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

NGE YESTERDAY. COURSE OF EXCH. .. Am sterdam . . . Ditto, at sight„ .. 12 4 .. l2 1 Rotterdam ............. U 12 5 Antwerp.. Al 1-lamburgli ........ .2% U . 37 5 tona .............. 2% U 37 6 DParis, 3 days' sight Bitto. ................... 2 U 25 SO Bordeaux erlin ........ ....... ... Frankforion Maine, .... M. 154 Petersburg h, rble... 3U. 9% Vienna, effective fl. 2 M. 10 12 Neste...... do. ladrid Bilboa Cadiz .............. .......... 'l4 B arcelona 33 Seville '33 1 ,4 Gibraltar 45 ZITY Leghorn 47IA Genoa 26 Venice 46 Malta Naples 37IA Palermo per oz. 114 Lisbon 49i Oporto Rio Janeiro as, Bahia 43 Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight C o r k I M BULLION, PER OZ. .f. O. d. Portugal Gold, coin... 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bar s 3 17 6 New Doubloons New Dollars 0 4 94 Silver, bars, standard 0 4 llf un, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 5, 1827. Mr. CANNING has had a long audience with 'the RING this morning. The conduct of the Ultras is such as to re- I nove all delicacy, all hesitation, on our part, in commenting upon it Each debate shows more distinctly than the preceding one, that their fury a nd chagrin are unbounded at the triumph of their opponents. But whatever may be the case with Honourable Members or Noble Lords, t here is no Parliamentary usage which obliges 8 to disguise our honest conviction that little credit is to be attached to their assertions of having acted without concert, and upon • grounds of public advantage. We are satisfied tha t many individuals of the party would only b e deterred by selfish motives, from bringing the State into any amount of peril, in hopes that such a crisis might give them a chance of regain ing those situations which they have lost through t he most egregious folly. The speech of the Marquis of LONDON DERRY is more like that of a bravo than °I a statesman. He seems desirous to de cide at Chalk Farm what he feels will go against him in the Senate, but we sin cerely hope that no provocation will induce his opponents to risk lives of high value to the State, against those in being lavish of which th e possessors would be almost excusable. 'And here we cannot help compli- M,_ enting a N o bl e M arq ui s , who is a t l eas t L or d 4 40ND ON DE RRY'S equal in personal courage, upon t he creditable and temperate manner in which he re plied some nights ago to the unhandsome re rnerks of his former friend. Some men with -014 one-tenth of Lord ANGLESEA'S courage fight have endeavoured to make the most of what t hey had by getting into a duel, but the Noble Marquis prefers serving against his country's foes e,n such a fi e ld as W ater l oo , to v i o l at i ng h er l aws b y Lord hi s f e ll ow - c iti zens f or p riva te wrongs . Lord KING was particularly happy in flinging back en Lord LONDONDERRY the name of rubbish which that Noble Lord very elegantly ap plied to the new Peers. Lord KING observed, that the term rubbish was by builders applied t o what was removed, and not to new ma terials. In the House of Commons, Sir THOMAS I 'ETHBRIDGE made one of the most laughable s peeches w hich we have ever read, that i s , 'e was laughed at from its commencement t 0 its conclusion, but what was really interest el3lg for the House to know,—Mr. PEEL'S brother et he the reasons of his withdrawing from " Government that powerful and efficient sup port with which he had honoured their prede cessors in office. But it is on the 11th of June that Mr. ‘'AisiNING'S Administration is to encounter the "hole brunt of their opponents' fury. This to nothing but skirmishing ; but by that time th e Ultras will have such speeches ready, and 'Fill have got up such a number of petitions again st th e C a th o li c s, that the accoun t o f their victory will be like C7ESA R'S, veni, vici. They will by that time, per pie their f r iends that Mr. CA NNING is th e ( It't's Legate, or Vicar-General of the king eln, with every chance of succe e ding in le tim e to the Papal throne. In short there is 1 ° fals e h oo d, no b aseness , o f w hi c h we d o not s uspect s ome O rangem en capable, w ith a v i ew o f t urtling l , Pu bli c f ee li ng ag ainst th e h ea d o f hi s AJEsTv's Government. But we are confident t hat th e S OVEREIGN w ill no t d e s er t th e Mi n i ster wh om, he has chosen, and who has given the m ost solemn assurance that he will respect the prejudices of the Nation on the Catholic th ti "tion, 'till reason aed argument convince ep of th e i r m i sta k e . S u pp o rted by his KING, I.lu by all the intelligence of the country ING . , Mr. oh Al ' I N must soon disarm all but factious rPosition The French Papers of Wednesday, and the Voile dated Thursday, have been received. Their contents principally relate to discussions u pon th e late conduct of Ministers in dissolving th e National Guard. Some people think, and Perhaps with good reason, that there is more th an meets the ear in all this exercise of Mini- Rerial 'authority or precipitancy, while others, and by far the greater portion, blame the con duct of the Executive as a piece of frantic bra vado in revenge for their defeat on the law for suppressing the liberty of the Press. One thing is clear, that the French Ministry have trans gressed ,the rational bounds of their power, and have irretrievably committed themselves With th e people if not ultimately with the SOVE 4tIGN. To disband a body of men amounting to fi fty thousand, from th e mere irritation of the l ' a , l ornent, betrays a want o f prudence which gie_l(i NG ma y feel cause to lament in correcting th e petulance of the Ministry. There can be no ` 4o ubt that p ro mpt measures are abs o l ute l y neces e 41 " Y upon certain occasions, but not for th e p art i a l d x ression of national feeling against a Mi n i s t er 0 had made himself odious to the nation by attempting to abridge its liberties. If Minis will exceed their moral responsibility by acts, they must lav their account to the con th-"nea• The French Ministry