The Sun. — London, England, 1833-05-03 00:00:00

et uent,Y ' Mst• Cleriee of thete 00 ' s tead Ithhe,;.i ind o iteril Y°u n g roo d h i c h sweeP r • • gli 0 11 tp rb invain ei u themeelv Dng the eloo:Vbe very rece,ooLey iy be t ook r, Lord 13 i, e° l . o 11 keep i t ' v olt Byron ; 1 1_ 310 , Afar ;wen A withheld. be easily of ifiq I t! remainder a, if more,` deteralin3t'i • of course re,'" ided n egadv,e' r turoe'' not e drparents ? r , t i ° its antici eoty ho her sv as ioi The oc c Ao ring p roduf 4 d jllar)rd Byeon''ir siOn, or thee n e of c Lition to keePs:4, e ss end eitir joi' ad wa de 6° ,O per ing No sy - 0 13 , at bears }1;10 It it was;::1 ans ah' ul be fcat iereforer vr is witlb ° I VO ' w e eed n° l ' l te I %o ll' tba t of' :b, in oni . 1- 9 boaP be), it 0 0 1. : 0 1 recl The „,de iven to t oo' by Whai, siiv• , mg,, is live ly' l e cte e cif ' ce , f or all, j u ". s s ;Cobbett ;roll . an slatil' n 01 1 ' Of illij"" gr e isUre dal e ' s 'lit VIII I , io at piss' i'o l/ o ca leti i o j , r tol 7as 0 uld F °s ! e : ltt° ant i ovil Or , rea tli j d nu te g, P v i e eve er be e o cis , A p ; ickilY Ke ti7tl ih ) leC e. j , 1)0 re" 1 1 ,1 ; 1' 0 Og the b ras not ••• yros c x; 4 , st . r i ce of a regularly-organized Bystem of .u rtier ; and the point was set at rest by the aPPrehension of a band, one of which made the roll • ni g conf ess i on, the particulars of which wer"e verified by the examinations of others kbou"tSitytriarityher was a cultivator in Buraicha, whi c h " cu- I.also followed, hut joined the Thugs when I was be years old, and have since continued to . h tile r ' or less connected with them. Before the estabh : - o o n d t of .tranquillity, I served under a celebrated chief, carsili, Sl ngi at which time our excursions were neither were great a distance as they have been . norsince, a,s tr oen "Y so lucrative or certain ; for, in those dy ,tid__"vs, particularly if they possessed much property,. ou hventured to go from one place to another with t.,e t p itl l t el escorted, and in large parties, and wefeared the fki ßt i o a ,.'"s as much as others who were not of ourpr 0, shirt It was our custom to collect in hands of twenty rainy se rt ! ? :__ lpel "ging to neighbouring r villages, after . the to di sta "a was over, and to proceed n different directions tio o n s s . INed countries in quest of plunder. Each band and t c hief, who was invested with supreme authority, a P tte _ istt ; s ever Y Man in the company was given an a a ,... ng d thenlsei''ine were employed as scouts, who, sPre. rouml, gave notice of the approach ot . 1) 0..0 11,tt'b"_, others took the office of spies, and, lounging as iothi at,.oin rs and serais, often persuaded unsuspecting p w e a, otir company, in which case their de . a t t ed e • The duty of a third number consis i o ❑ _ 11 01 6 oat convenient spots wherein to dig the graves . t I a preparation i llati k b l were marked out as our victims, 'tlitr, Made before the commission of the mur . d a e e r es ; 'ftt er tver e in readiness to convey the bodies to the . pi *Lot t 1 , 41 " t ; and thus, in an incredibly short time, the and"u'nese was performed. A few of the mostdaring .n tte rt were alone intrusted with the strangling,a 'eh, requiring long practice and peculiar dexterity,. et',er allowed to he self-assumed, but is conferred with 'ftrtntetteaY, after the fitness of the candidate, hadily strength, and activity, has bee i u n a p scer- I l to tit i t tt4 t e W t h i : Pr?perly . qualified, the aspirant is con- Ota l 'out anx, field by his gm oc. (spiritual guide), who pit a 'ouly for some favouiable . omen, such as the 1,,,0r certain birds, or their flight past ' the right n " this occurs, he knots the roomaul(handke m r : Plcair, at ea ch end and delivers it to the candidate, 4 f s t , g ' a ue an c "," 11 , on his exertions. After this,. they th e p ceremony ' by a feast on a distribution ,litial,;l4,eats• The remainder of the band are employed tie Qiill ock 3 ' 15 menial offices cutting wood, looking after . t'operth'aq tattoos &c. When a sufficient quantity of ta Jrli3 c ollected ' , it is divided into shares and where h u4 : e " a proper escort to the different villages e tt o _ t e en arvillaoctiloru h abitations. As appeirance o s or we aff . ord f ing 1 414 0 ti,. People who seemed I°, it ri cher booty than those possessed of eliveagry t,Pqaot, was our invariable practice to rob d.. ' l l °4l th ll ' ll o fell in our way, and these depre d .e aria, - , er e in every instance preceded by murer. lb; Pretend to say how many travellers lost their i7j e t e t . °ll r hands durin , our last excursion, such things tt t " common occurrence with people of our ,elatet°, w a ke niuch impression upon me . or any of my at,te h ' who bad been long familiar with them, or to s •ln to inquir e in to the particular circumstances tia th' acquisition of plunder by detached parties. a ever known, since I belonged to the i T th h o u t s, t _ e P 40 4: a.nee of robbery committed by them w strangulation. 4destruction o f life, generally by :1, 144 ' l l ee ted either by means of a roomaul, or shred of NiAtte'i totted and wetted, or merely by the hands, ftij-the i rar lractised, and only in the event in the forme e r y a p nd usual mode. On a pTecon id. lush itth. expoeing given, the victim or victims are °!i ' o w , 21 re 'ea tre(., and the perpetration is the business 1 " t • In committing murder, it is a strict rule ;4i,, T hug to avoid shedding blood, as its traces ' 4 ' 41 anY cases lead to detection. In the hurry, I ra ' i Which it Is sometimes necessary to provide for :‘ -4' !anoo of a more than ordinary number of bodies, the t be made large enough to contain them p,, P4t k Ill Zhieb case they are cut into pieces and closely "ben buried by the road-side, or any other ex 'tar it w r practice to kindle fires on the spot, fr ki tet t ° " our marks of the newly-turned earth 1,4, reven t the Murders in the manner I i t ,,tle ki , it r , °o conspicuous. a l l ) !teli, are . accomplished with equal certainty and With the same facility while the victims are ,Zt,,; ir 'ong d the roads, as when they have been enticed to f o r r t ; t t e ; e4 whi lu ie n ly t e an h d av a e re ev s e i r t y ting amongst us confident and thing carefully and leisurely 'lll. for their deatiuction. These murder %benee th 4p Y perpetrated conti nous to villages, fi min Nt, :induced strangers, g on their journey from distant I ' l 11:: ° take Nt.4411Y Performed op their tiarters in our company. They be g fore the twilight is completely 4 , 4 11 4 4 . t .'d While the work is going on, a part of our drow band n aonoinand b eat i ng their totems, in order to r ace p th 7 th ine suff erers might make, and to giveou whole tivi,pat a Ppearan ce o f careless fest i v i ty . thus our call victims c hed with care and security, even within of Sl op 4 an d almost i n t h e f ace o f a w h o l e v ill age ." lISIG- INTELLIGENCE—(THIS DAY) 14 1 tA ti FROM LLOYD'S. \,elo r • AY . 