The Sun. — London, England, 1842-05-20 00:00:00

war SUBSCRIPTIONS in AID of the SUFFERERS ►,77 . - by the CAUBITI. DISASTERS. Messrs. Gill NDLAY, CHRISTIAN, and M ATI* HEW s , he.:, to announce that, as a preliminary measure, they lava opened a Book at the East India Rooms, 8, St. Alartin's-plate, Charing. cross, for the enrollment of the names of parties desirousof contributing to a Fund for the Relief of the Unfor ttinste, Sufferers by the late Events in Affghanistan. Messrs. G., C., and %I. have delayed this announcement in ihehape that a subject of such presiing importance would have engaged attention in snore influential quarters, whence a pro position like the present might have originated with greater effect. Arrangements for the formation of a Provisional Committee, &c., are in progress, of which early notice will be given in a future advertisement• SP A. NIS 11 DEFERRED DEBT. The SPANISH COMMISSIONERS beg to announce to the Holders of the above Stock that the following are the Numbers of the BONDS which were DRAWN at Madrid on the 3d instant. Orders have been given to prepare the New Active Stock, and the exchange of the Bonds will be made by Messrs. Ardoin and Co., at Paris, and Mes s rs. J. and S. Ricardo and Co., in London. Flrrit DRAWING OF THE DEFERRED 'DEBT AT MADRID, .... ___ _ MAY 3, 1842 : Bonds Amount of Each Tot:1 Series. drawn. Numbers. in Dollars. Dollars. A B lOB3 ...... 7586 to 8668 4OO 433,200 C D 334 669 to 1002 1200 400,800 E ... ... 583 I 5,179,400 3681 SPANISH DEFERRED DEBT. Messrs. J. and S. RICARDO and CO. beg to apprise the Holders of the Numbers of the Deferred Bonds, which have been drawn as above-mentioned, that they will be ready to ex change them so soon as they receive the New Active Bonds from the Commissioners, of which due notice will be given. Lists in numerical order, together with the Bonds, must be left for examination at least a week previously. Printed forms may be had at their Office after the 25th inst . . Angel-court, Throgmorton-street, May 18, 1842. Now ready, in 3 vols. post Bvo., MODERN FRENCH LIF E. Edited by MRS. GORE. Author of " Mothers and Daughters," " The Dowager," " Mrs. Armytage," Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. To be had at all the Libraries. THE COLLIERY SYSTEM. CRUELTIESWONIEN A AND INDE ND CENCIES PRACTISED ON CHILDREN. ( t ;..1 I X TEEN EN GRAY INGS, from the Originals 1...7 in Parliament, fully Illustrating these revolting prac tices, and occupying an entire Page of the Paper, will be given in the WEEKLY CHRONICLE of Saturday and Sunday next, the 21st and 22d inst.—Office, 337, Strand, and all Newsmen. THEATRE-ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE. In consequence of their great success, THIS EVENING, MAY 20, The Performances will commence with PICTURESQUE AND BEA li'll FUL.—Prineipal Characters by Messrs. Barker and Walter Lacy. Atter which, the Burlesque Extravaganza of THE OLYMPIC REVELS. —Principal Characters by Mr. J. Bland, Mr. Granby, Mrs. Grattan. Miss Murray. To be followed by the successful Burletta of ENTHUSIASM. Succeeded by the Grand fairy Ballet of LA SYLPHID E. To conclude with THE IRISH TUTU R.—Teddy O'Rourke, Mr. Brougham. Boxes, !s 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-office; and of Messrs. Andrews, Mitchell, Sams, and Baily, at their Libraries. On Monday next, Mr. Harley, Mr. Oxberry, Miss Faucit, and Mrs. Humby, "ill appear. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Every thing New—The most splendid Novelties ever wit essed, with an immense outlay, and numbers beyond conception. THIS EVENING, MAY 20, Will presented a New Military and Equestrian Spectacle, enti tle MURAT—THE PEASANT, GENERAL, PRINCE, AND KING, with Battles, Grand Reviews tf Horse and Foot, and gor veous Tableaux After which, in a more extensive and splendid Arena than ever before witnessed. NEW SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, introduc,ng .13 Sk'rrY's unrivalled Collection of Animals, consisting of nu erou sand matchless Cream-coloured Horses, Andalusian Chargers, potted Coursers, Fairy Palfreys, and Pigmy Poneys, and the most alented Vaulters, Riders, Gymnastics, and Contortionists in the kingdom. PONY RACKS, eclipsing all former efforts, and a real Monkey, the only one trained as Racing Jockey. To conclude with a Comic Drama, called THE SPRIG OF NO.. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. OSBALDISTON. Extraordinary attraction—Scenic effects hitherto unattempted—hlisi Vincent and Mr. Saville again as the Heroine and Hero of Dome. . tic Drsma. THIS EVENING, MAY 20, - - Will be presented a New Domestic . Drama, in Three Acts, enti. tied JANE PAUL; OR, THE VICTIM OF UNMERITED PER. SECUTION —Jane Paul, Miss Vincent; Michael, Mr. E. F Sa. ville;' Billy Brown, Mr. Gardner; Martha, Miss Coveney. liter which. THE MILL OF BEREZINA ; OR, THE HOST AND THE DESERTER.—Count Roznanoff, Mr. E F. Saville; U Tics., Mrs. Lee. o conclude with THE FORTY THIEVES, with New Scenery. Ali Baba, Mr. Gardner; Hasurac, Mr. Dale; Mustapha, Mr. Paul ; Morgiana, Miss Coveney. I I FRENCH PLAYS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING, MAY 20, The Perfiirthances will commence with X ICHEL et CHRISTINE. After which, LA BELLE ESPAGNOLE, Theresina by Madlle. Dijaret. To conclude with MADEMOISELLE D AN GEV ILLE—In which Madlle Dejazet will perform tour Charaeters. Boxes, Ss. ; Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Amphitheatre (or Gallery Stalls), 38. ; Gallery, 2.5. Doors will be opened at Seven o'clock, and the Per formances commence at Half.past Seven. Applications for Boxes aMI Stalls for the remainder of the Season, to be made at Mr. Mitchell Library, 33, Old Bond-street; Mr. Se. guin's, 12. Regent-street; IVIr. Sams's, St. James's-street; and at the Sem-offtee of the Theatre, which is open daily, from Eleven till F►ve o'clock., ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectfully 'reformed that ON MONDAY, TUESDAY, AND THURSDAY NEXT, G RAND FESTIVALS will be celebrated, in which will be embo died all those popular Entertainments that have given to this favou rite place of recreation its peculiar celebrity, with additions and in trodactions, which it is confidently anticipa‘ed will render them even more generally attractive. The MENAGERIE has been enriched by many valuable and im portant acquisitions in the classes of both Quadrupeds and Birds. The Colossal VIEW OF BOME has been repainted, and in some installces remodelled. Th.. BAN D will include some of the most em no it Performers, conducted by Mr. Godfrey. The Programme of the PROMENADES M uSICALES will be selected from the noblest works of the great Masters. The ILLUMINATION of ST PETER'S, the GIRA NDOLA, the FLA M.NG fe ESSEN- ' GER, the METEOR of ST. PETER'S, and a Grand HYDRO PYRRHIC TABLEAU The Gardens are open Daily from Ten till Dusk. The Evening Fetes, with the Promenades Muccales, Illumination of St. Peter's, Girandola of St. Angelo, &c., will be given on Mondays, Tuesdays, .u.d I hursday& Admission One Shilling. THE INDIA SUN CONTAINING A MAP AND FULL ACCOUNT OF AFFGHANISTAN AND THE THEATRE OF WAR IN INDIA, WITH ALL THE LATEST NEWS FROM INDIA AND CI-lIN►A, IS NOW READY. TO C ORRESPONDENTS. We have received a letter frotn Birmingham, signed " Feargus O'Connor," in reference to the remarks made by Mr. Roebuck on the Charter and Petition, hut it does not appear to beuuthentic, and of course is r. jet If A Constant Reader" will read Ruff's Book he will .find that " the Oneida Chief," the property of the l)uke of Grafton, is by Divan, out of Hatfield's dam ,by Juniper. sa." THE WEATHER.—NooN, MAY 19. kw; L L GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Ti rr, n ometer .... 53 Highes 6B Lowest...—. 42 ri arom eter 29.89.— t Wind S.W. 1114111 wATEtt AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. .10 minutes after 10 Evening 45 minutes after 10. All Advertisements of a Disgusting Character, . or Xw moral Tendency, are excluded from the C. 31umns of " The Sun." "I t ) , . • 4 o s AFAR: • , . 4 7Z1spi, • rillkii?;l6 a ' 7^ c A •. utt. LONDON? FiaDAY MORIVIING, MAY 20, 1842. The House of Commons is again to discus s thel tariff to-night, and we may therefore embrace. the opportunity- of comparing some oY our proposed duties to those of :Russia, which has recently publish ed a new tariff. Beginning with domestic zmimals, • oxen and' hulls, wlfich can only n ow , f or th e .first time, impwted into _England on pay men t o f a ditty of z Os. per he a d, ma y b e i mporte d i nto Russ,,;:i on pa. ` in g 70 copecks per head, or about 2s. 4d. For cov4 w*, pre to pay ILs., the Russians pay only Is. She el ), hoi) admitted, will in free England pay 3s. per 1w ad; in despotic Russia the duty is little more tharr sd 'The :duties on other animals are in proportion. It must, however, be noticed that we cannot bring ea ttle into England, without subjecting- them to a sea voyage; they may imported intoßussia by ;:trid. We pass to fish, much of which— turtle, lobstt sill turbot, were prohibited to this time witht us, a nd which is now to pay a duty of 10s. per cwt. on si 1. mon. ss. per cwt. on soles, and so on; in R I , 'ssia s 11 kinds of salt and fresh fish are to be freely imr ate( 1 ' and exempt from all duty, except herrings, and anchovies. So far as flesh and fish, for t he eon. surnption of the people, is concerned, th e su bj ec to of the QUEEN may well envy those of the C ZAR. At the same titpe, they have more than the Russia) ss to give for food, Would a prterlial Legislature allo' v them to buy it. Th nigh corn be not found in our tariff, that being of such supereminent importance that it has a law especially fin• itselt we Must, nevertheless, notice it foe the comparison. Our :sliding scale at present in:- poses a tax on wheat of about. 