The Sun. — London, England, 1833-06-01 00:00:00

ERNIAN PAPERS. End of May. Loan, three per cent 72 , iPtion, 5 per cent., 1820 924 :131 9li4 (83 9l 116% is, 1830 t Shares 1244 lues 94N Four per Cents 841( ~, Cents rl ePorter. ,TURAL REPORT FOR MAY. bi ; COo") 1 rod ar 13.—The affairs of Bosnia have as. ions appearance on the return of spring 'ed thev would do. t' e had roads hindering luring the winter. The insui gents, who ' 0 open country, have now made suc some fortified and garrisoned places, by ,sined a great increase of adherents; young ; can bear arms, flock to their st indards. probable they will shortly he masters of it is not I•kely that they will then con , actin g on the defensive as they f innerly t.y will enter Albania, and before the VI to oppose or prevent them, will itandard of rebellion. Should they rill without doubt be joined by in • and the existence of the Porte, 'end on one side with the powerful army Mehemet Ali, will he threatened on the 'here is, therefore, room to ask what irh.pted by the European powers which. ,• declarations, feel interested in the pre. tegritv of the Turkish empire? Is it not such a cede, the neighbouring state he obliged to take the same part with Bosni an insurgents, that Russia has now 'ie Egyptians who threaten the capital ? mg, May 25. 20 —The little shocks which follow d o not hinder the Prussian State recovering its strength. Three millions of Von Rothschild advanced to the Go of exchaniie during the distress of 1831, repaid, with 5 per cent. interest. Is rite ) , in 1831, extrao•dinary relief was capital of 17 millions of florins, which ' the Vienna Congress, out of the contri 'ranee for erecting a fortress to belong to 'federation, and which sum was, by joint to the house of Rothschild, free of interest, intended fortress should be determined. 22.—The detachment of troops that 'erday, immediately set a guard on the 'he students who have been arrested are ige by the measured taken yesterday, it is :hat these troops will remain some time t gains ground that the erred of the at rival of the troops are owing to political ing has yet transpired of the preliminary it the prisoners, hut it is known that they ,th great activity. ' 21.—The King has appointed a special Which Lieutenant-General Von Krausnech assist the scientific expedition ordered by 'ernment for a chronometricil survey of whole of the coasts of which, it is ex. :atnined three times during the summer. in will doubtless prove of great importance • knowledge of the hydrography of the still imperfect in many parts.—Frank 26. 10.—In consequence of the resolution Council of Schat hausen, relative to the Hallow, the little Council has decided sentiments naanifeated by the inhibitants it zeal in defence of the neutrality of .tch they supposed to be in danger, and been expressly commended by the Great the fault of disobedience commuted by legree, that no reprimand is to he ddre%ged tbject.—Supplement to the A'igemeine MAY ‘2B.—BORSEN HALLE.—The favour. ived from London, anu higher prices of funds operate favourably in our Stock Market this ul accounts from Vienna have also not failed to lffect.—Discount 13 per cent. ..CHANGES ON LONDON. .All' 28.-13 12% ; two months, 13 11. :25.—Three months, fi 2riN. MAY 21.—Ninety days, 14 8. MAY 14. Three months, 10 35.32. .I, May 28. have no news from Constantinople later than seen an oldfashiontd May" is an obser- 1 body's mouth, and certainly we have ma for same years, so dry, so hot, so full of fitted suns ins ; yet some we have had, •nerally ushered in seasons of fertility and as the year 1818 for instance. In the ierally speaking, the effects of the hot dry it operated on the earth still saturated with Misplayed in a rapid and luxuriant flush of :ing forth at once like the magic start of an ier—grass, and corn, and garden plants, awl of blospomed, and advanced in two or three !al growth of many. But now, over a large intry the scene is changinv, and the drought ig continued. The field grass is short and apo o the ground, and the sainfoin is by crop. In this respect some cold sharp ntributed to avravate the effects of the hot Barley, too, in some situations, begins to and crops of all sorts are checked in light ill Even nn these, however, there are ihowers have fallen so partially that what garish may not he true of a neighbouring !lived, To the moist and mellow vales, and five loam. of the uplands, this hot dry May fie and -alutary ; there the wheats and clovers igorotis ; the barley in the vales is healthy th. On the stiff cold soils little of this grain acre the oats are looking well and pro m does not speedily and generally fall, and ZOO, it is probable that the crop of stew although that circumstance may not dimi dice of grain. Gentle rain will also assist Seat, that even at this early period are burst ;heaths, and in some places are pretty fully qi an assurance of an early harvest, and so of a productive one—fertility of grain ap. fitly to be connected with early maturity. field gross has commenced early this year, Lion pretty extensively ; the ray and trefoil scithe in point of ripeness, and, as to hulk, th e dry, harsh uplands, that the fanner is it what little there is, and get it made Sos to ,- ~ e nt dry weather, fearing lest a continuance Oz, b light and shrivel his diminutive swathe into 10t. tir There i s , indeed, at present an appearance of a si l th • • I tll e a r, which may am uce many to ho back N r itli. r.l ine ; e but these appearances often wear o d ff and Although peas are, in some instances, n h li llf,,g way, under the ir,fluen of the drought, yet tp: ,, red a salutary opportunity of hoeing the pulse 1 411 ( ,, 4, Particul ar ly f or p re p a ring and cleaning the tur la ts:, The past month has been favourahle to that is extending itself very generally in all i lhat of burning ashes from the turf and weeds " the borders of fields, and in waste, uncultivat ed tktp i , corners. Large heaps of these ashes, burnt meet the eye in every direction, and con ktltit manure for turnips, at once cheap and 4% 4 ‘v, 'f used in sufficient quantity. In rich, d,iboi, e a r'd easily pulverised land, and in other i N t ,''ts 'l a , the partial showers have dropped their 'si:yl,,,elae forward sorts of turnips and Swedes have 4. 