The Sun. — London, England, 1830-04-26 00:00:00

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He elf sad house, SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE,(THIS DAY.). FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, APRIL 24, and 25.—Wind S.W. to W.S.W. a gale.—Sailed most of the outward bound. Remains the Louisa , for New South Waleg. Arrived the Orynthia, Rixon, from Singapore ; and Britannia, from the South Seas. PORTSAIOUTII, APRIL 24 and 25.—Wind S. moderate. .---Yawed the Baltic, the Duncan, from Manila and Sin gapore. PLY3/OUTH, APRIL 23 and 24.—Wind W.N.W. The fiaydon, Smith, from Sierra Leone, is titally wrecked in Whitsand Bay; crew bayed. FALMOUTH, APRIL 23 and 24.—Wind W.N W.— Sailed the Magnet packet for Lisbon ; Duke of York packet, for St. Domingo. The Edward, Lewis, from Cork to Bristol, was wrecked n ear A heiaven on Thursday night. The Union, Fisher, from Liverpool to found ere d Newfoundland, near Lochendahl the 17th inst., having got in contact with the Ann, Hollwell, on the same voyage, I . ;llich vess e l h as put i nto L oc h en d a ld w i t h cons id era ble uaina. e . The Spaniel, Williams, from Cape Haytien to Liver ,P°ol, was t o t a ll y wrec k e d on t h e T r i ang l e R oc k s , near St. ""lingo, on the 10th of February ; crew saved. The Augusta, Balsdon, from Demerara, and the Ebe ntzer, Prosser, from St. Vincent, have arrived at Biistol. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY) CORN-EXCHANGE. The as rivals last week were moderate of nearly all de eeriptions of English Corn, and of Flour the quantity was less than of late. This morning the fresh supplies are in. considerable: Superfine Wheat, continuing scarce, has supported last quotations ; all other descriptions may be stated from 2a. to Ss. per quarter lower than on this day se'nnight, with a very fall sale. Barley maintains the terms of last Monday. The Malt trade .remains Beans that are dry are again rather dearer. Peas of both kinds ars unaltered, The Oat trade remains fine at last quotations, but the sales are not brisk,-as our buyers are disposed "fa wait for further supplies. The Flour trade remains extremely dull. PRICES ON BOARD OF SHIP. Wheat, Red (old) Beans, Small (new)... (old) -9. --a. Re4l . (1829) 48s. 525. - Tick (new).... Fine s6s. 635. Superfine.. 655. 725. - Harrow (new) .-- White (1929). 525. G2s . - Fine 655. 725. - Superfine '76s. 78s. Foreign free 50s. 925. 30s. 345. 225. 265. 28s. 30s. 325. 365. 459. 565. 58s. 625. 30s. 325. 345. 32.3. 325. 36s 38s. 43s -8. —B. 40i. 455. 30s 345. ,355. 375. 345. 378. 38s. 435 . Brank 225. 245. Oats, Feed ---- New 19s. 235. Rye Barley - Poland --:. Fine 21s. 275. •255. 273. - Scotch 293 31s. - Irish lss. 17s 275. Flour Town (per sack) GOs 655. - Seconds 50s. 555. - North Country 48s. 51s. Bran New Potatoe New .. Superfine Malt -- Vine Pease, Grey Maple -- White ---- Boilers ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DUBIN() L. .ST WEEK. , g , tz w o tz Z '',l41 = . v, , 2 = •-.•-• r., From Whence. fs Ar- r. t , ~, Qrs. Qrr. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Scks. A.ldhoroitgh 6O 298 61 Alemouth Boston 1015 140 1195 12 Chichester — 20 . Colchester lOO 128 825 65 340 " Harwich '.l. Leigh 399 42 32 '22 4 IA Maldon 511 399 150 131 45 350 t3t unsby 7O 19 170 Hull l3O -_ 1300 100 125 580 114 '2O 640 le n w t ic li 1057 1379 40 46 '207 17 804 Lynn — '731 841 57 820 Poole — 10 Stockton '7s 63 Wells l5 400 330 ' 80 Wisbeach 687 610 Woodbridge 389 581 50 115 32 200 Yarmouth 65 548 14 700 Aberdeen Banff l6O 595 Berwick Dundee 495 -- -- -- Irverncss 126 416 Leith lO2 _ 4 6496 4267 4194 6108 732 118 4163 181911. Cork _ _ _ 144 Limerick . ) Sligo ... . ... Waterford Youghall "'" u FOREIGN. Bremen lB2O rn "ue.eY ...... 130 -- -- Hamburg . Kiel K - -- : : : 750 Rostock - '-' -- -- -- liotterdarr; 81Y4in - oastways Total 14652 4267 4194 8309 732 119 5057 1 14652 QUA I 4267 I VITT inseed, stard, 4194 I OTH 0--Ra AGGREGATE Rye, 0--Tares, I 5309 ER in ipeseed, DS 0: 195- ' PULS .Brank, SMITHFIELD MARKET. This day's supply of Beasts, though it manifested as it stood in the market—owing to a considerable part of it being kept back to be brought in as wanted, to make it appear deficient, with a view to enhance its price—a scanty appearance, was good both as to numbers and quality, that of small stock rather limited ; the trade was very dull throughout, with a few uncommonly prime Beasts at an advance of 4.1., with Lamb and Veal at a depression of from 2d. to 4d. per stone ; with the ordinary runs of Beef, as also with Mutton and Pork, at Thurday's prices. PRICES PER STONE OF BUIS. TO SINK THE OFFALS. s. d. toe. d. s. d. to g. d. inferior Beasts 2 2 2 4 Large Lambs 0 0 ofi Second quality ditto 2 6 210 Prime small ditto 5 0 6 6 Prime large Oxen... 3 0 3 8 Large coarse Calves 4 0 4 4 Prime Scots, &c..... 9 6 310 Prime small ditto 4 d 5 0 inferior Sheep 2 4 210 Large Hogs 3 0 3 4 Secondauality ditto 30 3 4 Small Porkers 4O 4 4 Coarse.woolled ditto 3 8 4 0 Suckling Calves 12s to 38s. each. SouthdownWethers 4 0 4 4 Quarter old Pigs 14s to 18s. each. SUPPLY, AS PER CLERK'S STATEMENT. Beasts. ISheep and Lambs.l Calves. I P I P' 2 , 77 S 18,090 131 2.30 About 45 of the beasts came up the different North Roads; about 30 from the western and midland districts ; about 2300 from Norfolk, Suirolk, Essex and Cambridgeshire ; about 120 from Kent and Sussex ; andmost of the remainder from the marshes, Bic., in the neighbourhood of London. NEWGATE AND LEADENH ALL MARKETS At per stone d by the Carcase. Bee! •. d. toe. d. a. d. toe. d. 2 2 3 2 Veal Mutton 2 4 3 6 1 3 4 4.10 Pork Lamb 5s Od. to 6s. 2tl. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE MARKET—ApriI 24. We had another large supply of Wheat from the farmers to-day, for which there was a good demand, and the whole was cleared off at little change from the prices of last Saturday ; the Oat trade continues brisk, and prices Is. ld. per quarter higher. The arrivals of Barley lately have been large, and from the lateness of the season that trade is dull, at a decline of Is. per quarter, fine Malt better sale ; White Pease, if good breakers, in demand ; Rye, Beaus, and Flour as our last. Nw. • od. Wheat, Northumberland 'Zs. e 665. —a. —2.1 Norfolk and Suffblk 666 Berwick and Scotch stis. 60s Dantzig —s. --s. s. —s. Rye, Norfolk and Sudolk ..... 3ls. 372. t'oreign —s --a. Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk...3ss. 375. —s. —s. ----- Grinding and Feeding 9 5a. 29s Malt, Nortblk and Sutfolk —s. —s. Beans, Small Tick —s. —s. ---- Pease, White 3:35. 