2.----Wind strong in squalls . last night and tl i f '‘"fo: l t. in g from S.S.W. to S.W.—Arrived the Duke ~,''',fl 4lanning from St. Mitt's ; Cato, Lawrence, ; Earl Grey, Doughty, from Genoa; and 'ok,, ;T.°ol Rarbadoes Icil 'Ttt, MAY i.—Wind S. to S.W., blowing Sal a uto MAY I —Wind S.S.W. to W.S.W., fresh 11 1 `,4 4 : 1 ' Nually 114‘1.°°/9 A.Litv I.—Arrived the Crown, Smith, and ti thi Victoria Paul from New Orleans; Proctor, till:itrit;tnteas,tfif;,etmuStha'ivea,nnah, ; Reform, Ogh t en' from Ales from Aricati ; Port Glasgow, Hut t [idtterilfrfroro Trinidad ; Wilson, Swain, and Louisa, Bar. 0 55 . "1 Mobile. Off port the Brilliant, from . and E New Orleans. Sailed the quator, from ite, for the Cape of Good Hope. tiilat)'°e", APRIL 3. Arrived the Thalestris, Dun ha 41 Trinidad ; and Louisa, Thompson, front An -144 -41't CREEK, MAY 2.—Arrived the James, 4°41 ' 24nt e • an d E leanor, M i lls, from L eg h orn. .bra - , 41.t ' MAY ived the James, Travers, from ta k 10,4 Th.) New Y MAY 2.--- . Arrived off port the Martha, Nor- W r° ll - ", ork ' M AY 2.—A rr i ve d t h e Nernen, Donner, from 1 .4; 1 P ) t l, 4lt ai led the 28th November, and St. Helena the I, og4rY ; and William Rushton, Strachan, from V i f t l', M AY I.—Arrived off port the Arrow, Wil -I)4‘lsZ:' V enice; and Sir B ourc hi er W reys, W rey, from ()''',lso:ilTß, May I.—A rr i ve d o ff port, the Ellida, lai:o•t h g Cadiz; and E ar l, D an i e l L agero, from Leghorn,. ikih,lt -qt ottait, APRIL 22.—" By ad v i ces f rom Sto vt)i' l t 'erns pretty certain that vesse l s f rom G reat Bri. ck.. 44y 1 '; ,°,e reli eve d f rom quarant i ne i n t h e course of a 11 ',.mr.siat MARCH 20.—The Danubio, bound . to gothtch on shore :n this port on the 6th inst., . 41 4 1 , 14 discharging to-day; only about thirty bags of o a ted /A t °,4,4,,,,,1nerce, Port, from Liverpool to Dover, was on 0o thn P h _ l lamsgate yesterday, but expected to be got off. Smith, from St. Michael's to London, was t`4. on Pureness Rock yesterday, but expected to be ri'll MARKETS -(THIS DAY.) 1 4 1 , 4 1 'N V(1,1: 4 tui r , ,CORN EXCHANGE. ft,e ll6 :, 4,',1 49 1c good increase in the arrivals of grain since 111 ) ,.4t'11s ~..,uf Flour the return is also fair. The Wheat lor; Iti " 11 at the terms of Monday, with very little fine d "' , b ther $` ' 4 Y p,_descriptions of there . grain is no variation ,1,, 1 , 4tAki t h -,our meets a dull sale at last quotations. p . .'l 4.. w, ARRIVALS. 44i . i, .... :.., 4,110 neat. Barley. Oats. Flour. ' 4 '.....,:: tl t z, o qrs. 3,910 qrs. 6,820 qrs. I s,66osacks ........, 10,010 - . l' t, T h it d -----..._. . I Rit,,,,,,,, Nti.larlera su '`...& 1 HFIELD MARKET. Itt ei e , ' T. '°4 4l - 1 / , 'l ' l 3' of Beasts, a full third of which came from aii aN tt,&ti),,.`piderately good; of Sheep, Lambs, Calves, w. d 1 1 11 Y4 t ( ;t1z, l'tes,iithted. The trade was dull throughout,ltp qr s i , l Qar,itt 4° 4 of 2d. per stone, with Mutton, Lamb, Veal, P ' 411 C' theOday's quotations. Milett Cows went off tar. ~,,:c- their Last.week's prices, an useful Short-horns, with .' ' Pg,rXilletng from 18/. to 22t. *,,,tor t 4 TONE OF SLES. TO SINK THE OFFALS. hlki qt:iatts I" d. to sd, s. d. to s. d• l'ti-"'lar i t) , ti' '''' `-?, 4r; 6 Lar e Lambs 00 0 0 1,,f1e1l stux,nt, 0 :- 3 8 Priz g riesmall ditto 5 2 0 6 U 4'e o tirir Sl)' 4 'o ." 3 6 3 8 Large coarse Calves 3 3lO 0,,,N1 (4. ~ ! ,er,.... ••• 3 10 4 0 Prime small ditto 4 2 4 6 'l,litllVp'o'itY , iii . t . ,, • : , 6 3 10 Large Hogs 'W4N; (l clitt o ' t 4 6 Small Porkers 4 4 4 8 , e ther s .; 6 4 8 Suckling Calvesto2Bs.eac . h. 11 ea5t:" 4 1.1 4 ,. -' 1 0 5 0 Quarter old Pigs P2s.tolSr.each. 160 . I 511 e ..1 4 " PER CLERK'S STATEMENT. titu, ' 1) and Lambs Calves. I Pig'' . `‘G 5 ,020 180 1 110 kr.t AN t l r. At b LEADEN 11 ALL MARKETS. • ,, Ixit eri per stone by the Carcass. -ie, d. to a. d ' s. d.tos. d. NlN. te t 'thri. e l j a g •.." ti 2„ 4 I Niutton, inferior 2 6 2 „. 8 8 P ltri e ~,,r B e„, 3 '. 210 .........__ middling 3 ''' "".... "' A IL.. n 23 4 i -e4 0 4 4 ... 4 3 „ 7.7------ prim 32 3 8 i ii .a . ,, , ,ii; .?. 4 4 co) rork ,large ----small 4 0 410 v."..'"* """*.n• , . 48 . lid. to 55. Scl. A PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds 93 1 ( 1 Belgian Bonds 85% Ditto Account 85 % Brazilian Bonds 6 2 3,E Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds 23 Ditto Account Chilian Bonds Ditto Account Columbian Bonds l5ll Ditto Account Ditto Bonds, 1824 Ditto Account Danish Bonds • Ditto Account Greek Bonds 32 1 3 4 Ditto Bonds, 1825 ..• Ditto Accotint Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent 9.5% Ditto Account . . Ditto, ti per cent 324 Ditto Account 1 0 % Neapolitan PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) 100 7114 Bolanos Mining Company £l5O 137' Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at Si. pra.) £2O 62 Ditto National 17% M Ditto St. John Del Rey Ditto Cocaes 5 British Iron Mining Company £5O Columbian Milling Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) 505¢ English Mining Company l2s{ General Mining Association l2 Mexican Mining Co. £46 Real dcl Monte Mining C 0...., — Tlalpuxahua Mining Co 330 United Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 21. rim.) 40 Ditto New Scrip 5 Alliance Fire Insurance Cemp lO Protector Insi trance Comp. Australian Co Canada Company l7 General Steam Navigation Co. Provincial Bank of Ireland 23 84 L2Bl 13 12 3 4 16% 10% £1 7 0 111.', 12 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, APRIL D. Bank Stock :St. Patrick Insur (par Share) —... • Consols, 3 ner cent. Gov. Stock, 3% per cent 93% National Ditto .....9 .43a Ditto, New 93% !Patriotic Ditto — I per Cent —l Hibernian Bank — 6ov. Deb. 3% percent.... 