The Sun. — London, England, 1842-04-25 00:00:00

st, wit) ,Ede n; curt, 72 ' Dr, C° l* r, On' rU e'Sasl, ti A Y how aught er ' MB L.val struc t lowarg e e. dune y i Mar l Naill ed fool rd As h ; Ap r,. her VP,' ;he. fcg- dar 11 1 ) ; vesse Ar hal e no s retur , tro' r i,t )no ufl eti the ta ' ett LONDON! MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 25, 1842. The Income-tax Bill is to be committed this . day, . 411 (I it is a matter of course that every Member of th e House of Commons will oppose every clause. of I v/licit he does not approve. We hope that he will 4 , 0 t only o pp ose it, b u t w ill di v id e t h e H ouse on i t. 4 toreover, it will be the duty of the independent 11embers, we think, to oppose those clauses, the ob ;!ct of which they may not disapprove of, but which te , so worded th a t th e y are difficult to be understood. 'file Parliament has no right, by a studied ambiguity, 14 (1 a confused multiplication of terms to lay traps for It people. It is, on the c o nt rar y, b oun d t o ma k e a ll, enactments clear and explicit, so that the fault of ! !'obedience may not he justly charged to the unin of the law. On this principle we maintain it is the business of the Liberal Members to : 10 Pose every clause of the Income-tax Bill, and, if l'issihle, to compel Sir R. PEEL to alter that which is 1 4 clear and intelligible. Some time ago Sir R. q• t. said that when he saw the Income-tax Bill B'etty well advanced, he would take up the tariff„ I .l ; ) l l ..riaost persons inferred that he would bring f0r ,t.141 the latter before he went into a Committee '"th the former. It seems, however, that h e h as no I ' intention—that he means to hurry the Income 'to a conclusion, and . not till then will he bring Ward the tariff. He has been so much prai se d, t ! ts cl allowed on most points to have so exclusively t. own way, that we are not surprised at his disap :'ioting th e hopes of those who believed that he F uld delay the Income-tax. He knows his advan ; he knows that the mercantile classes will grow : I t :Patient to have the tariff settled, and he will make e jr impatience an instrument for forcing the In- C 4 0 -tax more speedily through the House of. ,f4rit-nons. 0 V w s r ' ,cisr ;5, Op • rri" La r r RSA . , , , .....—..-.—.....d.gg....—_ il a l l ile admirers of Sir R. PEL's tariff seem to forget ‘, t, besides the new discriminating duties on Colo t:18.1 produce, which he essayed to establish, it con es a new duty on trade. His proposition to levy ' Per ton on coals exported is as much in opposition i 4 , t he principles of free trade, as was the 'prohibition i mport cattle, which he proposes to remove, and as l ?e heavy tax on the importation which he pro- CS to substitute for that. He does not act, there , in framing his tariff from any distinct and clear ~,-; of the benefits of free trade or of the great import- I bt ! of its principles; he merely draws up such regu- Cris, even , as to commerce, as will promote his 11 1 9rary and party purposes, and he looks no Ver. 'The evils of his tax on exported coals are CI set forth in an article in The Sun, and we only that the friends of free trade who are loud in their ti °4 4B of the tariff will ponder over that exception to 'r principles. k t 4 lfain, with respect to the tax on Irish spirits,. o ti :tt. PEEL is acting directly in the teeth of the Cnple he pretends to advocate. He is imposing an tional duty on an article peculiarly liable to be k7Vled, enhancing the temptation to evade the. t i t tle, and, at the same time, causing a consider tite increase of crime. When we see these parts of I. PEEL'S financial scheme, we cannot echo the La,s of our Liberal Contemporaries, nor believe tilt ten such tariffs, could they be multiplied with qNponding advantages, would be a compensation the Income-tax. ;0. 11 41 appears, by the examination of Mr. J. WIGNEY, I, t bankrupt Brighton banker and M.P., that his yL i k has never been solvent since 1836. For six 03, then, at least, he has been carrying on his qtiog business without adequate means. He has, 4 that long period, been trading on his creditors' Ntty, and every year, it is to be supposed, losing it and more, till he has lost it nearly all. To us li kv k en'is very doubtful whether such a game could k t : e been played so long without the fact being to many persons that the Messrs. WIGNEY'S : 11 4 ' Was not solvent. aAntild suppose that the nature of the pay- Q nts for which it had to provide, the kind of „` 111 "Ity it must have continually offered for ad the sort of business it carried on must c l 4 made its London - correspondents ac ted, years ago, with the true state of its t 4 1 ' 1 ; Did they, we ask, or did they not, know tpi: () adition of the Brighton bank ? If they did not, I*. t ' Innst we say for their discernment as men of ? If they did, what must we say for their alinent of it as honest men ? Either they trusted the ht d ealt with that bank for several years, knowing it was not a safe concern, and so, by their avowed 4s l qtice, helped to beguile the creditors of the Y, or they trusted, and dealt with it th at time in perfect ignorance of its character, and ik t geir c are l essness con t r ibuted to produce the sa m e i ts on the unfortunate creditors as if they had liN, 1111 3: lent themselves to the deceit. We have not 4 li rfliideed, that . the' London correspondents are of the Brighton Bank to any extent ; no doubt, took care of themselves ; but, — whatever may be the case irk law, it does not satisfy morality that an opulent London house, which lends its countenance to a coun try-house through six years of insolvency, has, in the end, escaped without any loss. We are induced to make these observations, be cause we are convinced that persons like the - Messrs. WIGNEY could not carry on their insolvent concerns for so many years, greatly to the detriment of the public, were they not upheld by solvent houses of fair public character, which perhaps profit by their difficulties, and use them, as it were, to extract money from their confiding creditors. For such bankrupt concerns to be kept afloat through a series of years, there must, we believe, be a sort of confederacy, in which those who, in the end, reap the most advantage, never appear to bear any of the blame. Were this an isolated case, too, we should be disposed to pass it by unnoticed ; but we cannot conceal froln ourselves, nor is it right to conceal from the public, that similar cases are numerous. - However scan dalous may be those invasions of property which carry one to the bar of the Old Bailey there are amongst the middle and upper classes numerous infractions of property, more injurious to the public happiness than those which the law most severely punishes. • Before the Bankruptcy Court on Friday, there appeared another specimen* of these dishonest pro ceedings amongst dashing London tradesmen, with which that Court has of late teemed. Mr. WILLIAMS, of the firm of Messrs. MOTTE AM and WILLIAMS, then admitted, that he and his partner had, after they knew that the firm could not go on, bought goods on credit, and sold goods, at great sacrifices for ready money, to meet the demands on them, or to supply their own necessities, dividing the mone betwixt them. ' In the course of the examinatio the three firms of Messrs. COWPER, Messrs. AIARTIN, ABBOTT and Co., and Messrs. SPENCE and 13AG - GELLEY, are mentioned as buying the goods of the bankrupts at a considerable advantage for themselves, and a considerable loss to the bankrupts. It is not said that those sales were irregular or out of the course of trade, but the effect of them were to benefit the monied persons, who purchased, and im mediately paid for the property, to the detriment of the creditors. We do not say that these parties are to blame for the purchase, but we must say that the character of English tradesmen, now most seriously damaged, will not be restored till their sense of honesty shall prevent them doing many things which the law has omitted to forbid. Mr. Commissioner EVAN 3 very properly spoke of the case of the bankrupts as one of a most outrageous character. They were charging 21,500/. expenses, 7,4001. for their own expense, while their profits were only 5,7831. It is by keeping villas and town houses, carriages and gigs, and by putting up splendid shops, which rival in gorgeousness a royal apartment, that such exorbitant expenses are incurred, and other men are defrauded. In the present case some of the creditors appear to live abroad, and, the result of their past confidence will be to make them distrust English tradesmen. Taking this too prevalent want of honesty in con junction with the accusations of Mr. FERRAND, some of which, we are afraid, are true, we are driven to the conclusion that the character of our country, for honesty in its dealings, is not rising in the estimation of other nations. That we should have an honest Government, while we have a demoralised people, is morally impossible, and the vast corruption we have of late heard of in electing Members of Parliament, which poisons legislation at its source, is only another specimen of that want of morality, not ordained by law, which is equally palpable in the case of bank rupts and corrupt electors. They, again, are not worse than the law-makers, who abuse the confidence of their creditors, the confiding people, to enrich them selves