The Sun. — London, England, 1830-04-05 00:00:00

BIRTH OF A TURKISH PRINCE. We have received the followirg letter from a British Officer, dated Constantinople, Feb. 25 : " The harbour of Constantinople has been quite gay. The Turkish ships of war tossed off in all variety of colours, and exhibiting other demonstra tions of joy, in consequence of one of the Sultanas giving birth to a son on the Bth ult. The etiquette of the Eastern Empire requires that in the event of a Prince being born, the ships of war be kept full .decorated betwixt the hours of sunrise and sunset, and that they, together with the batteries, fire three royal salutes each day during seven successive days; the first salute to. commence on the sun's peeping over the eastern horizon, the second on its coming to the meridian, and the third on his last appearance in the western hemisphere. The same ceremony is to be observed in the case of a Princess being born, but only to continue for three days. It is the youngest of the Sultanas that has diffused such gene ral joy over Constantinople, by thus giving an as surance that the Royal Line of Malimoud is likely to 'be stretched over future generations. She is About nineteen years of age, a Circassian by birth, and said to possess great personal charms. The Sultan is rapidly giving way to the improvements of the age; and has so far conquered his Mahometan prejudices as to admit medical gentlemen within the walls of the Harem, and thus for the first time in the tannals of the Seraglio, one of the Sultanas was • at tended by two professional gentlemen, a Greek physician and a Frank accoucheur ; these gen tlemen were about a month in attendance, during' which time they were never outside the Sernglio walls. When the physician made his report to the Sultan (here they never publish bulletins), announcing that the young Queen and the Royal Infant were quite well, his Sublime Ma jesty addressed him by his proper name—a thing onprecedented ; for whenever the Sultan or any other lordly Mahometan addresses a Greek or a- Christian, it is always by the epithet Giour, that is Infidel. Well, the Sultan most condescendingly addressed him by his proper name, as thin, Ste phone, I am well pleased with your conduct; return to your friends—they will be glad to sea you.' lie then presented Doctor Stephano and his colleague with purses of considerable value (one each), and suffered them to return to their respective homes. The admission of medical gentlemen within the walls of the Harem, or to the presence of the ladies, may be considered as one of the boldest . measures that could be adopted towards effecting a moral reformation in the manners of the Mussulmen. But the chief Turks in and about Constantinople are fast emerging out of the dark sea of ignorance and superstition in which they have been so long ettgulphed. His Sublime Majesty sets the good ex ample; so, instead of the turban, the long un :wieldly garments, and the loose yellow slippers, he IS now seen in the pleasing costume of a well-dressed English gentleman. He has recently established a uniform for his navy, and by which he has gained great popularity ; indeed his Majesty is very popular in the neighbourhood of Constantinople ; but at Adrianople, and other places distant from the capi tal, he is now considered as being little better than a renegade, because of the manner in which lie is conforming to the habits of Christian Europe. The Blonde is expected to remain in the neighbourhood of the Black Sea whilst the Russians, who have one line of battle ship, a large frigate, and two sloops of war, continue there." PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AY ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) £lOO Brazilian Imp. Mm. Co. (iss at 51. pm.) £2O SO 79 ALGIERS. The following is a copy of a letter from the Mediterranean, written by a person who has lived a long time at Algiers, and who is acquainted with its environs, its means of defence, and resources : " Algiers is built like an amphitheatre, but forms a triangle ; one of the points is washed by the sea, the other rising up towards the land forms another point, at the extremity of which is the new palace of the Dey, called the Casba. The town is com manded by a fort called Fort Emperor, which sweeps the plain of Babazon, the town, and the Casba. The star fort still marked on the several maps exists wilonger. From the garden of the Dutch Consul, and the country that surrounds the residence of the Swedish Consul, the eye overlooks Fort Emperor, and can even reach into the interior court. This fact is important, and is mentioned in order to show how easily this fort, on which depends the fate of Algiers, may be reduced. Though the defences of Algiers on the sea side are truly formidable,it is not capable of , sustaining a siege from the land side for three days. It has not even a complete enclosure ; the ramparts are broken at short distances by houses, whose walls spring from ttie — difehes anti give an ap pearance of fortification; :but,: , in fact, are of no strength. The ditcheaareiliieys dry, and there are no means of filling them; nor;on,account of their rapid descent, would water lodge in them. The town has three gates on the land side; the Babalouet in the West, the New Gate on the West, and Babazon on the East. Its only supply of water is from an open aqueduct, on a level with the ground, and it comes from about half a league from Algiers. No thing can be more easy than to cut this off, and to force the place to surrender for want of water. The garrison consists of 4,000 Turks, and 2,000 more are distributed in the various surrounding posts. The fortifications are mounted with eight hundred pieces of cannon, of different calibre, toward the sea, and from 100 to 120 on the land side. It must be admitted that the great diffieulty is in effecting a landing. The French army must expect to be op posed by a hest of Arabs, who will dispute the ground with them ; but these Arabs are totally un: disciplined, and badly armed, many of them still using match-lock guns. They will come down with provisions for a few days only, and hunger will very soon drive them back to their mountains, if they are not previously put to flight by the artillery. The French maps call that part of the shore on which it is supposed that the invading army will be disem barked, Touretta Chiefs. This point, known in that country by the name Sedi-Ferench, is about 4 leagues from Algiers, on the West; but whether the landing be effected on the West or on the East, a great abundance of water will be everywhere found. The climate I 'can declare to be rery healthy, less hot than perhaps Provence, if a judgment may be formed from the luxuriance of the vegetation, which flourishes on every spot of the soil. There is never any raging fever at Algiers, and the plague is only to be found when imported from Egypt : ten years have elapsed since its last appearanee."