34s Gray —s. —s. 42a. 445. ---- -a. Oats, N,.rthumb er l and, Potatoe ...... 275. 20s. Foreign Feed ....... ........ 252. -s. —6. --- Flour, Fine (per sack) —s —3. 47s 4135. Saturday being the private view of the Exhibition of the Society of Painters in Water Colours, the Gallery in Pall-mall East was attended by many of the Nobility, and of distinguished patrons of the Arts. Among the company present were the Dukes of NORFOLK and ARGYLL, the Marquis and blarchiouess of AYLES BURY, and the Mai chioness of STAFFORD ; Earls BROWN • LOW, CARLISLE, DARTMOUTH, DIGBY, ESSEX, GREY, GOWER, and SURREY; Lords DURHAM, FARNBOROUGH, GRANTHAM, and DE TABLIIY ; the Bishops of LoNnois and WiNettxsxxa, and the Prince ESTERHAZY, and the Foreign Ambassadors. It is a very excellent exhibition, comprising many first-rate specimens of art from the penci 'of some of our first painters. Among the best we may mention " Byron's Dream," by HARDING, and BARRETT'S two paintings of `c Retireme n t and Evening ;" the latter, especially, i s a c h ef d ' ceuvre. NEW PUBLICATIONS.—Messrs. COLBURN and BENTLEY have Just published the following :—] Notes on the Bed, ulna and Wahabys. By the late JOHN the Law's B uacicrtaaryr, 1 vol.-2. W omen as they Are, 01 Manners of the Day, Second Edition, 3 vols.-3. The third and concluding volum e of BOURRIEN NE'S Mernoii , Of NAPOLEON...4A, Th e King' s Own. A Tale of the Sea, by the Autho r of " The Nava Officer," 3 vols.-5. The English Army in Franc e ; or Personal Narrative of an Officer, 2 vols. post Svo.--and 6. The third volume of the Diary and Correspondence of Dr. DODDKIDUE. THE KING'S HEALTH. (From the Court Circular.) The Duke of CLARENCE spent two hours in com pany with his MAJESTY ou Friday. The KING passed a very good night on Friday night. The following bulletin was issued on Saturday morning : " Windsor Castle, April 24. " His MAJESTY has passed two good nights, and con inues better. (Signed) " HENRY HALFORD." Sir HENRY HALFORD left the Palace at half-past seven o'clock on Saturday morning, and returned in the evening. The Duke of CUMBERLAND ar rived at the Palace on Saturday, and returned to his residence at Kew in the afternoon. His MAJESTY passed a pretty good night on Saturday night, having enjoyed some sound sleep. It was, however, understood that the improvement in his MAJESTY'S health had not increased yesterday. Sir HENRY HALFORD left the Palace at Windsor yesterday morning early, and returned about half-past six in the evening, ,as did also Sir MATTHEW TIERNEY. is expected a Bulletin will be issued this day. (From the Morning Chronicle.) We are sorry to be obliged to affirm, on good authority, that his MAJESTY'S health, according to the latest accounts, is by no means in a satisfactory state. The hopes which have been entertained, in consequence of the late Bulletins, have not been realised. The best judges will, we believe, be most ready to allow for the difficulties of the situation in which his MAJESTY'S Physicians have been placed. (From the Morning Herald.) WINDSOR, SUNDAY EVENING.—Sir HENRY HAL FORD came down again on Friday night, and yester day morning, on his departure to town at the usual hour, he left behind him another bulletin, of which the following is a copy":— " The Kma has passed two good nights. and continues better. " HENRY HALFORD. " Windsor Castle, April 21, lS:30." Thus you see ambiguity and mystification is stil the order of the day. The last bulletin said " The KING is better ;" thst present one says, "The KING has passed two good nights and continues better;" but whether his MAJESTY is better than he was be fore he passed the " two goon nights " the public are not entitled to know. The KING once said of the late President of the Royal Academy that he was cut out for a Court painter; and certainly Sir HENRY seems to be in- like manner cut out for a Court physician; for, as " the courtiers that be " esteem the public as little as possible, Sir HENRY humours the Court fancy to the utmost—or, as SHAKSPEARE would say, he " fools it to the top of its bent." According to these same Courtiers it is the duty of the public to lament that the KING is indis posed, but it is a monstrous intrusion to inquire into the nature of his indisposition !—and no doubt,under their auspices, this sort of thing will come into fashion ; so that when a man—a son, for instance— hears of his father being dangerously ill, it will be an abominable breach of good manners—a tnonstrous intrusion upon his father's privacy, to inquire what ails him. He may lament—us in duty and natural affection bound to do—that his father is confined to a sick bed, and may die; but it will be extremely indelicate to ask by which of the thousand and one mortal maladies he is afflicted. That is a matter which ought to concern nobody but the doctor. In the mean time, however, the public may rest assured that the KING is not so unwell but that he would have ridden out on Thursday last—that is to say, the day before he passed the first of the " two good nights" mentioned in Sir HENRY'S last bulletin —had the weather been such as to make a ride at all pleasant. A close carriage waslseen in waiting on the day, at two o'clock—his MAJESTY'S usual hour of driving out ; and it has been in waiting every day since at the same hour ; but the weather has been extremely wet and stormy ; and, of course, the ride has been postponed. Last night Sir HENRY came as usual, and, as usual, he went away at a clattering gallop at half past eight this morning—leaving an oral announce ment " The KING is better." The Duke of Cum- BERLAND and several other personages have also visited his MAJESTY, and Government Messengers with their despatch-boxer are arriving two or three times a day with State documents for the Royal mandate, or signature ; and as all these matters of ceremony and business are as promptly and duly attended to as when his MAJESTY has no need of a physician, the public will know how to estimate the value of the official bulletins. By some mischance or other, the Rev. JOHN HOBART SEYMOCR was not in attendance at the private chapel in the Castle to-day; and in conse quence thereof his MAJESTY'S private band were dismissed from their customary Sabbath duty, and the Court attended Di vine Service in St. George's Chapel —or, as the C'ourt Newsman would say, Divine Service was performed to the Marquis of CONYNGHAM in St. George's Chapel in the King's Palace,gat Windsor. (From the Morning Post.) THR KING.