The Sun. — London, England, 1833-05-31 00:00:00

LITERATURE. WHITES AND BLACKS, AND WWI . VERSAL SUFFRAGE. The following extracts from a work now in the press, entitled " Sketches of Canada and the United States," by Mr. Mackenzie, a long resident in Canada, will be found to contain more than one piece of news. " EQUALITY ; ox, .WHITCS AND BLACKS. "The citizens of Philadelphia live in great comfort ; you meet with very few people indeed who are not in e,sy cir cumstancea, and that class who live in wealth anti -filo ence is very numerous. I have seen several black gentlemen riding in their carriages, some of them much respected and very respecter le. Coloured people are in great abundance here, and there is no slavery, nor the least appearance of it. Yesterday forenoon, when on my way to the post-office, I saw a lady right ahead, tall and Etactaful in her form and movements, with a grand Leghorn bonnet, fashionable summer dress, &c. I quickened my pace a little, and beheld a human face of the purest ebony ; black, black as the ace of spades! They speak of t quality in this country, but it is in Uoper Canada that it can be seen in all its glory. There is a man of colour, a barber and hair dresser in our town of York. named Boller; he is married to a coloured woman, and th-y are respectable, well-behaved people in their line, and punctual in their dealings ; they have, of course, a black family : and (hear it, ye slave-trading equaLrights and.independence people !) they keep white men and women servants from Europe to wait upon them and their black children. This is turning the tables upon the Southerona, and fairly balancing accounts with the ebony hearted slave-holders. " There are certainly several very essential degrees of liberty to which the Americans have not att dned, hut which either have been taken, or are about to be, in our I c,tuntry. " When my friend Colonel Baby, of Sandwich, con tested the county of Kent with Messrs. Lyttle and Wil kinson, no less than thirty-five ladies came forward to the hustings and gave th-ir votes,—maids and widows —one of them gave Wilkinson a plumper. This was almost equal to a declaration in form. Only one married lady voted. But in Lower Canada there have been numerous instances of women exercising the freehold right of vatting in person for a favourite candidate Sometimes the wife vote= on one freehold and the husband on another. " There was a contested election at Montreal, in May, 1831, which lasted about a month : during its continu ance two hundred and twenty five women came forward to vote. One of the candidates, Dr. Tracy, was an Itiahman, and for him ninety-five ladies recorded their votes. The other gentleman was Mr. Stanley Bagg, a citizen of the United States, naturalized in Canada. For him there were one hundred and four female voters. The other twenty-six did not vote. Several ladies voted one way, and, it is said, their husbands took the other side. On- married lady voted in her own right. Her husband was found to hive no vote. The Irishman won the day, but by a very small majority. The Quebec Act, under which the ladies vote, was passed in the British Parlia went forty years ago. " It is in my recollection that when Canning was standing for Liverpool, he told the ladies in a jncular way, that if ever be advocated the doctrine of universal suffrage, he would not fail to include them. What is it that may not become fashionable? " I had almost forgotten to state, for the information of Miaa —, and all others of the sex whom it may concern, that the Philadelphia ladies have spright'y eyes, regular (and not seldom handsome) features, hut that the charming red and white of Connecticut and Boston, Aber deenshire, or Galway, is rather a rare ingredient south of the Delaware." PRICKS OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock 3 per Cent Ref', 87% 8 1 " ; 3 per Cent Cons. B9 87i, 9!1, 34 per Cent 93k. Ditto Red 95 t,i 4 Kew 3% per Cent. "4 6,06 3 per Cent. Ann. 11'...4 .. - ' 4 per Cent. 182f1 Bank Long Ann to expire Jan. 5, ISA, l7 Oct. 10, 1859 - Jan. 5, 1860 - Jan. 5, 1880 April 5, 1880 - Jan. 5, 1870 - PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONF. 0 CLOCK Austrian Bonds 9slPeruvian Bonds 155, Belgian Bonds 99 89% ;Portuguese Bonds 'Ditto Account 90 91.x4 i Ditto Account 59 ',,i Arazilian Bonds 65 % 3N 641 ( Regency Scrip 2 o ldis. Ditto Account eB% 7 i Ditto Account '2i dis. Buenos Ayres Bonds 23 'Prussian Bonds Ditto Account —l Ditto Bonds, 1922 81314 C-hilian Bonds .1% 1 !Russian Bends, 1822 103,14 Ditto Account — t Ditto Account — Columbian Bonds 15% ! New Loan 99V, Ditto Account — !Spanish Bonds,lS2l 19% Ditto Bonds, 1824 lBl4 1 Ditto Account 19 1 x, ti Ditto A ccount —l Ditto Bonds, u-en Danish Bonds 7356 I Ditto Account Ditto Account ,_ French Rentes, sp. c. —f —c. Greek Bonds ...`IN I— Exchange —f —c. Ditto Bonds, !S - 2.5 .....37% 9 : : 1 per cent —f —c. ..... , Ditto Account — •, Exchange .... —f —c. :%fexican liondz , , 5 per cent 27 :Dutch, 21 p. c 49 1 .4 8%74 Ditto Account i Ditto Account ...... 49% 1 , 414;, Ditto, 6 per rent.— Ditto Account —' Ditto Account 8 9 8% 9 4eapolitaB 92.4; F:-•rich Scrip 4V, pm PRICES OF SUARES Tills DAT AT ONE 0 CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Anglo 7.lex. Min. Co. lies. at 5/. pm.`, £loo 13 1 4 Rolanoq Mining Company £lso 135 Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. Om at 5/. pm.) £2O CO Ditto National l7t 23 Ditto St. John Del Rey Ditto Coeaes 5 158. British Iron Mining Company ...... £5O Columbian ‘Sining Co. (iss. at W. pm.) 50,4 41: it I& W 4141ttit, efty HORRIBLE ATTEMPT AT MURDER. About a month ago, an atrocious act of cruelty was committed at Wellington. A young widow named Rugg, lived about a twelvemonth since in the capacity of ntir-e in a gentleman's family at El worthy. In this situation, an elderly farmer, named Withers, possessed of some property, paid his addresses to her, and, although hi., suit was for some time rejected, at length mar ried her, having first settled on her and her issue by him the sum of 2001. Shortly after the marriage Withers and his wife settled at Welling ton. They at first lived together unhappily, Withers constantly endeavouring by threats and most artful