— Hampshire Telegraph. THE BANK OF ENGLAND.—The following i■ the House List of GovicaNOßS and DIRECTORS of the Bank of England for the year ensuing, vis. : FOR GOVERNORS. JOHN HORSLEY PALMER, Esq., Governor. ANDREW HENRY THOMSON, Esq., Deputy-Governor. FOR DIRECTORS. John Bowden, Esq. George Warde Norman, Esq. Cornelius Buller, Esq. James Pattison , jun., Esq. Timothy Abraham Curtis, Esq. Charles Pole, Esa. Samuel Drewe, Esq. Henry Porcher, Ng. George Dorrien, Esq. Sir John Rae Reid, Bart. Charles Pascoe Grenfell, EAq. John Baker Richards, Esq. Abel Lewes Gower, Esq. Wm. Thompson, Esq. and Ald. John Oliver Hanson, Esq. Samuel Thornton, Esq. John Benjamin Heath, Esq. Stephen Edw. Thornton, Esq. William Manning, Esq. William Ward, Esq. William Mellish, Esq. Money Wigram, Esq. Sheffield Neave, Esq. Melvil Wilson, Esq. .., The Election for Governor and Deputy-Governor will be held at the Bank, on Tuesday the 6th, and for Direc tor*, on Wednesday the '7th instant, from Ten o'clock in the Forenoon till Four in the Afternoon. The Marquis of EXETER and Mr. ARNOLD have at length arranged with the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, and the taking down the walls of the old theatre and the houses contiguous to it will commence k forthwith. A new street, extending from Waterloo_ bridge, through Wellington .street, crossing the Strand, and occupying the site on which the Courier office and two houses adjoining now stand, will be carried through, to Charles-street, where for the present the improvement will terminate. The new theatre will be built on a larger &ad more convenient scale than the old English Opera Home, with a bold front and most capacious entrances from the new street and the Strand BRAZIL= is the architect. PRICKS OF STOCIS THIS DAY AT ONZ'O'CLOCK. Flrik Stock 3 par Cent. Red. 1 per Cent. Cons. 923(33 'X New Ditto 924 35i per Cent. shut Ex. Bills, Xl,OOO 2d. 78 79 pm. Ditt) Rod. — Ditto lid. 78 '79 pm. 1 oe• Crlit. Ann. Ditto, 1820 shut. Ditto (bank 1.. Ann. Ditto 30 Gears Ditto 50 years India Stock shut India for Account Ditto Bonds 83 pro. Cons. for April 10 92%'7 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds Brazilian Bonds 701,', I!. iPeruviau Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds 331 Portuguese Bonds — Chilian Bonds — 'Prussian, Old — Colombian Bonds 20% 1 Ditto, New Ditto, 1824 Danish 741; , 34 Spanish, '-821 l4M,', 15%, 15 Greek Bonds 1823 _ —.„.. Ditto, 1825_ 40% 3% French Rentes, sp. c. —f. Guatimala — Exchange —f. Mexican Bonds — 3 per cent. —f. —c. Ditto. 1825 — Ekchange —t. —c. PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, APRIL 2. Bank Stock Consols, 3 per cent - Gov. Stock, 3% per cent 99% Ditto, New - I 4 per Cent 10 0 1,4 1 Gov. Deb. 3% per cent 92 Royal lanai Stoczt - Grand Canal Stock 25% City Deb. 4 per cent -1 Ballast Office Deb. 4p. c 92%1 Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto Patriotic Ditto Hibernian Bank 23'i Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine Imperial Mine Mining Co. of Ireland Commercial Buildings Amved. Due. !Arrived. Due. O America 0 2 Hamburg 0 O Brazil O Buenos Ayres 0 0 Jamaica I O Cazthagena 0 0 Leeward Islands ... 0 2 Dublin 'o 2 Lisbon 0 I Flanders 0 I Mexico 0 I 1 France 0 0 Guernsey &Jersey 0 , i 0 Sweden 1 2 Waterford 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning ... 50 minutes after 0. I Evening...l3 minutes after 1. TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IMost respectfully and earnestly entreat your attendance and support, TO-MORROW, at the Ballot at the India House, when I confidently hope, not withstanding the nature and 'character of the extraordinary co•ihition opposed to me and to your best interests, to be placed by your favour in the responsible situation to which I aspire. I have the honour to be, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your obliged and faithful servant, CHARLES MACKINNON. Committee-room, King's Head, Poultry, April 5, IS3O. ‘l 4 LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 5, 1830. THE QUARTER'S REVENUE. The Revenue for the present Quarter will be made up this evening. The Customs, we un derstand, will prove more favourable than was anticipated. But as the accounts will not be closed until a late hour ) a considerable altera tion may take place ; we therefore refrain from entering into particulars at present. Prince LEOPOLD sails this evening from Dover for the Continent. He is to land at Calais—proceed to Paris in the first instance, and then probably to Germany for a short period, but is expected to return to this country pre viously to his final departure for Greece. The Paris Papers of - Friday and Saturday, with the Messager des Chambres, dated Sun day, have been received by Express. The Gazette de France says that the Chamber of Deputies is dissolved, though the ordinance for its dissolution has not yet been published. The Moniteur contains three Royal Ordinances, which will be found below : (From the Moniteur of Saturday.) The Moniteur contains several Royal Ordinances. I. Appoints the Count de Hautpoul to be Director of the War Department in the room of General Clouett, re moved to another office. 11. Appoints the Viscount de Suleau, Prefect of the Moselle, to be Director-General of the Board of Enrolment and Customs in the room of M. Calmon. 