874 iProvincial Ditto — Royal Canal Stock — Royal Irish Mine — Grand Canal Stock — Imperial Mine — City Deb. 4 per cent....... Mining Co. of Ireland Ballast Office Deb. 4D. c. 92.?.i Commercial Buildings Just ready, in 3 vols. post Bvo., THE REPEALER S. By the COUNTESS of BLESSINGTON. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. (Successor to Henry Colburn.) Agents for Scotland, Messrs. Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh ; for Ireland, Mr, John Cumming, Dublin. Orders should be transmitted immediately to the various Booksellers in the United Kingdom, to prevent disap pointment in the early delivery of this work. Wit I° 4:1.4' ; 7 04,1 ' '' ,.. )- • - sr4 t ir- A . H ‘f *MU+ -1, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 3, 1833. We have for some time been endeavouring to urge upon Lord ALTIIORP the, to us, plain fact, that the house and window tax must be abolished. What first led us to the conclusion that the concession was no longer optional, but matter of necessity, was the different symptoms we saw of the middling classes becoming not only aware of the injustice done them by those who have had the making of the laws, but indig- nant at the wretched cant advanced in their de fence. As long as a man is meek enough to listen to the arguments of a man who justifies the picking of his pocket he must be left to his fate; but when he begins to insist upon his right to let no hand go into his pocket but his own, one may entertain reasonable hopes of persuading him of the justice of punishing intruders. For a long time all the buyers of this country have very meekly listened to the arguments of the sellers to be allowed to fix their own mono poly prices. In the same way all the taxed have suffered themselves to he persuaded by the taxers that they themselves should be com paratively exempt from the burdens of the state. If we may judge from appearances, this apathy or gullibility is fast passing away, and Lord ALTHORP will soon find that all un equal taxes, all monopolies, whether of corn or anything else, all restraints on trade and labour, under whatever pretence they may have been imposed, must be equalized, must be abolished. The different meetings which have lately been held in the metropolis and elsewhere, and the tone and temper of the resolutions passed at them with respect to the house and window taxes, ought (independently of the positive in formation we announced two days back as having been given to the Government on the subject), to bring home conviction to Lord ALTHORP'S mind, that although he has sue , ceeded in frightening the selfish portion of the House, by the threat of a property tax, the assessed taxes, as at present imposed, cannot much longer be collected. We admit. what was said by Sir ROBERT PEEL that a house and window tax has many of the advantaged without the disadvantages of a pro perty tax ; but then we must insist upon its being fairly and equally levied upon the whole community. Had it been so, the inhabitants of towns would not have thought of complaining of it ; but when they have seen that in this, as in every other case, the law makers have spared them selves, the matter of wonder is, not the present outcry, but that so grievous an injustice should have been borne so long as it has. The low values at which the houses of the nobility are assessed, is the fault of the assessors ; but the ingenuity with which the scale for the window duty is framed, so as to throw nearly the whole burden upon the middling classes, belongs solely to the venal and packed Parliament, which the voice of public opinion has annihilated. That any man should have had the face to defend the justice of that scale in a reformed House of Commons, was to us a matter of no small astonishment, albeit that the man who most prominently did so, was the ex-Member for Limerick. Let us see what it is Mr. SPRING RICE, with such peculiar modesty, undertook to defend. The scale for the imposition of the window tax is as follows : windows. Per Window. I Windows. Per Window. s. EL s. d. I 7 _SY4 8 10 20 30 7 1 1 5 00 0 ................... , 6 5 10 5 4 50 6 6% 150 We will say nothing upon the precedent here established for the imposition of a gradu• ated property tax, because we think that it would be attended with any thing but beneficial effects ; but we should be curious to hear Sir ROBERT PEEL'S defence of it, if indeed defend he would. To a plain man of fact it would appear, upon the examination of this scale, that it lets off the houses of the very poor, for the simple reason that they cannot pay; it then gently touches upon the inhabitants of houses with eight and ten windows, who are just raised above the class of daily labourers ; it then comes upon the inhabitants of the 20, 30, and 40 window houses, those inhabited by trades people, by professional men, by families of small independent incomes; but directly it reaches the houses of the nobility, down the scale sinks to the level of the tax imposed upon the house of a poor clerk or small tradesman. "Oh ! but," says the Irish Secretary of the Treasury, whose property pays not a sixpence to this tax, "you ought not to complain, for the aristocracy might, if they had chosen, have exempted themselves from ally payment, or have put themselves upon an equality with the artizans who inhabit houses with ten windows !" Nay, this person had actually the impudence, the brazen impudence, to claim a kind of credit for the nobility in paying so much. " If," said he, "Woburn Abbey were charged at the same rate as a house with ten windows, it would pay 53/. only, instead of 711." The comparison of the means of the Duke of BEDFORD living in a palace with 500 windows, and in the receipt of nearly 1,0001. per day, with those of a mechanic, would be ludicrous, if the object the Honourable Gentleman has in view did not excite our indignation. We shall again revert to this argument of Mr. SPRING RICE'S, and the tables by which he illustrated it, but he may be assured that mystifications of this kind will no longer serve their purpose, and that the