stratagems to induce his wife to give up her mar. riage settlement. This, however, she resolutely re fused to do ; but when ,she became evidently preg nant, arel consequently no longer• possessed the power of annulling the settlement, Withers desisted from his importunities, and apparently conducted himself with more kindness towards her ; but it is now apparent that this seeming kindness was as sumed only to mask his murderous intent. About half-past two in the afternoon, Withers was sitting with his wife, and conversing with her in a kind and friendly wanner. The poor woman, being near her confinement, complained of being languid, and her husband, with seeming affection, entreated her to put aside her needlework, and go and lie down on her bed for an hour or two. She at first declined doing so, but was at length persuaded to do so, and Withers fol'owed her up stairs; and when she had placed tier.elf on the bed, he drew the counterpane over her,drawing a corner of it over her head and face. He then went down stairs. The poor woman lay still, but did not sleep. Some time after, Withers went quietly up into the I ed-room, and, lifting the part of the counterpane which covered his wife's face, wised if she was asleep ? She said she was not asleep, but did not wish to be disturbed. Withers then replaced the counterpane, and went down stairs. After a little time, the monster again stole up into the room, and advancing to the bed, leaned his head down close to his wife's face, without removing the counterpane, as if to ascer tain whether she were then asleep. The poor woman noticed this, but did not speak—when, at the next moment, she received a tremendous blow on the left side of her head. She started up, raising her arm, partly defended by the counterpane, and by this action averted a second blow, which her husband was then inflicting on her with a large hammer, kept for the purpose of breaking coal. She sprang out of the opposite side of the bed, staggering, and bleeding profusely from her wound. The villain pursued her instantly, and seized her by the throat, to strangle her. Both fell in the strug gle ; but by a desperate effort the poor woman dis. engaged herself from the miscreant, and rushing down stairs, reached the street door,but which the heartless assassin had previously locked, and, before she could force it open, had nearly again seized her. She, how-- ever, did force open the door, and ran into a neigh. hour's house, to whom she detailed immediately all ners horrible circumstances. Her intended murderer, the moment he saw his wife had escaped, rushed out of his house, exclaiming, " I shall be hailed, I shall be hanged r and fled, without his hat, to the neighbourhood of Wiveliscombe—a distance of some miles—where he remained until he was taken up to answer for his crime. In her examination before the magistrates Mrs. Withers stated all these facts, but she refused to swear to her statement, because she would not subject her husband to punishment unless "she should be compelled to do so," and in consequence the villain is still at large.—Taunton Courier. No language can express the emotion which almost every American feels when he first touches the shores of Europe. This feeling must have a specie! in crease if it be the case of a cit.zen of the United States going to England. Her fame is constantly before him. He hears of her statesmen, her orators, her scholars, her philosophers, her divine 4, her patriots. In the nursery ibe learns her ballads. Her poets train his imagination. er 14Pguage is his, with its whole intellectual riches past and foe ow newly flowing ; a tie, to use BURK R'S figure, light as air, and unseen ; but stronger than links of iron. In spite of political differences her glory allures him ; in spite of hostile collision, lie clings t o h er l i neage. After Captain DECATURS capture of a British frigate, some one as k e d him if his forefathers we re not F rench. " No, I beg pardon," be answered, " they were English." In that spirit mould his countrymen generally answer. Walk ing the deck with two of our Lieutenants, while sounding up the Channel, " Think," sa id one 0f them, " that we may be in the.track of the Armada;" and they alked of the heroine Quern at Tilbury. These are irrepressible feelings in an American. His native patriotism takes a higher tone from dwelling on the illustrious parent stock. —Rush's Narrative of a Residence -at the Court of Zerudou. _ ' LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 31, 1833. We present our readers with a correct report (up to the time of our going to press ) of the proceedings that took place at the Batik Meeting held this clay at two o'clock, by which means we anticipate Lord ALTHORP'S propo sitions in the House this evening. We are able to state, from good authority, that the most gratifying accounts have been re ceived by the agents of Don PEDRO from Lis bon. Everything is ripe there for an explosion against the usurper, and nothing but a renewal of the disgraceful and melancholy intrigues which have hitherto impeded the operations of Marshal SOLIGNAC, can prevent the speedy establishment of the Constitution in every part of Portugal. Proclamations in favour of the young QUEEN are freely and almost openly dis tributed in Lisbon. It is said that shortly after the arrival of the Marquis of PALMELLA at Oporto, there wil be a material modification of the Ministry of the Regency. The wish of the true friends of Don PEDRO is to form a Ministry, the principal Members of t‘hich should be the Marquis of PALMELLA, the Marquis of LOULE, M. CAR VALHO, and M. BERNARDO DA SA. A Ministry thus composed would offer equal gua rantees to the friends of liberty and moderation. M. CARVALHO and BERNARDO DA SA are liberals, rather more strongly pronounced, than the Marquis of PALMELLA, and some of the constitutionalists are apprehensive that they would, unless controlled by a moderate and experienced statesman, such as PAL MELLA, go too far. The Marquis of PAL MELLA commands the confidence of the moderate party without being the object of dislike to any but the Republican party. The Marquis of LOULE is a young man of true patriotism and great aptitude for business. He would be a valuable