111. Contains changes and removals of 13 Prefects. room M. tie Vandceuvre passes from the Vienne to the Mo selle, in the room of M. Sulean —M. de St. Felix is ap pointed Prefect of the Vienne—AL de Foresta passes from the Vendee to the Loiret, in the room of M. de Ricce, who retires M. de Villeneuve passes from the Correze to the Vendee—the Chevalier de Caunan passes from the Landes to the Correze—M. Dufugray, Sub-Prefect of Toulon, is nominated Prefect of the Landes—M. de Cal vieres passes from the Hautes-Pyren6es to the Doubs, in the room of M. de Beaumont—M. Vernhettes passes from the Vosges to the Hautes-Pyrenees—M. de Malartic passes from the Drome to the Vosges—M. de Talleyrand passes from the Nievre to the Drome—M. Seguier passes from the Orne to the Nievre—M. de Kersaint is nominated Pre fect of the Orne—M. Waters passes from the Haute-Loire to the Meuse, in the room of M. D'Arros, who retires— M. Is Fresfon is nominated Prefect of the Haute-Loire— • M. Angelier passes from Corsica to the Var, in the room of M. Fumeron d'Ardeuil—M. de Choiseul, Secretary general of the Prefecture of the Bas Rhin, is appointed Prefect of Corsica—M. de Baumes passes from the Lot to the Lot et Garronne, in the room of M. Feutrier—M. de Lantivy is nominated Prefect of the Lot—M. de Saint Luc passes from the Creuse to the Mayenne, in the room of M. de Lezardiere—M. de Frotte, Sub-Prefect of Cher bourg, is appointed Prefect of the Creuse. The 15th inst. is said to be fixed for the departure of the Dauphin from Paris for Toulon, accompanied by the Minister of the Marine, Rear-Admiral Mackau, Director of the personnel, and M. Tupinier, Director of Ports and Stores. (From the Messager des Chambres of Sunday.) Yesterday, the 3d of April, the Correctional Tribunal passed sentence in the affairs of Le Globe and National, The sentence upon the Globe concludes as follows : " Considering that from the vs hole of the articles incul pated, and particularly of the passage quoted, there re sults an e xcitation to hatred and contempt of the King's Government, which constitutes the crime provided against by Article 1, of the law of the 17th May, 1819, and Art. 4, of the law of 25th March, 1822. " Considering that Dubois has acknowledged himself the author of the two articles criminated, and besides re sponsible for their contents as manager of the Globe. " Apply to the same Dubois the same articles, con demns him to four months' imprisonment, and a fine of 2,000 francs." " Orders the above-mentioned shall be suppressed." The sentence on M. Saatelet, manager of the National, for the article stating that on the day when the Chambers were prorogued, the 2d regiment of the Guard was or dered to load its arms; and secondly, that the Ministry not depending on the French guard, had reduced the number of regiments on duty at Paris, and increased that of the Swiss regiments--condemns him to three months' imprisonment and a fine of 1,000 francs. Messrs. Dubois and Santelet were discharged from the other grounds of accusation. The Tribunal further orders that, in one month from the passing of the sentence, they shall insert in their respective papers the extracts of the grounds and the particulars of the sentence, and likewise condemns them to the costs. (From the Messager des Chainbres of Saturday.) PARIS, APRIL 2.—M. Genoude, editor of the Gazette de France, had been condemned to 15 days' imprison ment, a fine of 500 francs, and costs, for having accused the Baron Mechin, at the time Prefect of Calvados, of having ordered muskets to be fired at the people when they asked for bread, in the famine of 1812. Official accounts from Servia state that the oriental plague is certainly raging at Adrianople, and that every precaution is taken to preserve the frontiers of Servia from contagion. The Augsburg Gazette, of the 2Sth March, says— " All the measures taken by the Porte show that the island of Candia will remain united to the Turkish empire. " England will have it so, and opposes all the objections of France and Russia. The numerous attempts of Count Cc1;:o d'lstiia for the emancipation of the island, which have been the cause of so many misfortunes, have rather injured than served the cause of its emancipation. " England, and especially the Government of the lonian Islands, look with the greatest distrust upon all the de mands of this ancient Russian statesman since he is in Greece, because he appears by no means inclined to sacri fice the interests of his country to that of England." Yesterday evening at seven o'clock the Constitutional Banquet offered to the Deputies of the Seine took place, By the care of the stewards the most perfect order pre vailed during the whole repast, which was short. No more than 700 persons could be accommodated, for want of The President was a man whom no efforts of ,action can transform into a Revolutionist—a man who has given more than one proof of attachment and fidelity to the reigning dynasty, M. Jean Jacques Rausseau, ancient Mayor of the third arrondissement. Letters from Marseilles say, that the Viceroy of Egypt is making preparations at Alexandria to send an army to make the conquest of Tripoli, while France is engaged in the conquest of Algiers. In this case the Bey of Tunis, whose dominions are situated between Algiers and Tripoli, will be indirectly obliged to yield to the conditions which may be imposed upon him. The piracy of the Barbary States would thus be for ever destroyed—that is, if France and Egypt retain their conquests, for it is only on this con dition that we can approve of the expedition to Algiers. A letter from the Havannah, of the 13th February, an nounces that a conspiracy has been discovered there, the chief instigators of which were Spanish officers, lately returned from the unfortunate expedition to Tampico. It is added that several persons have been arrested. but that the greatest secrecy is observed respecting the affair. (The Gazette de France is almost entirely taken up with the proceedings against its Editor.) (From the Gazette de Prance.) PARIS, APRIL 2.—On the 14th March a Russian cou... !ler from Paris arrived at Ancona. He is the bearer of despatches from the Greek Government, which are said to announce the election of Prince I eopold to the throne of Greece, and his acceptance of it. (From the Aviso.) The Royal Tribunal has to-day pa•sed sentence in the affair relative to the Association of Brittany. Considering that the Fourth Article of the Law of 20th March, 1822, speaking of the King's Government, can be understood only of the Ministers taken collectively and governing in the name of the King ; Considering that to ascribe to the Ministers the inten tion to modify or to replace the Charter and the laws by ordinances is evidently exciting contempt and hatred of the King's Government, a crime provided. for by the laws ; The Court has confirmed the sentence oC the First fudges, which condemns the managers of the Courrier Francais and the Journal du Commerce. TRIESTE, MARCH 18 —We learn that the Montene grins, an Albanian tribe accustomed to pillage, have just committed great excesses on the frontiers of Dalmatia, so that the Government of the province of Zara have been obliged to send some battalions against them. Several vessels that have arrived from Alexandria con firm the continuation of the armaments made by the Pacha of Egypt, the object of which excites the more curiosity, as it is generally known that Mahommed Ali will not take any part in the French expedition against Algiers. (From the Messager des Chambres.) TOULON, Ma RCII 27.