doom of unequal taxation was fixed when the Reform Bill became law. _ . It is stated in a Morning Paper that a vote of censure was passed last night upon Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, at a meeting of the dele gates of the parishes of Westminster, and that it was proposed that the Hon. Baronet should be required to resign his seat : the latter propo sition, however, it is said, was not agreed to, as the delegates did not feel that they had any au thority to entertain it. This is the fact. The 81 delegates were authorized by the parishes to discuss only one subject, the house and window taxes ; but we believe there was hardly a dissen tient among them as to the impropriety of Sir FRANCIS BURDETT'S conduct, and were he to resign his seat and to stand for Westminster again, there would not be the slightest chance of his return, notwithstanding the many years that he has been among them, and the dislike that is usually entertained by large constituencies to encourage proposals of change. The people, however, seem to be coming rapidly to a con clusion, that the Members of the House of Commons are not quite the free agents that many of them wish to be. According to the constitution of England, the Commons are sup posed (it is a sad fiction, we are ready to confess, but it ought not to be a fiction) to be direct parties to every measure which passes in their name ; and it appears to us that the intention of choosing representatives was not to allow them to do as they pleased, but to be the organs of the constituencies who, from their number, could not be present and vote for themselves. Many of the Members of the House of Commons, however, Whig as well as Tory, seem, by their conduct, and even by their language, to imagine that the moment they are chosen as representatives of the people they cease to have anything to represent—else, should we have anything so absurd as Acts of Par liament, or votes of Parliament in the name of the people, contrary to their own de clared views ? If Members were fairly re turned by ballot, they would not venture upon these insults to their constituents, for then they would have none of the cor rupt and bearing clown influence which enables a man to regain a seat for a constituency whose interests he has betrayed. If we are not to have vote by ballot it ought at least to be binding upon a Member of the House of Commons to resign his seat without chance of resuming it, when he has broken the promises upon which he attained it. Such is the course in every other transaction of life among honourable men, and we do not see why, when the obligations of honour and duty are in question, the Members of the House of Commons should be exempt. The London and Birmingham Railway Bill has, we perceive, passed the Lords with some amendments. From the slovenly manner in which business is transacted by their Lordships, we are not able to say whether they are or are not of importance. We should imagine that they are not, and that we may at length congratulate the country upon the commencement of a na tional undertaking which will give a stimulus to our industry, as incalculable as that which we have received from the application of machinery to our cotton manufactures. All we have to regret is, that the lines have not been made `double ; but that it will come to that, we doubt not. The last official accounts from Oporto are far more cheering than any which have arrived for several months ; and, by letters from several distinguished British officers in the Constitu tional service, we find that little doubt is enter tained of a successful result to the present struggle, provided an end hc: put to the intrigues which embarrass and impede the operations of the Commander-in-Chief. The inhabitants of Oporto, notwithstanding the numerous privations which they have experienced, have not relaxed in their attachment to the Constitutional cause, and more than 2,000 have offered to join the army in its intended march upon Lisbon. When that movement will take place, however, is uncer tain, as great difference of opinion prevails on the subject in the Cabinet of Don PEDRO. One party is for moving at once upon Coimbra, where the Pedroites have many partisans, and, ,having the Niiguelites in their rear, obtain such an addi tional force at Coimbra, as would not only secure them against any defeat by the Miguelites, but offer a point d'appui to the inhabitants of , Lisbon, who are waiting only for a convenient opportunity to declare themselves against MI GUEL. Another party is for less decided measures, and for waiting the arrival of rein forcements from England and France, but they seem to forget, that whilst they are reinforcing the army of Don PEDRO, MIGUEL also is exerting himself in putting his own army into a more effective state. In difficult enterprizes, desperate means frequently accomplish what caution would destroy ; and as the result of every active demonstration on the part of the Constitutionalists, has been favourable to them selves, it is difficult to conceive why they con tinue to play the slow, and, as they call it, the sure game. In our opinion, the sure game would be the desperate one, considering the manner in which the resources of the contend ing parties are obtained, and how their respec tive armies are composed. The official accounts mention the reported insurrection in favour of Don PEDRO at Figueras, but not in a way to divest the rumours which have been circulated of an appearance of exaggeration. The opponents of Sir JOHN HOBHOUSE say he will certainly be re-appointed Secretary of Ireland ! We have reason, however, to believe, that Sir JoirN would refuse the offer were it to be made to him, and that his resignation was merely hastened by the late affair in Parliament. The little intercourse that he has had with Ire land already has been sufficient to convince him, that he was not qualified for an office requiring more than ordinary forbearance and courtesy. It was fortunate for Sir JOHN HOBHOUSE that he had so good an opportunity of resigning with credit. An attempt has been making to revive the Cholera Board, but we are happy to find that the Government have set their face against it. The disease, should it again make its appear. ante