colleague to M. CARVALHO and the Marquis of PALMELLA. It will be seen from our Parliamentary report that Mr. STANLEY last night announced the in tention of his Majesty's Government to make cer• tain modifications in their proposed plan of Negro emancipation. The earnings of the apprenticed labourers, instead of being made to form a fund for payment of a part of the loan advanced to the West Indians, is to he entirely their own, and they may if they choose redeem themselves from their bonds before the expiration of the twelve years by paying their masters their registered value out of their earnings. This is a material improvement in the plan, as by it the slaves most worthy of freedom and best prepared fbr it by habits of forethought and industry will be first emancipated, and be engaging themselves in independent employments in a way to set those more tardily emancipated the best possible practical example of the course they ought to take. The only other ma terial announcement made by Mr. STANLEY was that the duty on sugar is to be raised from 245. per cwt. to 275. per cwt. It having been found that the reduction of the duty from 275. to 245., has not increased the consumption, but simply occasioned a loss to the revenue, it is presumed that re imposing the duty of 275. will not occasion any falling off in consumption. The additional revenue thus raised is, in effect, to be handed over to the Planters as their compensation. This ought to content men whose estates are now, according to their own account, cultivated at a loss. We learn, by a letter from Staffordshire, that Mr. LITTLETON is not quite so sure of walking over the ground at the next election as he expected. Lord INGESTRIE has been ap plied to by the Tory interest of that county to contest the election, and as his Lordship's poli tical principles are supposed to be more liberal than his connection with the Tory interest would seem to imply, the Radicals, and many of the moderate party, have signified their intention of supporting him in the event of a contest. The family influence of Lord INGESTRIE added to this support would render him a formidable rival to Mr. LITTLETON, notwithstanding the slur that attaches to him from the inquiry into the Hertford election. Under the present system of voting, however, the notoriety which Lord INGESTRIE has acquired by his connection with the pure and enlightened constituency of Hertford, may rather promote than pre vent his chance of success in Staffordshire. Were the election to be conducted by bal lot, neither Lord INGESTRIE nor Mr. LIT TLETON would be returned for Staffordshire. One would be rejected on account of his Tory ism, and the practices which he allowed to be practised in his name at Hertford ; the other because he is the instrument of a Ministry to which the independent portion of the consti tuency of Staffordshire would, if they could, give a similar lesson tiz that which was lately given by the electors or Westminster. It is a sad illustration of the corrupt state of the pre sent system of election, when we see that the only person who is looked up to as likely to compete, with any chance of success, with the nominee of the Government, is a Tory deeply stained with the odium (whether deserved or not, as regards his own share in them, we do not pretend to say) of former mal practices. Were vote by ballot established, an independent man would step forward, and by an overwhelming majority, convince the Govern ment that it could not hope to prolong its exist ence by despising the voice of the people ; and at the same time show to the Tories, that how ever dissatisfied the people may be with the con duct of the Ministry, they had other resources, in the event of the resignation of Ministers, than a Tory Administration. Nothing but the defective and corrupt nature of the present sys tem, gives encouragement to Mr. LITTLETON or Lord INGESTRIE. We understand that the friends of Lord IN GESTRIE are waiting till the hour of nomina tion, to ascertain the degree of support that his Lordship may expect. Should it equal their wishes, his Lordship will declare himself; and it is expected that Sir CHARLES WOLSLEY whose influence with the Radicals has been ac tively exerted for some days past, will throw his weight into the scale of the Anti-Ministerial candidate. We are glad to find that the price of the shares in the Liverpool and Birmingham railways is fast rising in value. This is no more than we had expected, for so invaluable a commercial speculation cannot but prove successful. The French papers of Wednesday are barren of important intelligence. The Augsburg Ga zette mentions that the condition on which the SULTAN has consented to give up Adana, is, that the Pacha of EGYPT shall pay him a yearly tribute. FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, MAY 29. Five per Cents. 103 f. 55c. 65c. 60c. Four and a Half per Cents., —f. —c. Four per Cents., 941 75c Three per Cents. 79f. 70c. 75c. 60c. National Loan, —f. —c. Bank Actions, 1,805 E 1,8 Of. Bente de Naples, 034 90c. 941. 934 80c. Roman Five per Cents., 90tq Rente d'Espagne, Fiveper Cents. 16 15T 16 Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents. 4654 Royal Spanish Loan, 9! 4 91 Rent, Perpetuelle d'Espagne, Five per Cents. 781 4 Belg an Loa., 91 ` a Haytian Loan, 065. 