The Sun. — London, England, 1833-05-08 00:00:00

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Th e Government pleads no- Urge 9 th a t t h ey have lately received 80.0001. se ' O , and t a lk s of receipts for the money that have tt, l ett eh ° o boa r d a British man-of-war. It was admitted Ist, :""Ila was brought up, but for merchants' , t ir s nnl ir:F e a p d a e r a t l ie o s f l n ia so v o e e p yu, t it into the head of G really belonging to the os serenilitte,was thus sent into the port. Some say he i tool ° I Others obstinate. lam quite satisfied that with *lsla: 4 4 ' l of the sum in question the Government of '''•Al a ra ; hai l nothing whatever to do. Although the 4ar l d ' 0 , 4 , 1 has been really badly treated, unless he means t , e cause entirely, h e s h ou ld not a tt e mpt to 4tnePassibil. ies. ve h inte will he struck on shore within a short 'Lalii'oeZerhaps before I write to you again ; some say we 'sve,the Monte do Castro ; but the capture of that ealmen Open the port the batteries behind port the kty't wosld still be able to play away. The port is high a large extent of country, the river is the only '''lsro ,read from the rich province of the Upper oh t these districts have already found out how pratiabf,are dependent on the city ; therefore it is not 'ra ttios th at the :Marshal may turn his eyes in another . kftlYea-s),,Pe'llalas southward, and if the Constitutional th„, 4 IY obtain and retain both sides of the river, s 'e t t,, -.s Wtt to the sea, the enemy may keep the Monte la ity m u tt hi the day of judgment; the surrounding ut eventually fall to the city of Oporto. ;I, 11.7.2 • disembarkation mortal ° Z ' ' A .Nr.—Another. extensive V '44 likewise took place last night ; the particti -Is."'t Yet known but a ood part came up the river 4 3 Red Olt . the ' city q , ....a g y. '4'llesd • change in the 3linistay was officially 1 % i n the Chronica of yesterday. a t ' NI; has bee n b roug h t a b out b y t h e di scover y . of 'l h ill llstrigue against Baron Solignac, to explain which, ty'6'agekte most cursory way, it will be necessary to tra- Itlers"e coninie cement of that General's career in 4 :ces t i t ,„ di llif s ea T e elY 90 hours after his arrival in Oporto that f ' ' )te as of the Marquis de Paltnella (now Du . k, de fa' Published in the Chronica. A new ministry ,s.,la:is.daYs befor e been created, to which fact the ti,. st la ,an entire strAnger, and it is positively as f:4. it first became known to him solely from ° los:l i t he newspaper. 441 s time elapsed before he represented to the Em- I l a ,teriously the removal of the Marquis de Pal :(4 of ,l,aitlred the cause of his daughter with the 4t''gland and France—that the leading statesmen od Itro:tillatries held that nobleman in high esteem,. h a oh " Id denee in his loyal and noble character w '' ' , 1 , 14 , , 5 4 i - Z t ,_tenose in other - parties, of whom nothing 1 , 0 ;0e % I :, Known, or too much . ! tbel,.'nal naturally experienced a deal of . oppo . si- : tet`elnist.ers being well aware that their poster th t Ed gy 0-exist with that of the Marquis de Palmella :vete of newly created, they had the confidence -t)r t and • • • nces spoke in their favour.. e s , se some occurrences ( 0 "i , eessor of Silva Carvalho, the Minister of Fi 011isti elated that the coffers of the Treasury only tt kt ' 4 k e (finest money for six days' expenditure, . and t o ex piratio n o f a mont h it wouldlrh be out of his o i r, a rat a Y the tr oops anot h er p e nny, or find them a th happened that his successor overcame tie , S P end the soldiers continue o During4a considerable period all com t mu t. t "4t a sst, the s ea was c l ose d , t h e weat h e r was ,tos 4 ; . t h eo the bar i mpassable, and no vesse l d are approach had Ive Provisions left; the morale of the army t was . t tl l 4 sl ,4 :"'ng, and the battle to be fought in despair . ..)e tr,,ttitl l 4 l ; i d , ,aY more . necessary, as it was determined rather Ili N s be tt .s d ni ".' itt a e r d ms in our hands than die by famine. It 4 4° they totted favour.that we then bad more chances against eir etnnstc es the Baron continued to urge . his ah i e rtg or ""s upon the Emperor, the Ministry became 1 1 1 ,l' i li ,e4ieo d uctile, and at length fear worked out that lat shal ti and justice could not accomplish. w Under to the Influence, the Emperor . ( I'? ; the Ministers knew it, and two 3t least basal m s wore mortal hatred to the Marshal Major tlAt "4 1)1 • • . 1 1tr, ' , Sing of the Alinistry, it must be understood charge lies li t t n 4 lath i tt en t 'ie , tie S a is always excepted ; s lks a es ßa lad the Marquis de Louie w n a ° s not at that g e . in public affairs. A thousand inttigues were gist,•'t on foot, of the chief of which you shall have Ab c , tl 'Y. it:las:l:he middl e of March the Marshal's private secre- Ors t e i. ' l t 0 hitu that a French adventurer, named 1 11 41 114 itn ' ,: ad peen charged by the Minister of .lustice, e,Ofts;`'''ortio Nlagalhaens, to give him a considerable 1 1 ( . 1 14' 1 , y. if h e would give up to tl.em ; the Marshal's th., ',ea with England and France and portico peer a Capain Glascock, the British commending ,fany Ik T th e whichthey Cesired to possess - tL 4' ,'t t "'• buitau°' h's the name of the secretary) did it tl l „ L ' tt Periodau ( c s o u n c f Ss ' all these matters ; but . every ,44,llalnee been e' discovered. Eventually, this wretch tl It N t n el f. and delivered up the c orrespondente. to days after the Pith the Marshal spoke his ti, !t y nr 00 th e attempt that had been made upon lle re dt, c,°tnnlained, and awaited satisfaction. s : ti tsi s ' til l4 t l i e :l subject several times,. t d" X. Emperor, and with his both in his cor.w.ersa favourite Minister, Ist n ~an "vler. During the time these occurrences took 4t sh a y s Y m achinations of the Alinivers came to l the He w as accuse d of being sold to the . . ` . ranc e of Enaland, and the word cc treason" thIN quarters stammered out. Strong in hiscoil Clt integrit he appears to have treated these - h ri t l sh;6 lth . contempt, and to have left them to recoil lt,,is,se Inventors. taeh„versome days afterwards, ken notice of lil• 'g swap • • . fVs secretary, and having ta } icious tne conduct o .1 'a 5 0 h av • • isms thoroughly solved, ( Ns e the low police intrigue. Se his orderly officers with a message, re ( ' ti ttl '3aaibret to wait upon him, .which older that . 1 f A lagalhaens, after some difficulty, obeyed. raq all face to face before the Marshal, Sonrbret CO 4"" k nowledge of the suspected transactions,ireoc. lo he , enjoyed no protection from the i h he was informed that he would sent . p r l,d o at once, if he was not bailed by a respo i n is If°, l tst o ahitant. Sombret wrote two letters to , r for this purpose ; but they remained unanswered. f kt;P,itithr°"ls Ingratitude on the one hand, and the fear o 4 : 4 -lent the other, at length induced him to writteunn fsion This curious document I t ' ,l - h ° , t , get liold con f, ' s it in the hands of the Marshal's . 