13s. per quarter; the tax on wheat in Russia, when imported by sea, ik a fixed duty equivalent to 13s. 2d. per quarter, and when imported by land, less than Is. 6d. Other grains are admitted, on paying proportional duties ; so that the Russian Government is at least as liberal as our own in respect to bread. Let us notice on this point that macaroni, which is a sort of luxury in bOth countries, has hitherto been admitted into England on the payment of 2d. per lb., and is to be admitted henceforward on the payment of ld. per lb.; in Russia that substance is_ charged 15s. 4d. the poud, or about sd. per lb. Po tatoes pay 4d. per bushel, which is a higher rate, of duty than is proposed by our new tariff, but not more than half the tax levied by the yet existing regulations. Fruits, which follow next in our tariff, seem to be rather worse treated in Russia than in England. Raisins are to pay with us 15s. per cwt. ; in Russia, they are to pay 3 roubles, or 9s. 6d. per poud of 361 b. Passing, however, to the more important articles, such as coffee, which is probably a luxury for the rich in Russia, the Russian must pay 6 roubles and 15 copecks, or about 19s. Bd. for 36 lbs., or somethihg more:than 6d. per pound, a less duty than hitherto has been paid in England. Sugar, refined, is probi bited in Russia ; raw sugar pays a duty of 3 roubles 80 copecks the poud, or about 4d per lb., or 375. per cwt., which is 13s. more than we pay on our colo nial sugar, and 265. less than we pay on foreign su gar. Russia, then, levies a higher tax than we levy on either coffee or sugar. Sir R. PEEL boasts very much of the reduction he has made in duties on wood, and to make furniture from mahogany, for example, from 1/. 10s. to 10s. the ton ; the Russian tariff levies a duty of is. 6d. per poud on all foreign woods for the use of furni ture makers—that is exactly id. per lb., or 4s. Bd. per cwt. It is about the same duty as up to this time was levied on mahogany when imported by fo reign vessels into England. It is not much more than half the duy that was till this time levied on Amboyna wood. We do not see any dif ference in our tariff between such wood in logs and vineers in the Russian tariff, the latter pays a duty of I Is. 2d. per poud, a pretty effectual prohibition, we presume, to import the article. In like manner, ready made furniture, ouvrages de menuiserie, pay a duty of 255. 4d. per poud, a tax which must make the nobility contribute handsomely for their use of the menuiserie of Paris. The ores of metals in Russia are, as the rule, exempt from a duty, the metals themselves are partly prohibited and partly subjected t o a heavy duty. Copper in bars and sheets, pays 5 roubles 80 copecks, the berkovity of 3601 b., or about V. 16s. per ton ; iron imported by sea is prohibited. To advert to another important subject, the duties on cotton yarn, are 20s. 7d. per poud, or if dyed, 245.7 d., and, on woollen yarn, 545. 7d. per poud, while the duties on goods fully manufactured, match, or exceed, our exorbitant duties. We cannot avoid stating here, that the example of England has been most pernicious to the rest of the world. Unable to trace the source of her prosperity— the freedom of her institutions, allowing the develop ment of the ingenuity of man, as the race multiplies, and as population becomes condensed — the other nations of the world have beheld our extraordinary prosperity, and they have alsoknown that it has been accompanied by a great many re strictive regulations. Statesmen, whether in England or abroad, are accustomed to attribute everything in society to laws. They have no conception of any cause of national welfare that is not described in the statute book. A foreign statesman, with foreigners in general, have accordingly attributed our wonder ful prosperity to our absurd restrictions and prohibi tions ; and they think they can by no means so surely obtain prosperity as by imitating the laws which have done us an immense deal of mischief. Thus has the folly of our law-makers even made the won derful prosperity vouchsafed to us by the Almighty, be as a stumbling block for the other nations of the earth. We will close by adverting to the export duty on tallow, to contrast it with that which we are about to levy on coals. The duty on tallow exported is 2 roubles, or 6s. 4d. per 10 pounds or 3601b5., equiva lent to a fraction less than 20 per cent. The duty proposed to be levied by Sir ROBERT PEEL on coals exported, in imitation of the tax imposed by Russia on tallow exported, is 4s. per ton. Tallow is worth at St. Petersburgh about 40s. per cwt., while coal per ton at Newcastle costs about sd. or 6d. ; some of the small coal exported being half the price. Thus the duty on Russian tallow, which is sometimes described as exorbitant, is 5 per cent. on the value, and the moderate duty proposed to be levied by Sir ROBERT PEEL on coals exported varies from 80 to 160 per cent. on the value. Such is the just method our Tory statesmen have fallen on to revive the drooping, and invigorate the crippled, commerce of England. We have long maintained that it is impossible to administer the affairs of this country on the restric tive and narrow principles of the Tories. There is something in human society which is stronger than Government. Party loses its power when it comes to battle with justice, and a cunning policy cannot make lead against honesty. Mysticism and humbug dis- Ippear before facts and truth, and those who have been bawling for Toryism find themselves, all at once, they hardly know how, acting in the teeth of their own professions. At this moment, there is not a Tory merchant or trader in the empire, who does not practically do homage to our principles, and repudiate some of the worst parts of Toryism. Though individuals con nected with the North American provinces object to the particular relaxation in the timber duties proposed by Sir R. PEEL, there is not one of them, and, as far as we can learn, not a trader in the empire, who does not anticipate advantages to trade, on the whole, from the relaxations in our stringent tariff which Sir R. PEEL proposes. From Mr. MASTERMAN, situated at head-quarters, and representing the millionaires of he metropolis, to the owner of the sixteenth ()Ca ship at Liverpool or Shields, they are all impatient to have the tariff passed, that they may reap the advantages they expect from lowering our duties. The excep tion from this general rule—to be found amongst coal owners, and amongst those who have ships employed to export coals—confirms our statements, for they are ustly discontented, because they are scarcely to share in the relaxation, and are to be subjected to a heavy additional restriction. The mercantile Tories may not be ready to carry out our principles to the full ?.xtent, but the vast expectations they have formed of benefits from Sir R. PEEL'S trumpery diminutions of duties, merely because they are diminutions and re laxations, are a practical, though tacit and unconscious, homage to the great principles of complete free trade. The state of parties is a still more striking proof of our assertion. The strongest Parlia mentar v Government which has existed since 1832, was formed on the principle of maintaining and upholding the great monopolies of the landlords, the sugar planters, and those who profited by the discri minating timber duties. On that ground an appeal was made to the country, and the constituencies— whose power is not omnipotent—so constituted the Parliament, as to give an overwhelming majority to 1 the monopolists. But the agents and leaders of the monopolists, who have some sense of responsibility, were soon made sensible, by increasing distress and a increasing revenue, that to administer public affairs in the principles approved of by the majority of the onstituencies, and the majority of both Houses of Parliament, is hopelessly impossible. There is some thing in society that is stronger even than majorities, and Sir ROBERT PEEL, by his Corn-law and his Tariff, has been compelled, though in a small and petty fogging degree, to act contrary to the wishes of his Jwn supporters, contrary to what they expected of him, and to separate himself in some measure from them by giving up the impracticable Tory principles to which they adhere. The breaking up of the Tory party, before