The Sun. — London, England, 1834-03-08 00:00:00

CORN LAWS. The part of last Thursday night's discussion on the corn laws, which appears to have drawn most attention within doors and without, was the dis course of Sir James Graham, who, however, did not speak ex cathedra as a minister, a circumstance much to be rejoiced at, but was in fact put forward by the agricultural interest on this occasion ; and we should be sorry to see the squirearchy of Eng land otherwise represented for such a purpose :than by the author of Sir James Graham's speech. It was really an indifferent speech—inconclusive, incon sistent, and characterised by one quality, which is often resorted to by weak reasoners, in desperate cases (we mean no offence)—it was unfair. Sir J. Graham tells us of the dreadful consequences of a free corn trade from the reduction of rents, the con version of inferior soils from tillage to other uses, the ruin of the landed aristocracy, and the general change of proprietors, to be produced by an inevi table fall of prices. Yet he admits-Ist, that Mr. Hume's duty of 10s. per quarter would be in relation to the duty which has really been paid during the last six years (viz., 6s. Bd. per quarter) an excess of 3s. 4d. 2d. That, referring to the history of the coun try, from 1673 to 1700, the average price of wheat was 535. ; from 1700 to 1735, years of restriction, the mean price was about 375. ; irom 1766 to 1774, eight years of free trade, and during full peace, the average price was 50s. 10d. Now, with these facts before the eyes of country gentlemen, are they to be told, by the very person who has adduced them, and almost in the same breath, that a fall of price, a fall of rent, a cessation of tillage, and ruin to the landed interest, must follow the return to that same system of free trade which in the 17th and 18th centuries was invariably attended by an increased dearness of corn? Sir James Graham talks of cold clay lands being thrown out of cultivation, or tilled without a remuneration for labour, should a free trade be established, to say nothing of the monstrous discrepancy between the hon. baronet's historical pre mises and his hypothetical conclusion on this part of the subject. We are told, on the authority of an able pamphlet quoted yesterday, that the im provements in (green-crop) culture, in draining, &c., which have been found applicable to soils of almost every other description but the stiff cold clays, have so reduced the value of the latter kind of lands as to render them almost incapable of paying any rent whatsoever for tillage purposes, and have sug gested to many intelligent persons the expediency of turning them to timber, pasturage, etc., without re gard to the question of free trade, or continued duties. Moreover, it is obvious that as manufactures increase, immense portions of land, well circumstanced as to convenience of situation, facility of carriage, etc., apart from all estimate of its agricultural value, will be demanded for the erection and accommoda tion, not merely of buildings and works for com mercial objects, but for the country habitations and their appendages of a new race of capitalists, large and small, as well as for the pasturage of cattle requi site for the supply of animal food to a daily enlarging population. But Sir James Graham has been so far driven into a corner, that in one instance he saw no other means of extricating himself than by a blind' and headlong rush against this paper, and one of the grossest misrepresentations of an argument employed by us that we have ever seen resorted to in the heat of political controversy. In labouring to prove the per nicious effects of Mr. Hume's proposal, if agreed to, he referred to the following passage in a leading ar ticle of ours, where we deprecated some weeks ago a fixed duty on corn :--" As to a fixed' duty, it is neither more nor less than a fixed evil ; a fixed dis couragement of manufactures ; a fixed robbery of the consumer by the producer ; a fixed bounty upon foreign industry, to the detriment of British ; a fixed aggrava tion of the burden of the poor laws ; a fixed monopoly of subsistence against the hungry multitude." Now, if the context of the article were not too long for insertion, it would be clear that it was as compared with a per fect free trade in corn, not with a fluctuating duty on the article, we spoke with so much emphasis against the imposi tion of a fixed duty. Our position has ever been, that the worst of all evils connected with this question is a state of corn taxation like the present—aggravating a burden in itself unjust, by every species of uncertainty, and by exposure to endless deception; that the next (though an inferior) evil would be a fixed and definite impost ; but that the only sound and strictly unexceptionable measure would be one which established an entire freedom of trade. It was impossible for Sir J. Graham, had he attended to the drift of our observa tions in the article alluded to—viz., that on Mr. Buller's letter to his constituents—to have fallen into such a mistake as that which we have here expounded; but everything is a God-send to gentlemen in distress. To put our meaning beyond all cavil, we shall here quote a sentence from the Times of last Thursday morning, where, an ticipating the object of Mr. Hurae's motion, we let it be clearly understood, that " any duty, however definite, however mode. rate, we held to be a mere compromise with difficulties,—that our first desire would be to exempt all descriptions of human sustenance from every kind of fixed burden, and therefore that tha reduction" (to express our meaning clearly we ought to tiave said partial diminution) "of such burdens ranked with us only second in expediency." In comparison, we repeat, with the present system of duties, a fixed duty, provided it were moderate, would be a benefit rather than an evil ; but Mr. - Hume's tax of 10s. per quarter seems to us to be by one-half too high for anything like a fair compromise with the landed interest. A curious disclosure appears to have been made last night, as to the views either of the government or of some leading member of it, with regard to the corn question. Lord Darlington declared that he had withdrawn an amendment which he meditated, in consequence of a written request from a high quarter in the cabinet, that he would not divide the landed interest, but support a direct nega_ tive of Mr. Hume's motion, in which they all might agree, that the motion might be defeated by as large a majority as possible. Mr. Poulett Thomson denied that there was any such object entertained by the ministry as a body, because he, the holder of an official station, voted against it—a fact which gives _ _ to the occurrence stated by Lord Darlington a somewhat whimsical appearance. We wonder is the old Tory farce of the " open" Catholic question about to be re. xfved? The result however was, that, whether ministers Fished it or not, a majority of something more than two to one proclaimed the strength of the landed interest. If this great majority was obtained through the arguments in Sir James Graham's speea'n, we must suppose the landlords the most self- denying body in the world, for the right hon. baronet laboured to prove that prices were highest when trade was free. We e3nfess we are puzzled to understand how Sir James and his assenting majority reasoned themselves into a vote by a process which seemed to lead to a directly opposite conclusion. It is not, however, the first time that country gentlemen have corn- witted this sort of error, as anybody will remember who has read the play of "Sir Francis Wronghead's Journey to London." We rejoice to find that some of the closest friends and adhe- rents of Ministers showed by their votes, that they had not forgot their logic nor their independence. Among these were Messrs Ellice, Littleton, P. Thomson, Vernon Smith, C. Wood, _ _ _ _ W. Brougham, Labouchere, Colonel Fox, and Lords Duncan: non and Howick.