caused much confusion by his drunkenness. A policeman stated that he was called to the assistance of the woman who kept the stall, and who complained not only that the defendant despatched five cups of coffee and five slices of bread and butter without paying for them, but abused and insultad her daughter and her: Af. The defendant said that the charge of intoxication was altogether groundless, for he was a teetotaller, and had not taken as much as a pot of beer or a couple of glasses of spirits for the last four months. The reason he objected to settling the bill was that the landlady had charged him the extravagant price of three-halfpence for a saucer which had fallen between them, and which, therefore, ought to have been paid for between them. Alderman GIBBS—What have you to say about the abusive language you are accused of having used ? Defendant—l never thought of such a thing as using bad language. Those who say so mistook their own voices for mine. —(A laugh.) The daughter of the complainant here stated that the defendant called her a fiddler's she-dog, in uglier words. Alderman GIBBS (to defendant)-1)o you call that civil language ? Defendant—l never heard it before, I assure you. The policeman—He certainly used it. Alderman GIBBS—And you swear that he was drunk? The policeman—Certainly, Sir, he was full of drink. Defendant—Aye, of coffee, but not a drop of any thing else. Alderman GIBBS —I must believe these witnesses against you upon their oaths, Mr. Teetotaller, and I fine . you five shillings for being drunk. Defendant—Five shillings I I won't pay it. Alderman GIBBS—You must, or you must go to Bridewell. Defendant—l certainly won't pay it, although I have it in my power. Alderman GIBBS—Then you must go to Bridewell for a month. Defendant—Very well. To Bridewell I shall go.— (A laugh.) The following are the details of the death of Gen. Lavalle, while prosecuting the war against Rosas:—After several days, forced marches, with 300 men with whom he was retreating to the frontiers of Bolivia, he entered a peasant's hut to rest himself. A party of the enemy passed shortly after, and one of them, through mere wantonness, fired his musket at the closed door, totally unaware that any one was inside. The ball wounded the unfortunate General mortally, but he lived long enough to recommend his men to conceal his body, that Rosas might not have the satisfaction of having his head. His last wishes were executed, and his soldiers succeeded in transporting the body to Potosi, where it was interred. " AsSES I IN PARLIANIENT.—The Times suggests as a curious subject of physiological inquiry, what it can be that makes the whole House of Commons go off into violent fits of laughter on the slightest mention of an ass—as if it were some newly-discovered animal, which had never before entered their imagination —some lususnaturm—some startling and ori ginal phenomenon, asyet unheard of within or without the walls of their House." Certainly an ass can be no such novelty to Members of Parliament ; can it, Colonel Sibthorp ?—Punch. COURT CIRCULAR. The Royal Dinner party at Buckingham Palace, on Wednesday evening, included the Earl of Liverpool, Viscount J ocelvn, and the Hon. Mrs. Anson. The band of th© 2d Life Guards was in attendance during dinner. The Hon. Miss Murray and the Hon. Miss Lister have succeeded the Lady Caroline Cocks and the Hon. Miss Cavendish as the Maids of Honour in Waiting on her Majesty. The Royal Dinner party at Buckingham Palace, yes terday evening, included her Royal Highness the Michaels of Kent, Lady Anna Maria Dawson. the Eaal Delawarr, the Earl of Jersey, and Sir Henry Wheatley. The band of the Grenadier Guards attended during dinner, and in the course of the