2,604 EXCHANGE ON LONDON, On'• month, paper, 25f. 75c.; money, 25f. 70c. Three months, paper, 25f. 65c.; money, 2.5 f. 60c. —Cours Authentique. In the present declining state of the legiti mate dratna—if indeed we may he still said to have such a thing—we hail IN ith satisfaction every proposition that holds out the slightest prospect of restoring it to " its high and palmy state." For this reason we cannot but cordially approve of Mr. BUN N'S address (it will be found in another column) in which he strikes boldly at the root of the star system, and proposes to reduce the present preposterous salaries paid to actors, to a just and fitting level. Till some thing of this sort be done, there can be no hope for the drama. The excessive sa lary lavished on one fashionable performer, keeps at least two good ones in the back-ground, by crippling the financial resources of the lessee. But the evil, like all evils, having attained its crisis, now bids fair to work its own cure. Let Mr. BONN then proceed boldly on his task, and, we answer for it, he will be successfhl. To a certain extent he has the game in his own hands, for, by being the lessee of both Covent-garden and Drury-lane, he wields a two-fold power, to which even the most cross-grained actor must submit, on pain of loss of fame, by " rustication" from the boards of a national theatre. Mr. BUNN'S proposed plan is admirably adapted (if it be not now too late) to retrieve the legitimate drama. By a more equitable distribution of sa laries, it will at once bring into the field a vast variety of histronic talent. The fifty or sixty pounds a night hitherto wasted on a cleverish tragedian, or a grinning buffoon, will henceforth be divided among some ten or twelve equally efficient performers, who, till now, have had, comparatively speaking, little or no chance. Why should an actor like ELTON— who, whatever may be said of his del very, has at least a quick and intellectual apprehension of his author—why, we repeat, should a man like this be compelled to " star" it at Whitechapel because Mr. BUNN pays such enormous prices to BRAIIAM, MACREADY, or LISTON, that he cannot afford to engage him ? This crying evil must be put'a stop to—and the sooner the better. While on this subject, we may just hint by the way that Mr. BUNN would find his account in lowering the prices of admission to the national theatres. Cheap amusement, like cheap government, is now the popular cry. NEW BANK CHARTER. (From the Times.) Of the reports current this afternoon on the subject of the new Wink charter, that which appears best entitled to attention gives the following as some portion of the terms agreed on bettveen the Directors and the Government :- 1. A new charter for 10 years from the expiration of that now existing to be granted. 2. The old monopoly to continue, so far as regards the numbers of partners in private banks, which is not to exceed six, and joint stock banking companies, which are not allowed to be formed within 6.5 miles of London. 3 Bank of England notes to be declared a legal tender to any amount for the purposes of banking in the country, and gold only to be demanded for them either at the Bank of England, or at the various branch establishments in the country. 4. A portion of the debt of the Government to the Bank, amounting to 3,500,0001., to be paid off. 5. The payment of the dividends and the management of the other public business to continue with the Bank, but a deduction of 100,0001. to be made from the remuneration at present assigned for that purpose. 6. Country bankers will be allowed to circulate bills of ex. change, at present not permitted below 501., as low as 201., or, as some say, 101. only. I No legal rate of interest is to be fixed on bills of ex change not having more than three months to run. 8. A communication is to take place weekly to the Govern. ment on the state of the Bank issues, the quantity of bullion, &c., which will be published in the Gazette once a quarter, or oftener, as the Government may see fit. Such are the items of the new charter circultted to-day on very good authority in the city, some of which have been received wi h no-4nall .s•urthi,„„ „ CHARACTER.—Tne Infamous Col. CHAR TERS, who bas been immortaliz d by ARBUTH Nor's epi taph on him, u.ed to say, ” he would give 20,0001. for a good character, because he could make 20,0001 of it. The body of a man (a mulatto) was found eq gourd ly last in a planration, near the seventh mile- xone on the North•road, by a boy who was looking for irds' nests; near to him wag a bottle which had contained ,wlanum, ~nd another containing nitric or vitriolic acid. He had been observrd in the neighbourhno for two days previously, and hsd a sum of money in his pocker ; also a s ver watch, msker's name, " JOHN Woof)," Livervol. His form was that of a very stri,z4 man, of the middle .tarure, apparently about 30 years of age, and he had the •ppa , rsuce of a steward of a ship. A Coroner's inquest will ire held this day, at the Red Lion public-house, at Alashull,—Liverpool Albion. PERIAL PARLIAMENT THIS DAY, FRIDAY, MAY 31. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair this morning a few minutes after 12 o'clock. Mr. BRISCOE moved the second reading of Hutchin son's Claim Bill. He would content himself with simply moving the order of the day ; and would reserve his observations on the subject till another opportunity. The order of the day having been read, Mr. R. GRANT rose. He said it gave him pain to oppose any individual claim, but in this case a sense of duty obliged him to oppose the further progress of the Bill. Ile was afraid that many Hon. Members were not well acquainted with the Bill then before the House, which would oblige him to go more into detail than he would otherwise have done. The object of the Bill was to oblige the East India Company to pay a large sum of money to the representatives of the late Mr. Hutchinson, which it was alleged had been due to him by the late Rajah of Travancore. Between the years 1780 and 1790 Mr. Hutchinson was the Company's commercial resident at Travancore, and had entered into large money transac tioi.s with the then Rajah. In 1800, both parties being then dead, an accountwas taken between the representa tives of both parties, and a balance was found slue by the Rajah of '24,000 rupees, and an arrangement was entered into that it should be paid off by instalments. Now, up to that period the Company had nothing at all to do with the transaction, as indeed it did not appear that the authorities were at all aware of it ; but in 1803, or 1804 the Company appointed a political agent for Travancore, and the Rajah having got into such embarrassments as to be unable to continue the payment of the instalments towards the reduction of Mr. Hutchinson's debt, his representatives applied to the Company's agent to become the medium of their com munication with the Rajah respecting it. This he at the time refused, but he did not in any manner preclude them from carrying their claims to the Courts of the country, or interfere in any way. There was no interposition at all between the parties on the part of the