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- Jl9lic Ex for 8.11 r the- W at rising ces in ig the ration - ve to half- do ing or ed by Innsly OD re- )ur he notion of the Hon. drawn dfnent ,mmit- le EX- Dr Bill sposed N, eral de of the in the in any risoners a, stood n. Wm. motion, .e—they led in of the Brazil amount n Loo ted for wunts to r stated - ed into which, went of of that Are been 'ii, and egency vent ion mssible t rimes. ne out trees on Is, who tot► full was an al, who annexed roses to d ANA' e dead. )st tre- )ur that o'clock eady for ie heavy r. The inst the nrl their ich was ! Ferry- The ve4- ormed n hour, t last a •ced out tely the harbour, ut. The at least he scene its lost, ht sunk, of keel+ lost, h.' Lt. UPI be river• 'as bell g L waslita. washt this 0- on the that toe Lis kg night.— DAT AT ONX O'CLOCK. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS trik Stock ' 215 1 4 . 3 Per Cent. ReC .11% 7 4 %ii, i t► Per Cent. Cons. 92%%% ' , i ')I pet Cent. 9934% bitto Red* ' 99 I ,i ~1 Per Cent. Ann. li rs ;ink 1.. Ann. N u i ll 6 3(1 years lll 13-16 'int, 36 years I ndia Stock , MY, Onto Bo d ................ ~....., s South Sea Stock Old Annuities ,New Ditto 92% Ex. Bills, .£l,OOO 2i. 77 78 pls. Ditto lid. 77 78 pro. Ditto 500 2d. 77 7s 'm. Ditto lid. 77 7>i pm. Ditto Small 2d. 77 78 pre. Ditto lid. 77 78 pm. Bank for Account India for Account ..... - Cans. for May 25 0234y, 'PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. Artias.ilan Bonds 257 - 6 ii zilian Bonds '73%1.' 2 !Peruvian Bonds ( 7. 1. 1 its Ayres Bonds 'Portuguese Bonds mlian Bends 29 3 4% 'Prussian, Old tilombian Bonds , . . . ,Ditto, New Dito, 11124 .25% Russian — Danish .. .. Spanish :821 l9 1 4 Greek BoZds . ******************** '...• ----7. 1823 °Ditto? 1825. ********* 47 1 ‘34% GU uattrriala. *** .. ' '----. Exchange —f. --• French Rentes, sp. C hlexacan Bonds' **************** 3 per cent —f. —c. uitto, 1825 * -------------77-••••• s/s **** : **** ****** ** ''' W - 7 , '.-"----..------- Exchange PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AY ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian I P a id. Per Share. MO. Min. Co. (iss at 51 . pm.) £2O '7914 I'B Ditto St. Joh n D el Rey . '7% 8 5 Columbian Mining Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) £4O 9 rrovincial Bank of Ireland 25 29% 2_an vial Bank Land Agricultural Co. 10 7 .. P RICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, MAY 11 . Bank Stock o••onsos, 231iSt. Patrick lnsur. (per sh.) per cent. )r. t.ock, 3% per cent. 99 ; National Ditto — . tto, New — I Patriotic Ditto — 1'0". Cent lOO Hibernian Bank — Deb. 3% per cent.... 92% 'Provincial Ditto ......... Royal Canal Stock — Royal Dish Mine — ,'Yalacl Canal §toek lmperial Mine — OY Deb. 4 per cent — Mining Co of Ireland ° Oast Office Deb. 4 p. c. Commercial Buildings — ..._ Due. MAILS. Artived. Due. Arrived. ____ 0 America 1 1 Hamburg 0 0 Brazil 0 Buenos Ayres 0 0 Jamaica 0 0 Carthagena. 0 0 Leeward Islands 1 Dublin 0 0 Lisbon 0 0 Flanders 1 0 Mexico I France 0 0 Sweden 0 Guernsey &Jersey.. 0 1 Waterford HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning 5 minutes after 7. I Evening...3s minutes after '7. 1 1 1 • tzg. --11414 LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 14, 1880. HIS MAJESTY'S HEALTH. The following Bulletin was issued this morn. " Windsor Castle, May 14. " The KING continues in the same state. His MA 4 ltsTy has passed a bad night." (Signed) " HENRY HALFORD. " MATTHEW J. TIERNEY." The following is from the French Papers o Tuesday : IN VIEW OF THE COAST OF ALGIERS, APRIL 26.—We are waiting very impatiently for the arrival of the fleet which is assembled at Toulon. The last vessels which arrived here from tie port have announced that it would proceed to Algiers only towards the 20th of next month ; so that we shall then he at last rid of the monotonous blockade which we have been now keeping up so long. The greatest part of the blockading vesses have been lately employed in drawing up a hydrographical map of the coast of Algiers ; the commander of the station has taken very carefully the plan of a bay situate at the west of Algiers, at about eleven kagues from the town, a cir cumstance from which it may be inferred that a part of th e descent will take place in this bay, which presents a circumference of about fifteen miles. The mountains are at a short distance from the coast. All these plans have been forwarded to the Government, that it may select the roost favourable point for invasion. The Algerines continue to establish batteries on all the Points which appear to offer any facility to the enemy, but our Commander pretends that with his single frigate he could annihilate the redoubts and the batteries in the course of a few hours. The corvette la Bayonnaise stopped several days at the station ; it was then sent to Tunis, with a General Officer on board, who is to sound the disposition of the Dey of that Regency. This Prince has not yet made any positive d eclaration. The French Papers announce that an Egyptian squadron i s to effect a descent simultaneously with ours, but no ves sel belonging to that nation has yet appeared here. It bas been reported, that at the moment of our descent the Bedouins were to form a rampart of a file of camels, which were to support our fire, and thus protect the Alge rine soldiers. The project was communicated to M. Ma slen de Clerval, by the Commander of an English frigate, coming from Algiers. It may be seen from thence what progress the Algerines have made in military science. The frigate La Circe sailed a few days ago for Tunis; the Syrene is now cruising opposite Algiers, and the Bellcme between Algiers and the regency of Morocco to wards Oran. Notwithstandin g the blockade is observed with great rigour, a Sardinian brig left Algiers lately without being perceived ; a light vessel has been sent after 'it, but we have not heard that it has been captured. Fallacy Faris. —PARIS MAT 11 Five per Cents., 105 f. 15c. 25c. 30c. ; Fou r p er ' Cents. I . oo — f. 50c. 75c. ; Three per Cents.. 