Parliament has sat four months, is a very speedy realisation of our views, and it demonstrates how much more powerful are facts than schemes, and , circumstances than opinions. IThe friends and representatives of the landed inter est in England, (said the Morning Post yesterday, an , ouncing the sad fact that Peel is no longer trusted by the Tories,) are now placed in a peculiarly trying posi tion. A union of the utmost good temper with the stea 4est good sense was never more required than at the present moment. Not only do they find that the rules V which' they keliere to be the sulesst and best, arc Ibi)ked ',Ton' by the leading Ministers of the crown as inks which should be departerifrom, as far as circumstances ivill permit ; but out of Parliament they find themselves in sulted by the vssertion that they do not agree with the Minister, only because they have not sufficient wider standing to appreciate the enlightened liberality of his views. It was not until very lately that it was fully understood how much a leader was required. It was known that a new combination of parties had taken place on the new basis of power anti influence established by the Reform Act ; . but it certainly was not supposed that when a Government had been carried triumphantly into power, by the extraordinary energy and unanimity of sentiment in the agricultural districts of England, and among agricultural people, the leading characteristic of that Government would be a preference of commercial prin ciples to those upon which native producers rely for em ployment and remuneration. There is no need of disguising the fact, that the agri cultural constituencies ?ooked to the present Ministers as men who would guard them from such measures as the Whigs declared their intention of passing if they could. They saw the accession of the present Ministers to power with joy, and with perfect confidence that, with such men at the head of affairs, they, and the producing classes generally, were safe. Instead of supposing that they wanted leaders, they supposed that all they had to do was to support the leaders who had resisted the Whigs. They now find that the leaders who resisted the Whigs were not so fur removed from a participation in Wing views as they had supposed. But what they lack in extent of liberalism, it is evident they make up in greater ability to effect the amount of liberalism which they nre pleased to approve. And the end of the matter is, that after all their exertions last summer, the representatives of the producing interests are not in a better condition than they were before the struggle began. We think it probable that the most serious results upon the position of parties in the House of Commons will ere long be produced by the unanimity of the pre sent leaders on the subject of free trade philosophy. They who remember what the Whigs did in April, 1827, in id not be surprised if, ere long, they should see Mr. Hales sitting with his knees in Sir Robert Peel's back. That is the confession of the Post, that Ministers have been compelled to become Liberals and free traders ; that the landed monopolists have been de serted by their agents and leaders ; and that the ma jority of Lords, Commons, and constituencies, are at this moment not in a better condition than they were before the struggle began. They are, in fact, a great deal worse, for they have proved the imprac ticability of their principles, and their champion has gone over to their opponents. The landowners did not like PEEL'S Corn-keeping out-law—they only supported it, as they avowed, fur the sake of the party ; they disapprove of his tariff, and are preparing to oppose him and it. Mr. MILES, the Member for Somersetshire, at the head of seventy malcontents, is to resist those parts of it which Sir R. PEEL has most strongly recommended. If (said the Morning Chronicle yesterday in a passage, part of which we have already quoted, but which we must repeat) the tariff be carried at all, it must be ci.r ried by the aid of the Opposition. The fate of the mea sure, with that of the Ministry itself, is in the hands of the Opposition. The occurrence of such a crisis is rather remarkable, considering how short a time it is since the late Ministry was precisely in the same position, for tile sake of the same principle. They have only to do as they were then done by, to secure such retribution us defeat would inflict upon their opponents. And the fact that it is thrown out of all calculation, that all the world reckons upon the help of the Opposition to secure for the country so much of good as the tariff will bestow, is a distinct proof of the real estimate which obtains of the character of the hostile leaders and parties. Before Sir Robert Peel began to exercise the functions of government, it was continually vaunted that he would be a Minister certain of carrying all his measures. Tl.is was put forth as a great recommendation, and the public may already see how much the recommendation was worth. He has proved himself strong enough to prolong the bread tax and revive the Income-tax. And there 1. is power comes to a stand. lie is reduced to become the ob ject of that forbearance which he was often said (and not always, we readily allow, without reason) to exercise towards his opponents. He breaks down with his first attempt to do something for a population acknowledgcd to be in a condition of extreme suffering. Not even the reversion of a reduction of a halfpenny per pound in the price of meat can he procure for the consumer, without becoming a pensioner upon Whig and Radical charity for his success. If:the Opposition do not support Sir ROBERT PEEL, he will be defeated by his own friends. He did not, however, wantonly separate from them. He was compelled by circumstances to interfere and relax their grasp of the neck of our industry, and they are angry at his interference. They have made him a Minister ; they have said they will unmake him if he does not do their bidding. That has been found impossible ; and if they do not unmake him, it will be because he is supported by the Whigs and Liberals. Such a present condition of parties is the triumph of principle. It is a proof that the strongest Govern ment, the greatest majorities, cannot succeed against truth and justice. The South Eastern Counties Railway will be opened in the course of next week as far as Tunbridge. The Company who have formed this line, and carried on the works with such success, and, to their credit, with out ostentation, deserve every praise. The concern, at first, was not the most promising. No encourage ment was held out from France ; no promise was made that the Government of LOUIS PHILIPPE would meet them half way, and complete the best, and in fact the shortest, transit, taking the sea voyage into ac count, between the two great capitals of Europe ; but, nevertheless, they persevered, and owing to their courage and good arrangements, the line by Dover and Calais will be the great thoroughfare to Paris. In a short time the line to Dover will be completed, and, independent of the conve nience which it will affbrd to travellers to the Continent, it will enable our own countrymen to tra verse the finest county in England, and reach one of the best watering places on our coast, in less than three hours from London. If the French had half the energy and enterprise of Englishmen in works of this kind, the passage between London and Paris might be made in about thirteen hours. The farmers of Buckinghamshire have recorded in silver, the golden services of their " friend," the Duke of BUCKINGHAM. They represent him as the peculiar patron of ploughmen, shepherds, sowers, reapers, mowers, and milkmaids. The arts and sciences are left by his Grace to take care of them selves, or rather, he sacrifices them to the previously enumerated objects of his legislative solicitude. No merchant, artisan, or man of science, mars the rural harmony of proportion observed in the design of the CHANDOS testimonial. It would have appeared too like a satire upon the public career of the Noble Duke, to have intermingled with the agricultural group of rubicund visages, the squalid, starved looks of the pinch-bellied artisan, and his mi serable family, for whom sixteen hours of daily toil suffices not to provide bread. And yet the proper or naments for a testimonial to the Duke of BLcKING• HAM are supplied by the condition of the working, charity-fed poor of Paisley, Kilmarnock, Manchester, and London. Our Gracious SOVEREIGN, converting all the churches of the land into begging boxes for the relief of her starving subjects might, supply materials for a proper trophy in honour of such class legislators, such robbers of the industrious classes, to bolster up landowners, as the Duke of BucxfliGnsaka. The speech of the Noble Duke upon receiving the " Chandos testimonial" savours rather of the second bottle. It is too pious for a first bumper, espe cially for a Peer. The devotion of Lords, rarely appears in after-dinner speeches without con siderable wine-warming ; and the Duke was prodigal of his benedictions and blessings. He boasted of his consistency as a class legislator for twenty-four years, and took credit to himself for caring for no in terests but those of agriculturists. We certainly never heard a contrary opinion of the Noble Duke, and as his son the Marquis of CHANDOS promises to walk carefully in his footsteps, we presume posterity will be called upon to extend this record of Dear bread-BuciuNGßAm consistency. Dr. PHILLIMORE has addressed a second letter to Lord ASHBURTON, relative to the celebrated Creole case, which is now exciting such popular interest in thetTnited States. It is a masterly production, every way worthy the Learned Advocate's high legal reputation. Before stating Dr. PHILLINIORE'S opinion, it may not be unnecessary briefly to recapitulate the facts of the case, hich we fear are not very generally understood in this country. 