—Times. COURT CIRCULAR. _The Duke 'and Duchess of Gloucester had a dinner party Ori Thursday evening at Gloucester House, Park-lane. AmonfSt the company were, Prince Talleyrand and the Duchess de Dino, Earl and Countess of Euston, Sir Stratford and Lady Canning, Right Hon. Mr. and Mrs. George Dawson, Sir James Scarlett, Sir Henry Halford, Sir Philip and Lady Sophia Sidney, Mr. Backbouse, Lady Isabella Thynne, Mrs. A. Baring, Mr. Frederick Pollock. Mr. Bacourt, Colonel Higgins, Captain Boyd. The Duchess Of Kent and the Princess Victoria walked and ,drove in Hyde-park yesterday for some time. The Duchess of GlouVeter, the Princess Augusta, and the princess Sophia, took a carriage Biting together yesterday. Mr. R. Montgomery Martin had the honour, on Thursday, to present his " History of the British Colonies" to the Princess Victoria, who was pleased to receive it most graciously. The Duke of Richmond, Viscount Palmerston, the Right Hon. Charles Grant, Lord Hill, and Sir James Graham, held a meeting yesterday at the office of Mr. Secretary Stanley, in Downing-street. --- FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. tall Forrester, at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from )3elvair Cattle; the Hon. Mr. Harriss, at Hawkins's Hotel, Dover and Albemarle-streets, from a tour; Capt. Davis, H. N., at Morley's Hotel, Trafalgar square, from Portsmouth ; P. L. Storey, gsq., at ditto, from ditto; W. M'Clellan, Esq., at ditto, from a tour ; Mr. and Mrs. C. Lane, in Grosvenor street, from Norfolk ; Captain Parkinson, in Regent.street, from Brighton. DEPARTURES. Lord and Lady Francis Egerton, for Paris ; Hon. G. Os_ borne, for West Hill Rectory, Herts ; Sir John Mordaunt, Bart., from Hawkins's Hotel, Dover anto.lbemarle-streets, for his seat, Walton, Warwickshire; Sir Richard Baker, High Sheriff of Dublin, from Morley's Hotel, Trafalgar-square, for Dublin ; John Barney, Esq., from ditto, for Southampton; Wm. Green, Esq., Robert Rogers, Esq., and Henry Saunders, Esq., from ditto, on a tour ; P. Byrne, Esq , from ditto, for his seat in Essex ; Capt. and Mrs. Dixon, for Leamington, War wickshire ; Sir Cullen and Lady Smith, from the Waterloo Hotel, Jermyn-street, for their seat, Bedwell Park ; Mr. and Mrs. Selwin, from ditto, for Down Hall, Essex ; the Rev. H. Templar, from ditto, for Shapwick, Somerset. CORN LAWS. LIST OF TIL Of 157 (Tellers inducled), Moti " For a Committee to inquire Laws, with a view to establ present graduated scale." ENGLAND. Aglionby, H. A.—Cockermouth Attwood, Thos.—Birmingham Baillie, J. E.—Bristol Baines, Edward—Leeds Barnett, C. J.—Maidstone Bernal, R.—Rochester Bish, Thomas—Leominster Blunt, Sir C.—Lewes Bolling, W.—Bolton.le.Moors Bouverie, D. P.—Salisbury Briggs, R.—Halifax Broth erton, Joseph—Salford Brougham, W. —Southwark Buckingham, J. S.—Sheffield Buller, E.—North Staffordshire Buller, J. W.—Exeter Bulwer, H. L.—Coventry Buxton, T. F.—Weymouth Chichester, J. P. B.—Barnstaple Clay, W.—Tower Hamlets Crawford, W —London Dashwood, G. H.—Bucks Davenport, John—Stoke-upon. Trent Davies, Colonel—Worcester Dawson, A. E.—South Leices tershire Divett, Edward—Exeter Dundas, J. C.—Richmond Dundas, Hon. T.—York Dykes, F. L. B. —Cockermouth Ellice, E.—Coventry Ellis, W.—Leicester Evans, Wm.—Leicester Evans, Wm. De Lacy—West minster Ewart, W.—Liverpool Faithful, George—Brighton Fenton, John—Rochdale Fielden, W. J.—Blackburn Fielden John—Oldham Fleetwood, P. H.—Preston Fort, J.—Clitherae Fox, Col. C. R.—Tavistock Fryer, R.—Wolverhampton Gaskell, D.—Wakefield Gishome, T.—North Derbysh. Grey, Sir G.—Devonport Grote, Geo. —London Guest, J. J.—Merthyr Tydvil Gully, John—Pontefract Hall, Benjamin—Monmouth Hardy, John—Bradford Harvey, D. W.—Colchester Hawes, B.—Lambeth Hawkins, J. H.—Newport, Isle of Wight Hodgson, J.—Newcastle-upon. Tyne Howard, Captain Howick, Vir.c.—North North. umberland Hughes, Hughes—Oxford Humph ery, John—Southwark Hutt, W.—Kingston-on-Hull Hyett, W. H.—Stroud Ingham, IL—South Shields James, W.—Carlisle Jervis, J.—Chester Kemp, T. R.—Lewes Kennedy, J.—Tiverton Langston, J. H,—Oxford Langton, Wm. Gore—East So mersetshire Labouchere, Henry—Taunton Lester, B. Lester—Poole Lister, E. Cunliffe—Bradford Littleton, E. J.—South Staf fordshire Lloyd, J. H.—Stockport Lushington, Dr.—Tower Haml. Marshall, J.—Leeds Marsland T.—Stockport Martin, John—Tewkesbury Molesworth, Sir William—East Cornwall Molyneux, Lord—South Lanca. shire Mr. Potter paired off in favou ter, who was opposed to it. E MINORITY who voted for Mr. Hume's the present state of the Corn ish a fixed duty in lieu of the Morpeth, Lord—W. Yorkshire Morrison, J.—lpswich Ord, W. H.—Newport, Isle of W Palmer, General—Bath Parker, J.—Sheffield Parrott, Jasper—Totness Penleaze, C.—Southampton Philips, Mark—Manchester Phillpotts, J.—Gloucester Rippon, C.—Gateshead Robinson, G. R.—Worcester Roebuck, J. A.—Bath Rolfe, R. M.—Penrhyn Romilly, J.—Bridport Romilly, E.—Ludlow Russell, Lord—Tavistock Ryle, J.—Macclesfield Scholefield J.—Birmingham Scrope, Poulett—Stroud Seymour, Lord E—Totness Sheppard, T.—Frome Smith, R, V.—Northampton Stanley, H. T.—Preston Stanley, E. J.—North Cheshire Stewart, P. M.—Lancaster Strickland, G.—West Yorkshire Strutt, Edmund—Derby Tancred, H. W.—Banbury Tennyson, 4 Right Hon. C.— Lambeth Thicknesse, R.—Wigan Thompson, Ald.—Sunderland Thomson, Hon. C. P.—Man chester Todd, J. Ruddell—Honiton Tooke, W.—Truro Turner, W.—Blackburn Vernon, Hon. G. J. V.—South Derbyshire Walker, R.—Bury, Lancashire Walter, John—Berks Warburton, H.—Bridport Waterpark, Lord—South Der byshire Wedgewood, J.—Stoke Whalley, Sir S.—Marylebone Whitmore, W. W.—Wolver. hampton Wigney, I. N.—Brighton Wilks, John—Boston Williams, G.—Ashton Wood, C.—Halifax Wood, Alderman—London Wood, G. W.—S. Lancashire Young, G. T.—Tynemouth SCOTLAND. - Abercromby, Right Hon. J.— Edinburgh Rannerrnan, A.—Aberdeen Dalmeny, Lord—lnverkeithing Dunlop, J.—Kilmarnock Ewing, J.—Glasgow Gillon, W. D.—Falkirk, &c. Loch, J.—Wick. &o Murray _J. A.—Leith, &c. Ormelle, Earl of—Perthshire Oswald, James—Glasgow Oswald, R. A.—Ayrshire Parnell, Sir H.—Dundee Sharpe, General—Dumfries,&c. Steuart, R.—Haddington, &c. Wallace Robert—Greenock IRELAND. EvanslG. —Dublin Co. Lalor, Patrick—Queen's Co. O'Connell, D.