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• ga..:01....w.,.. • • . .......--. 3 ., -- KlkC_ s in . Ybst ready, in 0.. von:, pbst 3:110 R- 3MAN .TIC ELIZABETH ; Or, SKET CHES of LIFE from the BYE-WAYS of HIS TORY. 1 dy,die BENEDICTINE BRETHREN of GLEN DA.I.OI3 OR. _ __ Editi:d by W. COOKE TAYLOR, LL.D., Of Trinity Colkge, Dublin. Richard Bentley, Nevir Burlington-street. Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. DEDICATED, BY PERMT6SION, TO HER 3IAJESTY• Now ready, the Fourth Volume of LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND. "BY AGNES STRICKLAND. Comprising.; 'the LIVES of the following QUEENS of HENRY VII. and HENRY VIII.:-- Elizabeth. • o f York I Jane Seymour Kathari ar s of Arragon Anne of Cleves Anne 13r,leyn Katharine Howard Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Tar , 'ATRE-110YAL, ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE. N9W OPEN FOR THE SEASON. PIUS EVENING, MAY Iti, 'The Perf irma.nces will commence with PICTURESQUE AND I EAUTIFUL. Attu which, the Burlesque Extravaganza of THE OLYMPIC ENrELS. o be follgwed by the successful Burletta of ENTHUSIASM. Succecaed by the Grand fairy Ballet of LA SYLPHIDE. The whole to conclude with THE IRISH TUTUR. Boxes, 4s.—Pit, ‘2s.—Gallery, Is Doors open at Half-past Six commence at Seven ; Half-price a Quarter before Nine. Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Grogan, at the Private Box-offi' ; anit7of Messrs. Andrews, Mitchell, Sams, and Bally, at their Libra'.l es. KOVAL SURREY THEATRE. 'Every thing New—The most splendid Novelties ever wit ressed., with an immense outlay, and numbers beyond concerftion, THIS EVENING, MAY 16, Will be presented a New Military and Equestrian S pectacle, enti tle MURAT—THE PEASANT, GENERAL, P /INCE, AND KING, with Battles, Grand Reviews t f Horse and, 'Foot, and got.- geous Tableaux Afror which, in a more extensive and splendid A rena than ever before witnessed. NEW SCENES IN THE CIRC's,E, introducing Mr. IS aTTY's unrivalled Collection of Animals, 'consisting of nu merous ant matchless Cream.coloured Horses, An d alusian Chargers, Spotted Coursers, Fairy Palfreys, and Pigmy Porseys, acrd the most talented Vaulters, Riders, Gymnastics, and Ckntortionists in the kingdom. PONY RAC ES, eclipsing all form er efibrts, and a real Monkey, the only one trained as Racing Jocke y. To conclude with a Comic Drama, called T HE SPRIG OF NO BILITY. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. UNDER THE DIRECTION OT, MR. OSBALDIST ON. THIS EVENING, MAY 16. Will be presented a New Doma 4.ic Drama, in Three Ac',:s, enti. tied J NE PAUL; OR, THE VICTIM OF UNMERITT.;D-PER SECUTION Atter which. THE MILL OFD BEREZLNA OR, THE HOST AND THE DESERTER. To conclude w th T:FIE FORTY ''.,:HIEVES. FRENCH PLAYS, § 7 T. JANIV.s'S 'THEATRE. Fiftth Appearz nee of Dejazet. THIS Kv - gNINC 4 ', MAY lb, The Performances will , rammenv.e. with LA MARRIANE. After which, LA FIOL L DE I.; AGLIOSTRO.—In which Madlle. Dejaret will appear. To conclude with MA DEIIO,ISELLE D ANGEVILLE—In which Madlle. Dcjazet will p‘ taorrci tour Characters. Boxes, fis. ; Pit, 3s. Aid ; Amphitheatre (or Gallery Stalls), 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. Doors gal he opened at Seven o'clock, and the Per. format:cc* rommeir ,e at Half-past Seven, A pp lications fo • /Poxes and Stalls for the remainder of the Season; to be made-A Mr 'Mitchell's Library, 23, Old Bond-street; Mr. Se ggain s, 12, I{ `'g srit-gtreet • Mr. Sams' St. James's-street; and at the Box-office . 'ot the Theatre, which is open -daily, from Eleven till Five o'clo . frs - 2 - • ROY AL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. he Ni' , Alsidity, Gentry, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectfully infOrmed ?that the Summer Season will commence at these Gardens On WHIT-MONDAY, the lfith of MAY, 1842., With a t GRAND WHITSUN FESTIVAL, in which will be embo died 4%1 those popular Entertainments that have given to this favou rite s ace of recreation its peculiar celebrity, with additions and in ,ctiens, which it is confidently anticipa ed will render them even more generally attractive. 1. he MENAGERIE has been enriched by many valuable and im pc .rtant acquisitions in the classes of both Quadrupeds and Birds. The Colossal VIEW OF ROME has been repainted, and in some instances remaddled. The BAND will include some of the most ern •ne.it Performers, conducted by Mr. Godfrey. The Programme of the PROMEN ADES MUSICALES will be selected from the noblest works of the great Masters. The ILLUMINATION of ST. PETER'S, the GIRANDOLA, the FLAM-NG IItESSEN. (;ER, the METEOR of ST. PETER'S, and a Grand HYDRO PYRRHIC TABLEAU ! The Gardens are open Gaily from Ten till Dusk. The Evening Fetes, with the laßsnenades Mus - cales, Illumination of Peter's, Girtntiola of St. a7Tagelo, &c., will be given on Monday, Tuesday, amt Thursday, May 16 17, and 19. Admis-ion One Shilling. The Private Box in the Teetro Tordinona may be engagal pre vieusly. .all .Ektv , urtisements of a Illsgustinf,- Character, or :immoral Tendency, are excluded from ti,e Columns of "The Sun." L..„ s et•N' ,.: l. t ' ,I , ' '..;fif-Y° ~*„,, - '3l / 4 71 1, 5'.4i ~,_ .. , , ~.7 4 . .4 . , : 1 / 4 1 . 4 :4 :tl4, opi. , F . f., ~ ... :"''' Ot---47.;w" 0 Av. tqlg a§ara, LONDON MONDAY MORNING, MAY 16, 1842. In common with many others, we have felt much surprise at the little opposition the Income-tax has encountered out of doors. However that may be ex plained, it certainly is a fact, that less real opposition has been given by 'the public to this imposition than is given to the proposed alteration of the duties on coals and - timber, Aware of that fact, we have not considered it our duty to dwell on an imposition to which those whom it affectS , are inclined to submit. Whe , l the whole is looked on with so much epar*lll.Fts of it, howeverglaKing- may be kt few cases of individual injustice, cease to be proper objects of public discussion. It was of no use, therefore, and is no w ofno use to say anything moreof the gross inc• qualities of the measure. As S'Ar R. PEEL brought it into the !Louse, so it will become the law of the land. Never, pe..haps, was so large and bold a measure passed with les; opposition, and never was the opposition antici- pitted so much overrated. In looking about for the causes of this, it seems to us that the principal one is that the tax falls mainly on those who are much interested, or suppose them selves interested in the maintenance of the Govern ment. They know that the revenue is deficient. They believe that, unless the revenue be increased, the Government will probably be unable to fulfill those duties which they . expect, of it ; and hence th ey al l- mi lt, with tinexampied patknce, to an im position to. which our ancestors, who depended less on the Goverenient, and cared much, le s-, to uphold it, vcoulil have spnracd. It is a tribute th'..-;y willingly pay to maintain and preserve the inirtr.nent from which they expect protection. • With the ChartiA daily; fresh in our recollee tion, and the reiitance made by the House of Commons even to 112oring , these claims, we cannot doubt for one mo ment, that the opulent classes unhappily now dread the lower cli,sses, and they accept the Income-tax as a means of ena'aling the Government to protect them against their poorer fellow-subjects. Sir Rota= PEEL has shown his cleverness for his own immediate purpose, by limiting the tax to in comes of less than 1501. a-year. That cuts off an immense portion of the public from contributing to it, and leaves the number of complainants too small, scat tered as they are through the community, and having, as many of them have, a direct and fin mediate interest in upholding the Government, to make impression en the public. In a debate on the I.2th ult., Colonel WOOD estimated the whole number of persons who would contribute to the tax at only :200,000. That was probably an under esti mate, hut that number of persons, paying an average of 201. a year each on their income, would yield Sir R08ER7.7 P. Er, the full amount of his tax. If we double the number, and suppose that 400,000 persons contribute, an average tax of 101. levied on each would g;ve Sir ROBERT PEEL 4,000,0001. Every income of something less than 350/. will pay 10/. a-year, winence we may infer, that in this great, rich, and powerful country, there are not more than 400,000 persons, according to Sir ROBERT PEEL'S calculations, with average incomes of 3501. a-year. Some few thousand persons will contribute a much larger sum than 101., a still larger number will con tribute something more than 10/., and a consider able number will be taxed—all who have incomes between 150/. and 3501.