-Our excellent MONARCH, we are re joiced to state, continues to improve. Besides the gratifying official communication, we are happily enabled to announce, that his MAJESTY was yester day considered so far advanced in a state of con valescence that no doubt was entertained of his being able. to undergo the fatigues of a Levee and Drawing Room on the sth and 7th of next month. (From the Morning Journal.) The fourth bulletin of the King's health was pub. (shed on Saturday. It is in the following words:— " The King has passed two good nights, and continues better." This announcement has the advantage of the for mer one, inasmuch as it contains six words more, but its length has not rendered it more intelligible or more satisfactory. The former one told us that the King was " better ;" this tells us that he conti nues " better ;" or, in other words, is precisely in the condition he was in at the date of the third bulletin. If the authors of these bulletins have any knowledge of grammar, or any desire to make their communications explicit and intelligible, they must employ language very different from any they have yet used. " Continues better" is nonsense; and yet we have some reason to fear that they could not with truth aver that "The health of his MAJESTY con tinues to improve." Mad they said this the . words would have been understood ; but, from what they state, and the obscurity and obliquity of the phraseo logy they use, we are compelled to conclude that his MAJESTY is far from being convalescent, and that few, if any, of the dangerous symptoms of the dis order have abated. MADAME VESTRIS AND MIT. ANDERSON. —lt is said that ANDERSON is the chosen favourite of the sister of VESTRIS, and that this lady, who has not been always so very aristocratic in her attachments, is mortally wounded by the degradation of such a plebeian alliance, and spares no opportunity of expressing, by word and deed, her abhorrence of the unhappy and innocent cause of her chagrin. If this be po, the public have still less to do with the question than ever, if they were called on to declare that the manager should not select whom he pleases, and thinks most likely to till the treamry, in the character of Macheatli.-- Observer. LORD LONDONDERRY'S NARRATIVE OF THE WAR IN GERMANY AND FRANCE...--.This second work of the Noble Marquis is attracting, as it deserves, the public attention, and particularly that of the British army to whom it is dedicated. From the high station which he occupied, and the confidence he enjoyed of the Allied Sovereigns, it may well be supposed that a more competent historian of some of the grandest events of modern times could scarcely be found, since, as he himself observes, "That which the soldier's eye has witnessed, surely the soldier's pen may fairly describe, for I was con stantly in the habit of writing detailed statements of every occurrence. I did this, not merely in fulfilment of my public duty, but for the information of that individual to whose wise and dignified policy, not Great Britain only, but every nation in the civilized world is, in my estima tion, largely indebted." DIORAMA. Owing to the very extraor.linary and inclement state of the weather, we did not muster courage to visit the two new views which compose this Diorama' till Saturday, when we were much struck with the very ►mposinv eff et they produce. The view of the Interior of the Cathe drcd of Rheims, the place where the Sol ere;grie of France are usually crowned, is in every respect a masterly piece of painting. On a first 'glance it is difficult to believe that we have a mere pictorial delusion before us, so admirably and dis tinctly are the proportions and extent of the buildingdefined, and with such wonderful skill are the columns made to stand off from the building of which they form a part. The different objects, which . by degrees rivet the spectator's attention, and some of which are very minute, display in genuity, not to say talent, of the highest order- We have a table covered with crimson velvet, and elevated on seve ral steps, upon which are placed the crucifix and six golden candelabras, presented to the Cathedral, as we tin, derstand, by the present King, at his Coronation. The e objects have each the most distinct and vivid appearance of reality. There is a massiveness and solidity about them which it would almost seem im•- possible that painting could pourtray. Against one of the pillars, which is nearest the spectator, a pic ture is banging in a frame : the ropes by which it is attached are covered with dust and cobwebs, and the de lusion is so perfect that the bewildered spectator feels an ardent desire to brush them off. The root of the Cathedral is vaulted and painted dark—in fact this part cf t' e paint ing, even after making every allowance for the sombre colouring of an ancient Cathedral, like that of Rheims, is of too gloomy a ca , t, and harmonizes Ault ill with the rest of the building. The view of Mount St. Gothard, by M. Daguerre, is of a daring and sublime character, like that of the sceuery that it so successfully delineates. Rock--crag--cataract-- defile—precipice—these are each brought into requisi tion, and producing a corresponding effect on the specta tor. The towering peak •of the St. Gothard is seen only in the distance, robed in mist and blanched with eternal snows. The view of the narrow road, . however, which runs through a defile of rocks along the sides of Mount Pietino, is as sublime as wildness--height--trandeur— and desolation can make it. 'The eye shudders to take in this frightful pass with its tremendous chasm, through which the Tersino. roars headlong with the voice of thunder, and sending up a cloud of spray, as it leaps wilily from rock to rock. Altogether, we may pronounce this Diorama equal, if not snperior, to any of the preceding ones. UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sts,-I thank you for inserting the letter I addressed to you on the 21st, in consequence of the observations in your Paper of that day upon the University of London.— I am sorry, however, that you should have conceived that my letter conveyed a censure, for I bad no such intention : my object was to set you right in regard to some matters of fact upon which you had been misinformed. My letter has called forth observations from three of the Professors in your Paper of this day, complaining of mis representations and mis-statements. It is very easy to make such general assertions as those of Mr. M'Culloch and the Professor of Natural Philosophy; but they go for nothing, unless supported by particular instances, and I therefore disregard them. All the facts stated by the Pro fessor of Greek are a testimony of the accuracy of my letter ; and a calm impartial reader would find it difficult, I think, to discover any grounds in my general remarks to justify the expressions he has made use of in his observa tions upon them. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, April 24, 1830. A PROPRIETOR. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,-The letter signed " A Proprieor of the London University," which appeared in your Paper of the 2lst instant, is an unprovoked and unfair attack upon the Professors in this institution. As a foreigner and a re fugee in this country my dislike to be dragged before the public exceeds, if possible, that felt by some of my col leagues, yet I owe it to myself not to allow such a wanton insult to pass unnoticed. The statement made in the letter alluded to, as far as regards myself, is it, the main true ; bui, a most invidious, insidious, and unfounded inference is, I will not say drawn from it, but merely hinted at. The anonymous writer seems to suppose that the foreign Professors complain of having been ill-used. This is not true, as far as I am concerned. I neither complain, nor have a right to com plain. What the Council thought fit to do for me and for the good of the University, I have gratefully acknow ledged, and do even now acknowledge. Claims upon them I have none. My opinions upon the management of the University (and not to entertain some is utterly impossible) I have never Made public, and I am firmly persuaded that, situated as I am, it would be highly improper for me to do so. _ _ This declaration I owe to the Proprietors and the Council of the University, and to the public before whom I am re luctantly brought. The writer's remark upon my having a character to acquire, I treat with the contempt it is en titled to. Thank God I bad got a character before 1 belonged to the University of London, and I have paid pretty dearly for it. We are all new in our offices in this University, Professors and not Professors—and if we were all to wait till we got a character in our novel capacity, God knows if some functionaries in our Establishment would be left for a lung long while totally unprovided for. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, ANTHONY A. GALIANO, Spanish Professor in the University of London. April 26, 1830. MR. O'CONN*..—This gentleman arrived in Liverpool, by the Dolphin steam-packet, at half-past six yesterday morning. He was accompanied by Mrs. O'CONNELL and one of his daughters, and they imme diately repaired to the Adelphi Hotel, where they break fasted. It was no sooner known that the " great agita tor''' had arrived, than a considerable crowd collected be fore the hotel; and several gentlemen were preparing to wait upon him, for the purpose of inviting him to a public dinner; when he proceeded, accompanied by Mrs. and Miss O'CoNNELL, in a coach and four towards London. Mr. O'CoNNELL looked exceedingly well; he wore a green frock coat, ornamented with the " liberator" button, and appeared pleased with the respect shown him by the crowd as he entered the carriage. The shortness of his stay in Liverpool, was in consequence of his promise to preside at the Freemasens"favern, London, at a public breakfast, to take place on Monday next. He had purposed to leave Dublin on Tuesday last, but was detained by various con siderations: he had to write a letter to the people of Kerry, on the approaching election ; and to guard the association recently formed in the metropolis against any little acts of indiscretion that might compromise its existence. He seems to feel that it is against law, but that the Government will not venture to suppress it, lest there should he a run on the bank.—Liverpool Courier of Saturday. MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECK OF THE NE WRY. —We have seen Captain Caosme, at Mr. GOULD'S, in the Old Church-yard, and as he has only just arrived from the scene of the catastrophe, we are enabled to correct, on his authority, th 6 various statentents that have appeared in the papers. The night was so intensely dark, there was no possibility of discovering the situation of the vessel, and it was not until a moment before the vessel struck, that the Captain perceived that they were near the shore. Before he could change his course she struck, and the second shock unshipped the rudder. In this trying mo ment, we regret that the crew acted in a manner very de rogatory to the character of Britis% sailors. With a sel fish inhumanity they quitted the wreck, and refused to lend the Captain any feather assistance. The first and second mate (thelattee is Captain Caosnic's son) and the carpenter, however, stood by him in this emergency; and the two last having got on a rock, they made preparation for getting the passengers ashore. Several gut in a goat, but it swamped ; and it was attempted to get others ashore by means of a rope held by the carpenter and second mate. The surf, however, was so violent, and the poor creatures so impatient, that there was little hope of saving all their lives by this means. Luckily the Captain bethought him of a spar, which, resting on the mast, reached the rock. The poor emigrants were directed to hold fast by this with their hands, and hitch themselves by degrees from the ship to the shore. Many lust their holds, and wet e saved with difficulty ; others perished in the surf. This scene continued till morning, when the arrival of some of the country people relieved the C iptain and his assistants, who wet e by this time in a state of utter exhaustion. With great efforts all the passengers, with the exception of one family, who , refused to leave their berth, were got ashore before the ve•sel went to pieces. The night and morning were ren dered doubly severe by a constant fall of sleet and snow : and we regret to state, that among those who perished were four who died from cold. The number who perished altogether did not exceed at the utmost twenty-five; Cap tain CROSBLE thinks it less than twenty, as not mole than fourteen bodies had been found previous to his leaving the place• Every thing was totally lost.-.