seem to be at 41e present moment much :.1 the came condition tiat°,l4 ex -worthies at home. They bare outraged t° r enal feeli ng b y t h e i r bi gotry , an d now wish by Nnge themselves for their own misconduct, wh i ng off ludicrous fits of chagrin, e oilfi tl t, like the f oo l' s wrat h , turn to t h e i r own he SleI l• The public feeling in Paris has th e rwerfully excited, and the accounts from Fr o r °vineqs echo the national sympathy. b e e 1 a state of doubtful repose, the people have ter `nroused to intense agitation, and the Minis of nataY disc that it is easier to raise a storm I ftal ntent than to pac - 'y those angry spirits which hie own folly has called into fearful action. The apprehension of the Government may be inferred from their ulterior acts—the dis honourable conduct manifested in opening all the letters before leaving Paris. This speaks vo lumes. Extracts will be found in another column. We received this morning the Allgemeine Zeitung, of the 28th of April. The Porte, by accounts of the 10th, had not agreed to the terms proposed by the European Powers respect ing Greece. We are not sorry for this, because, if Lord COCHRANE strike a decisive blow, the Greeks will obtain far better terms, by dint of their owhi arms, than if purchased through the questionable intercession of such lukewarm friends as Austria and others, who, had they been really sincere, might have accom plished for Greece six years ago, what they now profess to do by the idle notes of diplomacy, which are as much regarded by the SULTAN as the murmuring waters of the Hellespont. If a man wants to have his business well done, he must do it himself: and the same rule will apply to nations as well as individuals :-- (BY EXPRESS.) CONSTANTINOPLE, Arnim 10. The Porte is still in the same situation with respect to the negociations with the European Powers, and has not agreed to any concessions. The accounts from the Archi pelago are said to be still unfavourable to the Turks, though there is not yet any authentic account of the raising of the blockade of the Acropolis, and of the total defeat of the Smokier Reischid Pacha. Should these two events be confirmed the affairs of the Greeks would assume a very different appearance, and things might take such a turn, that we should see the Divan itself seek for that intervention of the Christian Powers which it now declines. VIENNA, APRIL 23. The Austrian Observer of this date ridicules the man na• in which the German Journal published at Paris amuses its readers with all kinds of idle and absurd reports, and, as a specimen, quotes some particulars given by that Journal on the 13th April, under the head of a private letter from Dresden :—Among these statements we find that Austria assembles two armies of observation of 6,000 men each, one in Transylvania, the other in Italy : the former because Austria having joined England and Russia respecting the affairs of Greece, is bound by treaty to have this force ready t.) assist Russia, if the Porte will not agree to the proposals made to it. The army of observation in Italy is to be assembled becausa Spain, supported by France, has views upon Portugal. As for the King of Spain, it is affirmed here (at Dresden) that he will seek an asylum in France, where he lived very comlbrtably under the reign of Napoleon. VIENNA, Aram 23.—Metalliques, 90. 5-16. ; Bank Shares, 1084. We have received by express Lisbon Papers of the 23d and 24th of April. They contain two official articles from the department of Eccle siastical Affairs and Justice : the first addressed to the Chancellor of the Tribunal called Casa de Supplicacao, with a copy of the Deeree of Am nesty, and ordering all trials now pending before that tribunal, implicating persons to whom the dispositions of that decree are applicable, and all those causes of the same nature which shall be henceforth referred to it by the local Magistrates and Tribunals, shall be tried in preference to all other causes ; the other is addressed to the ',ler regidor of the Comarca da Guarda to the same effect : and that the spirit of perverse ingratitude and disloyalty may not abuse this act of Royal clemency to forge or perpetrate new acts of se dition and revolt with the hope of impunity, her Highness further orders, that ifany person or per sons shall in future dare to propagate seditious opinions, or commit acts tending to excite re bellion and renew the horrors of civil war, the Magistrates, in preference to all other affairs, shall institute proceedings against them in the shortest time possible. Similar orders are sent to all the Corregidors in the kingdom : LISBON, APRIL 21. To-day, in a General Meeting, the Committee appointed to present an opinion respecting the propriety of the Bank taking the whole or a part of the lean of 4,000 contos, and also with respect to the increasing of its capital, gave their opinion, the substance of which is, that the capital should not be encreased, and that the Directors should be autho rized to take such part of the loan as they should judge compatible with the resources of the Bank, on such terms as they should judge advisable.. This opinion was adopted. We know also, that the Co:nmittee declared, that after making all necessary examination, they had found the Bank in the best possible order, and very considerable sums in its coffers, sufficient to meet all the current payments, and to take a good part of the loan of 4,000 contos. We request our Readers' attention to a para graph copied into this day's SUN, from the Dub lin Freeman's Journal, and headed " A Vestry held on a Tomb-stone." It is really a most ori ginal specimen of unadulterated assurance : any thing, in fact, but an imitation of " Hervey's Meditations -among the Tombs." A Colonel BAGGOT, it seems, assisted by a brother or two, a Protestant Clergyman, unconnected with the Parish, a Serjeant of the Police (a neat subject for Vestry meditations), together with a few similar Solomons, agreed to hold their synod over the body of a poor Papist, for the purpose of ap pointing