The Sun. — London, England, 1830-04-20 00:00:00

CALCUTTA PAPERS. (Prom the John Bull of Dec. 9th and 15th.) By accounts lately arrived from Hyderabad, it appears that a great quantity of rain fell daring the 17th, 18th, and 19th of last month, which.caused an overflowing of the river and the washing away of about 2,000 houses in the Begam's Bazaar—no less than 1,000 lives, it is supposed, were lost. The waters forced their way through the city, and destroyed about 3,000 houses, with the loss of about 2,000 lives more. A disturbance in the city took place on the 25th ultimo, occasioned by a fight between the Arabs and the Seiks ; the former, it is reported, killed about 500 of their adversaries. The troops were ordered into the city to quell the riot. The Nizam having discovered that his brother, in consequence of a dispute which took place on the 10th inst., has serious intentions of having him assassinated, and that he had actually engaged a Fakeer to carry them into affect, he ordered the latter to be seized ; this act of his Highness gave rise to considerable confusion and disturbance at Hyderabad; two companies of his Majesty's 45th regiment and several native troops were called in to assist in restoring order.—Gar. Nov. 25. ON TITE CHINESE LACKER. In our sixth number we published the contents of a letter from a gentleman in Calcutta, to a friend is China, containing inquiries regarding the nature of the Chinese lacker, and a suggestion whether it might be the same as the Burmese varnish, of which a specimen was sent for the purpose of trial and comparison. The reply, which was also published in that number, was not so full or satisfactory as could hare been wished; and, indeed, the most in teresting and important of the queries, the identity of the two substances, was left altogether unnoticed. The following letter, which has been recently re ceived, in a great measure supplies these deficienees; and, we think, will he read with interest. We wish, however, we could print the specimens sent by the writer of the letter, ad they throw more light on the subject than cart any description. The inferior sort of No. 1 of the Chinese lacker was, we thought, a little better than the Burmese, but very little ; the ethers decidedly so ; but the best, or No. 5, was exceedingly beautiful, and its lustre can only be com pared to that of polished metal. The preparatory coating, of which also a specimen was sent, ap peared to us as very similar to the size coating given by painters to curriages before laying on the proper colour. As far as these specimens go, they ap pear to us to decide the question ie the negative, and as to the identity of the two lackers ; but whether justice has been done the Burmese varnish is a question worth considering ; it is particularly to be adverted to, that the Chinese have five sorts, of which the worst is probably not much if at all better than the ordinary Burmese varnish. These fire sorts are all drawn from the same tree, the only difference being the order in which they are drawn, that taken first being bes, and so on. It is possible that the. Burmese may not be aware of this circumstance; and it might he worth 'inquiry to ascertain whether there be any difference in the quality according to its priority of flowing. This point may be even worthy of attention though the specimen of the tree which is premised in the letter should prove that the two are not the same, inasmuch as it might oc casion the same improvement of the Burmese var nish, as it has evidently of the Chinese. There is only one kind of lacker used in China, which is opaque ; but there are five degrees of quality—the first drawn from the tree being the best, and the quality gradually diminishing in goodness, in proportion to the quantity extracted— it is used in its pure simple state. Previous to laying on the lacker, the wood is co vered over with a thin eoating of clay (of which a specimen accompanies). The clay is used mixed with water only. When dry, and the surface po lished, it is coated over with the common bicker, and dried in the shade, when it appears of a dull black colour. It is then coated again, and dried in the shade. This process is repeated as often as desired, each time with lacker of a better quality than the preceding, the surface being rendered smooth or polished before each coating. The last coating is dried in the sun, which is the only process employed to render it transparent. The transparent black is produced by the pure bicker, without any colouring matter, or being dis solved in any oil or spirit. When another colour is wanted, the colouring matter is mixed with the backer used for the last coating, which, like the black, is rendered transparent by being dried in the sun. Specimens are sent herewith of the different qua litiee of lacker, No. 1 being the most common, and No. 5 the best. Is general our coats of hacker are deemed suffi cient for any colour, except black, to produce which, of good quality, five coats are required, the finest quality of tacker being used for the last coat. I send herewith pieces of lackered wood, showing the different grades of the lackering process. I send also a piece of wood lackered over with the Rangoon lacker, sent on here last year. It was used in the pure state like the Chinese lacker; and tile manufacturer observed that it required about four time as much expoaure to the atmosphere to dry, as the Chinese lacker, and when dry it was very inferior in point of transparency. Indeed it remains soft, and rubs off. ( When it reached Calcutta it was quite hard, the nail had no effect on it.—ED.) MAILS. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due. O America........., 1 0 Hamburg 1 Brazil O Buenos Ayres 0 0 Jamaica U O Carthage). 0 0 Leeward Wanda 2 Dublin 0 0 Lisbon.— ......... ... 01 1 Flanders 0 (1 Mexico 1 France 0 1 Sweden 1 Cuermey&Jersey.. 