-Liverpool Journ. NVW STAMP DUTIES. (From a Co. rk.spondent of the Morning Herald.) The new schedule, occupying nearly 100 folio pages, is eausii!g the greatest consternation amongst those classes who are engaged in the use of stamps. It is likewise occasioning any thing but good feeling towards the Government. The avowed object of it is to consolidate all the existing Acts on the sub ject of Stamp Duties, and to assimilate those of Ireland and Scotland to those of England ; and even, if this object were honestly enforced, people say, " What ! are the Stamp Duties, which were only proposed as war taxes, to become part of the regular and permanent taxation of the country ? Are they looked upon now, in the 15th year of peace, as so settled, that the laws and regulations respecting hem are to be consolidated as Mr. Peel would con._ solidate the Larceny Laws, which form a portion of the fixed Government of the country ? or, at least, is there not to be that sort of relief from war taxa- tion which would rescue the country from all the vexatious subdivisions and endless variety of regu- lations now existing ? Instead of general and ins tinct Stamp Duties (if the indirect Property Tax must be continued) —duties imposed in such a manner as to be comprehensible to all the world, like so much on each bushel of malt or pound of tea— . why is the public to be harassed with new classifi• cations, or descriptions of stamp duties—new - de- ! finitions of the several objects of duty, or exemption therefrom—new scales of duties, running them up four times as high as they were before in some in stances—and all, too, under the specious and de luding pretexts of consolidating existing Acts, and assimilating the duties of the three countries ?" Let the Stamp-office folks—they who are now about to agitate. this most serious and extensive question for the third time (their two former Bills having been defeated) —answer —Why? In the mean time, Mr. Editor, with your leave, I will point out one or two other peculiarities in the schedule of' 180• folio pages : though previously I would mention, if not the positive breach of faith on the part of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, at least the defective (and I would not for the world call it dishonest) manner in which the said schedule of 100 folio pages is prepared. When the " conso lidation" of the Stamp Duties Acts was talked of— no one having been allowed to get even the re motest peep at what was contemplated—the two previous and defeated attempts at " consolidation," alias " increase of duties," had taught thousands who are interested in the really momentous ques tion of Stamp Duties to be a little suspicious; and they therefore implored that the pretty.scheme of consolidation and assimilation might be made as clear as possible. That the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, in the House, promised, stating that he doubted not it would be so prepared as to be, on Such point, satisfactory to all parties; and after wards, when some Member, on the resolution for the introduction of the new Schedule being adopted, required the very obvious arrangement of the schedule, since the present one is prepared merely for the use of the House and the public—namely, in parallel lines or adjoining columns, to show the old duties, and the proposed arrangement of duties, so that, where difference was suggested, that difference might be seen at once—it was understood that such course would be adopted ; but nothing of the kind is done—there is no contrast, no statement of what were the old duties placed alongside the new duties. To find out the differences, the old Acts and schedules must severally be consulted, which is a work not of hours, but of days 1 Was this keep- • • ing faith ? But a word or two on the provisions of the sche dule. Under the heads of " Presentations"— Dispensations"--" Collations," &c.—matters in which the CHURCH is concerned—an entirely newsy tern of dutyi'or taxation, appears to be contemplated. Heretofore there were fixed sums for the stamps on such instruments; the value of each ecclesiastical bene fice, dignity, or promotion, was taken from " the King's books; but now it is proposed that " the value is to be ascertained by certcate of the Arch bishop, Bishop, or Vicar-General of the diocese," and upon such valuation there is to be an ad valoreni duty, or "property tax." This may be all perfectly just; but who would expect to find such changes — and this example is a tolerably good specimen of the whole scheme—in a Bill to .consolidate the Stamp Acts, and to assimilate duties ? In the article which appeared in Wednesday's Paper, as well as in the present one, complaint is made not only of new scales of duties, being, in reality, unexpectedly introduced, but alSo of new de finitions or descriptions being made, which must operate in many instances as new duty, or to raise doubts where the practice of trade, or legal deci sions, might have settled them. Urder the head " Pamphlets," i❑ the fourth section of the schedule, language is introduced which merits the most serious attention of all publishers. The duties on pam phlets being named, it is added, " And all books and papers, and all parts or numbers of any book, or literary work published in parts or numbers, such books or papers, or parts or numbers respectively, not exceeding eight sheets in octavo or any lesser page, or not oicceeding twelve sheets in quarto, or twenty sheets in folio, in whatever manlier or form same may be stitched or sewed, and whether the same shall or shall not be stitched or sewed (not being BOUND books), shall be deemed PAMPHLETS." If this be not a tolerably wide net for the catching of " pamphlets"—if even volumes, so long as they are not" bound," are not amenable--I know not the meaning of these words, This language does of describe what has usually been deemed" pamp lets;" therefore what is it but imposing something that is very like new duty ? I know that recently (in the instance of distinguished publishers in the Strand) very novel claims have been made on ac count of pamphlets which the publishers had deemed to be " volumes" and even for repayments of duties on account of SECOND editions—a thing, I believe, unpreceded in the trade;---but certainly the lan guage just quoted. may be made to apply to an im mense variety of publications that are not, and never were, deemed, in common or Paternoster parlance, " pamphlets." It ought to be added, that the " Police Gazette, or Hue and Cry," books " for the use of schools," or " containing only matters of devotion or piety," are exempted. Before I _conclude, perhaps, Mr. Editor, you may not complain, if I get you to join with me in a laugh at the expence of this schedule; and the in stance, while it will show you the fidgetty disposi tion to introduce transposition of language where positive change in descriptions could not, be lugged in, may at the same time give some tolerably good idea of the character or calibre of mind that has been at work upon this " Consolidation" and "As similation" measure. Amongst the exemptions in troduced in the 55th George 111. c . 