—at less than • 10/. a-year. But the notorious fact, that there are many persons with incomes of 1,000/., 2,000/., 3,000/., 4,000/., 5,000/. a,vear, and even greater sums, while Sir R. PEEL expects to obtain less than 4,000,000/. from taxing all incomes above 150/. at sevenpence in the pound, demonstrates, that the number of persons who will contribute to the tax will be only a sma ll section of the community. Whether we adopt Colonel WooD's calculation of 200,000 persons, or seek to infer the number of contributors from Sir ROBERT PEEL'S estimate of the account of the tax, we are equally surprised at the small number sup posed by him to be directly interested in the support of the present order of things, and able and willing to contribute to uphold it by submitting to additional burdens. In such a comparatively small number, all of.the educated classes too, there are no materials for a demagogue to work with, and hence the little clamour against passing the tax, and hence the little opposition it has encountered out of doors. The small number of persons on whom the tax falls suggests. another remark. It taxes, exclusively, a few rich. This is what levellers, in all ages, have &mantled. This is what Lord BROUGHAM, and se veral other speakers and writers, vehemently con demned when it was proposed to levy an increasing per tentage on incomes as they increase in amount. Sir R. PEEL'S Income-tax, levied' on a few per sons, iss-a practical commencement here in England of that system of equalising incomes, or l eve lli ng pro peep, which has been so much blamed abroad. At pre ant it is confined to all incomes above 1501., but if the nan, with a less income than 150/., should not contri ' rate at ail, surely he who has 1511. should not 'pay as Arich as the man who has 30,0001. a year. '. l .' he principle applied in Sir R. PEEL'S exemption carried out, and the. Tory Premier, who has Val i by his speeches such a vast impulse to free ti:att a, will give a still stronger .impetus, by his acts to:, tite • practical application in England of the levelling doc•;:rines which have heretofore been practised in a nei4hbouring country. Mr. FEARGUS O'CONNOR congratulated the Chartists on Sir R. PEEL'S Income as the entrance of .the small end of the wedge, r d Mr. O'CONNOR seems to have had reason for his ex)ngratr:lation. Probably Sir R. PEEL supposes that, having set the ball in motion, he will be able to tthp it when and Where he pleases. He will he mis 'taken. His scheme of exclusively taxing the rich L'ils in too harmoniously with popular prejudices, not j co derive from them accelerated power, which will Icarry it away from his control. Sir ROBERT PEEL stands, according to his own friends, in a very curious position. He has avowed that the principles of free trade cannot be disputed. At the same time he is opposed to the free-traders as a political party, and he is supported by those who hate free trade, only because they cannot find, it is said, 'ln anti-free-trader who would undertake to lead any party. The Prime Minister, then, who is a free trader, carries on the Government by means of a party opposed to free trade. But this is not the greatest singularity of the case. Sir ROBERT PEEL'S Corn-law and his short-coming tariff are both in opposition to his own professed princi- T:les, and they are adopted out of deference to the political party which supports him. He advocate:, buying at the cheapest market, and his measures pre sent this remarkable singularity : They do not ac cord with the principles of his opponents ; they dit not agree with the principles of his own supporters ; and they do not accord with his own professed princi ples. They are founded on mere political temporary convenience. They are a compromise of opinions between Sir ROBERT PEEL and his friends. They are based on none of the great interests or wants of society, and are not framed with any view to its future condition. Can such laws be permanent".? Why, a little shifting of parties, would make the free trade Premier as ready to repeal them to-morrow, as he is to-day to pass them. • Legislation founded on such a basis, is a disgrace to the Legislature. The nation cannot and will not long endure it. A well-informed Journalist says, that the Report of the Commissioners on Mines will appear to the public like a romance. It obviously makes him ac quainted with a feature in society he had before little or no knowledge of. But he who has been for some years writing on public affairs is an extremely well informed man, and when such 13 , as his ignorance, what must be the ignorance of the bulk of the Mem bets of both Houses who have again and again made laws affecting these people. For example all duties on coals affect them as well as all duties on provisions. Even now the Legislature is about to make a law imposing a 4s. duty on coals exported, which will probably reduce their earnings, A house carpenter who set to work to make a roof, knowing nothing of the wood he had to work with, or the tools he was to use, would not be likely to end in making a good job. If a smith knew nothing of the properties of iron he could not very well shoe a horse, and if he had not some smattering of chemical knowledge, as applied to his profession, he would be called a very ignorant fellow. It seems, however, that we have public writers advocating great systems of national policy, awl legislators carrying them into effect, who are far more ignorant of the society they deal with than any carpenter or any smith is of wood and iron. If igno rant artizans make bungling work, can it be otherwise with law-makers. We think not, and we apprehend that the present condition of England testifies that those who have made our laws have never been sur• passed in bungling by any apprentice that ever took a tool in hand. THE CORN-LAWS.—A preliminary meeting was held an Friday evening last, at the George the Fourth Ta varn, NeW North-road, Islington, for the purpose of farming an Anti-Corn-law Association in the district, to co-operate with the Metropolitan and Islington Associa tions, to procure a total abolition of the obnoxious and oppressive " Bread-tax." It was attended by Mr. Burts, Mr. Gregg, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Glover, and other gelid- men, and after an animated discussion it was agreed to hold another meeting in the same place on Friday next, to Carry'int6 execution the intention of forming an Anti- Corn-law Association. \ `‘, COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, the Queen Dowager, and fneDuchess of Kent, attended Divine Service yester day morning in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The s‘r:non was preached by the Rev. , T. Mills, from the 2il Corinthians; 14th verse. The prayers were read by the Sub-Dean ; the lessons, by the Rev. Messrs. Pack man and Haden ; and the communion service, by the Bishop of London and the Rev. Dr. Smith, The musical s-rvice was King's, in C ; the sanctus, in C, Ebden ; and the anthem, " Praise- the Lord," Scott. Mr. Turle presided at the organ. The Bishop of Norwich, Clerk, and the Dean of He. reford, Deputy Clerk of the Closet, were in waiting. The Royal suite included Lady Portman, Hon. Miss Paget, lion. Miss Liddell, Marquis Ormonde, Lord Colville, Hon. Captain Duncombe, and Colonel Arbuthnot. The Queen Dowager and suite included the Viscountess Bar rington, Hon. Miss Hudson, and Earl Howe. Lady Anna Maria Dawson was in waiting on the Duchess of Kent. Among the nobility were the Duke , and Duchess of 13-anfort,. the Dukes of Bedford and Leeds, Marquis* s Northampton and Headfort, Earl and Countess Wil ton, Earls Effingham, Cawdor, and Dnnraven: Viscourt and Viscountess Palmerston, - Lords Eliot, Alford, Can terbury, and Ilawarden. • The Royal Dinner party at Buckingham Palace, on Friday, included Lord Charles Wellesley, and Captain Francis Seymour, Scots Fusilier Guards. The Queen and Prince 'Albert, attended by 'Lady Portman and the Hon. Miss Paget, left Buckingham Palace at half-past eleven o'clock on Saturday morning, in an open carriage and four, for the Horticultural Gardens at Chiswick. Colonel Arbuthnot and Colonel Wylie, the Equerries in Waiting, attended on horseback. After inspecting the Gardens, her Majesty and Prince Albert honoured the Duke of Devonshire with a visit at his residence ' and partook of a dejeune. The Royal party retmed to Buckingham Palace soon after three o'clock. _ His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Col. lde, afterwards rode out on horseback, and visited her Majesty the Queen I)ow•ager at Marlborough House, and Ict. Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent at Clarence I louse. Lord Hill had an audience of her Majsty on Saturday. The Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal were taken an airing on Saturday, in a carriage-and-four. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, dined with her Majesty on Saturday evening. The Duke of Sussex visited her Majesty yesterday. The Duchess of Cambridge, ac...ompanted by the Princesses Augusta and Mary of.,Cambridge, and the Duke of Sussex, visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge attended Divine Servide yester .. day morning in Grosvenor Chapel. • the Duke Bernard and the Duchess of Saxe Weimar, Prince Edward and the PrineesseS 'of Saxe Weimar, at tended Divine Service yesterday morning in the Royal German Chapel. The Rev. Dr. Kuper officiated. The Duchess and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge went to Kew on Saturday, returning to town in the evening. The Duke of Cambridge honoured the Countess of jersey with his company, on Saturday, at the evening prty given by her Ladyship. The Duke Bernard and Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar visited the Duchess of Kent yesterday. • Prince George of Cambridge left town on Saturday, for Dublin. The Hon. J. S. Wortley, M.P., Mr. Beckett. M.P., and a Deputation of Woollen Manufacturers had an in terview with the Earl of Ripon and the Right Hon,W. E. Gladstone, on Friday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Major Campbell had an interview with Lord Stanley on Saturday at the Colonial Office. A Deputation, consisting of Mr. H. Melville, Mr. Russell Ellice, Mr. Leckie, and Mr. Charles Grenfell, had an interview with Mr. Gladstone on Saturday, at the Board of Trade. Sir Robert and Lady Peel left town on Saturday for their seat, Drayton Manor, Staffordshire. Lord Wharneliffe, Lord President of the Council, left town on Saturday for Doncaster. A Deputation from the Committee of Stewards of King's College Hospital, conßisting of Dr. Todd, Mr. Wil loughby, and Mr. Stevens, the secretary, had an inter view with Mr. Gladstone, on Saturday, at the Board of Trade. Lord and Lady Stanley had a dinner party on Satur day, at their residence in St. James's -square. The com p:my included the French Ambassador and the Countess St. Aulaire, the Russian Minister , the United States Alinister and Mrs. Everett, Mr. Washington Irving, Earl and Countess of Clan william, Earl and Cou ntess of dalmesbury, Earl of Aberde en, Earl of Ri p on, V iscount and Viscountess Canning, Lord and Lady Mahon, L or d John Manners, and Mr. flerbert. On Saturday between two and three o'clock police constable Wyatt, 123 N division, found the dead body of a female, app rently about 4; years of age, in e New River, near Colebrook-row, Islington. She is hand somely-dressed, and her linen is marked E. A. She lies wider Islington Church to be owned. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAN 16, 1 542 THE FIRE AT HAMBUItGH. MEETING OF THE BRITISH RESIDENTS. The Neptune, Captain Whittingham, arrived at the Custom-house, rom Hamburgh, at half-past three o'clock :his morning, having accomplished her passage in forty ;even hours. We are happy to learn that the city was .n a state of comparative quietude on Friday last, for he first time since the fire ; on that day the merchants )f the city were enabled again to meet within the walls 4' their own Exchange, a pathway having been opened to t with great labour and difficulty, in consequence of the mmense mass of ruins that surrounded it. The assem ')lage of mercantile persons was exceedingly large. Confidence was not so much shaken as was appre 'ended, and bills were freely discounted at four per cent. Sanguine hopes are entertained that the various in surance companies will meet at least the greatest part of the losses sustained. The bank is continuing its usual operations, and gave notice on the 13th instant that it will again receive bars .n silver under the new exchange, and that in cense pence of a desire expressed by many, specie of Prussia, irlolstein, Denmark, Sweden, &c., may be deposited, and Advances had thereupon. The New Hamburgh Zeitung of the 13th instant states that the losses are computed as follows :—" 30,000,000 of dollars for goods burned in the warehouses ; 20,000,000 dollars for furniture and other valuables in warehouses ; and this is independent of the value of the houses destroyed, which are proposed to be re-built a State loan." A general meeting of the British residents in Ham burgh and its vicinity was held on the 12th instant, at ier Britannic Majesty's Consulate, for the purpose of preparing a petition to be presented to her Majesty, and in appeal to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, through Colonel Hodges, her Majesty's Repre sentative at Hamburgh, praying that the British nation would alleviate the general sufferings caused by the late calamitoas fire in that city. The meeting was very numerously attended. Colonel Hodges in the chair. The proceedings of the meeting were opened by Col. Hodges, in the following words The public announcement of the object of this meet ing renders it unnecessary for me to trespass at great length upon your time ; but I think it my duty upon the present melancholy occasion; when we are surrounded by the most heartrending distress, caused by an awful visi ation of Divine Providence, by which a great portion of this once flourishing city lies smouldering in ruins, to testify, that throughout this melancholy and much to-be deplored event, I have received all the assistance which the public authorities could give to render both the lives And properties of British subjects secure. For had I ap plied to my own Government in Downing-street, I could not have met with a greeter desire to support my wishes han was displayed by the Senate. " It has been my painful duty, through a long and irduous military career, to witness distress and the ;terrors of war in many and frightful forms, but I have never witnessed a more distressing scene than that which hose presents itself to our view on all sides, where 30,000 individuals, who, but a few days since, were en ying the quiet of their homes, are now deprived of a ihelter for their heads, and only screened from the in :lemency of the weather by the remnants of their fur aiture alenr.r, the sides of the roads, and in the neigh 'touring fields. " But, gentlemen, there is one feature connected with his melancholy catastrophe, which I wish most earnestly ,o explain to you before entering upon the more specific object of this meeting. It is the foul and malignant accu sation which some evil-disposed persons attempted to fix ipon our fellow-countrymen, alleging that they were firing the town. Though I have not had the good for tune to have been long known to you, let me neverthe .ess assure you, that the character and good name of one ind all of you is as dear to me as my own, for such a :Wider would cast odium upon our common country. I reel it but an act of justice to the Senate and authorities if this city to state, that they were, and are, most anxious to discover and punish the authors of it. Un eortunately, it caused some Englishmen to be injured, .vhich I deeply deplore; but let me ask, what effect a similar outcry would have produced had it been raised .n our own manufacturing districts in England against )my class, whether English or foreigners, under similar circumstances. Would they have escaped popular .vrath ? I am not egotist enough to think at. How hen can we imagine that a ruined arid houseless popula ion, labouring under the strongest feelings of excite ment, should be expected to act with all the moderation of calmer moments. Ico lives were lost, and as I see iome of the greatest sufferers present, joining in this weal, I am glad to find that they, as true Englishmen, •an make just allowances for the excited feelings under which they suffered. " The Senate, finding that they had not competent per- Sons at their disposal to arrest the progress of the flames, litrusted that arduous task to three British engineers, Jolessrs. Lindley, Giles, and Thompson, by whose praise worthy exertions much good was effected • arid bad they oeen supported by the force placed at their disposal I .irmly believe that we should not at this moment have to leplore so great a loss. I must not forget the services if a gentleman now present, who, although a stranger, :iassing through this town, I allude to Mr. Skinner, has rendered most efficient service. or must I omit the - estimony of Mr. Frenkel, extracted from one of the morning papers; in which he states that he was only able to render essential service with the Hamburgh en ;ine by the help of the captains and crews ortwo Eng lish vessels—the Robert Raikes, John Rutherford master, Ind his crew, and the Doncaster, Thomas Xoule master, and his crew. " The Government of llamburgh are not unmindful of those services, as I shall presently have occasion to show, )37 reading to this meeting a communication which I nave only an hour since received from the Syndick, and .which will explain the feelings of the Senate and autho rities much better than I can do. (Copy) "` HAMBURGIi, MAY 12. " ' Sir,—Though unable to appreciate by any official report the whole extent of the obligations under which L considerable part of the city of .1 - famburgh has been laid during the late awful event by ;he spirited exertions of our countrymen, the Senate thinks it a sacred duty to • commemorate at this early period - their names. By their .xertions, which ought to have commanded popular gra ;itude, Messrs. Lindley, Giles, and Thompson have in curred the persecution of a deluded mob. They have oeen particularly pointed out to the Senate as the men who assisted in planning with technical skill, and who, without adequate means of execution, volunteered with heroic intrepidity in carrying out a system of explosions, though not equally effective i.n all, yet in some important instances gloriously successful. "' I authorised by the. Senate to anticipate a public testimonial to which they Are so justly entitled by these lines addressed to their country's representative. The `eelings of sympathy which unite the inhabitants of this city and her Britannic Majesty's subjects will, I trust, • receive additional stres'gth from a catastrophe to which the exertions of Englishmen have so much contributed in assigning a limit, and which, not only from an intimate connexion of interests, but from the nobler motives of. humanity, will, I ha re no doubt, be considered by the commercial metropolis of the world as a domestic cala mity.