0 41 Waterford CANTON. We noticed in the Singapore Commercial Register of the 13th June, that the vessels Franck Charlotte and the Guardian, bad been chartered to convey , from thence about 400 Chinamen to the Mauritius, to be employed there as free labourers on the sugar plantations. This fertile spot, situated under a most genial climate, presents a wild field for the exertion of human industry ; and whilst the universal desire of the present era is to see slavery wholly extinguished every part of the globe, under which system all the cultivation and labour of the place has been hitherto conducted, we cannot but rejoice to ob serve, that the difficulties arising from the sudden change of the order of things, towards the accomp lishment of this humane end, should have the prospect of being so, effectually removed by the measure now in progress ; which, by proper treat meut of the emigrating party, may ba carried, we conceive, to the fullest extent of every want of the 'lsland, and eventually prove ennducive to the greatest good, and the advancement of the colony. Wherever Chinese congregate, there industry seems to be established, and with industrious habits they bring the knowledge of all the useful and do mestic arts. They are good carpenters, ironmongers, b!acksmithe, boat-builders, shoemakers, tailors, dyers, agriculturists, fishermen—and expert in every species of handicraft. They possess a willingness of exertion, which, by conciliatory treatment, is easily preserved ; but although they are a people nurtured under despotic power, the sod of tyranny and oppression will not be borne by them from a foreign yoke. They have shewn themselves the most useful and valuable members of every colony where they have hitherto settled, and have contri buted materially to their advancement in their in fant state. We believe that on a former emigration of some Chinese to Trinidad, and from whence they soon re turned, one of the circumstances of its occasion was a singular aversion which they had to the native females, they being black—a cast of complexion—in both men and women—which the Chinease appear to have a particularly strong aversion to—even viewing those people of colour as an inferior race of beings. It ia to he hoped, however, that this dislike may soon be overcome; and that the attachment so ne- cessary to the formation of domestic habits and co lonization, may prevail its those countries in which they mayin future fix their abode. The Malay s and Chinese become very early associated, rear numerous families, and form generally an orderly society. PRICES or FOREIGN FUNDS Austrisn Bonds Brazilian Bonds 74 3 4 Buenos Ayres Bonds Chiiian Bonds ........... (7olornbian Bonds Ditto, 1E24, '3% 5 Danish Greek Bonds Ditto, 1825. . t 5V.4 Guatirnala Mexican Bonds 3O Ditto, 1825 34 3,42 DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. FILMES OF STOCKS THI! li.ml;. litock :i por Cent. Rea. ... 91%%% 3 per Cent. Con!. 92% 5 4% 3% per Cent too !i Ditto Red. 99 % Vs; 4 per Cent. Acn.... 101% 2 1% Ditto, 1826 104%% /lank L. Ann. Ditto 30 years Ditto 50 years India Stock 2/2% 248 Ditto Bonds B2 pm. (South Sea Stock — (Old Annuities — INew Ditto —. Ex. Bins, I' 1.000 20. 79 SO pm. 'Ditto lid. 7g SO pm. iDitt0............100 2 d• 79 80 pm. Ditto.... ....... Dittro Small Ditto licL 79 80 pm. Bank Mr Account — India for Account — Cons. for May 2.5 - o `) l' ii THIS DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. Neapolitan Peruvian Bonds ;Portuguese Bonds inrussian, 01d...... ......... 101 14 Ditto, New Russian Spanish. 'B2l IVA Yr 1823 ,French Rentes, sp. c. —f —". Exchange —f. 3 per cent. —c. Exchange —l. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AY ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Bolanos Mining Co .C300 500 Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (isa. at 5/. pm.) £2O 81 Real del Monte Mining Co. £4oo - Ditto Subzzription (Thirds) 5 8N United Met. Min. Co. iss,. at 21. pm.) I'M% 20!,', TORZIGN TXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, APRIL 16-13. 14!4.—Tw0 months, 13. 13. STOCKHOLM, APRIL B.—Seventy-five days, 12 17. BRULIN, APRIL 13.—Three months, 70!.. Ett Sun v LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 20, 1830. THE KING'S NEU-TH. Up to three o'clock this afternoon no Bulletin of his MAJESTY'S health had been received, and we were informed from authority that it was ex pected the KING'S Physicians would not issue one to-day. The reports respecting the R ING'S health are various ; but, after making every inquiry, not being able to satisfy ourselves alto their cor rectness, Ise refrain from further noticing them. Summonses were issued this morning for holding a Cabinet Council to-morrow at the Foreign Office. Despatches were received at the Foreign Office this morning, from our Ambassador at Berlin. The Paris Pape►:s of Sunday had not arrived on our going to press. The Funds of Saturday were as follow : Fiume!' FuNns.—PARIS, APRIL 17.—Five per Cents., 106 f. 10c. sc. ; Four-and-a-Half tier Cents., 105 f. 60c. ; Three per Cents., 8.3 f. 65c. 60c. 65c. 70c. 65c. 70c.; Bank Stock, 1,910 f. 1,912 f. 50c. ; Rentes de Naples, 93f. 60c. 70c. ; Rented d'Espagne, 15.% ; Royal Spanish Loan, 90!, 14, ; Rentes Perpetuelle d'Espagne, 79% %; Haytian Loan, 5-40 f. 545 E—Exchange on Lonoon, One month (paper), 25f. 65c. ; three months (paper), 4f. 50c.— Ours Authentivie. The following intelligence we extract from ;he Allgemeine Zeitung of the 14th inst.:— ROME, APRIL S. Loa night died Cardinal Giallo Maria della Summaglia, Dean of the Sacred College, Prime .i,ishop of Villetri and Ostia, Vice-Chancellor and Librarian, High Priest of the Lateran, Secretary of the Supreme College of the Holy Office, Prefect of the Holy Congregation. dcl Riti Q Cere monie, Knight of the Order of St. Annunziatia, &c. He was born at Piacenza the 29th July, 1742, and was de scendtd from one of the moat distinguished families of the country. Pius VI. raised him to the dignity of Cardinal June 1, 1795. He was afterwards one of the party that formed an opposition to the administration of Cardinal Gonsalvi, and became Secretary of State under Leo XII.; notwithstanding his advanced age lie executed a ith the greatest activity the duties of that high office, and was in all respects a man distinguished by multifarious know ledge, who was generally esteemed. He is said to have left a fortune of 600,000 seudi, which he has bequeathed to the