Clerks, Churchwardens, and, in short, all things requisite for the support of a Protestant Parish Church. So far, so good : the first appoint ment made was that of Churchwarden—the second, that of Clerk to. the Church—both which offices the intelligent Reader will pronounce highly indispensable, particularly when he comes to reflect that there is no Church in the Parish. Now this being the case. we think it but common justice that the appointments should correspond with their occasion, that they should assimilate to each other by a beau tiful mid sympathising harmony ; and that, therefore, as the Church is visionary, so also should be the salaries of its satellites. Unfortu nately, however, the clerk has taken care to secure four months' pay beforehand—a point on which we lay the greater stress, as it affords a very felicitous sample of the Orange mode of transacting business in Ireland—in that very Ire land, which Mr. PEEL, with his usual ineffable but most unstatesmanlike modesty, declared to be as well governed as any country could possibly be governed. Calcutta Government Gazettes from the 4th to the 2lith of Dece—ber, have been received. The Ga zette of the 7th, contains a long, and rather interesting account of a public breakfast given by the King of Oude to his Excellency Lord Amherst, on the 21st of Novem ber, in his Majesty's encampment on the Ganges, near Cawnpore ; and also of a visit of state paid by the King to the Governor-General, on the 20th. A plan has been circulated at Calcutta, for the formation of a United Ser vice Club, which is intended to be formed of officers, mili tary and medi ca l, o f hi s Ma j esty and the Company ' s Ser vice, of seven years standing—Captains of the Company's Service, and m em b ers of the Church or Bar. The sub scription! is to be 100 rupees (about ten guineas), for those who reside within one hundred miles of Calcutta, and 25 rupees for those at greater distances. Besides ordinary ac commodation, the Club is to provide beds for members ar riving at the Presidency. COM M I RCIAL.—(From a Norfolk Paper of April 3.) A letter from St. Jago de Cuba, Feb. to, says, our Intendant some time back took upon himself to open this port as a deposit for productions of the United States, admissible in the British Islands, and promulgated a decree to that effect, subsequently he has received counter irstructions from the Superintendant at the Havannall, and has been obliged to revoke the decree, so we are on the same footing as before. THE FUNDS.(THIS DAY). CITY, Twelve o' Clock. Consols opened this morning at 82 k, and immediately after the market became brisk and advanced to 824, buyers, for a time, but have since become heavy, and have fallen to 81i 2, looking gloomy. India Bonds fully maintain their price of yesterday, being 73 5 ; and Exchequer Bills are 47 8 pm. In the Foreign Funds both Colombian and Mexican Bonds remain extremely steady at 32 : 1 3, and 6Si ; Brazilian 61, 1 2 - 2 ; Portuguese Bonds are a little lower, being 773- 8. The private letters from Lisbon ex press their fears that the Apostolic party are not so com pletely put down as to cause them to lie free from alarm from that quarter. No alteration has taken place in the price of Shares. Three per Cent. Consols, 82, sellers; Ditto for account, 82, sellers; India Bonds, 73 5 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 47 8 pm. FOREIGN.-Brazilian, 6U 2 ; Buenos Ayres, 57 9 ; Chilian, 31 3 ; Colombian, 324 ; Danish, 61 ; French Five per Cent. 99i 1004 ; French Three per Cent., 69 70 ; Greek, 161 ; Mexican, Five per Cent., 56 7 ; Ditto 6 per Cent., 68 i; Peruvian, 29 SI ; Portuguese, 77,1,- 8 ; Russian, 90 1- ; Spanish, 124 4. MINES.—AngIo Mexican, 40 374 dim. ; Brazilian, 3 die. ; Colombian, 13 15 per Share ; Real del Monte, SO 85 pm. ; Tlalpuxahua, 15 20 pm. ; United Mexican, 13 12 dis. Two o' Clock. Consols have had little business, and are 82, buyers. There is scarcely any alteration in the Foreign funds since the early part of the day. THREE 0' CL 0 CK. Consols, 82 no business. POUR o'CLOCK—CLOSING PRICES. Consols 82 • Danish Bonds Do. for Ac. 82 Greek Do. 182.5, 16 Brazilial. Bonds Mexican Do. 1825 69 Buenos Ayres Do. Peruvian Do. 30 Chilian Do. Russian Do. 901 Columbian, 1824, 331 Spanish Do. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, MAY 4.—Wind S.W.—Arrived, the Belle Alliance, Hunter, from Bengal ; Ganges, Boultbee, from ditto ; Cortes, Sprage, from New York ; Sprightly, Living stone, from Faro ; Australia, Fraser, from Jamaica; and Hope, Flint, from India. Arrived from London, and re main, the Margaret, for Halifax ; Duchess of Portland, for St. Domingo; Cambridge, for New South Wales; Lotus, for Quebec ; Allies, for Havannah ; Portland and Atalanta, for Jamaica; Regalia, for Quebec; Kingston, Brown, for Bengal ; Hudson, for New York ; and Fame, for Charleston. FALMOUTH, May 3.—Wind variable.—Arrived off Port, the Samuel, Brown, from Mauritius, in 100 days; his Majesty's brig Lyra, and the Duke of Marlborough packet, from Lisbon, sailed the 22d and 25th ult., with dispatches. tiaisToL, MAY 4.—The Margaret, of this port, from the Mediterranean, under jury masts, was spoken on the 28th ult., off Cape Clear, by the Deeasson, arrived from St. Vineents. . EAST INDIA SHIPPING. The William Fairlie, Blair, arrived off Brighton, from China, sailed from St. Helena, on the 21st of March, in company with the George the Fourth, Barrow; Earl of Balcarras, Cameron ; Castle Huntley, Drummond ; Mof fat, Brown, from China to London, and parted on the 23d, in lat. 9. S. 10ng.:12. The Earl of Balcarras, Cameron, lost jib-boom, foretopmast, and three top-gallant masts, on the lith January, at Princes Island. The London, Sotheby, was to sail from China, for London, on the 10th January. The Orwell, Farrer, on the 14th ; and Sir David Scott, M'Taggart, on the 24th. The William Fairlie spoke a the 20th ult. his Majesty's ship Thetis, from Bermuda to Rio de Janeiro. The John Barry, Roche, was spoken with on the 16th of January in the Straits of Sunda, or her return to Ba tavia, with lose of rudder and leaky, part of her cargo thrown overbo by the William Fairlie. The Lady Melville, Clifford, from London and Calcutta; and the Dunira, Hamilton, from Bengal, are arrived at China. The Marquis Camden. Fox, and Lord AmherPt, Craigee, from China, and the Marchioness of Ely, Mangles, and Moira, Hornblovv, from Bengal, are arrived at St. Helena. CaLcuzrA, DEC. 26.