'We cannot do this better than in the words of the pamphlet before us :—A brig belonging to a subject of the United States, called the Creole, sailed on the 27th of October 1841, with a cargo of merchandise, and one hundred and thirty-five slaves, from the Hampton Roads for New Orleans. During the passage the slaves killed a slave-owner, who resisted their attempts to free themselves, wounded the captain, and compelled the rest of the crew to take the vessel into the port of Nassau, in the Island of New Providence, belonging to the British Crown. On their arrival the American Consul charged pea with piracy, and demanded that a guard should take charge of them. This was done. An inves tigation into all the circumstances of the case was ME SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, MAN 20, 1849. made by two British Magistrates, the result of which was, that nineteen of the persons charged were im prisoned as being connected with the murder, and the rest allowed to go about their business. The Consul demanded that the whole of the accused per sons should be delivered up to him ; but the autho rities refused to do so without instructions from Eng land. Such, in substance, is the Creole case, now threat ening to involve us in a war with the United States. Dr. PHILLIMORE argues it very learnedly, and with good temper. He proves that we cannot recognise a state of slavery, and that from time imme morial it has been a recognised principle of English and French jurisprudence, that slaves setting foot on their respective soils be come free. He cites instances of slaves set free by France belonging to other countries, who were driven by stress of weather into French ports. lle contends that we have nothing to do with the municipal law of the United States, and that if the slaves now become freemen are accused of piracy they can only be tried by the Court in whose custody they now are. America may become the prosecutor if she pleases, but only British subjects can sit in judgment. The High Court of Admiralty claims unquestioned juris diction in the case of all persons charged with pi racy in a British possession, no matter against w hat State or country the piracy was committed, or to what nation the pirates belong. There is very little news in the French Journals received this morning. What little there is will be found in our Foreign Summary. BOURSE—PARIS, TUESDAY, MAY 17. First Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Prize. rrer.ch 5 per Cants 119 80 119 85 ... 1 9 73 119 75 er Cents lO7 50 ... 11 , 7 50 ... 107 50 ... 197 t 0 4 per Cents. 3 per Lents Bl 85 81 95 ... 81 S 5 ... 81 95 Loan irons of rtanCc • --- - Lattitte Isar k 1,0001. SI arse 1041/ .10411 5,0001 shares 506 q 5000 . 50(i0 Selgian tank 1150 ...1050 ...I*so ...1059 Belgian 5 per Cents. 5 i.er Ce n t:., 1840 lO5 4 ... 105 ... 10 A 1054 Ip4rnsh Aetire Old Deferred........ ..• 5 ... 5 ... 5 Neapolitan 11.4alan .... 104% ... 104% ... 114% „, IN% ttAILIN AI a.HA Rl2.h. Versailles, P. L.B l7O 170 ... 16, ... 163 Roucn 552 50 ... 552 s') 552 ... 5n 5n Orleans Strasburg to Bale 235 ... 235 ... 235 235 MISCELLANEOUS ESTIMATES.— Estimates of the charges for defraying the Civil Establishments in the Colonies for 1842, have been laid before the House of Commons, and show a decrease, as compared with 1840, of 70,6881. The total amount in 1840, was 258,934/. ; in 1841, 243,522/. ; and for 1842, 188,248/. The following are the principal estimates for the cur rent year :—Bermudas, 8,188/. ; Sierra Leone, Gambia, and the Gold Coast, 10,680/. ; Western Australia, 7,099/. ; Clergy (in North America and New Zealand), 12,340/. ; Indian Department, Ca nada, 18,895/. ; Governors, and others, West In dies, 18,667/. ; Justices in West Indies, Mauritius, and the Cape, 52,820/. Negro education, 24,0001. St. Helena, 11,500/. The Expedition to the Niger in 1840, cost 61,263/., and in 1841, 39,974/. There is no estimate for this year, and consequently the greater production of the saving arises from that circum stance. The estimate for Port Essington is 4,034/., and for the Falkland Islands, 2,000/. The miscellaneous charges for Scotland, including law expenses, grants to Universities, and other charges formerly defrayed from the hereditary revenues, and not provided for on her Majesty's civil list, nor on the consolidated fund are estimated at 75,854/., of which sum 62,600/. are for sheriffs' accounts, and criminal prosecutions, and 7,080/. for the Universities. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND public eptitton. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. The French Royalist Journals are chuckling at the suppression of the Temps. The France and the Quoti dienne notice that it was at the office of that Journal the press declarations of 1830 and 1841 were signed, the former against the Royal ordonnances of Charles X., and the latter against the condemnation of Dupoty by the Court of Peers. The Temps, they state, is :now made use of to destroy the revolution. "This new judgment," adds the _France, " is, however, a very serious event. War is declared, and the law officers of the Government are in 'the field. After the Courrier des Theatres has come the Temps, and after the Temps who can say where persecution will strike? The press should close its ranks, and prepare for this new war, which it has not sought for, but in which, if it should continue, the Government may find its Waterloo. The press has thrown down giants ; it cannot tremble, there fore, in the presence of pigmies." General (;ass's note to M. Guizot is approved of by the war prints. The PreSse declares that France re quires no foreign Ambassadors to teach her that she ought never to ratify the December treaty. The Debuts remarks that where there is an affirmative and a nega tive so categorically laid down, both by England and the United States, that it will nut be easy to find a pacific solution for any difficulty which may arise out of the exercise of the right of search. The Courrier Francais and the Presse comment on the present state of Syria, which is such, they say, as ought to fill with shame and confusion the authors of the treaty of 15th July, 1840. The conduct of Omer Paella, and of all the Turkish authorities, is disgrace ful, and must inevitably tend to rekindle a civil war in Syria, and to plunge that ill-fated province into all the miseries of anarchy. The Madrid Chamber of Deputies adopted on the 10th inst. a proposition, presented by Messrs. Burriel and Otero, to the effect that all transactions entered into by Government, with regard to the issuing of the Treasury Bonds for 160,000,000 reals, should be referred to the examination of a Special Committee. pupx4c OPINION. The Times remarks, in a leading;irTicle suggested by the embarrassed state of affairs in India :—" The ex penses which have sprung out of the Affghan and Chinese wars have demonstrated more clearly than ever that the debts of India have been incurred, not by the ancient commercial operations of the Company, but to maintain its territorial power, and to execute its political enter prises. Since the last renewal of the Company's char ter, several circumstances have concurred to give the British Govermnent a more decided influence and in terest in the affairs of India. The line of communica tion by the Red Sea has broUght all the presidencies within a few weeks' journey from Cannon-row ; and the military and naval resources of the Company were alike essential to carry on operations in Central Asia against an European power, and to reach the remote coasts of China. The public at large have also paid a far closer attention to their eastern fellow-subjects since the trade of India was opened and the differential duties on some of her chief productions removed. These facilities of intercourse, these extending relations, and even these re cent calamities, have all contributed to establish the identity of our national interests in the East and in the West. But we have no right to identify the people of India with the policy of England, and to tax their coun try and expose their armies to destruction, unless we are prepared to identify our credit with