—(Private Correspondence.)—l learn by mercantile letters that the English have assembled at Malta seven ships of the line, one of them a three decker, and several frigates and brigs ; and that at Ourbae their fleet is composed of 17 sail, 11 of which are ships of the line, from 74, to 80 guns. This assemblage of forces, almost at the same point, gives reason to suppose that Eng , lend has some secret enterprise in view. The Circe frigate having been carried by the current rather too near to the coast was fired upon by the fortifi cations of Algiers. However, a land breeze having en abled it to tack, the enemy's guns did not reach it, be cause it immediately got out of the danger. Three regiments of cavalry—namely, one of Dragoons, one of Guards, and one of Chasseurs, will embark at Toulon. _ _ The report of the departure of M. de Martignac for England is renewed. It is not said that he is charged with any mission. It was in the diplomatic line that M. de Martignac made his appearance in 1799. At that period he accompanied Sieyes in his embassy to Berlin.- It is known, that in 1823, M. de Villele sent him with the invading army of Spain as a diplomatic character. It was reported at Strasburg on the 29th ult. that an estafette had arrived in the morning of , that day, an nouncing the death of his Serene Highness the Grand Duke of Baden, from apoplexy. The Gazette de Carls ruhc, which arrived at Strasburg in the evening, merely states that the Duke was indisposed, and that he had be-. tvorse during the previous might. l'ha arrival:a tie. next ,courier, which will no doubt bring positive intelti: Bence on the subject, is anxiously looke;for. We read in the Lisbon Gazette that the ship Orestes having been despatched to Mozimbique, the Captain pur sued a different course, and repaired to Rio de Janeiro, where he offered to surrender his ship to the Emperor of Brazil. Don Pedro, however, refused to accept her ; not wishing to furnish thereby a fresh subject of altercation with his brother Don Miguel. The Captain was here upon ordered to sail back to Lisbon. "If I return," said he, in answer to this injunction, " I shall be hanged for coming here; I therefore prefer taking refuge with my vessel in some port of the new American Republic."- 1 1 The Emperor, upon this reply, dismissed the Captain, sent fur the other officers of the ship, and commanded them to sail forthwith for Lisbon : they have just arrived in the Orestes. We bear that all the infantry of the line destined for Al giers are to be armed with pikes, 8,000 of which are already manufiictured. A great number of chevaux de frise are likewise to be embarked, which will be throw n out at the moment of landing, in order to keep off the enemy's cavalry. It is reported that the wife of a Colonel, at the news of her husband's regiment having been ordered to go to Al giers, went weeping to the Minister of War, and solicited the recall of the order. " What !" exclaimed she, " you wish to expose in such an expedition the life of a --, the only heir of an illustrious name ?" The Minister ac knowledged the justice of her objection, and the regiment is not to go to Algiers, to the great disappointment of all the officers.-Journal du Commerce. A merchant at Marseilles is said to have formed the project of fitting up in one of his vessels cabins, rooms, and a kitchen, for the purpose of turning it into a fur nished hotel and floating restaurant. This vessel will sail towards Algiers with the expedition, and will keep one league from the coast, in order to witness the landing of the troops, and the bombardment. Many persons will take this opportunity of being spectators of the destruction of that nest of pirates. The Provincial Journals contain daily accounts of the flattering reception given to such Members of the Cham ber of Deputies, returning to their homes in consequence of the prorogation, as voted in favour of the Address. On Sunday, M. Benjamin Morel was received at Dunkirk with a serenade from the band of the National Guard. FRENCH FUNDS.-PARIS, APRIL 3, Three, P.m.-Five per Cents., 106 L 40c. 45c. 40c. 35c. 40c. ; Three per Cents. , 84C sc. 10c. 81f. 83f. 94c.; Bank Stock, 1,9051 ; Rentes de Naples, 93f. 92f. 90c. 80c. ; Rentes d'Espagne, 1313.4 ; Royal Spanish Loan, 91f. 90% ; Rentes Perpetuelle d'Espagne, 75•44 !4 78 77% 78; Haytian Loan, 555 f. 552 f. 50c.-Exchange on London-One month, 25f. 65c. ; three months, 25f. 50c. FRENCH FUNDS.-PARIS, APRIL 2.-Five per Cents., 106 f. 40c. 35c.; Four per Cents., 105 f. 60c.; Three per Cents., 8411. 25c. 20c. ; Bank Stock, 1,9151. ; Rentes de Naplai 93f. 3!,c. 30c. 20c. ; Rentes d'Espagne, 13 ; Royal Spanish Lhari, 91 91 1 4 I 4 ; Rente Perpetuelle d'Espagne, 7:0,4 % %A . % 14; Haytian Loan, 550 f. 555 E-Exchange on . - Londort.-One month, paper, 25 f. 65c. ; three months, paper, 25f. 50c. German, Brussels, and Lisbon Papers have been received this morning, from which the following are extracts:— BANKS OF THE NEVA, MARCH 6 :—The rumour of a Congress of Kings and Ministers, to be held in the spring, either at Dresden or at Berlin, these two towns being the most central of Europe, is a subject of genes al conversation in our political circles. Some of the most distinguished Russian Naval Officers have been sent to several points of the shore of the Black Sea, to improve our maritime establishment, and put them on a respectable footing. Schools, composed of Greeks and Italians, are to he founded, with a view to propagate the taste of the nautical sciences, in those quarters." LISBON, I%IARCH 15. By letters from Rio de "Janeiro, brought by the English frigate the heron, whi ch left that port seven days later than the last English packet, we learn that the Marquis Bar bacena had again quitted the office of Minister of Finance, and that M. Gilman had returned to it. The Board of Health has published an edict for the re gulation of the vessels which will go this year to the fishing off the coast (..f Larache. (The Lisbon Gazettes, from the 15th to 27th March, inclusive, contain no domestic news, excepto fth and the day tore presentations a a t r i omnys to his Majesty, &c.): army, some lists of voIun taryBRUSSRLS, APRIL 1. His Excellency Baron Von Zuylen V an Ny v ilt, his t y contributions,rders Majesty's Ambassador to the Porte, has on his return from Constantinople presented to . the Royal - Cabinet of Medals, at the Hague, various coins and engraved stones. Among them are 63 eylindeis of Persepolis, 100 engravid stones cf Persia, 7 ditto of the Jassanedes, 84 Greek, &c. THE HAGUE, MARCH 31 • In the sitting of the Second Chamber to-day the amended chapters of the code of proceedings in the Cri minal Courts were adopted almost unanimously, without any debate. VIENNA, Ithacti 23 AND 24.