—We understand that the two steam-vessels for which the machinery was Rent out from England in the lleginning of the year, are very nearly completed, and that one of them will be launched on Monday the let January, .at three in the afternoon; the other will be launched probably in a fortnight after wards ; they are named the Ituwadi and the Ganges, and are to carry eight guns each ; each is provided with two 40 horse power engines, constructed by Maudsley, originally we understood for the Government at home, but transported to the India Government upon the application of the Court of Directors. These vessels will be eminently useful in maintaining a prompt iatercourse with the Settlements on either side of the bay. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. A WARD. Mr. AGAR. stated, that before Lord Eldon went out of office there was a case before him respecting a proposed marriage of a Ward. Though the young man was the son of a private family of large influence, yet he had no fortune ; but the lady had a very large one, and therefore his Lordship considered that some settlement ought to he made by the family of the youth, intimating, that if they would execute a deed as an escroe, he would look at it. Such a deed had now been executed by which the young man's family had proposed to settle 500/. a year on the young couple, and the Learned Counsel wished to know what was to be done with that deed. It was probable, if the Seals had been continued to have been held by Lord Eldon, that he would have sent the deed into the Master's office, to have ascertained whether it was a fit and proper settlement. This was a matter that had been mentioned to his Lordship in his private room, it having been a family matter, and the public hav ing had no concern with it. So said Mr. Agar. Lord LYNDHURST desired to be furnished with the deed, which he said he would read, and then intimated what he might think ought to be further done. HEARING OF MOTIONS. Mr. AGAR felt it necessary to entreat to know on what days the Court purposed hearing motions, as he had un derstood that motions were to have been made to-day, though an appeal paper had been delivered. The late Lord Chancellor had no regular: day for hearing motions, though formerly one day in the week had been named for bearing them. They had accumulated, however, to a great extent, and if his present Lordship only set apart one day of the week for this branch of the business, be would never get thiough them either. His LORDSHIP inquired what were the usual days for hearing motions here? Mr. - As. - .A it said the Seal Days were the Thursdays. His LORDSHIP would not be able to sit here on Thursdays or Fridays, far those were the days appointed for him to be in the House of Lords, and therefore some other day for the hearing of motions would have to be fixed upon. Mr. Acs a said the practice had been extremely changed of late ; the ancient practice was, that the Court heard motions until it got through them, and that the Chancel lor never sat in the House of Lords until the rising of Chancery. His LORDSHIP thought if he never sat there now till after the Chancery rose, he never would sit there at all.— (A laugh.) Mr. AGAR was quite aware of the truth of this observa tion, but he mentioned the subject for the purpose of having some of the existing difficulties removed. His Loarissur intimated that he would consider the subject, and would be most happy to make such an ar rangement as should be convenient to the Bar. MORRIS V. DAVIS. Mr. AGAR'S immediate object in bringing forward the above discussion was, for the purpose of having an early opportunity of making a motion in this cause for a new trial. An issue had been directed to by the legitimacy of a party, which had 'been tried at Shrewsbury. The party in favor of the issue had kept back most im portant witnesses, and the Jury had found against the legitimacy, which the gentleman against whom the verdict had been given, and who had been for many years in uninterrupted posseesion, thought he had great reason to complain of. The learned Counsel did not choose to argue the ease further at present, than merely to impress the Court with a sense of the urgent necessity of having the motion made without delay. His LORDSHIP said when the regular days for hearing motions had been appointed, then an arrangement could be made for the hearing of this case. WICSEL V. SMITH. The Court proceeded on appeals. This part-heard case was concluded in argument. His Lordship then observed that the question here entirely depended upon an inspection of several deeds without violati- c ; any rule of law, and that no rule of law could or ought to be violated for the pur pose of giving effect to the intention or supposed intention of parties. As the deeds were of a very complicated de scription, and as the case was a question of appeal from the judgment of his Honour the Vice-Chancellor, he would read the documents and consider the case. VICE CHANCELLOR'S COURT. Sir ANTHONY HART sat to-dav for the first time since his elevation to the office of Vice Chancellor. Several motions were postponed, in consequence of the Counsel who were concerned in them not having received sufficient notice of his Honour's intention to sit to-day. Mr. CHYNG was about to move that an order, restrain ing certain persons from proceeding at law, might be dis charged, when The VICE-CHANCELLOR said—l believe I know some thing about this motion, and I would wish that it were made before the Lord Chancellor. In fact, I have formed a judgment on it elsewhere. You must be aware that I have been very much mixed up with the case, and I fear that the parties might be dissatisfied with my decision, under the idea that I had a prejudice with respect to it. Mr. TINNEr—I am for the opposite side, and I have no hesitation in saying that my clients will be quite satis fied with your Honour's decision. VICE-CHANCELLOR—Quite satisfied ! Did you say Mr. Tinney ? I have my doubts, indeed lam pretty certain that they will not ; in fact, my opinion is this, that we had better let the matter go before the Lord Chancellor, you may de pend on it that they would not like my opinion. if the Lord Chancellor refuses to hear it, why then I must en deavour to combat with my prejudices. The VICE-CriaNcEr.Lo;t,in the course of the morning, whilst going through the bar, observed, that he was a very bad chronologist, and was quite at a loss to ascertain the seniority of the gentlemen of the outer bar. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. DA UNCEY V. COLONEL BERKELEY. This was an action for compensation in damages, against the defendant, for criminal conversation with the plaintiff's wife. It was tried before the Chief Justice, at the last sittings at Guildhall, and a verdict found for the plaintiff, with.l,ooo/. damages. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL, this day, on the part of the defendant, moved for a new trial. He said that, from the circumstances of levity in the conduct of the plaintiff's wife, on her first introduction to the defendant, everybody in Court at the trial was surprised at the large amount of damages awarded by the Jury. The plaintiff, it appeared, had been twice a bankrupt, and it was to the defendant's no small surprise, that he discovered since the trial, that one of the assignees, under the second Commission, was one of the Jury; and it would not be too much to suppose, that he had used his influence to make the damages as high as possible, as the whole would ultimately be paid to himself and the creditors for whom he acted. Lord TENTERDEN.-Take a rule to show cause. George Nightingale, who was charged with being im plicated in the robbery of the Dover mail of the Italian letter-hag, was brought up this morning on a writ of Habeas Corpus, and the Clerk having read the depositions taken before Sir Richard Birnie, the Court admitted the prisoner to bail, and appointed him to enter into recogni sauces, himself in 2,0001., and four sureties in 500 L each, to appear and stand trial at the next Sessions of Oyer and Terminer for the county of Kent. Four persons having accordingly entered into recogni zance, as required, the prisoner r,•as discharged from durance. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. LEVY THE BUM. LEVY V. MILLS. Mr. ADAMS moved the Court for a rule to show cause why the verdict in this case should not be snt aside, and a new trial granted. It will be recollected that this case was tried in this Court before Lord Chief Justice Best, and a verdict returned for the defendant. Mr. ADAMS now stated, that his client had received a nick-name, which would follow him to the grave. The libel had at the trial produced, as at present, so much mer riment, that it was almost impossible to hear cr read it with gravity ; but their Lordships would please to recol lect, that like the frogs in the fable, what was laughter to others, was death to his unfortunate client. He contended that the libel, of which he now read an extract was of so ridiculous a nature, that the Jury had been led away by laughter, and had given a verdict diffe rent from what it wculd have bees in their sober judgment, and against the direction o f the L earne d Judge. Mr: Justice BEST—I certainly told them - it was a libel, and in answer to their inquiry, that one shilling would carry costs. They, however, took upon themselves to be judges of law as well as fact, and returned a verdict for the defendant. Mr. ADAMS then proceeded to read some of the most hunalrous parts of the libel, which have been already be fore the public, and which created the most unequivocal bursts of merriment in the whole Court. He was interrupted by the COURT telling him that he might take a rule to show cause. ARCHES' 'COURT. The Court was engaged during the entire day in a case of subtraction of Church Rate, brought by the churchwar dens of the district Parish of St. George, Camberwell, against J.:Evans, Esq. The Couar considered the question of so much import ance, that it required time to consider the propriety of ad mitting the libel. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY; COVENT-GARDEN MARKET. There was rather a limited supply at this morning's market, with the exception of Asparagus and Green Gooseberries, which found mush difficulty in obtaining their reduced quotations; in the prices of other things no material alteration from those of this day se'nnight. a. d. s. (1. Potatoes (per cwt.) 4 0 to 8 0 Ditto New (per 1b.).., 1 0 4 6 Cabbages (12 heads) 3 0 5 0 Cabbage Lettuces 1 6 2 6 Horseßadish (bundle) 2 0 4 0 Turnip Radishes 1 0 1 6 Brocoli 1 9. 3 6 Celery 1 0 1 6 Carrots (12 bunches) Turnips 2 0 3 6 Coleworts or Greens Young Onions 2 0 3 0 Leeks Radishes (12 hands) 0 9 1 4 Spinage (half-sieve) 1 0 1 6 Onions 1 6 2 0 Apples, Common 2 6 4 0 Ditto, Choice 4 0 8 6 s. d. s d. French Beans (100): 5 Oto 8 0 Asparagus (100) Sweet Oranges (100) 6 0 11 0 Seville Ditto 8 0 15 0 Lemons 7 0 14 0 English Walnuts 1 6 2 6 Span. Chesnuts (peck) 3 0 6 0 French ditto 2 6 5 0 French Walnuts 2 6 4 0 Spanish Hazlenuts 3 0 4 6 Sea K ail (pummet) 2 0 3 0 Turnip Gr.ens (bush.) 1 0 1 6 Brocoli Sprouts 2 0 3 6 Parsnips (dozen) 0 6 1 0 Strawberries:(thumb) 5 0 10 0 Gooseberries (pottle) 1 0 1 6 Cucumbers (brace) 1 6 3 0 HAY MARKETS.-(AI ST. JA t per Load of 36 Trusses.) MES'S. Lowland Mead. Hay 4 0 to 5 0 Upland Ditto 5 0 6 6 Rye c gra6s Hay 5 0 6 6 Supply good, trade dull, _ SMITH' £. e. e. Clover Hay 5 oto 7 0 Oat Straw 2 0 2 4 Wheat Ditto 2 4 2 8 and prices as last quoted. [FIELD. s. s. Lowland Mead. Hay 3 15 to 4 15 Upland Ditto 4 15 5 15 Rye-grass Hay 4 15 5 15 New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0 Supply good, and trade dul s. s. Cloy. Haygenerally 4 15 to 6 15 Do. extra tine 0 0 615 Oat Straw ll6 2 2 Wheat Ditto 2 2 2 6 It ; prices as on Thursday. COAL MAR Adair's Beaumont l3 61 Eighton Moor 3l 6 Heaton rws...