4 'own, and occasionally show themselves in N h i'tet,reis of forwardness, but in general the drought ~ k ll"o t r tivo ft t e r ac ir na i pn . insurmountable obstacle to the early and in most situations, unless rain I ttr LI h orses a ' nd implements will, for someliitle time, than in `A, 4 1 1 teens P I " in the preparatory processes teekilttornation. The crops of clover, which, on the a PPear this to he very commonly good, tn4n..year • t tx Y eases been materially improved by a frrer, r t_ ended ti se of gypsum—a manure now pros Proa: a "nable terms, and which, in certain situa- N, 'es astoni s hi ng e ff ec ts; but the difficulty ite; ' l ain, a priori, where to apply it with Suit, ex!•etience proves, that of two soils, it i% e similar, one will receive the greatest its application, while, on the other, mat t s .,h i noperative. Chymical analysis might 1 4 'It 111 Y W o e the question, but this is a process not the farmer's reach. Sheep have been '‘‘ Fi ,lkthtoel! d uring t hi s month on grass anal on tares, t *e l) arti e l e has come in early, and the dry weather 1, 1 4 4; 1 ' ro it : tr _ l Y favourable for feeding them off. Not fat n again advanced in the market, and of ,q 1 , 11 , 42, but stock sheep of all descriptions; pigs, :P 1 , 11 ) e:i i ld .!' n b , s . , are . ir; demand beyond the supply, tth:' for summa °"' nigh prices. The corn-market continues aricles is l ower . Even prime fresh t o ` 4 t4i rit ` d a : , hardly maintain the low prices they have :40 C a l tnit an d although th e cont i nuance o f d r y wea- Itl i :i ' f speculations i n b ar l ey, an d t h ere b y , in a tia; P i l r_t o ite pri ce at t h e current rate ; yet t hi s de -`4* mete r , and is u likely to decline as to ad. l e e! 4':I t,1 ; 711 GI I;nkruPg, i st , June,j Y. - 4aAn a, m A g har ions 4 !note oev . n,tnre,,are it wa4 , 1, irT , i4ro g ,ri; ,:cations An , ,til , ;; ‘:,:,,,, orfl' t t i t , ,v„,, , i re. t a a ,4,k, on _ 0 „,,, ,, ,, , . ~, th e) , have 5 Fieti‘!/ , 44 ) all th a g t ' e ' l ' nn iefil l fe ' r4 ' . !t it leern. 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Sheep shearing is come round again, and, from the mildness of the winter, there is reason to erpect that this year's clip may he a good one. The price of wool has advanced considerably during the course of the spring', and most of the stocks in the hands of the growers have been cleared out, and the demand seems to continue, wi.h a brisk trade, and cer tainly a diminished stock of sheep in the country Perhaps those circumst mces may operate favourably on the sale of the new clip. According to accounts from various quarters the growth of the hop pines is vicorous and healthy ; a few cold nights and harsh winds have, within the last week, been rather unpropitious, and calcu lated to el eek their rapid vecetation. Dry harsh weather still continues, an i the spring corn and the herhige are languishing for a copious mi'd rain to invigorate them. MAGAZINE DAY. TAlrs MAGAZINE. We are so hampered for room that we must hp brief with our Magazine notices this month. Tail's is a good number—though abounding overmuch in the business-like and practical. Leigh Hunt's " Wishing Cap" contains some good ideas, expre.sed with the author's usual vivacity. " Act Irregular o. l e to Jack Ketch" is a poor, laboured imitation of Hood. "We hate e'en Garrick thus at second hand." " How to avoid R-volution" is an energ-tic article, putting forth bold assertions wi'h a trie Cohliett-like bluntness and earnestness. En voici " The whole aspect of the times is threatening. We see the former champions of Reform now its ste •dy opponents, and supported by the determined foes of popular rights. We see the whole of the immense masses of the labouring population disgusted and enraged by the proceedings of the Government; and venting their angry feelings in the most unequivocal man. ner. Even the middle classes, though not easily roused to take an active part in political movements, are in motion. Some are denouncing the spirit that actuates the Government, as fiercely as the labouring classes ; while the more timid and submissive, who have always followed the Whig leaders with undoubting confidence, are becoming uneasy and restive, now that they see their leaders behind them, instead of at their head as usual. Like cattle, on the w'sy to Smithfield, they begin to have a presentiment of the shambles ; and turning round their heads, utter many a complaining low, and cast many a look of rueful questioning behind them, to see if it can be their old herds who, with lifted rung, and cries of ho ho are driving them along so inauspicious-looking a road. " The state of the country grows every day more critical. By the confession of all parties, there is nothing but the Whig Administration between us and revolution ; an Administration admitted by the Times to be " constantly on the brink of ruin." We are not among those whose wits are scared at the word revolution. We do not regard revolution as the greatest evil which a nation can suffer ; revolution is the violent cure for evils greater than itself. That condition of a people which produces revolution, must surely be more to be deprecated, than the convulsion which accompanies the throwing off of insupportable evils. Still revolution, although the relief from evils, is itself, even in its mildest form, an evil of fearful mag nitude. It is not, however, in any case, a necessary evil. In every instance where revolution has happened, it might have been avoided." BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE. The " Greek Anthology" is a delightful criticism, from the pen of Professor Wilson—for this conclu sive reason, that we know of no one else who is competent to it. " The French Revolution" is a notice of Mr. Alison's interesting volumes on that subject, deeply jaundiced, of course, as all Block wood': political articles are sure to he. " A Sketch of Horne Tooke" is a mere common-place com pilation from " Stevens's Memoirs of Horne Tooke," manufactured however by a practiced magazine writer. The writer, who speaks at some length of the famous quarrel between the parson and the patriot (Horne Tooke and Wilk,s) has oddly enough omitted the only amusing and characteristic part, the episode touching the parson's " old clothes," which Wilkes turned to such admirable account in his replies to Horne Tooke's attacks. " Loch Awe," contains striking powers of description. The re maining articles are of the average order of merit. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due. O America 0 1 Hamburg 0 O Brazil O Buenos Ayres O Carthagena 0 0 Leeward Islands ... 0 I Dublin 0 0 Lisbon I O Flanders 0 0 Malta . 1 O France 0 0 Sweden O Cuernses &Jersey.. 0 1 Waterfora MONTHLY MAGAZINE. Has reached us at so late an h.,ur that we have barely had time even to glance at its content. From their number and variety they promise well. FRASER S MA GAZINE. The beg number we have yet seen of Fraser. All the articles are readable and appropriate to the season, and some of very superior merit. " Ancient Count ry Gentlemen of England" is penned in a fine, frat,k, generous spirit ; the character of Pitt, too is drawn with a master-hand, and, giving a per fectly new view of the mind and habits of the most bigoted Minister England ever knew, may serve to counteract the adulatory balderdash of Bishop °mime. " Poets of the Day "is a lively, satirical diatribe of no great excellence, though exceedingly amusing. " Speeches delivered in Banco Regit re is a masterly essay, fill of wit and wisdom. Ben tham, though somewhat too highly caricatured, is a discr'minating sketch of character. " Early Days of Kean" cannot be perused without sensations of the mo.t painful nature. " A Wind-up fur cur Seventh Volume "is egotistical of course. We quote the following:— '° If the unpopularity of Ministers wanted a staggering blow, it has been supplied by the late affair in the Calthorpe grounds. Nothing could exceed the cowardice and cruelty of their arrangements to get rid of a paltry rabble, which a beadle could have dispersed ; and the police—we denounced them from the first—unpopular before, are now trebly hateful. The bakers of Cromer-street have pronounced a verdict against the Ministers, and to them that verdict is of vital moment. To us, we own, it is nothing. Had it been given in Tory times, we should have despised the seventeen fellows who re turned it with the extremity of scorn, and proceeded as if no. thing of the kind had occurred. Small, indeed, in our eyes would have been the importance of Mr. Samuel Stockton, doughkneader, and something else in commendarn. But to the Whigs—to them who were carried into office by the voice of the town rabble—is not this verdict a sound of mortal woe? The mob of London is against them—the ten.poundery of London (thanks to the assessed taxes) are against them—the Birmingham Unions are against them — the rascal rabblement of Dublin, stirred by O'Connell, are against them—and where but in these quarters had they any support ? The clergy 7—the universities ?—the West India interest 7—the colonists ?—the East india people?— the mercantile interest ? (ask those concerned in the Bank, in Dutch trade, in shipping in general)—the factory children, consigned by Lord Althorp to another year of soul-destroying and life quenching labour ? No, no, no—look where you like, a cry of hatred or contempt against the Whigs sings in the gale. As the Duke fell before the braying of Sir John Key, so shall Lord Grey fall beneath the jaw of Stockton the baker. The parental Earl will be felled by the same weapon as that with which Sampson smote the Philistines in the field of Itamath.Lehi. And then, who follows? We know not. But one thing we know, that the Tory party, or the Whig party, or any party, will be ruined by the contact of one man —of the man who has betrayed and deceived everybody—of the man who at this moment is meditating some new stroke of political treachery—of the man whose whole career has been a career of duplicity and deceit—of the man whose only talent Is cunning, and a knowledge of the paltry common-places that will sway a paltry assembly. Who is he 2—Peel." • " i • /7PI ` , QL itn, continue it, with just sufficient alteration to `orm an acknowledgment of its viciousness We must take another opportunity for more entering into the several details of the 'lan, only congratulating ourselves that it may 4 )e put an end to in ten years. In the ab :ence of the adoption, in the slightest degree, )1 the great principle of freedom, we mug; •onsole ourselves with the reflection, that in en years the public will probably see the lisadvantages of the monopoly of the Bank as dearly as it now does that of the East India Company, and that then the Government, who ever may be in it, will be - compelled to adopt hat course which reason, experience, and policy like dictate. The debate on the slavery abolition plan of Ole Government was renewed last night, and :gain adjourned to Monday next. Mr. GOD iON and Mr. BUCKINGHAM both proposed the onendrpents of which they had given notice. \lr. GODSON'S plan is immediately to give '?0,000 0001., to be divided among the plan tors, and to lend 10,000,000/. more to the Colonial Legislatures. It requires no ghost tell us that he might as well have moved hat the planters should have a slice of the noon. The thing is impracticable. Mr. BUCKINGHAM'S plan is immediately to emanci ate the slaves, establish means of instruction t'or them, and organize an efficient magistracy and police. Unfortunately, Mr. BUCKING HAM is not so definite in his plan of compensa tion as we cou'd wish. This, we imagine, will )e enough with the House, independently ether considerations, to cause the rejection el his propositions. NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. There is much stern, homely good sense, and plain-speaking, in the first article in this number, entitled " The Politician." But the writer is too much a " prophet of the past." He should have volunteered his advice to Ministers last January— not have delayed it till the First of June, when symptoms of an approaching termination to the session are clearly visible. The defence of Sir J. Hobhouse is ingenious, but sophistical ; its poverty of argument stares through the fine varnish of words with which the writer has encrusted it. " Modern Novelists" is a light, sketchy criticism. Mrs. Gore's powers, however, are overrated. She is a cleverish, ready novelist—nothing more. " Conversations with Lord Byron" will, of course, he read with avidity, though the fair authoress, we more than suspect, has had no slight share in their manufacture. The Noble Poet—(vide Moore's Me moir, passim)—had always a horror of talking sen timent ; yet here he talks nothing else, and not of the soundest,kind. But, possibly, he was mystify ing,' as usual " The New Gallery of Pictures" is an Essay by a practised Connoisseur of the Fine Arts. The " Monthly Commentary" is terse and pertinent. We regret to announce the decease of Gene ral Sir ROBERT Bnovertittaa, Bart, G.C.8., at Hi!stone, near Monmouth, on the 27th ult. Sir Roisar was Colonel of the 9th Infantry, and Governor of Landguard Fort. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 1, 1833, Yesterday we were enabled in our report o the Bank of England meeting to present ou country readers with a detailed account of the plan of the new Bank Charter four-and-twenty hours earlier than they could have received it by to-day's post, although Lord ALTHORP pro cured the postponement of the meeting to an hour which he imagined rendered it impossible for any evening paper to report its proceedings' What Lord ALTHORP'S real object was in thus wishing to prevent the great mercantile communities of the north and west having the earliest intelligence of a plan so vitally im portant to their interests, we will not stop to examine, but its effect was to give The Sun an exclusive report. Faire l'impossible is a thing to which we have been long accus tomed; and directly we were made aware of his Lordship's desire to postpone the meeting, we foresaw that its only effect would be to cut off all chance of any paper with a less perfectly organized combination of machinery than our own, having any report whatever. As to the plan itself, it is exceedingly cha racteristic of the general policy of the Govern ment. It is strictly in accordance wi;11 the do as-little-as-possible system. Time has been when the Whigs boasted that the difference be tween themselves and their opponents was, that they wished to do as much, and the Tories as little, as possible, in compliance with the desires of the people. Now the boast is reversed, and Lord ALTHORP urged it as a recommendation of his plan last night, that it made the least possible alteration in the present system. This is precisely the fault we find with it. Its alterations of the present law are, for the most part, good ; but why are they so Limited ? The very best part of the plan is that which gives publicity to the accounts of the Bank, and it is singular that this is the very part with which Mr. BARING finds most fault. We agree with him that if the public ate enabled to see that the Bank treasure suffers a decline at a time of alarm, it will only tend to in crease the evil. But the object of publication is to prevent the occurrence of alarms which have no foundation whatever. This object it will to a considerable extent effect; but it does not go to the root of the evil. That evil arises from the Bank not having a rival to check daily and hourly any departure from sound principle. Why should not the trade in credit, or money if you will, be as free as the trade in potatoes? Why are we to be subject to all the consequences of mistakes, or of cupidity, on the part of the Bank, when our fellow subjects on the other side of the Tweed have that best of all pro tections, free competition ? What a miserable patch-work picture must not our monetarysys!em, as it is, out of compliment, called, present to the eye of a foreigner. Should the Government plan be carried into effect, which we fear it will be, as nobody but the public at large have in terests vitally opposed to it, a kingdom at the head of the trading world, and boast ing of its advance in mercantile knowledge, will present the spectacle of three different sys tems of currency in operation at one and the same time, in three different sections of its far from extended limits ! Is this Statesman-like ? Does it speak of " Giants in the land ?" Or does it not rather show the irregular labours of pigmies ? For years we have suffered under our present system of banking ; for years we have had before us the benefit the Scotch have derived from theirs, and yet, now that a natural and fitting opportunity presents itself for breaking up our system of monopoly, it is proposed to We are not surprised at haring that the de termination to which the British Cabinet were aid to have come, not to co-operate with the French Government in any step against Russia, has been very much shaken by the last news from !he East. Lord PALMERSTON now finds that his favourite plan of leaving France to protect her own interests, anti at the same time those of the enemies of Russian encroach inent in other parts of the world, is not likely to answer ; and that France having no more direct interest in opposing Russia than Great Britain has, will allow things to take their own course, unless the cordial and effective co-operation of our Cabinet be given to her on a question of principle so vitally important as that now under consideration by the two Courts. Prince TALLEYRAND and Lord PALMERSTON have had several meetings on the subject of the last accounts from the East ; and we have reason to believe that last night impor tant despatches, connected with this question, were forwarded to Paris from the Foreign-office and the French Embassy. The suggestion of a Congress is considered by our Government to be intended merely as a delusion, to afford time to the Emperor of Russin to push his projects in the East. The negotiations between the Duke of Iticu- MOND and the French Director of Postes, are said to be proceeding satisfactorily. It would be premature, however, to make any observa tions on what we have heard, respecting the difficulties which have attended the negotiation hitherto. The commerce of both countries will owe great obligations to the Duke of RICH MOND and M. COMTE, if the result of their recent interviews should prove as favourable as we are now led to expect. PRICY, OF ST‘tel.:S TtTIS DAY AT ON I , O'CLOCK. - - - • - 4:rink Stock 3 per Cent. Ked 'l3-74," V, 1 India Stock 3 per Cent Cons. "1 1 4 it to Builds "7 pro 114 per Cent. 15 1 4 si iiriuth Sea :tock 991, ORM R e d . 