evening performed the following pieces :—March, Rudolph Sibold. Duetto, " lin tenure," Roberto Devereux, Donizetti. Valme, " Rosita," Jullien. Cavatina, "A to dine," Roberto De vereux, Donizetti. Quadrille, " St.. Cloud," Musarl. Tarantella de la Garde Royal, Mr. Charles Raper. His Royal Highness Prince Albert received Addresses of Congratulation on the birth of the Prince of Wales, yesterday, at Buckingham Palace, whi c h were presente d by the following noblemen and gentlemen : The Mayor of Chichester, Dr. M'Carrogher, M.D., accompanied by Lord Arthur Lennox, and Mr. J. Abel Smith, M.P.—from Chichester. Mr. William Craufurtl, Deputy Paymaster-General of her Majesty's Forces, from the Magistrates of West minster. The Mayor of Bedford and the Members for the Bo rough, Messrs. Polhill and Stuart, from Bedford. A Deputation from Newcastle. Mr. Cartwright, late High Sheriff, and Mr. R. W. Hand, Under-Sheriff, from the County of Stafford. An Address was also presented from the Borough of Stafford. Mr. William Warrington, Mayor of Congleton, Sir Philip Egerton, M.P., and Mr. Tollemache, M.P., from Congleton. Captain Manning, 2d Royal Surrey Regiment, from the Royal Manor Portland. Mr. J. M. Coley, the Mayor, from the Inhabitants of Bridgenorth. Mr. Alfred Daniell (Mover) and Mr. Waymouth (Se conder), from the Vestry of Marylebone. Mr. Wilshere, M.P., from Great Yarmouth. Mr. B. P. Wilts, Prime Warden, Mr. J. Weston, Renter Warden, from the Fishmonger's Company. Sir Charles Douglas, M.P., from Warwick. Mr. N. Earle, Mayor, Mr. E. L. Sidebotham, and Mr. Legh Richmond, from Ashton-under-Lyne. . The Mayor, from Newport A Deputation, from the City of Exeter. Mr. T. Stear, Mayor, Mr. J. Usell, and Mr. E. Jackson, from the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of Wisbeach. Sir Allan Jil‘Nab and Dr. Rolph (3) from Canada. The Mayor, accompanied by Mr. M‘Le an , M.P., an d Mr. Langton , M.P., from Oxford. The gairl of Bandon, from Bandon. A Deputation from Lymington. The Mayor, and Mr. W Patten, M.P., from Preston. The Duke of Beaufort and Deputation, from Bristol. Sir J. Hanster, Sir J. Williams, and Mr. Tubbs, from the Magistrates of Middlesex. Prince Albert was attended by the Marquis of Exeter, Groom of the Stole ; Lord George Lennox, Lord in Waiting; Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting ; and Colonel Godwin, Gentleman Usher in Waiting. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and the Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke of Cambridge, and Prince George of Cambridge visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough House. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent received Addresses of Congratulation yesterday from the follow ing places and public bodies:— - Staffordshire—Presented by Mr. Cartwright, late High Sheriff. and Mr. Hand, Under-Sheriff. Chichester Corporation—Presented by Dr. M'Ca rogher, M.D., Mayor ; Lord Arthur Lennox, M.P. ; and J. Abel Smith, M.P. Oxford Borough--Presented by Alderman Browning, Mayor ; Mr. M'Lean, M.P. ; Mr. J. Hunt, Sheriff; Al dermen Sadler and Thorp. Westminster Justices—Presented by Mr. Pownall, mover, and, Mr. Craufurd, Deputy-Paymaster-General. Middlesex Magistrates—Presented by Sir J. Williams, Mr. Tubbs, and Sir J. Hanster. Warwick Corporation and Inhabitants—Presented by Mr. G. C. Greenway, Mayor, Mr. Greives, Town Coun cillor, Sir C. Douglas, M.P., Mr. W. Collins, M.P. Great Yarmouth—Presented by the Mayor and Depu tation, and Mr. Wilshere, M.P. Exeter Inhabitants and Corporation—Presented by Mr. C. H. Turner, Mayor, Mr. W. Kingdon, High Sheriff, and Alderman Furlong. Fishmongers' Company—Mr. B. P. Wilts, Prime Warden, and Mr. J. Weston, Renter Warden. Bristol Corporation, and Inhabitants—Mr. Franklyn, Mayor, the Duke of Beaufort, Mr. Jones, High Sheriff, Messrs. George, Haberfield, and Phippen. Ashton •under-Lyne—Mr. N. Earle, Mayor, Messrs. Sidebotham and Legh Richmond. Newport, Moumouth—Presented by the Mayor of Newport. Lymington—Presented by Mr. Hicks, the Mayor. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent was at tended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Lady in Waiting, and Colonel Sir George Couper, Bart., Comptroller of her Royal Highness's Household. Sir Thomas Ackland, Bart., and a Deputation con nected with the Mining districts, had an interview with the Earl of Ripon yesterday, at the Office of the Board of Trade. Earl de Grey had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Despatches from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, were received yesterday at the Colonial Office. The Marquis of Anglesey, and Mr. Berkeley Paget, visited the Panorama of the Battle of Waterloo yester day. The Konigsberg Gazette has a letter from Poland, stating that the statue of Joseph Poniatovrsky, the model of which had been been made by Thorwaldsen previous to the Polish revolution, has lately been oast in bronze, with the in tent of its being erected at Warsaw. A decree, however, was sent from St. Petersburgh forbidding this, and ordering it to be sent to Russia. Against this disposal of the statue, the Coun tess Tyszkiew, the sister of the Prince, who had contributed 2,000 ducats, protested, in behalf of herself and the other subscribers, claiming the work as their private property. To this claim no answer was given; but the Russian Cabinet transmitted an order that the statue should be melted down, and the model by Thorwaldsen, which had long formed one of the greatest ornaments of the collection of plaster-casts at War saw, be broken up and destroyed. LIVES OF THE. QUEENS or ENGLAND.—We con gratulate the public that Miss Strickland has at length been enabled to produce the fourth volume of her highly interesting work, comprising the Lives of Elizabeth of York,surnatned the Good, Queen of Henry Vll.,—and Katharine of Arragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, and Katharine Howard, consorts of Henry VIII. It is rather singular that in the best written histories of this country scarcely any notice is taken of the Queen's Consort, although most of them exerted considerable influence over public affairs and society during their reigns ; and to Miss Strickland the reader is indebted for the first effort that has hitherto been made to give them the his torical importance to which they are entitled . Her learned and entertaining volumes, therefore, have become indispensable campanions to every history of England, and are deserving of no less respect from the scholar than admiration from those who feel a proper interest in the annals of their country. We learn from Bastia, by a letter of the 31st tilt., that there had been committed at Ajaceio four atrocious mur ders, all within a week of eack other. The first victim was a relation of the commandant of the citadel, who rsceived se veral gun-shot wounds in the open market-place, in the pre sence of at, least thirty persons, all of whom immediately fled to prevent their being called upon as witnesses, and thereby subject themselves to the vengeance of the murderers and their families. The second was precisely a similar attack, in the same public situation, upon a defenceless woman, who was repeatedly stabbed with a stiletto by a single ferocious as sassin, who was afterwards suffered to go off to the moun tains without the least impediment from the numerous people who were spectators of the scene. Afterwards one man was shot, and another stabbed to death in the middle of a frequented street by a single bravo, who was quietly suffered to make his escape. TIIE MONTROSE BURGHS.