4 •s 4 t "0a1 o as Colonel Duvergier ; but it is said Ot, i staff officer, li b ' h ili k p n a Copious account of the whole affair. The it; tl 4 - e rt e orrespondence and journal were delivered . up; i k , Ilnately for his enemhs, every word containe f f his devotion to the ,„ It, furnished further ,I 4 leh t 'ae he had volunteered prou himself u to . . delend. The I: i ' l esq,;teli a had often been received at -Magalhaen's 1) , exposed the letters which he had exchanged with • "Per The Marshal, upon the discovery of this is„ • • .aptly resolved to quit Oporto,—he found that . and fame were no longer safe. It is quite Ler tits t Cnlon Duvergier,' M. de Lurde, and some other . ?1.: 4 ' sli t : 4 ll4 g)) honour, e had the utmost difficulty to prevail t '' exact a reparation, and r• main in Oporto. 1, 4 %4 1 I.,;''''acated to him that if he departed, the s t s '.' a lS f i t Inevitably lost,—that those devoted citizens ts 'a la 1," had Praised so highly,—those brave soldiers upon 1 14, 41 'y, e h ad depended so much for the salvation of the th e 7. ' w " 1 11 , 1 be sacrificed. At length he yielded l to s ,o''tations of his friends. Within the last three . ay ?ev e Marshal, witliColonels Duvergier and St. Lege! , N'''and s lse ' ' s a , t a , have frequently visited the Palace, and/ a t ce l i 'a Ile at sets severe explanations have . ta h ke d l4l r l ace ; oi s 't k rn aY, Magalhaens is dismissed wit . _ 14r0r,-,"'"en assured by a gentleman who !Ives . in the acy that a letter has been written in his t o the Marshal, in which he manifests hi s " 0 l his l ate Minister's conduct,. he thanks cs 4., sacrificed his own Just discontent to the Iv o ° ty p and engag.-8 to oppose himself, with all his I,it'lrli,4svwer, to each machinations for the future. One tap!tlhas,,e,a,uPPosed that a man in the situation to which o ts h. , Las brought himself would have been f tt.t. dq ,N1,...4ve escaped with a mere dismissal, anti or . ets„,i've remained i,t 0 ; -u.te the reverse ; for it is 50„501;),,, Skit kFt on that very . night he and one of his some commissaries of police, and " de ' there. t o send their emissaries through t insl y s try of is Death to the traitor Soligna , tke f they en ailed , ' I tY." In this base mabceuvre 1 , 04. r s, win . , nut the sff it caused such a stir that several niZ,.Plarising the Mat shal of the . circumstance, t 1 4 1,.. 14,4 6 in the street in which he lives. fl rtiqNi to Pa till still remains off the bar, and the sum des at're ul) the long acre trs of the officers and men, O i ""' t:Z he ' i d : t r tl ' i l .. ) l , 7 t . ll an lan , ici . pated —l6 0001. Unless egl and 'ed by te•mortow theare to eo ver • Th, 'vitt4, l 2' lai r ata crews, principally Englishmen, vessels . are I `e Of discipline, notwithstanding their 1 'ln assured this moment that the differences which have existed between the Admiral and the Govern ment have been removed, and that if the money required can be raised, the fleet will be saved. Intrigues, principally originating with the English officers, caused the misun derstanding ; the dismissal of these persons from the ser vice will prevent the recurrenee of similar disasters. The fleet of Don Miguel only waits for me❑ and provisions, and is to go out in the full certainty of bringing Sartorius into Lisbon. FURTHER PARTICULARS. But whilst affairs looked thus promising in the field an intrigue, a la Portuguaise, in Don Pedro's Cabinet had very nigh proved fatal to the Constitutional cause. It consisted in nothing less than an attempt to remove Mar shal Solignac from the command, or cause him, at least, to resign in disgust. Senhor Joaquim Antonio de Magal haens, the Minister of Justice, charged the Marshal with sacrificing the interests of Portugal to England and France, arid suborned his French Secretary to give up his em ployer's private correspondence, in the hope of finding out something to substantiate the accusation, and to prove im proper some connexion with the Marquis de Palmella.This having failed, as the Marshal corresponds with no one but Madame de Solignac and his notary or solicitor in Paris; and the Secretary having acknowledged the plot in an in terrogatory, the indignation of the old warrior rose to the highest pitch, and he told Don Pedro such home truths as he never had heard in the whole course of his life. The latter, appreciating the vnlue and im portance of the Marshal's military services, which were the salvation of the cause, deeply regret ted the proceedings of his Minister of Justice, assured the Marshal of the continuance of his unlimited confidence, and to heal the wounded feelings and injured character of the latter, instantly dismissed Magalhaens, and ordered his Secretary to be banished to France. After such ample sa tisfaction, the Marshal, who is a sincere friend of the cause, and one of the most powerful promoters of Donna Maria's interests, could no longer think of persisting in his resig nation, and of abandoning the Emperor and army under existing circumstances, but declared his determination to support his Majesty and his daughter's cause with his former zeal. All the other Ministers tendered their re signation if the Marshal should decline to act with them ; but he generously made the retention of their places one of the conditions of his continuance in the command of the army, as necessary to the well-being of the public service. General Saldanha refused to accept the command-in-chief and War Department, offered him by the intriguers, with out Solignac's consent. The discovery of the intrigue, plot, or conspiracy, whereby the 'Minister of Justice, Senhor Joaquin Antonio de Magalhaens, a Doctor of Law, had endeavoured to re move Marshal Solignac from the command of the army, was so promptly followed by the dismissal of the for mer high functionary, gazet'ed on Monday, and that of the criminal Judge Jose Bernardo da Silva Cabral, a Bachelar of Law, g,izetted on Tuesday, that the conspirators were petrified, and the remainder wisely hid their heads, though they extended, as it is said, to the number of twenty. The other military commanders, both Portuguese and fo reigner-, expressed their deep indignation at the attempt, and harmony is now perfectly restored between the civil and military authorities. The official editor of the Chronica, Pereira de Reis, an attache to the Secretary of State's office, fared still worse ; for having indis creetly inserted a libel on Marshal Solignac, and Ge nerals Saldanha and Stubbs, though copied, only from a Lisbon publication, entitled " A Deftza de Portugal," into a small part of