8 2f. 45c. ; B an k Stock, 1,9'12f. 50c.; Rentes de Naples, 931 Rentes d'Espagne, 18 16 1514 151,‘ ; Royal Spanish an, 89 %PA; Rentes Perpetuelle d'Espagne, 81 81N, 81 i3ll / 4 ; Haytian Loan, 600 f. Exchange on London, One month s CON!, (p t aper), Itof. 55c.; thres month s ( money ). EV. 40c.— Alahentique. The following are extracts from German Pa. pers received this morning WALLACHIA. By an Ordinance of the 27th of March, his Excellency the President of this Principality had appointed a Com mittee, of which Alexander Philipisker is President. This Committee is to have the care of all measures for the improvement of the city of Bucharest, and the Presi dent has directed its attention to the following objects :- Ist. To see that the city is kept perfectly clean. 2d. The building of the houses in a proper manner, and th e improvement of the appearance of the city. 3d. The paving of the streets. 4th. The lighting of the streets. 6th. To provide engines, &c. for the extinction of fire. 6th. To improve the state of the prison and the con dition of the prisoners. The Committee will defray the necessary expences, partly from the revenues of the city, the property of the municipality, partly by the contributions to be paid by every body, according to his ability, or the general taxes. DARMSTADT, MAY 4.—The assertions lately published by the Neckar Gazette are unadvised, and in some points require to be corrected. Such is that which re lates to the suppression of the General Board of Manage ment of the Forests, and alto of the Council of Churches and Schools. We can affirm not only that this suppression has not I been resolved upon, but that no such measure has ever been announced. We are not to look for any reforms but those the utility of which is proved by long and mature de liberation. This is the best security for the prevention of the present organisation of the forests. A central Board of Management is necessary on account of the importance of these forests, which cover a third part of the surface of our country, and are one of the principal sources of the re venue of the State and of the domains. CA P.LSRU HE, MAY 4. —Baron Schimmelpenninck Van der Oye has had the honour to-day of presenting his new credentials to his Royal Highness our Grand Duke, as Minister from the King of the Netherlands. Our Gazette contains the following ordinance : " LEOPOLD, &c. —Our Minister of Finance having reported that the actual situation of that department of the admi nistration consents of a farther reduction of the existing taxes, desiring to give to our faithful subjects the relief which this state of things makes possible, in the manner best suited to the general interest, considering that the suppression of imposts which obstruct internal trade, and the transit of goods, is especially calculated to promote the welfare of the country— " We have resolved, and ordain by these presents, the law of the sth October, 1820, relative to the tolls levied on the causeways, and all the ordinances relative to it, so far as they concern t h e l evy i ng of such for t h e benefit of the public treasury, are suppressed from the Ist June this year." The following are the Preamble and first Article of another (very humane) Ordinance " LEOPOL D , Le, —Being informed that in the course of the last winter a very great number of trespasses was committed in the forests even by individuals who, till that time, had seldom or never been guilty of such offences —considering that the extraordinary severity and long duration of this winter, as well as the distress which was thereby caused among the poorer classes command indul- Bence —desiring to have regard to these circumstances, as far as it is compatible with the maintenance of the laws, we have resolved and order by these presents— " I. All penalties decreed, or which may yet he de creed, for trespasses committed in the month of December last year, and in the months of January and 'February in the present year, are hereby remitted, with the exception of penalties decreed against persons—first, who have caused those trespasses to be committed by their servants; secondly, who have sold wholly or in part the wood stolen; thirdly, who have been guilty of resistance to the forest keep rs." AUSTRIAN FUNDS. VIENNA, APRIL 30.—Metalliques, 102 ; Four per Cents. 971 ; Bank Shares, 1,3421. MAY I.—Metalliques, 1011; Four per Cents. 971 ; Bank Shares, 1,338. MAY 3.—Metalliques, 102 ; Four per Cents. 971 ; Bank Shares, 1,347. Letters from Cadiz of the 28th ult. announce a heavy failure there in the wine trade, and the general appearance 'of commercial affairs was most gloomy. Confidence was almost entirely destroyed. At Gibraltar a similar stagnation existed. The Austrian Commodore had left Algesiras with his squadron for the westward. The proceedings of this naval force had excited much and just ridicule, for their deeds had not been such as to raise the European naval character in the estimation of the Africans. But Austria has little or no pretensions to rank as a naval power. By letters from Morocco this morning we learn that the Moors were making active preparations to oppose any attempt of invasion on that portion of the coast of Barbary. At Oran all those capable of bearing arms had been ordered to prepare for active service. The women and children, as well as those past service, had been sent off to the interior, from which large bodies of Moors condi:wed to arrive. At Tunis also similar preparations were making, should the French attempt that coast. The influx of people from the interior had caused provisions to rise in price, and it was expected that unless large arrivals took place grain would be very dear, the drought having much injured the crops. Oils were getting scarce and advancing in price. The exchange at Tunis was at eleven piastres le metal de Sousse. Several European officera are said to be in ,he service of the Emperor of Monocco, and :o be entrusted with important commands. It is really marvellous that people will persist in such preposterous assertions as those made last night by Earl STAN HOPE, relative to the Shipping Interest. "If Parliament did not depart," quoth his Lordship, " from the grin " ciples which modern philosophers had so un- " happily instilled into it, the whole groundwork " of the British navy would in time be de " stroyed," the