by laws which ought never to be enacted un less they clearly promote the advantage of the greater number. .When Mr. WAKLEY stated publicly in the House of Commons on Fridaynight, that "there was nostrong feeling against the Income-tax out of doors, for that the opinion was, that it was the most just tax that could be imposed," he either convicted himself of gross ignorance, as to the state of the public mind ; or else he wantonly perverted the truth, 'in order to pay his court to R. PEEL. No strong feeling," indeed!' Why, the Hon. Member cannot enter a shop in Finsbury without at once discovering the utter fallacy of his assertion ! The .dislike of the Income-tax is there, as elsewhere, positive—unqualified; and nothing but a deep-rooted conviction on the part of thC inha bitants that opposition is perfectly hopeless with such a majority in Parliament as Sir R. PEEL now has at his command, prevents them from giving a fierce, open expression to their dislike. But Mr: WAKLEY, we suspect, has not taken the trouble to speak with any one of his Constituents on the subject. He was apprehensive, no doubt, of being too much enlight ened ; and this would not answer the purpose of one who is now struck with admiration of the boldness, sagacity, straightforwardness, &c., of the most artful, intriguing, unscrupulous -Minister that ever yet played fast and—loose in turn with every party that trusted him.' But -the Honourable Member * for Finsbury has clearly but little faith in his assertion that there "is no strong feeling against the Income-tax ; " otherwise he would not, in the very next sentence, express his suspicions that "such a statement might make him unpopular." If he be really speaking what he firmly believes to be the truth, how can he be rendered " unpopular " thereby ? Unpopularity does not arise from men expressing themselves in .accordance with public sentiment ; but from their running directly counter to it, as is the case just now with this very shallow, flippant gentleman. If Mr. WAKLEY be anxious to propitiate the favour of Sir ROBERT PEEL, in Gon's name let him do so ; we have not the slightest wish to Jetain him among us ; for talents so perverted can confer little benefit -on the cause of Reform; but let him not blow hot and cold with the same breath ; let him not flatter and toady a Tory Premier from the Opposition side of the House ; but at once go and take his proper seat beside PETER BORTIIWICK. at the back of the Treasury - bench. His indirect praises of the Income-tax, and his direct praises of Sir R.PEEL, will then come from him with propriety. • . We agree with Lords MONTEAGLE and WICKLOW and the Bishop of DERRY, who addressed the House of Lords on Friday night against the Irish Spirit Duty Bill, that increasing the duty upon Irish whisky will have the effect of increasing illicit distillation in that country. With a duty amounting in all to 150 per cent. upon Irish whisky, it is not to he ex pected that the inhabitants of wild mountain ous districts will be prevented from carrying on an illicit traffic from any fear of the vigilance of revenue officers. The certainty of large profits will crowd the mountain glens with private stills. A gambling spirit will be revived among the peasantry, and for every shilling saved to the Treasury an ounce of blood will be shed, and a habit of violating the law confirmed. The attack of Count DE BOISSY in the French Chamber of Peers upon the REGENT of SPAIN, whom he foully and slanderously stigmatized as an inten tional regicide, has produced a ferment in Madrid. It has led to a motion in the Senate, and to speeches on the part of the Senators, which will find a ready echo out of doors, and add to the bitterness of Galilean hatred which prevails throughout Spain. The speech of Senor Huaos, director of the Royal patrimony, and the mouthpiece of the Ministry, removes all doubt as to the light in which ESPARTERO regards the insult offered him. M. HERDS declared that the calumnies of Count DE Boissy were not those of an individual Peer—they were a part of the system of the French Government. Such vile insults were the fashion of the day in France, whose aim it was to reduce Spain to the condition of a dependency u — pon the French throne. He affirmed that Count MOLE, M. TRIERS, and M., GUIZOT were following the line of policy pursued by CEATEAUBRIAND in 1823, and that their intentions were precisely the same. He did not like asking questions in the Cham ber, but he would put it to Ministers whether the King of the FRENCH had not apprised them that if he could not have the hand of the QUEEN for one of his sons, he would prevent her marrying any but a Prince of the BOURBON line? The noble Senator referred to the conduct of the Archbishop of Paris and the clergy of France, and affirmed that the time was come when every true Spaniard was called upon to deliver his country from the yoke of. France. This speech made a profound impression upon all the Senators present The Infante Don FRANCISCO DE PAULO was to dine with ESPARTERO on the 15th, sitting to the right of the REGENT, whilst the Inranta CARLOTTA occupied the seat right of the Duchess of VITTORIA. ARGUELLES, the Guardian of the QUEEN, GONZALES, the Prime Minister, the Duke DE BAYLER, liEnos, CAPAZ, FERRAZ, and Mr. ASTON, were also to be at the entertainment. A Madrid letter announces, that the - Infante Don SEBASTIAN had obtained the authorisation of the REGENT to take up his residence at Seville. The Infante had pledged himself not to meddle in poli tical affilirs, and to remain only two days in - Madrid on his way to Seville. Don SEBASTIAN, it will be recollected, was nominally Commander-in-Chief of the armies of his uncle, Don CARLOS, during the Royal expedition in Madrid in 1837. He is the son of the. Princess of BEIRA (Don CARLOS'S second wife), by her first husband, the Infante PrTER, bro thel- of FERDINAND the SEVENTH, DOH CARLOS, mid Don FRANCISCO DE PAULO. Don SEBASTIAN is mar ried to the Princess MARIA AMELIA, daughter of the deceased FRANCIS 1., King ofthe Two Sicilies, and who is therefore the half-sister of Queen CHRISTINA, the Princess CARLOTTA (Don FRANCISCO'S wife), and the Duchess of BERRY. On the - Madrid Exchange on the 14th, twenty-one bargains for 14,253,000 reels were transacted in Threes at 221 1, -, 15-16t.hs, b ; twenty-three, 'at various dates. In the Fives twenty-one bargains for 12,400,000 reels at 28i, 4, ,+, 29f, .2- for sixty days ; and 20+ it for sixty nays, with the three coupons. EXchange upon London ninety days, 37-' B l - to The French Journals .will never have done with the Right of Search question. They seem to resent the coolness with which the affair is treated in Eng land, as if their vexation waA not enough to alarm the world. In reality they are as angry as they can be, because when M. GUIZOT declined to ratify the Treaty, no effort was made on the part of the British Cabinet to change the resolution of the French Ministry. 'The self-love of France is so great, that she deems it an insult to be told that 'anything can be done without her. IS this the result of conscious weakness as compared with her world . -compelling pretensions ? The answer seems to us well given in an article in the last number of the Edinburgh Review, entitled " France, America, and .Britain." " With respect to France," says the Reviewer, " we hope much from the Commercial Treaty, of which even the details have been long arranged—which . each Government has long been anxious to sign—which is deinanded by the Departments—and delayed only in fear of the Journalists of Paris. Commerce, manufactures , and the desire for individual advancement, may, in [me, direct to peaceful pursuits the restless ambition and vanity which now seek to be gratified by parti cipating in the glory of the nation. It is with deep regret that we express our conviction, that until this change in the habits of thinking and feelingin France shall have taken place, any durable alliance between the two countries is impossible. They may not—we trust they will not—be at .war ; but their peace will net be the peace of friends. If the present hostility of France to England had arisen merely from the re collection of past defeats, it would wear out as those defeats receded more and more into the obscurity of history. If it had arisen from our disapproba tion of her interference against the liberties of Spain, or her colonization of Algiers, or from the Syrian dispute, the only matters in which, for the last quarter of a century, we have oppoSed her, it would have subsided as soon as these questions were disposed of. Her hostility springs from far deeper sources. Sixty years ago, towards the close of the American war, France was the most powerful king dom in thz , world. Her population amounted to twenty-six millions, while that of the British Islands did not exceed half that number; that of Austria and European Russia, about twenty-five each; and that of Prussia, seven or eight. She had flourishing colo nies, a fleet which could cope with that of England, and a population superior in wealth and ind us t r y t o that of almost every other portion of the continent, except the Netherlands. On her southern and south-eastern frontier, she had Spain, Savoy, and Switzerland, all under her influence ; then the territories of petty German States ; and then to the north the Austrian Netherlands, the weak dependencies of a distant Empire. Now Spain, Savoy, and Switzerland have thrown off her control; :elgium, in cloe alliance with England, is on her north, and the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, Rlw. nish Prussia, jThenish Bavaria, and Baden—all con. .nected by the powerful. Germanic Confederation— close her in on her remaining frontier. Her military marine, no longer supported by an extensive com merce, has ceased to be formidable. Algiers is the substitute for almost all her colonies; the wealth and industry of her people are scarcely equal to those of the inhabitants of many of the nations around her ;. and while her, population has reached only thirty-four millions, that of the British Islands amounts to St wenty-seven millions, that of Austria to thirty-seven, that of Prussia to four teen, and that of Russia to fifty. France looks at the change with a mixture of grief and terror. She fears that if her neighbours outstrip her in the next half century as much as they have done in the last, she will sink to a secondary Power." 'At the risk of putting the French Press into a towering passien, we must say that there appears to .us,a great deal of truth in this. The remedyis, how ever, obvious, and pointed out in a friendly spirit by the Reviewer. She need only recal commerce to her shores, by modifying her barbarous tariff—invite the merchants of the world to carry away her surplus produce, and fill her warehouses with necessary and luxurious articles in exchange—give up the ridiculous system of fleecing her pqople to maintain fleets and armies which serve to no purpose, but the impoverishing of other States in the maintenance of rival armaments—and save her millions of men and money, instead of pouring them annually into the all-absorbing vortex of Algiers, to regain all the real power and influence which she has lost. Whatever may be her own opinion, a war must reduce France to a worse condition than that in which she is even now. The French charter and the French dynasty would he swept from the earth by.the first blast ofa war hurri cane. The Journalists who now shout "war" solustily would ride the storm no longer than the KING. They, tco, would go the way of all incendiaries. We are not here supposing for an instant that England would pas sscatheless through such an ordeal. On the con trary, perspaded that a war with France cr the United are t ' edStates would entail upon England cala mities which we are willing to make many sacrificca to avert. No highly civilised moral people can con template war without horror. It is at best the most dreadful of all evils—the first resort of a people really barbarous, although wearing the outward garb of a refined civilisation. Nor is it among the evils which philosophers are in the' habit of calling necessary. Nothing could be easier than to constitute a tribunal for deciding the disputes of nations, without having recourse to the savage expedient of war. We trust the period is not distant, when the nations of Europe will look back with astonishment to periods in their history, in which wholesale slaughter was the raw material out of which their ancestors manufactured glory I There is no miscellaneous news of political impor tance in the French journals. • BOURSE—PARIS, THURSDAY, APRIL 21. . . Lust Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price. Prim french 5 tier Cents ll9 ... 119 20... 1.8 ... 119 211 4%pe • cults lO7 ... li 7 ... 107 ... 107 *per Cents. ...... s per Coats Bl 55 .. 81 9.5 ... 81 52 ... 81 35 Rank of f rance....... ..... Lattitt. Bank I AIM. Snares 1025 ...11a5 ...1025 ...1C25 !m Belgian 5 per Cents. 5 per Cent% ) 1840 lO5 ... 105 ... WIN ... 101% Spanish Active ts ... 25 5 ... 25 ... 25 4 Passive Portuguese 5 per Cent.. 7.2 ... 32 ... 32 ... 32 Heapolttan lO7 RO ... )07 - 70 ... 1117 BO ... 407 70 Rienan..,.. EtALLVV A 'V :itH A Bits. St. Germain Versaitics.it. h... L.B 2lO ... 210 ... 2flit ... 205 Rouen 531 ... 533 75 ... s.'io ... f :33 75 usu.' . s . B:rasburg to Bale 237 50 ... 23 7 50 ... 236 25 .., 4,..; 6 2) FIRE FROM THE LIGHTNING OF YESTERDAY.— During the burial of a body at Brixton churchyard, yesterday afternoon, a tremendous storm took place. The thunder was frightful, and the lightning most vivid. The electric fluid struck the steeple of Brixton church, knocked the cross on one side, and dislodged several of the stones. At th e term i nat i on of the funeral ceremony information was forwarded to the parish engineer that the lithtning had also struck the houses of Messrs. Williams and Poore, of Upper Tube Hill-road. A mounted po iceman was despatchi d to London for the engines, when in a short time those of the West of England and London Esta blishment reached the spot, but fortunately by the time they arrived, through the timely assistance afforded by the lo'ice and - neighbours with buckets and plenty of water, the fire was soon extinguished, hut great damage has been done to the fur • ass tire and two houses; Lif-4 4 )Y7 4.1v-* ;iA• 1„ • 4t. HIGHLAND T ARTANS — AND CELTIC TWEEDS. 'DONALDMACDOUGALL, of the TARTAN WAREHOUSE, INVERNESS, N. 8., will AR - RIVE TO-MORROW at No. 8, BURY-STRE t..T, ST. J AMEE'S, where he will remain until the Ist day of May. He has all the correct patterns of Clan Tartans for Ladies' Slid Children's Dresses, Cloaks, and Gentlemen's Dressing Gowns, &c., &c. Tartan Shawls, Plaids, Wrappers. The much-admired Tweeds used at Deer Stalking and Crouse Shooting, &c. The famous Plaids, Shawls, and Tweeds, made of the Zet land Brown Wool (no dye. ) • ?)4 . 44 immense lot of Highland Shepherd Tartans, and Scotch l u`rsttlffs for Shooting Jackets, Trousers, Plaids, &c. Zetland Stockings, Ditto Shawls, Socks, &c. IV All kinds of Tartan Ho ' e, in all sizes; Velvets, &c. Orders taken for Tartan Carpets, Blankets, Horse Cloths, &c. Mr. Macdougall will show the different ways of putting on thP . d A s _ . Highland Brooches, Dirks, Brogues, Buckles, &c. Prices same as at the Establishment at Inverness, from 5 whence a l arge p arce l can b e sen t t o L on d on f or f rom 2 s . t o 3 5 ., kadwithin eight days of receipt of order. . Room open from Twelve to Four o'Clock. M'D., has no Establishment or Agent in London. London, April 25, 1842. THE WEATHER.—NOON, APRIL 23. p r , o i AL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. 'thermometer...6s.s ! Highest 66 Lowest 44 Barometer 30.--Wind E. 111(ni W ATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. oruing 6 minutes after I Evening 8 minutes after 2. 4 41 Advertisements of a Disgusting Character or Immoral Tendency, are excluded from the Columns of "The Sun." THE SUN ; LONDON, MONDA Y MORNII 09 1 PRIL 25, 1842. WI at rcl,t; a c.tv Lif d 'o,hy J tiA AND } übeptttiotl. " Itrito run 4 may :cad. roitExGig. The Bureaux of the French Chamber on Thursday were occupied by the Bill granting 200,e00f. to the Minsiter of the ' Interior fur the twelfth annual celebration of the July days of 1830. " The last anniversary of the Revolution of 18.30," states M. Duchatel, in his expose," was celebrated with eclat, immense population of Paris aga i n di sp l aye d, b y i ts unan i mous During the fetes, recalling go many glorious recollections, the joy, and by an admirable sp it i t o f or d er, h ow muc h i t was attached to the Monarchy founded in Its3o, and to the institu tions which are developing and strengthening themselves under the protection of our constitutional royalty. We ask the necess sary credit to celebrate the 12th anniversary of the memorable t vent which insured the Boer ty and dignity of France. The Sieele, the organ of 'AL 'niers and M. Odilon Barrot, and the Constitutionnel, the special mouth-piece of the gi ear little man himself, contain very angry articles, in reply to ars tides which appeared in the London journals, noticing the silly hopes of the krench 'evolutionists to plunge Europe into a war. The. Constitutionnel winds up its diatribe, by the mo dest assurance that " the irritation perceptible in the French journals is quite national, and the rage of the English journals is sheer nonsense." We agree perfectly that the irritation it quite national. In fact, it is too national for our taste. The Indicateur of Bordeaux says :—" M. Cabarrus, Presi dent of the Committee of wine growers of the canton of Les parre (Gironde), has presented to the Prefect of the Depart ment a petition, with 160 signatures, requiring, on account of the non-sale of their wines, a postponement of the payment of their duties for 1841,as has already been granted to the wine growers of the arrondissement of Bordeaux, and in default of this accommodation, they offer to give up an adequate portion of their stock, and thus make payment in kind." The Semaphore of ,the 18th inst. announces, under date Toulon, the 161 h, that the four ships of the line which lately returned from the Levant, had been ordered to hold them selves in readiness to put to sea. This naval division would, it was believed, be sent to snake a demonstration along the coast of Morocco, while General Bedeau would invade the territory of the empire at the head of a military force. Madrid was perfectly tranquil on the 14th inst. The masons employed in demolishing the convent of San Felipe had re sumed their work, and all the others had followed their ex ample. The Senate voted on the 14th a project of law, freeing brandies and liquar from all duty, a f