184. (the ablest Stamp Act ever prepared), under the head of " R(eApts" is the following--" Receipts or Discharges given by any Officer, SEAMAN, Marine, or SOLDIER, or their representatives respectively, for or on account of any wages, pay, or pension, due from the NAVY Office, Army Pay Office, or Ord nance Office." In that Act it will be seen the sea man and the Navy had precedence of the soldier and the Army Pay Office. In the new, or Conso lidation Bill, that measure which is to introduce into one Act all the existing Acts, and, of course, their language, where there is not positive cause for change or omission, that same exemption is thus worded :--" Receipts or Discharges given by a ny MILITARY or Naval Officer, SOLDIER, Seaman, Or Marine, or by any Pensioner of CHELSEA or Green wich Hospital, &c., on account of any wages, tze. due from the ARMY Pay Office, or ORDNANCE Office, or Nary Pay Office, or from CHELSEA or Greenwich Hospital." Thus, even in the wording of an exemption, and which one would suppose would have been accurately copied, instead of being transposed, so as to put the Army before the N AVY —Chelsea before GREENWICH--and even the Ord nance before the NAVY Pay Office; in such trifling matters has an opportunity been found of adminis to what might b e su pposed to be acceptable tering at " Head-Quarters." If another feeling should not arise, how.highly must you, Mr. Editor, appre ciate the mind that has been at work upon this Bill, arid how loudly must you hug/i at this specimen of its superiority !--- Your's, &c. S. EDUCTION OF THE FOUR PER CENTS. (From the Morning Herald.) SATURDAY EVENING. —This was the last day for the holders of Four per Cents. to di,sent from the transfer of their money into the new Stock, and, as had been antici pated by most persons, the additional amount of the sums subscribed by the dissentients was so unimportant, so it was generally reported, as to put the success of this mea sure beyond a doubt. According to the best information we were able to obtain, the amount di I not exceed a mil lion and a half. (From the Times ) MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE. SATURDAY EVENING.-This being the last day for re ceiving dissents at the Bank to the reduction o the Four per Cents, so far at least as relates to holders resident in the United Kingdom, a good deal of curiosity has been excited to learn the result. Nothing official on the subject has transpired in the city, the books being kept open, but more as matter of form than otherwise, beyond the usual hours of transacting business ; but it has been stated, on authority which is considered good, that the whole amount of stock on which dissent to the reduction has been given, is somewhat under 2,500,0001. . There will still remain, however, those dissents to be received on which longer time is allowed, viz., for persons resident out of the king dom, but it is calculated that the whole must fall short of 3,000,0001., which of course renders the success of the measure certain, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer will be able, without difficulty, to provide for the payment of all the dissentients in July next. Among the dissents en tered on the books to-day, was one for a very large sum, on the part of an eminent Gloucestershire banker. Some circumstances occurred in the course of the day to show the practical absurdity committed, in the present state of the money-market, in entering such dissent. An individual, who had adopted that course, discovered shortly afterwards that he would have occasion for his money previous to July, and was compelled to offer his stoekfor sale in the market, when the price he received for it was only 1011 to 4, the buyer deducting the dis count for the intervening period. Had the bolder, how ever, thought proper tc sell his stock instead of dissent ing, he would have obtained 1021, thus sacrificing nearly one per cent. This conversion of the Four per Cents. will have been much more successful than that which took place in 1824, when the old Four per Cents. were reduced to Three and a Half per Cent. The amount dissented to was then 5,780,906/. In the year 1822, when the present Four per Cents. were created by the reduction of the Five per Cents., the amount of dissentient stock was 2,605,978/. (From the Morning Chronicle.) We can state on good authority, that the amount of the dissentients in the case of the conversion of the Four per Cents. does not exceed 1,600,0001. The plan may, there fore, be said to have been completely successful. CITY ACCOUNT. SATURDAY. his has been a day of more than usua interest to the speculators in the Funds, and the monied interest in general, having been fixed upon for the closing of the book opened at the Bank of England to receive the names of the dissentients to the Four per Cent. project: The public securities do not appear to have experienced much fluctuation, although they left off somewhat heavy, owing to the amount of the dissentients being larger than had been anticipated. Yesterday there was a much larger sum subscribed than on any other day since the hook was opened, but the total amount, we understand, does not exceed 1,160,0001. In the early part of the day and up •to about twelve o'clock, very few persons attended to sub scribe, but at five o'clock this afternoon, the latest mo ment for dissenting preparatory to the shutting of the book, the additional sum subscribed was 1,800,0004 making a total of 2,460,0001. Two firms alone, we are told, dis sented to the extent of upwards of one million, thereby making a sacrifice of about one per cent. on this amount, or 1,0001. sterling, the price of the dissented stock in the market, this afternoon, being only 101 k, and the assented stock 1021. It may, therefore, be now said that the Chancellor of the Exchequer has succeeded in carrying this extensive measure with much less difficulty than could have been an ticipated front the very large amount of the Stock (145 millions), the greater proportion of which is now, in fact, converted into 31 per Cents. The only question which remains to be determined is, in what manner the Chan cellor of the Exchequer will