—Metalliques, 1031 ; Four per Cents. 98i ; Bank Shares, 1,34.1. We have been favoured with a copy of a letter, addressed by Dr. BURROWS to Sir E. NALFORD, •" touching some points of the evi dence and o bservations of Counsel on a Com mission of Lunacy on Mr. EDWARD DAVIES," which we regret he should have felt it necessary to write,—the Doctor, however, must recollect it is he who thrusts himself—not we, who bring him before the public. On the subject of Dr. BURROWS' letter, we are influenced by no feeling .but public duty, and know no party but the public—we have no personal knowledge of, or ill feeling towards Dr. BURROWS, and are willing to grant all he can fairly require, and in that spirit are ready to ad mit that he did not violate the letter of the law, by personally signing the certificate that con signed Mr. DAVIES to " the retreat" at Clapham. Mr. DAVIES, however, according to Dr. BURROWS' account, is still insane, but on that point the Doctor shall speak for himself.—" The event," *says the Doctor, has " falsified the verdict. " It appears that Mr. DAVIES has never since " that verdict was pronounced evinced a sound " mind, nor been capable of managing himself " and his affairs, and as the climax of this ex " traordinary case, he note acknowledges that " he was and still is insane, and justifies those " who have affirmedit ; and has voluntarily placed " himself under the care of two of the physicians " who, on the inquiry, gave the strongest testi " mony of his existing insanity !!" After this, who can doubt that Mr. DAVIES must be a most sane and sensible lunatic—a madman after a mad doctor's own heart ; since being still insane, he is capable not only of acknowledging his pre vious insanity, but justifying those who af firmed it! ! To re•quote Dr. BURROWS, this is indeed a " climax of this extraordinary case !" By way of juxta-position, we shall now quote the following note appended to a very able article on insanity in the last number of the Quarterly Review : _ . ,‘ When the verdict of the Jury restored Mr. Davies to his liberty, he appointed four of his friends to take upon themselves the temporary management of his affairs, stipulating that the removal of his mother from his shop in Philpot-lane should be the first act they performed. She, accordingly left his house, and he, for some time, resumed the uncontrolled direction of his business ; but, after the lapse of a few weeks, finding himself a great object of curiosity, from the notoriety which his case had unfortunately obtained for him, he became desirous of withdrawing from the gaze of the town, and resolved to dispose of his shop. Of this his mother has become the purchaser, and he has made an advantageous bargain with her. He is now retired from trade, and is, for aught we know, at this moment Squire Davies, of Trefeen, Mont gomeryshire—an estate which his mother has given up to him, as part of the purchase of his shop and trade. The various stories that have been so industriously circulated in the newspapers of his relapse into what is still perversely called his furrier state of insanity, are idle and un founded; though it was quite ludicrous to observe the avidity with which the news was swallowed by all those wbo had committed themselves on the subject, and to whose previously expressed opinions such a circumstance would have been a sort of corroboration." _ _ From the tone that prevails throughout his letter it. would appear that Dr. BURROWS considers every physician who " adopts the treatment of insanity as his department" is a more sacred person than the sovereign, and of right entitled to be placed above all controul, or even observa tion or remark ; accordingly, he not only com plains of being summoned before the Metropoli tan Commissioners (who, we are glad to learn, are Fo alive to their duties, and disposed to exert the powers they possess, however inefficient, for the public benefit) but he also complains of the Press, like many others who expose themselves to remark, of his examination by Mr. BROUGHAM, as a witness of " the extraordinary interest the public takes in anything that pertains to the in sane,"—an interest that we can assure him is not likely to decline ; and that "it is common now to reason upon insanity, and criticise the conduct ofthose who profess its medical treat ment." An extreme sensitiveness and dread of public nvestigation or remark seldom argues much in favour of any party or any cause, an honest cause, and honest men, will rather court than shrink from inquiry, and proudly exclaim " Let the gall'd jade wince, our withers are unwrung." It is not difficult, however, to imagine that a man who has passed his life among those charnel houses for the living—lunatic receptacles, and reigned despotic over their wretched inmates— the public eye on various pretexts carefully law —complaints stifled— redr excluded—irise stifled— redress, hope, in most cases, shut out, should entertain those sensitive feel ings which we cannot but pity while our duty compels us to expose and condemn, since the fault perhaps lies more with the law that has permitted the SYSTEM, than the men who have turned it to their own account. Dr. BURROWS says, " an opinion is said to " obtain, and that in a high legal quarter, that " the treatment of insanity ought not to be ex• " elusively confined to certain physicians, but " be made an object of general study and prac " Lice."