ter t h e exp i rat i on o f the period for which they had been farmed. JITLIC OPXNXON. The Herald says, in reference to the' Income-tax Bill : " In the progress of the Bill through Committee, we trust to 'Witness very extensive modifications in its provisions. All that Sir Robert Peel can possibly desire is such an amount of annual income as will equalise the national revenue and ex penditure, and enable him to financially warrant the sacrifice of revenue which his new tariff demands. Hitherto the Right Hon. Baronet has only stated very generally the amount which he anticipates from the new tax ; but very great doubts may be entertained whether, if his proposition be adopted, a much larger revenue will not be produced than that anticipated. Some further details of the Government calculations on this point are very desirable because, should the produce of the tax have been understated, the most earnest supporter of the Government will then, we presuine, join us in demanding some modification of Schedule 1). The Post contains the foll Owing observations :—" The speech of Sir Hebert Peel, iu reply to the Ultra-Radical plans anti arguments, was in many parts exceedingly happy and amusing. If the Members for Stockport, and Bath, and Monmouth, had possessed anything like good judgment, they would have spared themselves all the irritation which the mirth of the House ap peared to excite is them, and they would probably have gone to bed in much better health and spirits. Their indignation, if we may credit their own account of the matter, arose from the supposition that the Premier had treated with mirthful con tempt the views and wishes of great masses of the s eople. A very slight effort of observation and judgment would have show n them that it was not the views and wishes of the people, but the strange arguments in favour of these supposed wishes—argu ments that were brought forward in the debate by the Ultra- Radical Members—with which the Right Hod. Baronet had made merry. Surely, if an antagonist makes use of an argu ment which has something in it ludicrously sbsurd, it is all fair to show up that ludicrous absurdity." The Tunes thus alludes to Mr., Sharman Crawford's motion on the subject of the People's Charter Mr. Sharman Crawford's motion was rejected in the House of Commons by a majority of 159. Such a fact is a good Must- ation of What we have gained by the Reform Bill. We have gained a Go vernment which rests upon a basis wide enough to be enables fit mly to resist all democratical encroachments upon the stabi lity of our institutions ; a Government in which Members and the popular will have as great weight as the deliberate and con scientious. judgment of the educated part of the nation consi ders their due. The ship had become top-heavy before; but it is righted now." The Chronicle says ;—" About the mere disfranchisement of Sudbury there would probably be no great difference of opinion. But what is to be done with the forfeited franchise? The simplest plan would be to do nothing with it : to wipe out the corrupt borough from the Parliamentary roll : and leave the House of Commons composed of 656 instead of 658 Members. But the Tory party have committed themselves in opposition to this obvious place. Sir Robert Peel voted for General Gascoigne's motion in 1831, on the first Reform Bill, declaring that the numbers of the House should not be lessened : and many of his party probably still feel a strong objection to diminishing the proportion of English to those of Scotch and Irish Members. To whom, then, is the vacant franchise to be given ? The old Tory plan, rendered memorable by the East Retford case, was in such contin g ency to g i ve th e f ranc hi se to the hundreds. This would be an absurd proposition now. The plan most in conformity with the principle of the Reform Act, which must now be regarded as the basis of our electoral system, would be to look out fur any two towns of which the population, has, since 1832, increased beyond the amount a tett thousand, which was then made the criterion of sendins one Member to Parliament." The following is from the Advertiser :.,:--" As we stated yes terday, the frequent discussion of the suffrage question will not only have the good effect of bringing all the honest and zealous friends of an extended franchise together, but it will have the further salutary result of ridding the Liberal cause of those who have been Reformers only in name. The debate of Thurs day has already, in some measure, had this effect. Not one 2nember of the recent Melbourne Ministry was in his seat the whole rf that evening. They one and all, from Lord John Russell down to the most insignificant member of that incom petent Cabinet, ignobly kept away. C owar d-lik e , th ey s h run k from the discu s sion. 'fhey had neither liberalism enough ti advance with the movement party, nor manliness enough to vindicate their' fi na lity p r i nc i p l es. Their conduct in absent ing themselves fro m suc h a discussion wit , not be lost on the country They have i rretr i evably damaged themselves i n public estimat on. They have proclaimed themselves unworthy of any longer heading the Liberal party. They have completed the political suicide with which their imbecility has so long threatened them, Lord John Russell has done bear himself in a double sense. He has not only laid the axe at the root of his future leadership of the Oppositio n , but he has sacrificed his scat for the city of London. A requisition was fa: warded to him from some of the most influential electors in the city of London, headed by Mr. Pattison anti Mr. Grote, the late mem bers for the City, requesting him to be present during the discussion on Mr. Sharman Crawford's motion. But he did not think proper to comply with the wishes of the requisition itts. Of course, therefore, his connection with the represents- Jim of the City will cease with the present Parliament. And, We must say, it is better to have to contend with open foes than with simulating, incompetent, and treacherous friends, such as the Whigs have ever proved themselves to the true interests of the people, which they have advocated only so far as suited their designs as a party, but to which they have ever invete rate.ly , opposed themselves whenever the progress of popular rights threatened to absotb_ the interests and influence of party , in the welfare and liberty of the nation. The Whigs will unite with the people to reestablish themselves in power; they will unite with the Tories to exclude the people from a fair [representation in the Legislature. Such is Whiggery I Their absence from the House on Thursday night cannot be regarded so much in the light of a traitorous desertion as of an open avowal of their hostility to the cause with which they have associated themselves only for the purpose of sacrificing it to their own selfish ignoble ambiti on .' LAW AND PO LICE. The bankruptcy case of Messrs. Williams and Mottram was resumed on Friday at Basinghall street, when some extra ordinary disclosures were made as regardethe amounts, and confessions made by the partner, Mr. Williams. The total of debts proved up to the present date is 77,7171. 18s. 3d., and the assets realized up to the date of the audit, the 23d of Match, 7,827/. fis. 3d. A lengthened examination of Mr. Wigney, the bankrupt, took place on ,Friday, at Brighton, when disclosures were made which excited great astonishment. It appeared the banker had not been solvent since the death of his father in 1836, and the bankrupt Lad entered into a vast number of speculations, and traded upon his customers' accounts for the last five years At the conclusion of his examination Mr. Wigney said, "1 have not a farthing in the world, except this money," producing two sovereigns and a half. WINE ARTS. The silver bell of Benevenut o in the collection at Strawberry-hill, weighs 21i ounces 18 pennyweights : it is bi itches in height, arld its diameter 24 inches. SPORTING. The Earl of Chesterfield has given instructions for his splen did stud of horses to be brought to the hammer next month. His Lordship intends to dispose of his valuable brood mares and stallions, at Bretby-park, the first week in September. C DURT—TASUXONAISLE. The Queen and Prince Albert visited the exhibition of the Society of Painters inlWater-Colours, Pall-mall East, on Friday. On Wednesday last her Majesty, accompanied by Prince Albert, reviewed the Eleventh Hussars ' under the command of the had of Cardigan, on Wimbletiom Common. His Excellency the Lord-Li , utenant of Ireland, returns to Dublin Castle on the third week in next month, as a grand ball is to be given on the 24th, in celebration of her illajest)'b birth-day. The luarquisof Northampton is daily expected a t th e Ter race, Hyde Park-corner, from Italy. His Lord s hi p , soon a ft er his arrival, wi!l give his annual series of ciniv ersaz i ones t o tslaiemembetrhse d 3. of the Royal Society, and all th e d i st i ngu i s h e d vans of Brighton continues unusually full of visitors for the season of r theTyhee Earl year. There le e re he i s s te s rfi oa e r l c d el g y n a .e ho a g use r t a u n l d et d i i n tine on Thursday Regency-square. to the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, &c. The Earl of Shannon died on Thursday, at hi s mansion in Connaught-terrace. Lady Wilhelmina Stanhope is confined by an attack of the meazles. MISCELLANEOUS. &turday being the 23d of April, was St. George's -day. Ed ward 111. invoked the aid of this Saint at the battle of Calais, in 1349, from which period " St. George !" has been the war cry of England.. Crockford's Club, which, since the retirement of Mr. Wm. Crockfcrd, the proprietor, has been managed by a Committee of Noblemen and Gentlemen, now consists of omy 600 members. A number of old copper coins were on Friday dug out of the new sewer near the foundation of 'femple-har, and afterwards several apparently gold coins of the reign of Charles I. ATTEMPT AT Muunt;n—X esterday afternoon, a boy about twelve years of age, residing with his par en t s a t N o . 