among us, will in future be treated in the usual way of other non-contagious maladies, and a great expense will be saved to the country. It is but just, however, to the Lords of the Coun cil to say that under their control the cost of the Cholera Board in England was hardly a fourth of what the Irish Board cost, and not one eighth of what was paid to the Paris medical Commission. The French Papers are filled, for the most part, with reports and remarks on the present crisis of affairs in the East. The anniversary of LOUIS PHILIP'S birthday was to be celebrated in the usual manner. The Corps Diplomatique was to be received by his MAJESTY, and Count Pozzo DI BoRGo to act as spokesman on the occasion. Some disturbances had occurred at Lyons and Marseilles, but they were not of a serious nature. The debate last night in the House of Com mons upon Colonel TORRENS'S motion on the currency, had the result we expected,—viz., the negation of the motion. The catastrophe, how ever, came on rather sooner than we had ima gined it would, for the House was so sick of currency physic that the Doctor's own speech, with a short reply from Lord ALTHORP, settled the matter. Mr. CAYLEY'S motion was deferred, the gentleman being indisposed. The topic of chief interest discussed in the course of the evening, was the introduction of poor laws into Ireland, which Mr. RICHARDS directly moved. He, however, withdrew the motion, in favour of an amendment of Lord ALTHORP'S, to form a Commission of Inquiry. That the result will be the recommendation of some plan which shall compel landlords in Ireland to do their duty, we cannot doubt. We have long advocated the temporary introduction of poor laws into that country, as the means that might properly be employed for bringing the inhabitants within the pale of civilization, which the atrocities we daily hear of prove them not to be in at present. At the same time we should look forward to all the evils dreaded by Mr. O'CONNELL from the permanent introduction of the English system into Ireland. We do not think we can do better than refer the Commissioners and the House to a report made by a Committee on the poor laws, which sat at Philadelphia in 1825. The following extract will give our readers some idea of its value : " Upon the whole, your Committee are convinced, that the effect of a compulsory provision fur the poor is to increase the number of paupers,--to entail an oppressive burden on the' country,—to promote idleness and licen tiousness among the labouring classes,--and to afford relief to the profligate and abandoned, which ought to be be stowed on the virtuous and industrious alone, that the poor laws have done away the necessity for private charity—that they have been onerous to the community, and every way injurious to the morals, comfort, and in dependence of that class for whose benefit they were intended —that nn permanent alleviation of the evils of the system can rationally be expected from the erection of poor houses, or from any similar expedient ; and that the only hope of effectual relief, is the speedy and total abolition of the sys , em itself. In this country, where there are no privileged orders, where all classes of society have equal rights, and where our population is far from being so dense as to press upon the means of subsistence, it is indeed alarming to find the increase of pauperism progressing with such rapidity. * * We are fast treading in the footsteps of England." DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red., 5t 3 4% 3 per Cent Cons. S7 ~,,%% 344 per Cent 93 %% Ditto Red 9 310/4% New 334 per Cent. 91% 5 3 per Cent. Ann. 1726 .... - 4 per Cent. lEk26 Bank Long Ann. to expire Jan. 5, 1860 16% Oct. 10, 1859 Jan. 5, 1860 17 1-16 17 Jan. 5, 1880 - April 5, 1880 - Jan. 5, 1870 - Kew 5 per Cent. — 'lndia Stock Ditto Bonds pm. South Sea Stock 93% Old Annuities B4s‘; New Ditto Sfi 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 - Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 47 48 pm . Ditto.. ...... ....WO 47 48 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial pm. Ditto Advertised Bank for Account India for Account — Cons. for Account 87%54 TTIIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds 1514 Portuguese Bonds SI%U :2 Ditto Account Regency Scrip 41;1; dis. Ditto Account dis. Prussian Bonds Ditto Bonds, 1322 1 1i 'Russian Bonds, 1322 1043y Ditto Account New Loan 97% Spanish Bonds,lB2l. lB Ditto Account l9 18% Ditto Bonds, 1823 I64N Ditto Account French Rentes, sp. c. —f —c. 1---- Exchange ...... —f —c. per cent. —f —c. Exchange —f —c. Dutch, ‘.21. p. c Ditto Account 457; Ditto, 5 p. c R 4 V, Ditto Account 84L iI French Scrip 454 pm. COURT OF REVIEW.-(THIS DAY.) EX PARTE SMITH IN RE BRITTEN. Mr. SWANSTON applied on behalf of the creditors in the above case for an order of the Court to direct its officer to investigate the accounts of the assignees. The com mission had been sued out in June, 1827, and the certifi cate obtained in March the following year. The assignees had collected property to the amount of 3,0007., and had paid to their solicitor 1,372/. There were also charges in their accounts of large sums for journeys to Brussels, and other places. O n t h e 2d o f March, 1833, there remained in their hands 6611., on which they refused to make a dividend, alleging that the wife of the bankrupt had put in a claim to that sun). The COURT granted the prayer of the petition. The epidemic, known as the influenza, which has prevailed to so great an extent in the metropolis, has found its way to this as well as to other parts of the country. It has shown itself in several towns in this n eighbourhood, and a few cases have occurred in Dor chester.