Company. The failure of the payments had begun before the arrival of the agent ; in fact, the embarrassments of the Rajah were such that it was utterly impossible that he could pay, therefore there could be no pre tence for calling upon the Company to make good such pay ments ; and he must, in the name of the people of India, on whom, if allowed, the burden would ultimately fall, protest against the present attempt. The political agent being again applied to, made a communication to the authorities of Bengal, and they again did so to the authorities at home, who in 1809 sent out an order to have the claim fully inquired into before it was paid; and what else could they have done, having been so urgently pressed upon to become the medium through which the claim was to be urged, especially as the Rajah was then most deeply indebted to the Madras establishment P The Company had, for some time, been ignorant of the claim ; and the House ought now to expect that a strong case should be made out before such a Bill was passed.—(Hear.) After the Hon. Gentleman had gone into a detail of the circum stances connected with the case, and referred to several docu ments in elucidation of the accounts, and of the transactions between Mr. Hutchinson, the Rajah, and the East India Com pany, he concluded by declaring that he thought it to be his duty to oppose the Bill, and moved that it be read that day six months. Mr. BRISCOE replied to the observations of the Right Hon. Gentleman who preceded him; which he described as being very far short of conclusive against the propriety of proceeding with the Bill ; and impressed upon the House the necessity of allowing the Bill to go into committee, that counsel might be heard, witnesses examined, and the accounts referred to more accurately examined. In support of that opinion the Hon. Member went through several of the accounts which had been produced, some of which evidenced that a variation in the price of the goods contracted to be supp ied to the company would put the statement much more favourably for Mr. Hutchinson than had been assumed by the Right Hon. Member (Mr. Grant). All that Mr. Hutchinson wished was, that there should be an opportunity afforded for a full, fair, and impartial inquiry in Committee, when he could be heard by Counsel at the bar of the House. Mr. MACAULAY opposed the Bill on two grounds; first, because he considered the debt altogether fictitious; and se condly, because, if not altogether fictitious, it was altogether an illegal and immoral transaction. Mr. O'CONNELL supported the claim. Sir E. WILMOT deprecated the Bill going into Committee; the claim was unfounded in justice, unsupported by evidence, and it would be most dangerous, he considered, in principle, for the House to sanction such a transaction. The gallery was then cleared for a division. For the second reading 6 Against it Majority against the second reading 32 _ After the presentation of some other petitions, of no public interest, the Speaker left the chair. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY. TWELVE O'CLOCK. The only arrivals this morning are mails from Rio Janeiro of the 16th of April; and Buenos Ayres of the 28th of March, brought by a King's ship. It appears by the private letters from Rio Janiero, that some disturbances had taken place in the province of Mina. The lettere add—" There has been no more fighting, therefore we may conclude that order has been established. Exchange on London 36/. Stocks 46 to From Buenos Ayres a private letter of the 28th of March has been received at the North and South American Coffee house, which is not of much importance, being chiefly filled with the preparations for the troops marching against the Indians, which we had by the last arrival. The letter states that an expedition, all cavalry, is to proceed against the Indians, and the troops forming are composed of contingents from the different provinces of the Republic, the whole to be under the command of General Quiroga ; and that the Indians are a most terrible scourge to the country. They are brave and well mounted, and occupy a vast extent. Little is said of the Falkland Island affairs, but all are anxious for the news from England on that subject. Trade was very dull there. Exchange on England 61d. to 7d. paper dollar each. A great deal of specie had been lately sent away from Buenos Ayres in order to purchase wheat and flour in Chili, Brazil, and Cape of Good Hope, as the harvest had failed. Another attempt at a revolution was expected at Montevideo. Lavalleja is said to be supported by a strong party in the Brazils. Civil war seems pretty certain in the Oriental Republic. Accounts from Bordeaux state that great enthusiasm pre vails there for the cause of Donna Maria. The Indicateur says that 5,000 men have been raised in the department of Midi. DAY AT ON O'CLOCK. ''New 5 per Cent. — lindia Stock Ditto 80nd5............ 27 29 pm. South Sea :Stock ,Old Annuities B6 I New Ditto 663i 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 Ex. Bills, 11,000 ...... 51 52 pm. 'Ditto .500 ...... 51 52 prr. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial pm • Ditto Advertised 5O 51 (Tr. 'Bank for Account .. ...... India for Account ......... '36% Cons. fr , Opening 8451,4 N THE FUNDS. The debate on the West India question engrosses the atten tion of the public at present, in preference to all foreign politi cal information. It now seems that the Bill will be made more palatable, and there is every appearance that it will be carried by a respectable majority. The next subject of interest on the tapis will, we imagine, be brought forward this evening—the Bank Charter, which, in our opinion, has been already cut and dried between the Bank and Ministers; therefore that will soon be got over. The result of the meeting to-day of the Bank Directors is anxiously waited for, when it is expected we shall hear something official on the subject. Consols opened at the same price they left off, 59 !