10, Parker -str e et, Drury-lane, went into the room o f a f ema l e lodger in eh t a h l e .ac h t o e u r s ): , namedl.:L w h o m Ellen he had m Smith, in th e h a bit of (a wo man o f disre putablegoing on errands. Upon his entering the room she immedi ately seised him with her left hand, and at the sante time in flicted a severe wound on the" side of his throat with a razor, which she held in her right hand. The mother of the boy ran into the room upon hearing his screams, and rescued her son.. The police soon' after cr.lveti, and conveyed the woman to Bow-street. She declared her only reason for attempting the boy's life was that she had made up her mind to commit a murder, and he was the first person that came in her way. It appeared she was drunk at the time. The boy was taken to Portugal -street Hospital, And although very weak from loss: of blood, yet it is hoped that he may recover, as none of the principal vessels were injured. C REATWESTEAN li .11LIV A Y.—Bets .11av e been made that the receipts for this Company reach 20,000/. a-week during this summer. • . or.OIeT`4COURT CIRCULAR. Her - Majesty the Queen Dowager attended Divine Service yesterday morning in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. 'The sermon was preached by the Rev. J. Morrison, from Acts, chap. xxvi., verse2B. The prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Knapp, the Lessons by the Rev. Di% Wesley, and the Communion Service by the Rev. Drs. Knapp and Wesley, The Musical Service was Boy-es in A, the Sanctus in 1), Rogers, and the Anthem, " Awake, awake, put on thy strength." (Wise). Sir George Smart presided at the organ. • Her Majesty was attended by Frances Lady Clinton, Hon. Miss Mitchell, and Earl Howe. Among. the Nobility present, were the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, the Duke of Sutherland, Mar chioness of Westmeath, Earl and Countess Wilton, Lords llarrowby, Cawdor, Tyrconnell, Zetland, Canterbury, Eliot, Lisburne, Dunraven, Leicester, Cantilupe,Norreys, and Monson. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager received visits on Saturday at Marlborough Roase from their Royal High nesses the Duchess of Kent, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge. Her Majesty, walked in the morning in the garden. Her Royal • Highness the Duchess of Kent attended Divine Service yesterday morning, in the Church in Kensington Palace. Ludy Anne Maria Dawson was in Waiting on her Royal IlighneSs. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George and the Princesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, attended Divine Service yesterday morning, in Grosvenor Chapel. The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anne Maria Damson and Sir George Cowper, Bart., honoured the Italian Opera is ith her presence on Saturday evening. A Deputation of Gentlemen of the Paper Trade, con sisting of Mr. Venables, Mr. F. Spiers, Mr. Hollings worth, Mr J. Smith, Mr. Harris, and Mr. Cowan, accompanied by the following Members of the House of Commons, Lord Sandon, Lord Courtenay, Sir Thomas Acland, Sir Howard Douglas, Sir John Yarde Buller, Mr. P. Stewart, and Captain Bernal, had an interview with the 'Vice-President of the Board of Trade on Saturday. A Deputation from the Railway Companies, consist ing of Mr. W. Vickers and Mr. Thomas Linley, from the Sheffield and Rotherham Railway ; Mr. John Harman, from the London and Brighton Railway ; Mr. George Locking , from the. Hull and Selby Railway ; Mr. Richard Barrow, • from the Manchester and Birmingham, Manchester and Bolton, and Bolton and Preston Railways ; Mr.' William Jackson, from the Chester and Birkenhead Railway ; Mr. Freckerick Roberts, London and Croydon Railway ; Mr. William Brooks, and Mr. D. J. Bannatyne, from the Glasgow and Ayr Railway ; Mr. Thomas Sprat, from the Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway ; Mr. William Leitch, Mr. G. 11. Long, and --Mr. J. E. Errington ' from the Glasgow and Greenock Railw a y ; C a p ta inLawes, from the Manchester and Leeds Railway ; Mr. John Leadbetter, Mr. E. BuCkley, M.P., and Mr. W.lO. Hunt, from the Edinburgh , and Glasgow Railway ; Mr. George Duncan, and Mr. John Sheill, from the - Dundee and . :Arbroath Railway ; Captain O'Brien, froM the Great North of England Railway ; Lord Frederick Gordon, from the Arbroath and Forfar Railway ; Mr:. Glyn, from the London and Birmingham Railway ; Mr. C. Russell, M.P., and Mr. C. A. Saunders, from the Great Western Railway ; Mr. Boothby, from the South Wesetrn Railway ; Mr. Glyn, and Mr. Russell, M.P., from the Grand Junction Railway, and the Liverpool and Manchester Railway • Mr. T. Pickersgill, an d M r . 11. F. Stansfi e ld , fr om the North Midland Railway ; and Mr. Henry Bosanquet. and Mr. A. Grahame, from the Eastern Counties Railway ; had an interview With the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street. The Members of Parlia ment present at the interview, with the Deputation, were, Mr. P. Stewart, Mr. J. Loch, Lord James Stuart, Lord Frederick Gordon, Mr. Edmund Buckley, Mr. Charles Russell, Mr. George Duncan, Mr. Gibson Craig, Mr. 11. Broadley, Mr. Beckett Denison, Mr. Stewart Wortley, Mr. Matthew Bell, Mr. Felton Eger ton, Mr. Robert Wallace. Mr. J. Wilson Patten, Sir Philip Egerton, Mr, B o bth Wilb ra h am, M r. P., Ainsworth, and Mr. T. Houldsworth. Mr. Pellett and Mr. Christy, of the Glass Trade, had an interview with the Earl of Ripon, on Saturday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Mr. Burnley, from 'Trinidad; and Dr. Dieffenbach, had interviews with Lord Stanley, on Saturday, at the Colo nial-office. Lord Sandon, Sir Edward Douglas, M.P., and a Deputation connected with the Coffee Trade of Liver pod, including Mr. John B. Braucker. Mr. W. P. Bushby, and Mr. John Crosfield, had an interview with the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone on Saturday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Mr. Wood, Chairman of the Excise, and Mr. Delany, Solicitor to the Excise, had interviews with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer on Saturday. The Spanish Minister transacted business on Saturday at the Foreign-office. Despatches from the Governor of Gibraltar were re ceived yest irday at the Colonial-office. Mr. Bagshaw and Mr. Wodehouse had an interview on Saturday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Sir Robert and Lady Peel had a dinner party on Sa turday, including the French Ambassador and Countess St. Aulaire, the Russian Mini s t e r and Baroness Brunow, the United States' Minister. and - Mrs. Everett, the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch,- the Earl and Countess of Jersey, the Earl and Countess De Grey, Sir James and Lady Graham, and a select party, at their residence in Whitehall-gardens. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, SATURDAY EVENING,. The prices of our own 'funds again advanced to-day ; Consols being 914 918 for Money ; and 92 for the Account ; 3 per Cent. reduced, 901 91 ; Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Reduced, 99; 100 , and the gew Three-and-a-Half per Cent., 10011 1004. India Stock, 244 246 ; Bank Stock, 165 166 ; India Bonds, 18 20 ; and Exchequer Bills, 37 39 prem. The amount of purchases in the whole of the active stocks during the week amounts to a very large sum. The operations have generally been individually exten jive, and on account of some of the Insurance Companies, and Scotch banks, as well as for private investments. Foreign securities remain ' firm ; Belgian, 103, 104 1 ; Dutch 2f per Cent., 521 1 52i; the 5 per Cents, 100 11 100 ; Danish, 804 H 1 ; and Brazil, 67 68. Quotations for Mexican have again been fluctuating to-day, and the principal operator now for a decline has hitherto been one of the most strenuous for the value of this Stock. No information has been received to war rant these changes, which, like the generality of fieal ings in the foreign bonds, are only to be viewed as Stock Exchange gambling, disgraceful to every individual en raged in it, and ruinous to the greater portion. The nominal rate at the close of business was 341 344, being t per cent. below that of yesterday. The bonds of the insolvent States were quoted. Por tuguese, the Five per Cents., 371 374 ; the Three per Cents., 21 221; Colombian, 261 27 ; Spanish, 242_ 24:3- ; the Three per Cents., 24i 2411. Railway Shares are scarcely altered, the market, how ever, being firm; London and Birmingham, 179 186; Birmingham and Gloucester, 35 57; Great Western, 94 95; the half Shares, 64 654; South Western ; 61 6171; Gosport, 61 61i-; North Midland, 69, 70; the New Shares, 33: 341; South Eastern and Devon ; 304 30f-1-; Black wall, 128 121-1; New Share, 10 10f . ; and Brighton, 364 36k. Money continues far more plentiful tham employment forit. It is stated that the failure alluded to on Thursday, will be of little public importance, almost the:whole of the liabilities being divided among tw o or three opulent firms. The house in question is reported to possess assets amply sufficient to meet every demand, but which, for the present, are difficult to be realised. _ _ (From - The Sun of Saturday Night.) The Money Market, which closed firm last evening, has had a decided tendency to improve still further to day. Consols are 91i a for Money, and 911- buyers for 'he Account : Bank Stock, 165 i to 1664 ; Exchequer Bills, 37 to as premium. The Dutch a'wo-and-a-llalf per Cents. are 52: 1 ,- 52;1 ; the Five per Cents. 