—Dublin O'Connell. Maurice—Tralee O Connell, Morgan—Meath O'Connell, John—Youghall O'Dwyer; A. C.—Drogheda O'Reilly, W.—Dundalk Ruthven, E. S.—Dublin Ruthvcn, Ed.—Kildare Vigors,y. A.—Carlow TELLERS. flume, Joseph—Middlesex iTorrens, Col.—Bolton r of the motion, with Mr. Pou IMPRESSMENT OF SEAMEN. LIST OF TH. Of 220 (Tellers included), ingbani's motion, 01 ENGLAND. Althorp, Viscount—South Nor. thampton Bankes, W. J.—Dorsetshire Baring, F. T.—Portsmouth Benett, J.—Scuth Wiltshire Bentinck, G.—King'sLynn Berkeley, G. C. F.—West Glou cestershire Berkeley, C. F —Cheltenham Bernal, Ralph—Rochester Bethel], R.—East Yorkshire Biddulph, R,—Hereford Blunt, Sir Charles—Lewes Rolling, W.—Bolton.le-Moors Boss, J. G.—Northallerton Brocklehurst, J.—Macclesfield Bruce, Lord E.—Marlborough Buller, James W.—Exeter Buller, Edward—North Staf fordshire Bulteel, J, C.—South Devon Burdett, Sir F.—Westminster Burrell, Sir C.—Shoreham Burton, Henry—Beverley Calvert, N.—Hertfordshire Carter, J. B.—Portsmouth Cavendish, Lord—North Der. byshire _ _ _ Cayley, Sir G.—Scarborough Cayley, E. S.—N. Yorkshire Chaplin, T.—Stamford Chilileri, J. W.—Cambridgesh. Clive, R. H.—S. Shropshire Cockerel!, Sir C.-:Evesham Crawford, W.—London Crawley, S.—Bedford Darlington, Earl of—South Shropshire Denison, J. E.—South Notting. hamsh'i re Divett, E.—Exeter Donkin, Sir R. S.—Berwick Dundas, J. W.—Greenwich Dundas, Sir R. L.—Richmond Ebrington, Visc.—North Devon Egerton, W. T —N. Cheshire Ellice, Edward—Coventry Et wall, R.—Andover Finch, G.—Stamford Fleetwood. P. H.—Preston Foley, J. H. H.—Droitwich Foley, E. T.—Herefordshire Forster, C. S.—Walsall Fox, Lieut.-Col —Tavistock Fremantle, Sir T.—Buckingham Gaskell, J. M.—Wenlock Gisborne, T.—N. Derbyshire Gordon, R.—Cricklade Goring, H.D.—New Shoreham Graham, Sir J.—East Cumber land Grant, Right Hon.R.—Finsbury Grey, C.—Chipping-Wycombe Grey, Sir George—Devonpott Gronow, Capt.—Stafford Grosvenor, Lord R.—Chester Handley, Wm. F.—Newark upon-Trent Handley, H.—Lincolnshire Hardinge, Right Hon. Sir H.— Launceston Heathcote, G. J.—Lincolnshire Heneage, G. F.—Lincoln Heron, Sir R.—Peterborough Herrie., J. C.—Harwich Hodges, T. L.—West Kent Hodgson, John—Newcastlo-on. Tyne Hoskins, K.—Herefordshire HothaT, Lord—Leominster Howard, P. H.—Carlisle Howick, Visc.—N. North= berland Hyett, W. H.—Stroud Inglis, Sir R. H.—Oxford Uni versity Irton, S.—West Cumberland James, W.—Carlisle Jermyn, Earl—Bury, Suffolk Jerningham, H. V.—Pontefract Johnstone, Sir J. V.—Scarbo. rough Keppel, Hon. G.—East Norfolk Kerrison, Sir E.—Eye Kerry, Earl of—Caine Labouchere, Henry—Taunton Lefevre, C. S.—North Hants Lemon, Sir C.—West Cornwall Lennard, I'. B.—Maldon' Lennard, Sir T.—South Essex Lennox, Lord A.—Chichester Lennox, LordG.—West Sussex, Littleton, Edward John—Sonih ------- Staffordshire Lumley, Lord—North Notting hamshire Lygon, Hon. Col. H.—West TVor . cestershire Lyall, G.—London Mangles, J.—Guildford Marjoribanks, S.—Hythe Marshall, John—Leeds Martin, J.—Tewkesbury Maxfield, W.—Grimsby Methuen, P.—North Wiltshire Mildmay, P. St. J. —Winchester Miles, %V.—East Somersetshire Moreton, A. H.—West Glou cestershire Morpeth, Ll—West Yorkshire Mostyn, E. M. L —Flintshire Neale, Sir H.—Lymington Nichol!, J.—Cardiff North, F.—Hastings Paget, Sir C.—Caernarvon Palmer, C. F.—Reading Palmer, R—Berkshire Palmerston, Lord—S. Hants Parker, Jonn—Sheffield ' MAJORITY 'ho voted against Mr. Buck• the 4th of March, Parker Sir H.—West Suffolk Pechell, Sir S. J. B.—Windsor Peel, Sir R.—Tamworth Pelham, Hon. C. E. W.—Lin colnshire, parts of Lindsey Pendarves, E. W. W.—West Cornwall . Penlean, C.—Southampton Petre, Hon. E. R.—York Phillpotts, John—Gloucester Pinney, W.—Lyme Regis Price, Sir R.—Herefordshire Ramsden, J. C.—Mallow Rice, Right Hon. T. S.—Cam bridge Ridley, Sir M.W.— Newcastle upon-Tyne Roberts, A. W.—Maidstone Rolfe, 11.. M.—Penrhyn . it ooper, J. B.—Huntingdonsh ire Ross, C.—Northampton Rotch, 8.--Knaresborough Russell, Lord John —South De vonshire Russell, Lord C. J. F.—Bedford shire Russell, Lord—Tavistock . Ryle, John—Macclesfield Sandon, Lord—Liverpool Sanford, E. A.—West Somer setshire Scarlett, Sir J.—Norwich Scott, Sir E. D.—Lichfield Scrope, Poulette—Stroud Sebright, Sir J. S.—Hertfordsh Seymour, Lord E.—Totness Shepherd, T.—Frome Skipwith, Sir G.—Warwicksh. Smith, J. A.—Chichester Smith, It. V.—Northampton Stanley, Hon. E. G. S.—North Lancashire Stanley, Henry—Preston Stanley, E.—West Cumberland Stewart, John—Lymington Stormont, Viscount—Norwich Stt ickland, G.—West Yorkshire Surrey, Earl of—West Sussex Talbot, W. H. F.—Chippenham Tancred, H. W.—Banbury Tennyson, C.—Lambeth Thompson, P. B.—East York shire Todd, J. R.—Honiton Torrens, Col.—Bolton Tower, C. T.—Harwich Townshend, Id. C.—Tamworth Tracy, C. H.—Tewkesbury Trevor, Hon. G. R.—Caermar thenshire Troubridge, Sir E.T.—Sandwich Tullamore, Lord—Penryn Tyrell, P.—West Suffolk Vernon, G. H.—East Retford Vyvyan, Sir R. R.—Bristol Wall, C. B.—Guildford Ward, H. G.—St. Albans Warre, A. J.—Hastings Watkins, J. L. V.—Brecon Waterpark, Lord—South Der byshire Weyland, R.—Oxfordshire Whitbread, W. H.—Bedford Whitmore, T. C.—Bridgenorth VVilbraham,G.—South Cheshire Willoughby, Sir H. P.—New castle Windham, W. H.—E. Norfolk Wood, G. W.—Lancashire Wood, T.—Brecknockshire Wood, C.—Halifax Wrottesley, Sir J.—South Staf. fordshire Wynn, Right Hon. C. W. W.— Montgomeryshire Yorke, C. P.—Cambridgeshire 'SCOTLAND. Adam, 'S COTLAND. Arbuthnot, General—Kincar. dineshire Bruce, C. L. C.—lnverness, &c. Callender, J. H.—Argyleshire Dalmeny, Lord—ln verkeithing Dunlop, J.—Kilmarnock, &c. Elliot, Hon. C.,pt.—Roxburgh shire Gordon, Capt. W.—Aberdeen shire Grant, C.—lnverness Hay, A. L.—Elgin, &c. Jeffrey. Right Hon. F.—Edin- burgh • • Johnstone, J. J. H.— Dumfries- shire Locn, James—Wick, &c. Macleod, R.—Sutherlandshire Murray, J. A.—Leith Ormelie, Earl of—Perthshire Pringle, R.—Srlkirkshire IRELAND. Belfast, Earl of—Antrim Co. Browne, J.—Mayo Browne, D.—Mayo Conolly, E. M.—Donegal Corry, Hon. H. L.—Tyrone Co. Dobbin, L.—Armagh Hayes, Sir E.—Donegal Hill, ord Arthur—Down Co. Howard, R.—Wicklow Co. Jephson, D. o.—Mallow Jones, T.—Londonderry Co. Knox, Col.—Dungannon Meynell, Capt. H.—Lisburne Talbot, J.—Athlone Tennant, J. E.—Belfast TELLER.• Duncannon,Visc.