95 1 4,% ")1d Annuities Bg s•TevrlA per Lent. 913'56 N. 7 New Ditto — 1 per Cent Ann. 1711 i ... —`i per Cent. Ann. 1751 I per Cent. 1828 'tank Long Ann. to expiro I Ditt0...........5' -52 51 pn Jan. 5, 186' 17 1-16 Li 'Ditto Small Oct. 10, 1159 16 15-181 Ditto Commercial ..... ...—pn J: 0. - 5, IWO 17 5- 1 6 %f Ditto Advertised Jan. - 5, 18 , tili1 — Bank for Account April 5, 1'450............... -- India for Account 'an S. •••z7 , • — Conn 4 "-- Opening Oligli PRICES OF FOREIGN FUND.; Austrian Bonds Pelzian Ponds 9141,, Ditto Account 40.? 1r zilian Bonds 2 D tto Account 61 - P,i 4 Buenos Ayres Bonds • 61: THIS DAY AT ONE ()CLOCK 'eruvian Rnnds —.... l7, •ortuguese Bonds Ditto Account 59 1 , 1, Regency Scrip 2 di• ... Ditto Account 2 tn. 'russian Bonds Ditto Bonds, IS2' rtll“jail Bonds, 182'2 Ditto A reonnt 10 4 1: New Loan... q 1. Spanish is i, ii 1 Intro Account Chili;ul Bonds ... 21 D tto Arc, unt Columbian Bonds 15 (2 ritto Account Ditto Bonds, 1524 'S Ditto Ace' itit lq% Danish Bonds ;14, t),ttr Ac. ount Ditto Bono, ;HLi Account Greek 80nd5.......« 32% ~vo is n. ts, ... 40 50 Ditto Account French Hewes. 5p c. --f Exchange —r :+ per c, nt. —f Exchange ... Dutch, 21 p. G 49%k, Ditto Accuunt...49N% l A 3 ; 4, Ditto, 5 p c - qt4 3, 4 3 : Ditto Account % E.-2nrh Senn ..... 4 Ditto Account Mre Iran Bonds, 5 per cent 27 Ditto Account Ditto, ti pc r cen' 3-) Dim) . Account NPapolitan 9C34 PitICES OF SHAKES Trita JAY r UNI U CLuCT, Paid. Pcr Share nclo Mex. Min. Co. iiss. at 5/. pin.' .£l.la 134 Rolanos Mining Compan% 135 Brazilian !nip. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pin ) £2l l 60 ►)itto National F!' 4 23 Ditto St. John Del Rey Ditto Cocaes. 5 British Iron 'Mining Company £so Colombian NI ining Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) 50 1 4 English Mining Company It.N teneral Mining Association l2 Mexican Mi ing Co. Real del Monte Mining C 0...., — mired "rex Min. I'o. ass. at V. inn.) 40 Ditto New Sciip 5 it Iliance Fire In.mranee t.onip lO Protector Insurance Comp. Australian C 0... . .. Canada Company General Steam Navigation Co. rovineial Rank .if Ireland 25 PRICE, +l , 114.15 t. STOC,s, tiLIN. MAY Rank Stock ;;onsols, 3 oer cent -7% Royal Irish rtitto ;ov. Stock, 3;.;, per cent. 94% 4ational Ditto — , iitto, New I per Cent. ... Hibernian Bank _.,... _ . _. 22% ;ov. Deb. per cent 88 1 , Royal Canal Stock ...., 38 Grand Canal Stock City Deb. 4 per cent Ballast Office Deb. 4 p. c - Proviricial Ditto Royal Irish Mine — Imperial Mine — ki ining Co. of Ireland Commercial Buildings NGE YESTERDAY. COURSE OF ExCHA Amsterdam C.r 12 3,4 D tto, at sight l ,l Rolterdam 2 U 12 3 Antwerp 12 8 Hamburg M.B. 13 15 Altona l3 15 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 85 Ditto 2U. '2B 5 Bordeaux 20 10 Berlin Frank fort on Maine, Ex. M. 154 Petersburgh, ruble, 3 Us. 10 0 Vienna, effective A. 2 M. 10 7 Trieste do . 10 9 Madrid 37!,i Cadiz Bilboa Barcelona 37 Seville 37 Gibraltar 4.N •-- Leghorn 47 Genoa 0 6 5 Milan '3l Venice 47 Naples . '39% Palermo peroz. 120 Lisbon 'Oporto 46% Rio Janeiro Bahia 32 Buenos Ayres — Dublin, 21 days' sight 1 Cork 1 BULLION, PER OZ. s. d. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons 0 0 0 ' , Jew Dollars -1 Silver bars, standard 0 4 104 HIGh WATER AT LON DoN BNJI GE ro-moicitovv. M 58 minutes after 1. I Evenmg...9.2 mmute, after '2 MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.-(THIS DAY. Henry Smith, aged 15, was indicted for robbing his master, Mr. Jordan, surgeon, Upper Gosford-place. It appeared in evidence that Mr. Jordan was in the habit of dealing with Mr. Jones, bootmaker, Lisson.grove, and on the sth inst., the prisoner went to Mr. Jones, and requested to be furnished with Mr. Jordan's account, as his master was going out of town, and wished to discharge it before he set off. The account for Si. 10s. was accordingly given him, which he took to his master's room before that gentleman was dressed,saying that Mr. Jones had sent for it, being in immediate want of money, Mr. Jordan immediately sent the money, and with what clothes he could conveniently carry, the young prisoner forthwith de camped, but through the instrumentality of his friends, he was taken before he had disposed of tne money. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and the Court sen tenced him to three months' imprisonment and to be kept to hard labour. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). COVENT-GARDEN MARKET. There was a tolerably good supply at this morning's market, and the trade in the early part of the day was somewhat brisk, but subsequently dull. Green ('ease, Gooseberries, Currants, and Young Turnips, cheaper than on this day sennight ; prices otherwise about stationary. 6.n g.d. Potatoes (cwt.) Ca' hages (I 2) I 0 21 , Brecon...• 0 6 1 0 .4 , rse lladlsh(bund'e) 3 0 4 6 Rhubarb ... Celery Carrots 112 bunches) 3 6 5 6 s. d. s. d. Spinach (half-sieve) 0 6too 9 Apples 4 6 12 0 anions 2 6 4 0 Green Pease 2 0 3 0 Cabbage Lettuces 1 0 1 6 'Seville Oranges (100) 7 8 10 6 Sweet Oranges 1 6 8 0 I.emons 7 0 13 0 Asparagus Freneh Beans ... Span. Chesmits (peck) 5 0 8 0 French ditto Spanish hazlenots Brazilian Nuts 2 0 4 0 Turnip Greens (hush ) 0 6 0 9 Brocmli Sprouts 0 6 0 9 Radishes (12 hands) 0 3 0 6 Young Carrots (bunch) 0 8 I 0 Young Turnips 0 9 1 0 Cucumbers (brace) 0 6 1 0 Cos Lettuces (per score) I 0 2 n 1 7 7inips Coleworts or Greens 1 6 2 0 Leok s 0 g 1 p Turnip Iluidisiles 0 9 1 0 Young Onions For. Grapes (per lb.) 0 8 2 6 English, Forced Pine Apples (lb.) Sew Potatoes 0 9 1 Strawberries (ounce... 1 0 2 c Small Salad (punnet).. 0 2 0 3 Sea Kail ...... 0 1(; Gooseberries ,qtiart)... 0 3 0 5 Currants .... HAY i+lAlits.Nrs,—_-_ pel 1. &l at. ...- CI:08E11 . 1.AM). Supply moderate, and tra to dull; prices as last quoted. Coarse nervy Lowland Meadow Hay 12 to to t 2 15 Nlew Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0 Useful Old Oitto 3 5 3 15 Fate Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Flay 3 15 4 0 ,lover Hay 4 0 5 5 Oat 5traw.......£1 Bto .