—l have the.b °nom. to remain, with sincere. regard, Sir, your, most obedient humble servant, (Signed) " ' K. SIEVEKING. " 4 Colonel Hodges, her Britannic Majesty's Cb.arge d'Atlaires, &c.' " This letter speaks for itself, and shows the kindly feelings by which the authorities regard our countrymen. " And now let me caution individuals against sending hoMe reports which can only tend to produce feelings which no Englishman should cherish, and whicla shall contradict officially should such occur. " The connexions between England and Hamburgh have been of very long standing, and it has been con sidered a term of reproach in some quarters to call Ham burgh an. English town, yet I have never heard of a Hamburgher being ashamed •of th© appellation. And when I see around me numbers of Englishmen whose houses arc still filled with the sufferers, I cannot but feel proud to call them countrymen, and to hope that such praiseworthy conduct will draw still closer the bonds of amity and friendship which, as I have just said, have so - long existed between them. "I now arrive at the object of the present meeting, viz.—to join our efforts in a petition to her Most Excel kilt Majesty the Queen, that her Majesty will be gra ciously pleased to sanction and approve an appeal to the British nation, praying for assistance towards alleviating the sufferings by which we are surrounded. f" Succour in money, clothing, and provisions has already arrived from their Majesties the Kings of Prussia, Denmark, and Hanover, as also from his Iloyal Highness the Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh-Schwerin and the Free Hanseatic cities of Bremen and Lubeck. I feel assured that England will not be backward in sup porting this work of charity, but lend her aid to succour this distressed city in her hour of misery. think I can answer for the willingness of her Nlajesty's Government to render all the assistance in their power in this work of benevolence ; and f most sincerely hope and trust that our efforts may prove successful, and that our country will, with the aid of Divine Providence, be instrumental in restoring this now ruined city • to her former great ness, and that commerce, the foundation of England's prosperity, may be again established, and prove a lasting link of connexion between us. " It was proposed by Mr. Parish, seconded by Mr. Ramsden, and carried unanimously—That the follow ing address be presented to her Most Excellent Majesty the Queen : " TO HER MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY THE QUEEN. " The humble Petition of the British Inhabitants residing in Hamburgh and its Vicinity. " May it please your Majesty,:— " We, your Majesty's most faithful and loyal subjects most humbly and respectfully approach your throne, through the medium of your Majesty's Charge d'Affaires in this city, and most respectfully submit the awful visitation and calamity which it has pleasedian all-wise Providence to inflict upon us in common with the large population of this so lately flourishing and wealthy city, for your Majesty's humane consideration. " We refrain from intruding painful and heartrend ing details, which must be grievous to your Majesty's benevolent mind, knowing as we do that the facts have been already furnished to your Majesty's Government by your Majesty's Representative in this city. " We have this day forwarded an address to our fellow-countrymen,.beseeching them to evince upon this melancholy occasion their charitable sympathy with misfortune—the purest and most prominent feature in the English character, and to aid and alleviate the misery of 30,000 of the inhabitants of this city, among whom are some of our own poor countrymen, reduced by this dreadful calamity to want and starvation. " In making this humble appeal to your Majesty, we most respectfully implore your Majesty to sanction and encourage the object now sought for, and your Majesty's petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray. " Signed on behalf of the meeting, G. LLOYD HODGES, Chairman.' [Here follows the names of the Committee.] " It was proposed by Mr. Oven., seconded by, Mrs Swaine, and carried unanimously :—That the following • appeal . be made to the united Kingdoms of Great Bri- ' tain and Ireland from the British residents in Hamburgh and its vicinity. " Fellow-countrymeni—With feelings of dismay we announce to you the awful visitation with which it has pleased Divine Providence to afflict this once flourishing and great commercial city, a quarter of which is now reduced to ashes by a destructive fire. Fifteen hundred houses, comprising the finest part of - the city, are now lying in ruins'. The Almighty has not even spared his own edifices, four of his temples, two of them the oldest and most beautiful churches .in Hareburgh, are totally consumed.. _ _ vv " 'Thirty thousand of our fellow-inhabitants are house less. Old age, women, and children, shelt e ring them selves under the remnant of their furniture, by the road sides, and in the neighbouring fields. " Yet charity is not dormant, for not only ourselves but the wealthy native, inhabitants with the authorities of the city, are straining every nerve and making every effort to succour and comfort the destitute. Assistance in money, clothing, and provisions, has arrived from their Majesties the King of Prussia, Denmark, and Hanover. The Representative Chambers of Hanover have voted a grant. His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh-Schwerin, and the Hanse Towns of Lubeck and Bremen have sent money and provisions ; but, alas, how small in comparison to the wants is even this supply. "It is therefore with confidence that we make this appeal to you, our fellow -countrymen, feeling assured that you will generously and promptly come forward to ameliorate the distress of a city, which has been so long and so closely allied to Great Britain by ties of mutual interest ; and which in the hour of prosperity was so de servedly famed for charity and hospitality. We pray that the same all-wise Providence who has seen fit to inflict this visitation upon us will bring relief to the distress He has inflicted, by opening your hearts to the appeal we now make, and finally that He may ever shield and defend every part of our own beloved country from a like fearful calamity. " Signed on behalf of the Meeting, " G. LLOYD HODGES, Chairman.' " Colonel Hodges having been requested to forward the address to her Majesty the Queen, and a copy . of the appeal to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, it was also resolved that a copy of the appeal to the nation be forwarded to the leading journals in London ; that it be signed by the Chairman and Committee, that Colcnel Hodges' speech be printed and distributed, and that a Committee should be formed for the disposal of any money which might be sent from England. Colonel Hodges, Messrs. Steer, Boyes, Swaine, Beckitt, Rev. Dwar, J. Ilheeder, Ross, Charles Parish, Jun., and J. C. Ramsden were elected to act as the managing Committee. The able and courteous conduct of Colonel Hodges elicited the highest encomiums. The King of Prussia, it is said, has contributed 25,000 dollars towards the relief of the sufferers of this city. His Majesty has taken the utmost interest in their relief. The King of Hanover has contributed 100,000 dollars for a similar benevolent purpose. The Prussian papers state that public prayers are offered, and collections ordered to be made in all the churches in Prussia for the relief of the sufferers of Hamburgh. IMPORTANT MEETING AT MAN CHESTER of the ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE. WEDNESDAY EVENING, 10 O'CLOCK. The meeting of the League, to consider and adopt a plan for their future proceedings, has just terminated. It was one of the largest meetings that we have had for a long time. Among the gentlemen present were Robt. Hyde Greg, Esq., late M.P. for Manchester, W. Rawson, Esq., John Brooks, Esq., C. J. S. Walker, Esq., John Bright, Esq., of Rochdale, Lawrence Heyworth, Esq., &c. R. H. GREG, Esq., was called to the chair ; and in opening the proceedings, read the following important letter from Richard Cobden, Esq., M.P. for Stockport:— "London, May 10, 1842. " My dear Sir.—Pray draw the attention of the mem bers of the League, at the special general meeting to morrow, to the discussion in the House of Commons upon Mr. Roebuck's motion for a Select Committee to inquire into the compromises that have taken place be fore the Election Committees. The few places named in his motion are but samples of a wholesale traffic in seats which has been going on beneath the roof of the House of Commons, where boroughs have been transferred from party to 'party without the slightest regard to the principles of the constituencies, or the interests of the people. In the debate that took place, the leading Mem bers on both sides of the House of Commons bore testi mony to the great bribery and corruption of the last general election. The charges brought against the present Parliament by Lord Palmerston and others, will afford us and our friends this consolation at least—that our efforts have not been frustrated by the will of the electoral body (which would be a curious, if not an irre parable injury), but by the profligate practices of the monopolists themselves. Thank God, we are now in a fair way to drag to light the foul and atrocious deeds by which this bread-taxing Parliament has been brought together. If all that I hear be true of the bribery, corruption, and intimidation, of the brutal vio lence, even to homicide, which are said to have distin guished the late general election beyond all that pre ceded it, then I have no hesitation in declaring that the present House of Commons has ne moral 'or Christian title to the obedience of the people. A Parliament, if so returned, is not the choice of a nation, but the repre sentative and offspring of its suborned vices. Let the 1 League be prepared to act upon the assurance that the present House of Commons will not exist two years—it is not in the course of nature that anything generated in corruption should be long-lived.