evidence of the approach of which distinction consists not in the diminution, but in the steady increase, year by year, of British tonnage employed in our foreign trade. We extracted a statement on Saturday last from the Sessional Accounts showing this to be the fact, and the Duke of WELLINGTON, from a comparison of these with the returns of former years, proved the gross misrepresentation of truth which the advocates of the restrictive system are bold enough to make. But error is usually per- tinacious,and does not hide its head though it be put to silence over and over again. What the Government can and ought to do for the Shipping Interest is to reduce the taxes on all articles, and in the building or equipment of ships. Some little has been done in this way since the peace, but by no means so much as the Duke of WELLINGTON is disposed to take credit for. The duties on timber ought to be remodelled, so as to equalize European and North American timber, the former of which, of however inferior quality, pays 2/. 155., and the latter only 10s. a load. Sir HENRY PARNELL'S suggestion of reducing the duty to 1/. 15s. per load on all kinds of timber, would lower the cost 11. per load, and indeed a large reduction appears indispensable to enable our ship-builders to maintain permanently a successful competition with nations possessing natural ad vantages which, by our heavy taxation, we render comparatively useless to ourselves, and a means of raising their industry at the expence of ours. The Hemp Duty is also a grievous burthen upon shipping, enhancing, as it does, the price of sails and cordage to a degree quite inconsistent indeed with the spirit of laws which admit foreign vessels on the same footing as our own. The amount annually arising from the Hemp Duty does not much exceed 100,0001., while it forms one of the real drawbacks to the prosperity of our navi gation. Again, the coast duty on coals presses very heavily upon the numerous vessels employed in the coal trade, besides the hardship of making people who unfortunately live at a distance from coal pits, pay a heavy tax in addition to the freight, from which the dwellers in the coal countries are exempt. The ship-owners have been deluded by pseudo-economists from looking after the redress of their real grievances, while they beat the air in their anger with a shadow by which they cannot by possibility have been in jured, even if they have not been actually benefited by the laws they complain of. But so long as they suffer such things to be said in the name of the Shipping Interest, as those put forth by Lord STANHOPE last night, they injure their own in terest by drawing away the attention of Govern ment and of the public from their real wants. Sir J. WROTTESLEY last night submitted his motion to the House for a Select Committee to inquire into the duties, salaries, and emolu ments of the Commissioners of Hackney coaches within the bills of mortality, and into the present state of public carriages, and the laws affecting them within the same district. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ex pressed his satisfaction that the motion had been made, and stated that the subject had, from time to time, engaged no inconsiderable share of his attention. "At present," the Right Hon. Gentleman observed," no stage-coach could take up and down on the stones of the metropolis without being liable to a penalty. This penalty he intended to repeal in a Clause to a Bill which was in progress, so that one of the principal re strictions would then be removed." We are glad to hear of this determination. It argues a fixed resolution on the part of his MAJESTY'S Government to conform to the liberal and daily expanding spit it of the day. That certain parties, however, will fancy themselves aggrieved by the change, we have not the slightest doubt. It is natural that monopolists should raise an outcry when their darling privileges are invaded. Still the public good is the chief thing to be considered, and to this the giant of mo nopoly must, sooner or later, bow his Hydra head. At present,—even despite the improve ments which Mr. PEEL, infinitely to his honour as a man and as a Minister, has made in it-- our statute-book is neither more nor less than a book of monopolies, manufactured for one class at the expense of another. From the Church and State down to the meanest article of traffic ; from the Bishop to the Brewer ; from the Brewer down to the lowest Publican in the low est hamlet in England, all is monopoly—selfish in its character, defective in its principle, and ruinous to the best energies of the country in its effects. Against this many-headed monster, we have always gone boldly forth, armed with our sling and stone, to combat, and it is with no little pride that we now find his MAJESTY'S Government disposed to engage in the same praiseworthy undertaking. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY. FROM LLOYD'S. PLYMOUTH, MAY 12.—Arrived the Europe, Merrick, from Sierra Leone. STANDCATE CREEK, MAY 13.—Arrived the Liverpool Packet, Rosewell, from Odessa; and Eliza, Chesser, from Catania. DEAL, MAY 13.—Wind N.E.—Arrived the Melanctho, Walford, from Cuba ; Caroline, Teuson, from Java ; and Caroline, Barnard, from Lisbon. Arrived from London, the Marquis of Chandos, for Demerara ; and Britannia, for ditto. LIVERTOOL, MAY 13.—Sailed the Cheshire. Campbell, for Barbadoes ; and Flora, Sendt, for Stralsund. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 13.—Wind N.E.—Arrived from London, the Cambrian, Moore, for New York. SCILLY, MAY 11.-Sailed the Breakwater, Newman, and Stag, Ellis, for Newfoundland. The following arrivals have taken place :—The King, Johnson, from Memel, off Shoreham ; Countess of Lons dale, Groom, from Matanzas, at Cowes ; Bruckton, Harvey, from Palermo, at Southampton ; Sarah, Webber, from Charente, at Bristol ; Sisters, from Africa, off Holy head ; Active, Munn, from Jamaica, off Cornwall ; and Champion, Brenton, from Leghorn, at Cork. Arrived at Havre, the Grando, Duquesne, from Bengal ; Encherio, from Port-au-Prince ; Flor and Delphine, from Porto Rico; Nereus, Baxter, Gold, Hunter, Curtis, and Hope, from New Orleans. The Anacharsis, Bernard, from the Mauritius, has ar rived at Bordeaux. _ The Josephine, Marten, from Bourbon, arrived at Nantz. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Accounts from Gibraltar, of the 22d of April, state that 17 Spanish emigrants had arrived in the Bay, in a vessel from Lisbon, where Don Miguel had kept them in prison for a length of time. The Captain of the vessel wanted to force them to land, but the Governor would not permit it. The Austrian naval division has sailed to the eastward. Accounts from Oran state that there are great prepara tions making all along the coast, as well as the interior, against the landing of the French expedition. All the Moors who are capable of bearing arms are arriving in great numbers. The women and children are sent into the interior, as well as the cattle, and all kinds of subsist ence. Several European Officers are at Oran ; there are also some at Algiers. Letters from Toulon say that the troops are to embark on the 10th inst., and the squadron is to sail on the 15th, 16th, or 17th. A letter from Tangiers, of the 20th of April, states that on the 15th instant a small barque arrived there, and amongst the cases on board there was one addressed to the Sardinian Consul ; it was carried to the Custom-house, and when examined by the officers, to their great astonish ment, instead of its containing goods, it inclosed a new born infant, which was asleep : the inside of the case was so contrived that the child lay at perf, ct ease. Accounts from Russia state that the Ministers have continual meetings. Several Officers of the Staff have set off for the frontiers of Persia, and it is reported that some important event has taken place there. Several sail of the line and frigates have been put into commission at Cronstadt. Bank Stock, 214% 215% India Stock, 239;6 40% 3 per Cent. Cons. 92.% 1 / 2 Do. for Account, 92 , 4, buy_Hs, Ditto Reduced, 91% FOREICit Brazilian, 73 1 ,4 - Buenos Ayres, 38 40 Chilian, Colombian, 2514 $4 Danish, 74% 5 French 5 per Cent. 105 6 Ditto 3 per Cent. 82 83 THE FUNDS. Consols opened at the same price they left off yesterday, 92N- for the Account, but soon after the Market im proved, and Consols were done at 921, and for next Account, 921 4 93. Report says that a convention has been signed in Lon don, by the Brazilian Minister and the Envoy of the young Queen of Portugal, stipulating that Brazil shall continue to pay to the Regency of Portugal the amount of the dividends of the Portuguese loan negotiated in London ; also the balance of the indemnity stipulated for in the treaty of separation, to the amount of three or four hundred thousand pounds ; and it is further stated, there is an additional contract for a loan on the part of Brazil, for t.vo millions, which is to become the debt of Portugal, if the young Queen should get possession of the throne. In the Foreign Market little or nothing is doing. cpanish Bonds rather improved. ENGLISH FONDS. 5h per Cent. 99 4 per Cent. 10114 4 per Cent. 18•23, 104 India Bonds, 82. 83 Exchequer Bills, 77 78 FUNDS. Greek, 46 47 Mexican, 39i 40 Peruvian, 24 4 5 Portuguese, 60N, 61 Prussian, Russian 1104 Spanish, 19 TWO O'CLOCK. Since the opening price this morning Consols have continued at 92,1 for the Account, and for next time 94. The business done up to the present time is of little importance. The accounts from Windsor, up to six o'clock yester day evening, bring the report that his Majesty was rather better since the bulletin was issued, but we must wait for this morning's bulletin to see if the improvement continues. The French prices of the lientes having come higher by the Estafette from Paris, 82f. 70c. Spanish 154 to 16, has caused the improvement in the Funds this morning. Our arrivals this morning are of minor importance, and not a single ship letter has come to hand. This causes a great dearth of intelligence. In the Foreign Market this is settling day, consequently the chief business doing is settling their accounts, which, up to the present hour, appear to go off well. We do not hear of any defaulters. The heavy accounts to settle are in Greek and Spanish stocks 7 lIREE O'CLOCK. Ceisols, 92i ANNIVERSARY OF THE SONS OF THE CLERGY.-Yesterday the Anniversary Festival of this be nevolent institution, which damn s fur its object the appren ticing the children of necessitous Clergymen, was celebrated with peculiar pomp and splendour at St. Paul's Cathedral, in the presence of a most numerous and fashionable auditory. The 4 per Cents. shut for the dividend on the 25th instant, which is about a week earlier than usual, to allow time for the clerks to open the new accounts conse quent on the conversion of that stock into 2i per Cents. The books in Consols do not close till the 3d of June. OYSTERS.—The oysters are over for the season, and the fishermen are unanimous in their declara tions that this has been among the most unprofitable years they ever experienced, for there has been not only a serious falling off in the consumption, but also in the prices. The dredging lasted 240 days— here were, on an average, 50 of the Newhaven boats employed—the take ran 800 a day, and it was very seldom that the fishermen got above tid. a hundred, leaving only a pittance of 2s. a (lay to support themselves and families, pay the rents of the oyster grounds, and keep up their boats and fishing tackle. _Scotsman. RYF, ELECTION.-(THIS DAY.) The Committee met this morning at eleven o'clock. Strangers were orolerol to withdraw, and the Committee remained in deliberation at the time our Reporter left. LAW INTELLIGENCE. - (THIS DAY) HOUSE OF LORDS. MONTGOMERY V. THE MARQUIS OF QUEENSBURY. Mr. BROUGHAM appeared at the sitting of the House to reply in this case, at the conclusion of which their Lord ships postponed giving their judgment till Monday week. The Lords present were the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Earl of ELDON, the Bishop of LICHFIELD and COVENTRY, and Lord CORK. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. THE CORPORATION OF STAMFORI) V. PAULETT. This was an action brought by the Corporation of Stamford, to establish their right to take a toll of 2d. on every beast sold at a fair called the "May Fair," held in that borough. The case was tried before the Chief Ba ron, at the sittings after Michaelmas Term, and the Jury found for the plaintiff, subject to the opinion of the Court on a point of law. The verdict was turned into a special case, and came on this morning for argument. Mr. TAUNTON was beard at considerable length in sup port of the verdict. His Learned Friend, when he ob tained the rule which was now before the Court as a spe cial case, cited the case of Eddy v. Wheelhouse Crook, Eliz. 558, and relied on it as an authority to shew that, in grants of this description, the amount of toll was neces sary to be set forth, which was not the case in the present instance. He (Mr. Taunton) should be able to shew to the Court a material difference between the present case and that in Crook. There was a case in Palmer also, where the question was a charter granted to the town of Maidenhead, to take toll for the support of a bridge. In that case Montague, Chief Justice, was of opinion that the toll was bad, but the other three Judges were of the contrary opinion, and affirmed the toll. The Learned Counsel then went through the points of law in the case, and concluded by submitting to the Court that the verdict must stand. Mr. DENMAN, for the def,ndant, contended that all he authorities on the books showed that it was necessary in grants of this description, that the amount of the toll should be specified, otherwise it became null and void. In the case of Palmer, which his Learned Friend had relied on, there was 'a material difference between that and the present case. There was an old existing custom in that case, which was confirmed by the grant of James, and there he had the authority of that Learned Judge, Chief Justice Montague, in his favour. The Learned Counsel concluded a long argument, by submitting that all the law of the case was in his favour. Mr TAUNTON replied, and their Lordships took time to consider the case. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. TYLER V. DRAYTON. The hearing of the defendant's evidence in this cause occupied the Court up to the period of our Reporter leav ing (two o'clock.) ROLLS COURT. The MASTER of the ROLLS wai occupied the whole morning with hearing consent causes and petitions, totally devoid of interest except to the parties. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. The Court this morning heard arguments of Counsel in writs of error, relating entirely to dry points of law of no public interest. THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY) CORN EXCHANGE. There are scanty arrivals of English Grain and Flour this week, but a large supply of Foreign Wheat. The best parcels of Wheat readily obtain the terms of Monday, and all other descriptions are firm, with a slow sale. Barley, Beans, and Pease, are each rather dearer. Oats are in good demand, and full Is. per quarter higher than on Monday last. The Flour trade continues unvaried. ARRIVALS. Wheat. English 2,120 qrs. Irish 1. °reign Barley. Oats. I Flour. 2,350 qrs. 1,400 qrs. 3,600 sacks. - 2,300 2,200 1,350 -- bris. CITY MARKETS.—(TWO O'CLOCK.) SUGAR.-The demand this week, particularly for working descriptions of British Plantation Sugars, has been steady, but the supply within the last day or two has fallen short of fine grocery qualities. Middling de. scriptions are disposed of readily at from 545. to 59s , and good at 645. per cwt. In general the prices are well supported, and the sales in the week may be estimated at 2,800 !Olds. Owing to the few arrivals of Foreign Sugars, the business doing is very trifling. Havannalt Su gar is in request ; strong middling goad white at from 425. to 425. 6d. Although the quantity of Mauritius pressed on the market is exceedingly great, nearly 19,000 hags have been publicly offered this week, and about '7,000 bags of Bengal, still prices are firm. Qualities worth from 508. to 565. at a shade better. At the East India sale on Wednesday, there was .much competition, and the whole quantity, viz. 7,075 bags, was taken off at full Is. per cwt. advance in the last sale ; the Grocers were free buyers. The Market for Refined goods is steady, but as the supply of coloury small lumps and ordinary loaves is small, not much business is doing. This afternoon parcels of Mauritius Sugars are to be offered. COFFEE.—The CLiffee Market is firm. The East India Company's sale of Sugars sold at previous rates ; good ordi nary Batavia from 31s. to 325. 6d. ; ordinary Batavia and Sumatra, from 275. to 30s. ; good middling Jamaica has realized 755. ; coloury and fine ordinary, and low mid dling quotations, are purchased readily for shipment, from 465. to 545. The arrivals of COFFEES, since the beginning of the year, are as follows :—Of Jamaica, 2,147 'lthds., 908 hhds., and 1,211 bags; of Dutch 485 hhds., and '791 begs of Porto Rico ; 72 blids. and 8963 bags of Brazil and St. Domingo, and 17,621 bags, &c. of East India. The stocks in the different docks and bonded warehouses, are 6,980 'dads., and 919 bags of British Plantation; 503 hhtls. and 59,192 bags of Foreign, and 12,730 bags of East India. The present value of Jamaica Coffees are about the same as in the corresponding week of last year ; Dutch from 4s. to Ss. lower ; and Forciga and East India from 2s. to 3s. per cwt. lower. In the Run market common qualities are rather lower. The imports, this year, have been neoriy 7,000 puns. and 1,300 hltds. HOPS.—The accounts received within the last day or two from all the Hop districts state that the fly is gene ral, but the cold winds during the present week have materially checked their increase. .Prices of Hops are steady. The DRUG market is in a very depressed state. CorroN.—The market again evinces much firmness, but there is not much doing to-day. The sales of WOOL this week were fully attended, and in general went off more briskly than .of late. In the Sewn market there is not much demand. TALLOW remains front 345. 3d. to 345. 6d. per cwt. Bristles are in demand. ALMACK'S.—The Ball on Wednesday night was very numerously and fashionably attended. Nearly 400 persons of distinction were present. FASHIONABLE TACTICS !