Propaganda. The Pope will not this year perform the usual formalities at Easter, but only give the bene diction. Immediately after Easter his Holiness will take up his residence in the Quirinal Palace, the air of which is considered by phyiiicians to be more salubrious. FROSt SILISTRIA, APRIL 2. That instaneea of secession :rem the Catholic to the Protestant church are so frequent in Silistria, that they are hardly spoken of unless the parties are of some conse quence, as is asserted in an article from Berlin, in Number S 7 of the Allgemeine Zeitung, is not indeed correct, but it cannot be denied that each secessions do occur, and we must add with regret that the number of Catholics who are indifilaent not only to the Catholic religion, but to every christian church, is continually increasing. The chief cause is the decay (which commenced in the last century) of the theological faculty at Breslau, the only source from which the Catholic Students of Divinity are used to derive instruction (their number is now 250). The deficiencies of the faculty have become still greater since the transfer of the University of Frankfort to Bres lau, for up to that time it was at least pretty completely tilled ; but at present it is reduced to two active ordinary Professors, who have not now any literary reputation. The extraordinary Professor cannot be taken into the account; the influence of the exertions of Professor Dereser was transitory and partial, yet at his funeral Professor N. observed, " Catholic Divinity at Breslau is now going to be buried." This was three years ago, and yet nothing has been done for it, which is the more surprising, as on the one hand the Catholics have no theological faculty in all the Eastern provinces of the Prussian dominions (for Braunsburg is not wo: th mentioning), and on the other hand the faculty is maid to possess a fund of its own of 6,000 dollars. The Professorship of Philosophy for Catholics was filled up only last year, and there has been no Catholic Professor of Iliatory since 1811, when the Catholic Professor, who filled that chair, was pensioned, though his lectures were by co means bad. The Catholic Students are, there fore, obliged to attend the lectures of a Protestant Professor of this branch of learning. But he who is acquainted with the manner of teaching history in modern times, and especially in Germany, knows very well that there is no easier mode of making the Christian youth unfaithful to their church than by causing them to study the history of the middle ages 'and of modern times under a Pro fessor of a different confession. This may suffice at present for a general explanation of tire facts that have been noticed. In a short time a work will be published, in which the external and internal causes of the doctrine of the Catholic Church in Silesia, in the middle of the last century, will be circumstantially developed ; as igno rance of them has led to many unjust judgments on the Catholic Church in general, and that every body may see to whom we ought to impute the blame or the merit of the seeesssion and the lukewarninets of the Catholics in Silesia, perhaps the author may be able to give a list of all those who have gone over to the Protestant Church since the beginning of this century, with the history of their secession. VIENNA, Anal I.7.—llletalliques, 104; Four per Cents., 99i ; Bank Shares, 1,376 3-sths. VIENNA, APRIL B.—Metalliquei, 1 03/ ; Bank Shaw, 1,882. The Hamburg Papers of the 16th and 17th nst. contain the information which we now subjoin : CARLSEMIIII, APRIL 9. The crown of Bavaria has confined itsA on the az• cession of our Grand Duke Leopold to the simple presen tation of a protest for the assertion of its pretended rights to the Palatinite of the Rhine. The soldiers on furlough who were culled in, have accordingly been sent back to their houses on the interment of the late Grand Duke. FRANKFORT, APRIL 12. Dr. C. Nonne, one of our must eminent physicians, has received from his Royal Highness Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg a very flattering autograph letter, iuviting him to accompany l,is Royal . Highness, on very advantageous terms, to Greece, as his domestic physician. 'We hear that the very learned Doctor A. Kirchder, Coun sellor of the Consistory, and principal preacher at St. Catherine's church in this city, has also received a flat tering invitation to accompany his Royal Highness to Greece, to make researches relative to the arts and an tiquities in that country, under the protection of the new Government, and at the same time to till the office of Court chaplain. PERA, MARCH 11. Thirty horses lades with money left this place yester day for Bourgas, carrying 400,000 ducats as the second in stalment of the sum stipulated by the Treaty of Adria nople, for the indemnity of the Russian subjects ; many of the exiled Armenian families returned hither last week, but have reason to regret their haste, as provisions are very dear, and their poverty is great. Even daring the blockade of the Dardanelles, provisions (except bread) were never so dear as at this moment, so that even families in good circumstances are embarrassed. To this is to be added, that a new tax is in contemplation, by which some thousand piastres are to be paid monthly on every oven for permission to bake and sell bread. NYOLTENBUTYLL, PAIL 10. The night of the Sth instant was near proving fatal to our noble library. The buildings of a very extensive tan yard, only 39 paces from it, and directly connected with it by the residence of the librarian, were burnt down. The wind which was moderate, and south-east, drove the dames in the opposite direction, where a row of build ings, inhabited by poor people, was buint. The fire, which seems to bare been the work of an incendiary, made at first great and inconceivable progress against the faint wind, and only great exertions saved the library, the manuscript treasures of which were packed up. The fire is now wholly extinguished. Twelve buildings, large and small, were burnt down. ItORSIN-HALLE, APRIL 16. , . HALF- tAiT FOUR o'cLocx.