—Nottingham The new Spanish Romance announced under the title of " Salvador, the Guerrilla," it from the pen of M. de Trueba (himself a Sdaniard), and is believed to embody many of the eat!) , recollections of the author. No country is certainly richer in romantic and picturesque features than Spain, either as regards its magnificent se,- nery, the singular manners and customs of the inhabitants, or the many exciting incidents which occurred during its fearful struggle for independence. M. de Trueha is known to have been on habits of intimacy with the most distin • guisbed men of his own country, and his pre-ent work has been enriched by many sketches and anecdotes of those personages. WINDSOR, MARCH 7. The King returned to the Castle from St. James's Palace at half-past ten on Wednesday evening, escorted by a party of Life Guards. Their Majesties enjoyed their usual out-of-door exercise yesterday ; the Queen, on horseback, attended by Earl Howe, Miss Bagot, and other persons of the Royal Suite, and the King, in an open carriage, accompanied by Mademoiselle D'Este. Sir Edward Cromwell Disbrowe, his Majesty's Envoy Ex traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Sweden, and Lady Disbrowe, arrived at the Castle yesterday, and had the honour of dining and passing the evening with their Majesties. Lord and Lady Bingham and Lady Taylor also arrived in the course oryesterday on a visit to their Majesties. The King took a drive this morning in an open phaeton, accompanied by Sir Edward Disbrowe. At three o'clock this afternoon their Majesties left the Castle in an open carriage and four, accompanied by the Countess Howe and Lady Bingham, and proceeded into the Great Park. I The Royal carriage was followed by several others, containing Lady Clinton, Lady Taylor, Lady Disbrowe, Miss Bagot, Miss Boyle, and others of the Royal visiters and suite. Sir Herbert Taylor, Earl Howe, Sir Edward Disbrowe, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Viscount Falkland, and several other gentlemen, followed the Royal cortege on horseback. Their Majesties extended their drive as far as Belvidere, and returned by the Long Walk to the Castle at half-past five o'clock. Lord Hill and several other distinguished military officers are expected at the Castle to dinner to-morrow. RAMSGATE, MARCH 7, 1834. The " Ferret" steam-packet, Captain Hamilton, arrived here this morning, shortly before 12 o'clock (having left Calais at eight), not having been able to enter Dover harbour an ac count of the bar which prevails there when the wind is at S. or S.W. There were about forty passengers on board, among whom were Lord Louth and Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, Bart., M. P. for Renfrewshire, who immediately set off' for London, as the honourable baronet was desirous of being present in his place at the House of Commons this evening. Immediately after the " Ferret" had landed her passengers and three carriages, she left Ramsgate Harbour for Dover Roads. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRICAL FUND, Yesterday was celebrated at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street, the eighteenth anniversary of this very laudable charity, instituted for the support of decayed actors, which was numerously and respectably attended. The chair on this occa. sion was filled by Lord SAvrourt. Amongst his Lordship's supporters we observed Lords G. Lennox, Arthur Hill, Hon. Mr. Bruce, General Phipps, Mr. Randle Jackson, and many other zealous friends of the drama. On the removal of the cloth, the usual toasts succeeded, after which Lord G. LENNOX gave the health of the noble chairman, who returned thanks in a brief but suitable manner. He professed himself a warm supporter of the institution over which he presided, but referred them to Mr. Mathews, the locum tenera of the treasurer, Mr. Fawcett—who was absent from indisposition—for particulars. Mr. MATHEWS said he stood before them in what he would call "an awful position."—(A laugh.) Yes, he had felt his position awful. This institution had been founded in 1765, and the present Royal Family had long and liberally patronised it. The first idea of a public dinner originated with Mr. Faw cett.—(Hear, hear.) That man had devoted days and nights, and weeks and years, to promote the interests of that institu. tion and of the profession.—(Great applause.) It had been the fancy of Mr. Fawcett, that the institution might one day enable actors to retire after a number of years upon " half. pay," and he had lived to see the wish realised. Mr. Hull used to say that he hoped to live to see the fund amount to 10,0001., but Mr. Fawcett had lived to see that sum trebled.—(Cheers.) At this day the society was paying out of the interest of its funded capital, annually, 9001. Here he ought not to omit stating, that there were many per sons, patrons of the society, who did not honour them with their presence at the annual dinner. Amongst them he should mention the Duke of Devonshire, who had that day sent a donation of 1001. Until last year, they had been only able to allow 801. a year ; but this year the liberality of the patrons had enabled them to increase it to 1001.—(Cheers.) Various were the causes which had been alleged for the decline of the drama. Some said that the theatres were too large. But the late John Kemble once said, when told that the public did not like large theatres, " Sir, the public lie !—(Laughter.) When I and my sister were burnt out of Drury.lane, we performed at the Opera-house, where we drew houses of 7001. a night. We then went to play at the Haymarket, where,we never had more than 3001.,and the small theatre was never full."—(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. M.) had travelled lately round the provinces, and he had seen many attempts to put down the drama. In Sheffield, for instance, there was a clergyman who desired to be informed whenever the players came down there. His clerk used to go to the printing-office, and ask " When were the players coming down ? because the parson was going to have a fling at them ! " After commenting very se verely on the Sheffield parson's conduct, he said he had read in the papers—but he hoped it was not true—that in a late Parliamentary discussion relating to the drama, a member of the legislature had expressed regret that the time of Parliament should have been so much taken up with the case of the " outcasts of society."—(Hear, hear.) He (air. hi.) said honestly that he never had had any wish to be in the House of Commons—(Hear, and great laughter)—but after he read the speech of the senator to whom he had alluded, he almost wished he had been in the senate at the time, that he might have stood up and asked him to his face, would he say that Garrick was an outcast ?—(Great applause.) Would he say that Shak. speare was an outcast of society ?—(Renewed applause.) But would Shakspeare ever have been the writer which he was if he had not been an actor ?--(Hear, hear.) Why some of those fanatics who, at Sheffield and in other places, preached sermons against the drama, quoted Shakspeare from the pulpit, and such was their ignorance that they did not know they were quoting a dramatic writer.—(Great laughter.) He then alluded to the writings of Jeremy Collier against the stage, and said that he was happy that they had now a writer upon the drama of the same name, but with very different feelings.—(Applause.) He (Mr. M.) had not mentioned the Sheffield attacks upon the drama from any feeling of disappointment as regarded himself; for he had attacked the fanatic in his stronghold, and had had the satisfaction of beating him.—(Applause.) To those who were now present he need not say, " Are we outcasts?"— (Cheers.) To those who say so, he would reply, if they were present, "It is untrue."—(Cheers.) He (Mr. M.) would rather be the meanest of those outcasts than be the man who had called them by that name.