‘, to 14 for Account, at which price they are at present. All foreign prices continue as per yesterday, with the exception of Brazil Stock, Which lowered to 64; since which they have been done at 65 %, owing to unfavourable accounts from Rio. HALF-PAST ONE Buenos Ayres papers have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house. (From the Paper of the M&I of March.) We have little to record or to remark upon this week as regards political affairs, there being very little news stirring, either foreign or domestic. Consols may be quoted at present at 89 1 4 for the Account, with little doing. We have no political news to communicate. In the Foreign Market it is settling day. The Account as yet is going off' well. The chief fluctuation this morning has been in Brazil Stock : it has been down as low as 63, went up again to G 5; at present it is 64 to 65. THREE O' CL 0 CK. Consols for the Account, 80 U. DE VERE, BY THE AUTHOR OF TREMAINE —lt is well known how many useful lessons for the guid ance of the young and enthusiastic through the difficulties of life, are supplied in the pages of this admirable novel, than which there are very few more closely and deeply ',underl on human 'Moire. It i•, therefore, satisfactory to find that " De Vere" is to form the June number o Colburn's Modern Novelists," a collection of the mos' celebrated works of living writers, now issuing at a lower B rice than the Waverley Novels. To those who are en rerng on the circa and struggles of life, such a stud, as Vere" presents cannot fail to render essential service. DOCTOR DOYLE.—._We have heard with re gret that the air of Harrow ate has not had the salutary t ff,ct contemplated by his phy.icians upon the health of this most distingu•slied prelate. He has been ordered t., try the mote geoid influence of a Somersets.iire or Devon. shire climate, for the summer months. We cannot bring oursebb-s to contemplate the loss ot such a man without feelings of the de.-oest sorrow. He is at present only in his 49th year.— Wexford Independent. An old man belonging to Largs, who died about three weeks since, had, by penurious habits, amassed between 2001. and 300/., which, at his decease, cane into the possession of his sister. Elated by the change in her circumstances, she declared she would have her dying of it, and not hoard it up as her brother had done. Follow ing up her intention, she thank to excess, and on Sat.,rday last was found burnt to death iu her house.—Edinburyli Eventing Post, NEW BANK CHARTER BANK OF ENGLAND.--(THIS DAY. At two o'clock this day a meeting of the proprietors of Bank Stock was held at the Bank for the purpose of con sidering the subject of the Bank Charter. The room way excessively crowded long before two o'clock, the Meeting having been originally appointed for twelve. At two o'clock the Governor and several Directors entered the room. Mr. RAIKES, _ the Governor, stated that the reason why !he meeting had been postponed from twelve till two o'clock was, that Lord Althorp had written to him, legging him to do so, because he feared that if the meeting took place at twelve o'clock, the even ing papers would take an account of the proceedings, and Members of the House of Commons would have them in their hands before he could make his statement in the House. His Lordship thought that by postponing the meeting till 2 o'clock, this would be utterly impossible. The minutes of the last meeting having been read, A PROPRIETOR asked, as it was Lord Althorp's wish that the proceedings should not be reported in the Evening Papers, whether the Court should not take some steps to prevent the report getting into those papers ? The GOVERNOR said that the Court had always been open to the press, and having complied with his Lord ship's wish, he did not see that it was necessary to take any further steps. A PROPRIETOR said, that if the Court were to express a wish on the subject, he should imagine that the editors of the Evening Papers would nut report the proceedings. T. e subject was here dropped. The Governor then read a letter from Lnrd Althorp, of which the following is the substance. The H tn. Gen tleman read it so rapidly, that we cannot answer for every word of it ; but it is ill Substance correct I " Downing-street, May 2. 1833. " GENTLEMEN,-After duly considering the conversa tion I have had with you, the sul , stance of which I have reported to my colleagues in his Alaje , ty's Governmenr, they have directed me to make the following proposalN to you far the renewal of the Bank Charter : 1. We propose to renew the Charter for 21 years, subject to this consideration, that if at the end of 10 years the then existing Government should so think fit, they may give 12 months' notice to the Bank that it was their int-ration the charter should expire at the end of the 11th year. 2. No banking company consisting of more than six partners shall issue notes pa able on demand in the metro• polis at within sixty five miles thereof. Banking com panies consisting of a greater number of parties than six, carrying on business at a greater distance than sixty-five mil:•s from London, shall have the right to draw bills on Loudon, without distinction as to their amount, and to issue notes payable in London. 3. The Bank of England notes shall he a legal tender, and shall nit be payable in gold, except at the Bank of Et lard, or at its various Branch Banks. 4. Bills not having more than three months to run before they become due shall not be subject to the usury laws. 5. An account similar to that laid before the Bank C , mmittee shall be transmitted to the Chancellor of the Exchequer every week, stating the amount of bullion in the Bank and the amount of notes in circulation, such account to be considered cmafidential between the Govern ment and the Bank. These several weekly accounts to be consolidated at the end of the quarter, an average to be struck, and published in the succeeding quarter in the Gazette. 