—Our Wheat market im proved during the week, in consequence of favourable in telligence from England. Fine heavy upland grain, was eagerly bought for exportation, and holders are beginning to demand higher prices. For grain of inferior quality, there is no demand whatever. For Rye, there is but little demand, and only small parcels are to be disposed of to our own consumers. Barley and Oats, if of good quality, continue saleable; as also Rapeseed, of which our supply is small. During the nine first days of April, 85 cargoes of corn passed through the Sound. Of these, nine were bound for British, ten for Dutch, four for French, and eleven for 'Northern ports; of the remaining vessel the destination was not known. Weight. fix dollars. Dantzic Wheat 122 to 12(1 to Poznerani.an 124 to 128 110 to 116 Anhalt, white ll9 to 124 118 to 125 red 122 to 128 119 to 125 Danish Dantzic Rye HI to 122.-- 60 to 64 Upland 116 to 123 6O to 64 Danish 116 to 120 53 to 55 51 agdeburgh Barley 99 to 104...... 55 to 58 Anhalt 99 to 104 55 to 5H Danish 94 to 102...... 10 to 44 Ifecklenburgh Oats 66 to 74 37 to 42 Danish 66 to 75 26 to 30 Pomeranian Malt —to 50 to 54 Pease, yellow, Upland Holstein Rapeseed —to 160 to 169 The rise in Berlin and Vienna Las operated faiourably here, and business to a large amount has been done during the last few days. End of April. Anglo-Danish Loan 3 per Cent 74% Anglo-Russian Loan lO T? <, Ilamburg-Russian Loan lO4 Polish Bonds I3IN New Prussian 4 per Cents. (1830) — Austrian Bank Shares 15..4 Austrian Metalliques lO3 New Austrian 4 per Cents 98.4 Anglo Neapolitan Falconets AN Portin , uese Greei, 13:?5 Wa Exchange upon London, at two months at sight ..... ...... 13 14% Amsterdam, at two months, 35 48-100 Paris ... ...... at two mouths, 18611 . .1) 4t-lGths. A confirmation of the capture of the English merchant ship by Don IVIIGuEL's squadron has been received this morning. She proves to be the Mary Ann, from Gibraltar, which had orders to call at Fayal to learn the state of the markets there. She would be sent into Lisbon for the case to be decided by the Admiralty Court. The Colombian Congress, as will be seen by the subjoined extracts, have refused to accept the resignation of BOLIVAR, announced in his recent proclamation. We hope that this great man is not coquetting with the feelings of the people, whom his master-mind has freed from slavery. He is one of the very few characters whose name and actions are deservedly dear to the friends of liberty, and who cannot therefore afford to do a frivolous or unworthy action. WASHINGTON should be the object of his imitation, not CasAn, in his more coxcombical momenta : " Since unfortunate events have rendered it manifestthat the constitution of Colombia is not su ffi cient to se cure the respect due to the Government and i the mainte nance of union among citizens, its reform s considered necessary, but as the education of the people cannot be accomplished without some painful experiments, that of Ocana was of the most disastrous kind—it had nearly proved fatal, and Colombia would doubtless have b ee , erased from the list of nations, had not the people reani mated the expiring country by confiding to your hands a vigorous authority that you might be the means of repress ing evil and convoking the national representation when you should consider that measure necessary. " Before that convocation took place Colombia and you have experienced some severe frowns of fortune; but Di vine Providence has been pleased to preserve you both from the threatening dangers. But your valuable lif e being wonderfully and happily saved, and a glorious pe ace with a. fraternal nation, which unfortunately had beco me an enemy, being at last concluded, all the friends of Co lombia have been encouraged to hope that on the meeting of the Congress of 1830, under the shade of the laurels gathered in those fields where independence was WOO, and the national dignity confirmed, that assembly will have the good fortune to put the seal to the public felicity by giving to the country institutions dictated by experience, suited to its wants, and founded on the popular will. The rash enterprise of a gallant General, though it for a moment darkened the horizon of our hopes, demonstrated at the same time, that the people wish for order and tranquillity; —when they appear unreasonable, it is because those in stigate them who desire to make tools of them to satisfy their own ends and passions. " The Constituent Congress, in commencing its labours, relies on your support, and with you regrets that the Junta of an illustrious city should have exceeded the bounds which the legal object of its meeting prescribed. Never theless, the Congress trusts that due reflection will con vince all citizens that the general welfare requires there to respect the decisions of the national sovereignty, especially when they are founded on the interests and will of the ma jority, and have for their end the felicity of the Colombiasi people. " Faithful to the fundamental law of Colombia, the Congress will not deviate from what it prescribes respect ing the compact of union and the form of government.— It belongs to the Chief of the Executive to cause the forner to be respected ; and the Congress to determine respecting the latter. In cementing the empire of our institutions the national representation will consult the events of ocr history, examine the wants of the Republic, and will en deavour to fulfil by all possible means what the general interest, as well as local interests, requires, deriving advantage from the melancholy but salutary lessons of experience. In establishing the legal authority upon a solid basis, the Congress will endeavour to give to the na tion all possible securities against despotism and against anarchy, in order that those who have laboured so ar duously to create for themselves a country may not look for their work in vain. " But if you abandon us at this moment, the devour ing monster of anarchy will find food in Colombia. You have solemnly promised to exercise the supreme authority until the Congress promulgate the Constitution, and ap point the magistrates of the state. If, on the one hand, what you owe to Colombia and to