The Sun. — London, England, 1831-04-12 00:00:00

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It tab! isbed t Plater. I Marine Russian Priests if Polish ' , dated sian Pu- Russians .est have here in evening eek pro— en miles a body, !), could nts. It 1. What possible ans by :ity than red, not ly. The re—as a .uffcring gained ole i ust and victory ountlm Nomen to every ucceed ! may get lat that are, a nd with bjeet it :er and ien, or mother anti his ss is re- sur le be, and yoness o OAR. DAY AT ONI O'CLOCK. FiLICES OF SVOCIZS THI! Ralik Stock 3 per Cent. Red ... 794% 1 ) ,q,, 3per Cent. Cons. 80% 7971 1 ._ 1, g :N. per Cent. BB% Ditto Red New 3per Cent 89%%%% 3 Per Cent Ann. 1726 .... - 4 per Cent. 1926 9 614% Bank Long Ann to expire Jan 5, 184i' 16 13-16 Oct. 10, 1859 16% Jan. 5, 1860 l6yi Jan. 5, 1880 Aprils, 1880 Jan. 5, 1870 New 5 per Cent. India Stock Ditto Bonds 3 " 4 pm. South Sea Stock Old Annuities. New Ditto 3 per Cent. Ann. i 751 Ex Bills, £l,OOO 22 20 cat Ditto 50 , —22 pm. Ditto Small ,„, Ditto ..... pm Ditto Advertised — rn. Bank for Account India for Account Cons. frr April 12 SO 79180792 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK Austrian Bonds Neapolitan — Brazilian Bonds — Peruvian Bonds Buenos Ayres 80nd5......... Portuguese Bonds Chilian Bonds ... — Prussian, Old Colombian Bonds — Ditto, New — Ditto, 1824 Danish 57% Spanish. 1521 — Greek Bonds IE3 O — Pitt°, 1825 — French Rentes, sp. c. —t. Guatimala — Exchange —f. . Mexican Bonds —i— 3 per cent. ss' —c. Ditto, 1825 — Exchange.-- 25f. 30%, TO CORRESPONDENTS. An .. OLD SUBSCRIBER " will find the article he has sent us in The Sun of Friday last. isN , iih *Ali/ o LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 12, 1831. The news of the grand Polish victories has been confirmed to the fullest extent. An official bulletin of the Commander-in-Chief, the heroic Count SCRZYNECKI, which is renr,lrkable for its modesty and the absence of all undue assumption, details the leading particulars of the engagements, which in every instance terminated in a dreadful slaughter of the enemy, and with comparatively little loss to the I"atriots. This document, which is dated April 1, states that the Commander-in-Chief, learning that Marshal DIEBITSCH 1- "q1 divided his forces, resolved to pass, with a ,rest body of his troops, to the right bank of the Vistula. His plans were con ceived and executed with consummate skill and secresv. He first, by way of feint, despatched General UMINSKI towards Ostro le.nka, to keep in check the Russian guards, who were advancing in that quarter, and then quitting Warsaw during the night of the 30th ult., hastened on to Wawer, where he found General GEISMAR strongly and advan tageously posted. From this position he drove the entire Russian corps, carried, at the point of the bayonet, all its redoubts and entrenchments, destroyed one whole regiment, forced another to lay down its arms, and, in fact, all but anni hilated the corps, the shattered remnant of which retreated in the direction of Minsk, where, notwithstanding it received numerous fresh rein forcements, and was even joined by a large squadron, under the command of General ROSEN, it was unable to make any stand, but abandoned post after post, till scarcely a man was left with sufficient strength to wield a mus ket. By these repeated victories the Poles have obtained abundance of arms and ammunition, of which they stood much in need ; and have, be sides, given a moral impulse to their cause, which will be felt throughout every province. Al ready Lithuania is in open insurrection, and we hazard little in predicting that Austrian and Prussian Poland will not he slow to follow. Even as it is, we look on the campaign as finished, and shall be less surprised than delighted, to hear in a few days that General DtEnrrscx and his whole army have laid down their arms and surrendered at discretion. • On reading the accounts of these successes on the part of the patriotic Poles, our readers will do us the justice to remember that we antici pated them—though not to the present extent— from the very first onset. When others were desponding we were confident ; when the majo rity of our contemporaries feared the worst, we hoped for the best. We grounded our speculations on the immense, overwhelming progress that the cause of freedom is daily making throughout Europe—the world. We felt convinced that time was only wanting to enable the Poles to make effectual head against their oppressors. The moral influence—the irresistible justice of their cause, would do the rest. This same line of argument applies with equal force to every oppressed kingdom in Europe. No matter what be the obstacles against which it has to contend ; no matter what be its numeri cal or even its physical deficiencies, it has only to wish to be free, to be so. The events of the day are in its favour. The enlightened of every class anu' every nation are its natural, and must in the end prove, its efficient allies. One country now fights the battles of another. The distur bances in Persia, in the Circassian territories, in the Baltic provinces of Russia, and even in the heart of the CZAR'S own domi nions, lire hastening forward the period of Poland's emancipation; who again by her own glorious exertions, which must of necessity cramp the energies of Austria and Prussia, is paving the way for the deliverance of Italy. As regards the Emperor NICHOLAS, if there be one despot whose prospects are more hope less than those of another, he, we firmly believe, is that man. Already, he has met with the chastisement due to his insolent, blood-thirsty, pre mature boasting, and has yet to witness (and this at no remote period) the dismemberment of his unwieldly, ill-assorted empire. While last year he was adopting every possible pre caution against the spread of the infectious cholera ; while he was drawing his cordons sanitares in every direction, to prevent its dis semination ; he little thought that at that very m oment an e pid em i c f ar more d angerous to himself and his brother despots than any physical disorder, was working its way silently throughout every province of Europe. He little thought that this infection— this taint of Liberalism—caught from the South, was infecting thousands of his hitherto untainted satellites;—of such a great, moral visi tation, he seems to have had not the slightest notion, but to have slumbered on, as if the past through all eternity, was to be the sole guide for the future. He is now awaking from his dream