their credit, their liabilities with our own obligations, and their necessities with our own means of providing for them." The Herald, speaking of the state of our trade with Russia, says :—" In two regions do we find that Russia has contrived to paralyse our power of trading, both in buying and selling. Can we wonder, then, that we are compelled to buy at monopoly prices from her, and even although she refuses our goods in return ? Our free traders' exclaim against the injury inflicted by the pos sible expenditure of one or two millions of gold to pay for corn, and they deft.nd the outrages by which we are place a duty on her corn deprived of commer ce with the finest countrie s in Eu rwoepe ! They say that Russia refuses our goods because and timber, and yet they pay no attentio n to t h e f act , that the main articles pos sessed by Rus s i a —fl ax, h emp, hides, and tallow—are ad mitted by En g l and at nearly no minal duties, while Rus sia places prohibitory duties on all that England has to sell, except that which is absolutely necessary to enable her to compete with otfrselves The Chronicle observes that the fate of the tariff is now in the hands of the Opposition. " It is plain," says our Contempora r y, e that if the tariff be carried at all, it must be carried by the aid of the Opposition. A consi derable allowance for exaggeration may be made in the boast of the Member for North 'Wilts, that seventy Members of the House of Commons are combined to oppose the importation of cattle at such rates as may eventually affect the price of meat ; and still, notwith standing such allowance, the combination may be quite sufficient to annihil ate t h e Mi n isterial majority. Th e P :l t i ' i s i i is ti t o ry n: was The i shorte occurn nee o f suc h a fate of the measu re , w i t h t h at o f the Ministry itself, is in t risis is rather remarkable, co nsidering how a time iprecisely th e sameth e h i s since nn theof the O late position, for the sake of the same principle. They have only to do as they were then done by, to secure such retribution us defeat would inflict upon their opponents. The same concealment, the same abey ance of a principle, which yet was mentally recognised, the same alliance with the interested antagonists of that principle, by which Sir Robert Peel was then e nabled to deft-at Lord John Russell, would now enable Lord John Russell to defeat Sir Robert Peel. Nobody expects this. And the fact that it is thrown out of alt calculation, that all the world reckons upon the help of the Opposition to secure for the country so much of good as the tariff will be stow, is a distinct proof of the real estimate which ob tains of the character of the hostile leaders and parties." The Post says We should really like to know how the Tory aristocracy is menaced as to its power, by the !'ullest exposure of Whig bribery and corruption in Sud bury, Ipswich, Nottingham, Newcastle, Lewes, and Pen ryn, or how their stronghold upon Parliamentary influ uence is to be at all weakened by the dismissal from the House of Commons of Fred. Villiers and Dyce Sombre, digby Wason and George Rennie, Sir Something Lar pient, and Mr. Harris the hatter, Mr. S. Tiarford, the l s,nce rejected of Brighton, and the bold Captain Plum r dge of Penryn. If the strongholds of the Tory aristo cracy return such men as these by means of Whig bribery and corruption, we really see very little interest which the said aristocracy can have in saving them from any degree of political destruction which that volcanic gen tleman, Mr. Roebuck, may happen to pour upon them. What the Whigs boasted of some months ago, was that the boroughs were their strongholds, while the counties, which they represented as being totally destitute of that surprising intelligence and remarkable independence which prevailed in the boroughs, were stigmatised as " the strongholds of Tory bigotry." All this was as no torious as newspapers could make it ; and yet now, when the borough elections are proved, or suspected to have been very generally dishonest, depraved, and corrupt, the Whigs cry out, that by the exposure of all this, the:Tory aristocracy must be ruined ! This is certainly as daring a flight of effrontery as we remember to have noted, even in the history of Whig• Radical controversy." MONEY—TRADE—COMMERCE. The cotton-spinners of Barcelona, to the number of at least 6,000, all wearing clothes of Spanish manufacture, traversed the streets of that town on the 9th inst., and celebrated the.second anniversary of the foundation of their Association. The Institution of the Royal Maternity Charity ce lebrated its anniversary at the London Tavern yesterday The Report stated, that, since its commencement in 1757, to 1837, 316,010 necessitous applicants had been relieved. PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. The new Eton College improvements, comprising sleeping, study, and dining apartments, will cost nearly 30,0001. Subscriptions to the amount of 10,0001. have already been received. NAVAL AND MILITARY. A new iiOrT,sietTn:TerTcaliedil;Ea g le, will leave the Thames, to-day, for France. She has been purposely built fur the navigation of the Rhone; her measurements are about 286 tons. LAW AND POLICE, Prince AlberT,Ttsl4;;lWarden7fitT; Duehy of Corn wall, holds his first Court of Appeal to-morrow, on which occasion the Prince will be assisted by the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, and Mr. Baron Parke. The Court sits as early as eight in the morning. Francis Beard, who has been in the service of the Ge neral Post-office upwards of 21 years, as a letter-carrier. was -charged at Bow-street,on Wednesday, with stealing a letter, containing coin, and fully committed for trial. John Hancock, a young man in the service of Messrs. Barber, Howes, and Davies, woollen-warehousmen of St. Pauls' Church-yard, was brought up at Guildhall, on Wednesday, charged with robbing his employers of ends of cloth, satin, &c. The property was traced and identi fied, and the prisoner committed. COURT-FASEIZONABLE. The Duke of Wellington returned to Apsley House, on Wednesday from Strathfieldsaye. The Duke of Wellington's ball to-night at Apsley House, in celebration of her Majesty's birth-day, is to be a full dress assembly. Invitations have been issued for nearly 1,500 individuals. Lord and Lady Stanley have issued cards for a dinner on Monday next in, St. James's-square. The Earl and Countess of Albemarle returned to Berkeley-square from Gorham bury. The Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, and the Countess De Grey and suite, left St. James's-square on Wednesday for Wrest Park, Beds., whence they proceed to Liverpool, on their way to Dublin. ZWISCELLANEOUS. An eruption of the volcanic mountain, called Geenseng Goentoer, in Java, took place on the 14th of November last. The country for ten miles round was covered with sand and cinders ; and a great space of ground, with upwards of 400,000 coffee-trees, damaged. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.-YESTERDAY. The subscribers met yesterday for the first time in the new room, the opening of which, hastened by great ex ertion, has taken place at least ten days sooner than we had ventured to anticipate. In every respect it will prove a most acceptable accommodation to the frequenters of " the Corner;" it is capacious, well lighted and ventilated, and is fitted up with every attention to the comfort of the members. Its convenience as a summer resort for specu lators is increased by a couple of doors opening over a raised stone terrace to the circle, from which all but subscribers will be rigidly excluded on public days. Those who have experienced the many discomforts of the old room, will agree with us that the new one is a very agreeable contrast to it, and that Messrs. Tattersall, and their architect (Mr. George Tattersall), have left them little to desire ; the only improvement we can sug gest, is the removal of the four desks to the corners of the room, and the substitution of a long table in the centre.—" Comparing" formed an essential prelimi nary to the business transacted in the course of the afternoon ; considerable progress was made, but much yet remains to be done ; we hope to see it completed on Monday next. The Derby betting was confined to a few horses, and did not lead to many changes of importance. Against Coldrenick, 5 to 2 was laid fre quently, without bettering his position ; in fact, 11 to 4 was offered at the close in two or three quarters. Attila, was backed to a considerable amount at 7 to 2, also with out advancing, as the same odds might have been obtained at the finish. Auckland and Canadian had strong parties, the former rising to 7 to 1, and the latter to 8 to 1, both taken with spirit ; if we add, that the Agree able colt was supported at 1,000 to 60, 18, and finally at 20 to 1, we shall have mentioned all the rising favourites. The seceders were Jack (14, 15, and in one place 20 to 1 laid), Lasso, Meteor, and the Lord of Holderness ; the last three were friendless. The betting against outsiders does not encourage an expection that either of them will make any great figure in future quotations. Mr. Bird, the nominator of Dr. Allen, is reported to be dead ; should this be true, all bets against the horse are void, except those in which he may have been coupled with others. THE OAKS.