`' We rejoice to learn that an opinion is entertained in the high quarter alluded to, so consonant with what we know to be the public feeling, and cannot doubt but the law and the practice regarding lunatics will shortly be altered and revised, NOT for the benefit of the doctors, but of the insane, and the security of the sane portion of the public. There is no good rea son why the treatment of insanity should be confined to a certain set of physicians, any more than that the treatment of cholera should be con fined to a certain other set of physicians, nor would it ever have been so, had not some gen tlemen who obtained diplomas, condescended to add, or perhaps to speak more correctly, to sink their professional character to the level of what Dr. BURROWS admits to be a more rofitable trade, keeping a receptacle, which the SOLICI TOR-GENERAL has most truly said, " is not a place for a physician to keep ; he ought not to keep it." We are told in the letter, that " so long as •~. insanity is considered as a stigma on a family, " that FO long the treatment of it will constitute " a distinct branch in the healing art." We take leave to deny, that insanity is a greater stigma than any other disease to which we are subjected by Providence, or so considered by any man of common sense,—but so long as the doctors can contrive to represent it as a stigma, and are permitted to mystify the treatment of the insane—so long as a man who is not consulted as a general physician can indemnify himself for the want of such practice by keeping a recep tacle, which the higher order of the medical profession will not condescend to do—so long as such men are permitted to fill the double and incompatible office, and are ever ready to receive and retain a patient, often perhaps far more for the benefit of other parties and himself, than the party received—so long the treatment of insanity may remain what Dr. BURROWS has been pleased to term " a distinct branch of the heal " ing art,"—but no longer. If the nature of insanity be, as Dr. BUR.. ROWS observes, " little known," the fault must rest with the mad doctors ; they have had the field to themselves long enough, and cannot on that score ground a claim to a further mono poly, or set up a vested interest in the insane. Indeed, after what has been proved before the Parliamentary Committees, to have been the medical treatment of insanity in our lunatic hospitals and receptacles (from the minutes of which we not long since made some extracts), it is idle and insulting to speak of the medical treatment of insanity ; and the moral treatment, we regret to add, has been clearly proved in indisputable evidence, before the same Committee, to be still worse. We have no disposition to arraign the con duct of the Retreat at Clapham, which we dare say is as well conducted as most, and better than many similar establishments ; neither are we in clined to dispute the returns made by Dr. BUR ROWS to Mr. LowmfAm, the Secretary of Lunatics ; at the same time, speaking generally, we have very little respect for returns vamped up by receptacle-keepers after so long a period, on such a subject ; and we regret the necessity of their being called for, considering that under better regulations returns far more ample, clear, and distinct, and on which perfect reliance might be placed, might always be ready to lay before the Government at any moment they were called Dr. BURROWS, after lamenting what he terms " the popular prejudice," says, " for this state " of things I fear there is no remedy but a total " change of public opinion,"—if such be the fact the case is desperate,—for we will venture to predict that no change in public opinion, such as Dr. BURROWS would desire, can or will take place until the laws respecting lunatics and their treatment are effectually altered and reformed.— We have been pained to observe, after the with drawal of Mr. M. A. TAYLOR'S Bill (which promised a partial amendment in the law), that two Commissions of Lunacy have been directed to Commissioners, instead of a Judge at nisi Arius, and held in some obscure pot-house,— we presume, however, the Commissions were issued, though not executed, before Mr. A, TAYLOR 'Withdrew his Bill. - New York Papers to the 9th ult. have been received. They contain no news of the slightest ,nterest. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE 0' CL 0 CK. Quebec Papers to the 28th of February, and Montreal to the 2d of March, have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house. Sir James Kemp sent a Message to the House of Assembly, stating that the Re ceiver-General of the Province had constructed at his own expence a fire-proof vault for the safety of the public money, and that it would be reasonable to reimburse him for the expences, which amounted to 2271. 6s. 6d. The Montreal Papers (from Halifax of the sth of Feb.) state, that it will be seen by a despatch from Sir George Murray that he is prepared to advise his Majesty to com mute the demand for quit rents in the province of New Brunswick, fur a permanent grant of 1,500/. Accounts from Quebec state, that the Committee of the Lower House, to whom was referred his Excellency's Message with regard to the new Custom-house at Quebec, have reported favourably, and appropriated 6,0001. for the purpose. QUEBEC. FEB. 20.—The House of Assembly went up to the Castle with their address to his Majesty, founded on the resolutions lately published against the Militia Ordi nances. His Excellency was pleased to answer as follows : " I shall not fail to transm►t your petition to the King, for the purpose of being laid at the foot of the Throne. I must, however, observe on the present occasion, that his Majesty's Courts of Justice in this province having deter mined that the ordinances in question are laws in force, my duty necessarily requires me to be governed by such judi cial decision until a new Act shall be passed by the Pro vincial Parliament for the regulation of the militia, a mea sure which I sincerely hope will be effected in the course of the present Session." On return to the House his Excellency's answer to the address having been lead, Mr. Neilson gave notice that he would on an early day move the Hotise to consider the same.—House adjourned to four o'clock. Accounts from Madrid, March 24, state, that the Go vernment have received the importations and exportations at Havannah, for the year 1829, they amount to 24,262,502 piastres; and in 1828, they were 25,009,881 piastres ; the accounts from the interior of Spain are very unfavourable, the wine is almost destroyed in Andalusia by the late frost. THE FUNDS. The Express from Paris is not of much intertst, conse quently it has not had an effect on the Funds, which opened at 92i for the Account, and for Money 92i, with little or nothing doing as yet. The Foreign Market is in the same state as that of the British, quite inanimate. ENGLISH Bank Stock, India Stock, FUNDS. 