—(Cheers.) He would not call even gipseys " outcasts" of society, for he had had experience of the honesty of gipseys ; and if he should hear that there were some of the tribe who were not honest, he would not have said that the gipseys were outcasts, but that those gipseys were a disgrace to their profession.—(Cheers, and great laughter.) It bad been said by a great writer, Alexander Pope, that " Honour and shame from no condition rise ;" and, as if he wished to put a pun into his (Mr. Mathews%) hand he added— " Act well your part, there all the honour lies." (Cheers.) It had been said by a nobleman at the table of his late Msjesty, when Prince of Wales, that the law was a pro fession into which no nobleman was ashamed to allow his son to enter. Upon which Mr. Curran, who was present. observed the profession had enabled him, the son of a peasant, to sit at the table of a prince. W e ll , th en, t h e d rama was a profession which raised him (Mr. Mathews), an outcast, to sit at the table of the Prince of Waterloo.—(Cheers.) Nor did he go there in the character of Punch.—(Cheers and laughter.) On the Con trary, that Prince never passed him in the street without an acknowledgment.—(Hear.) Mr. Mathews then appealed to the press to vindicate the drama from those unfounded attacks. Mr. Mathews sat down amidst immense cheering. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share, Alten Mining Company £7 11%1 Mex. Anglo Sun. 4:0. (iss. at 51. pm )4100 Bolanos Mining Company £l5O 13734 Brazilian Mining Company £s lb Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (its. at 51. pm,) £2O 601 Ditto Macaubas Cocaes 22% 29 1 4 Ditto St. John Del Rey Cata Branca Mining Company 354 British Iron Mining Company £so Columbian Minim Co. fuss al5/. pm.) 5234 English Mining Company 12)4 General Mining Association l2 Hibernian Mining Co Mexican Mining Co. £4B heal del Monte Mining Co....(unreg.) rnted Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 21. pm.) 40 Ditto New Scrip 5 Alliance Fire Insurance Comp.., Protector Insurance Comp. ~.... Australian Co. Canada Company General Steam Navigation Co National Provincial Bank of En; Rio Doce Provincial Bank of Ireland £2 2854 18 ;land 15 ?i•X gyi 9 £I T 6 29N 30 51 ISN 13 3 4 2% 41% 1 MYSTERIOUS OCCURRENCE. (From the Oxford Journal.) ABINGDON, MARCH 6.—On Thursday the 20th ult. a human skeleton was exhumed, by a man in the act of ditching, about a furlong from the public house at Foxcombe-hill. This cir cumstance awakened, in the remembrance of many, by-gone tales that have been related again and again for the last twenty years by an old man, John Viner, an inhabitant of Sunningwell, whose character as a reprobate of the highest Satanic eminence might well have given currency to the blood-stirring tales he told, had he not also at the same time acquired the unenviable distinction of being such an inveterate liar that not the least dependence could be placed in any fact that he uttered. The substance of these tales was, that when a boy, about ten or twelve years of age, he lived as servant with a farmer of the name of Hedges, who resided at Bayworth, which is in the same parish as is the site of the following tragedy; that he and his master had been to a certain place to fetch some pigs, but that the animals were so unmanageable, it was almost dark be fore they reached the Fox, which is the public house above alluded to—that his master made up his mind to leave the pigs there all night, and that they then went into the house to take some refreshment—that in the course of the evening the company was increased by the arrival of a Scotchman, with a large pack, who expressed a desire to sleep there, but who was informed by Chapman, the landlord, that he could not be accommodated—that these two had a quarrel when the Scotchman was about to"pay his reckoning, and that Chapman made the poker red hot, and swore that he would run the for mer through the heart—that subsequently this misunder standing was adjusted, and the Scotchman observed, as he could not sleep there, he must get on towards Oxford ; but as he was a stranger, and the road by no means easily to be discerned, the landlord and his master insisted on accom panying him a part of the way ; in fact, Hedges's road lay in the same direction, and the narrator (Viner) himself ac companied them ; that the party having arrived at a certain point, Hedges directed him (Viner) to stay there, and give the alarm if he heard or saw any one approaching —that he did remain there till he was convinced that the Scotchman had ,been murdered and buried, which occupied about an hour, when Chapman returned to the Fox, and Hedges and he went home to Bayworth, when his master gave him a pocket full of halfpence as " hush money," and that he never after refused him money when he demanded it, and that he had also promised him a considerable legacy; of the veracity of which he had never doubted, but in which, however, lie was undeceived by the death of this person, whose secret he had till that moment kept. It may be proper here to remark that Chapman, as well as hedges, were massy ye ars ago sum. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 8, 1834. The questionof the Corn Laws was last night disposed of for the session, by a majority in favour of their continuance of 157 I—an an- nouncement which was received with loud cheers; and no wonder, for the case was tried before a packed, or at any rate, an interested jury. This verdict will certainly not tend to strengthen the faith of the people in the virtue or wisdom of a Reformed Parliament. They will begin to consider how it may be still fur ther reformed, and advocate with more warmth an ever those two great cardinal questions, the Ballot, and the Repeal of the Septennial Act. The principle on which the Corn Laws are s upported, is that they afford legitimate protec- don to the agricultural interest, which without them would be utterly ruined. But Mr. TIMAISON last night triumphantly showed the fallacy of this assertion. He proved by a series of straight-forward, unanswerable facts, that the co rn laws were worse than useless as a protec tion to the agricultural interest, w hil e t h ey were positively detrimental to the manufacturing c l asses; that they were a species of prohibition, which, more or less, ranged all the great nations of the continent against us, and supplied them with an ample justification for any prohibitory enact ments they might bring to bear against us. It is e xtraordinary that, in the face of such un deniable facts, the agriculturists should still c ling to this, their darling hobby. They confess, that they are all but ruined with it—indeed they induce his MAJESTY to acknowledge as much in his speech from the throne,—and yet they will not even attempt to better themselves by throwing it aside, and substituting, instead, some more rational and equitable experiment. Even Lord ALTHORP himself acknowledged the necessity of a change in the corn law system, but nevertheless opposed the motion, on the principle, that "it was not a question merely theoretical." We must confess we cannot understand these nice logical distinctions. Does his lordship mean to say, that he is an opponent of the corn laws in the ory, but an