1001 100 i ; Belgian, 103? ! 104 - ; and Danish, 804 811 ; Mexican is quoted 371. Birmingham Railway Shares are 179 1130 • Great Western, 941- 951 ; South Western, 611 ; an d Brighton, 371 per share. The bonds of the insolvent States are quoted, Buenos Ayres ; 26 28 ; Colombian, 261 27 ; Peruvian, 181 19 ; Spanish Active, 24y; the Three per Cent s . 241 2 4 . . The West India gait has brought an immense mass of papers, but which appear not to contain any intelli gence of importance. Matters were as badly managed out there as they have been here. Every post teeming with complaints of missing.eorreSpondence, which, when it arrives, presents such an sccumulation, as to render it a difficult task to get through it. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, APRIL 22.—A fair quantity of Cotton was sold to-day, amounting to about 5,000 bales at yesterday's prices. The sales of the week have been 39,920 bales, of which 14,000 have been for speculation. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, APRIL 22.—The market Was firm. Edinburgh and Glasgow,_ 521 53%; Eastern Counties, Debentures, 111. lls. Bd. ; the New, Si. 171. 2d. ; Great Western, 95; London and Birmingham, 179 ; Quarters, 37 2 ' Manchester and Leeds, 854. MANCHESTER STOCK E XCHANGE, APRIL 22. --We have rather an improving Market, and prices continue to be fully supported. Our sales have been as follow:—London and Bir mingham, 179 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 27i ; Man chester and Leeds, Halves, 37%; Brighton Loan Notes, 84 3s. 9d. ; Lancaster and Preston, Three Quarters, 18 3 / ; South Lancashire Bank, 5/. 18s. 9d. ; Union Plate Glass, si. ELECTION COMMITTEES. IPSWICH. CLOSE OF THE INQUIRY-SATURDAY. This Committee met at one o'clock. Mr. Pakingtcn in the chair. Mr. HILL proceeded to address the Committee, in an able speech, contending that, although bribery was proved to have taken place at Ipswich during the last election for that borough, still nu proof existed connect ing the sitting Members with the bribery. The Learned Gentleman concluded his address shortly after 5 o'clock. when the Committee-roomrwas cleared of strangers to enable the Committee to deliberate upon the resolu tions which would come • under their consideration. About twenty minutes to six o'clock strangers were again admitted, when The CHAIRMAN asked if the counsel and agents for the parties were in attendance.—On e of the petitioners' counsel was present. Mr. WALLER, the agent to the sitting Member, said that Mr. Hill and Mr. Phillips had gone home, not expecting that the Committee would come to any resolution that evening. He (Mr. Waller) however would receive the 'resolutions. The CHAIRMAN said, he had been directed to state hat the Committee had resolved— ThSt Rigby Wason, Esq., and Georg,e Rennie, Esq., • were not duly elected to represent the borough of Ips. wich in the present Parliament." " That the last election for the borough of Ipsvtich was a void election." The HoN. GENTLEMAN said he had been further di reeted to state that the Committee had also come to tin following resolutions : • " Resolved unanimously, that Rigby Wasou, Esq. and George Rennie, Esq., have been, by their agents, guilty of bribery at the last election for the borough of Ipswich. " That the Committee are unanimously of opinion, from the evidence given before them, that extensive bribery prevailed at the last election for the borough of Ipswich, and that the issuing a new writ for the said bo rough ought to be suspended until the said evidence shall have been taken into the consideration of the House. " Resolved unanimously, that the Chairman be re quested to move that the Report . , together with the evi dence taken before the Committee, be presented ; and that the Speaker do not issue his writ for the return of two Members for the borough of Ipswich until the Report and evidence be printed and submitted to the House." The Committee then separated. BLACKBURN. The Committee adjourned at the early hour of one o'clock on Saturday ; their proceedings are as yet far from a result. LICHFIELD. The Committee have put on the poll one vote, tended for the petitioners, and refused the application of two more freemen, who had tendered votes. SOUTHAMPTON. The Committee have been much perplexed by the con tumacy of a witness who would not answer some ques tions which he feared might criminate himself. The witness was Mr. J. Rena, The Committee cleared the room, and decided that Mr. Renn was bound to answer. And now Mr. Renn, said the Chairman, tell us what passed between you and certain gentlemen respecting the conduct of the election. I won't answer, said Mr. Renn. You must answer, said the Chairman. I'm in the hands of the Committee, said Mr. Renn. Then we command you to answer, said the Chairman. Mr. Rena scratched his - head, and looked at his Counsel, who nodded at him. CHAlRMAN—Shorthand-writer, read the question. The shorthand-writer did so. 'Well, said the Chairman, that is the question. So it is, Sir, says Mr. Rena.. • CHAIRMAN—Now, give us the answer. Mr. Renn—l cannot. CHAIRMAN—ArC you afraid it will criminate yourself ? Mr. Rean—l am, Sir. CIIAIRMAN—CIear the rOOLII. This proceeding did not seem likely to clear up the case : when our reporter left all the strangers were still waiting outside. THE ARMY. ROYAL ARTILLERY. WOOLWICH, APRIL 22.—Lieutenants Greon, Williams, Patton, and Morris, are to do duty with the field batte ries until further orders. The detachment at Purfleet was relieved on Monday last by detachments of Majors Anderson and Vaughan's companies. Captain Innes and Lieutenant Crofton pro ceeded with the detachments. Major Sweeting 's company, 6th battalion, was in spected on the guard -mounting parade on Monday, in heavy marching order, bx Lieutenant-General Lord Bloomfield, G.C.B. and G.U.H. ; and on Tuesday after noon Major Sweeting, Lieutenant Chatham, a proportion of non-commissioned officers, with thirty gunners and drivers, proceeded to London, and from thence by rail way to Weedon, to relieve an equal number of officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of Major Rawnsley's company, 4th battalion, who returned to Woolwich by the same conveyance on the following day. Major Vaughan has taken the command of the 6th battalion, and Captain Bent of the 2d battalion. General Order, April 18, 1842. The Master-General has been pleased to approve of Second Captain A. J. Taylor being posted to the 4th battalion, and Seco n d C a pt ain C . J. Dalton to the Ist battalion. (Signed) IT. D. Ross, Deputy Adjutant-General. General Order, April 21, 1842. The Master General has been pleased to appoint the following officers to the Royal Regiment of Horse Artil lery, viz. : Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Higgins, vice Bell, pro moted ; Second Captain A. H. Fraser, vice Holcombe, promoted ; Lieutenant W. Henderson, vice Sandham, promoted ; Lieutenant A. T. Phillpotts, ♦ice Cockburn, promoted ; Lieutenant the Hon. E. C. H. Spencer, vice Gambia. For the promotions in the regiment see Gazette. The following officers are posted to battalions, as follows, viz : Lieut.-Colonel Hon. W. Arbuthnot to the 6th batta lion, on Lieutenant-Colonel's pay, vice Grey ; and Lieut.- Colonel Chesney to the 9th battalion, upon Major's pay, vice Arbuthnot ; Captain Holcombe to the 9th battalion, vice Higgins ,• First Lieutenant Cox to the Bth batta lion, vice Henderson ; First Lieutenant O'Connell t o th e Bth battalion, vice Phillpotts ; First Lieutenant Bretting ham to the 7th battalion, vice Spencer. (Signed) H. D. Ross, Deptity• Adjutant-General. • (From our Dublin Ooriespoldert.) Thirty-nine men of the 9Gth depot have joined the 91s at Naas, as volunteers for India ; also forty of the 85th. During the lust three weeks 220 recruits hate been raised in the Limerick district. The 82d depot at Boyle are volunteering very fast. Fifteen men marched for Cork, via Dublin, on Sunday, under Ensign White, to join the 20 t h depot ; and ninety fire me►► marched on Friday to join the 91st, at Naas. The Proprietors of the Limerick Chronicle say they ha►e seen a letter from China, from an officer with the fleet, dated December Bth, from fling Ta llae. The writer says they are all well, with the exception of one man. '"lhe weather has been latterly cold and frosty, and has renovated us all. We only wait for a change of monsoon, and for reinforcements, to advance upon Pekin. Early in the spring we shall certainly go, and I expect to write to you from the palace of the Emperor, which, as it covers six miles of ground, will afford us all accom modation." LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, April 23. The Lord Chancellor sat in Lincoln's Inn Hall to day. IN THE MATTER OF BLAKE, A BANKRUPT.