••••"*. 36 6 Holywell* 34 6 Liddell's 31 0 Pontop Windsor 31 6 Towntay.- 33 2 Walls End Bell and Co. 36 0 Ditto Bearicke and Co..— 37 9 Ditto Carr and Co.. 33 6 Ditto Hilda 34 6 Ditto Northumberland 34 9 Ditto Rddell"or 36 6 Ships at Market, 494-2 hi KET.—May 4. Walls Erwl Newmarcli... 86s. 6d. Ditto Russell's 36 9 Ditto Walker 37 3 Tanfield Trader, 33 .3 Londonderry small 19 6 Canal (per ton) 3S 0 Hartley 32 6 Welch Coal Stevens..... SO 0 Fawcett Main*. 33 9 Walls End Hett0n......... 38 9 Ditto Lambton 35 3 Ditto Lyons 35 9 Ditto Stewart's 38 0 Russell's Hetton's W.E. 37 9 ips sold, 28j4—Unsold, 21. MANCHESTER YARN MARKET. No. - a: --- - a: - Throstle Twist, 20 12 to 12j 30.. 13 14 —May 1. 30 ---- 12 to IN 43) 121 1 9 50-16 17 60 171 181 70 201 22 80 24 26 100 30 3:3 120 —34 36 10 81 10 14 9 10 IS-10 11 24 11 12 40 L. 181 lgi Mule copTwilitl 30 1° 13 for warp 40-14 15 17 19 60 91 80.28 21 Mule Cop. Weft Weft from waste A FATHER STABBED BY Ins SON !--A young man of the name of Thomas, only 19 years of age, has undergone t.vo examinations before the Mayor and Magistrates of this city, on a charge of having stabbed' his own father ! The particulars of this shocking occur rence are as follow :—The son had been out drinking on Tuesday evening, and re turning home about seven o'clock, in a state of inebriation, was severely reproved by his father, (a shoemaker, residing in Peter street,) for his misconduct, when, in the fury of his passion, the wretched youth seized a knife and stabbed his father in the abdomen with such force that the bowels actually protruded ! The unfortunate man was immediately conveyed to the Casualty, where he now lies in a dangerous state. The delinquent is still in custody.—.. Bath Paper. FIiSHIONA.DLE AND MISCtLLANEOVg, The Duke of Clarence held his first Levee, as Lord High Admiral, yesterday, at the Admiralty. The Duke of Clarence, the Duchess of Glou cester, and the Duke of Devonshire visited the King yesterday. The Princess Sophia Matilda arrived in town yesterday morning from her seat on Blackheath. The Duke of Northumberland gave an elegant entertainment yesterday, at Northumberland House, to the Duke and Duchess of Athol, the Bishop of London and Mrs. Howley, Lord Redesdale and Miss Mitford, Lord and Lady Strathaven, Mr. and Lady H. Clive, Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan, Miss Knight, Miss Murray, &c. Prince Lieven, the Russian Ambassador, and the Marquis de Palmella, the Portuguese Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Lord Holland entertained the Duke and Duchess of Clarence, and a distinguished party, to dinner yesterday, at Holland House. Earl Cowper entertained a large party to din ner yesterday, at his house in Maddox-street. The Earl of Arran had a dinner party yester day, at his house in Dover-street. In the even ing her Ladyship had a select card party. Lady Ashburton entertained an elegant circle of fashionables yesterday evening, at her house in Stanhope-street, Mayfair. The Viscountess Torrington has arrived in town, from Yotes Court, Kent. Sir John Leach, Knight, was yesterday sworn in before the Lord Chancellor as Master of the Rails at Westminster Hall. It is now about twenty years ago since Lord Lyndhurst, the new Lord Chancellor, held his first brief, as leading Counsel in an appeal case, the Parish of Sandiacre v. the Parish of St. Mary, Nottingham. Our late Recorder, Mr. Balguy, was Counsel for St. Mary. Mr. Copley exerted his utmost, and won his cause. It was remarked in Court during his address, that the talent that day exemplified gave great earnest of, and would one day lead their possessor to, emi nence and fame. That prediction is now fully realised. We have this anecdote from the par son who advised giving Mr. Copley the brief, and whom he always met with kindness when he saw him at the Derby Assizes, as long as he came this Circuit.—Nottingham Herald. The materials of Lord Portmore's mansion, at Weybridge, are to be consigned to George Ro bins's hammer in the ensuing week. A new Tragedy was read in the Green Room of Old Drury yesterday, of which report speaks in the highest terms. Mr. Kean has an excel lent part, and is so satisfied with it, that he anticipates a career not less gratifying than that he secured in Richard. Marshal Soult's son passed through Carmar then lately on his way to Ireland ; and when he reached the monument now erecting to the memory of Sir T. Picton, he stopped his car riage, and examined it minutely. He made a number of enquiries respecting the illustrious soldier ; of what place he was a native ; from what funds the monument was erected, &c. ; and when informed on these particulars, expres sed his admiration of the structure, and of the patriotic spirit of his countrymen, in rearing this tribute of their esteem. He seemed to regard the relievos with much interest, and passed many encomiums on the architect, the builder, and the perdurable materials of which the column is composed. He is a fine looking man, and sports large mustachios.—Shrewsbury Chronicle. THE R EFORMATION.—On Thursday se'n night his Grace the Archbishop of Tuam con firmed in the Church of Ballymachugh, in the County Cavan, forty-three persons belonging to that Parish, who had conformed from the Roman Catholic to the Established Church. When Prince Blucher, in the early part of his life, repeatedly solicited King Frederic 11. of Prus sia to accept the resignation he tendered of his Commission, as a Captain of Hussars—the King, in a moment of impatience, wrote on the margin, " Captain Von Blucher may go to the Devil as soon as he pleases." BON MOT OF THE KING.—On a recent ec clesiastical arrangement,, rendered necessary by the decease of a Reverend Prelate, it was sug gested to his Majesty that a certain Doctor should at once be collated to a lucrative See, thereby being, as to profit, placed above the head of a deserving Bishop, whom the King designed to benefit by giving his Lordship the vacant diocese. " What arc your reasons ?" asked his Majesty.