£1 in 1 Wheat Straw 1 10 1 13 qhlll-11FT FLn Eupply rather limited, trade dull, and prices stationary. Corse ficAvy LoWlan,. •VleadOW Hay .E 2 15 to .t. 3 0 New Meadow Flay 0 0 3 0 Useful ()Id i)itto 3 0 3 10 - Fine Upland Meadow and nye-grass Hay 3 15 1 0 Clover Hay (extra fine)....£s 0 ..Generally 4 0 4 15 ')at Straw ... £1 6to £1 8 I Wheat Straw 1 S 1 10 LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MAY 30. —To-day the sales of cotto❑ are 2,500 bales, viz., 500 Brazils, in Pernams, at 911. ; Baltiag, B.d. to Skl., and Maranhams, at Si., and 2.000 in American descriptions, front 7d. to Sid. IRISH JUDC.I33.—A Parliamentary return, recently printed, shows the increase since 1792, of the incomes of the Irish Judges, and the present scale of re tired allowances enjoyed by those important functionaries. ThKe can I.e no doubt that in 1792, the Judges were much underpaid. The salary of the Chief Justice of the King's Bench in 1792 was 2,300/. Irish, afterwards aug mented to 5,076/. 18s. sid., and fixed in April, 1832, at 5,0741 13s. 4d. ; the second Judge in 1792, received 1,2411. 15s. ld., subsequently increased to 3,730/. 175.. and nifw filed at 3,7251. 19+. 4d. The two other Judges who, in 1792, received 1,200/, afterwards augmented to 3,6921. 6s. 2d., are now 3,688/. 12s. 44. The Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, whose salary in 1792 was 1,7001., afterwards increased to 4,615/. 7s. Sid., is now 4,612/. 18s. Bd. ; the three Puisne Judges of chat Court, whose salaries in 1792 were each 1,200/., and subse quently augmented to 3,6921. 6s. 2d., now receive each 3.638/. 12s. 4d, The Chief Baron of the Exchequer's salary, and the salaries of the three other Barons, have been increased by the same sums as those of the Judges of the Common Pleas, and their salaries at present are at the same amonnt as those of the Common Pleas. All the former salaries were the gross amount, whereas the present ones are net. The following ate the tetired allowances : Lord Chancellor, 3,6921. 6a. 4d. ; Chief Justice of the King's Bench, 3,507/. 131. 101. ; and the three Puisne Judges, 2,400/. each ; Chief Justice of the Com mon Pleas, and Chief Baron of the Exchequer, each 3,406/. 3s. Id. ; th e o th e r Puisne Judges and Puisne Barons each 2,400/. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR, the Marquis of Bute, and the Earl of ABINGDON, sat in the House of Lords today to hear Scotch appeals. Their Lordships proceeded with the arguments on the appeal of the " Duke of Roxburgh •. Kerr," which Involve(' a question of dry Scotch entail, and possessed no points of an) interest to the public. VICE-CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) WOLLANDS V. BkLER. Mr. WAKEFIELD moved in this case that the Sheriff should be ordered to make a further retura. From the statements of he Learned Counsel, it appeared that the defendant was in contempt for not putting in his answer, and the Sheriff had returned that he had taken the defendant in custody, that he was at his house, from which he had been unable to remove him into the custody of the Court, in consequence of his keep_ ing his bed on account of ill health. The Learned Counsel, however, hail the affidavit of a medical man, which stated that the defendant kept his bed rather from choice than necessity, and under such circumstances he trusted the Court would grant him the order he asked. The VICE.CHANCELLOK immediately ordered the Sheriff to make a further return. COURT OF REVIEW.-(THIS DAY.) EX.PARTE PARKER IN RE PARKER Mr. SW%NSTON stated that a petition in this case for the pur. pose of superseding the commission had been prepared by the bankrupt with the consent of all his creditors, including the 4ssignees ; but the official assignee having refuse his consent, the Secretary of Bankrupts would not draw up the order. The bankrupt now petitioned for the purpose of taking the judgment of the Court upon whether the consent of the official assignee was requisite. Their HONOURS said that the Act of Parliament only re quired the consent of the creditors, and that the official assignee could have nothing earthly to do with the matter, as he was not a creditor, nor appointed by the cre,;itors. COURT OF KING'S BE \ CH.-(TEIIS DAY.) THE LING V. LORD TEYNHAM AND ANOTHER. Mr. FoLLErr, for the defendants, said in this case a summons had been taken out this morning before Mr. Justice Patteson. Mr. Justice PArritsoN—l have directed it to come on on Monday morning. Mr. FOLLETT said he was aware of that, but he wished to have a copy of the documents which the prosecutor had in his possession. The prosecutor had copies of those in the defen dants' possession already. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said that Mr. Follett might have taken notes of their contents when they were read Mr. Justice J. PARKE thought that the prosecutor would have no objection to give copies. Sir JAMES SC&RLETT said he should request the prosecutor to furnish the defendant with the copies. THE KING v. THE MAYOR •ND ♦LDERMEN OF LONDON. • • • This case, which was the often.reported case of Mr. Michael Scales, came on this morning to be argued. Sir JAMES Scsitturr, in praying for a peremptory manila. mus, commanding the Mayor and Aldermen of London to admit and swear in Mr. Scales as Alderman of the Ward of Portsoken, took several objections to the return which the defendants had made to the rule for the mandamus. The COURT expressed an opinion that the objections were untenable ; but at the suggestion of Sir James Scarlett, judgment was not given upon the case at present, Sir James Scarlett taking a few days to consider whether his client should be left to his remedy by action for a false return, or whether it should be ?g in argue I in Court. THE RING F. THE GOVERNOR OF TIIE MIDDLESEX HOUSE OP COI• RECTION. This was a mandamus commanding the Governor of the Middlesex House of Correction to receive certain prisoners for debt into his custody. The question in issue was, whether or no the House of Cor rection was a proper place of imprisonment for debtors. Mr. ADOLPHITS, jun., was heard in support of the rule, and Sir JAMES SCARLETT against it. Their Lordships thought there was no obligation on the part of the Governor of the House of Correction to receive debtors, and therefore discharged the