—lielieve me, yours faithfully, RICHARD COBDEN. "Geo. Wilson, Esq., Chairman olCouncil, A.C.L.L." The reading of this etter was followed by loud cheers. The following Report was then read by Geo. Wilson, Esq.:— " The circumstances which have induced the Council to convene this special Meeting of the Members of the League, and which they trust you will consider fully jus tificatory of such course, may be aery briefly stated. Subsequently to the adjournment of your Delegates assembled in the metropolis, millions of bread eater; have again petitioned the Legislature for justice, and have been cruelly answered by the re •enactment of an iniquitous bread tax. . Each succeeding day of the intervenin g period has but aggravated the disastrous effects produced by monopoly upon the commercial and trading interests of our country, and the privation and misery inflicted upon the great body of the people, as it were in fulfilment of all your previous predictions. Convinced that there can be no great end permanent improvement in the condition of our industrial popula tion, so long as the necessaries of life shall continue to be taxed, and considering the re-imposition of a bread tax by the legislative landowners as a reckless refusal of the just claims of outraged humanity, your Executive Coun cil hive felt it to be their duty to advise with you, as their constituents, on the course of action which, under it may best befit the League to prosecution of their legal and existingprighteousttrsu ei a circumstances, ptlihrepose.further Not perceiving in the present aspect of affairs any rea son for doubting the final issue of their labours, and re garding the blind infatuation of a monopolist Legislature as the best guarantee of an eventual, and the most. sig.. nificant assurance of an early triumph, your Council take leave respectfully to observe that, as the League is banded together for the working out of a great and vi tal principle, there can be no halting on its onward course without grievous dishonour and irretrievable disgrace. Seeing no present necessity for occupying your valu able time with any detailed recurrence to past efforts, or with evidence of the signal effect of those efforts upon the great political parties in the State, or upon the general intelligence and right feeling of the people, the Executive advisedly abstain from such gratification; but impressed with a dee p sense of their dut y , at thi s unpre cedentedo the Executive Council invite your earnest n scheme for the future operations of consideration idsieiaeperiodtriio suffering, gof a of national embarrassment and indivi dual the League, which, after bestowing upon it their most serious and anxious attention, they beg to submit for your approval and confirmati o n. Your Council believe that to hold out further encou ragement of popular hope from petitioning the monopo lists, who, in the arbitrament of their own cause, have scorned the oft-preferred prayers of famishing millions, were cruelly to trifle with the outraged feelings of the people, by fosteriNg a miserable delusion, and sanctioning the performance of a legislative farce, pending the enact ment of a national tragedy . With what reluctance your Executive have arrived at this conclusion may be deduced from their unremiting exertions, for nearly . four years, to direct the just dis content of the starving masses into the constitutional channel of Parliamentary appeal. Happily there is other outlet to national complaint, and other and better hope of national redress. The prayers of the oppressed and despised millions should now be addressed to the Sovereign on the throne, as the last pivot for the leverage of hope to a much-plundered, greatly-suffering, and long-enduring community. That these appeals to our beloved Queen may be most worthy her beneficent attention, and most conduci - ve to the success of our labours, because best calculated to set all opposition at defiance, it would seem imperatively necessary that the League should greatly extend its efforts to enlighten all classes upon the momentous sub ject on whi c h hi nge not m erely the usurpations of a landocracy, and the happiness or misery of a nation, but the honour of our S overe ign and the stability of her throne. The vo i ce o f t r uth must be made to penetrate the darkest recesses of error and ignorance ; the demand for justice must be shown to be reasonable throughout the thousand serfdoms of the monopolist oppressor ; the requirements of religion must be proclaimed among the huts and hovels of the miserable peasantry, and the stately domes of collegiate and episcopal bread-taxers ; in short, the empire must be trav ersed b y y our a g ents, through all its s i nuos ities and to all its extrem i t i e s, th at the public mind may be excited to a full com p rehension of this all - important question, and led to a due appreci ation of that free trade in food and fair play for industry, by which alone th e li v es of perishing millions may be preserved, and national insolvency, beggary, and anarchy be averted. To this end, your Executive have caused that portion of the. United Kingdom comprising England and Wales, to be mapped int o t we lve districts, (and th e y ar e extend ing such plan to Scotland and Ireland) , that the accre dited lecturers of the League may be located in these several divisions of the empire, charged with the special duties of—the inst ruc tion of the people ; the organiza tion of every bor oug h, town, village, parish, and hamlet in the counties assigned to them ; and the enrolment of every lover of justice as a Member of the League. The Council is not unaware of the very heavy expense with which this national effort will charge the funds within its control ; but, thanks to the Christian zeal of its best allies, the fair philanthropists of the empire, it has thousands at its command for the vindication of the honour of God by the furtherance of the happiness of man. And, now that such object of the League is freed from all suspicion of factious or other sinister purposes--now that, by years of faithfilltiess to its principle, the League has approved itself the honest and estrriest champion of a good and a holy cause, the Executive Council Cannot, for a single moment, entertain the remotest doubt of that national support, which shall enable them, unceasingly and effectively, to war against the oppressor of the poor, until the right of all, freely to participate in the bounties of our common Creator, shall have been fully recognised and firmly secured." Mr. JOHN BRIGHT, of Rochdale, then, in a length ened and eloquent speech, moved :—" That:the Report from the Council be received, approved, and:adopted by this meeting." Mr. Alderman WALKER seconded the motion, and it was carried unanimously. Mr. GREG then stated, 'that he was obliged to_ eave the chair in consequence of some pressing engagements. Before retiring, he congratulated the League on the progress they had made in enlightening the public mind on the evils of the Corn-law monopoly, and their pro spects of their ultimately removing that iniquitous impost. Mr. Wm. Rawson was then called to the chair, and Mr. LAWRENCE HEYWORTH, of Liverpool, moved : "That it be urged upon the Council to lose no time in the completion of the division of the United Kingdom into registration districts ; the location of the lecturers of the League in such districts, and the enrolment of all the friends of justice as members of the national body of repealers." Mr. THOMAS BAZLEY, jun., seconded the motion, and it passed nem. dis. Mr. Alderman BROOKS next-addressed the meeting on the necessity of obtaining the assistance of ministers of religion in the agitation for a repeal of the food mono poly, and concluded by moving the following resolution " That the active and zealous co-operation of those mi nisters of religion who stand pledged to assist in obtain ing food for the famishing, as of all practical Christians, loving justice and hating oppression, be most earnestly besought in aid of such organization of the empire, as shall hereafter facilitate the approach of the people to the throne, and the full attainment of our righteous pur pose by legal and constitutional means." The Rev. W. SIJUTTLEWORTH seconded the motion, and it passed unanimously. The meeting was subsequently addressed by Mr. William Evans, Mr. Henry Rawson, Mr. George Thomp son, and Mr. Richard Allen, of Dublin. Mr. Alderman BROOKS was then called to the chair, and thanks having been given to Mr. Rawson for pre siding, the meeting separated. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, MAY 14.