31 per Cent. New 4 per Cent., 101 i 2 3 per Cent. Cons. 92# 4 per Cent. 1826, Do. for Account, 92# India Bonds, 82 83 Ditto Reduced, Exchequer Bills, 78 70 TWO O'CLOCK. We not hear that the Lisbon mails have brought any political news of importance. It is rather singular that the Papers do not give the amnesty—it is said that they first wait for the sanction of the English and French Governments, It is reported that the Quarter's Revenue is not so fa vourable as was expected. We understand that his Majesty is nearly recovered from his late indisposition. The Googol Market, which was rather stationary in the first part of the morning, has taken a turn, and improved from 921 for the Account to 924, and for next Account 93. Consols arc now 921 4 ; this being the first day the books are opened at the Bank for persons who wish to dissent in the reduction of the new Four per Cents. ; up to the present hour we do not hear of any person having made their appearance. The business in the Foreign Market has been animated, particularly in Greek Bonds, which have got up Si per cent. owing to a Stock Exchange report that Prince Leopold has set off for Greece. Brazil Bonds hove im proved 1 per cent. ; Spanish Bonds have also got up. 7 HRE,.E O' CL CK. • Consols 921 t. x. .. - `~ COMMON HALL.-(THIS DAY.) PUBLIC DISTRESS. This morning a Common Hall was held in Guildhall, pursuant to a requisition signed by many of the Livery, addressed to the Lord Mayor, for the purpose of " taking_ into consideration the present overwhelming distress which • pervades all ranks and daises of our fellow-countrymen, excepting those who are annuitants, those who receive fixed incomes, and those who live upon the taxes; and to devise the most effectual means of checking the alarming progress of the wide-spreading. and devastating evil." The whole of the Livery and freemen attiched to the several Companies of the city were summoned to attend. The hour appointed for the Hall was twelve o'clock pre cisely, and by that hour many of the Liverymen were in at tendance. Outside Guildhall there was a great concourse of persons, who came for the purpose of hearing the speeches, not aware that none but Liverymen and those having the entre would be admitted. The Loan MAYOR arrived in state, followed by the , Sheriffs also in state, about ten o'clock, and proCeeded to the Council Chamber. Soon afterwards his Lordship . entered the hall, accompanied by many of the Aldermeus..... the Officers of the Corporation, &r. The Hall was -but-- thinly attended. The Town Clerk having read the requisition, The LORD MAYOR said that having received a requisi--- - : tion, he had called the present meeting, and hoped that proceedings of the day would be marked with every consideration that such a subject deserved. He hoped the resolutions would be frilly considered. Mr. Hu sr came forward and said that from the few of- the Livery who had assembled, he thought that there was no fear of clamour. They had met on an important occa sion, but lie thought that the distress had not fallen so j severely on the citizens as on other classes of the people. lie attributed the thinness of the meeting to the little publicity which had been given to the meeting. In all his trawls he found no difficulty in finding those who suffered severely from distress, excepting those specially exempted in the resolution. Persons in trade and agricul tore wee suffering severely, and- were fast going to tbe. workhouse. The last winter was severe, but that-would , n it press so sev rely:; and he would ask, were Englishmen less provident and cat eful than formerly ? The great . cause of evil was the excessive taxation ; but perhaps they should he told that some of the taxes were to be ,:tilisst off; but though lie would not find fault with Ministers for this still lie thought the repeat utak: Malt Tax would have afforded more benefit, to the people. The report of the beer duties was to benefit the agriculturist, but had he been called uptin; he sheuld haire : asked for the repeal of the Bread Tax. He. gave the Duke: ;', of Wellington, for lie was the who7e of the Mmistry, all obl .. rest being his servants, great credit for the concessionitiii hal made, and it was the influence alone of the borough mongers which prevented his doing more good distil*: - had done. Mr. Hunt then went on to obst 'tie that the mode of representing the people had not improved eirt94. 1793. (LEFT SPEAKING.) SUFFOLK-STREET GALLERY. This is by far the best Exhibition we have yet seen.— The one of last year - was excellent—but, in point of vita riety, excellence, and character, can hear no comparison .; with the present. No. 23. DAIRY-MAID, T. Cr...ATER—Is chiefly mailable for the happy expression of countenance in the young country girl who stands churning her butter in the ; foreground : it is a mixture of archness, innocence, and simplicity, blent up in one harmonious 104 characteristic , whole. 40. WELCOME FRIENDS, J. KNIGHT Will, no doubt, raise this artist very highly in the estimatiop, of the pub lic. It is a picture full of character and ',meaning, and one that tells its own tale—like llogarth's engravings.. , without the aid of comment or catalogue. The Farmer's welcome is admirably pourtrayed—and the bye-play in the ' corner, between the young man and the girl, who is . ' afraid her grandfather may overhear the kisses with which she is in the act of being somewhat overloaded, is enviable and amusing. 6. PORTRAIT OF THE COUNTESS OF ST. GERMAIN'S, G. N. Naistr.—This as a painting is a singularly promis , i ing performance. It is full of graceful expression, the, attitude of the lady is easy, and the colouring of the dra4 pery rich, but not gaudy or exuberant. Mr. Nash seems. to have studied in the school of Sir Thomas Lawrence, whom he has apparently rendered his model, so far as thet4 - draperies of his pictures are concerned, and we know oaf that he could have possibly selected a better subject fort imitation. With the talent that he has here evi backed by proportionate industry, Mr. Nash can -fail of success. 