—Dorset Ch ron i c l e. IHEu OUSE TAX--A meeting of the Commissioners appointed to hear appeals from surcharges upon the assessed taxes took place yesterday in the vestry of Covent-garden church, but although very many of the inhabitants of that parish feel themselves peculiarly ag grieved by the recent surcharges made upon them in re spect of the house tax, only a few attended to appeal, the general argument used being, " What is the good of appealing, when we are determined to refuse payment altogether ?" IMPERIALPARLIAMTIVI THIS DAY, FRIbAT, MAY 3. HOUSE OF COMMONS. --- The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly after twelve o'clock. On our admission to the gallery, we found about eighty Members in the House. Mr. THICKNESSE brought up the report of the Com mittee on the Manchester and Salford Road Bill. Amendments real a second time. The HoN. AIEMBEIL then presented a petition Iron, Wigan, the subscribers to which prayed to be heard b‘ Counsel against the Warwick and Wigan Road BALL Petition referred to the Committee. Mr. Alderman WOOD moved the third reading of th, Imperial Continental Gas Company 1311.—Read a third time and passed. In pursuance of the order of the day to that effect, the Clerk of the Crown attended, and amended the return far Galway. Mr. HODGES moved the third reading of the Graves end and Milton Improvement Bill, with amendments.— [lead a third time and passed. Mr. PENDARVES moved the second reading of th- Bodmin Road Bill.--Read and committed. Sir ROWLAND HILL presented three petitions from Norton, referring to a Bill now in progress fur improving the roads in that part of Shropshire.—Petitions referred to the Committee of said Bill. Sir W. GUISE brought up the report of the Commit tee on the Farrington and Butford Road Bill.—Bill and amendments read, and ordered to be engrossed. The HON. MEMBER then moved the second reading of the He's'on Er closure B.ll.—Read a second time, and com mitted. Mr. ABERCRONIBY brought up th , t report of th,• Committee on the Edinburgh Life Insurance Bill, with amendments.—Bill and amendments ordered to he engrossed. Sir GREY SKIPWITH brought up the report of the West Houghton Road Bill. Mr. EGERTON moved the third reading of a Bill for improving the roads i❑ certain parts of Leicestershire and Derbyshire.—BiTl read a third time and passed. DUBLIN STEAM-PACKET BILL. Mr. EWART presented petitions from the pilots and boat-owners of Liverpool, against the Dublin Steam. packet Bill, and the St. George's Steam-packet Bill, and praying that they might be heard by their counsel, &c., upon the same. Mr. BIDDULPH brought up the report of the Com mittee on the Ledbury Road Bill. The Bill, with the amendmmts, was read a second time. Mr. STUART presented a petition from tile farmers Ind graziers of East Lothian, in favour of the Edinburgh New Cattle Market Bill. Mr. WILLIAM EVANS presented a petition from the inhabitants of the town of Leicester, signed by 5,000 persons, praying for the abolition of negro slavery with out delay. He cordially concurred in the prayer of the petition. Mr. WYNN ELLIS supported the prayer of the petition. Mr. W. EVANS also presented a petition from Mount Sorrell, to the same effect. CORPORATION OF LEICESTER. Mr. HENRY HALFORD held in his hand a petition from the mayor, bailiffs, and burgesses of the borough of Leicester, signed by the mayor on behalf of that body, and sealed with their common set!. This petition was occa sioned by one which had been presented a few days back by an Hon. Member for Leicester (Mr. Evans), contain ing some reflections injurious to the public character and integrity of that body. The petitioners stated that they had become acquainted with the real contents of the petition from seeing it advertised in the Leicester Chronicle newspaper, and also distributed in hand bills about the town ; but that it contained scandalous misrepre sentations, and imputed misconduct to the Corporation, both as to the administration of justice and the distribution of charitable funds as trustees fur various charitable pur poses, that they felt themselves so aggrieved by those false and scandalous misrepresentations, and that they should be so exposed to public odium and disgrace, that they felt re solved to adopt the only means they bad, namely, that of moving in hie Majesty's Court of King's Bench for a criminal information against the parties concerned i❑ the said scandalous libel ; and that, asa necessary qualifica tion for moving for such, they were obliged to deny on oath all and every charges of mismanagement and cor ruption which the said petition imputed to them, and in compliance with such rules, affidavits from the bar bad been filed, in which each and every charge contained in the said petition was denied. The Hon. Member then stated, that the petitioners went on to refute the ca lumnies which had been heaped upon the corporation, but with which he should not trouble the House. He begged leave to move, that the petition be referred to the Corporation Committee. Mr. EVANS, in reference to the petition which be bad the honour to present, and which was now said to contain gross and scandalous libels, said it was signed by 5,800 individuals, including a great portion of the most respectable inhabitants of the town of Leicester, who, he believed, were utterly incapable of getting up such a petition, unless they knew that there were abuses in the Corporation, and that they felt the grievances of which they complained.—(Hear, hear.) A part of the allegations in the petition he knew to be true, and his opinion was that substantially they were all true. The Hon. Member (Mr. Halford) could not deny that the cor poration made 2,000, freemen at nearly one time; and he would ask, was that not an abuse?—(Hear.) Was that a false and gross libel ? It was true that all of those 2,000 (lid not take up their freedom, but many of them did. He believed that the inhabitants of Leicester had very great cause of complaint respecting various instances of misconduct in the corporation, and that nothing would gratify the inhabitants more than a full, fair, and com plete investigation into the conduct of that body. Mr. ROEBUCK said that the present petitioners ex pressed an anxious wish, as a means of refuting the alle gations of the former petition, that a full and strict in vestigation might be made into their proceedings, and yet they proceeded by criminal information.—(Hear, hear.) Why, if they wished for an impartial inquiry, did they not proceed so as to allow the parties an opportunity, if they could, of justifying themselves ?