raise the sum of 2,460,000/. to meet the demands of the dissentients. It - was reported a few days since, that he had it in contemplation to make a further issue of Exchequer Bills, and the report to this effect checked a further rise in the premium, which has been stationary for some days, from 795. to SOs., while India Bonds have fetched 83s. Nothing further has transpired on this subject; and, as we find that Exche quer Bills have not sustained any further reduction up to the terminatio❑ of business this afternoon, the monied in terest, or at least the fielders, including, we believe, nearly the whole of the private bankers in London, do not expect any increase in the circulation of these Securities. This being the understanding, it is next inquired whether the purchases of the Commissioners for the Sinking Fund, amounting to two millions sterling, will not he suspended, and by the appropriation of the amount, which would otherwise be laid out in Stock, satisfy the claims of the dissentients. The Bank Directors, we believe, have not rescinded their former resolution of not making any further advances to Government. Until this subject is set at rest, it seems more than probable that the Funds will remain in rather a feverish state. A Cabinet Council was unexpectedly sum moned by the Earl of ABERDEEN, to be held yesterday af ternoon, at the Foreign-office. Those of the Ministers who happened to be in town assembled about four o'clock. There were present the Duke of Nirewrzwrox, Earls BA THURST, ROSSLYN, and ABERDEEN; Viscount MELVILLE, Mr. Secretary PEEL, Sir GEORGE MURRAY, the CHAN CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, and Mr. HERRIES. The Mi nisters remained in deliberation till near seven o'clock. The Marquis of CHANDOS, and the CHAN' CIIILOR of the EXCHEQUER, had interviews with the Duke Ot WELLINGTON on Saturday, at the Treasury. A deputation of the tobacconists had inter views on Saturday with the CHANCELLOR of the Exciix- QUER, and the YJESIDERRT of the BOARD of TRADE. THE MANNERS OF THE DAY.—The highest authority in the realm, we are assured, has recently confirmed the opinion so universally expressed among the circles of the great, " that the new novel entitled The Manners of the Day affords the truest and most elegant picture of the fashionable world hitherto offered to the public." The Society of Friends in this town are meri toriously exerting themselves to forward a petition against the punishment of death in cases of forgery. In this petition they state, that to attach capitil punishment to this crime is revolting to humanity, and inconsistent with the spirit of the gospel; and that it tends to defeat the ends of justice, by disinclining parties injured to prosecute, witnesses to speak the whole truth, and Judges and Juries to convict. We fully concur in these views, and should be glad to see more petitions presented for tlocue object.—Leeds Mercury MEDICO-BOTANI AL SOCIETY.- —The An niversary Dinner of the Medico-Botanical Soci• ty took place at the Thatchbd House on Saturday, Earl STANHOPE, the President, in the Chair, supporte 1 by many of the most distinguished Members of the different departments of medical science. After the dinner, which abounded in the choicest delicacies, and which was excellent in every way, the Noble President gave the health of the KING, the Patron of the Society ; then followed the toasts usually given on all festive occasions. We regret to state that, a few days since, nearly 200 families were turned out of their le farms, a part of the extensive estates of a noble absentee, in the neighbourhood of Fedamore, county of Limerick. Of 208 families, whose fathers and grandfathers were born there, only 24, are left to occupy 800 acres; and what added to the painful feeling such a measure must naturally excite in every heart witnessing and alive to the wretched condition of this numerous population, was the wailings and la mentations of their wives and children , when the y saw the hamlets and houses in which they first saw the li g ht of fveiltls haedt ioile,,itls inmates.e ground—every ThatevercalaAnlas:delpotrdaw:s indubitably ay in the wake entitled to dispose of his land, in whatever way he wishes, is what cannot be denied, nor do we mean to attach any blame to the more fortunate successors of the poor but in dustrious cottagers thus thrown upon the world ; b u t we will be allowe d to say that Ireland is not yet in a s t a t e to render suchec.onomy either wise or national . —Limerick Evening Post.. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. A weekly print, which of all the newspapers ,of Great Britain stands alone in the honour of writing up the perjured Miguel each succeeding Sunday, at tempts to draw a parallel between Cuba, as a depot for Spanish armaments against Mexico, and Ter ceira, as a starting point for expeditions against the Portuguese usurper. Stupidity has strong nerves. Because we declared it to be the duty of England to forbid all attacks front Cuba upon Vera Cruz, or _ . other Mexican ports,—ergo, says this Lisbon mis sionary, we ought to prevent all armaments from Terceira against Lisbon. We are not sorry to have this question moved. The argument against per mitting Spanish expeditions against the &tate of Mexico, to be fitted out from the Spanish islands, rests upon two grounds. Ist. That we have recog nised Mexico to be a sovereign and independent state, from which we receive an accredited minister, and at whose seat of government an English Mi nister has for many years resided. 2d. That, pro fessing a system of strict neutrality between the Governments of Mexico and of Spain, and seeing that the Mexican Government, with a view to frus trate any Spanish invasion, had prepared a naval and military armament against Cuba,--the only spot from which invasion was to be apprehen&d,— we (Great Britain) did expressly prohibit the sailing of such Mexican armament, and inti mate to the Mexicans that we would pre vent them from conquering Cuba. It fol lows, therefore, on every principle of common - . - - - sense, i ntegr i ty, an dj ust i ce , that we must not per mit Cuba to exercise against the republic those ho,- tilities which we forbade the Republican Govern ment to carry on against that Spanish island; otherwise our neutrality is a gross fraud. But where is the parallel case for this in the relations betneen England, Portugal, and Terceira ? For the advocate of Miguel pretends that we should say to the Government of Terceira, " You shall not invade Portugal," as he does not deny the obligation of saying to Cuba, " You shall not. make a prey of what has ceased to be Spanish America. We answer, lst. That England has never acknowledged Miguel for a lawful and independent Sovereign, as she has recognized Mexico for an independent Republic; and that, so far from sending him an Ambas-: sador, we withdrew the British Ambassador hitherto resident at Lisbon from the first hour of Miguel's claiming the Portuguese Crown. 