—This being the last day of term, a congregation was holden, at which the following de grees were conferred:— Doctor in Medicine—W. Twining, of Balliol College. Bachelor in Civil Law—S. E. Denison, of University College. Masters of Arts—Rev. J. Mansfield, of Trinity Col lege ; Rev. H. Batten, Exeter College (grand coin. pounder); Rev. R. G. Boodle, Oriel College ; H. A. Bathurst, Merton College; F. Tate, University College; S. Burstall, University College ; Rev. E. Hill, St. Ed mund Hall; H. W. Acland, All Souls College ; Rev. T. W. Robson, University College. Bachelors of Arts—E. E. Tickell, of Balliol College ; L. C. Bathurst, Trinity College; J. Stephens, Trinity College ; G. E. Jemmett, Trinity College; S. W. New bald, Wadham College; R. A. H. Stroud, Wadham Col lege; R. Henderson, Wadham College; H. Ellison, Uni versity College; M. J. Routh, Pembroke College; P.Le Maistre, Pembroke College; J. W. Gram, Exeter Col lege; H. F. Inman, Lincoln College; T. R. Green, Lin coln College; T. A. Falkner, St. John's College (grand compounder) ; M. L. Lopes, Oriel College; W. Nevin, Oriel College; S. Minton, Worcester College; R. T. Mills, Magdalene College; W. E. Rusher, Magdalen Hall; It. Rolleston, University College. • r• , L , , . . •- 4 e t.' g . E r Nor • THE ARMY. Major-General Christopher Hamilton, C. 8., has ar rived at Limerick, and assumed the command of the troops serving in the south-western district. Lieutenant W. J. Hamilton, of the 99th Regiment, has been ap pointed Aid-de-Camp to the Major-General. The depot companies of the Ist battalion of Royals, stationed in Waterford, were inspected on Wednesday s by Major-General Sir Octavius Carey, commanding the southern district. They were honoured with the Gene ral's marked approbation. The .Lieut.-Governor, Sir Hercules Pakenham, in spected the 32d Regiment on Monday, on Southsea Common, and the 34th Regiment on Saturday last ; upon both which corps the Major-General passed high enco miums for their state of discipline and manoeuvres in the field. The depot of the 23d Regiment is to be quartered at Parkhurst Barracks, where, it is understood the depots of the whole regiments serving in Canada are to be sta tioned. DUBOPRG'S MECHANICAL MUSEUM. This Museum has just been re-opened by the spirited. proprietor, in Great Windmill-street, Haymarket. The Museum forms art extensive apartment, that, as a prome nade or saloon will admit some hundred persons for an evening's amusement, which the splendid wax• works ranged round its sides, plentifully furnish. These con sist of historical groups, the subjects of which are drawn from ancient history or events of the present day, many of the latter being accurate likenesses and fac-simile dresses. Correctness of art in this respect is again sur passed by the life-like identity of the figures, and move ments effected of portions of their bodies by machinery. The grand tableau at the upper end of the saloon, repre senting Coriolanus entreated by his mother and sister, when delivering himself up to the Volscians, has a mag nificent effect, and the head and eyes of the offended Roman avert themselves with an air haughty and natural. Another head in the collection, that of Don Giovanni, assumes in the wax a soft dark caste, with very expressive . eyes ; and a re clining Circassian beauty, among a group of slave dealers, has the same sun-glow on her features. The lower end of the saloon contains, in two recesses, repre sentations of Androcles, the runaway Roman slave, ex tracting the thorn from the lion's paw ; and the growl of the animal, produced by separate machinery, is ad mirably managed. An adjoining department repre sents March:lnt, Greenacre, Blakesley, Job Ward, Good, Curvoisier, Bailey, and Oxford, the latest crimi nals of Newgate, grouped together in company, the likenesses of each bring from casts. The Royal Chris tening, the Mandarins in treaty with Sir Gordon Bremer at Chusan, and other apposite subjects, connected with passing events, lend additional attraction to the whole, which is characterized by excessive brilliancy and splen dour of effect. It opens to the public to-night, and will no doubt be crowded. Perhaps if some species of musical entertainment were introduced, it would increase the attractions of the promenade. A gallery for refreshments has been also constructed, and a splendid chandelier lights the room from the ceiling's centre. SOUTIIWARK LITERARY INSTITUTION.—On Wed nesday evening last the music class of the above institu tion gave a very excellent concert of vocal and instru mental music. Miss Dolby and Mr. Parry lent their professional services, and sang in their usual good style; but we wish particularly to notice a quartett of Onslow's, in E fla,•, " God save the Queen," ,played in a most charming style by four gentlemen amateurs. We were much surprised at the accuracy with which these gentlemen performed their respective parts, particularly a variation on the theme by the first violin. It is quite delightful to see what strides music is making amongst amateurs ; and last Wednesday's concert fully shows the encouragement that is given to the music classes at the various Literary Institutions in the metropolis. HER MAJESTY'S TITEATRE.—After the performance of Lucrezia , Borgia on Saturday night, Mdlle. Cerito made her first appearance this season in last year's ballet of L'Elece d'Arnour. Her figurante groupings with Perrot are uncommonly graceful, and two of her more animated pus drew down great applause, and the lat ter of them a vehement encore. This divertissement she has altered herself, and it first proved successful at Vienna, so that she is both the ballet composer, and its brilliant danseuse. The Queen Dowager, and other dis tistinguished_personages were present. SURREY TIIEATRE.—MT. Willis Jones is a worthy successor of " Governor" Davidge. He this night pro duces one of the most magnificent equestrian dramas that has ever been brought out on the English stage. It is entitled Murat, and consists of a series of tableaux illus trative of the brilliant career of " le beau Sabreur," the Peasant, the General, the Prince, the King, and the Victim. The whole of Batty's well-trained stud has been put in requisition, and upwards of 300 supernumeraries have been engaged to add to the vraisernblance of the scene. The piece is an adaptation of, and an improve ment on, a French piece of a similar title, which for six months kept the people of Paris in a fever of delight and filled the treasury of Franconi to overflowing. METROPOLITAN YOUNG ANTI-MONOPOLY ASSOCIATION.—This Association at its weekly meeting held every Monday, has had its attention particularly directed to the various fallacies adopted by so large a portion of the Chartist body, viz., whether to "ma chinery" can be attributed the present depressed state of the working classes ? Whether high wages are the consequence, and therefore prevent the evil to the ar tisan of high provisions? And whether the present House of Commons could be more effectively acted upon by a suffrage or a free trade agitation ? Many of the Chartist leaders have taken the opportunity thus afforded of ably defending their Own views. The best feeling has pre vailed throughout, and if many converts . have not been made to the views of either party, many have left with a belief in the sincerity, at least of the intentions, of their opponents. The Association is to discuss the question, whether the three points named in the late Chartist Petition as monopolies, viz., "monopolies of land, of ma chinery, and of railways," can be justly so termed. TILE MURDERER GOOD.—On Friday morning be fore the trial, Mr. Bucknell, Good's solicitor, feeling the extreme importance of the case which he had to defend, waited on his client in his cell, and, like a good tactitian in such matters, entreated of his client not on any ac count to say a word either during or after the trial. The object of Mr. Bucknell was this—that according to the evidence set forth in the depositions, there was not a sin gle case on record where an individual was executed on circumstantial evidence so inconclusive as that against the prisoner ; and if, therefore, he only held his tongue, it was.the intention of Mr. Bucknell, in the event of the prisoner being found guilty, to present a strong memorial to the Crown—nay, even to Royalty itself—for its cle mency on his behalf, on amount, as has b een before stated, of the inconclusiveness of the evidence as to the identity of the body. Sir Robert Peel and Lady Peel left town on Saturday by the Birmingham 11 o'clock Railway train for their seat, Drayton Manor, Staffordshire. The Right Hon. Baronet returns to London on Wednesday next. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. M)rning t:1) minutes after 7 I Evening 49 minutes after 7, GENUINE FORFEITED PROPERTY. lk/rESSRS. DEBENHAM and STORE , will SELL by AUCTION, at their Rooms, King-street, Covent-garden, ois FRIDAY, May 20, at Eleven o'clock, A Gold Watch set with 72 Rose Diamonds ; superior Gold, Silver, and Gilt Watches, by Payne, Pengal, and other emi ment makers ; ancient and modern Plate, brilliant Rings, Pins, and Brooches; elogantJewellery ; 36 dozens of Tortoise shell Combs ; superfine Cloths, Kerseymeres, Linen-drapery ; 2.50 yards White Jean ; Piosery ; beautiful Point, Valenciennes, Blond, Point d'Alencon, and other Laces ; rich Silks and Sa tins ; Ladies' and Gentlemen's Apparel, Table and Bed Linen ; superior double and single Guns and Pistols, by Probyn, Ul ting, Webster, Strickland, &c. ; a handsome bronze and gilt four-light Suspending Lamp ; ut Glais ; Brussels and Kid derminster Carpets, Oil Cloth, and other effects, pledged in months prior to June, 1841, with the following pawnbrokers, viz.:—Mr. Neate, Duke-street, Manchester-square ; and Mr. Walter, High-street, Marylebone. May be viewed, and Catalogues had at the Rooms. tranbXtittt ii SUN OFFICE Three o'Cloch. ARRIVAL OF THE BRITANNIA. The New York Evening Express of the 30th of April, ieceived this morning by the Britannia steamer, via Liverpool, contains a Report of the Committee on foreign relations, on the trade between the United States and the British Colonies in North America and the West Indies. As the Report would occupy upwards of eight of our columns, and is moreover an exceedingly dull docu ment, we content ourselves with quoting the resolu tions with which it concludes, and which necessarily include the result to which the Committee has come. Congress had ordered 10,000 extracopies of this Re port to be printed:- Ist. That it is the policy and the desire of the United States to observe the regulation of the commercial in tercourse between the United States and other countries, on principles of equity, reciprocity, fair competition, and mutual adavntage to both parties. 