yourself present power ful obstacles to your abdication of the Presidency of the Republic, the Congress, on the other hand, is in a situ ation which readers its acceptance of that resignation absolutely impossible, i because y our prom i se i s compre hended in the law of its creation, and it is bound religi• llto respect. With respect t o your reputat i on , it cannotoasis suffer in the least from th e ca l umn i es o f your d etrac t o rs ; the existence of this assembly is a victorious reply to all their assertions. Continue, then, to preserve Colombia from the horrors of anarchy. Leave her kr a legacy the consolidation of her laws, and your ramp, already immortal, will appear still more resplendent and pure in the pages of history, when it shall be therein re corded that you sacriiced every thing to the happiness of your country." Our City Correspondent says, " It is gene rally understood that within the last few days the number of dissentients to the conversion of the Four per Cents. has much increased, oc casioned by the decline in the public securities from the illness of his MAJESTY. It is said that the amount of the dissentients exceeds two millions—indeed, by some it has been given at as much as six millions ; but the former is be lieved to be nearer the real amount. Should there not be a more favourable report ere the day for closing the books, which will be done by the 25th instant, the number of those dissenting from the conversion, it is more than probable, will be so increased as to form a very serious obstacle to the completion of the plan of the Finance Minister, for a decline in the value of stock must be looked for ; and many of those who have hitherto withheld their dissent, from the slight probability that in the common course of events any fall would take place, and who were unwillingly acceding by their silence to a measure which they saw no chance of profitably refusing, will without doubt take advantage of circumstances and of the different position in which they are now placed, and refuse to ac cept those terms which, in any case, necessity only would have induced them to accede to. At present the price of the Four per Cents. has varied but slightly, the quotations being 1011 102, but there is a degree of heaviness in the market, and a very trivial event in the present ticklish state of things would evidently create a serious deterioration.. /n the meantime the party operating in support of the conversion scheme are using their influence to prop up the stocks until the closing of the books; and thus Consols, which on the appearance of the extremely vague Bulle tin of yesterday dropped to 92k, are now (twelve o'clock) at 92a. for Money, and 92i for the Account. The most gloomy forebodings are current here, and the report is strongly prevalent that his MAJESTY labours under a dangerous pressure of water on the brain." It is much to be hoped that the tranquillity of Germany may not be disturbed by the disputes between Bavaria and the Grand Duchy of Baden ; nor is it, on the whole, very probable, on account of the support given and held out to the Margrave LEOPOLD of Baden by the great European Powers. The territory claimed by the King of BAVARIA, as a recompense for the possessions in the Palatinate and the Tyrol ceded by him, was confirmed to Baden by the treaty of Vienna, and promises of assistance have subsequently been given to the present Grand Duke by both Russia and Prussia, i❑ ease of an invasion of his dominions by his Bavarian neighbour. 'Whether Russia, Prussia, and Great Britain have acted justly in guaranteeing this disputed territory to Baden, is perhaps soinewhat doubt ful, but it is at any rate obvious that Austria, who was the party for whose benefit the cession of territory was made by Bavaria, and who by the treaty of Rued, made on the Bth October, 1813, covenanted that Bavaria should succeed to the disputed lands in the event of the death of the then Grand Duke without legitimate issue, and agreed in the meantime to pay to Bavaria a considerable tribute, has committed a breach of faith in subsequently guaranteeing those lands to another sovereign. The King of BAVARIA has good reason to complain of the treatment he has received, and though internal warfare is prohi bited by the laws of the Germanic Confederation, there has perhaps rarely arisen a case in which hostilities have been more justifiable by inter national law, than those which his Bavarian Majesty now threatens. The legitimacy of the Margrave LEOPOLD, in the ordinary acceptation of that term, does not appear to be maintained on either side. He is the fruit of a morganatic marriage, an institution which gives to the wife and the issue of a Ger man Prince all connubial and filial rights, excep t those derived from the rank of the husband They arise from the necessity which the royal or reigning German families are under to inter marry with other reigning families, and not with subjects, enjoying at the same time the privilege of legally marrying their subjects in this mor ganatic manner. The origin of the term is this. A custom prevails in Germany for the husband to make the wife a present on the morning after the bridal night, which appears to have descended from remote antiquity, since TACITUS (de moribus Gernzanorum), says " Doter: non uxor 7narito, sed uxori maritus " Ofert, " and it is accordingly not the practice Ifor the wife to make the husband any return. This custom is not observed by Sovereign families on their marriages, and hence the dis tinction among such families between a fully le gitimate marriage, and one called morganatic, where a present is made to the wife the next morning, after the custom of the people. The word morganatic is dog Latin, and derived from the German morgen, the morning. This will explain the nature of the marriage between the late Grand Duke of BADEN and the Countess Of HOCHBERG, the mother of the Margrave LEOPOLD. The King Of PRUSSIA lately married morganatically, and the custom is one both reasonable in itself,.and of very beneficial influence on the conduct of royal families. THU FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWIILTZ O'CLOCIC Accounts have bean received at Bordeaux from the Idle of Bourbon, of the 17th January, stating that the river had become impracticable owing to the heavy falls of rain, which caused numbers of accidents. The cea also became stormy, and the shipping were obliged to take shelter in the roads. Accounts were received of the loss of three vessels. several have been damaged. Letters from Madrid state that St. Priest had sent uff a courier to Paris, with a letter to his Catholic Majesty, and another for his Neapolitan Majesty; also one for the Dushess de Berri. It is reported they are to appease the discontent which the future succession to the Throne of Spain has caused. . _ II formation from St. Petersburgh states that important negociations are still going forward on the subject of an exchange of territory, which Halil Paella is charged to offer to Russia in exchange for the contibution of the war. The news of the French expedition against Algiers caused an agreeable sensation in the above capital, and ao doubt was entertained that it would succeed. It Was reported that the Russian Cabinet had made au offer to France to assist bar in that object, and that part of the Russian fleet was to remain in the Mediterranean. The Duke of Illontemarte was to be the bearer of this offer to France. Amulets from central ♦merica state, that persecutions had somewhat diminished, but they still continued against the richer classes, and the war continued in Honduras, and was carried on with great cruelty. The Federal Legis lature, convened for the 15th December, had been un able to resuscitate the impoverished treasury, and rival projects of the different states every day increased. Nica ragua is in the most frightful anarchy, and is completely ruined. TAR rUNDS. The public were greatly alarmed yesterday, and Stock was sold to a large amount, in consequence of the un favourable reports of his Majesty's health, but at a late hour in the afternoon their anxiety was apparently relieved by the appearance of the bulletin, in which it does not appear that his Majesty was in iminent danger, This has rather given an impulse to the Funds this morning; Consols, which left off yesterday at 92! for the account, opened at the same price, since which they have improved to 92k, and for money 92a We have no arrivals of consequence ; later accounts have been received from Calcutta, but no Papers have as yet come to hand. In the Foreign Market Spanish I3ople have rather im proved. In other Foreign Securities ❑othing doing as yet. ENGLISH Bank Stock, 215 16 FLY DS. Si per Ct. 99i India Stock, 242 3 3 per Cent. (lens. 92i I Do. for Account, 92f Ditto Reduced. 91 New 4 per Cent., 101 j 2 4 per Ct. 1826, 104 India Bonds, 82 3 Exebequer Bills, IV 80 lOREIG Brsailiaa, 14i 5 Buenos Ayres, 34 5 Chilian, Colombian, 231 41 Danish, 74 French, 5 per Cent. 106 7 Di/to, 3 per Cent. FUNDS. Greek, 43 6 Mexican, 33i 2 Peruvian, 22 i Portuguese, 604 1 Prussian, Russian, 111 4 Spanish, 11l 1 ONE O'CLOCK. Intelligence has reached the City of the capture of the Mary Ann, English merchantman, from Gibraltar, by the Portuguese squadron blockading Terceira, and that she had been sent, that the case might be decided by the Court of Admiralty, to Lisbon. About the Sth instant a gale had sprung up by which the blockading squadron had been blown from their station off Terceira, and at the above date none of them were in sight. By letters from Lisbon we learn that Don Miguel had announced that a general promotion in the Army was about to take place. This had been caused by some symp toms of disaffection which had been displayed by the officers, and which had caused alarm to the Government. There is a great degree of tranquillity in the Consol market and the price for the Account is 92 buyers. We have nothing of any importance doing in the Foreign Stock market. Two O'CLOCK. No Bulletin has as yet been received in the city in re gard to his Majesty's health. Consols continue firm at 9211f0r the account, and 921 for money; much business has been doing this morning. Large amounts of Stock, which were sold yesterday, have been purchased bask again, this morning; by the same party who sold them. Consols 92i 2 MRS O'CLOCK. The pulling down of such a mass of houses as occupied the space between the Strand, St. Martin's-lane, Chandus-street, and Lancaster-court, presents a scene of desolation probably never equalled in the metropolis since toe Fire of London. Among the emigration wonders of the pre sent day may be mentioned the intended departure to the Swan River of a family occupying one house in one of the fashionable squares, and another on the picturesque Lake of Ulswater. The emigration mania has extended itself pretty largely into Wale. Betveeen 20 and 30 familiee left Milford Haven last week for America, in the brig Fran_ broke Castle.—Cambrian. A s a specimen of the inconsistency of ecclesi astical rules with regard to residence, it may be mentioned that the incumbent ofone ofthe largest parishesin the metro polis will have been absent from his living a whole year, because the office which he holds in a distant cathedral requires uninterrupted residence for the same period, to secure both the office and the emolutuents.—lkror tang Paper. A soldier came to GONZALO FERNANDEZ, and told him that he thought a fortress of the enemy might be won with the loss of only some few men : on which GONZALO said, "But will you be one of them ?" There is no page in the history of mankind so black as that which records the intercourse between civilised and barbarous nations. Of this an awful and striking instance is exhibited in the feelings which exist between the Indians of Brazil and the Portuguese, who in one district are stated to have given the natives clothes charged with the poison of the small•pox, which, in con sequence, raged among them with such fury, that they were at last compelled to destroy the infected with arrows. An important discovery has recently been made in the manufacture of iron, which accelerates the process of converting the cast into bar iron, and at the same time has a material infu;•nce upon the quality by decomposing the carbon and injurious substances combined with the iron, and which in the ordinary method of manu facturing cannot be destroyed. It likewise has the effect of separating and completely vitrifying the alumineus and siliceous earths, which destroy the tenacity and malleability of the iron. It is now ascertaissed that by means of this simple economical application, many ores and materials may be used for the production of icon which could not formerly be worked. PER A, MARCH 4.