—The Adela filly, Dil-bar, Firebrand, Ma Mie and Meal were in force at the prices given below, and 17 to 1 would have been taken about Dark Susan. Offers to lay 11 to 1 against the Yorkshire Lass filly. The betting, though far from brisk, was continued till seven o'clock, and terminated with the following averages : THE DERBY. 20 to 1 agst Forth's lot 11 to 4 agst Mr. Trelawny's Coldrenick 7 to 2 agst Colonel Anson's Attilla—taken 7 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Auckland—taken 8 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Canadian 15 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Jack 20 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Agreeable colt—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Greenwood's Lasso 50 to 1 agst Mr. Ramshay's Moss Trooper 80 to 1 agst Mr. Pryse's Cheops 100 to 1 agst Mr. Allen's Belcceur—taken 100 to 1 agst Mr. Connop's The Oneida Chief 100 to 1 agst Mr Copeland's Combermere 2000 to 15 agst Lord Westminster's William de For tibus—taken 1000 to 5 agst Mr. Buckley's David—taken THE OAKS. 4 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Adela filly 7 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Dil-bar—taken 10 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Firebrand—taken 11 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Sister to York shire Lad 15 to 1 agst Mr. Newton's Ma Mie—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Shackel's Meal—taken 40 to 1 agst Colonel Westenra's Rapture—taken Lord Westminster's Auckland, William de Fortibus, and Satirist, and Mr. Ramshay's Moss Trooper, have arrived at Epsom. For the evening betting during the race week, the room at the Grand Hotel, Covent-garden, will be opened as usual. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. Coldrenick was in some demand at 5 to 2 in the early part of the afternoon. These odds were not current, but, towards the close, when the result of his trial this morn ing became known in the room, 3 to 1 was laid in hun- dreds; he left off, in our opinion, with anything but an upward look. He is a good horse, but not so good as the stable has hitherto booked him to be. Attila commenced at 3 to 1 offered; hedging bets were made at 7 to 2 taken freely. We fully expect to see him again in his old posi tion—first favourite. To our fancy the pet of the day was Canadian: 10 to 1 was laid, afterwards 8 to 1 was taken in hundreds, and the takers would have gone on; his starting price can not exceed 5 to 1 ; and we expect to find him there or thereabout on the 25th inst. Auckland left off at 7to 1, layers, offered in hundreds by an Influential. It will not surprise us to see his stable companions beat him in their places. Tiptoe. Chatham, and Lasso, were in favour with their respective parties, but the Agreeable colt, whose trial has been highly satisfactory to his owner, was in great demand ; as little as 16 to 1 was taken—the last offers were 18 to 1. Much business is done on the Sunday preceding the great event, as the Provincials muster strong, each backing a private opinion from information, or fancy, and the thermometer rising to fever heat. Secrets that have been kept till the eleventh hour break forth ; and if there be a Clipper in the back ground, he comes with a rush. Such a one we do not expect to show, but whatever changes may take place—and they will surely do so—on Monday your readers shall be put in possession of the'facts. MANCHESTER RACES—WEDNESDAY. Free Handicap of 10 sovs. each, and 30 added, for 4 yrs. old. Mile and a quarter. (4 subs.) _ _ _ Mr. Bower's f Collins, sst 911 (Walton) 1 Mr. Cooke's 13 g by Macedonieus—Muleteer' s dam, sst 1216 . ................................................. 2 Mr. ileywood's Mr. Whippy, 6st 121 b , 6 to 4 on Collins. _ Won in a canter. Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, 10ft. and 30 added, for 3 yrs old fillies Bst 31b. Mile and a quarter. 4 su b s . Sir R. W. Bulkeley's b, by Bay Middleton—Adriana 1 Mr. Meiklain's Temptation 2 Mr. Tollentire's Sprite 3 Mr. Bristow's br, by Uncle Toby—Dinah 4 5 to 4 on Temptation ; 2 to 1 aga i nst Adr i ana, f i lly ; and 3 to 1 against Dinah. Won easily by three lengths. The cup of 10 soya., given by the owners o f t h e race course, added to a Handicap of 15 sovs. eaeh, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared ; the second to save his stake ; mile and quarter. (10 Subs., 4 of whom declared.) Mr. Buckley's David, 3 yrs, 6st . (Copeland) 1 Mr. Bower's Collins, 4 yrs, Gst 121 b Mr. Plummer's Alice Hawthorn, 4 yrs. 7st 51b 3 The following also started, but were not placed : Mr. Hornby's Champagne, 5 yrs, Bst, and Mr. Smith's the Maid, 5 yrs, 7st 21b. Betting -7 to 2 on Alice Hawthorn. There were two false starts, in the first of which Alice Hawthorn and David ran a cons - I.:1-1 - ;:e distance before they could be stopped ; in the second, Alice Hawthorn went by herself to the road, thus losing all chance of winning. In the actual race David took the lead, made nearly all the running, and won cleverly by three parts of a length, Collina beating Alice by two lengths. MONEY ti - r - Id - COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, THURSDAY EVENING. The bargains in the English Funds to-day have been few in number, and these but small in amount, in conse quence of being partially kept as a holiday ; the market has been very firm, and prices advanced a shade, Con sols leaving off at 921 924 for Money and for the Ac count ; India Stock, 249 250 ; Bank Stock, 167 168 ; Exchequer Bills, 37 39 premium. The prices of Foreign Securities were also a trifle higher, the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. being 524 53_ ; the Five per Cents. 101 1 01 4 ; B e l g i an, 102 103 ; Danish 804 814, and Brazilian 67 68. The last quotation of Mexican was 36:1 37, with a downward tendency. The Share Market was rather dull, azd prices not quite so firm ; the alteration has been very trifling, and confined to South Western, Gosport, and Eastern Coun ties lines. London and Birmingham left off at 179 181 ; Birmingham and Gloucester, 53 55 ; Great Western, 92 93 ; the Half Shares, 64 645 ; South Western, 631 64 ; Goaport, 631 64 ; North Midland, 65 67, the New Shares, 321 331 ; South Eastern and Dover, 29 291, ex. div., the New Shares, 74 74 ; Eastern Counties, 94 91 ; Blackwall, 114 114, the New Shares, 94 94 ; and Brighton, 36i 364 per share. The bonds of the insolvent States we must quote lower—Colombian, 264 27 ; Peruvian, 19 20 ; Portu guese Five per Cents., 374 374 ; the Three per Cents. 224 224 ; Spanish Active Five per Cent. Bonds, 224 23 ; and the Three per Cent. Stock the same. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The demand for Money has subsided as suddenly as it sprang up, and it can now be readily procured at the rate or two-and-a-half to three-and-a-half per cent. per annum. The funds are all firm, with a slight improve ment, although the amount of business has been limited ; Consols being 924 1 for Money, and 924 for the Account; Three per Cents. Reduced, 914:t0 911 ; Reduced Three and-a-Half per Cents., 994 to 994 ; New Three-and-a- Half per Cents., 1004 ; Bank Stock, 167 to 168 ; India Stock, 249 to 250 ; the Bonds, 19 to 20 ; and Exche quer Bills, 37 to 39 premium. The Foreign Market has been quite inactive, and transactions have been confined to Brazilian, at 674, and he Dutch Two and a Half per Cents. 63. A sly bargain has been done in Chilian at 84, the quotations nominally being 83 85. The small quantity of this last description of Stock offering in the Market, has hitherto afforded a tempta tion too strong to be resisted of making a bargain of some four or five per cent. ; but the subject being se - riously taken up by some parties interested, prices have been brought into something like a just approximation. The quotation of Mexican has receded to 364. Scarcely anything has been done in Shares, and prices are a shade below those of yesterday. York and North Midland, 94; London and Birmingham, 1795180, Thirds, 314 ; South Western, 631 • South Eastern Scrip, 71 ; Eastern Counties, 41. 16s. Bd., Debentures, 101. 11s. Bd.; Great Western New, 641 ; Blackwall, 114; and Green wich, 54. The bonds of the insolvent States are extremely flat. Colombian being quoted 27+; Peruvian, 20 ; Portuguese Five per Cents. 374 ; the Three per Cents. 