—" Why, Sir," said the courtier, " the Bishop of— is such an unintelli gible character ; and Dr. is of such an afl'a ble and charming disposition." "If that be so, then," said the King,'" by all means let the Bishop be translated, and your friend the Doctor be preferred.--Blackburn Mail. A lady notorious for her low origin, but who, from the immense wealth accumulated by her father in the honourable and lucrative trade of money-lending, succeeded in allying herself to a nobleman, whose fortune and frame were equally shattered by the effects of his dissipation, was one day showing off her sumptuous mansion to George Selwyn. After leading him from room to room, and boasting, in" rather a periphrastic way, of her taste, she opened a folding door, which led to a grand saloon magnificently fur nished; but in which there were n o p a i nt i ngs. " It is here," said she, to Mr. Selwyn, " that I intend to hang up all my family." " I thought," said George, " that your Ladyship might have been spared that trouble, for I have always un derstood that they were hanged long ago."—Le Furet. Signs of the approach of summer are fast crowding upon us. The neighbourhood of Loughborough was favoured on Monday even ing with a thunder storm, which, when it pro duces no serious accident, ought to furnish an occasion of unmixed gratitude with the farmer, on account of the impulse thereby given to the process of vegetation. A vine shoot that had been accurately measured, grew a full inch (lur ing the night on which the storm occurred,— Nottinghanz Paper. THE WEATHER.--In this neighbourhood on Tuesday there was a heavy fall of snow, and at night the frost was so severe, that in exposed situations ice was seen a quarter of an inch thick. On Sunday the heat was so great, that in the afternoon the thermometer indicated summer heat ! This change has forwarded vegetation with extraordinary rapidity ; the pastures show the finest verdure. The pear trees exhibit the most beautiful appearance ; a finer blossom has not been seen for many years.—The blossom on the earlier pear and cherry-trees was much in jured by the•frost on Tuesday night.—The rain last night wilt prove of the greatest service to the grass and cum crops, but especially to the bar ley.-- Worcester Journal. CITY OF EDINBURG PROPOSED IM.- PROVEMENTS. Discussions upon the subject of extensive improve ments in the Metropolis Of Scotland, have for some months occupied the public prints of that kingdom, and the minds of the inhabitants of Edinburgh and its neighbouring counties, whose interests are most materially affected by the changes proposed. We have just seen a most interesting and instructive pamphlet, entitled " Remo ta for assessing the three " Lothians with a share of the expence of the ge " neral improvement of the City of Edinburgh." This little Esssy appears to be "founded upon pas and calculations," explaining the nature of the proposed improvements, suggesting . an equitable mode of assessment for the completion, and tend ing, we humbly think, to conciliate discordant opi nions upon this important question to Scotland and its Metroriolis. To them who take an interest in the prosperity of Scotland, we would humbly re commend the perusal of this Essay. FIELD SPOR,TS FOR MAY. (From the Annals of S'pcZrtinY.) " Then came faire May, the fayrest may, on ground Deckt all with dainties of a season's prycht f And throwing flow'res out of her lap around: Upon two brethren's shoulders she did ride, The twinnes of Leda; which on either side Supported her, like to their soveraine queene. Lord ! bow all creatures taught, when her they spide, And leapt and daunc't as they had ravisht beene ! Nor least of these the sportsman true was seen. SPENCER. For awhile we have no longer any observations to make on the operations of the fowling-piece, the performances of the greyhound, the harrier, or the fox-hound ; except s perhaps, merely to notice, as far as relates to the latter, that it is the custom, in some parts of England, to kill a May fox, a subject upon which our opinion has been already and unhesitatingly recorded. If we lose some sports, how ever, we gain others ; the Angler will now plod his un weary way to the banks of his favourite stream, and the Otter hunter whistle his hound; and grasp his spear; yet , t is only in certain districts where this pastime can be followed, in places, for instance, whey' there are powerful streams and plenty of water, since, in small brooks otters will rarely be found : and if, indeed, one of these animals should take up his abode in such situations he becomee alarmed on the slightest occasion, and very soon quite a haunt which he is well aware can afford him very little Pa curity. Ott.;-hunting has, however, long been on the de. , cline, though there are some few individuals still to Le found who are passionately fond of the sport, and who follow with all possible ardour; from its nature, too, it can only be pursued in spring, or when the weather has become suf ficiently mild to enable the hounds to take the water : nor is it of long continuance, inasmuch e.s the growing crops, the spring and summer advancing, very naturally place a bar to its prosecution, except in moor-laud and uncultivated situations, where the diversion can be enjoyed throughout the summer. We are told that the otter breeds during the winter months ; but what proofs of this have ever been furnished ? We confess our scepticism on the subject : for it would almost appear contrary to the order of nature; and it surely might be asked, how are the young, if brought forth in winter, to be supplied with food, since it i: a well known fact that, during during a severe frost, these animals are constrained to prowl on land for a very scanty sub sistence ? The possible truth of the matter is, that the as sertion has originated from the interested reports of those who pursue the d iversicn, and who would not have it thought that the hunting of this animal takes place