but too late. The contagion has spread, and has already attained such a height that no de spotic means can stop it. Not all the military physicians, from WELLINGTON to DIEBITSCII, with their violent remedies and profuse blood letting, can arrest its progress for an instant. It can ,only be allayed by.the,cornbined,. healing 'nfluence of justice and humanity. The following are extracts from Germs: Papers received this morning : P OLAND. The Austrian Observer says :—" Letters from Warsaw mention the failure of the negociations at the Russian head-quarters on the 20th and 22d, after which a sitting of the Diet was held on the 23d, of which nothing had transpired ; only on the following morning it was reported that all hope of an amicable arrangement appeared to be at an end. The Polish army was stationed as follows, viz., one-third in the Vistula above Warsaw, one-thin below, and the other third in the vicinity of the capital General Uminsky had left Warsaw with six or eight thousand men in the direction of Modlin. Accounts from,. Cracow, of the 27th, say that the celebrated Julian Niem ciewitz bad arrived there from Warsaw. He is said to have declared that he had resolved, at his advanced age (seventy-nine years), to leave for ever the theatre of war, the events which had plunged his country into such great misfortunes, and to end his days in Cracow." The Warsaw Gazette, of the 27th of March, gives, in a supplement, a seditious proclamation, (which appears to be a manifest forgery) said to he addressed to the Russians by General Jermoloff, now 73 years of age, from Samarad (Query?), and to have been found on the person of a Russian Officer, wearing the Order of St. Andrew, who was killed in a late battle. VIENNA, MARCH 3l.—Letters from Warsaw say that the Governor has declared that city in a state of siege.— Division, of light troops were distributed along the Vis tula, to watch the movements of the Russians. It is pro bable that there will be a decisive battle near Warsaw, as soon as the Russians have crossed the Vistula. General Dwernicki, who was pursued by three divisions of Rus. sin cavalry, reported to have extricated himself from this embarrassment by skilful marches, . and has returned to the left bank of the Vistula. Count Wolinski, Chief of the Polish General Staff, has left Vienna, and gone to General Chlopieki, at Cracow. The Prussian General, Von Roder, who came here on an extraordinary mission, has had his first audience of the Emperor, and will soon return to Berlin. Count Ribeau pierre, wbo arrived some time ago from Naples, will not yet leave us. MUNICH, itiwxcx 3l.—The Government deserves the warmest gratitude of the nation for announcing the inten tion of submitting to the Chamber a law by which the pro ceedings of the Court of Justice are to be open to the public, and the pleadings to be oral, instead of the endless mass of writings hitherto required.. This fact proves that the Government is sincerely desirous of maintaining the Constitutional principles, and that notwithstanding any mistaken grounds it cannot entertain a design of purposely infringing the Constitutional rights of the people, or vio lating the Constitution. VIENNA, MARCH 31. APRIL I. Four per Cents 7O 70 Bank Shares We have received further accounts from Mar tinique to the 17th February, which contain ad= ditional intelligence respecting the insurrection there. On the 13th a revolt broke out among the negroes, who fired the town, a part of which was reduced to ashes. A large number of slaves had been arrested, and many shot.. The follow ing decree had been issued : GOVERNMENT OF MARTINIQUE. " We, the Governor of .Martinique, &c., considering that an armed rebellion has broken out at St. Pierre on the 9th of this month—that fire has consumed many houses in this city—that eleven plantations have been ravagel by conflagration—that the slaves have made use of fire-arms and cutlasses to repel the militia, the soldiers of the line, and the Marines, who were sent to those places to oppose the progress of the fire ; " Considering that, in the night of the 10th of this month, new fires occurred in two plantations of Grand Ause, and in a plantation of Vauclan, notwithstanding the example of the arrest of 126 negroes, male and female ; " Considering that at this time there is reason to fear that those fires may be spread in the colony ; considering that the most energetic measures have been taken to se cure the colony of Martinique from the new ravages with which it is threatened, but that in case these measures should, be ineffectual it is of the greatest importance to deter the guilty, and by the promptitude of the punish ments which shall be inflictbd on the authors, favourers, and accomplices of the crim .s which may he committed ; considering further our decree of the 10th of this month, by which we have placed the colony in a state of siege ; considering, that in pursuance of our decree of the 11th of this month, the second article of the above referred to decree, creating a military armistice, has been reported ; and considering the 297th article, and those following it of the ordinance of the 24th September, 1828, on the proposition of the ProcUreur-General of the King, and by the advice of the Privy Council, and in virtue of the extraordinary powers vested in us by the ordinance of the Slat August, 1830, which suspends the execution of the 180th atticle of the ordinance of 9th February, 1827 " We have decreed, and do decree as follows: " Art. I.—A 'Military Court is established in Marti nique. Its duration is fixed at six rot ntbs. It wig sit in St. Pierre. " Art. 2.—The Court shall have jurisdiction over those without distinction of class or profession civil or military, who shall be accused , of having committed one of the crimes specified in the penal code. " Art. 3.—The MrCnbers of the Court shall be Richard (le Lucy, Counsellor of the Royal Court, President.— (Here follow the names of the other Members.) " Art. 4.—The lunittions of Public Minister and of Registrar of the Court, shall be exercieed by the officers. " Art. 5. —The Procureur-General is charged with the execution of this decree, which shall be published and re gistered wherever it is necessary, and shall be inserted in the Bulletin of the Ministerial Acts of the Colony. (Signed) " DUPOTET. " Given at St. Pierre, Fels. 13, 1831." A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office this day. Despatches from Lisbon, Paris, and, Holland, have been received this morning at the Foreign Office. RAIL-ROAD IN SPAIN.