advocate for them in practice ? That he has no objection to make fine speeches in their favour as a philosopher, pro vided he may be allowed to give a vote against them as a placeman ? If this be his lordship's meaning—for we suppose he has some meaning —most assuredly he is not to be complimented on the possession of any excessive ingenuous ness. Far better if, instead of hemming and haw ing, and doubtingand equivocating on the subject, his lordship had boldly risen and said, " True, I was once an advocate for a change in the corn laws, but Hon. Members will please to bear in mind that I was in Opposition then, a silly, disappointed Whig: I am in office now, and of course a partaker, in my degree, of all that adroitness and sagacity which a seat on the Treasury Bench never fails to give. At the same time, I think it my duty to state that I am still an Anti-corn law-man in theory ; I abjure that character only in practice. To talk in favour of the motion can do me no harm—to vote in its favour may be productive of great personal inconvenience, and I am by no means willing to risk the loss of my own loaf, in order to cheapen that of the country." Now, had his lordship addressed the house in terms of .L!__ • this import, such conduct would have been in perfect keeping with his well-known candour and manliness ; but, instead of this, he kept beating about the bush and begging the ques tion, till he fairly mystified both himself and his audience. Considering that Lord ALTHORP is a plain-spoken, straight-forward man, we look upon his speech, last night, as a prodigy of vagueness and ineptitude. With an affectation of meaning a vast deal—like Lord BURLEIGH'S expressive shake of the head—it carries the Art of Saying Nothing to the utmost:perfection of which that sublime art is capable. The squabbles: at the tea sales are worth a thousand speeches in favour of throwing open the trade. They are the struggles of an expiring party who had monopolized the market for ages, and charged what price they pleased to the community. Independently of the high duty of 100 per cent., the price of tea here was much higher than in Holland or the United States, or indeed in any countries which im ported teas directly from China. How could it be otherwise ? The, East L►dia Company had no rivals, and they would have been great simpletons indeed, if they had not; like all other merchants, tried to make the most of their ad vantages. They were not to blame, but the Government, who, for certain advantages, granted them a monopoly—in other words, allowed them to levy a tax upon the people, amounting, probably, to little less than a million sterling a year. The fact cannot be disputed. The average annual amount paid for teas has been for some years above 3,000,000/. ; the duty about the same ; making together, 6,000,0001., which the people of this country paid for tea. Taking the sur charge at 17 per cent., or one sixth, no great profit in the estimation of monopolists, we are under the mark in stating' that we have paid a million a year for tea more than we should have paid had the trade been free. Well, the corn laws still remain—at least for another year, but we have got a set off in another necessary of life, and may count on a reduction of one third of the price within a very short period. The high price is gone with the exclusive system. We give the bill for the repeal of the house, duty in another page. It will be seen that the duty is to cease and determine from and after the sth of April next—that is exactly one month from this day. The French Papers of Thursday incline to the opinion, that the report of the resignation of M. BURGOS is, to say the least of it, pre mature. It is said that Don CARLOS, who is living in retirement in a convent on the Spanish frontier, has appointed the notorious priest MERINO to the chief command of. all his armies. In the Chamber of Deputies, on Thursday, M. SAL VERTE brought forward the subject of the police agents' misbehaviour on Sunday, the 23d ult., on the Place de la Bourse. FRENCH FUNDS.—Pests, MARCH 6 Five per Cents., 106 f. 55c. 45c. 55c. Four and a Half per Cents., 101 f. 70c. Four per Cents., 94f. 10c. Three per Cents., 77f. 60c. 75c. Bank Actions, 1,780 f. Rente de Naples, 931. 50c. Roman Five per Cents., 93%. Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 26%. Rent° d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 40%. Royal Spanish L0an,178%. 4 Rente Perpet. d'Espagne, Fire per Cents., 62. Haytian Loan, 275 f. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25f. 20e. ; money, —f. —c. hree months, paper, 25f. 10c.; money, --f. —c. —Coors Authentique. 1 Brussels and German papers have been re ceived. It is stated that the Emperor FRANCIS had been attacked by the grippe, and that for a time his life was thought to be in danger, but he ultimately rallied, and was considered to be doing well :-- BELGIAN FUNDS.—BRDssEts, MARCH 4. Actual Debt, 2 % per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent 971 - Loan of the City, 1834, 4 per Cent. 94 DUTCH FUNDS—AMSTERDAM, MARCH 3. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. 49%13-16 89X Amort Syndic, 4% per cent The Royal William steamer, which left Lis bon on &inday last, arrived yesterday at Spit head in 120 hours. She brings no news of consequence ; there had been no fighting since the 18th ult., but the Miguelite3, in equal strength to the Pedroites, were in position outside of Santarem. moned to the other world to render an account of their actions, and that the f ormer a l ways ma i n t a i ne d a reputable ch a r ac t er in society, while the latter was always suspected of being somewhat beneath the standard of a paragon of virtue. In consequence of the discovery above alluded to, and the suspicion which had been awakened, an inquest was held on the bones by E. C owc h er , E sq. , on Tuesday se'nnight, when Viner was examined on oath relative to the mysterious tales he had propagated. He appeared alarmed at the position in which the fearful discovery had placed him, and was parti. cularly cautious what he said ; but in answer to several ques tions put to him, ar i s i ng ou t o f the foregoing - relation, he ad mitted that the poker was heated, as he had said, but he could not charge his memory with the cause for such a pro cedure, nor for what purpose it was intended to be used. He deposed also to the fact of having been placed in a certain place to watch, while the Scotchman, Chapman, and Hedges went on for about forty yards, indeed to the very. spot where the skeleton was found—that they remained there an hour or more --that they had a spade, which he could hear them use, but he said that he never suspected that a murder had been committed until he was arrived at years of discretion, and that, although it was true, as he had said, that his master gave him some money when they got home on the night alluded to, yet that such money was not given for the purpose which he had stated it was, but that it was an act of spontaneous gene rosity on the part of his master. The jury, under all the cir cumstances of the case, were satisfied that the