at the period when most other species of diversion is suspended, that is, :luring the breeding season. Otter-bunting may be followed through the summer on many of the Welsh lakes and melts; also, in many parte of Scotland, particularly in di; .dighlands ; in Devonshire, also, about South Molton, &o. &c. Otters are very de structive to the finny tribes, and on this account their extir pation would be most welcome to the angler ; hence, they requently fall victims to the foss ..ng-piece, and are indeed unsparingly destroyed whenever they make their appearance in streams and waters which afford amusement - to the fisher. The heron which formerly stood so high in the list of British field-sports) is equally destructive to fish, and of course equally by Waltonians detested. This bird, it seems, was not only a favourite of the sportsman, but was regarded as one of the greatest dainties of the table : yet, though the sportsmen of the old school have handed down the fact, - they have neglected to state the manner in wkiell ' as rendered so highly palatable. Nothing is mo r e ; can , st r i ng y, and ranc id than its tough and meagre flesh, which we think not even the lamented Kitchener could render endurable. The " Cooks' Oracle" would discard him. The heron and the fox, however, stand parallel with each other : —in hawk ing, the former stood pre-eminent, as au object of sport ; with hounds the latter, it is well known, affords the best possible diversion ; yet the flesh of either we are inclined to believe, can never again become a delicacy. Hawking, like otter-hunting, has long been ou the decline; and, on this account, the heron has become much scarcer. There are few heronries at present to be found in England. It is very difficult of approach, as if, indeed, conscious of the as siduity with which its life is sought; this is clearly the case, from the circumstance that, where it experiences pro , tection, it approaches human dwellings, like the rook, for the purpose of breeding and rearing its young. Ir breeding season the heron becomes gregarious, and a cc-e munity is formed which continues to live together in the greatest harmony; but, at the end of this period, the fea thered republic dissolves itself, and the members become solitary for the rest of the year. At this season the Ruff, the Reeve, the Dottrel, Bsc. are to be met with in some of our marshes and fens, and afford a meagre diversion to the shooter ; but it is the impulse of love which induces these birds to become wanderers, and we cannot bring ourselves to think well of their destruc tion at the very time they are engaged in the important business of propagating their species. This disposition to errantry, on the access of desire, seems general to what may be called fen-birds. The wild goose was very scarce dur ing the last winter; yet, on the approach of spring, and during the early part of the month of March in particular, these birds appeared in considerable numbers on various parts of the coast, and particularly on the north-west coast, where, on the 13th of the month, a flock of geese passed over our heads more numerous than any similar assemblage which we have seen for the last five-and-thirty years. Whence they had come we know not ; but this flock, as well as several smaller flocks, which passed us in course of the preceding ten days, were winging their way due north, with all that clamour which usually attends their flight, but which, however, is uniformly greater at spring than at any other period when they appear amongst us. Ducks showed themselves very frequently during the same period, but chiefly in pairs, indeed, they are seldom seen during spring in flocks or teams. Game of all descriptions will now be little disturbed for some e m m o o n n o t i h s w : l t ho increase not tonl of v afford rd eg i : r ta o t ti e e c n ti o d n u rin g tot h the pre.. sent ne •g hares, but even screen them from ohservatiou. A similar remark will apply to the nestling of the pheasant and the partridge. Young grouse will have generally broken the shell, and many will be on the wing before the end of May. May is the month in which young rooks present the !li selves on the outside of the nest, and thus form an object for those who are fond of the diversion of rook-shooting. From all the observations we have been able to make, we have reason to believe that the period of hatching will be about a week later than usual, on account of the unusually severe weather that occurred on the approach of spring ; therefore rook-shooting may, perhaps, be postponed, in a great measure till the month of June. If, however, the operations of the chase become suspend ed, the sportsman naturally enough looks to the turf for an equivalent of amusement, for now the course offers its in tense attra,;,:.ms, and thus fills up the circle with the most interesting variety. The Newmarket Craven, kat passed, will he followed by Chester races, on the ith of this (to say nothing of Lichfield, Warwick, and others which occur prior to this period . ) and will be succeeded by many throughout the summer. Of the advantages arising from the course, it may he, in the first place, remarked that by this means, very considerable sums of money are put into active circulation which would have silently slept, or at least remained in comparative inaction ; secondly, but for its interesting emulations we should never have beheld that perfection of the noblest and most elegant quadruped in the world which is exhibited in the English thorough-bred horse. The native Arab, to which we are unquestionably indebted for our racing blood, sinks into nothingness when compared to the English courser. That racing .lay" go on and prosper " is our ardent (and it is a patriotic) wish ; and that it is in a state of prosperity at present is evident from the uncommon entries which have taken place in all parts of the kiagdom, and also from the establishment of races wherenone before were in existence. The Grand Cambrian Eisteddfod will take place in London on the 24th inst.—Shrewsbury Chronicle.