--A rail-road from Jerez to Puerto de Santa Maria and San Lucar has been projected. The estimated cost is 40,000/., and it is pro. posed to raise that sum in 4,000 shares at 50 dollars each. It is under the direct patronage of the KING and QUEEN, the former having subscribed for 60, and the latter fer 40 shares. This Het also contains the names of four grandees and two minister,. This undertaking promises to be a profitab'e one to the speculators,, and most beneficial to Spain. At present, all the sherry wine which is exported is carried, at a great expenee, from Jerez to the place of shipment ; it will hereafter pass by the rail-road. If the undertaking be successful, it will probably lead to the in troduction of rail-roads in other districts, where they are equally wanted : corn in the interior of Spain is almost valueless, from the cost and delay in transporting it to the coast.—Athentrum, INTERESTING NEW WCIRICS.—We are re quested to state that the following works are just pub lished by Messrs. COLBURN and BENTLEY, New ty is J D ou A r 7 v7a 2 c . ro T ss h t e he ll ß o a n ica A n Burliug ton-street, namely-1. The octavo edition of Dr. PARIS'S LKiEferrozfesSNir Narrative e rn o a f jor and of his visit to Azani, and other newly-discovered Cities in Asia Miror--3 • . • .e octavo editio n of BURCKIIARDT'S Travels among the Bedouins and Wahabys, in which the manners and customs of those interesting people are for the first time described from personal observation -4. The 7th, Sth, and 9th numbers of the National Library,containing ICI BooaENNE's Life of NAPOLE O N, With new mand Curious notes, and numerous t ngravings--5. Wedded Life in the Upper Ranks, a novel, announced for some months past. Also, just ready, the Young Duke, by the author of " Vivian Grey." The words " past the gates" put me in mind of an occurrence worth relating. If enthusiasm for the work of CERVANTES had not been the motive of my pass ing the gates, I should not have been permitted to pa ss them at all. This may seem an enigma; but its explana tion is to be found in the pride which every Spaniard feels in CERVANTES and his immortal work. I had no pass port to go beyond Toledo, having intended to return to Madrid ; and when I applied to the dispenser of passports for permission to cross the mountains to La Mancha, my request was met by a direct refusal. " But," said I, 6, my only object is to visit a country hallowed by the genius of CERVANTES; I am going to travel in the footsteps of Don Quixote." Instantly, the man's race relaxed ; he could not resist the compliment paid to his country, said he, turning to his companion, " how these English venerate our CERVANTES !" and my passport was in stantly made out, and delivered to me with the air of a man who receives rather than confers a favour. —Recent Rambles in 4he Footsteps qf Don Quixote.—Engli ih man's Magazine. MEETING OF SPANISH BONDHOLDERS, (THIS DAY.) This morning a meeting of the holders of Cortez Bond , was convened by public notice at the City of London Tavern, for the purpose of taking into consideration what steps it may be advisable to pursue in consequence of an intimation from the Spanish Government that the loans raised by the Cortez would be .recognized; a portion_of such bonds to be accepted by Spain as a subscription in aid of raising a new loan. The proposal of the Spanish Government is that for every 1,000 dollar bond "the holder should be placed on the great book of Spain for 200 dollars, and at a future period for 800 dollars mo re , an interest of 3 p er cen t. on the subscription to be paid, and the debt to be paid off in 40 years. The holders of the Cortez Bonds are much dissatisfied with the terms, a , they will lose considerably by the exchange. The meeting was called for twelve o'clock, but at that hour only one or two bondholders had arrived, and the business of the day, it was then understood, would com mence at one o'clock. At eleven o'clock the meeting was fully and respectably attended. Mr. WEEDING was called to the Chair, and stated the ohj,cts of the meeting. He said they were called together upon a most important subject, which materially affected the interest of a great many persons. Anxious as the Spanish bondholders must be to have their wrongs re dressed, he trusted that the proceedings of the flay and the proposals 'of the Spanish Government would be di , eussed with temper. He would read the report of the proceedings of the Committee of Bondholders.—The report was then read. It stated that the conductors of the loan had taken no steps for some years to obtain the remittance of the divi dends. The Committee then took steps to represent the claims of the bondholders on the Court of Spain, pressing upon Ferdinand the justice as well as policy of the payment of the seven half-yearly dividends. The extent of the claims on the Spanish Government were large, and in May next would be 18 millions sterling, in principal and• interest, nearly the whole of which was in the hands of the British public. The memorials which have been presented to the King, of Spain were then read, which detailed the whole of the proceedings in the contract of the loans of 1821,1822, and 1823. The memorial pressed upon the King the justice of the claim raised, as the loans were while the British Ambassadors were in Spain. The meeting vra4 proceeding when our reporter left. THE MARKETS.--(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS.—(At per Load of 311 Trusses.) CUMBERLAND (LATE ST JAMES'S.) Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay X° 5 to ..V. 10 New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 3 0 Useful Old Ditto 0 10 15 Fine Upland Meadow and R)e-grass Hay (lover Hay 35 5 5 Oat Straw £1 10 to £1 14 1 Wheat n aw... 118 2 0 Straw 2s. per load lower than on Saturday ; prices otherwise stationary. A good supply, and a dull trade. SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay X2 10 to £2 15 New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0 Useful:Old Ditto 3 0 3 18 Fine Upland Meadow and aye-grass Hay 4 0 4 4 Clover Hay (extra fine)....