Tuesday's impression of the Chro•. nica, which was suppressed. The Emperor imm , diately cashiered and imprisoned him for such attempt to disturb the public tranquillity, by ridiculing generals, in whom he had placed his confidence and intrusted the editorship of this official organ of Government to a Coin mission of four members, who will of course be careful not to give offence to the powers in being. This summary proceeding without judge or jury may be deemed somewhat harsh in a Constitutional Government, which very recently rewarded the services of the late editor, by con- ' ferring on him the order of the Tower and Sword ; but it is here defended upon the plea of necessity, and by the ex traordinary circumstances in which Don Pedro is paced. There has been no other change in the Ministry, the other Secretaries of State retaining their portefeuilles—and the Marquis de Louie is, in addition to the Foreign Depart ment, appointed to the Ministry of Mating, ad interim. Mrigalhae,s goes to the Azores Islands, and Monsieur Dupau remains under arrest in his apartment, with a sentry at the door, until he ein he shiprd off to Fiance. Thus the best understanding has been restored between all parties. The enemy has confined his military operations during the last week to a much slackened bombardment, except on Saturday night and Sunday morning, when a great num. er of shells were thrown into the town, Serra and Foz, but without doing much mischief. The Miguelite army suffers much from maladies, hav ing 10,000 men in the hospitals ; their soldiers, in their wooden encampments, are devoured by filth and virmin, and desertion begins now to extend to the Royalist Vo lunteers, a set of men fighting for opinion, and not actu ated or influenced by the usual motives which induces regular troops. We have 52 vessels before the Fez, but after three or four very large disembarkations, the badness of the bar, and the loss of ten lives by the upsetting of two boats, has reduced the landing, for several nights past, to rather in significant quantities of flour and live-stock. Admiral Sartorius remains at anchor, and continues to negotiate; the Government being placed in the anomalous position of having dismissed him without the power of enforcing its decrees, which renders it doubtful whether his flag re mains flying in defiance or by way of protection I hope the report of the Don Pedro having been forcibly, taken back to Vigo by the crew will prove unfounded. Typhus fevers, I regret to say, are very pteva!ent here, and occasion more mortality than the cholera itself; eleven British soldiers having died of it on Friday, and ten officers of the Ist Regiment alone being laid up with it amongst whom is the surgeon of that corps. MONDAY, ArRIL 22.—Further quantities of provisions were landed last night. Sartorius with the Meet remains quietly at anchor, hut has not yet been on shore. The trial of Mr. BARING WALL, M.P. for the assault on the policeman, is specially appointed to take place in the King's Bench, on Saturday next. Two notices of motions were on Monday night given in reference to the house and window taxes—by Mr. TENNYSON (May 13), "in committee on assessed taxes" to move resolutions to repeal the house and window taxes; and by Sir S. WHALLEY (May 15), " Resolution for the repeal of the house and window taxes :"a substantive motion. Lord DOVER is rather better, but his disorder is, we fear, a serious one. Lord KING has rallied, and is, we are happy to say, expected to recover. His Lord ship at first declined the assistance of a physician, preferring his usual attendant, an eminent surgeon. Dr. 'WARREN, however, was called in when his Lordship was considered dying, and from that hour he has mended. A petition from Hull against the timber du ties, as connected more immediately with their tffect on domestic industry, has been forwarded for presentation to the House of Commons. The petitioners contend that the interest of the labourers employed in sawing timber is entitled to the same protection from a just and wise Go vernment as the interests of those engaged in the manu factures of cotton, woollen, and silk. - _ _ LIVERPOOL COTTON-MARKET, May 6.-- The sales of cotton to-eay are estimated at 2,000 bales, consisting of 150 Brazils, in Pernams, at 90. to 9d., and Maranhams, at 91 , 1. to 9, 1 5 d. ; 250 Surats and Madras, from sd. to 61,1. ; and ahem 1,500 in American descriptions, from qd. to 9d. The forthcoming " Narrative of a Residence at the Court of London," by Me. Ruse;, the late Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of America, Fill comrise sketches of all he mcst distinguished personages who figured in England at the time (1818), including anecdotes of GEonuE IV. and Queen CHARLOTTE. The amiable and conciliatory manners of this distinguished public functionary, won for him the confidence and esteem of all with whom he be- came connected. The work abound,, we hear, in anec dote, and may indeed be said to be a portrait gallery of the British nobility. THE MURDER OF MISS ELMES.—Up to yesterday evening, the efforts to discover the murderers of Miss ELMEs bad proved unavailing. The body has been placed in a shell, where it will remain until her friends give directions for her funeral. She is related to s,w , ral highly respectable persons, resident in Surrey awl the West of England. In a corner of the deceased', room is a large recess, about tutee feet deep, in which it is sup posed the murderers conc,aled themselves until the de ceased came up stairs to bed. The Secretary of State has intimated that a reward of 1001. will be offered by Gov,rnment for the apprehension and conviction of the offenders. The parish of Chelsea also intend to offer a reward of 501., and the Rev. Mr. LOCKWOOD, the rector, has signified his intention to contrihute 501. for the slow purpose. A large party of the police, we understand, are in pursuit of a ni,n against whom there is a strong suspicion. A new arrangement will take place in June next with regard to the North American packets, which will then only proceed as far as Halifax, retrain there eight days, and return d:rect to Falmouth. A schooner will he employed to carry the mails between Halifax and Bermuda. ?RICE' OF STOCKS THIS Rank Stock ............ 190'. W 3 per Cent. Red. c 6 R, 7 3 per Cent Cons. .... B7 ? , .7.i 3 4 .; per Cent.......... 9l'4 I Ditto Red 94'43; Kew 3% per Lent. 95% 3 per Cent. Ann. 1 7 • 21 . , - I per Cent. 1826 Rank Long Ann. to expire Jan. 5,186 t, 16Y. 15-16 Oct. 10, 1959 -- Jan. 5, 1881) 17 3-16 !