—( Hear, hear.) Great str:ss was laid o❑ the affidavits of the corporation functionaries; they might consider, from long habit, that their conduct was correct, but so long as they pro ceeded in the way they had done, he should look with great suspicion, not only on their statements, but upon their affidavits. Mr. HALFORD said in reply that the petitioners only wished to vindicate their conduct and integrity as public men. After a few words from an Hoti. MEMBER (name unknown), the petition was ordered to be referred to the Committee on Corporations. Mr. HALFORD then presented two petitions for the better observance of the Sabbath, from Market Har borough and its vicinity, and Husband's Boswell, both in the county of Leicester. General O'NEILL presented petitions against the pre sent system of education iu Ireland, from the following places : —Coleraine, Bsllyinully, Connaught, and De lakeagle. The iion. Member also presented petitions from congre gations in Connaught and several other places, for the better observance of the Sabbath. Also a petition from a parish in Antrim for the abolition of slavery. Mr. F. NORTH presented a petition from Hastings, signed by 900 persons, for the abolition of slavery. Lord CASTLEREAGH presented four petitions from parishes in the county of Dawn for the better observance of the Sabbath. Mr. SLANEY presented a petition from the town of Shrewsbury, signed by 12,000 persons, praying for the abolition of slavery. Also, four petitions of a similar nature from parishes in the county of Salop. Sir GEORGE STAUNTON presented a petition from a parish in Gosport. Sir A. AGNEW presented petitions from Manchester, signed by 9,760 persons, from the Wesleyan Methodists of Bristol, signed by 1,300, from the synod of Glasgow, from Ayr, and parishes in York and Chester, for the better observance of the Sabbath. The Honourable Baronet then presented some petitions in favour of the Bill before the House, from several parishes and con gregations in Rosscommon, Mallow, Argyle, &c. Also petitions, for the better observance of the Sabbath, as we understood, from places in Suffolk, Lincolnshire, &c. ; and tw o , w hi c h th e H on . Baronet described as beingre markable—one f ro m the sailors and boatmen on the river Trent, a n d th e o ther from the innkeepers, waiters, pos tillions, and others concerned in posting on the North Road both being in favour of a discontinuance of their employment on the Sabbath. elective prayingllr l . G that LO S 1 N franchise. . presentedhou seholdersrr h e a Hon. Member petition h from bt erb be alsoaadmitted E m pitrte d esd inbu e ntteo Edinburgh, hae , petition from the Members of the Political Union of Kil marnock, praying f or t r i enn i a l P ar li aments; also a peti tion fruna a place in Renfrewshire, against the Bill brought in by the Hon. Baronet for the better observance of the Sabbath. The petitioners complained of the gross impar tiality of the proposed Bill. The Honourable Member then presented petitions from Longhivilloch, and other places, for the abolition of slavery. The lion. Member then said he bad to present a different class of peti tions. The first was from the hand-loom weavers of raitseri( an #4. .tv , igh $ Oilrboo eo.nplaining of great (11%4 tress; and to the same elf et from Lanark, New Lanark, Killth, the inhabitants of Airdrie, and the hand-loom weavers of Airdrie. The latter stated that the condition of the hand-loom wearers was of unexampled distress, arising from causes over which the petitioners bad no controul. Mr. JOHN SMITH said the hand-loom weavers were a class of persons that must excite the sympathy of every feeling heart, for their case was utterly hopeless of guy rem edy. Mr. J. OSWALD concurred in the extent of distress among the hand•loom weavers. Scotl an d, CHURCH ESTABLISHMENT IN IRELAND. Mr. GILLON presente d severa l pet i t i ons, very nume rously signed,persons in merits i n I re l and. They were from the members of the fort he from g e n m e r o a s l t a r ho e s F i r otnahleo of bo c d h i u e :c o i f Politi ca l U n i on of the borough of Kilmarnoch, from the establish inhabitants of Hamilton, from the chairman and members of the Glasgow Political Union, from the inhabitants of Carron signed by 1 ,200 persons, and from the inhabitants of the city of Glasgow signed by 16,000 of the inhabitants of that place. The Hon. Member stated they had all the sane object, though their phraseology was different, and they considered that the alliance between the Church and State was unscriptural, and injurious to the Church, and prayed the House to take some means as speedily as pos,i hie, to redress the evils complained of. Mr. ROBT. STEWART trusted that the last petition which hid been presented would not be considered as speaking the sense of all the inhabitants from whence that petition carne.—(Hear, hear.) The Established Church had rendered many important services to the general cause of Christianity, and the reform contemplated by these petitions he should consider the downfall of the establi,hrnent of the country, which would be one of the greatest misfortunes that could befal the United Kingdom. Mr. ROEBUCK presented a petition from the rate payers of St. Mary Redeliffe, Bristol, praying for the amendment of the Select Vestry Act. OBSERVANCE OF THE SABBATH. The Hon. MEMBast. had next to present a petition from a society established in the city of Bath, for promoting the better observance of the Lord's Daybraying that the Bill introduced by Sir A. Agnew might pass into a law. The whole of the petitioners were respectable persons— by respectable, he did not mean rich ; but there was one thing to which he wished particularly to call the attention of the House, and it showed the manner in which these pet* - tions were signed. Tile petitions were signed by a great many persons, who had signed a requisition requesting him to go down to Bath to attend a meeting on the Monday, which they knew he could not do un less he travelled on the Sabbath day.