£s 10... Generally (Mt Straw X 112 to X 1 16 I Wheat Straw 1 16 1 18 Supply moderate, trade a little renovated, and prices as last quoted. _ THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) . CITY, TWELVE 0' CL 0 CK. ----- The French Papers by the mail this morning state as follows :—" It is said that Prince Leopold will not be King of Belgium ; France will oppose an English Prince as well as England opposed a French Prince." The following is a letter from Marshal Jourdan, on his subscribing to the Patriotic Loan : " Paris, April '7. " Stn.,-The subscription proposed in your number of the 6th is eminently patriotic, and will have for its result not only the support of public credit, but also prove to the foreign Cabinets that Frenchmen are freely rallying tound the throne of their King, and are ready to sacrifice their lives and property to cause to be respFcted the honour and independence of France. " JOURDAN." A letter from Aix-la-Chapelle of the 4th April states that a courier arrived there on that day, with orders that all the Rhenish Landwehr must be ready to take the field on the 16th. THE FUNDS. This being settling day in Consols, the brokers and job bers are chiefly occupied in arranging their accounts, and up to the present time we do not hear of any defaulters; indeed, the accounts of most of the great speculators are already adjusted, and it now only remains for the lesser ones to camel° the hook. The extreme fluctuation has been about 5:3- per cent., and by the decline which still continues of about -a per cent., it is evident that it is a great Bear account. Consols, which left off yesterday at 804 for the ac count, opened at the same price this morning ; they Were afterwards done at SO-1, and are at present SO e. The official accounts of the success of the Poles were received in the City with much pleasure. A Lisbon mail has arrived, which sailed on the 3,1 of April. We have not hesrd that it has brought any news of importance. In the Foreign Market nothing doing. narrisn FUNDS. Ditto, Reduced, Ditto, New, S 9 Four per Cent. (1926) 9ft, India Bonds, 3 5 Exchequer Bills, 24 4 Bank Stock, India ditto, 3 per Cent. Cons. SO' Ditto, for the Aect. t4O l /, 3 3 per Cent. Red. 79.4 % 3 per Cent. B.‘N .?; HALF-PAST ON_E. We have received the Moniteur of Sunday last, whi c h emitting a very long list of the subscriheis to the French loan, of which the following are the principal : M. de Rothschild (Brothers) 400,000 francs. De Valmy Io,ORI Textoris Martin B,OOO Pleville Lady Fitzgerald Count Orsini 4,000 Martini Didot Morel 2,0'0 Lemaire , , Besides the above are several of 1000 francs. Private letters by the Lisbon mail state that a French sloop of war, with a corvette, bad arrived there to demand satisfaction from the French Government of Don Miguel, for flogging a F, enchrnan, as well as other grievances, and it was thought that he would not comply with the request: in consequence of which it is said that the merchants and the French Consul were preparing to go on board the above vessels. THE FUNDS. Consols are not so good as in the early part of the morning, when they were done at 808, since which they have receded to 80 ; at present they are soi to i for money, and for the next time 798. The account as yet appears to go off well. We have no further political information at present. THREE aCL 0 CK. Consols '79i. FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES Consols BO Ditto for Account 791 Brazilian Bonds — Buenos Ayres — Chilian Ditto Columbian, 1824 Danish Greek, 1825 2l Mexican, 1825 --- Peruvian . .... . . Russian .... 89 Spanish CAMBELLITES.—We regret to hear that the inhabitants of the metropolis are soon to be visited by the celebrated visionary, Miss MARY CAMPBELL, of Gare loch, Scotland, whose pretended faith, and works, and miraculous endowment with the gift of tongues have for some time past not only excited the credulity of the igno rant, but even attracted the attention of men of education, members of the Scottish I3ar, and ministers of the Scottish Church. She purposes to enlighten our heathen citizens upon the sui ject of miracles, peculiar inspiration, and those other theological topics which form the creed of her numerous sect, and to propagate which is the object of her intended mission. She is the sister of the late Miss ISABELLA CAMPBELL, a young person who died of con sumption, and whose Memoirs, published about two years ago, entitled , 4 Peace in Believing," acquired a just popu larity, both from the interesting character of the writer, and the naturd eloquence of her letters.— Christian Advocate. JOSEPH ALLDAY and Wlll. CHIDLOW, the Editor and Conductor f the lli-sninghanz Arras, a Magazine published monthly in that town, were tried at the Warwick Sessions on Tuesday, for publishing libels on Mr. NORRIS, a wine -merchant; Mr. PARRES, a so licitor, in Birmingham; and Mr. GEORGE EDMONDS. The defendants were found Guilty, and received the fol lowing sentences ;—ALLDAY, two months' imprisonment in the county gaol, fur the libel on Mr. NORRIS ; four months for the libel on Mr. PaaKEs; and two months on each of the two libels on Mr. EDMONDS ; making in all ten months. CninLow, two months for the libel on Mr. NoRRIS, and four months for the libel upon Mr. PARSES, makin g in all six. At the close of his imprisonment he is to enter into recognizances to appear for judgment, when cried upon Mr. EDMONDS'S indictment• Both pri sonets It ft the Court in custody.. COURT CIRCULAR. . Their 111AJEsTiEs arrived in town at half-past one o'clock yesterday afternoon in a carriage and four, escorted by a party of Lancers; from their Palace at Windsor. The Duke of ScrssEx - ohe Duchess of GLOUCESTER, and the Princess SOPHIA visited the QUEEN. In the evening the Princess AucrsTA entertained the Kisu and QUEEN, the Landgravine of lIEssE HOMBURG, and a select party, at dinner, at her resideriee in the King's Palace, St. James's. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of KENT and the Princess VICTORIA, with their suite, returned to the King's Palace, at Kensineton, yesterday, from visits to Prince LEOPOLD and the Earl of LIVERPOOL.. Prince LEorotn returned to town on Saturday from his residence at Claremont. His Royal Hi g hness entertained a select party at dinner on Sunday at Marlborough House. The Prince gave a grand dinner last evening to a nume rous party of the Nobility and Gentry. The Duke and Duchess of CuIIIERLAND left town yes terday morning for their residence at Kew. A conference of the Ministers of the Great Powers was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office. There were present the Russian, Austrian, French, and Netherlands Am bassulors, the Prussian Minister, the Baron nit WElS4EN nuita, Minister from Austria, and Viscount PALMERSTON. The Ministers were engaged at the Foreign office up wards of two hours. A deputation of calico-printers, headed by Mr. PATEN, one of the Members for Lancashire, had a