2d. That England has actually acknowledged Donna Maria da Gloria to be lawful Queen of Portugal, and has received a Minister from that Princess as such. 3d. That, so far from having treated Miguel in the same peremptory manner as we did Mexico, by ordering him to refrain from attacking the island of Terceira, we suffered him, laid out remonstrance, to invade the island, at that time garrisoned by the troops, and in the name of that Princess, whom we had already recognised for lawful Sovereign of all the Portuguese dominions, both of Portugal itself, from whence the hostile armament sailed, and of Terceira, against which it proceeded. 4th. That having permitted Miguel, whom we treated openly as an usurper, to attack the insular possessions of her whom we recognized as Queen, it would be titteily iniquitous and abominable now to turn round and tell the lawful Queen, that she shall not make use of Terceira as a means of overthrowing the usurper ! The bas..:ness and blind folly of such a notion would probaidy prevent it from being so much us dreamed of in the Cabinet ; and sure we are that it would not bear one moment's discussion in Parliament.—Times. The number of letters which daily pour in upon us, all in deprecation of the probate duty, show suf ficiently the degree as well as nature of the interest which that painful subject has excited. Two epistles, taken almost indiscriminately from the mass, and happening to be on opposite sides of the question, we have now found room for. They both refer back to communications from correspondents which ap peared on the 15th inst., and it may be as well to recur to the contents of one or more of them, for the sake of connecting the several topics of complaint, whether founded on the principles of this odious law, or on the abuses pracuse►! by its agents. — Beginning with a statement of our own, which ap pears to have been a good deal misconceived, we - affirmed in a former article, that one of the most op pressive hardships of the law was, that which.-com pelled a poor and embarrassed family, though with large nominal assets, to advance an amount of pro- bate-duty, not proportioned to the actual poverty of their funds, - nor measured by the surplus of their means above their debts, but commensurate with what would have been the legal claim of Govern ment, if they had not owed a shilling. This parti cular grievance it'e illustrated by asserting, that if a testator left his family 100,000/. subject to the pay ment of 80,000/. of debts, the executor would have to come forward with the probate-duty on the gross sum of 100,000/., although the estate was of no higher value than 20,000/. This position was misconstrued by otte of our corre spondents, who charged us with maintaining that an estate worth only 20,0001. would have to pay as much probate-duty as one of 100,000/. We need not repeat that we said no such thing; we alleged merely, that a sum equivalent to the duty on 100,0001. must be advanced, in the first instance, by the executor of a property not worth more than a fifth of the amount; and this we think will be ad mitted by all considerate persons to constitute no slight persecution. Another grievance alluded to by sufferers under a law nearly connected with that of probate, is the frequency with which executors, and the executors of executors, have been called upon after a series of years, and long after the accounts of the several estates were settled, to prove that the duties on such and such legacies had been paid. In a case adduced by one of our correspondents, it appears that a will was proved in the year 1806, and the affairs of the executorship wound up in 18J4; notwithstanding which, no longer ago than last September, the Legacy Duty-office sent let ters to demand why the duty on the • residue had not been paid up 16 years .before ? After infinite vexation and expensive searches, a deed was found which had been signed by two • de funct executors, demonstrating that there had been no residue whatever; with which, after some diffi culty, the men in office were forced to be content. Now we submit that such obsolete claims are most disgraceful to any Government. If the books of the office had been regularly kept, it is impossible that the above demand could have been made, ex cept with fraudulent intentions; and if the books were not correct, was an innocent individual or family to bleed for it? Other instances were fur nished wherein the exactions of the office were de feated by the production of their own receipts for the very sums which they required to be paid a second time ! This is monstrous. If Government acted fairly by the public, such an occurrence would always be followed by the dismissal of those clerks or officers through whose gross neglect of duty the testamentary transactions had failed to be recorded in the books : for it is plain that if the receipts had from inevitable accident been lost, a.positive rob bery would have been committed. It is rt ally quite dreadful that the public accounts, which we pay s o enormously to have well kept, should thus, from their incorrectness, expose the people to a double demand of taxes. Next comes the eattilogue of abuses under the name of fees to officers of the Ecclesiastical Court called proctors. What a digrace to our laws, that to give validity to a er than t t h the proctor's on wills, w %v h i o ll l s e oppressive pl paid ae is w ds i h v e feu r under 3,0001., a sum of more than 60/. must first stamps! The taxes on administration are still more ie:t trouble, ra t ot h eu e b proportion eo:s : aincluding fam o ys f, : vL 'oa :e si believe, one third. It is asked why so great a dif ference should be made between real and personal property ; and a gentleman, a sort of fiscal optimist, whose effusion appears in this day's Times, answers by pointing to the expensive conveyances of landed property, which he says required that personal pro pert:- should be tormented after the above fashion, by way of striking a balance between them. It is ei l e t igh then to sAisfy a teasetiable man, that instead