--(Great laughter, and hear, hear.) If a man watt deeply impressed with the necessity of observing the Sabbath-day, he never would have signed the requisition for him to go down to Bath on a Sunday. The next petition he had to present was from Thomas Morris, of Dunfermline, against the Sabbath Bill ; also a petition from John James Norris, of the city of Bristol, victualler, praying the House to pass some measure which would have the more immediate effect of relieving insolvents. . _ Gen•. ral PACMER presented a petition from the city of Bath, signed by upwards of 4,000 persons, for the repeal of the house and window duties. The lion. Member trusted the time was not far distant when the House would think it expedient to relieve the productive classes of the country from the burdens under which they now laboured, either by reduction of the expenditure of the : country, or by placing those burdens upon propel ty, which alone could and ought to support them.—(Hear.) Mr. ROEBUCK supported the petition. Several other petitions were presented, after which the House adjourned. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. We are very dull in the city. We perceive by the mail this morning, from Paris, that Count !Nalco di Borgo paid a visit to M. Broglie, and informed him, that as long as the Pacha of Egypt did not return to his duty, the Rus. sian troops would remain in Constantinople, and if required would advance to secure the independence of the Porte. NI. de Broglie did not say much on the business, but waits the result of the mission of M. Varennes, as well as an answer to the propositions made to England. It is stated that M. Flahaut is to proceed to Vienna on an important mission. The French paper Le Temps says, that it is assured that the French Government will leave Russia to act as she pleases in the affairs of the East ; and as a proof of the good disposition towards Russia, it is decided to recall Admiral Roassin. A report also prevailed that M. Saint Aulaire has been despatched from the French Government to that of Austria, inviting that Cabinet to assemble a congress re lAtive to the affairs of the Esst. THE FUNDS. The Funds are at present inactive, but we cannot say the same in respect of our domestic wncerns. The public in general are disappointed at not having received any relief from the late budget. By accounts from Holland it appears that the King is reinforcing his army, and everything has a warlike appearance. _ _ — Consols opened at the same price they left off, 81, buyers, for the Account, with little or nothing doing. HALF-PAST ONE. The National Bank in Holland have come to a resolu tion of advancing money on all descriptions of Dutch Government Securities at the rate of three per cent. per annum. Consols are at present 87} for the Account. In the early part of the day the Chancellery purchased 60 00 Consols, which has rather improved the Market. In the Foreign Market most if the Securities have im proved. Brazil Stock has been done at 62k 63. THREE 0' CL 0 CA, Consols for the Account, 87 ; CLOSING PRICES Bank Stock 193 -FOUR O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Red B6i 3 pee Cent. Cons B7* 3 per Cent. 93; 3-i per Cent. Red 93' ' New 3; per Cent 951 4 per Cent 101 i Long. Ann. to expire Jan. 1860 16 13-16 Oct. 1859 16 11-16 Jan. 1860 l7 1-16 India Stoek 2271 Ditto 80nd5.... ....... 26128 pm. South Sea Stock 97i Ditto OW Ann 841 Ditto New Ann. B6 Ex. Bills, 10001 Ditto 500/ 49 pm. Ditto Small 49 pm. Bank St. for Acc. 1931 Consols for Acc ...... India St. for Acc . FUNDS. FOREIGI Austrian, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent B5 Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent 6lj Chilian, 6 per cent. — Columbian, 6 per cent l4l Ditto, NIA l6 Danish 79.1 Greek, 5 per cent. 1826 3B Mexican, 5 per cent. Ditto, 6 per cent 32} Peruvian, 6 per cent. Portuguese, 5 per cent 521 Ditto, Reg. Scrip 4 Prussian, 5 per cent. Russian Bonds, 5 per cent lO2l Ditto, Metallic 971 ianish, 5 per cent l9 Ditto, 1823 .. le4 French 5 per Cent.... —f. --c. Exchange :—f..—c. French 9 per Cent —f. —c. Dutch, 21 per cent.......... 45t Ditto, 5 per cent B4/ We believe that it would be no exaggeration 00 We 0 do ca n se o s t o k f n i n n w ilu a en si a n a g i i n e t L i verpoolsay that during there t hhea last b w ee e n 1 0, week. . family in which persons hive not been attacked with it, and in many families not one person has escaped. The attacks and recoveries are equally sudden. The disease also pre. vails in all parts of the county.—Liverpool Times. SUICIDE IN HYDE PARK.----Yesterday morning, about seven o'clock, a young man was observed walking by the side of the Serpentine River, Hyde Park, evidently absorbed in great affliction. With an agitated step he was next seen to approach close to the brink of the river, and knetling down, clasped his hands together h and seemed to pray fervently for a few semi& He then abruptly rose, and plunged headlong from the bank into deep water. An alarm was instantly given, and the boat put off to his assistance, but before it arrived the water closed over him, and when got out, life was extinct. The body was conveyed to St. George's poor-house, when, on i searching his pockets, all the money found n them was one bad balfpenny, and his appearance, altogether, indi cated extreme distress. He was a fine tall youn g f e ll ow, and bad evidently once moved in a respectable sphere of life. In the three market towns of Dunster, Mine. head, and Watchet, there is only one attorney, and he hat only lately commenced practice. In Andover the eAtor. neys are in a very flourishing state. Three of them are engaged in building splendid new houses for Their awn re sidences. HORRID MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUl thha - t o r o w cinc.---We learn by a gentlema n f rom Ch ar l estown, t h a t a tragical affair took pl ace i n th a t town yester d ay after noon. Soon after dinn er , Mr. AARON Locxx, a grain merchant, entered hi s h ouse arme d w i t h a h o rse pistol. His wife, apprehensive f rom hi s a pp earance that ha intend ed to do injury to som e one , b egge d of him not to shoot his children. At that mom en t h e discharged the pistol at her. The ball struck her arm, fractured the bone , and passed directly th r ough her body, killing her inst antly on i t n he a sp s o h t o . cki H n e tinhearinnseeris.ed When h ru en o o r u a r n and f c o u r t m h a i n s t ow left,n ever, he was still alive, and it was thought he might recover. We understand he has recently exhibited symptoms of occasional mental alienation, and to this cause is probably to be attributed the commission of these tiii.. natural deede......Bustvit GLUM.