2. PORTRAIT OF CAPTAIN KING, E( THE SAME AR —ls a spirited and intelligent likeness. The character of the countenance is happily preserved, and the entire piet#l finished in an elegant style. 45. SCENE IN ESKDALE—Is worthy the talents af.Hoir. laud, one of our beet, certainly one of our most unaffected landscape painters. No. 289, Portrait of MACREADY as Wm. Tell, as a like ness is good ; but the unhappy tragedian seems off his balance, and likely to tumble on his nose. Among the other pictures of merit in the present exhi bition we may point out Nos. 61, 86, 119, 175, 208, 307. Parliament, it is reported about the allies will this year have a very brief Session. It is imagiked that the prorogation will take place the second week in Jipte. Mr. JERVIS, Chief Justice of Chester, will be one of the proposed new Judges. THE NEW FOUR PER being the day appointed by the CHANCELLOR of the ExcnEcatxn. for the opening of the books at the Bank of England, in order that the holders of the new Four per Cents. who may dis sent from the plan of Government, may express their oppo sition, some curiosity was excited among the monied mte rest to learn how many of the holders bad signed. 'Up to the middle of the day, however, scarcely any persons made their appearance at the Chief Cashier's office in the tank to inscribe their names, and it may therefore be inferred that the measure is in a fair way of being carried without difficulty, especially as it was to have been expected that those holders, said to have formed themselves into a pirty, to oppose the Minister, have not come forward to express' their dissent. The hooks will remain open for some days. DISTRESS IN LONGFORD.—A, correspondent informs us that distress so general and unmitigated as now prevails in Longford was never before experienced in at quarter. The scenes of misery in the town itself surpass all powers of description. Amid these scenes; however,' t here have been lately several auctions of beds, blankets,' alticles of wearing apparel, and furniture, seized for *be an d church cess ! !—Dublin Morning Register. '• INSUBORDINATE STATE OF THE Mai' motrrnsmas CoLLizus.—We are concerned to hear-Abet the spirit of insubordination. which, a few weeks s4we, manifested itself in some parts of the mining district, has extended itself into neighbouring parishes, and that, sinc.e Saturday last, the whole of the workmen in the Mon. moutlishire Collieries have abandoned their work, and still illegal es a o n rr t y a h a a re ve beweetn perpetrated.oadd,tha that most That un execrablewarrantablcvllegal " Scotch Caul& has been . again ,raised . on the hilhf of Monmouthshire. By some of these cowardly wretched' the house of a peaceable collier at the Penllan Works was broken into, and on Saturday night sundry barges, ;seer Crumlin, loaded with coal, had holes bored in their boef torus and were sunk, to prevent their proceeding to war" ket, though the colliers had long ago been paid in fell for cutting the coal they contained. The cause assigned fee these and other outrages, and for the colliers leaving theit work, is a requisition on the part of the masters for q re' duction in the price given for cutting and getting of co rendered necessary by the great reduction in the sale-prs of that article at Newport. The colliers, in the con# of the last week, repeatedly assembled in great - nurnhel andvm meetings e r r i o tu t thean' i dg l eys workmen d of reported o parties a at compelledr at everyi e fr s om c to ont collierywc e a o r nv t oeed i four nh u aetv r i hree a edb n e d sept y o et havet o u e ~!s t p c sequence.— Cambrian. FRACAS AT ETON. —W e regret e n mploy. to site , that an unpleasant occurrence took place a f e w daye•aiseet which, at one time , threatened serious consequences. One s ld S in c 0 el / 4 41 , of the senior scholars belonging to this establishment, the heir to an Irish Marquis, was crossing the bridge, whet) he was insulted by a bricklayer's labourer, who addressee him by one of those cant appellations which are used el party watch-words between the several factions of echo° and town. As the Noble Lord was deficient neither i ll strength nor resolution, a rencontre was the consequent; in which the aggressor received so severe a besting, tio e it was at one time doubtful whether he would recover it The animosity of his companion s was rou s e d, and a sinte, l ii taneous attack, beaded by a b a r gema n, not e d for his 01°, 1 in pugilistic contests, was made at a subsequent per b upon the victor, who was very roughly handled, and Wi t difficulty effected his retreat (partly thr.tugh the i n terest ) .: tion of one of the M as t e r s ) by the back door of hour in which he bad taken refuge. Opinion, we hear, much divided in the neighbourhood " as. tq the mol t / the transactions.._ Intelligence. THE There was week, and an toorninol*l of Wheat bei Monday, but quarter lovei ether sorts ar dry are full 1 ar e unaltered. .ennight are liv e ly. The to stat e,. prices Is not rikely Come, though Opinion. Wheat, Red (4 Whit( "----- Red Fin Sup Whit( Fin Rye Barley ---- Fine fi Malt Super Fine Pease, Grey , Maple, White Bonen A R SIVA LS 1 From Wheni Aldborough Alemouth Iloston ..e Clay _ Colcheste 1 1 Harwich A Leigh Lr 4 Maldon Gainsborougl Oi inisby Hull Ilpsarich • Kent ______;„„ Lyulif.,_ lime:tilde.— Newhaven Poole Rye Soothwold Woodbridge., Yarmouth , Aberdeen Banff , Berwitk , Invernesa Leith - RISI4. k Balling Belfast , Waterford , _ Foastan. Antwerp Hamburg .... Harlingen Havre Rotterdam .. AOGREG Rye. 8--Ta In this plied throul Mutton, am stone ; wit PRICES Inferior Beal Second quali Prime large I Prime Scots, inferior She+ Second quell .Coarse-wooll •outhdown% Beasts. 2 ) 565 About 11 • about 50 ftc „orfulk, Sul I! *C., in the • • littoa „.... NEW( Our fare briskness i supply, to-4 whole was gr.; for 0, note no alt of malting to 345. pee moderate d Beans dull, Wheat, No No Rey -- Dal Rye, Rork Foreij Barley, Ma "---- Gr Malt, Nor( Beans, Sm; Tic Pease, Wh Gra Oata, Nat! Fore Flour, Fin We hac cept Bean freely, a t aith 4e. higher First .... . . Second ... 'third Beef. tier 1 Veal.., Pork. T allo Lamb, Pei w, p 24rtero otatoes; We ha Which Rol PerSs Fiat Oat)] Second dit Barleymv Pettsemeal -Pot Boric \.1% e 4 4 - price Wheat, :British, o r Canada ti Itish .). Eng Bailey " lith.' Scottish ..13 1Y rag e _:_ Bl 6d. on tl quarters 'than - lar sold beal First .. . .. Second.. : Third - Theret ket 'tvas day ae'n, First. end' . Third The Plymoui thousam The 'on loath, worlone all the t in the p The