2d. That the existing arrangements regulating the commerce between the United States and the British co lonies in the West Indies and on the continent of Ame rica, are unequal, unjust, and injurious to the interests of the United States. 3d. That so long as Great Britain persists to apply to the vessels and productions of the United States, in the ports of the British colonies in America, peculiar regula tions of commerce, other than such as regulate the commerce between the United States and the British territories in Europe, it is the right of the United States, and the necessary consequence, to apply peculiar regu lotions of commerce to British vessels and their cargoes in the ports of the United States, entered from or pro ceeding to the British colonies in America. 4th. That the continued imposition by Great Britain of discriminating duties upon the productions of the United States imported into the British colonies in Ame rica in vessels of the United States, will justify the im position by the United States of discriminating duties upon the productions of the British colonies in America imported into the United States in vessels of Great.Bri fain or her colonies. • sth. That the continued prohibitation to the vessels of the United States by Great Britain of the indirect voy age between the United States, the British colonies in America, and the British territories in Europe, or be tween the United States and one and another British colony in America, will justify the prohibition by the United States of such voyage to the vessels of Great Britain or her colonies in America. 6th. That if Great Bkitain see fit to adopt and pursue a system of prohibitations and restrictions against the United States, it behoves the United States to protect our citizens, their commerce, and navigation, by counter prohibitions, duties, and regulations, and to decline to give free commerce and navigation in exchange for re strictions and vexations. 7th. But that, before having recourse to measures of legislative restrictipn, as the certain means of effectually guarding and securing the rights of the United States, in our commerce with British colonies, it is due to na tional comity to recur, for that purpose, to friendly ne gotiation with Great Britain. And in conformity with these conclusions, they sub mit the following resolution, the adoption of which they recommend to the House : Resolved—That the President of the United States be, and hereby is, requested to enter into negotiations with the British Government, for the purpose of effecting a permanent, equitable, and just conventional arrange ment of the commerce between the United states and the British Colonies in America. The action brought by the French Post-office authorities against a courier, for conveying an express for the London Journals, and the obstacles raised by them to speedy and even safe communication of intelligence through France, cannot fail to have attracted the. attention of the British Government. A remedy against the evils of the present system is imperiously called for ; and if the new Finance Mi nister of France be determined to follow in the foot steps of his predecessor, and not only charge enor mously for couriers and post-horses, but also for letters and papers, and delay or stop them altogether, at his pleasure, a new line for the conveyance of the Overland Mail must be found through some other countries. It has long appeared to us that the route by Malta, Marseilles, Paris, and Boulogne is not by any means either the shortest, or the most convenient, and that one very preferable might be adopted—that, namely, by the Gulf of Venice, through Bavaria to the Rhine. The route in that direction would . form almost a straight line from Alexandria to London, and, of course, is considerably shorter than that by Malta and Marseilles. The German authorities would rejoice at the change, and would willingly grant immunities and make concessions in our favour, which we have no chance of obtain ing from France. We trust, therefore, the Government will take up the question without de lay. The intelligence from China and India becomes every day of more importance ; and even were the French Government to make concessions equal to those we might expect from the German Powers, the route by the Adriatic should still be preferred. Letters and papers might be delivered some days sooner, possibly even before the tele graphic despatch through France could reach London —a matter of vast importance to the Government as well as to commercial men, newspaper proprietors, and the public in general. The route we propose is from Alexandria to Trieste, by the steam service, and thence by post road to Munich, Ulm, Stuttgard, Frankfort, Cologne, and by the Belgian railway to Ostend, across the sea to Dover, and by the South Eastern railway to London. By this route there would be a great saving of time; the distance from London to Alexandria by Trieste and through Ger many, being 2,300 miles, while that from Alexan drfa to Marseilles, and through France, is 2,800 miles. Au interesting report of the proceedings at a pub lic meeting of the British residents at Hamburgh, for the purpose of preparing an address to her MAJESTY, praying her to sanction an appeal to the charity of the British nation on behalf of 30,000 persons ren dered destitute by the burning of that commercial city, will be found in another part of The Sun. Co lonel HODGES, the English Consul-General, presided on the occasion, and discharged the functions of Chairman with feeling and ability. He took notice of the malicious calumny imputing to the English the firing of the city—lamented that it had led to some acts of violence—deprecated any intention of visiting upon the suffering inhabitants outrages provoked by the madness of despair on• the part of a few des perate wretches—and read a communication from the Senate, thanking the British engineers for their invaluable services in rescuing what remains of the city from destruction. The calamity at Hamburgh has happened most inopportunely as regards this county. Only a few days have elapsed since the QUEEN sanctioned, on the part of the Clergy of the United Kingdom, an appeal to the charitable from the pulpit on behalf of our own starving poor. As the wealthier classes are generally suspected of sympa thising more with distresses abroad than at home, the result of a double appeal to their benevolence is not likely to obliterate the hostile impressions of our starving operatives in the manufacturing districts. It is, however, in the power of the monied aristocracy to produce a far different result. Generosity to the people of Hamburgh is quite compatible with the most liberal bounty to the starving poor of England. At all events we shall, be glad to announce her NIAJESTY'S gracious assent to the prayer of t o British residents in llarnburgh in favour of general subscription on behalf of the sufferer the Commercial men need not be told how much it is interest of England that Hamburgh should be speed u l restored to her pristine prosperity. We are a moo): making and a money-loving people ; and yet think we may assume the merit for our countrynle; of being as free from selfishness in acts of cha rit y any people under the wide canopy of heaven. It is exceedingly creditable to the moral charactzt of the people of Ilamburgh, that though thirty thew' sand of them were houseless on Friday the most per: feet order prevailed.. Not a complaint was hear d 11' the-smouldering streets, although hundreds were we n : tiering amid the ruins of their late houses. , - 1 -' l ' el . r • confidence in the wisdom of the Senate and "authon. ties was unshaken amid the terrors of so awful a 01$. mity. The Kings of Prussia, Hanover, and pep : mark, and the Senate of Frankfort, have be en anwri :s the first to succour them. The Libera l DePut'e of France are raising subscriptions ; and from t - 136 well-known liberality of the King and Royal fa ll° Y t considerable assistance may be expected from thi; quarter. Belgium will contribute something ; 11°: land more ; and even Austria and Russia will c; operate in raising Hamburgh, like a phcen ix, ft° her ashes. .The Madrid Journals received are to the 9th 1 ' 114 : There is nothing of importance in their contelitl, Letters from Bayonne of the 11 th, speak of all e ft , pected CHRISTINA insurrection in the course of summer, with 'a view to compel the Governm ent o, the hand of the young QUEEN upon a BOO; We trust the intimation will not be lost affi l REGENT, and that timely representations "bv.