—We understand the next Number of the Court Journal will contain the first of a series of Papers from a high quarter, under the head of " Fashionable Tactics." The first of these papers will be devoted to a subject of universal and intense inte rest in high life,--ALmncxs. We do not hear the exact manner in which this piquant theme will b e t rea t e d ; b ut the quarter whence the paper is understood to proceed en sures a knowledge of all that is connected with the scene re ferred to, and the endless " tactics" that are every season put in requisition to ensure admission ti that great strong-hold of Exclusiveism.—The same Number of the Court Journal will also, we hear, contain a second Paper on the Ma ' zurka, from the pen of a noble Foreigner, who is an accom plished practitioner of tnat delightful national dance.— Morning Post. Among the passengers from Dieppe :on Thursday was Colonel REBsomEti, who, although pos • sessed of one arm only, is a finished flute-player, vying, we un derstand, even with Daourr. The history of this gentleman is remarkahl e . During the Peninsular war hi s l e g was shot off in a battle where he was engaged. lie was conveyed from the field, and the man upon whose shoulders he was borne, had his head struck off by a ball which carried away the Colonel's arm at the same time.— Being an accomplished flutist, he has invented and made with his own hand a flute, on which he now plays; it has thirteen keys, and is an extraordinary piece of mechanism. Colonel RESSOMEN, although not a professional musician, has the appointment of leader of the Duchess DE BERRI'S band ; and he now visits this country, with letters of introduction from the Duke of ORLEANS, for the purpose of playing before his MAJESTY, should the state of the KING'S health happily permit him to enjoy that honour. Brighton Gazette. THE KING'S HEALTH. (From the Court Circular.) The Medical Gentlemen in attendance on his MAJFSTY issued the following Bulletin yesterday morning:— " Windsor Castle, May 13. " The KING has pas ed a more comfortable night. " The symptoms of his MAJESTY'S complaint, how ever, do not vary." (Signed) " HENRY HALFORD, " MA ['THEW JOHN TIERNEY." After signing the above Bulletin yesterday morning Sir MATTHEW TIERNEY left the Palace, and did not return till about six o'clock in the evening. The Physicians would, it was expected, sleep at the Palace as usual last night. A despatch was sent from the Palace at half-past two o'clock by a Messenger, to the Duke of WELLINGTON. The Duke of LEEDS, while at the Palace yesterday, ob tained, it was understood, leave of absence (as Master of the Horse to his MAJESTY) from town. At the KING'S Palace, St. James's, the number of in quirers among the Nobility and Gentry, who came to learn the state of his. MAJESTY'S health, was as great as on any preceding day. Lord GLENLYO* was the Loid in Wait ing, and Mr. HOPE the Groom in Waiting. Among the company were the Prince de SALM. Ambassadors and Ministers.—Russian, Austrian, Prus sian, Mexican, Sardinian, Hans Towns. Charge d'Affaires.—Swedish, Neapolitan. Dukes.—LEEDS, GORDON, BEDFORD, BEAUFORT, ST. ALBAN'S. Duchesses.—BEDFOßD, GORDON, Dowager LEEDS, ST• ALBAN'S. Marquises.—}lEßTFOßD, BLANDFORD, WINCHESTER, LONDONDERRY, ANOLESEA, DOURO, BUTE. Marchionesses.—`WlNCHESTEß, Dowager LANSDOWNE, LONDONDERRY, BRISTOL. EarIs.—OXFORD, ABINGDON, HARDWICKE, JERMYN, DARN'LEY, LONSDALE. Countesses.—Dowager MoitrroN, MUNSTER, VERU.- LAM, ABINGDON. ViSCOODL2SS.--SIDMOUTH. Lords.—STOWELL, BOLTON, OSSORY, J. RUSSELL, L. GOWER. Ladies.—HAMILTON, SELSEY• Bishop.—ST. ASAPII. Barons.—.BoLLAND, GA RROW• Sirs.—A. CARLISLE, J. HAMILTON, F. ASTLEY, C• FLOWER, F. BAKER. Alderman.—H UNTEß. Captain.—MuNny. Messieurs.—BOOTLE WILBRAHAM, WATSON TAYLOR, SCOTT, M.P., SIDNEY, M.P., RICE TREVOR, ILI USKISSO 81, FLOWER, K NOWL ES, TIERNEY, HART DAVIS, M.P. Mistresses.—RlC E TREVOR, HUSK ISSON, MELLISH, FLOWER. The French Ambassador had an interview with Prince LEOPOLD yesterday. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Duke of Rutland from Newmarket ; the Marquis and Marchioness of Bristol from their seat, Putney Heath, Surrey ; Colonel W. A. Johnson from his seat, Wy tham, Lincolnshire; George Henry Harcourt, Esq at Crawley's Hotel, Albemarle street, from a tour; J. Hope, Esq. and the Hon. Mr. Plunkett, at the St. James's Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Leamington ' • Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Childers, at ditto, from Bright on ; Mr. and Mrs. Reaston Rhodes, at the Hanover Hotel, from their seat, Barlbro' Hall, Derbyshire; Mrs. Davies, at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's street, from Cheltenham; Sir John Doyle, Bart. at Gould's Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Leamington; the Misses Penyston, at ditto, from Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire; Captain M'Donnell, in Pall-mall, from Ireland; Captain and Mrs. Richardson, in Harley street, from the Continent; Sir Itufane I)onkin from Rome. CHANGES, The Earl and Countess of Sefton and the Ladies Moly nem:, from Arlington-.treet, to their seat, Stoke Farm, near Windsor ; R. Benyon de Beauvoir, Esq. from Grosvenor-square, to Cultord Hall, Bury St. Edmund's; Sir William and Lady Cooke, from the Pulteney Hotel, Albemarle-street, to LeAmington ; Mr. and Mrs. George Neale, from ditto, to Brighton ; Mr. Mrs. and Miss Neale, and Captain Vansittart, from ditto, on a tour; Captain and Mrs. Perkins, from Grosvenor-street, to Norfolk ; Rev. Jas. Kevill and family, to Croft Castle, Herefordshire, from Chelten ham ; Mrs. Dyneley and family for Brighton ; Rev. William Lisle Bowles, in Piccadilly, from Bremhill. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, MAY 14.