—The nomination takes place on Saturday. Mr. Carnegy, of Craigo, has withdrawn, and the candidates are Mr. flume, the Hon. E. J. Stanley, and Mr. Jobson. As the latter had never the shadow of a chance, the contest, if it take place, will lie betwixt Mr. Stanley and Mr. Hume. No Conservative has dared to show himself. The Hon. E. J. Stanley is on a visit to the late representative for the burghs. Two days ago the attention of the inhabitants of a house, in the Rue des Enfans Rouges, was directed to a room in the upper story which had been for a long time shut up, by a strong and fetid effluvia proceeding from it. They apprised the commissary of police, who arrived, and broke open the door, where he found the lifeless body of a man named Lemarie, who had been long a lodger in the house, but who, in his occupation as a cook, was frequently absent for several months. The last time he was seen alive was nine months ago, but, as he always paid his rent, neither his neighbours nor his landlord were un easy at his non-appearance. The body was only partly decom posed, the rest being like a mummy. The skia was hard and dry like parchment. The remains were carefully removed for interment, and, to prevent contagion, the commissary h a d every thing the r ooms contained, burnt to ashes in the middle of the market place. The house seems to have a fatality attend ing it, for a few years ago, a poor woman died in it, under similar circumstances, and when found, her body was half de voured by her dog and cat, which were shut up in the room with her. A lady of honourable station in society, wealthy, a wife, and mother of two daughters of marriageable age, was on Saturday brought before the Tribunal of Correctional Po lice of Parie, on a charge of purloining a piece of gold tissue from the rooms of Mme. Barenne, the dress-maker ' in the Pl ac e Vendome. She afterwards endeavoured t o sell what she had taken to another establishment on the Boulevard des Italians. On being accused, she at once acknowledged her offence, and repeated the confession in Court, with every mark of contrition. In consideration of her family, the President would not condemn her to imprisonment, but imposed a fine of Zioof. The Piedmontese Gazette, of the sth inst., publishes an amnesty granted by the King of Sardinia, on the occasion of the marriage of his son, the Duke of Savoy. It compre hends only the persons condemned for political offences in 1821, who are divided into two categories—the first relates to those who have already received temporary permissions to return to Sardinia, and in their case the amnesty is complete ; the second cate,Tory refers to persons in whose favour there has not hitherto been any act of Royal mercy, and who are to make formal applicatioa for the benefit of the amnesty, which orders the restoration of civil rights and confiscated property to both categories. During the fair at Vichy, in the Allier last week, the ferry-boat to Charmcil, li/rich was overloaded with pas sengers and cattle, was upset in the middle of the river, and eleven human beings were drowned. The boat was known to be very crazy, and the water was very rough, yet these unfor tunate persons ventured in it to save the trifling difference it would have cost them by paying the toll of a bridge, to cross which would have taken them but a very short way round. A correspondent writes from Alexandria to the Leipsic Gazette that, in the early part of March, several wo men in the harem of Mehemet Ali died , and were buried without being subjected to the inspectio n of the physicians cf the Board of Health'; a proceeding Which led to a conclusion that the plague had not ceased its ravages. DUTCH MAIL. AMSTERDAM, APRIL 12.