< 3 Jan. 5, 1880 -- April 5, 1880 ......... -- Jan. 5, 1870 - PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds D 34 Belgian Bonds g5;4 . Ditto Account 85% Brazilian Bonds 654 Ditto Account 6 5 1 / 4i 5 % Buenos Ayres Bonds °SM Ditto Account 25X, Chillan Bonds 2l Ditto Account Columbian Bonds 156, Ditto Account Ditto Bonds, 1824 Ditto Account Danish Bonds Ditto Account Greek Bonds 'i 2 1 Ditto Bonds, !525. Ditto Account — Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent 9.5% Ditto Account 6 per cent 33 3 -1 Ditto Account 91 1 .4 Ne ............ 024 DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. New 5 per Cent. llndia Stock Ditto Bonds 29 30 pm. !South Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto 13 per Cent. Ann. 1751 Ex. Bills, .il,OOO — 50 pm. Ditto 501 1 49 50 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial.. ..... .. pm. ?Ditto Advertised pm Bank for Account India for Account Cone. for Account THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Peruvian Bonds 155; Portuguese Bonds Ditto Account 53 Regency Scrip - ais. Ditto Account 441 dis. Prussian Bonds - I3itto Bonds, 1829...! lO3 'Russian Bonds, 1822... 103 Ditto Account ew Loan 97% Spanish 80nd5,1821.... ...... 137 , 4 Ditto Account.... ..... 19 183 a Ditto Bonds, 18t3 Ditto Account French Rentes, sp. c. —f —c. Exchange —f. —c. (--S per cent. —f —c. Exchange —f —c. !Dutch, .`2l p. c -145 t 5 7i Ditto Account 46 4% Ditto 5 p c Rsv - 4 . . Ditto Account =SS Frznch Scrip 45; pm PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAT AT ONI O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Anglo Mex. Min. Co. Liss. at 5/. pm.) £lOO 13 N 6 Bolanos Mining Company xl5O 145 Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) £2O 0351 Ditto National... 1754 2:3 Ditto St. John Del Rey Ditto Cocaes 5 15s. British Iron Mining Company £5O In% Columbian Mining Co. (ass. at 5/. pm.) 50 • 914 English Mining Company 1254 25 General Mining Association l2 8 1 4 Mexican Mining Co £46 714 Real del Monte Mining C 0...., — . 25% Tlalpuxahua Mining Co 330 United Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at '2l. pm ! 40 Ditto New SCI ip 5 Alliance Fire Insurance Comp lO Protector Insurance Comp. Australian Co. Canada Company General Steam Navigation Co. ...... Provincial Bank of Ireland 2.5 1102 10% II 7 0 12 PRICES OF IRISH STOC Bank Stock 2Ol Consols, 3 tier cent Gov. Stock, ;3‘ per cent 93% Ditto, New 93% per Cent ';ov. Deb. 3% percent 87% Royal Canal Stock 38% (brand Canal Stock City Deb. 4 per cent, Ballast Office Deb. 4 P. c - !KS, DUBLIN, MAT 4. ISt. Patrick Insur.(parShare) ,!Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto !Patriotic Ditto i Hibernian Bank 'Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine 'lmperial Mine Mining Co. of Ireland Commercial Buildings .NGE YESTERDAY. COURSE OF EXCHA' Amsterdam ce 12 3 Ditto, at sight Ol Rotterdam ° U 12 3 Antwerp 12 8 Hamburg M.B. 13 15 &Rona l3 15 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 90 Ditto 0 U 26 15 Bordeaux 20 20 Berlin Frankfort on Maine, Ex. 51,154 Petersburgh, ruble, 3 Us. 10 0 Vießna effective a. ‘) M. 10 10 Trieste do lO II Madrid '37 1 Cadiz 37li Bilboa '37 Barcelona 97 Seville 37 Gibraltar 474 'Leghorn 46.i Genoa 26 15 Milan 3l Venice 46 4 ?; Naples ` - i9} Palermo per oz. 120 Lisbon , Oporto 474 Rio Janeiro Bahia 32 Buenos Ayres — Dublin, 21 days' sight 154 Cork llsi BULLION, PER OZ. X. s. d. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars Silverbars, standard 0 4 101 TR. ,t , ^,4 , i , ; 4 , 7 re _ . 4171 1 r '' -. '' . 41.11 '-: " rA *nu. ~ k . 7::: k.. 7 =-- , ,„_.. . _, - , __, ), , ,,...,.. „-t. ,, ,., ..i. r , 4 - , J 4 -'-' --CC, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 8, 1833. A Select Committee was last night appointed to inquire into the state of the Crown lands. Such a Committee has long been wanted, for although we believe that much exaggeration has gone abroad respecting the value of these lands, we are no less certain that they have been means of greater corruption in the hands of the boroughmongers than is generally imagined. We doubt not that sufficient facts will be brought to light, to show that a lease of Crown lands has been the consideration of many flagrant acts against the liberties of the people. The cor ruption exerci'ed in this way has been far more dangerous than the open routine course of pen sions, which are exposed to public animadver sion, and thus to a certain extent, even in the worst of times, liable to be checked by public opinion. The Duke of SussEx presented a petition last night in the House of Lords, which gave rise to a conversation of some interest upon the subject of the alteration made in our criminal law last session. It will be recollected that many offences under the old law carried with them a sentence of death, which was hardly ever, indeed never, executed. The punishment in fact rested in the discretion of the Judge, a cir cumstance which occasioned the greatest variety of puni , hments for the same offence. To put an end to the scandal to which this gave rise, a Bill was last year brought in, changing the punishment of death in certain cases into trans portation for 14 years, and Lord WYNFORD introduced a clause taking away the discretion of the Judge. Lord TENTERDEN, Lord BROUGHAM, and other great authorities, considering how necessary it was that punish ment should be certain, in order to repress crime, concurred in the amendment. The Judges were left the power of recommending the Secretary of State for the Home Depart ment to commute the punishment, and Lord MELBOURNE stated that every such recom mendation was considered with the greatest attention. So few recommendations of the kind, however, had been made, that out of 300 con victions under the Act, the punishment has only been commuted in ten cases. Lord LYNDHURST said that to enforce law, in 29 cases out of 30, was a harsh and unjustifiable administration of the criminal law. Now this is pure non sense. If 29 men have been properly convicted, it is not harshness, but mercy as well as justice, to inflict in the whole 29 cases the punishment awarded by the law ;—it is mercy to the thou sands of wavering criminals, who will be de terred from commuting the same offence by the certainty of punishment, and justice to the country by ridding it of convicted offenders. In crimes of ordinary occurrence, that is, which derive encouragement from impunity, no mercy is shown by relaxing the law, nor harshness in enforcing it, although it be in 29 cases out of 30. Quite apart from this question, however, an anomaly which was not foreseen on the pass ing of the Act of last session has arisen. The discretion being still left to the Judge in the capital case of breaking and entering a dwelling house, he may sentence a man to a muc h lighter punishment than is inflicted by the law for an offence not capital. This is an anomaly which ought to be removed ; and we are glad to see that both Lord MELBOURNE and the LORD CHANCELLOR are disposed to take into consideration the best means of removing