conference with the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER yesterday, at the Treasury. The KING has been graciously pleased to nominate and appoint Colonel ARNOLD, of the Royal En gineers, Aide-de-Camp to his AIAJEsrr, a Knight of the• Royal Hanoverian Go,lphie Order. Should the Reform Bill pass the LORD M A YOR will be a candidate for the Tower Hamlets. The Earl of SURREY is a candidate for the county of Sussex, in the place of Air. WALTER BURRELL. Died, on Thursday, the 7th inst., at his seat, Mulgrave Castle, Yorkshire, in his 77th year, HENRY Earl of Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, Baron Mulgrave, G.C.8., a General in the army, and Colonel of the 31st Regiment. His Lordship entered the army in the Ameri can war, and served with distinction both there and in the early part of the revolutionary war, particularly in the expedition against Toulon in the year 1793. He was afterwards a princip member of the Parr, PERCEVAL, and LIVERPOOL Administrations, filling in succession the offices of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, First Lord of the Admiralty, and Master• General of the Ordnance, which last be re-. signed in the year 1818, since which he has been in a declining state of health, and for yea's borne the progress of a tedious wasting illness with exemplary firmness and resignation. He is succeeded in his title and estates by his eldest son, Viscount NORMANBV, who has just returned from the Continent, and arrived at his father's two days previous to the melancholy event. Marshal BOURMONT, who is at present in de licate health, has left his house in Manchester-street, to visit the Duchess DE BE MU, at Bath. The Duchess has been especially invited by a Noble Duke and others of the nobility to_ spend a few weeks in London during the pre sent season ; but we have not heard that her Royal High ness has accepted the invitation. Mr. SIIERIDAN KNOWLES, the author of Virginius, wrote some time since an historical tragedy or drama, denominated Alfred, which, in manuscript, has been read by en my of his literary friends, who entertertain unqualified opinions that it is calculated to increse the re ritation of the author, and add golden proofs of its success to the coffers of the manager. He has agreed with the lessees of Drury-lane that it shall be produced at the theatre during the present month. MACREADY . will personate Alfred. MESSRS. SNIITII'S AND DOLIER'S LEC TURES.—Last night Mr. SMITH delivered his first lecture on the general government of children at home or at school, at the Sans Smo.i Theatre, Leicester-place, Lei cester-square. The lecture was full of useful observation, and shrewd material for thought, and was delivered in the presence of a numerous and respectable audience. In the course of the evening some agreeable airs were played in a very tasteful and enlivening manner, on the musical glasses. A marriage, it is said, is likely to be solemnized very shortly, between the talented son of a popular actor and the daughter of a foreign Nobleman of great wealzh, now a resident in Tuscany. The lady is expected pre viously to visit England, accompanied by her venerable father.•.—Sunday Times. The Duke of NORTH UMBERLANEt has headed and circulated petitions to .his MAJESTY and the two Houses of Parliament against the extent of the present Reform Bill, and has sent counterparts thereof to Northum berland, for the signature of such gentlemen as may be favourable to a more moderate Reform. These petitions will be lodged for that purpose at the following places, from ten to four o'clock every day for one week :—New castle, at the Queen's Head ; North Shields, at the Com mercial News-room ; Hexharn, in the Long room of the Black Bull Inn ; Morpeth, at Mrs. WHITFIELD'S, inn keeper ; Alnwick, at the office of Messrs. THott? and DICKSON, his Grace's solicitors. Persons will be sent to other parts of the county at the beginning of the week.— Newcastle Chronicle. Miss SMITHSON, we understand, has just re turned from the Continent, where she has been for some time acting w:th great applause various characters in some of the leading tragedies. She was honoured with dis.. tinguished marks of favour by CHARLES the TENTH and the Duchess DE BERRI, as also by Louis Pinup, and re ceived frotn them handsome presents and written testi monies of their approbation. Miss SMITHSON, we learn, has trade an engagement for a few weeks at Norwich, and perhaps may be induced to visit some of the provincial theatres previous to her again going to the Continent. We have heard that it is intended for a select company to join with 11Iiss SMITHSON, to proceed to Holland and Germany. Miss MITF9RD is reported to have trans ferred two new tragedies from Covent-garden .to Drury_ lane Theatre. The engagements of the lessees at that Louse will, however, we believe, prevent the representa tion of either of these plays until next season. The expected breed of a curious species of forei g n geese at t h e Z oo l og i ca l Gardens has been for 0 ; 4 1 year disappointe d, o win g to th e eggs having .been frozen. Any f a rmers wife could have told th e S oc i ety how to avoid AsTLEy 'S AMPHITHEATRE. --This enter, twining little I t ) tea a t u r d e ie w n a c s e thronged as t t o tsu l a v l it l n as eb t s ni t g h tt b p y er a . f m noir l a rt t ar r on e e s to P er e ot c f a t i lif ni :zeppa, which , is, in its way, one of the g pieces .ve ever saw. The scenery, too, is remarkable fo r its s p l endour and variety. When DIEBITSCII arrived at Plock he went to chore: p in u h n is dintud-b upon this n t ae x , tl sermon jetem from iah a sunk Roreren l" When • c o the mire • When the unfortunate KING and QUEEN o f t he Sandwich Islands were in this country they were taken to see Pizarro and a pantomime at Drury-lane. Unin itiated in civilized feelings, however, the poor Barbaric So vereigns laughed heartily at the heroic deeds of Rolla, and t h e maternal sorrows of Cora, whilst they never stirred a mu scle at all the antics of the ( loom, which they seemed tc regard quite as " serious business." It would puzzle a philosopher (unless he were a Sandwich Island one) to a ccount for this unusual effect of tragedy and pantomime. CONVERTED JEW.—A Polish Jew, who h a d previously been converted to Christianity, was bap tized on the 4th inst. in St. Cuthbert's Church, by the Bev. Dr. DICKSON. The majority of the Session, and u pwards of a hundred people were present, who felt highly gratified at the solemnity of the scene.