6. A Bill shall be introduced into Parliament to regu late country banks, the provisions of which shall be such AS to encourage joint stock banking companies in the country to issue the notes of the Bank of England. His Majesty's Government have desired me to call your at tention to the advantage which these different propositions are likely to confer upon the Bank. Their tendency must be to extend the circulation of its notes, and by re lieving Bills at short date from the operation of the usury laws, will facilitate its transactions. The only relaxation of the exc usive privileges at present enjoyed by the Bank is the permission to be riven to Joint Stock Banks at a greater distance than 65 miles from London, to draw bills and issue notes payable in London. His Ma jesty's Government, therefore, think they have a right to expect considerable pecuniary advantage from the Bank. They therefore propose that the Bank should be repaid 25 per cent. of the fourteen and half millions at present due to it front the Government, and that the Bank should make a deduction of one hundred and twenty thou sand poulids from the sum now paid for the management of the Government business. I hope that this proposal will be satisfactory to the Bank, And that the arrangements here suggested will speedily put an end to the suspense now existing. (Signed) ALTHOIII 3 ." A PROPRIETOR asked whether the Directors had ac ceded to the plan thus detsiled ? The GOVERNOR replied, that if the measure respecting the country banks spoken of by Lord Althorp were passed, the Directors had resolved to accept of the proposition made. (We 81:all give the conclusion in a SE , cond Edition.) DUR !TANI CATHEDRAL.-Some fine and rich specimens of ancient architecture were discovered in the ante room adjoining the Chapter-room of the cathedral, ou Wednesday last. By the removal of certain plaster work, some fine arches, correspondiug with those recently disms red in the chapter-room, were brought to light, 1111(1 will now, like them be restored to their original state la ! the Dean and Chapter.—Newcastle Journal. ANECDOTE OF THE LATE MR. KEAN. —KERN was a man all of impulse. It is told of him, Oa on returning home after the first night of his Sir Giles Overreach, his wife, in her delight at his Fuccess, inquired how Lord Essex ( , hen an active patron of the actor) was pleased. In the fervour of joy at the reception which the tumultuous and excited audience had given him, he broke out with "-- Lord ESSEX !—the pit rose at me A TROPICAL SUN.—An Englishman cannot understand a tropical sun ; the clog-days of our temperate isle would tie refreshin g mqrnents to the toasting, at wing, enervating -ours of so African purgatory; frequenly no breath or air sweeps over the w4ters to root your parched ,kin, or else it comes like "bl ous from hell," and you i,diale air that almost burns your lungs, so hot and arid is it. Wish night come the ittllptill4 hilt too fatal dews, and a rernithine hreez.: "The morrow comes, when they are not for thee!" —Service Afloat. ITALIAN FIG TREE.—Among the time worn ruins of the ancient castle at Reetilv e r, in the island of Thanet, an ancient fig-tree stretches forth its venerable 111119 to the breez , and attracts the attention of the visiter, not more fry th t venerable aspect it presents than by historical reco ds with which it is cournctei. This tier, according to the traditions of the neighbourhood, claims Italy for the soil of its nativity, and Roman hands for those of its first planters; its age, consequently, canon: he less than from 1,345 to 1,888 years. the Burnins having first linded at Deal in the summer of the fifty.fifth year before the birth of our Saviour, 1,888 years ago; and having fin slly quitted Britain in the year of our Low 448 or 1.345 years ago. i MARCH OF INTELLECT.—The following s a copy, verbatim et literatim, of a written defence put in by a culprit, young in years, but an old offender, tot stealing a gold sing from the shop wMclow of a pawn broker in the Nese-cut, Lam eth. The prisoner convicted, and Bents-m,d to transpottatto‘.. " To the Gentleman of Chowrt of his Majesties Jestis.---- For the Prisoner James Fullford—Gentleman on the 29 of AReril last i had bean of Anarrant forr my Granmother in to Bishopgait Street for sum Cocko (cocoa) And in my Helen, To The New Cut i Saw a Ladd Runce from the winder of pro secekitor And drop a Pease of Paper which i Unfortunate Picked up And in the same time The Prosecucitor came up ann Collard me And ,:trucker me in the mouth And said I had stolennen a wring i ham in Tinley innercent of But Bean con vitured on the 18 Febry last you may think I ham Guilty of the charge laid Against mee wich i ashour you i ham not. Therfor i hope by the murcy of the honinable Court And by sich murcy you will Take the Trubles of unfortunate Boy inconsideration." The reading of this document puzzled the Clerk of Ar raigns not a little. BRAZIL PAPERS, (From the Diario do Gover; RIO DE JANEIRO, APRIL 4.—A procl regency announces that there was military town of Ouro Preto in the night of 22 , ' tious had proclaimed the deposition of tht province, and the expulsion of some government, and had chosen another preen province, however, Fad openly manifested this audacious attempt, the national gt where in arms, and the authority of the extend beyond the town itself. The proclamation, will aid in the punishmei of it. The following numbers of the Diari pr.( elaulations of the Regency, and of th of the province of Minas Gerces, respect of Ouro Preto. Aram 10.—The following is the speed Regency, in the name of the Emperor opened the extraordinary session of thi lative Assembly, on the 10th of Apri " August and worthy representatives the Regency, in the name of the Etrpe' consideration the necessity of checking, by sures, the evils arising from the ruin . , which for the most p ar t const i tutes t h e e n of the empire, and, on the other hand, representations of the General Coune:l of Pernambuco, have resolved on convoking session, in which you will be especially consideration of measures calculated tt improvement in our currency. " The Minister of Finance will detail to , proposed to your consideration on a measl portance. " The RPgency, in the name of the El firmly to your judgment and patriotism, fl the happiest result will be obtained by th , " The Session is opem , d. "FRANCISCO DE LIM. "JOSE DA COSTA C, " JOAO BRANLEO MO. The inhabitants of the principal tows. raes, have sent addresses to the Governim Glaring their resolution to do their utmost the facti , in that has I , ot possession of Or eapi al co tat province. The magisti proclamations to the people. N., artempi made azainst the rebels.—Diqrio do G , 15, inclusive. GERMAN PAPERS. VIENNA, MAY 19.