it. The progressive increase in the number of com mitments since 1812, from 6,000 to 20,000, is also a subject well worthy of investigation. The canvassers of Sir JOHN HoimousE are anxiously exerting themselves to turn the con duct of the crowd yesterday towards Sir Joini to account among the respectable electors, and many who wanted some excuse for voting in his favour are very willing to assign this as a mo" tive for the aband o nm ent of principle. It would be only fair in the friends of Sir ;low; HoßnousE, when they censure the conduct of the crowd towards their favourite candidate, to state that Sir Joni HOBHOUSE himself bears honourable testimony to the conduct of his gal lant opponent Colonel EVANS, who, at some personal risk, insisted on a fair hearing being granted to Sir JOHN HOBHOUSE. If, there fore, the violence of the crowd, under the influence of a just indignation, be a ground of regret among the respectable electors, it can be none for supporting Sir JOHN HOBHOUSE in preference to Colonel EVANS, whose conduct throughout the nomination yes terday was that of a high - minded and honourable gentleman. It is at the same time due to Colonel EVANS to declare that the statement of hi s having had any conversation with Mr. WAKLEY previous to the nomination, on the subject of pledges, is wholly without foundation. We hear that one of the agents of Govern ment in Portugal has been writing letters to an official person here against Marshal SOLIGNAC, which have been inserted in one of the daily Papers. Lord PALMERSTON will do well to institute an inquiry into this very improper conduct. The German papers contain no intelligence of importance. The more we canvass Sir JOHN HOBHOUSE'S recent conduct, the more we are perplexed and bewildered. We cannot forget that, as he him self expressed it in his farewell address, "he owed every thing" to the electors of Westmin ster, and that the way he evinced his gratitude was by deserting them at the very first appear ance of danger. To be sure, Sir JOHN alleged, by way of excuse for such a dereliction of duty, that Government had spiked him on the horns of a dilemma ; but this was only an additional reason why he should have stuck still closer to his Westminster friends. When he found that their interests were likely to be endangered by an ingenious Ministerial sub terfuge, he should at once have denounced the subterfuge, and fought the battle of his consti tuents with more spirit and determination than ever. When his ship's crew is in danger, a brave captain will be the last to take to the long boat. With every disposition to befriend him, we can find no excuse for Sir JOHN'S conduct. It is indefensible in point of principle ; still more so, as respects precedent. If every Hon. Member is to be frightened out of his duty to his consti tuents by a Ministerial bugbear, to what end do we send representatives to Parliament ? In a word, for there is no use in mincing matters, Sir JOHN'S public character is at present under eclipse. The last accounts from Oporto fully confirm what we stated about the intrigues which were going on there. We are happy now to learn from a respectable source, that the Marquis of PAL MELLA is likely to receive an invitation from Don PEDRO. to return to Oporto, coupled with such a vindication of him, and an apology for the unjust treatment that he has received, as will do away with all his scruples against resuming office. The Noble Marquis, after having sacri ficed his entire fortune for the Constitutional cause, is much more worthy of public confidence and support than Don PEDRO'S flatterers, and those who have only their own selfish objects in view. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. We have no arrivals this morning, with the exception of the Lisbon and Oporto mails. The dates from Lisbon are of the 28th ult., and from Oporto of the Ist inst., but the private correspondence only comes down to the 23d of April, from Oporto. The information received by the above correspondence is of a mixed complexion. THE FUNDS. The news from Oporto is not looked upon as favourable in the city. By the private letters of the 2.2 d ult it is stated that Sartorius was sill off Oporto negotiating with Don Pedro : this has had the effect of lowering the Por tuguese Scrip 1 per cent. this morning. Consols opened at the satne price they left off yesterday, SZU for Account, since which they have been done at 877• The Foreign Market is void of interest. HALF-PAST T WELVE. We have been furnished with the sight of a letter from Oporto, dated the 2Sth ult., which is five days later than those published in the morning papers. The follow ing is an extract : " Sartorius, in my opinion, is a man of honour, and must not be hastily judged of; the English crews are well paid and fed, and all that was wanting has been accomplished ; the business is arranged, and Sartorius is off the bar ready to fight. The revolt at Figneira, as they write from Lisbon, is serious ; and there is very little doubt that troops will leave here the moment the weather permits. They assure me that a contract for 6,000 men has been made in Fiance. It is expected that in the course of eight days some important event will take place, as the different regiments have been required to give an exact statement of the number of troops in each." HALF-PAST ONE. Since the early part of the mornintz, Consols which were 87 for the Account, have become heavy, and at present may be quoted 87i This turn of the Market is attributable to a report that the West India question is put off to the 23d inst. We understand that it is not the Prince of Orange who is coming to this country, but his brother Prince Fre derick of Holland. We do not hear of any express from Paris having arrived in the city to the present hour. THREE 0' CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 87 % %. CLOSING PRICES.—FOUR O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 1041 India Stock °•271. 3 per Cent. Red B6- Ditto 80nd5.... l3O pm, 3 pet Cent. Con , B7l South Sea Stock 97i 33 per Cent. 94,1 Ditto Old Ann 3-3 per Cent. Ited ')4i Ditto New Ann. /30/ New 33 per Cent 0:71 Ex. Bills, 10 11.......... 50 pm. 4 per Cent 10124 Ditto 5001 5O pm, Long. Ann. to expire Ditto Small 5O pm. Jan. 1850 16 15-16 Bank St. for Acc. Oct. 1859 Consols for Ace......... 87: Jan. 1860 l7! India Sr. for Ace `)2S FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent BSZ Brazilian Bonds . 6 -I Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent, ai Chilian, 6 per cell , Columbian, 6 per cent__ 141, Ditto, 1824 Danish 724 Greek, 5 Fer cent. 1826 3q Mexican, 5 per cent. Ditto, t , per cent. 334 Peruvian, 6 per cent. Portuguese, 5 per cent 53-: Ditto, Reg. scrip 4 Prussian, 5 per cent. Russian Bonds, 5 per cent lO3 Ditto, Metallic 9B Spanish, 5 per cent lB} Ditto, 1823 l7 French 5 per Cent.... —ll —c. Exchange —f. —c. French 3 per Cent —f. —c. Dutch, 21 per cent 451 Ditto, 5 per cent ........ A rumour was in circulation yesterday amongst the Government offices that the Secretaryship for Ireland ha been offered to Mr. ASKRCROMBY. PAROCHIAL MEETING.—A meeting of the parishioners of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, takes place this evening, upon the requisition of Messrs. MNErr and Px.kacr., the churchwardens, and which, in consequence of the excitement which prevails throughout the parish, is ex• pected to be a very numerous one, " to take into con sideration the propriety of requesting Dr. LUSHINGTON to resign his seat in Parliament as a representative of the Tower Hamlets; and also to petition the Legislature for a repeal of th e as s esse d ta xes, and a reduction of the police and county ra t es ." The feeling upon these sub jects appears to be eq ually strong in the neighbouring parishes. In that of St Luke, a meetint; was held on the same evening when Sir JOHN KEY'S motion was made in the House of Commons, called by the church waidens, " to adopt such measures as might appear re quisite to insure a repeal of the assessed taxes, in eon sequence of the Ministers having totally disappointed the hopes of the country." On that occasion all party Pe 11001 which run exceedingly high in the parish, seemed to have been diseardea. Resolutions were unanimously adopted, a petition sent off instanter to the House of Commons, and a committee of the leading parishioners appointed to co-operate with other parishes for the at tainment of the object in view. IMPERIALPARLIAMENT THIS DAY, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took his seat a few minutes after twelve. Oa the motion of Sir W. GUISE, the Fvfleld (Berko) Road Bill was read a first time. Mr. Sergeant SPANKIE presented a petition from the rector, churchwardens, overseers, and vestrymen, of St Luke's, Middlesex, against the St. Luke's Poor Bill. IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PORT OF LIVERPOOL. Mr. WILBRAHAM, in bringing up the report of the Committee, containing amendments to the Birkenhead (Ch-sh:r) Improvement Bill, moved that they be read a second time. Mr. POTTER stated that a petition had been presented against that Bill, but no person appeared before the Committee to support it, and therefore the Bill had gone through the Committee without opposition. He would, however, just make a few remarks as to what the Bill was originally, and what alterations had been made in it in order to direct the attention of gentlemen to the nature of all Bills intrusted to their hands. As the Bill bad on ginally stood, the vacancies of Commissioners were to be filled up by the remainder of the body—that was, they were to be self elected ; that clause had been altered, and the election vested in the 101. and upwards rate payers. No provisi.n had been originally made for publishing the accounts, but the committee had decided they ought to be published. They had also reduced the qualification of a Commissioner from 2,0001. to 1,0001. One clause im- posed a fine of 51. even on a boy playing at marbles in the streets, or on a poor Irishman who, having arrived at the port of Liverpool, was loitering about the streets of Bir kenhead, or looking in at shop windows; the committee bad reduced that fine to 40s. Various other vexatious clauses were in the Bill, and some of them remained still. Mr. WILRRAHAM said, those remarks di] not apply to the Bill as it stood at present, hut to the Bill as it wiis originally framed. Most of the alterations had been made at the suggestion of the Hon. Member (Mr. Potter) him self, and therefore he had no ground of complaint. Mr. POTTER explained by/saying that what he bad said was for the purpose of directing the attention of Hon. Members to the clauses of every Bill that came into their hands. The amendments were then read a second time. GRAVESEND PIER BILL. Sir E. CODRINGTON presented a petition from the watermen of Gravesend, praying to be beard by Counsel against the Gravesend Pier Bill. The Hon. and Gallant Admiral stated that since the second reading of that Bill he had been to Gravesend and was enabled to state Lis decided opinion—notwithstanding the opinion of the Board of Admiralty to the contrary—that a projection like the proposed pier which extended 205 feet in the river, and 27 feet of high water, would be highly injurious to the navigation. He thought also that that was the real opinion of the Board of Admiralty, for he believed that they were now prosecuting the persons who erected a projection near Woolwich, which only extended 10 feet into the river. Besides the injury to the navigation, the watermen were entitled to some consideration, for they were generally persons who had been impressed, and passed the best part of their lives in the navy, many of them being disabled and dismissed without pensions. One man, after coming with him (Sir E. Codrington) after the battle of Navarin, with the loss of an eye applied to him for remuneration, but on his applying to the Admi ralty, he was told that the man who had lost but an eye was not disabled front service, although he had always understood that the loss of an eye entitled a man to com pensation as much as the loss of a limb. After that the man lost the other eye, having also had six wounds, and the only reward he could obtain for the poor fellow was sixpence a day. If that was the way the Admiralty re munerated disabled seamen, he thought it was time to inquire into all other classes of pensions.—(Hear, hear.) If the country were so poor that it could not afford to reward such men, let the same course be adopted with regard to all other persons, and be (Sir E. Codrington) would, for one, if necessary, serve his country for nothing. He had been led thus into the subject, because the House would recollect how men had been pressed for the navy during the war. If a man were a good likely-looking sailor he was immediately pressed; whilst recruits were wheedled into the army by bounties, of seventeen 0:- eighteen pounds. The sailor was confined as a prisoner to the ship, and at last driven into accepting a bounty of as many shillings as the soldier got pounds, anti after all when he had become blind, put off with the miserable pittance of sixoence a day.