—The GRAND SEIGNOR putsues his plans of reform, and there is no doubt he will lay aside the turban as soots as he has an opportunity. This would produce beneficial effects, for the pure Deism which would result if the religion of Afaitostrr were de prived of its superstitions, would certainly change the cha ractt:r of the Turks, who would then begin to look upon the people of other nations as brothers, and would become civilised. Constantinople would then become a great centre of enlightened priuciple►. The fequirs might taise an out cry, but all their predictions and curses would be harmless if 31Aii °MET acted with prudence. The first thing to be accomplished would be to take possession of the property of the Turkish Clergy ; and the lazy parasitical race of Softas, honks, &c., who abandon themselves to the moet infamous vices in the convents, should be forced to enrol themselves in the army. Asia Minor is said to be in a state of great excitement ; but though the crisis is dangerous, yet, if energetical measures were adopted, the country might be regenerated. —Morning Pupil.. According to letters from Carolmerzil, thir teen vessels have perished during the storm from the 3d to the 4th of April, between Langeroog and Niew llrek, and, what is more, all their crews. The amount of duty paid last year on the apparently insignificant article of tobacco amounted to nearly 2,859,0001. Of this sum more than half was paid in Liverpool and London, from their being the chief ports for the arrival of vessels from Virginia. Next to thew in amount of importation are Dublin and Bristol. Of the three kingdoms the respective proportions of duty are— England, 1,5Y73,000/. ; Ireland, 613,000/. ; Scotland, 273,0001, LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. BERNAL V. DUKE OF WELLINGTON. The Loau Citaucm..r.oft delivered judgment in tb i° Game. It was an appeal from a judgment of the 'fil l Chancellor upon a motion. The f ac t s were theise..-4 1 12 ' was filed by Mr. Bernal, a !dder, against the executer° of the late Duke of York, against the Marquis of Staffor d ', against the Duke of Wellington, and against five or MI ether persons, Lords Commissioners of the TreasurP These individuals (for the motion, applied to the l a tter ideas of defendants only) were sued in their individual sol personal characters. It was suggested that the transaetitte , as it appeared on the record, arose out of an affair i ° which they had been concerned in their official character; and, if that were so, it might be a good defence, but it Jid not alter the character in which they were sued. It WO like the ordinary case of a suit against an agent in bib personal character upon a contract which he had entered into on behalf of the Government. After the bill had been filed, an order was obtained by the defendants fora month' time to answer, plead, or demur, not demurring alone. Upon the expiration of that order another for a similar period, and for the same purpose. was obtained. Pending, these proceedings, the papers were put into the hands of the junior Counsel of the defendants, who considered it 10 a case for an answer and demurrer ; bat that gentleman no: I wishing to act on his own responsibility desired to hay° a consultation with the Law Officers of the Crown, who 4 attendance could not be obtained till the 25th of June lair' They concurred with him in the course of proceeding 116 had suggested, and an answer and demurrer were filed. afterwards occurred to the Counsel that it would be better to have filed a general demurrer only, and a motion 01 made to the Vice-Chancellor for an order to t a k e tlJe answer and demurrer off the file, that catch gene ol demurrer might be substituted, whi s k was refuse", with costs. From that decision the quest i on 10" been brought here. Upon the authorities of Taylor v; Milner (a case that was discusaed before Lord Eldon) and Allen v. Bruce (before the Master of the Rolls), his Lora' ship was decidedly of opinion that the Vice-Chancellor was right in the judgment he had come to. Had th e case some before his Lordship, even before the ex piratio of the second order, he should hav e h ave come to the 401)" elusion that the motion ought not t o h e grante d. The cases of Watkins v. Hine, and D evons hi re v . Lunen), which had been cited in support of th e or i g i na l a pplies' tion, did not apply in the opinion of the Court, an d u nder such cir cums t ances hi s L or d s hip f e lt bound t o di sm i ss the appeal, w ith costs. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. This being the first Seal after the Easter Recess the Vise-Chaneellor sat at Lincoln's-Inn, and took Motions to-day. CRIDLAYD V. JEFFERY. Upon application, some time ago, to the Lord OW cellor, is his private room, the another of the plaintiff` is this cause, who was am infant, was appointed his be st friend, fur the purpose of guarding his rights and watchil i g his interests in this suit. Mr. KNIGHT this morning applied to theViee-Chanes l W for the appointment of some other person iu her room, °9 ., the ground that the interests of the other were dirert , u at variance with those of the infant,—as it was her intr rest, and no doubt intention, to obtain as large an alloy' ance for maintenance as possible for herself and b‘ r younger children, and she also claiming to be entitled to jointure under the grandfather's will. The bill was ori" ginally filed for the purpose of making the infant plain tiff (who was about to enter into an improvident n 351 ." riage) a ward of the Court. A receiver was also asked upon the estates in the west of E ng l an d, srl i 'l l the plaintiff was entitled to under hi s gran df a th er ' s u' . ' Mr. Knight, in