224 ; Spanish Five per Cent. and the New Three per Cent. Stock, 234. It would appear that the liberal offer said to have been made by the Peruvian Government to the bondholders, of assigning the right of collecting the dung of sea fowls for the future payment of the dividends, has not been duly appreciated by the public inasmuch as the quotation has not materially advanced. The Stock Ex change people say that they are averse to accept pay ment in this article. Private letters, received this morning from Manches ter, hold some slight prospect of improvement. As is usual at this particular season, but little has been done, owing to the holidays. However, the demand had been more extensive than could have been expected, and better prices had been obtained. It is satisfactory to observe, that the shortness of stock is mentioned., and if it be correct, that the quantity now on hand is so small that any new orders will have to be manufactured the first step towards a return of prosperity will have been gained. The large quantities of cotton goods remain ing unsold at most of the speculative ports, forbid any hope of fresh demands for them, but in the meanwhile, in consequence of further shipments being stopped, these will be gradually worked off. Beyond some old dates from South Australia, there are no foreign arrivals. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MAY 18, had a better aspect to-day, and more business was done than of late ; 800 American of middling quality were taken on specu lation, and the entire sales amount to 5,000 bales. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, MAY 18.—Few trans actions took place in any description of stock to-day, and the market closed heavily. A small number of the fol lowing Shares changed hands :—Eastern Counties, New, 21 premium ; Grand Junction, 186 ; New Quarters, ; North Midland Halves, 32/ ; South Eastern, New, 7j CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock l6B_ 'lndia Stock O5O pm 3 per Cent. Red. m 3 per Cent. Cons 92 Ditto Old Annuities ... - sit per Cent. Red ... 99i Ditto New Annuities... New 3i per Cent... ...... 1004 Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2id 39 pm New 5 per Cent — Ditto 500/...... 39 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small ..... .39 pm Jan. 1860 ... ...... Bank Stock for Acct.... Oct. 1859 - Jan. 18u0 — Consols for Acct ...... ... 94 FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent. ... IPortuktiese, 5 per cent. 374 _ __ __. Belgian, 5 per cent lO3 iDitto,_ New Dino Brazilian Bonds... 684 Prussian, 5 per cent — Buenos Ayres6 per cent. 25 Russian, 5 per cent. .... 114 Chilian, 6 per cent B5 Ditto, Metallic.. .... .... Colombian, 6 per cent 2744 ; Spanish, 5 per cent....: 28 Ditto, 1824 Ditto, Deferred.... . 11 Danish, 3 per cent — IFrench, 5 per cent. —f. --e. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange --c Mexican, 5 per cent 37 French, 3 per cent. —4. — e . Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Dutch, 2i per cent. 53 Peruvian, 1825, 6 per ct. 21 Ditto, 5. per cent. .. •.. 1014 SHARES. • Eastern Counties .Railway (23 paid) ... Ditto New Shares ( paid) Ditto Debentures .. .. . ... 10/ lls 8d Great Western Railway (65 paid) ...... 93 .• Ditto New Shares (50 paid) 641 Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) Uitto Loan Notes (7i paid) London and Blackwall (25 paid) . . .... 11 4 London and Birmingham (90) - lBO Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid) London and Greenwichßailway (12/ 15s 4d pd) 51 London and South Western (3e/ 17s 9d pd) 64 Northern and Eastern (45 paid) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) Ditto Scrip. ( 5 paid) York and North Midland (50 paid) ...... 94 LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, MAY 19.—Wind this day at noon S. to S.E. DEAL, MAY 18.—Wind N.N.E. to E.N.E. moderate.— Arrd. from the River, and sld., Neptune, Madras Ellen, Jamaica. , . OFF DOVER, MAY 18.—William, Brayus, for Stock holm. OFF BEACHY HEAD, MAY 15.—Calypso, Rabe, New Bedford, for Bremen ; Xavier, Jorgenson, Laguna. SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 18.—S1d., 'ray (s.). West Indies; Little Nile (s.) Alexandria. OFF PORTLAND, MAY 17.—Rotterdam, Feat, Batavia, for Rotterdam. OFF SALCOMBE, MAY I7.—Hortensia, Baltimore ; Maria Sophia, Benicarlo. A vessel, with her topmast heads out of water, was passed 7th inst., Lundy Island E.S.E. 45 miles,_ by the Brilliant, arrived here. PLYMOUTH, MAY 18.—Wind var.— Sld. Trial, Sydney. FALMOUTH, MAY 17.—Wind variable and light.— Arrd. Acbar steamer, London, for Singapore ; Tay steamer, Southampton, for West Indies ; Tusticia, New port, for Plymouth, with loss of bulwarks, staunchions, &c., having been in contact, 15th inst., off the Seven Stone, with the Paradise, from Ancona to thi s p or t, which lost jib-boom, Ste. Arrd. off, Clinton, New Or leans, for Havre. CLYDE, MAY 16.—Sid. Duke of Gordon, Demerara. LIVERPOOL, MAY 18.—Wind E.S.E., light.—Arrd. Broad Oak, M`Kay, Bahia, sailed 14th March. Sld. Oberon, Magellan, and Highlander, Lima ; Medora, Barbadoes ; Sisters, Nassau ; Papineau, St. Thomas ; Cornelia, New Orleans ; Leonore, Boston ; Naheny, St. John's, New Brunswick. DITDLIN, MAY 16.—S1d. New City of Cork, Barba does ; Hugh, Trinidad. KINGSTOWN, MAY 17.—The schooner Dove, of Wex ford, grounded on the east pier, but his been got off, and brought to anchor in the harbour ; cargo slightly shifted. CORK, MAY 16.—Arrd. Llantarmin Abbey, Thomson, Cuba, sailed Bth ult. Sld. Xarifa, Barbadoes ' • Loyalist, Kingstown ; Ruth, St. John' s , N ew B runsw i c k . OFF NEWHAVEN, MAY 18.—Duke of Sussex, South Australia, sailed Dec. 24. GREAI NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY. Traffic returns for the week ending May 14, 1842: Passengers ;Merchandise 462 14 2 41,284 1 8 Darlington, May 18. W. O'BRIEN, Secretary. The General Steam Navigation Company's British steam-ship Wilberforce, Captain 1. Strahaeli, landed her passengers at Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall, yesterday morning, eighteen hours and a-half after her departure from Antwerp. The same Company's Rotterdam packet Columbine landed her mails and passengers half an hour afterwards. THE ROEHAMPTON MURDER.—The statement which was pretty generally circulated yesterday that James Turner, the match-maker, whom Good said had assisted him in cutting up the body of his unfortunate victim, had been apprehended, is wholly withont founda tion. Theru is very little doubt but that Good's whole statement is a tissue of falsehoods, and that such a per son as James Turner, as described by Good, does not exist. FATAL ACCIDENT.—TWO LIVES LOST.—Wednes day night, between nine and ten o'clock, a boat, Containing five persons, was upset in the Pool, by coming in collision with some barges, when two young men, named Edward Calist and George Stanley, were drowned, the other three were fortunately saved by another party who rowed by at the moment. They were returning from Green wich Fair. It is a singular fact that Calist was saved from drowning no less than three times last summer. Lord Alfred Hervey, M.P., has gone to Clifton Hotwells for the improvement of his .health. His Lord ship caught cold during his canvass at Brighton, and has been far from well since the election. HER MAJEST Y'S DRA ROOM. The Queen held a Drawing Room in celebrat ion°t her Majesty's birthday, yesterday afternoon , in St' James's Palace. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, at tended by the Royal suite, arrived from Buckinglian? Palace, and were received by the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the I,llaster of the Horse, and the Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert. The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Archbishop of York, accompanied by the Bishops of London, Winches ter, Durham, Lincoln, Bangor, Norwich, Ely, RiP ° ' Worcester, St. David's, Gloucester, Bristol, Chester,. Rochester, and Derry, were in roduced to an audience of her Majesty in the Royal Closet, when the Archbishop of Canterbury deliveted an Address of Congrattilatiba to the Queen.. His Grace and their Lordships having paid their respects, retired from the Royal presence. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester ea rl . in State, entering by the Colour Court, attende d Lady Georgiana Bathurst; Sir Samuel G. Higgins, a, Captain Liddell. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duebe9s ore Cambridge, Prince George and the Princess Augusta' to Cambridge, came in State, attended by Lady 4 1 0 . Somerset, Baron Knesebeck, and Major Stephens. ti s U 4 Their Royal Highnesses were received with the honours by the Queen's Guard, and the Band on d ul l 1 the Colour Court. His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex wore a sP ler ; 1 did new uniform, as G overnor o f th e Round Tower Windsor Castle. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of lieot, attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, La u,. Waiting. the Their Serene Highnesses s th e D u k e Bernard Duchess of Saxe W e i mar , an d P r i nce Ed w ard of !'"- Weimar were also present. The Lord Ch ance ll or came i n state , a tt e nded bY bi r 3 Purse Bearer, S ecretar i es , an d M ace B earer ; the Stand' Judges pres e nt, v i z ., t h e M aster o f t he Rolls no the Vice-Chancell or Wigram ' also wore their Si!,lor Robes. The three Chi e f Judges of the Commo n .