rule. Frequent complaints have been made of the impracticability of perfectly hearing the arguments of counsel in this Court, which is constructed in the most inconvenient manner ; added to that is the continual buz which is permitted by the neglect of the officers of the Court, who seldom interpose to obtain silence, unless one or all of the Judges first notice it. The im portant points in a cause thus often pass unheard, at least by the reporters, who are prevented from giving a faithful report of the arguments of counsel. In the last case above mentioned, several important points were stated to have been raised, but from the low tone in which Mr. Adolphus, jun., and Sir James Scarlett spoke, and the incessant and loud conversation carried on by other persons in Court, it was impossible to catch them. LITERATURIT,, STANDARD NO FELS. N.. XXVI. Loxoox, 1833. Mrs. Inchbald's " Simple Story," which, to ;ether with her " Nature and Art," is com prised in the present volume, will hold its ground is long as a relish for chute works of fancy exists in England. The story is striking, and cull of dramatic capability. It has also, to a cer tain extent, the rare merit of originality, and had the execution been in every instance equal to the conception, would have commanded as universal t popularity as the best of the Scotch novels. But Mrs. Inchbald breaks down under the weight of her hero Dorriforth. The character is conceived boldly, but the details—the filling up — are feeble. But the heroine, Miss Milner, amply redeems all the other defects of the tale. None nut a woman of superior genius and feeling, of exquisite refinement and acquaintance with, !hat more than Eleusinian mystery, the heart of woman, could have portrayeil ,uch a character. Miss Milner will not f a il, hut rather gain, by comparison with the best of Miss Edgeworth's female portraits. She is an April day, changeable—capricious, now All cloud, now all sunshine—but in every vary ing mood, whether of melancholy or cheerful ness, full of gentlen — ess and witchery. Her death, and more especially her farewell letter to her wronged husband Dorriforth, contain some of the most pathetic touches in the language, the allusion, too, to the trunks and boxes which she sees ready corded in the hall, pre vious to Dorriforth's abrupt departure for hely, leas a striking dramatic effect. " Nature and Art" is a very poor tale—at least to proceed from the pen of Mrs. Inchbald. There is the faint shadowing forth of genius in it, especially in the scene where a judge condemns to death the girl whom he had seduced ; but as a whole, the tale is sketchy—negligent—extravagant. Much is aimed at, little or nothing effected. STANDARD Nf , VELS. No. XXVII. LONDON, 1833. The fame which, partly from her own ex treme reserve, and partly from the caprice of the public, was withheld from Miss Austen when living, seems likely to be liberally conferred on her now that she is no longer among us to enjoy it. It is just beginning to be generally acknow ledged that as the illustrator of rural domestic life in England, she was without an equal, and has had no successor. Her sphere was a cir-• cumscribed one, but within its range " none' dare walk" but she. No one ever gave so much point, or threw so much ease and nature into the common-place parlour chit-chat of honest country squires, their wives, children, aunts, cousins, and so forth, as Miss Austen. She gave an interest to the veriest trifle, a small flirtation at a race ball, a family visit to a manor-house, an evening stroll, forfeits by a fireside, or a coquettish gipseying on a common. The vo€ luiwe before us, Mansfield Park, is so corn , pletely a transcript from real life, that we can scarcely persuade ourselves that we are reading a mere fiction. The characters are of that fa miliar, every-day cast, with which all of us have at one time or other been acquainted. The very conversations we feel satisfied we have heard a thousand times, and tax our memories for the when and the where they took place. It is not often that we are thus startled by the rigid accuracy of a novelist. In works of professed fiction the temptation to exaggerate is so strong that few authors can withstand it ; but Miss Austen, like Fielding, invariably writes as if bound on oath to tell nothing but the truth. She never runs riot in description—never seems to dig or labour for matter, but to avail herself', and make the most of, what is nearest at hand. Hence there are no far-fetched incidents, no ir revelant episodes in her works—all bears closely on the main plot and is essential to its evolve ment. It were to be wished that she had thrown a little more of the pathetic into her fictions, if only to fix them deeper in our memories ; but Miss Austen has no power of this sort ; her chief characteristic is a certain arch, quiet hu mour, the more irresistible, inasmuch as she has the art to make it appear that it escapes her quite unconsciously. Mansfield Park abounds in sly touches of this sort, which make the thrifty widow, Mrs. Norris—the gem of the volume—one of the most delightful characters we ever met with. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY. FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, MAY 31.—Wind E., moderate. —Only the French squadron remain in the Downs, and it consists of four frigates, two corvettes, and one brig, under the command of Rear Ad. miral Baron Mackay. Arrived the Henry, Bishop, from Wa terford. PORTSM OUTH, MAY 31.—Wind &E.—Arrived his Ma jesty's ships Donegal and Scout, in the Downs. Sailed the Crescent, Hayes, for Alexandria. PLYMOUTH, May 30.—Wind E.—Arrived off port the Albinia, Purtras, from Demerara. FALMOUTH, MAY 30.—Wind E.S.E., fresh breezes. — Arrived his Majesty's ship Royalist, from Plymouth, and the Flamer and African steam packets, which went in search of the Columbia steamer, but missed her. Sailed his Majesty's ship Sparrow and Speedy, for Portsmouth. RAMSGATE, May 31.—Arrived the Lavinia, Taylor, from Memel. TORBAY, M►Y 30.—Arrived off port the Mary, Chuken, from Memel. PENZANCE, MAY 30.—Arrived the James Hans, Tilley, from Jamaica. LIVERPOOL, MAY 30.