—JUDGMENT. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment this morning in this case, which came before the Court some time since, upon an appeal froln the judgment of the Court of Review. The petitioner was a creditor of Edward Blake and William Blake to a large amount, and lie was also a creditor of Edward Make's to the extent of be. tween 3004 and 4001. A separate fiat was sued out a,?;ainst the separate estat e o f Ed war d Bl a k e, an d the question in the casa was whether, under that separate fiat, the pe titioner was entitled to prone his pint debt and re ceive dividends in competition with the separate credi tors. The Court of Review decided that he was not, and from that judgment the party appealed. His Lordship said the general rule was where a joint creditor sued out a separate fiat, he was entitled, in respect of his joint debt to prove against the separate estate in competition with the separate creditors ; but in the present ease it had been argued that there was an exception to that rule, inasmuch as the separate debt was sufficient to support the commission. His Lordship did not find in any of the text writers, or in any reported case a single hint of such an exception, and he must, therefore, take it to be the opinion of the profession that such an exception was not tenable. Upon the whole, therefore, his Lordship thought that the general rule prevailed, that the supposed exception RRS not warranted by any principle or any decided case, and that therefore the judgment of the Court of Review must be reversed. Mr. SWANSTON, on the part of the appellant, applied for the costs, and His LORDSHIP was of opinion that he was entitled to the coats of all the proceedings out of the estate. HOLLIS V. BRYANT. The COURT then proceeded with the further argu ments on this appeal motion. VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURT, April 22. (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) CHUBB V. COOPER AND ANOTHER. This was an injunction bill filed by the plaintiffs, Messrs. Chubb and Son, of St. Paul's Churchyard, the well-known manufacturers of patent locks and patent iron safes, against the defendants, one of whom was a lock-maker, and the other a factor at Wolverhampton, and it sought to restrain the defendants from manufac turing or selling ani locks or keys made in imitation of Messrs. Chubb's locks, and stamped with their name or trade marks. It appeared that the plaintiffs were patentees under three successive patents, for various improvements in the construction of locks, called by them, and now gene rally known as their patent detector locks. The first two of these patents having expired, the defendants bad made locks upon those principles, which it was not denied they had a perfect right to do ; but Messrs. Chubb's complaint was that the defendants had like wise stamped upon their locks the name of Chubb, sur mounted with a crown, and accompanied with other words very similar to those stamped by Messrs. Chubb on the locks of their own manufacture. It appeared that, purchasers had been deceived by the name and marks on the defendant's locks and keys into the belief that they were genuine locks of the plaintiffs' make. The way in which this practice came to the knowledge of Messrs. Chubb was as follows :—A gentleman of the name of Jessell, a customer of their house, had ordered his car penter to procure and put on several of the plaintiffs' patent detector locks. This carpenter applied to an ironmon monger near by, and ho was supplied with three other locks made by the defendants, and stamped and marked as above described. The difference was not dis covered by Mr. Jessell until some time after ; Mr. Jessell happening accidentally to apply to one of the locks the key of a similar lock, to his surprise found that these locks were next to useless. This circumstance caused him to complain to the plaintiffs, who obtained his permission to examine the three locks, and the dis covery was made that their customer had been imposed upon by a spurious article of interior workmanship. Upon inquiry, the locks in question were traced to the defendants, against whom the present bill was filed, and Mr. Bacon now applied for an injunction, in order to put a stop to such a practice for the future. The defendants, for whom Mr. Hinton appeared, ac knowledged that they had been acting under a mistaken view of the law, and consented to an order for the in junction being made ; and upon the defendants under taking to obliterate the plaintiffs' name from all locks remaining unsold, and to deliver up all punches having the name of Chubb upon them, the plaintiffs consented to stay all further proceedings in the suit, for which the defendants, by their Counsel, expressed themselves grateful. _ - An order was accordingly made conformably with this arrangement. SATURDAY. Cause pltikions of no geneiTii - interest occupied hi, llonour the whole day. (Before Vice-Chancellor WIGRAN.) MALLALIEU U. MELLEIt. ROLLS' CO UR 7', April 22. STRICKLAND L' . STRICKLAND. This part-heard cause, which had ;ng;ged the Court the greater part of yesterday was resumed today. The suit was instituted by the youngest son of Sir George Strickland, and the object of it was to recover possession of certain estates, worth 7,0001. or 8,000/, a year, which had been devised by the will of Sir George Strickland, the grandfather of the defendant in the cause and the father of the plaintiff. The plaintiff in sisted that he was entitled to enjoy the estates for the the term of his life, as the title of them devolved upon him on the death of his last surviving brother, which took place in the year 1839, in the November of which year the present bill had been filed. According to the statement. of the plaintiff, the estates in question were by his father's will devised to the younger sons, and on the death of the last surviving one were given to him. The defendant stated that the devise in favour of the plaintiff had been revok e d, an d consequent l y t h at he could not establish any title to the estates in question. The arguments are likely to occupy some days. • --- COURT OF QUEEN'S PENCII, .sprit 23. THE QUEEN V. LADY PONSONBY. In this ease, Lady Ponsonby, and some other parties, who reside in Hampton Court Palace, appealed to the Justices at the Middlesex Quarter Sessions, against a rate that had been made upon them for the relief of the poor of the parish of Hampton, by the parochial autho rities. The ground of their appeal .was, that as official residents of a royal palace, they were not liable to the Poor-rates. When the case came on for hearing at the Sessions, the Magistrates confirmed the order for the rate, subject to the decision of the Court of Queen's Bench on a case to he submitted to the Learned Judges for their opinion, and the case now came on for hearing. Mr. Erle, Mr. Adolphus, and Mr. Kelly appearing for the parish officers of Hampton, and the Solicitor-Gene ral and Mr. Hodges for time appellants. The case on the part of the parish set forth that the appellants occupied • apartments in Ilamplon C.:urt Palace by the permission of the Crown ; that until the rate now appealed against had been made they had never been rated to the relief of the poor of the parish in which Hampton Court was situated ; that each of the appellants occupied separate apartments in the palace; that they were obliged to reside there during a certain portion of the year; that in their absence they were compelled to leave a ser vant in charge of their apartments, or deliver up the keys to the house-keeper, and the parish officers contended that under the circumstances the appellants were liable to the payment of the rate made for the relief of the poor. On the part of the appellants it was contended Hampton Court was a royal palace—that theirs was an official, and merely possessive occupation ; and, in fact, an occupation by her Majesty ; to whom they were ser vants, and that as they paid no rent they were not liable to poor-rates. Lord DENmAs, in delivering the judgment of the Court, said that it was clear that Hampton Court had been aroyal palace, and it was equally clear that it was not one now. There was a personal occupation by the appellants, but none by the Crewn. The mere f act t h at certain pictures belonging to the Crown, and other royal property were deposited there, or that sentries were sta tioned there, did not constitute it a royal palace; there was no personal occupation by the Crown, but an inde pendent and exclusive occupation by the appellants; therefore, the order of the Justices in favour of the rate must be confirmed.—Order confirmed. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, April 23. , WILSON V. KEPPEL. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, for the re covery of V., before the Under-Sheriff of Yorkshire. The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff. Mr. WATSON now moved for a rule to show cause why a new trial should not be granted on the grounds, first, of misconduct on the part of the Jurors, and se condly, that the verdict was given against evidence. It appeared that the Jury had been heard by parties out side the room in which they were considering their ver dict tossing up money ; and after a cry was heard that the heads had it, they immediately came out and gave their decision. The allegation that the verdict was against evidence went on the fact that there had been dealings between the p ar ti es , an d a b alance due was set off against the claim of the plaintiff: The COURT granted the rule on the ground of a ver dict against evidence. BM], COURT, April '4l. GURNEY r. This was an action brought by the Plaintiff, a b rewer, against the d e f en d an t, w h o i s a hop merchant, f or b eer sold and delivered by the plaintiff to the amount of .4/. 145., on the credit of the defendant, as alleged by the plaintiff: The be er was not or d ere d by the defend ant himself; but by a person of the name of Bamfield, an agent for selling hops, and a p erson w h o acted in the ca pacity of a cl e rk t o Air. Morgan, who ordered the bear for a person named Barton, his own brother-in-law, and' who failed in his business. Several transactions took place between Mr. Gurney and Mr. Morgan, and whim they came to settle their accounts Mr. Bennet, on the pa r t of Mr. Gurney, gave Bamfield, who acted for Mr. Morgan, a cheque for the sum (Inc to Mr. Morgan from Mr. Gurney,. and Bamlield gave Bennet an order on Mr. Morgan for the 24/. 145., The price of the beer given to Bartc,n,, There was also a transaction respecting a vat which was sold by Mr. Morgan to Mr. Gurney for 15/., and it, way alleged on the part of the plai n tiff' t h at the price Was to be deducted from the 241. 145., which was denied, by the. defendant. The question for the Jury to decide was, whether the defendant was liable. The Jury brought in a verdict for the plaintiff: Mr. Humphrey appeared f or the plaintiff, and Mr- Thesiger for the defendant. The Court then adjourned. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. April 22. WILLIAMS A:NTD NOTTIIAN'S BANKRUPTCY.—THE LINEN- DaArtay TRADE. In this case the bankrupts appeared before tho C.)nrt on their adjourned examinations. A large nun - ilk -A- of creditors were present. Mr. Maynard appeared, as on a former occasion, for the assignees ; and Mr. Wright, as counsel, assisted by Mr. Van Sandau, for one or both of the bankrupts. Charles Mottram examined by Mr. Maynard —At my last examination I gave an account of the liquidation cot' my affairs at the house in Lamb's Conduit-street. Th,, sum was 7,70-11. 12s. 11d., and 1,5001. for other property;: and when I left Lamb's Conduit -street, I considered my— self to be worth 4,0001. Mr. May-nard—Was there, at that time, a balance in. your favour ? Mottram—There was ; and here I must complain of certain statements in the public papers. Mr. Commissioner EVANS—Never mind the - papers, but answer the questions put to you. The bankrup' Mottram—There was 1,8001. went to. Wood-street, and my house and furniture at Ilighbury I considered worth something, beside other property ; making a total, with debts, of about 4,0001. Mr. . - Nla.ynard —Where will that appear ? The bankrupt Mottram—ln my hooks. The only means I have of forming any opinion is from the books. In the private ledger, headed Charles Mottram, L. C. S., it appears that I brought into the concern in Wood street 1,836/. 10s. 5d., and I was indebted 2,800/. to my father-in-law, the whole of which remained when the balance of 1,8361. 10s. 5d., was made up. The means I had to pay the debt due to my father-in-law consisted of the balance of 1,836/. 10s. 5d., 2,776/. Bs. 10d. uncollected debts due to me from Lamb's Conduit-street, and my property at Highburv, which I considered worth fralu 1,2001. to 1,5001. 'lii& state of my private account with Mottram and Moore at the time 1 stopped payment was a balance of 704/. Is. 10d., and a family account for dra pery of about 260/. The account produced by me at, a former examination shows how the balance of 704. Is. 10d. is made up. In that account I give credit for two acceptances of Mottram and Moore for 750/. each, part of which, 1 believe, is now owing to the parties now holding these acceptances. The bill of 337/ 10.. 6d. was not paid to Dixon and Co., but was the amount of a returned bill, which we paid. After that sum 1 find a bill, as paid to Knowles of 337/. 10s. 6d. 1 believe that sum to be the amount of a bill for 337/. Si., and 2s. 6d. for noting. Therecer tainly was a payment made to warrant the entry of 3371. los. 6d. I cannot tell to whom that bill was paid. I be lieve to llennah and Lames, sure to one of th e m. or to S. F. Stephens. lam Mr. Maynard —On looking at these books, it appe ars the bankrupts have taken credit for that bill twice, and would have to account for the extra amount in the balance cash-book ; we have it in the stun of 1,9321., and afterwards find it. entered as a bill of 337/. 10s. 6d. Mr. Commissioner Eve.Ns--In these books it certainly appears to be entered twice ; on the 29th October it is entered 3371. 10s. 6d., and added up on the amount of 1,9321., and after that-ion have it entered 3371. 10s. Gd. The bankrupt Mottram—lt appears to be entered tw k e, b ut Jr.), it is erroneous ; I am sure it was not paid twice. Mr. Maynard—Can you state what you paid Dixon and Co., after the 28th of October, on Mottram and Moore's account ? Th e bankrupt Mottram—l think about 3,200/. and 5401. on the 27th of October. They did not owe us any money, but we did them. My part ner, I believe, made a sale to Messrs. Cowper in October. believe about the 27th or 28th, though the goods are entered on the 26th. The amount stater is 1551. 179. Mr, Ma ynard --'Pas the rate entered in your books at the time it teas made ?—I believe not. Sir. It was en tered in our books, when we made them up after the bankruptcy, but it is usual, and might have been wade in a memorandum-book or on a paper. Mr. Williams would have to make it. The date now stated is the 26th, but, as I said before, I believe that to be erroneous, as the fact was the sale was made on the 27th or 26th. The money, I believe, was paid for those goods. The receipt of the money was not euatered at the time. Ido not • know whether these goods were sold at profit or loss, as I do not know the cost price, or the price. at which they were sold. The gross amount received for that sale came into our concern, and has since been disbursed. Mr. Maynard—What did you draw out for yourself on or after the 6th of October ?—About 1,300/. ; I drew His Honour was tngaged &Ong the day in the fur ther hearing of this part-heard came. The suit was in stituted by the plaintiff Mallalieu against the assignees of Messrs. Copeland and - Duncan, for the purpose of haring it declared that he was entitled to a lien upon certain goods sent out to India in the name of the plain tiff; who was, in fact, acting as the agent of the bank rupts. The proceeds Of the goods had passed into the hands of Messrs. Crawford and Co., and the substantial question was, whether the plaintiff or the defendant was entitled to the first lien. Mr. Temple and Mr. Geldart appeared for the plain tiff ; Mr. Sharp for the defendant Miller ; and the So licitor-General and Mr. Teed for Messrs. Crawford and Company. 41. 'Ammar ' , THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. b,`- U NDER the - MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, APRIL 25, 1, _Will be presented Bellini's Opera of LA SONNAMBUL A.—The '",,s.lch erecter of Amina, by iss Adelaide Kemble; Count Rodolph u , ' 1 '4 41- i • Liner ; Elvino,'M'r W. H.,rrison ; Alessio, Mr. G. Horneas. • NotarY, Mr. A. Wigan; Lisa, Miss Grant; Theresa, Mrs. R. hes. • After which will be repeated the Grand Romantic Fairy Extrava qplza, entitled THE WHITE CAT.—Wrnouponatyme (King of b,„rverminditrnamia), Mr. J. Bland ; Princes Paragon, Pr. cious and 44 cid (his three Sons , by Madame Vtstris. Miss Murray and 'Miss , Lee; Jingo, Mr. Harley; t. e White Cat, Miss Marshall. 44, sr poers open at half-past •Six, anu the Performances begin at Seven. • eas Boxes is Second Price 3s. fid ; First and Second Circles ss. • id Price is. 6d ; Pit as., Second Price 2s. ; Gallery Is. Tickets' la Places fur the * Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan, at the Box-of from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had upon ap. *legion. Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andrews, Book seller, 167, New Bond-street. 'di - ROYAL SURREY - THEATRE. Wonderful attraction, and matchless Stud of Horses. : THIS EVENING, APRIL 25, Will be performed the Grand New Equestrian Spectacle, entitled I , ,A•E. PEARL OF THE HAREM, HER KOOROIsH LOVER, HIS WAR STEED, BEDA.—With magnificent Scenery, c▪ ostume, and Appointoents ; a Double Company, Equestrian and '''uraroatic, and the finest Stud of Horses in the World. ' After which, in a more extensive and splendid Arena than ever ;; b efore witnessed, THE SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, introducmg , B &TTY'S unrivalled Collection of Animals, consisting of nu. •lterotoi and matchless Cream.coloured Horses, Andalusian Chargers, ?Potted Coursers, Fairy Palfreys, and Pigmy Poneys, and the most 2. tlented Vaulters, Riders, Gymnastics, and Contortionists in the 'unieloto. • To conclude with the Historical Pantomime (with New Scenery) "PEROUSE; or, the MONKEY of the DESOLATE ISLAND.— ::`-ilimpanzee, the Monkey, by Mons. Gouffb. '-'l'llE INDIA. SUN, CONTAINING A ..M A P • AND • FULL ACCOUNT OP AFFGHANISTAN AND THE THEATRE-Of' WAR IN INDIA, 15 NOW _READY.