—The King arrived hero t 511 morning at nine o'clock, and alighted at the Pall appearing at the balcony :he was enthusiastica ny greeted by the assembled multitude. The Queen 4 d LT ncess Sophia, and the Prince . , did not arr ive till t 4 afternoon. His Majesty's Levee to-day wit,: very 1- = . merous and brilliant.. '1 he Consuls of fords -11 Po" ers being first presented, Mr. Bence`, Ale Russia st:!, the senior o the C.mstils at Amsterdam, address Majesty, chiefly to eongratultte him on the a7pi .o acA ing marriage of the Princess Sophia and the ileretli . ta Grand Duke of Saxe Weimer, hoping that the happiuos of the august couple would indemnify his Majesty for th painful seperation from a beloved daughter. Hi s 31 jesty replied to this address with much fe elin g . It is said that their M t'esties will remain here abe Lt i; a week. THE HAGUE, APRIL 11.—M. Dedel, ot ,:. Minister a London, has just arrived here. FRANKFORT, APRIL 9.--Accounts front Ser.ta a 2 that the choice of a successor to Baron Balow a. t Prr t representative in the German Diet, is not 3 •1-. t "et el . - • mined on. A letter from Berlin, in the Oleon Duitsche Zeitt.' ll . 9 the 4th of April, says that General Gret:en is spokei. The same accounts say that the Emperor of Inssia expected in August in the Rhein an, where the E-epr2s and her daughters will arrive bef ,re him. His Moje it: and the King of Prussia will visit the Prussian cam ; together, and thus refute (this seems to be chiefly in tended) all the maNcious reports of a coolness bet •Yeel: , them, which have been promulgated by the Emlidit an French Journals.—Dutch Papers, April 13. DUTCH FUND3.—AurnlilDmm, Aram 12. Money. tsars; J°9.% 1`; Anhui! Debt. 2% per Cent Alto, ditto 5 per cent. ••••••••••••••.. Arnett Syndic,4% per Ditto, ditto, 3)4 per CORL••••••••••••••••••••• 77 • • Csunmersdal Company, 434 per 156 15 6 3 E Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent.........„.. 10034 100% Loan 1837, 5 per cont. ••••••••••••••••••••••.... 99 10( 4.11 Vachange en London, One 12 1234 Two months ......... 12 05 Hansburgh, One month 35 4334 Twomonths Dutch Papers, April 13. BELGIAN IF UND3-13stimme „ Apart N. Actual Debt 134 per Cent. ...... Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent ......«......«» 1 02 % Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per 3 per Cent. —_• _ Thirty4evi --------.—_.(1,40) 1 4.- Loan of City, 193'2, 4 per Cent.. ...... Society of Commerce, 4;i per Cont. Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent........—.. 7c34, Nctional Society ...... ••••••••••••••••••••••••• — Exchange on London (stnt) ...........„ - -Brussels Pagers. April 12. HAMBURGH BORSENHALLE, Aram 9. bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents. ....•••..... ..... 110 IRI Bank Shares 1& Anglo-llussian Loan 119% WI% Russian 5 per Cent., Ist series, Certificate 103% 13.,, , ,,, Inscription, Ist series lOl Russian 6 per Cont. Hope and Co., 3d and 4th Series 5936 ... Ditto in Certificates l.h New 4 per c ent. (1840) Dutch Actual Debt, :46 per Cent. Ditto S per Cent. Polish Bonds 154 New Tickets ... 1(0 1611 Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent i9 ;8,4 Spanish, New 5 p,r Cents. -- , It% SOU. LI% MONEY MARKET a.t.i.d CITY NEWS SUN.