making the application, observed that tO this, like most family disputes, there was a good deal of crimination and recrimination in the affidavits. It teat not, however, his intention to enter at all into those aft' davits unless forced to do so by the Counsel on the other side. He intended to confine himself entirely to the siv gularity of the question now before the Court. Sir C. WE fixaxm. wished it to be understood that b e did not consider his learned friend (Mr. Knight) eatitlea to credit for his apparent forbearance. He wished t he affidavits to be fully gone into, and if they were, Knight might depend upon it he should make an applica tion for the purpose of having them taken off the file for scandal and impertinence. Mr. KNIGHT lamented that his attempts to make poe' s between the different members of the family should brf • the appearance of being frustrated. He should proceed lie had originally intended. The Learised Counsel thessi went at considerable length into the rule of the Court, 01 to the appointment of guardians sad next friends. The Vicx•CtiaNcxr-Loa wished to know the age °I the infant ? Mr. KNIG7LT believed he would attain hie majority 10 retie than a year. The VICE-CHANCELLOR thought it would be best for all parties to let matters remain as they were till 0° separation of the minority of the plaintiff, and the Master would take care of the plaintiff's interest in the mean time' The kindest thing for all parties would be for the Court to make no order at all, provided the parties would under' take not to dismiss the bill for want of prosecution. , Mr. Kwiatrr, after this intimatio n , wou ld no t press motion further, and thus the matter rests. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. DOE ON THE DEMISE OV CI ZINDALL V. STUAT AND °VIVO' This ease, which has excited a very considerable degre e of interest, not only from the novelty of the facts, 1 0 1 / the large amount of property involved, w e un d ers tao!' more than 200,000/. came on by order the first thing th la , morning. It is expeeted to last for two day s , th ere lois* upwards of two hundred witnesses for examination. was an action of ejectment, brought by the nephew an heir at law of the late Mr. Grindall, to recover possessift / of the property of which that gentleman died seized.'", There were two counts, in one of which it w a s a llege° that the defendant counselled, and induced the testator t° l make a will in his favour to the prejudice of his relations . blood ; and in the second, that at the time of making ths' will the testator was of insane mind. The defenda ol pleaded the general issue—Not Guilty. Mr. 13eoucurot and two gentlemen behind the bar sr' peered for tile plaintiff ; and the ATTORNEY-GENELAP Mr. DENMAN, Mr. Cam rimer., and two jm lore for the defence. The facts of this curious case have been f":, quently before the public in our p o li ce o ffi ce reports- -1 which it appeared, that Mr. Grind a ll, aen . complained ° the severity and restraint to which he was subjected" likewise an application that was made to the Lord Chap' cellor for a eornonission of lunacy against that gentlernao• The ATTORNIT-GENZRAL, as in thole actions the onus of proving rightful possession lays in the d e f e ndav, opened the case in a speech of considerable length, 1 : which he entered very fully into all the details to which O f have alluded. He said that be should produce a host ° witnesses to prove that the testator's affections were en tirely estranged from the plaintiff, i n consequence o f th e extrt i, ordinary mode of treatme n t h e th oug h t proper to adop t towards him ; that the defendant had even rem onstrat e; with him against making his will i u hi s f avour, to whig remonstrance he immediately replied that it was his deter" mination to do so ; and if he would not have it, h e worl d bequeath the whole of it to charities; and he world 8 14 j prove that the testator, when he made this will, was in , state of perfect sanity. Several witnesses were then examined ; brit as tli s case cannot be concluded before to-morrow, we pootpov g till then reporting their evidence. --- In consequence of the utmost necessity tIV! exists in Parliament to induce Ministers to eutOrce econorl and reform in every department of the State, the intro ; tion to build a National Gallery, for the reception of 0 , works of art, at the exp ence o f t h e country, i s re liP i quisbed. We learn, however, that the Krxo detertnit l l himself to erect a splendid esta bli s h ment, t h e expenc e which is to be defrayed from his MAJKSTY'N privy purse' The Earl of WARWICK asked HENRY VI; why it pleased his Maikwry to go in meanly attired:, The KING answered, "It beseemeth a King t o e xcel subjects mu virtue not in vesture." The name of Mr. DENMAN, and about te:' others of the moat respectable of the opponents of the .' t ; Giles and St. George (Bloomsbury) Select Vestry, bill s been added to its number by the Bill just pawed. An Italian used to say that wine had these , two disconamodities—lf y ou put water into i t , you soar . tr and if you put none in it, yon mar yourself. If water ought to be mixed with wine, Said a toper, God wou ld hare done it in the grape. A short time since one of our Scottish Cler,', gyn)en, late of Glasgow, not more disti ngu i s h e d f o r literary and theological attainments than remarkable fUI his absence of mind, while in one of his deep iutellectl,, reveries, dashed a ll a t once aga i nst a h orse stan di ng wit a cart on the streets, upon which, imagining on the 6 r 3 feeling of returning collection of mind, that he had jurcd the person of some fellow being, he made a low bu * ',' and exclai me d, " I b eg um thousand pardons, Sir Elgin Courier. howere the pop therefor term of Mr. the Bei jeant A Sari stealing Mary ) Jolt's on the one go] 3w:flies( Mar indietet chain, Guilty- Cros set stp I tielkee it every n settled, rally ac unix tz the pu► merits 1 that sel toner t correct arid w 'loo' b a surpl Told Ai regular Made a against Julia keeper of Gs. rover, prieton Fran ten. I the an 24. sd. There BUM(' a Here discuss A 14 Tle this an their h The feeling Johj 651., c Thoma