-A courier haq just French Legation, who left Constantinople brings the news that peace is conclud d Mehemet Ali, to whom Adana is ceded. BY EXPRESS. CONSTANTINOPLE MAY 7.—The Port consented to yield. On the 4th May, a @patched to the Egyp tan headquarters, to the Sultan was reinly to cede Adana to tributary district. It is reported that the peace were immediately signed. W e calm( but a great step towards a final arrangemer made. The sudden change in the sentqm is asst ibed to foreign influence, n ,rnely, to which G .vernment showed a great desire' might be speedily brought to a conclusion. is the state of Bosnia and Albania, whi to tear that the resurrection nib spread. Count Orloff arriv d here on the sth. arose the reports which are at variance wit that the preliminaries were really signed, which the Porte repents the st.p already tai are various other accounts of a simi'ar oat , cirtainly not without reason if some nt supposed to have arisen. (From a different Correspondent, by CONSTANTINOPLE, MAY 7.—On the 4t ing, the S. raskier received news from Boni sowed lir le inclination to comply with th , and send a commission to negotiate at that he w, s taking steps which gave reason it renewal of b,stilities; and that the worst peered unless an at reement were made. 0 1 an cxpress arrived from Prince Mdosch, wi ing accounts of the fermentation in Bosni and declaring th a Servia was in danger, did not receive assistance trom without. therefore, requested that the Porte would ei protection, or allow him to seek it else these circumstances the Sultan thought longer to delay the conclusion of peace, the last concession to his victorious therefore, despatched, on the evening Tartar to Ibrahim Pacha, to inform demand respecting Adana had been to in the Imperial Council, that he (thi ready to assign that Pachalick to Mehemet ditary fief, receiving an annual tribu e prof in timber. It remains to be seen wheth' he satisfied with this concession or make ,ccount of the tribute. If he does not, ti considered as concluded, otherwise hostii rommence, and probably with great trig° , Orloff arrived yesterday, and immediate! audience of the Sultan, to communicate the m ill of his Sovereign. Count Ord extensive powers, and the forces both land are placed under his command. Cabinet has made great exertions to and spire it the necessity of too great con , cause surprise in St. Petersburgh, and Com almost take it amiss, that the Sultan, thou) speedy arrival, hastened to purchase peace . hardest concession to Ibrahim Pacha. At A' seit tsl i de Russian troops will remain encamped at a pd Ibrahim has commenced his r e trog ra d e moor is definitively concluded. ro Admiral Roussin is much pleased at the tie have taken, and really celebrates a &ph: o ' t be cv io s fir it is to his endeavours that Ibrahim Ov e ' te eve r ' o l° of Adana, and the Sultan pace. We are , b ° .e, 10 11 most perplexing situation here, and the P ea 'ror le ii , ' effected, is al mos t a sentence of death to P ' e der e° o o k will henceforward prong its existence ottly well ,1 on Russia and Eaypt, and the Russians, a! je tlil e /1 Egyptians, show their tendency to e xt e nd the il i r c o o other countries, and especially to promote the t bc t ' s e , at the expense o' their weak neighbours. r O r o , of Europe the Porte is lust, aid all e ndeao ld be V /0 it to a certain deo, e of stability will proba bl y CONSTANTINOPLE, MAY 8.--(13; . $1) f I tti 4 Sultan yielded on the 4th to the en reatiO f t bra Paella to c,ioler on him th e a d m i n ist r tion % jet l e , " of Adana, and sent a messenger to Kiutakii cotf or telligence. T di trict is added to t e oth er by the title of a rouchassilik (f ar m). Cotinrired' iI rived on th e sth. L or d Ponsooby ha 4 also 3r 1 6 VIENNA, MAY 20.—Five per Cent. , 9 et 1 50, , per Cent., 831 ; Banat Shares, 1,214, I , meine 51 y 25. THECOLDBA TH-FIELDS MR;r 114 ,!.`" 4 :1,1 1 . , t i 3: • te r : d rwep a ets;i f rAc n e:r u tL r iiono of th th e e o p ec e a r: j or m is ( tv ,f h; h t were taken i c ti n t ;bo re % P vta , g, were Rffi : I: F r, ob l Ly e ß h oy t r,d f e r Hr o: o lt ss i , e ,ran H Fd. au ißt s : ei:::t ro i ci. r i t e l i dante were p 1 teed in the dock in which Per%tiol'-' with Hong are always put while under 4401,-00h Sir F. Roe, addressing them, said had' cei-heAnrt it was not the intention of the ' Law Offie rt% t h to prose ute the m i n t h e C ourt o f King' e d v'Lt ° o„o" had, therefore, ordered them to be bru° gh t ; 0 107, charged upon entering into their own rebil 1 1 keep the tit. peace towards his MAJESTY and I).- ;fe l ' 2 ' six months. Th e def e nd ants ave the requ- r ind were disch irgecl. g The °. A STAGE-STRUCK REGlAtEr:igi a regiment of foot in town at presenfr w v"o - i t, or e , lome noise in th e g i y w o rld, by name the ` 1 „ - f Scots, better known by the sobriquet it Pilate's Guard," from certain obscure Cl r 0i“0,4 nature, to an miginal coeval with the O'' ve d otte ° „ 'hat Roman. Be this as it may, what We ' f ierert -t the fact, as announced Hy the pliy biils of r.,d 9 1 . ,04/1 the "ffieel. , and several of the sergeant s v e t, joined tilt- corps drumatique of out theatr!tiolea A tar the benefit of the manag e r of that estahhef r i r a .hould like to know f inn head.qu ,rters how 1 1) 0 0 4 0 : soldierlike conduct is allowable in ri1de' 4 ; 11 ,10 , 9.:19; King's commission, and whether the line ( 1 1 00 - 0, 0 , - mit for " his Maje-ty's servants" 0 1 " t e l ‘ l ke, l : l ‘ e: nay he so far infringed up:in in the one c‘• fop fficer in thee , " piping times of peace" InsY s lojr ...it for amusement ti the b u s kin, the fiddle, 4-;,! .nape. Shades of G ARDINER and BtacgAP:rvilibilL .fie men who fia t t our battles ? Scottish u g . 4 17 4 Th e average of the local and t rail)i el rf 1 ) .hrtged on coals im p orted into the pt i nce 1825, amounts to about 107,000 b l e git r o t mm coutation of these duties took place jo r # .111 4 ,0 1 0 1 t Mal h e new regulation (e into operation 0. O' oy weight instead of by measure ; but sing 11" t h e duties remained nearly the same, be'" kogether at Is. Id. per too. °lji t i r i. 4,4 Lo r no.) 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