—(Hear, bear.) Sir R. INGLIS thought the Gallant Admiral had made an irrelevant attack, not only on preceding Administrations, but on the present ; and that the subject of the petition did not warrant his going into the topics he had introduced. Sir E. CODRINGTON considered that he had been quite in order in alluding to the situation of that class of persons who would be most grievously injured by the proposed Bill. It was important to them that they should be beard by counsel against it. besides this, he had only urged his objection to the impediments which would occur by the erection of the pier. It must be well known to many Members of that House, that sometimes a single tioe would fill in the harbour of Dover, and that the backwater would subsequently clear it ; but the pier intended to be pus up would impede the flood-tide, and also the return tide, and backwater, so that the navigation of the river would be put in great jeopardy. Captain ELLIOTT (as we understood), said he had been called up, by the observations of his Hon. and Gallant Friend, to say a few words on the subject. The Gallant Admiral bad objected to the pier, because it would throw a number of persons out of employ who had peculiar claims for the consideration of the House ; and because the pier would be an impediment to the safe navigation of the river. The pier at Woolwich, to which the Admiralty had ob jected, was a solid piece of masonry, and therefore formed a positive impediment ; but the Gravesend pier was to be built upon iron stancheons, which would admit of the flux and reflux of the tide. With respect to the pension of sixpence per day— Mr. SPEAKER considered that any discussion on the principles of pensions was out of order. Captain ELLIOTT would not go farther into the sub ject, than to say that the sailor referred to had been ex amined by a medical officer, who had recommended that he should go for a time into the hospital, as there was a hope that his sight would be restored. The petition was then referred to the Committee on the Gravesend Pier Bill. Mr. MAXWELL proposed the second reading of the Lanark Gaol Bill.—Read a second time. Mr. HUME proposed the second reading of the Fulham and Kennington Read Bill.—Read a second time. Mr. HUME then presented a petition from the guar dians of the poor, and other inhabitants of the parish of St. Luke, Middlesex, signed by upwards of 1,200 per sons, praying for the passing of the St. Luke's Poor Bill. ST. LUKE'S POOR BILL. _ Mr. HUME, in rising to move the second reading of this Bill, expressed his sorrow that so much difference of opinion should exist upon the subject in that parish. As he understood that considerable opposition would be off: red to the second reading of the Bill, he felt himself called upon to state the grounds on which the Bill had been brought forward. By a Bill introduced in the yr:tar 1805, the vestrymen were required to occupy houses in the parish at 30/. a-year. Twenty-four years had passed since that Bill became law. In that time so great a depreciation had taken place in the value of houses, that those who were formerly entitled to be vestry men, could not any longer be so, and the object of the present Bill was to reduce the qualification to 201. Great diversity of opinion existed in the parish on the subject, and many of the churchwardens had expressed their opi nion that the qualification was sufficiently low. Under these circumstances he c.insidered that the Bill ought to be allowed to go into a Committee, where the merits of the case would be fully considered. Mr. Sergeant SPANKIE felt himself compelled to oppose the second reading of the Bill. It alleged no mismanagement on the part of- those who conducted the affairs of the poor in the parish at present, and he had no hesitation in saying, that if the management was altered, and the qualification was reduced, the greatest mischief and injury would ensue. The qualification at present of 301., he considered fair and reasonable.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. GROTE said that very great discontent prevailed in the parish as to the system acted upon by the late vestry. As to the hour of meeting, he had some doubts as to the policy of altering it ; but they were not pass ing a definitive sentence upon it. and therefore he would support the motion of his Hon. Friend below him (Mr. flume). Mr. O'CONNELL supported the second reading of and nsion!lemseaeidtintreyhia:lid been tried under wlliie h i Le e Learned formerßiii. AThte, Sergeant mittee was the proper place for discussing the merits of th e case, and not in that Hou•e. Mr. BYNG said the 201. franchise had been the result ,if a compromise between two partie., upon a former cc castor), en the understanding that the 30/. one should stand as it then was. He was sorry that the Bill had been introduced, because he was sure it would not give satisfac tion. He would therefore oppose it. Mr. AGLIONBY said, that as the 30/. franchise bad been fixed upwards of 20 years ago, and in his opinion WM now of 1$ !Much value, ovin, to the i!epreciation roperty, he would Fort the s:t!orl reading of the S'r R. INGLIS opposed the 8111, and would vote f. r th e am?ndment of the Learned Sergeant. Mr. BRISCOE said the House was not called upon to decide upon the merits of the Bill, but merely to send it to a Committee up stairs, where its merits would he letermined upon according to the evidence given by both oarties. Mr. HUME replied. Mr. GRANT said that upon the whole he was opposed .0 the Bill, but would willingly send it for inquiry only for the very great expense that these things were always attende I with. He had explained his views to both oartiee, and recommended a compromise, and he was vorry to see that his advice had not been taken. The gallery was thin cleared for a division, when the number. were.— For the second reading For the amendment Majority The Bill was then ordered to be committed. LONDON AND GREENWICH RAILWAY. Mr. HODGES moved the third reading of the London and Greenwich Railway Bill. Mr. Sergeant SPANKIE moved the addition of three new clauses, which were ordered to be added as riders to the Bill, which then passed the House. The Lords' amendments to the Mudford Poor Bill, and the liadden and Bently Roads Bill were read a second time. On the motion of Lord SURREY, the Bill for en closing lands in the parish of Bepton, in the county of Sussex, was read a third time and passed. On the motion of the Marquis of CHANDOS, the Aylesbury and Thame Roads Bill was read a second tine. On the motion of Mr. R. TREVOR, the Llanelly Road and Dock Bill was read a third time and passed. Sir OSWALD MOSLEY presented petitions for the abolition of negro slavery from various places in Stafford , shire. PARISH OF UTTOXETER. The HON. MEMBER then stated he had a petition to present of rather a novel character, as it related to tithes of a particular parish—the parish of Uttoxeter, in Staf ford. Although the tithes (amounting to 1,2001.) were amply sufficient for the purpose of remunerating the Incumbent, and although they were vested in the hands of the ecclesiastical body—namely, the dean and chapter of Windsor—yet they were some way or other applied to other purposes, and the incumbent who was the