—Arrived the Scotsman, Mearns, from Barbadoes, and the Lady Leitrim, Clements, from Lisbon. Sailed the Claremont, Brown, for Bombay. DUBLIN, MAY ^ l —Arrived the Sarah Fleming, Steaks, from Memel, and the Elizabeth, Winter, from London. LIMERICK, May 3.—Arrived the Charlotte, Hughes ; Seelus, Everton ; and Hebe, Hunnington, from London. RAMSGATE, May 31.—The Pauline, Hoffman, and Hoy Goede Hoop, Bomirk, have this day been released from the embargo, and are expected to sail next tide. BAHIA, APRIL 16.—The Sophia of Guernsey, in beating up to her anchorage, got aground, and it is feared has sus tained other damage besides the injury to her false keel, as the makes water. The Maria da Gloria, bound to I.isbon, which put back leaky on the 15th February, was partly discharged, and the cargo has been transferred to the Dom Atfonco, which sailed for Lisbon yesterday. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. We have no arrivals as yet of any consequence, therefore the general topic of conversation this morning in the City re. lates to the plan of Government for granting the new Bank Charter, and which is in general looked upon to be very favourable to the interests of the Bank ; and it now sets at rest the agitation which has so long prevailed on this important subject. In the debate last night in the House, Mr. Baring was of an opinion that Government might hare obtained better terms of the Bank. Mr. Hume objected to the interference with banking any more than with other trades; and Mr. Smith considered that part of the plan good which made Bank of England notes a legal tender, as the country bankers would not rim for gold. The discussion on the subject is to be resumed on Monday se'nnight. At the meeting of the Bank proprietors yesterday, Mr. Lloyd, the banker, expressed himself satisfied with the arrange. ment, and moved that the conduct of the Court of Directors, in their negotiations with Government, be approved. The meeting was adjourned till Wednesday next. We observe that Article 4 says, that bills not having more than three months to run, shall not be subject to the usury laws. This condition is very favourable, and will prevent persons from bringing their goods to market at a great sacrifice; they will be able to get their bills discounted by paying a higher rate of interest. VIE FUNDS,. The ftmds improved on the favourable terms granted to the Bank for the renewal of their Charter; Consols left off at 89 % %, and opened at 89% buyers, for the account. Little doing at present. HALF-PAST ONE. Up to the present hour we are entirely without political in. formation or reports. Consols have improved since the early part of the morning, when they were 8936 % ; at present they may be quoted at 89 % th e In the Foreign Market there is a little improvement in Dutch Stock. Brazil has been down to 6231, ; at present they are 643. In other Securities little doing. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 89% %. EFFECTS OF AIR ON LIOHT.—Were it not for the reflective and scattering power of the atmos phere, no objects would be visible to us out of direct sun shire ; every shadow of a passing cloud would be p itch y darkness ; the stars would be visib l e all day, and ) apartment, into which the sun had not direct admission, would be involved in nocturnal obscurity. This scattering o nth b e y s t o h l e ar ir l r ig eg h u t, lar i i t ty sh o o f uldbe aobserved , ction of is the increasedagreaotslypheer tem perature caused by the same luminary in its different parte, which, during the day-time, throws it into a constant state of undulation, and, by thus bringing together masses of air of very unequal temperatures, produces partial reflection• and refraLtiont at their common boundaries, by which muck light is -turned aside from the direct coarse, and diverted to the purpose% of gentni illumination.—Sir J. three/same Astrosete#—Cabiyset Cyclopedia. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER RACES, MAT 30. Two.yr.old Stare of 20 soy.. each, and 50 ended, for cults and fillies. T Y.C. (9 subs ) Lord Derby's Magus, by Whisker 1 Mr. Cock's Inheritor, by Lottery Mr. Houldsworth's Partridge,by Buzzard 3 Mr. Co. br. c. by Lottrry, Mr. Leicester's Chem b.no, and Mr. Beardswortb'a ch. f. by Monarch about, were not placed. 7to 4 agst Magus, 7to 2 agst I•ihetitor, and 7toto 2 agst Partridge. Won easy. T Sr. Leger Stakes of 25 sore. each, and 100 added, fur colts and fillies. Mar and three- quarters. Second horse to save his stake. (7 4ubs.) Mr. Houldowarth's Ostrich Sir T. Stanley's La Grace Mr. Fox's Larkspur Lord D.. by's Schemer, Mr. Lscey's Moeeile, and Mr. Skip-ey's Eve, not placed. 6to4un La Grace, and sto 1 agst Ostrich. Won very easy. [he Gold Cup, value 100 save., added to a Sweepstakes rf 10 sore. etch, with 30 soya. for the 'mad horse Two miles and a distance. (6 subs.) Mr. Skipsey's Physician, 4 yrs. Lord Derby's Speculator, S yrs. Mr. Buckley ns. Sally Barlow, 4 yrs 3 A Plate of 601. for maiden horses, bests twice resod 4nd a distance. Won is two heats by Mr. 03itee Venus, :3 yrs., beating Mr. Rubinson's b. c, b 7 Lottery Miss Patrick, and three others. is . v reiVAUXHALL. engaged rohnengetedelectionpinrestMonday ---- -----. i g These vi understand delightful that s e p r — bt. This hheai : present fir i se beenzus e e u nd g t 1 , ~. i r ii i d e y t h o i sa r a: have rgreat,a prepared ishi teyrieco.fuioe :ru nuo her, it:et: T rost s a ,ion r i ots l i gao o uni rnbytsgh observing edlStaffordshire establishment, f novelties ritimohdtrmeuhdarea f for r t , bliss t a h n e d season Fwo s asrg : g lad to be inthroied that several new so t is n: h g gi s r •eason. tor next Saturdiy. Sir CHARLES WOLSZT has issued an iddress on the subject, and the Hon. Baronet reconnoitred •his place last week. Rumour has also been bul with he names of Lord Incimuts, the Hon. Mr. RVDXII, Sir CHOMAS BOUQUET, Mr. HOLTOAIK, Colonel PEEL. and .; r GroRGE CHITWYND, as likely to come forward, but at a esent there does not appear any prospect of Mr. Ltrrt-x -con's re-election being oppesed.F..— Wolverhampon chruss. ACT.--.An individual EXTRAORDINARY f Yarmouth, nfluenza, bad his ha ir, which war celipoletely t, on the win., u 'cle n I y turned t o a dark brewal......CembridieChres4olc s while suffering under the effects of a fit of u~