bones were those of a murdered man, but they were not satisfied how he came by his death, and th e y re t urne d th e i r v erdict accordingly. It is a remarkable fact, that when Viner has been telling these tales to persons conversant with the neighbourhood, they could always tell within a very few yards the precise spot where he intended to lay the site of this murder, and that was exactly where the skeleton was found. Another indication that Viner was cognizant of the murder is the fact that he and another man were once employed to scour out this identical ditch ; and that, when they came to this spot, Viner said, " Suppose a man should be buried here." His companion called him a fool for his extravagant supposition ; but Viner observed that he might not be quite so wide of the mark as his fellow chose to think him to be; and acting, as it were, on the correctness of his impression, he dug very shallow in that par. ticular spot, and obtained the deficient quantity of mould by digging it from one side of the ditch, as it may be seen at this day. It appears very probable that this tragical event took Place at a less remote period than that to which Viner has as-. signed it, which would throw it back fifty-three or fifty-four years. Indeed the general opinion is, that it was not so long ago, and that the old villain, who has confessed enough to ren der him an accessory in the eye of the law, was a principal in the murder; who, although urged by his conscience to confess his guilt, has been so far influenced by the fear of the conse quences, as to mingle up so much falsehood with the truth, as to render it difficult to distinguish the one from the other. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE &Clock. Sank &cat shut New 5 per Cent. -- I per Cent. lied. 2:per Cent. Cons. 91%%%% Ditto Bonds —3l pm. 3% per Cent. shut South Sea Stock ...... 101% Ditto Red shut Old Annuities •••• New 3% per Cent. 98%%% ?New Ditto 3 per Cent. Ann. 1726 ....- —l2 per Cent. Ann. 1751 4 per Cent. 1826 Bank Long Ann. to expire Ditto 500... 48 49 pm. Jan. 5, 1860 shut Ditto Small 4B 59 P. Oct. 10, 1859 — Di tto Commercial Jan. 5, 1860 l7 1-16 Ditto Advertised ......... — r pm. Jan. 5, 1880 — Bank for Account — April 5, 1880 — India for Account Jan. 5, 1870 Cons. for Account .... 91141A2 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds ....... ..... 1024 Belgian Bonds 99 Ditto Account...... 991,4 Brazilian Bonds - 74 14 Ditto Account 73% 4 Buenos Ayres Bonds 26% Ditto Account 26% Chilian Bonds 27 Ditto Account 27 Columbian Bonds Ditto Account 25 , Ditto Bonds, 1824 26,4'7 Ditto Account 27 Danish Bon.is 75% Ditto Acccunt 7534 Greek Bonds Ditto Bonds, 1825 29% Ditto Account — THIS DAY AT ONE 0 CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds 22% Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds 66 % Ditto - Account 665 Ditto New Bonds 66% % Ditto Acconnt 67 6 9 Prussian Bonds lOl Ditto Bonds, 1822 lO3 Russian Bonds, 1822 1043 Ditto Account. 104% Ditto 111 lo6g Spanish Bonds, 1&21 31% % Ditto Acc. .31%3,43a Ditto Bonds, 1823 29 34 Ditto Account 29%34 French Rentes, 3 p. c. —f. —c. ----- Exchange —f —c. —3 per cent —f. —c. ---;Exchange — f. —c. Dutch, 21 p. c. 5054 50 Ditto Account 50 % % Ditto, 5 p. c. 97% Ditto Account 97% Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent 31% Ditto ACCOUPI t "Mt o, 6 per cent 398, 40 Ditto A iicouot 39% Neapolitan B9, NG E YESTERDAY. COURSE OF EXCHA Amsterdam C.F. 12 4 Ditto, at sight In 2 Rotterdam 2U. 12 4 Antwerp 12 4 Hamburg M.B. 13 11 Altona l3 11 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 40 Ditto 2 U. 25 70 Bordeaux .25 75 Berlin 7 Frankfort on Maine, Ex. st.not Petersburgh, ruble, 3 U£. 10 M Vienna, effective A. 2M. 9 56 I Dieste do 9 57 Niad rid 3614 Cadiz 37% Bilboa Barcelona 36l¢ ' aeville 36% Gibraltar 47 Leghorn 4834 Genoa '25 65 Milan 11 Venice 47 Naples . 4034 Palermo per oz. 123 Lisbon s2q Oporto 53% Rio .Taneiro l ßahia Bl Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight 134 Cork 134 BULLION, PER OZ. X. s. d. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons 3 19 0 New Dollars Silverbars„ standard 0 5 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning...4o minutes after 1.1 Evening... 3 minutes after 2. NOTICE. :n a few days, when the arrangements for that pur. pose are accomplished, The Sun will be conside , rably enlarged, and printed with a new and beauti , ful type, cast expressly for this Paper by the cele. brated Alex. Wilson and Sons, of Glasgow. 4F - Criia b E* 14 L SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, MARCH 7.—Wind W.S. W , moderate — Arrived the Sylph, Barton, from the Mediterranean. Arrive dPalmira the River and remain, the Berwickshire, Thomas, for t ; , Loader, for Bombay; Palmira, Loader, for d itto ; Westbrook, Freeman, for Jamaica; Apollo, Randall, for Berbice; a nd Re gulus, Frippat, for Sierra Leone. n i ve d the PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 7.—Wind Royal William steamer, from Lisbon; and John and Sallb Javes, fr MOUTH, ditto. MARCH 6.—Wind S.W., a hard ga le om front S W. to W., last night and to-day. FAL -"UTll. MARCH 6.—Wind W., fresh g ales and squally.—Sailed the Columbia steam-packet , for the Mediter. . mean. Win- STANDGATE CREEK, MARCH 7.—Arrived th e Beatrice, chelo, from Odessa ; Ariadne, Robinson, from Ancona. Lagu iv ir t a m ; N:u ni tt 4 l:: COWES, MARCH 7.—Arrived the Nautilus, Turner, (rota London, leaky, bound to Trieste. DARTMOUTH, MARCH 6.—Arrived off port, the Gathers ft °lll St. Übes , BRISTOL, MARCH 7.—Arrived the James Hamilton, Barry from Messina. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 6.—Arrived the Diana, Archibald, from M C A o ß ia i n i , s. f_rom Arr V iv ir e g d in th ia e forth, from Odessa; and Atalanta, Julien, from Marseilles• n port th " e Whttehaven, from Laguira. Lo Orf eur, from Alicante. ;Ballilayr,ber'C°Orn: f The T he so l3 hr r ya o ,n a d ono s od t n a r os s o , wk ii i ni l ob a g ud d r e en e p , f u wr o p am s t upse t t rw. at h t i e e h r Sierra e L:o t n o e driven on shore near st h inst. y 7-- raystone on the The Resolution, Roberts from London to LivDoenurpootb:ll°WsPtuag: into Whitstable, assisted with loss of anchors and cables, an d leaky, having been on the Maplin Sand. The Eagle, Davis, from Li ver pool to Galway, was d r iven 0 1 : 1 shore near Milford during a gale on Wednesday night, an bilged. Crew saved. The Pilot, Moore, on leaving the harbour of St. Andrews for Trinidad, in charge of the pilot, grounded on the bar, is s e ' riously damaged, and has put back to discharge and repair. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) DEN MARKET. this morning's market, and the was somewhat brisk, but other s ices. COVENT-GAR , There was a great supply at trade with the best Vegetables wise dull, at about last week's pi s. d. s. s. d, B.& Potatoes (cwt.) 3oto 5 0 Spinach (half-sieve)... 0 g ° to o 8 Cthbages,Sayoy(l2) 1 6 3 0 Apples 2 0 7 Ditto White 1 6 2 6 Pears 4 0 8 0 Ditto Red 2 0 5 0 Quinces 3 0 5 0 2 0 5 0 Brocoli 1 0 2 Onions Endive Horse Radish(bundle) 315 0 10 v 7 0 1 5 0 Celery 0 6 1 OlLemons Carrots (12bunches)... 