—The English Stecks are again better, upon tho: certainty that the market is not likely to be interfered with by a proposition for further loans, or such like., means of raising supplies. It has been before stated., that at the time the plan of an income tax was brouglit. forward, the state of the monetary interest was such, no difficulty would arise if the whole of the outstanding! Exchequer bills were funded, and such an amount re issued as might be necessary for the public exigencies_ Had such a proposition been carried into effect, on, l great result would have been achieved of giving to. future holders a far more secure document than they have at present, as well as relieving the mallet: of the whole of the unfunded debt. The strange , sight is now presented, of a Three-and-a-Half pair Cent. Stock being above par, Exchequer Bills bear ing a premium of 2 per cent., and the Bank of Englarnt discounting at 4 per cent. The settlement has passed off very quietly, and Con sols left off at 911 1 for Money, and 911 1 for the Ae • count ; New Three-and-a-Half per Cents., loos ; Banc Stock, 166 167 ; India. Stock, 242 244; Exchequer Bilis. 38 40 prem. The quotation of Foreign Bonds were much as yester day. Portuguese Five per Cents., 36 36-+ ; the Threo per Cents., 21 21+ ; Colombian, 271 271 ; Mexican, 41 411 ; Spanish Active Five per Cents., 241 the Three per Cents., 251 25*. The price of Belgian Stock was 1031 10.1 ; Brazilian, 67+ 68 ; Danish, 80 81 the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 231 231 ; and thy Five per Cents., 1001 100+. The prices of Railway Shares are as yesterday, ex cept Brighton and Great Western, both of which haves improved, the former to 36+ 37 i f, the latter, wholts shares, 29i 30i, and the Half-Shares, 15+ 16 premium. London and Birmingham are 176 178 ; Birminghana and Gloucester, 56 58 ; South Western, 60 61 ; Gos port, 60 61 : North Midland, 69 71 ; the New Shar:.:, 341 35+ ; South Eastern and Dover, 29+ 30 per Shan,. and Eastern Counties, 13+ 13f discount. In Banks, th•t Shares of the London Joint-stock bear a premium ee: 21 per share, and those of the London and County,' 6 tk) 4 discount. There have been no foreign arrivals. The indigo sale is still proceeding steadily, at prices quite equal to those of Tuesday. North and South American Coffee-house, Thursday Evening, 7 P.M. By Watson's Te!eg,raph :—The Beulah, with troops for India on board, is on shore cn Dungeness Point ; two steamers hare gone to her assistance. THE MARKETS COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. Wheat. Barley. l Oats. I Beans. Pease. Per Quarter. a. to s. s. to a. a. to s. a. to a. a. t o s Boston ..... ' 70 '22 38 18 22 35 38 39 43 Urainttee 32 70 27 34 93 29 33 39 35 4. igkton CO t 8 28 37 22 .28 37 44 36 3 , 4 Cambridge. Chichester :6 65 25 33 20 23 40 42 24 3 Dunmow Grantham Grimsby 56 74 29 33 lb 21 36 40 Hallsham 66 72 20 33 10 21 32 34 27 fi2 Ilitchin ...... 50 67 27 114 f:.O 30 34 45 Ipswich ' 54 60 22 24 21 0 21 SO 29 30 Lewst 53 60 27 18 21 r 2 34 33 33 3 ; Lynn Maidstone 59 t. 7 NI 39 i 26 32 38 40 Norwich Pc: worth Bamford t: 62 24 20 18 T 6 z 4 34 25 3, Sandwich 6l 71 VI 34 t 5 30 33 :9 36 33 Tnetford Wishech 57 63 28 Si 14 21 31 39 34 35 Witham 2l 61 21 26 19 25 '24 31 26 30 Yarmouth (11) C,4. 92 24 31; 38 40 39 40 L. V Ell POOL CORN MARKET.—ApriI 12 Willful', English, White, per 701 h. wa Red Scotch Welch, and Manx • ............ 0 0 0 4 . -- Irish, White 6 9 7 ti --- Rea .............»....« 7 4 0 0 1•••• 6 9 •.... 0 • MOO* a s to 10+ 2t 10 0 0 7 6 7 4 10 0 3 2 2 0 32 4 0 :t 10 40 u 36 ti SS 4 42 0 40 0 b 3 0 47 v :16 0 4i.i c 36 t 3 0 OATS, B iplith, Welsh, an - - Foreign nARI.FY, ,halting, per Imp. quarter - Scotch and Irish, pet (Wan. Feeding BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter -- Irish, 6,c . - Foreign Pease, English , per I ini , erlal quarter ---- Foreign Ft.otta, English, per 2t4lib. --- Irish 0 cruast,, English and Irish, per 24111hs ,„ INDIAN CORY, Iltr 45011). RYe, per Imperial quarter MALT, per Imperial quarter it Scotch, per 4511).....: .... 