working minister had only the paltry pittance of 20/. a year, with the Easter dues, which were too small to attend to a parish of 5,000 s pulp. lie was obliged to keep a curate out of his small sal try (Laughter)—and if he bad not some little private property of his own, he would not have enough to live upon. The property was originally granted to the Dean and Chapter of Windsor, for the moral and religious improve ment of the poor of the parish, bat instead of being ap plied to the<e purposes, the Dean and Chapter had stated th , .y could not tell what use was made of them ; and therefore the petitioners prayed that an inquiry might be directed, to see they were applied to those purposes for which they were originally intended. The petition was signed by all the respectable inhabitants of the parish. Mr. E. BULWER supported the prayer of the petition. After some further observations from Mr. COBBLTT, the petition was ordered to lie on the table. Mr. LOCKE presented a petition from the ladies of Devizes, for the abolition of slavery. Captain WEMYSS presented petitions for the better observance of the Sabbath Day, and for the abolition of slavery. Colonel GORE LANGTON presented a petition frcm various parts of Somersetsbire, for the abolition of slavery. Sir W. INGILBY presented upwards of 60 petitions from different parts of Lincolnshire, to the same effect. Mr. O'CONNELL was convinced that the Society in general, and the people at large, were in favour of the abolition of slavery. Ater a few words from Mr. FINCH and Mr. O'CotiNoß, Sir W. INGILBY presented three petitions from va rious parts of Lincolnshire, for the abolition of the duty on malt, another for the repeal of the hawkers' license duty, and the third for the abolition of tithes. Mr. BARNARD presented a petition from Maidstone against slavery; and one from Blackstall. Mr. MARSHALL presented a petition from the hankers, merchants, assignees, and others, relating to notaries public ; also several other petitions on various ste,jects. Mr. EWART presented a petiiton from Liverpool for the abolition of slavery. Sir G. GREY presented several petitions from dissent ing congregations of Devonport, for the immediate aboli tiun of slavery. Mr. COBBETT gave notice that on the 21st of May he would move for leave to being in a Bill to amend as much of the 21st Geo. 111. cap. 148, as related to stamps, duties on legacies, and probates on wills. Mr. COLQUHOUN presented a petition from the hind-loom weavers, complaining of distress. After a few more petitions were presented, the House adjourned. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of all kinds of Grain this week are moderate, and there is a fair return of Flour. The Wheat trade, in conse quence of the fine weather, is very heavy, and may he noted ra ther lower. Barley, Beans, Pease, and Oats, are unaltered. In Flour no change. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. ' Oats. I Flour. English 5,720 qrs. I 2,510 qrs. 1,810 qrs. I 5,010 sack . Irish Foreign 7OO - - I - Their MAJESTIES arrived at St. James's Pa lace a little before two o'clock, in a carriage and four, from Windsor, escorted by a party of the 16th Lancers. Tt,e KING then held a levee, which was well attended, All the Alinisters and Foreign Ambassadors were present. His Royal Highness the Duke of ORLEANS was presented to his MAJESTY, at the private audience, by Earl GREY ; and to•morrow his Royal Highness will be presented to her MAJESTY at the drawing-room. Mrs. WAYLETT is engaged by Mr. ARNOLD, and will shortly appear in a new musical drama, written purposely to introduce this popular ballad-singer to the patrons of the English Opera-house at the Adelphi theatre. The amount of relief granted in the town of Manchester alone to Irish poor without settlements in the year 1831-32 was 3,4981. 3s. 10d. It is said that the Fancy Fair, on Monday next, 13th May, and following days, for the Charing cross Hospital, will, for elegance of arrangement and grandenr of effect, far surpass anything of the kind ever undertaken in this metropolis. Mr. HARRHON, the well-kreawn ar tist, has the fitting up of the decorations, and WEIPPERT provides the music. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—On Monday and last night the German Company performed for the first time at this Theatre, and Berrtrovere's magnificent Opera of Fl delio was produced on the occasion. Madame ScHROEDER DEVRIENT personated the heroine with the same unrivalled excellence which has gained her the fame she possesses an the Continent, and produced the extraordinary sensa'ior s on an English audience which followed her exertions at the King's Theatre last season. She was received with every demonstration of approbation, and the applause seemed to increase as, during the progress of the Opera : , her talents became more fully developed. To attempt to enter into any thing like a critical analysis of her pe'. formance would be idle; her excellencies must he seen to be properly appreciated ; and although the words which she utters may not be familiar to her audience, her action and voice express a language which all who see and hear her must both feel and understand. She sang through sue with remarkable effect, and her acting in the prison scene was as fine as can be imagined. When the curtain fell, she was loudly called for, and, after having been led in front by the manager, acknowledged the flattering recepe tion she had met with by bowing repeatedly to the audience. HAITEINSIER played the part of Florestan with the same natural beauty which marked his previous performances in this country, and his singing displayed merits of a similar nature ; but it is impossible to parti cularize where all were excellent, even to the most sub ordinate characters in the Opera. The ehotuses were mast admirably sung, and the band displayed a perfection worthy of so complete an orchestra. The overture was encored. The house was fashionably attended. A sale by auction of goods taken in distreQs for assessed taxes was announced to take place at tl Aston Tavern, Birmingham, on Friday morning. From 40 to 50 persons attended, including some brokers, but no buyer could be found except the poor woman from whose husband the goods had b:en seized and the able tioneer himself. A man came when the sale was nearly over, who was perfectly ignorant of theci rcutnstanees under which it took place, and bid for one of the last lots. . soon received an intimation, how ever, free-, the company that he had better desist, which he accordingly ei After octhluoaterndrdsoaulu,lciendtd,wieandansdptoehirstefeetwc.tanse. jangor,nelyolyarnatbhdriyeeficoshtfi:reteehi,olaefrihntnhiFetttiProseeervtioorfeneityliPteohrnta'sstaehlhtieest, that be was su ffered to escape without some more substan tial proof of their displeasure.