4 0 701 Walnuts 1 0 2 8 Turnips 2 0 4 °Asparagus l5 0 2 ° 6 6 0 Coleworts or Greens... 1 6 3 0 Van. Chesnuts (peck) 4 6 0 0 0 2 00 Sweet eOranges 0range5.............. 8 0 14 . 0 Leeks 0 6 1 0 French ditto ............ 3 6 ~ „ For. Grapes (per lb.) 0 8 2 6 French Walnuts ....... 4 0 1 2 Y i Filberts 1 0 1 6 Spanish Hazlenuts .... 4 0 ? X Pine Apples (lb.) 5O 7 0 Brazilian Nuts... ... ...'2 0 2 i n ' Sea Kail (punnet) 1 0 1 6 Turnip Greens (bush.) 0 7 01 " . Small Salad (punnet) 0 4 0 5 Brocoli 5pr0u t5 ......... 9 HAY MARKETS.—(At per Load of 36 Trusses.) - - Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Ha y 0 u £ CUMBEKLAND. 3 £3 15 10 to - New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 4 4 Useful Old Ditto 4 4 ill Fine Upland Meadow and Eye-grass Hay 4 8 5 0 Clover Hay 4 5 1 16 Oat Straw Z 1 10 to £1 12 1 Wheat Straw... 1 12 SMITHFIELD. 10 Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay New Meadow Flay O3 5 0 t ° 4 Useful Old Ditto 3 15 4 9 Fine Upland Meadow and Eye-grass Hay .. 4 4 4 15 Clover Hay (extra fine)...X4 15 —Generally .... 4 0 1 16 Oat Straw ... 110 to .£1 14 I Wheat Straw.... 1 14 HUNGERFORD. XS 1 0 Coarse Meadow Hay £3 5 to — 0 0 New Meadow Hay • 0 0 4 0 Useful Old Ditto Clover Fine Upland Meadow and Rye grass Hay ...... 10 Hay Oat Straw £1 BtoXI 10 1 Wheat Straw.... 1 12 THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY,:T WELVE 0' C 0 he Our arrivals this morning are—the French mail L , with express from Paris, and accounts from Lisbon, in five days' at Portsmouth, by the Royal William steamer, stating that _ fighting had taken place since that of the 18th, and that tfl_ e .. Pedroites were compelled to bestow all their attention on.roll, tarem. It appears that Miguel's forces are in and equal in strength to those of Pedro. that De" According to the above information, it appears t b y Miguel is now bidding defiance to the army of Don hit taking up a position outside of Santarem, and, up to th dates, they were looking at each other. It is evident that Don Miguel must be stronger than was anticipated. 50 0 The Royal William is come to take out to Lisw- -- Belgians. Consols, which left off' yesterday at 91 34 % for the Ac, count, opened at 91 % ; Spanish 311 to • Por tugu- e 661 3i—was done at 65 %, and got up again to 4 w 661. 1 A letter from Lisbon of the Ist inst , is as foil": ;,;o t w a r n i c te you in haste, to state that there • is n othing o' e from the army, nor any political news." HALF-PAST °NB. h The Captain of the Royal William steamer, from Lisb7; as arrived in town, and confirms what we have previoueeln good condi 1 stated, that nothing of consequence has taken Plac e betw o ver the contending armies before Santarem. He has broughtns a number of the dissatisfied troops of Don Pedro, the priso to Lisbon being cleared o f th em. W e s hould not be surprised hear soon of another attack from Don Miguel. The Pike is next pact exct. Consols ha ve the been during themorning at 9111 buyers and sellers, with little doing. . b a roc' Portuguese stock has been done at 65f ; since wine . 0, tion has taken place, and they are at present 6611; S P ani 311. 1. Alternate), In other foreign securities nothing doing. 0 CK THREE O'CA- Console for the Account, 911. Mr. Clifford, the news-agent of Inner Free- Temple-lane, has r e c e ived a l e tt er f ro m Sir Franc" ling, Sir —w of hich the following is a cow-- a „ t to " In answer to your !a ter of the s th just, v u the Duke of Richmo n d, I am requested to aalusin'el,:d that the official privilege of the clerks of the roadsl%,,ril newspapers will cease and deterrhine on the sth of "i next.—l am, Sir ,your obedient servant, " F. FREBLING."„ p i e .laoe icsi ‘ l, ‘ T x o F IV O Ir R . D CI F i ff E or s d T , I N v ew A s L A ...... gent T , I h n e ne g r r T a e n rn d smu wei, festival, to celebrate the installation cf the Duke of " the lington, will take place about the 106 of June, LIS,. most magnificent scale, and will continue for four 43 1 . 0 Active preparations are now being made, and . ri n' A ' illi b ri, the vocalists already engaged are Madame Cara d° - e r. Mr. H. Philips, and Mr. Machin, the eminent bats: render Every exertion will be made by tie comm it t ee, the celebration grand, to do honour cation. 3 The Marquis of Lansdowne enterta in ed , large party at dinner yesterday, at Lansdowne route, Berkeley-square. The great failure in New York adverted i° for yesterday is that of S. and DI. Allen, brokers, f 5,000,000 dollars, besides which we have accoun ts .. the failure of Cephas Miles and Co , general rnerchen'" and agents, of the same lace for 000,000 dollars. In all there have oc curred, ncludieg tb°l6 above-mentioned, eleven failures in New York, three-in ~,, ,n Philadelphia, four in Boston,money one in Salem, an d nm to so Glocester. None of them, taken separately , o i l a . ' large an amount as those referred to above, but the y sre , Pit on a large scale, and in the aggregate do not fal l ' ), bably, to ttltrstrious oc much short of 20,000,000 dollars. The calsni i t , but A be cessarily exposed them to the tirst shock of re c orns: merchants and shipowners and manufacturers ha true in for a large share of its effects. In foraing.nam.nd judgment of a crisis like this, it must be borne 1 . 1 1 ., that at such a time the failures do not necessarily ITp_id insolvency, for in fact most houses which are most pressed upon in so tremendous a difficulty , or m use impossibility, in realizing assets of any kind' when stop payment, though it may turn mi t t i s ti . matters return to their natural state, that tbelloed, large surplus in band, after all claims are Ba b % w ill Until this occurs, however, much anxiety and w hose trade deo rehen . prevail as to the result. A very general miesliPsrbiebt sion exists here relative to the rate of exchange' but the being at 98, is described as 2 per cent. below Par; b e ing' , par of exchange between New York and Lond o r Weer in effect, about 108, the exchange is 10 per . ceT . eat e of par. In considering the po ss ibl e action of th . ' den , we things on America in the moneyed interest of,L on see do not find that much apprehension as yet exists..eeion of ral houses are making preparations for the trap that f r om bullion to New York, and it is calculated , t 1; „ e d in 500,000 dollars to 1,000,000 dollars will be suf s ' en in ••• the course of next week, but in other roll ° o f tbe fluence is apparent in the general transaetilit more money market. The shock is likely te be '°,,,rirtb moo seriously in the manufacturing districts of the, e - c otter' England, and more in the woollen than in tu ne nieg commercial enterprise to that quarter. trade. It fortunately occurs, however, that the c , dog i n a degre e & D el of the trade with China, now near at hand, is wr j r bich may more than compensate for the blow it has °tie . 'off in the United States, and thus avert all material ini from this country.— Times PawaßT. AND PUBLISHRD B Y MURDO l .a AT I sm SIM OI7ICS, 119, STRAND• MISS EDGEWORTFI'S NEW WORK. 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