2 11 2 4 it 14 3 8 3 6 38 0 34 0 e 6 o 40 0 31 0 48 0 ...- 45 0 24 0 ...••• 38 0 0 4b 0 FRE StTN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 15, 1842. IRISH MARKETS. OUBLIN MARKET NOTE for the Wcek ending APRILS. From To erogt, 37 0 30 7 14 14 t 62 %Vheat,pet barrel at0ne.,,.,.. 27 0 3.7 Mere .. Barlcv 423 thits t 4 stoat lO 0 ii.notir, per cwt. .. P StOtIC, — 0 435 0atmea1__...,...,... A atone ll 6 Sold to Bakers only. 20,1355 Cwt. F four. ..... Averrle price a 14 heat and 'lour 55, Od per sack from 17s. Od to 24s •d Ittccipts of Flour, 9,215) secou from Iss. Od. to I7 s 01- " 0 ' 2-3 ' 159 I. Third. from Ss. Od. to 14a.0d 17 0 13 0 0 14 0 15 9 11 II 12 9 PAWN or BRRAD. Quarter, I.oat ..... Is AI Spitirtern COI& 111 ARK ETA.—April B. Wheat (per '2ost.)2:2e 01. ton& o , l•ltidts (per 65.01. to 11,. 42 Harley (per 1(tal.)11 0 13 0 iFlorr (per cwt 7 0 it Oattreal (per Ocl to las. 111 Reef, Csl. to 141—Mutton, bd. to ticl—Veal, 4F to 5i Pork, 4d. to 51—Fresh Rutter, 111 to 12d per lb. PRICE GPBUTTE R. To the Merchants. First 75% Second 7l .0. ••••• !'bird Fourth 46 .....«.. To the Country •••r«•• (5s Sixth 43 N.**. ••••••••“ •• •• •• ea 22 ••••••••••0.~^••• HAMBURG MARKETS. Gtt AIN. Wheat, Marko 405 to 495, Barley, Mccklenhurgh ;44 to ltti -.---.. Dolagdetturg .....''3 , to 468' -- Magdeburgh... 156 to 1,15 -- Anhalt, white 435 to 516 --- Holstein ---.--- red ... :4;a to 466 --- Oderbruck„ 165 to 144 ----- Brunswick .05 to 4911 Oats, Elder . Mecklenburg.. 01,8 to 498 -- Mecklenburg ... 126 to 144 Polish ............... .. 258 to 2 18 450 to 525 -- Holstein ..... .. ..... IA; to 1--1 Holstein - Upland ............ 123 to I:Y3 Rye, Mecklenburg Marks 12246.344z6 to t C o l 1.: 150 27 1 ; Beans -- Elbing and Ko Buck Wheat ......... ...... 231 to 255 nigsburg —.Pomeranian 2 4 to 261 Malt ............... .... ..... 165 to 113 t 24 to 280 Rapeseed, Haller Cr... 585 to r=24 .-- Anhalt COTTON. Carolina and Tennessee 7 1 .(t0 9% Maranbam 6% toy' Georgia. lit sort 7 8 Madras ......«.... 5 2d. Hi4 D 0 ro E S u a E T Ca a I i nunng Domingoyao r ha .. . : : .................. ... . . . .. .. 35 ; t o :4 6 5. : ad and 4th , Mocha... Batavia .... Sumatra _ Porto Mem 5% C; Rio Bahia 24j 5% sUoAit.—(With 8% Discount.) Havannah, White...." 3 to 8% Bah ia , w hit .......... ..... , 234 t 0 , :,,, Brown 2l 2% Brown 1% 1, Rio, White 2 % 4 Pernambuco, White ...1% 3 13rown . l% 5, 7 i Brown ...1% 2 Manilla. Mown. 2% to 2,1( iItDEATII OF THE BIS HOP OF DROMORE.—The Vene. ra le Dr. Saurin, Lord Bishop of Dromore, and brother of the late Right llon. William Saurin, expired on Satu. - - day evening at Kingstown, near Dublin. The deceased prelate wss the oldest member of the hierarchy, end was esteemed, throughout a life longer than usually falls to the lot of man, as an exemplary and piete divine. Dromore is one of the suppressed bishoprics, and tha diocese will be united to that of Armagh. Dr. Saurin was in the 83d year of ha ace, having been born in T 759; he was ordained in 1781 ; and after - having successively filled tho Deanery of Cork, the Archdeaconry of Dublin, and thG Deanery of Derry, was elevated in 1819 to the Bishopric of Dromore. EQUIVOCAL. COMPLIMENTS.—Compliments may ba , offered in all sincerity, and yet have a very equivocal sound, as in the case of the City knight unable to aspirate the letter H, who being deputed to address William the Third, exclaimed, ' " Future ages recording y o ur Majesty' s exp l o i ts w ill pronounce •-. you to have been a Nero." Not les , honest and ambiguous was the negro's compliment to the great emancipator. " Gora— mighty bless Massa 'Wilberforc e ! H e h a b a w hit e f ace , b ut he hab a black heart. "—New Monthly.