—Scotsman. THE UNITED SERVICE JOURNAL AND NAVAL AND MILITARY MAGAZINE.--We understand that the success of this work has even far exceeded the e xpectations of the projectors, as its name imports the plan is one which chiefly embraces scenes, sayings, and d o ings, of nay.:l and military life. Such a miscellany must of course abound with interesting matter. No thing can be more delightful than from the pen or the tongue of the veteran, to listen to these details of war and enterprise, those " hair-breadth 'scam," and tales of fire and flood, which the great dramatist has considered sufficient, even in a sooty Othello, to win fair ladies' love. GoLpsuiTH, in his own artless way, has deserilled a family circle listening with delight tn the worn-out soldier wh o " slictuldvr'd )0:4 crutch and told how fields were won." The feeling is natural, and from no class of s ociety could mole entertainment be expected than from those warriors, both naval and military, who, in a journal like this, devoted to their narratives, could have means of bringing, in their own striking and characteristic man ner, the varied scenes of other countries before the fire-tide ,etingers of this. S 'ZIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, APRIL 1 —Arrived from the river and sailed the Mount Stewart, Elphinstone, fo. Bengal. Arrived and remain the London, Smith, from from China ; Pero, Rutter, from the Mauritius; and the Madeira, M`Cormick, from Leghorn. PORTSMOUTH, A PRIL 11, —.WITI I E. N. E.—Arrived the John 'and Sally, Jarvis, from St. Michael's. FALmoUTII, APRIL 10.—Wind S. W. fresh breeies.— Arrived the George and Ellen, and the Rhoda, from Cadiz ; and the Circassian, Donthwaite, from London, for Madras and Bengal. STA NGATE CREEK, APRIL 10.—Arrived the Thomas Peile, Elliot, from Trieste ; Richard Ranmer, Chaml ere, from Genoa, and the Alipes, Wachlin, from Marseilles. GLOUCESTER, APRIL 11.—Arrived the Artemisa, from Genoa ; Emma, from Marseilles ; Hellegan, Ball, from Bilboa ; and the Louis, from Bayonne. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 10.—Arrived the Maria, M‘Lend, front Laguayra ; Georgetown, Miller, from Demerara ; the Ruth and Mary, Brooks, from Washington ; Renown, Waterman, from Charleston ; Galatea, from Baltimore ; Eveline, from New York ; Anna and Sophia, from Gal lipoli. Off pot t the Washington, from New York. HOLYHEAD, APRIL 10 . —Arrived off port the Mersty, from the Mauritius. DOVER, APRIL 11. —Arrived off port the Union packet, Kelley, from Pernambuco ; and Swan, Harding. from Philadelphia. TORRAY, APRIL W.-Arrived off port the Aon and Maria, Shears, from Faro. SHARPNESS POlNT.—Arrived the Orient, Pello, from Genoa; Scylla, Duncan, acid St. E4prit, Couchet, iron. Marseilles. COWES, Armr. 11.—Arrived the Delaford, Clayton from the Mauritius, sailed Dec. 6. The Thomas and Mary, Johnson, from London to Gal way, sunk off the Owens on Tuesday, having got in con tact with the Scheldt from Batavia. The master and two of the crew were saved. OLD BAILEY-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. Job Davis, aged 58, was indicted for stealing 81 yard. of cloth, value 9/. is. 6d., the property of John Lloyd. The prosecutor is a clothier, living in Marylebone, and the prisoner, who is a tailor, had for a number of years been in the habit of dealing with him. On the 19th of March the prisoner, in company with another man, went to the prosecutor's shop and looked out the cloth named in the indictment, for which he wished to obtain credit, this 'was refused, but on his promising to bring the money in the course of the day, he was allowed to have the cloth. A few hours afterwards he returned, and wished the pro secutor to take a bill for the amount, this he positively re fused, and from inquiries that he subsequently instituted, he found that the cloth, a short time after the prisoner gut possession of it, was pawned at a neighbouring pawn. broker's. lie therefore had the prisoner taken into custody on a (large of felony. The above facts having been proved in evidence, _ _ Mr. Serjeant ARABIN, in summing up, said the only question for the Jury to decide was, whether or not the prisoner, under the circumstances that had been detailed, acted with a felonious intent. The Jury immediately returned a verdict of Guilty. Mr. S,riellit ARABIN-4 perfectly agree, Gentlemen, with the verdict. Benjamin Birch, aged 28, was indicted for stealing several pair of boot-tops, the property of Abraham /Cdr.- thon, his master. This trial did not occupy more than five or six minutes, the facts were clear. Mr. CLA rrsoN, as Counsel for the prisoner, raised a legal objection. He contended that the indictment ought to have described the property as leather, for so many pieces of leather cut of a certain size, without being at tached to the boot, could never be properly designated boot-tops. Oa the same principle, a cow's hide might be called a boot-top.—(Laughter ) Mr. Serjeant ArtaßlN asked the prosecutor whether pieces of leather like those produced, were known in the trade as boot tops ? The prosecutor said they were. Mr. Serjeant ARABIN—That is sufficient. Mr. CLARKSON.-.-1 do not think so, and I hope your Lordship will take a note of the objection. The trade, if they pleased, might call a white horse a boot-top, but surely if it was so described in the indictment the charge could not be maintained. Mr. Serjeant ARABIN overruled the objection, and told the Jury if they were of opinion the property was leather it was sufficient to support the charge. Mr. CLAitxsoN said the prisoner had several witnesses to character, if the Court thought necessary to call them. Mr. Serjeant ARABIN—It is unnecessary after the cha racter he has received from the prosecutor, his master, with whom he bas lived ten years. That is the I est cha racter he can receive. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty, but strongly recommended him to mercy, in which the prosecutor most earnestly joined. Mr. Serjeant ARABIN—PI ironer, in consequence of your good character the sentence cf the Court is, that you he transported beyond the seas for the term of seven years. I hope this will be a warning to you. Had it not beer. for what I have stated, you would have been sent out of the country for fourteen years. Mary Martin, aged 28, was indicted for stealing 3s. 14d., the monies of Captain Julius Von Boeck, and 15 pots of porter and a gallon of gin, the property of James Merry. The prisoner was a servant of the prosecutor's, and ob tained the beer and gin in his name, but without his knowledge or authority. The 3s. 111. was given her to pay a bill to Merry, who is a publican, but which she never did, although she returned the bill to her mistress with a receipt. Mr. Serjeant ARABIN said he thought ebtaining the herr and gin was only a fraud ; the prisoner could not, therefore, be convicted of a felony. On the contrary, ob taining the money was very different; and, if the Jury were satisfied of the fact, they would return a verdict of guilty. The Jury returned a ..erdiet of Guilty of stealing 3s. lid, Several petty ems were tried during the morning. NEW COURT. William Benjamin Bray and Charles Walmsley were indicted for receiving, on the 9th of February, from an evil-disposed person, nine pieces of timber, value forty pounds and upwards, the property of Charles Chatfield and others, they well knowing them to have been stolen. The prisoners pleaded " Not Guilty" when brought up yesterday and arraigned, and the trial was expected to be then brought on ; but in consequence of a subsequent arrangement it was adjourned until this morning, when they were placed at the bar to take their trial. Arr. CLARKSON, as Counsel for the prisoners, al - the Court, and observed that he had communi cated with their professional advisers, and he understood that the prisoners were desirous of retracting their plea of Not Guilty, and plead Guilty. Mr. C. PHILLIPS, for the .prosecution, said that be would not object to the application, as he understood the primers were extremely conttite, and the property had been restored ; it might have happened that they bought it although under peculiarly suspicious circumstances, yet that they did not know that the person of whom they pur chased had come by the property fraudulently, The Clerk of the Arraigns then lead the indictment to them a second time, when Walmsley muttered something, and appeared to hesitate as to whether he should adopt the course suggested, Mr. Ciniticsow told him that he was bound to say that after what he (the prisoner) had stated, and what had passed in the Court, he was in a most perilous situation, and he ought to be much obliged to the prosecutors. Mr. C. PHILLIPS-We not only accept the applica, tion of the prisoners, but also beg to rectonmPud to mercy, and suggest a slight punishment. Witeit would the pd loners want more? The prisoners then reiiaeted their plea of Not Guilty, and pleilded Guilty. The CoNtNION §ERJEANT said, after the prisoners had left the bar, that he observed there was a second indict ment against Bray. Mr. C. Pirti.mrs said that was the case, and he had pleaded guilty to both, and his former remarks to the Court would apply in bosh cases. The Co:uAtort SERJLEANT-With respect to the second indictment we will put the nominal fine of one shilling, otherwise the prisoner would 4t any p,riod be liable to be called up for judgment. With regard to the first indictuw.nt, in which the prisoners were jointly charged, the Court would consider its judgment be fore the end of the Sessions, and take into consideration every mitigatory circumstance connected with it, ewi the more readily as the suggestion came froso the respectable prosecutors, who were likely to lAttow more of the real facts than any other person s , [This cast, has been one which excited great anxiety froth the commencement of the sessions, owing to the prisoner Walmsley having lived ni,ny years in credit, and amassed a considerable property as a licensed victualler ini the metropolis,l SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. sufferedl ta L ic .a e S s in : t t 3 h te, f e i Newmarket, diminution following 1; ie being the betting The field of the Derby has e g e n t c ti e ng th is e nlelwicteedlensfiwTn'oedrAth-tTeaaiTibdoEnCtßoefulSgmll4 t hones, quite out of the market :—All Lord Exeter's (as well for the Oaks), Medora, Antiope, Caroline, Cressida, Pastille, Obweb„ and several others. Mr. Hush's .colt, although twice defeated, is again in favour, and was hacked on Sunday to a considerable sum. Blunder and Colwick have also sprung a little. Nothing of importance was done on . the Oaks ; there is 3 pal Fable im ti?orro%2Poomeean,ln,h, o T we i‘ sier i‘ , l h , ot i h ,a i s n I C ,e i ( r .n cass 'a made andbet between cis o s rt . &n e i , : t t: {. ll . field's Priam, Sit. 71h., against Sir M. Wood's Lucetta; Sst. 71b., to be run on Friday in the First Spring Meeting (next Notwithstanding the odds given by Priam, betting :s 5 to 4, on him. The room yesterday was fully attended, and business tole rably brisk at the under-mentioned prices : TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. to I offered agst Blunder, but nothing done, as it is not yet known which Lord Jersey intends to start. ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 6 to 4 agst Duke of Grafton's Oxygen, p. p. (taken) 9 to 4 agst- Mr. Stonehewer's Lioness, p. p. (taken) THE DERBY. 2 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Ricidlesworth 7 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Blunder (taken) 10 to 1 agst Mr. Beardsworth's Co:wick (taken) 14 to 1 agst Lord Verulam's Vestris (taken) 15 to 1 agst Lord Sligo's Bras de Fer Y) to 1 agst Mr. Rush's Rhoda SO to 1 agst Mr. Petre's Rattler 3 , 1 to 1 agst Mr. J. Rogers's Spaniel 40 to 1 agst Mr. T. Thornhill's Africanus ao to 1 agst General Grosvenor's Sarpedon 50 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's CuWad Rodrigo . 50 to 1 agst Mr. Cook's Incubus 50 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Heemus 200 to 1 agst Mr. Houldsworth's Philip 40 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's lot G to 5 on three agst the field OAKS.• 2 to 1 agst Mr. Houldsworth's Circassian 11 to 2 agst Duke of Grafton's Oxygen 8 to 1 agst Mr. Stonehewer's Lioness 11 to 1 agst Mr. Sadler's Delight No others mentioned. His Grace the Duke of Rutland has sold Cadland to Colonel Peel for 1200 guineas. Spring has, during the last week, made rapid advances in the country ; nor has the fashionshle Spting season in London been at all backward in the race. The report in a Portsmouth Paper, that the 80th Regiment is under orders to march at a moment's notice, is not correct, they will lie there for some time. Two of tne city magistrates pronounce ap prenticeship a slavery ! Hear this, shade of WHITTING-. TON! and tell us from what source Lord Mayors and Aldermen formerly sprung. One of the improvements now taking place in Holborn is that of lowering the crown of the hill three feet, and by such means diminishing the sharpness of the ascent. The mansion of a noble Lady in Berkeley square, hitherto distingvished only by the exclusiveness of its bon ion, has been converted into a Debating Society for the leading Tories. It is now better known as " Sad ler's Wells."