—At a congregation on Wednes day last the following degrees were conferred : BACHELOR IN DIVINITY. Rev. David Jones, Queen's College. MASTERS OF ARTS. Samuel Best, King's College. Rev. Theodore Duty, Pembroke College. Septimus Dawes, Caius College. BACHELORS OF ARTS. Lewis William Sampson, Fellow of King's College. Charles Powell, Trinity College. Robert Moulton Atkinson, St. John's College. William Biscoe, Queen's College. James Sanders, Queen's College. Arthur Mackeson Parkinson, Jesus College. . . The Rev. Peter Debary, M.A. Senior of Trinity Col lege, has been presented, by the Master and Fellows of that Society, to the rectory of Orwell, in this county, vacant by the death of the Rev. J. H. Renouard, M.A. The Rev. Beedam Chailesworth, B.A. Scholar of Trinity College, has been presented, by the Master and Fellows of that Society, to the vicarage of Darfield, York shire, vacant by the cession of the Rev. C. W. Le Bas, M A. The Rev. John Nelson, M.A. was last week instituted to the rectory of Dunham Parva, Norfolk, on the presents- tion of J. Goldson, Esq. of East Dereham. The Rev. Henry Heigham, M.A. has been instituted to the rectory of Bradfield Combust, Norfolk, on the pre sentation of the Rev. Henry Hated, M.A. The Rev. G. J. Assheton Drake, B.A. Scholar of St. John's College, is appointed domestic chaplain to the Right Hon. the Baroness De La Zouche. The examination of the candidates for Tyrwhitt's Hebrew Scholarships will commence on Wednesday, the 25th inst. DISASTERS IN TEIE LATE GALE, THREE CREWS DROWNED. HORNSEY, MAY 10.-1 have to inform you about four, P.m., on Sunday, a large brig, coal laden, came to the strand between Cowden arid Mapleton, and immediately went to pieces ; all the crew were drowned before any assistance could arrive at the spot. The brig Hero, of Shields; Andrew Morrison, master, brought up at anchor without the surf, at about the same time. At about one, A. at., this morning, the smne brig (the Hero) came ashore at low water. The crew, eleven in number, were saved, and landed in their small boat, near Cowden ; the brig immediately broke into small pieces. At one, A. Si. the brig Thomas and Alice, of Sunder land, William Hutchinson, master, coal laden, came ashore at Ilornsey, and immediately went to pieces, the masts only being saved. The crew were saved, and came on shore on a piece of the wreck. At the same time the galliot De Illizzing, De Jerison, master, also came to the strand and broke up. The master alone was saved, and came to the land in a very exhausted condition, being washed ashore amongst pieces of the wreck. It has blown a tre mendous gale the whole of yesterday and last night, and I am fearful many vessels are ashore along the coast. BRIDLINGTON QUAY, MONDAY MORNING.—A Scotch sloop has just come on shore with a signal of distress in her rigging, particulars unknown ; the crew haVe not yet got from her. The whole of the fishing boats at File were driven on shore yester day, and mostly destroyed; the sea there was most tremendous.—LW T e are informed by an eye-;witness that two sloops were seen to go down, by the pas sengers on the coach, immediately after its leav ing Bridlington Quay, at eleven o'clock, yesterday morning.] (FURTHER PARTICULARS.) BRIDLINGTON Qu kY, MONDAY EVENING.—The vessel we reported this morning, without the name, proves to be the Repute, Bradley, of Alloa, frost Goole to London. At Cowden, yesterday, at five P.M. a large brig, name unknown, came to the strand and immediately broke up; the crew, consisting of about nine persons, were seen to perish. At one A.M. two vessels were - reported on shore at Horney, neither of which held together fifteen minutes; one proved to be the Thomas and Alice, of Sunderland, William Hutchinson, the master of which, was the only individual saved out of a crew of himself and seven others ; she was coal laden. The other proved to be the De 1-I(fitimg, a Dwellgalliot, galliot, De Jerison, master; he w as the only person saved and he came on shore 'led to 'a, plank. time anal another ga a s lhot Came on shore nearly exh auste d . This crew consisted of his t‘vo : goes and the mate at A.twick, laden with oil cake ; c rew save d.— York Chronicle. theyA About u l ve t r h e o s dr a o rn w e p ed, he w SPORTING INTELLtGtNCE. NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING. WEDNESDAY NIGHT. Tanaka') Plate of 507. for three-yr-obis and upwards. A.F. His Maies',:y's Hindostan, 5 ps. BsZ:. Slb. 1 Mr. Ttzner's Coronet, 5 yrs. Est '2 Four others started, but were not idaced.—Coronet was in front till within a few strides of ending, when Hindostan came out and won cleverly by a length. The race between Coulon and Tranhy was remarkably severe ; indeed, it WI'S near being a derd heat IrAtreen three, for Benedict was beat by a neck only. The second heat was also severely cor.tested, and won by Tranby by a bead only. THURSDAY AFTERNOON. The races to-day came off as foamy .-- The Jockey CM Plate of 50i. Duke of Rutland's Cadland Sweepstakes of 500 sovs. each, 200 ft., for four-yr.t.l.3s Bst. lib. and fillies Sst. 21b. B.C. (Ten subs.) Lord Mountchcrles's Gayhurst Mr. Ridsdale's ch. c. Tyke 0 Lord Grosvenor's Ebury Mr. Walker's Roundwaist 4 This race possessed a great interest from the immense value of the stakes (3,0801.), for the horses are of a very inferior grade. Roundwaist made first running, at amo (1-rate pace, the others lying at a respectful distance— about a mile and a half sufficed to take the play out of Roundwaist, when Gayhurst took up the mauling, Tyke sticking very close to him, and at one time looked so wel, th it he was considered almost safe to win --however, in the last two or three strides Buckle did wonders, and won by half a length. Sweepstakes of 25 sovs. each, for fillies, Bst. 21b. T.Y C. Mr. St onehewer names Zany 1 Mr. Rogers's Spaniel 2 Mr. Delme Natlcliffe's br. c. by Mustachio 3 Eight run. Won by a length. 501., for 3-)r-olds Est. 21b., four Bst., five Sst. 71b., &c. Seventh Mile. Mr. Thornhill's c. by Emilius 1 Theakston's T.ntivy Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sues. each. Mr. Sowerby'sCoronef, 5 yrs. Bst. 01lb Mr. Turner's Benedict, 4 yrs. 7st. 91b Won by a length. THURSDAY NIGHT. Betting at the Kingston House Rooms : DERBY. 