„"fw: Courts wore their Coll ars fin-the first time at the P r " ing-room. The Right Honourable the Speaker came in s tat,., tended by the Sergeant-at-Arms, and Mr. Lefr e l' Secretary. o ckf The company began to arrive soon after one cur and before half-past two o'clock, Queen Ana's the Presence Chamber, and the Guard Chamb er the tilled, and the company extended half way door° ID . Grind Staircase. Th e a tt en d ance o f t h e en tree C O pasty was also very numerous. re' The dresses of the Ladies were many of theo 3 markable for elegance a nd magn ifi cence . The lil k e o la hers of the Diplomatic, Mi n i ster i a l, an d IJoas e ' os . Corps, all appeared in th e i r res p ec ti ve f u ll dress c oo tumes, and the Members of O r d ers o f K n i g hthood v; cei it their respective ensign s ; i n a great man y j LII brilliantly set in diamonds: and precious stones. , A t• Her Majesty's Honou ra bl e C or p s o f Gentlealea re, Arms were on duty in th e St a t e - rooms , an d i n the 11 sence Chamber. Messrs. Dobell and Halse, the State Pages, an - , h 4 other Pages of her Maj es ty, were i n a tt en d anc e in State uniforms. A Guard of Honour of the Life Guards, in their 11 0 4 helmets, was on duty i n th e la rge C ourt w i t h .the b of the • regiment • Ober. The Yeomen of the Guard lined the Guard Ch and the approach to the Portrait Gallery. 91.; Her Majesty gave audi ence t o th e L or d Chamber . e $ Afterwards her Majesty arid P r in ce Alb e rt, accomP ll s( by their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Ka t % o li Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke of Sussex, the .. 1 •!.# and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George el,* Princess Augusta of C a mb r id ge , an d t h e i r 'Serene. far nesses the Duke and Duchess, and Prince Edvi° - . Saxe Weimar, entered the Throne-room. i• Of Her Grace the Duchess of Buccleuch, Mistress 0 , i ,,ir Robes ; Lady Portman, Lady i n W a iti ng ; an d the 0 0 1 Ladies of the Bedchamber ; th e H on . Mi ss Liddell' o at the Hon. Miss Paget, Maids of H onour i n W a iting , o f the other Maids of Honour ; and also the Woin eil de, the Bedchamber. The Marquis of 00 0°1/ its Lord in Waiting ; Captain Duncombe, Grooms o s : Waiting; Colonel Arbuthnot, Eq uerr y i n • Waiting , li o the Pages of Honour in Waiting; Lord Colville, Lo or t Waiting on Prince Albert ; Mr. George Edward itn'o Treasurer of Ills Royal Highness's Household ; CO -ip Francis Seymour (Scots' F us ili er G uar d s ), Gro ool ,o Waiting, and Colonel Wylde, Equerry in Waiting 01 4 Royal Highness, were in att en d ance on t h e Queen •' Prince Albert. di The Foreign Diplomatic Circle were then intreati c d when the following presentations to her Majesti,-; place : F a Madame la Baronne de Hugel, the Lady of the N.'' temberg Minister, and Mademoiselle d'Henin,' /11.1:' Lieutenant-General d'Henin, by the Countess de Stq; .. laire the French Ambassadress. ~' M. Gustave de Gersdorff, Chambellan d e S. M, I 0 !:.! -,-; de Saxe, by Baron de Gersdorff, the Saxon Ministel -' , l Lieutenant Lassen, of the Norwegian Chasselv 'P' the Baron de Rehausen, the Swedish Charge; faires. 13 0° M. Royer, Lieutenant in the Dutch navy, by Bentinck, the Netherlands Charge d'Affaires. ilie The Foreign Diplomatic Circle was attended :by ~,,i French Ambassador and the C ou nt ess de St. Aularirt,:ii. M. de Vaudreuil ; M. Van de Weyer, nister ; Mons. Moreno, the Buenos Ayrean lliq o t tl i,i the Bavarian Minister and Baroness de Geltl) ;:- Sew Pollon,. the Sardinian Minister, and Count Revel, ave wry of Legation ; Baron de Moncorvo, the Po svie. oo ; Minister ; M. Loo de Moira, Secretary of Jr ,egn ij c i t o the Belgi..e s . -;. i , M. L. A. Puito de Soveral, and M. Valdez, a ttlech e ) fi• the Legation ; M. Fortique the Venezw elan „ co i nster ; the Russian Minister and t h e B o'o4 Brunow ; Prince Castelcicala, Neapolitan Minis ler , 4 4 , M. Causfari, Secretary of Legation ; Cowat . K jel t y segge, the Hanoverian Minister ; Baron de }hi ge. " Wurtemberg Minister ; the Grecian Minisacreo Madame Tricoupi, and M. Phocion Roque, Secret , 4 01, Legation ; the Prussian Minister and Madame 13 Nit; and Baron Charles de Canitz. Secretary of Leg the Brazilian Minister and Madame Marques .. • and M. Lisboa, Secretary of Legation ; the 1 10 10 States Minister and Mrs. Everett, and i :::;," Everett ; Emilio Sancho, and Francisco pi e r , ' Secretary of the Spanish Legation ; the ' Minister and Countess de Reventlow, and Bi Brocdorff, Secretary of Legation; Baron de No the Austrian Minister; Baron Koller, and Baro zeltern, Secretaries of Legation ; M. Odelga, and Esterhazy; Baron de, Gersdoff, the Saxon Mi the Mexican Charge d'Affaires, Madame Murp, Negrete, Secretary to the Mission; M. Mao New Grenada Charge d'Affaires, and Madame quera; the Swedish Charge d'Affaires, and the B 5 de Behausen; Foad Effendi, Ottoman Charge rind Itre Bey; Baron Bentinck, Netherlands d'Affaires; Count Borowski, Austrian Service; Baron Giordians. After the Diplomatic Circle, the general c were introduced. Among the company were Chancellor, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chal the Master of the Horse, the Groom of the Prince Albert, the Captain of the Honourable C Gentlemen-at-Arms ; Lord Hill, Gold Stick in the Lord Denman, Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench ; the Comptroller-General ot.‘ t chequer; the Right Honourable the Speaks Treasurer of the Household, the Vice-Chamber' Comptroller of the Household, the Treasurer o, Albert's Household ; the Lord Chief Justice of mon Pleas; the Chancellor of the Exchequer; Chancellor Wigram ; Right Hon. Sir George . Master-General of the Ordnance ; Major-Gene Henry Wheatley, G.C.H., Keeper of • her 3d Privy Purse ; the Judge Advocate General ; the of the Ceremonies ; Hon. Sir Edward Butler, 0 tenant of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-.Ar G. Philip Lee, Lieutenant of the Yeomen Sir Martin Archer Shee, President of the Academy ; the Lord Mayor and the Lady M Mr. Sulivan, Deputy-Secretary at War ; Lord Loftus, attached to her Majesty's Mission at Mr. Henry Robinson, Standard bearer of '1 Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms ; Sir George Ensign of the Yeomen Guard ; Mr. Thomas Paymaster of the Household ; the Queen's the Attorney-General ; the Solicitor-Gem Sergeant Atcherley, Attorney-General of thk Palatine of Lancaster ; Mr. Pemberton, M.P., A i . General to the Prince of Wales the Adjutant of the Forces, the Quartermaster-General to the -Colonel Sir George Cooper, Bart., Cowlitz-oil Household of her Royal Highness the Duchess Admiral Lord Amelius Beauclerk, principal Camp ; Captain H. Hope, C. 8., Naval Aide-4: Waiting ; Colonels Wood, Baker, Hon. H. Broke, Dyneley, Owen, 11. Bentinck, and. Aide-de Camp to the Queen ; Dr. Chambers, sician in Ordinary to the Queen, and tite. .. Dowager ; Sir B en j am in B ro di e, B art., Serge°' geon ; Mr: Sheriff Magnay, Mr. Sheriff Hege l Colquhoun, Agent and Consul-General for Abe I ; Mr. G. F. Dickson, Consul-Genera l ~' Buenos Ayres ; the Chevalier Hebeler, his ;;;t:, l° 's Majesty's Consul-General ; Mr. Burge, Q.C.,.. 1 4`, >9 s l Jamaica • Mr. Mayers, Agent for Barbi;doe s ' Ilu °. Ralph Gore,Groom in Waiting ; Rev. Dr. Steatt,cl,W. Dean of her Majesty's Chapel Royal ; Colonel 13 %00" Equerry to the:Queen ; Lieutenant-Colonel 13° ,,i 0 r ', Equerry- to Prince Albert ; Colonel Sir vi er Seymour, Equerry to her Majesty the Queen V° pill Sir Archibald :;,acdonaid and Captain Sir W. 14 ,% 1 ,10 R.N., Equerries to his Royal Highness the v tr , 11 , , Sussex ; Major Step'ens, Equerry in Waitinc.,"!:;f^ Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge ; gr- pi., Sheriff *Pritchard ; Mr. Under-Sheriff Britten ; t oo; Hyde, Assistant Master and Marshal of the Cer:Gu i f: 0 , 1 , the room of the Robes ; Sir Samuel Banc ov,,lx' o f tai ., in Waiting ; Mr. James Bunco Curling, C JO; ; '' ci i Checque of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen ut Ar tii e niu t ,o Ellerthorpe, Clerk of the Cheque of: ',be „f t i, ,, Guard ; Captain Seymour Sadder, '4, ( 00 -f; ,i Yeomen Goa; d ; Mr. George Hayt,er, :Ni•*,, Ve s ,,, Principal Painter in Ordinary m her .IVl ti j e , l y ; t 1 11 ,, Pi e: of Hereford, Chaplain to the Queen Doaa3 er ; ,! e tif t ic Jelin Ryle Woon, f ioniestic Chaplain. to hei ' 3 . P .' -1f1°,4;; Queen Dowag,rr ; the Rev. Henry Thomas, CPPAloriii the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor ; the Re , i• P i r° o o, t lit mer, Chaplain to Mr. Sheriff Rogers ; Mr. Wi ;el' e 'elf, Queen's Harbinger ; the Attorney and Solici; tor- co loo r , r , to the Queen Dowager ; Sir Benjamin Sini: h I Reid, 2d Life Guards, Silver Stick ; Sir \V iiii . t ; I t ' ll ' °li nk,' tins, Mr. A. Blackwood, Captain Green, Dl r'i;:slier",.iii,' and Lieutenant, Colonel Diggle, Gentlemen i 0 ,1 , 1 ;0" the Queen ; Lieutenant. Colonel Sir 11-'• N ' t * C. 13 ',,i' ell' Groom of the Privy Chamber ; Captain ( 1- o ,,, n tlip, ' R.N. 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