`"" addressed by Lord ABERDEEN* to M. GUM° lir the subject. o for The Three per Cents. were done on the 6 th ar fr2ifot the 14th of June, and the Five per Cents. at Su gt ot cash, and at 27 26 15-16 27 1-16 26f 27 1.1 6 various dates. fot On the 7th four bargains were concluded at 2 , 1 2 ! ts• cash, and 22i- fur the 28th inst. The Five per `' -11 sold for 261 fur cash, and 27 26j- at 60 6ys. The destruction of the :city of Hamburgh by is exciting considerable interest in Paris. Subscr:i Lions have already been commenced by the Lr 0 15 Deputies in favour of the sufferers. The - received this morning are principally occupid `,* e rbe the Railway Bill and Sir ROI3ERT PEEL'S tariff. , e 0 former is now safe ; and as for the tariff, the Po fault found with it is, that it is not favourable t e v i ( l French wine and brandy growers. But for th e nonsense of such journals as the National, a 'P e ',ld treaty for benefiting these branches of trad e ``„° of have been long since signed by the. G-overnote" t os England and France. The National now thr e3 A - t o retaliation, and recommends the increase o f 0; 0 ;1 upon English thread. It were well for the .gg' i ° l o to pay a little more regard to the priltiits of political economy, of which it daily es 60 such deplorable ignorance. That species of retill'„,o which inflicts greater injury upon a nation's '0„cl subjects than upon foreigners, is only to be f° 07 13 invariably recommended in the columns of the 0 %11 Republican organ. The Courrier Francais ° 1 ., 3 1 , takes a sensible; just, and moderate view ,of this , portant subject. What is called protection is' th e ° f or c ommerce, and is no more than the robbery' man, or class of men, to enrich another man the of men. Protection against foreigners, rol l / io n" robbery of some body at home. The juggle , ever, succeeds with such political Odes 35 .. . _ National. , h ilist'' A Bayonne Correspondent, under date the 1 11- 0 , at; confirms the intelligence of the probability of t ne .or it , tempt of the Christinos to excite a new civil 1 / , o o' Spain. A letter from Frankfort asserts that the ;;t/ proposed that Queen Isabella should marry e." sti l ill i el ° the son of the Duke of Medina Celi. This wool , ' f th e once to provoke the war with which the Ding 43 ,1g,1, French threatens Spain, should her Majesty Selo' 7, but a Prince' of the house of Bourbon. Dan C' r ,:,. 1 10 still opposed to a " transaction." The idea of in the Queen of Spain to the eldest son of Don l'r el. 10" do Paulo is, however, entertained in e very -o ° 6' 6 , P ' fluential quarter in which interest is felt in the (1 1-1e5 6 01 0 and seems, on the whole, the most likely to be th e • „ l eo tion of it. Despatches have- been received by the Gave •1s) from the Governor-General of Algeria, dated Oral' , . 01 se 2. He announces, from informadon received eived fr°, l _ l3 3 ; 11l deserters from the camp of Abd-el-Bade wereri; Emir received no kind of support from the Fanf i geo , I', i M iu o d ro b e e c e o n , a a n b d a, t i h do at n , ed sin b c ) e , his defeat near slgua nd th l ''' when he presented himse m lf os t t o otlfiehi troops' a - f f ,e' illhabitant S U r fire' drouma, they repulsed hint with, a discharge_,estaplio arms. General Bugeaud further. states, that ti , O s Ben-Thamy, the ex-Kalifa of Mascara, is still 1,00 field, with about 150 to 200 cavalry. Ina recent e c ' t ... four of his men were killed by &French detaehnd e l ,vs< A letter from Oran, of the 29th of AP r ,": ~,3 0 04 ' "M. Souverix de Montdragon has just o" f et ,iiii in this province, a mine of gold, two 0 ' ..,,I 0 : two of lead, one of antimony; and sev e y tio N l6 o iron. All these discoveries are exceedingly '''' 0, and measures will speedily be taken to Work then 3 : llte li° s Governor-General who happens to be at Oran.. 1 to pay great attention to these-matters." Another letter from Oran states that a CaPtaill:(3l 111 n, 0, 15th Regiment of Light Infantry has been co,iix,, to death by a court-martial at that place fo r strl'' --- , . of $ Lieutenant-Colonel. c ., 1, The Toulonnais publishes the following' extra:o.i' letter from M. Bandouin, now a prisoner with, ~.I kb ' `', ll Fader :—" I was made a* prisoner by the 11 '"" ; 0 ( April 9, near Boutfanik, with four other person s ( 0 0 4 were travelling with me. We were .strippetl„ „ c 10:, goods and money, and after a forced march of 11,741e:t, we arrived at Zaroura, overcome with fa,tigtte•,, le o ever, thanks to the attention of M. - Noel. Nin a.. ; PI Abd-el-Kader's agent, who happens to be here.", well treated, and several persons belonging to the , o . .i • suite pay its great consideration." 1 e(1 HAMBURGH, MAY 11.—Yesterday afternoon , ere j .;, neers arrived from Potsdam.' They were Ittn' t • 0 tit the King on Monday, and despatched on the ssife from Potsdam on board the Falcon steamer. 4 frir, hundred troops, with several pieces of artilleryi s e , tl. :, f Rendsburgh, received counter orders on - the: . `'ii.tiE, their presence in Hamburgh and Altona is nt, IV) necessary. Yesterday evening a courier fro".",;:li' f , lin brought word that the King of Pros si- ve lic .hi sent 25,000 dollars, 2,000 blankets, &c., tod ay ri, the immediate distress. We mentioned ,yeste.lP l generous present of the Grand Duke of MeePc . 5 , t The gifts from Bremen and Altona continue to ,„ et to the Commission formed to receive and distriblv, , ,e, tours. to'll P.S. The King of Denmark has sent a prese nt ' r o l l as we hear, of 10,000 marks. Besides the losses ' l ' d. 0.: enumerated, two Jewish synagogues are destrol e trio o' several libraries, among which are those of the f t ' j e II Society and of the Harmony. bel I" It is said that the sitting of the. Senate will , tiO : for the present at the Orphan House, in the Adnoi l 4 1 Strass. he s f 'J The relief Committee gives notice that the liberality of the environs of Hamburgh, has f i1 ,,,, - efro such complete supplies of provisions, that no Ttl , present are needed, and therefore think it their otii, order not to abuse the generosity of their neig b p, to request' them not to send for the present 0 , 0" . sions, except potatoes and pulse. If The King has written a most kind letter to die S t s t ; l : expressing his grief at the disaster our city has s tis ti bA 7 e and assuring it of his sympathy, and that of his * - iP j The Grand Duke of Oldenburg, and the Grai l , 54 ,; y , of Mecklinburg-Schwerin, have sent similar letTforii'v We have just this moment (7, p.m.) received , 11 ,,t e tion from our correspondent at Hanover, t''aiich"lit Chambers-have held sittings with closed doors , tf yr a motion immediately to offer $lOO,OOO from th e ftf treasury to the city of Hamburgh. ilittif' HADIBUIIGH, MAY 12.—The foreign troops J t. AI -,, e a ..,,, 10 left us. The Prussian pioneers from Potsdam ° 1 ,5554 1 deburg will remain for some time longer, t°, ;i f ~.,W I VI clearing away the ruins. The H a noveri a n cavio r J 19,,i1l have so greatly contributed to preserve orcler'i, y yesterday afternoon. The Infantry of Bre 1:11 V ' assists in occupying the site of the fire, and the ' ',{4l or Lubeck patrols in conjunction with ours. ii ir, HAMM:HIGH, MAY 13.—Business was again Wl— ,.f/ in the N6w Exchange. 14. il l BOHRSE—PAttIS, SATURDAY, 111 av - ,-e,' ire 5 ner Cents neat Highest Lowe , ' r i g Price Price. Pricy .„ / 0 7 119 50 ... ilo 55 .„ 1:P 4 ,, 5 . ,0 A! 4% per Cents ....,.... 107 50 ... le7 50 ... 107 . '„, JO' 4 per Cents. ...... .. 102 . 8 :/ .. 102 ... IQ? Ao ...AO 3 per (ant 5 ............. 81 80 . 81 80 ... , " 40 00, AI 'Sant of ela n c e Witte Hank 5,0001. Shares 500 ..,5060 . 5010 „„ 3. irizilin flank Belgian 5 per Cents. S per Cenu., 1840 lO5 ... 105105 .. 4$ % ... 1 < l ,4nish Active 5314 ... '24 ... 2 3 rs ~ V I, P a ssive 4% ... 4T i . ... „„470, 0 ~• I P • ealolitan 107150 ... 107 30 ... lur ••• Grnan 103% 113% ....AS% ' fe e ttAILW A Y SHARES. - •••g 0 St. Germain Versailles, K. 1-. L.B 165 ... MI .. 160 0 yei '0 Rotten 552 50 ... 551 75 .... t.• 82 '''' ‘... 0 3 Orleans Strasburg to Bale 233 75 ... 2:3 75 ... 20. " 111' si; ,i . •• 11.1 8 Ifif The Reformers of St. Martin's-in-thej t . lc ( 10'; 0 tomorrow, celebrate the Bth anniversary of tit‘' it ' c iO e dl' of the Vestry, and the triumph of Liberal P l 3 3 l4'' l ' the parish, at Mr. Roberts, Artichoke Tavern' , i.t.5 O?' . J. T. Leader, Esq., their representative, will P .r. this occasion, supported by Colonel Eva's?, Mime, Duncombe, &c. '641 i / The Tribunal de Premiere Instance 1 0 . ,., s cifsi,ge, b0 day occupied, for the greatest part of its sitting , 1 7,.. j ci itor i A,10 for defamation, brought by Emile Girardin, the "'", ft0!..0.-- 0 Presse, against M. Paya the printer, a nd I ‘''' ' ',, g eW - f responsible editor, of the ' Emancipation de P u tie o 5 7 ,, article published on March 19. M. Pays V 18. .,, littg' ' I: 7jv counsel', but M. Raulet let judgment g o by a _ ,-,;' were condemned to pay a fine of 4 000 fr. each. ;.c ' , NEWSVENDERS' BENEVOLENT and PRO VIDENT INSTITUTION. Established 1839. Enrolled pursuant to the 10th Geo. IV., Cap. 56. THE THIRD ANNUAL MEETING of the SUB. SCRIBERS and FRIENDS of the above INSTITUTION will take place on WEtiNzanAv, May 18, at ANDERTON'S l' EL, Pipet. street. JAMES HARMER, Esq., President, hi the Chair, When the Report of the Committee for the past year will be submitted, and the o:`,- . .trs for the year ensuing elected. *,,'" The Chair will be tal i kt Eight o'clock precisely. R. SOUTHGATE, Hon. Secfettry, 47, Newman-street. o 16k