7 to 2 agst Mr. Chifney's Priam S to I agst Lord Exeter's Augustus 9 to 1 agst Lord Sefton's Captain Arthur 9 to I agst Mr. Forth's Orion 10 to 1 agst Mr. Ridsdale's Little Red Rover 11 to 1 agst Sir M. Wood's The Mummer 11 to 1 agst Mr. Petre's Brunswicker 13 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Mahmoud 16 to 1 agst Sir Mark Wood's Cetus OAKS. 7 to 2 agst Lord Sefton's Mouche 11 to 2 agst Lord Jersey's Charlotte West 6 to 1 agst Lord Queensberry's Maiie 11 to 1 agst Mr. Benson's Lady Blanclie 12 to 1 agst Lord Anson's Zillah 15 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Brown Duchess f.: 16 to 1 agst Leeway LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING, AIAY 12. The Derby Stakes of 25 sovs. each, p.p., with 50 added. Mile and half. Mr. Clifton's Moss Rose 1 Sir T. Stanley's b. f. sister to Spectre 2 The Tradesmen's Cop of 200 sovs. in specie, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft., the se cond horse to receive 40 soya. out of the stakes. Twice round and a distance. Mr. Nowell's b. h. by Walton 1 Sir T. Mostyn's ch. c. Mona's Pride Five others started, and eleven paid 5 tows. tact'. A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for horses not thorough bred. Two miles. Mr. Johnson's b. g. brother to Hexgrave 2 1 1 Mr. Margetson's b. g. Dean Swift 1 0 0 Mr. Hodgson's m. Agnes 0 2 dr Mr. Mason's b. m. Ada 0 0 2 Dean Swift bolted in both heats. A Maiden Plate, value 100 sous., the second horse to re ceive 20 sous. out of the plate. Two miles. Mr. Chilton's b. c. Prince Eugene 0 1 1 Sir T. Stanley's ch. f. Augustina. 1 2 2 Mr. Jackson's Rolla 2 0 0 Nine others started—the second heat a beautiful race, the last easy. TATTERSALL'S. There was scarcely a betting man present yesterday, the attendance and business being at Newmarket, according to custom, in the race weeks. Little or nothing has been done in town in consequence, and the few engagements made have been entirely regulated by the Newmarket odds, nor has there been any change, except in Captain Arthur, who has risen several points. MR. KEAN'S PRIZE WHERRY. Yesterday the seventh annual Prize Wherry, given by Dimond Kean, Esq., the eminent Tragedian, as an en couragement to the free watermen of the river Thames, was contested for in two he its. The boat, which was a very handsome one, and built for the occasion by Mr. Sullivan, of Millbank, was denominated the Shakspeare, and was valued at 25 guine is. On no former occasion had more interest been excited among the lovers of aquatic sports than was created by the contest of yesterday. In addition to the novelty of two men in a boat, each rowing a pair of sculls—a circumstance of very rare occurrent.* in wagers of this kind—there were no less than six bi others in the match—viz. : the two Dodds, the two Brurumells, and the two Jones, the latter of whom rowed together, and the whole of the competitors were men of no small note on the river. The conditions of the match were as follow :—The first heat to start from Westminster-bridge, row round a boat moored near Lawn Cottage, Battersea, and down to the Red-House. The three first boats only of this heat to start for the second or grand heat. The second heat to start from buoys off the Red-House, row round a boat moored near Lawn Cottage, return down the Surrey shore, the centre arch of Viuxhall-bridge, and back to the prize wherry off the Red-House. At four o'clock, every thing being in readiness, the men took their stat;ons as numbered at Westminster-bridge. Their names are as follow, and all ply at places above bridge:— Men. Belonging to B \ N V va a na t tk e :r r i i l d o o oe o r r g g e e John Williams James Gregory William Rayden John Harris Charles Brummell Ditto Colours, No. Scarlett Purple 2 White 3 Thomas Dodd Hungerford William Byford Lambeth Edmund Brummell... Old Swan John Beckett Westminster-bridge... James Cawley James Dodd Samuel Stubbs Thomas Jones Yellow James Jones At a given signal the men started amidst the acclama tions of the spectators ; the lead was kept by scarlet for some distance, but were overtaken by white, who, in their turn, kept it for some time, but were compelled to yield the palm in favour of scarlet, who arrived first at the ap pointed destination, closely followed by purple and white, and those three boats were declared entitled to row for the second or grand heat. The other boats, with the excep tion of pink, were a considerable distance in the rear, and light blue gave up the contest before the men had rowed. more than half the distance. The heat, on the who, gave great satisfaction ; and, with the exception na:ated, was gallantly contested. At seven o'clock, after many delays, scarlet, purple, and white started for the second heat. The lead, for a short distance, was kept by Rayden and Harris (purple), but they were soon overtaken by Williams and Gregory (scarlet), who kept it the remainder of the distance, and arrived first at the prize-wherry, which they jumped into, and were declared the winners. Purple was second, and Brummell and Dodd (white) were third. The second, boat received 2/., the third 11. Mr. Kean was present during the contest, and was greeted with loud cheers by the multitude a'semble•l. He appeared in excellent health. Light 81ue... 4 Pink 5 Green Dr. MONK, the new Bishop, in 1).1 3 life of the celebrated rho-Liao BENTLEY, just ptinlished, states that at the time of BENTLEY'S matriculation the Univer sity of Cambridge was more crowded with students than MIA at present. A Lady of high rank, and closely connected with the Court, had the good taste to relinquish the box she was in treaty for at the Opera, on the appearance of the first official Bulletin of his MAJESTY'S health.— Morning Paper. HOUSE OF LORDS, WEDNESDAY.---BERKE LEY PEERA GE. —Shortly after ten a Committee of Privi leges was formed on the above. named Peerage. The case of Colonel BERKELEY, the petitioner, who claims the dig liity of Baron de Berkeley by tenure, being in possession of the castle, lands, and tenements, constituting the Barony 4n question, was partly argued during the last Session of &Moe which period another claimant, Sir JOHN SIAELV,T SIDNEY, Barr., has petitioned to be heard by Counsel at the bar for the title and honours; he claims, as sole heir of MARGARET Countess of Shrewsbury, and eldest coheir of the Barony of Berkeley, created by the writ of I the 23d of EDWA RD 1. An additional case in auppust of Colonel BzniactitY's claim has been laid on the tad* of the Ho - ,tiq of Lords during the present Session of Parliament., :` and ►in and aims bile gard and hich in a not, that of Dub t ours rded %vas ches, pa£. /10 11: it.- atest c by one that d be one He tight those aches ) ply d by t the iblic, vners who iould who ; law