—lbid. Loss OF THE RAPID STEAM -BOAT.—We regret to state, that the Rapid steam-boat was totally de stroyed by fire on the morning of Friday last. This un fortunate vessel, in the space of an hour, drifted on shore at Kirkaldy, and has since gone to pieced.—Scotsman. . - MARRIED.—In Merr i on-square, yesterday, by his Grace the Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, NICHOLAS JOSEPH FERENCH, of Ffrenchlawn, in the county of Ros common, Esq , to BETSEY MARY O'CONNELL, third .laughter of DANIEL O'CONNELL, Esq., M.P.—Dublin Morning Register of Friday. A melancholy accident occurred on Saturday last, from the hoisting of the boiler of the steam-engine, at Blackside collirry, near Brampton. Three young men were in the engine-house at the time the explosion took place, two of whom were so severely scalded that they died immediately ; the third is yet living, but in a very precarious state. Carlisle Patriot_ RAIL. ROADS.—There are now before the Houses of Parliament no fewer than twenty-seven Bills for Rail-road Companies:—nainely, at Avon and Gloueet,ter —Belfast--Birmingharn—.sever a l for Liverpool, Chester, Manchester, &e.—Bradfarti and Leeds —Dean Forest— Dublin and Kingstown—Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Leith (that at Glasgow is fur a railway and tunnel)—at " Fas tiniog"—Sheffield—Warrington—Wormhill, &c. ADICALISNI.—As the town eryer of Slea ford, remarkable for his facetious and dry manner of ex pression, was procuring signatures last week to the llnusa of Lords in favour of Parliamentary Reform, an old Tory exclaimed, Why, GEORGE ! you old Radical!! ' No,' replied honest GEORGE, was a Radical for forty years, but now I am a Loyalist.—The KING's turned to' my side.'—Sta mford Champion. DECORUM OF THE JUDICIAL OFFICE.- Patience and gravity of hearing is an essential part of Justice ; an over-spcaking•Jung e is no well-tuned cymbal. It is no grace to a Judge first to find that which he might have heard in due time from the bar, or show quiiskness of conceit in cutting off evidence or Counsel too short; or to prevent information by questions, though pertinent._. Bacon's Essays.—Judicature. Lord JOHN RUSSELL has received an invi tation from a Committee composed of a number r f the most opulent and influential men in Yorkshire, to stand a candidate for the representation of that county in case of a dissolution of Parliament. His Lordship has statvd in answer, that he should deem it a high honour to be chosen a member for Yorkshire, and will consent to appear as a candidate, provided it shall appear the wish of a con— siderable portion of the freeholders that he should do World. THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE'S ARGUMENT APPLIED IIY A CHIIINEY-SWEEP.—OA Wednesday all unfortunate boy, an apprentice to a chimney.sweep of this town, was discovered, by a gentleman passin; through Frankwell, being cruelly beaten by an elder b;ry of the• same trade, who, on being remonstrated with by the gen tleman, answered, " I have my masters's orders to thresh him, and cannot he do as he will with his own?" The gentleman caused the young rascal to be apprehended, and he was committed to gaol for a month's hard labour.— Shrewsbury Chronicle, • Deference for the do-nothings is no where carried to a higher pitch than in England ; every sign or symptom of doing nothing is respected ; a white hand would be bowed over, whereas the broad and brawny fist, spe a king of a vast treasure of labour laid out for the use of mankind, would be sneered at as vulgar; a delicate complexion is genteel; its being a-kin to disease is for given for the sake of its connexion with the do-nothings, robustness is low. In Wallachia and Moldavia the boyar, used to pretend to be unable to walk, for the same reason ; a Prince always moved, supported by a person un each side, by wood living crutches. SINGULA R DISTRESS.--ARCIIIIIALD CAR MUM:, town-officer, hanged at the cross, and hung on the gallows 24 hours; and the cause whereof he was hanged, he, tieing an unmerciful, greedy creature, poinded (i. e. at tached by distress) an honest man's house; and among the rest, he poinded the King and Queen's picture; and when he came to the cross to comprise (appraise and expose to auction) the same, he hung them up on two nails on the same gallows to be comprised ; and they being seen, word went to the KING and QUEEN, whereupon he was appre hended and hanged.—Pitcairn's Ancient Trials, April 27, 1601. The extract which we yesterday gave from the Windsor Express, respecting the exerti•ans m. , de in that licrmigh to stifle the expression of approbation of the Reform Bill, contains particulars which ought to be further c'eared up, Twice have the inhabitants been in terfered with. The first time Sir HERBERT TAYLOR was the actor; but it is not stated who wrote the letter to Mr. LECIFI, the banker, requesting that gentleman to suppress the second requisition then in progress.- Was it Rail Houle ? For strange stories are told of the manner in which his Lordship bas compromised his Royal Mistress on more than one occasion, by the ambiguous lan guage he has held while labouring to throw impe dimenta in the way of Reform. Whoever be the offender, he ought to be known. It is clear that the respectable inhabitants of Windsor would not have ab stained from joining their countrymen on this great oc casion, merely to oblige Sir HERBERT TAYLOR or even Lord Howx. They must have been led to be lieve that their*pprobation of the Reform Bill would give pain in a high quarter. Now who has dared to seek to produce such an impression on the minds of the inhabitants of Windsor, and thus to excite in the minds of the prop ' throughout the country such a painful distrust of those whom they ixian to love and regard ? This must be in quired finte. Fortunately his MAJESTY'S steady reso/u -tiaos are too well known to allow the)n , dpfetetlAT't ro• one i ple moment wenthch oifthleiesibnecsetroiwtyedofhhisis4,apttarochbmatienotar. tlißelritahn4- c *X .I„ dues not dimini s h th e misconduct 6/those who h_a,v i e ` .4 i Z•" ) „ , themselves of their situations mile he Royal , produce impressions on the hibit Alajesty in an unfavourabhiciagnfle4;:s;76,wan:., times in which the feelings f ttemblyroturgiflhetd:ittit.irT.r.,Zed:lllarisiii:ll"cpiito,Wati:°r 114.1 I El