The Sun. — London, England, 1833-05-09 00:00:00

.7',ttht' co.ntradiets the news of the arrival of 1,000 l i ,''' ' ' 'i'Pm , ' A n i tl'at e' ' t Y' , ' absence from Brus itsbett.rfuuN_r i ar:Owol:F7a_li (o ` Histhe ess9lititlhT;rsrti:VtesGa!„ Gent onthe on Friday the (~ Fe satuiday ;at Ostend on . Sunday ; at .470;_;:t Court r iy \ratting through Nieuport and Diamude) on His Majesty on Tuesday, and at Brussels on 7,44, passing through Oudenarde. :saAtiel'ernirnieil by General Desprez ; Generala h t . h . e , et tv ele r , G eneral d'Hane, M. Con ro , r ' . ''e seer S, "rY, and Dr. Lebeau.—Brussels Paper s , :,„._ s •ty rwzßi .' , Mar 7 . —Letters from the Hague say, that 4.t7ca:yeketriret eorre.pondence is going on between the to si4,'inet and that of St. Petershurgh, and that tif Pru:sia seems to be the channel through th,;" e;treep,ndenee is carried on. King William, 5 1 5 1 :'ing all the losses that he has sustained duc e his tw o „ ° Years, is still expending large sums to '' k ,,, ... t o a o r t L y ' fr a e n tn d nß•inv,ys,ia.so that it is supposed that he ,t:i.h.:o4loed that Russia has sent troops towards Riga, b ou h °4 teo are to be assembled for the purpo i sif l''ce r i, i t to the mouth of the Texel, if Englani and ' i tiCer7;_ i birlk of recommencing war against Holland. bytt,, ona/, May 8. t il Pte si 1 . 41.41 1, 27. The accounts received to d!y 1 soo,.r4tlConstaniinopb, are of the 11 . 'h of April. ''ght ih'"ce that despatches from Kintakia c hi l d . tile p rtbirn's answer, accepting the proPo' a 1 i t 4,14 on o t _ aod: o accede Syria Damascus, and Aleppo, Dol t { besides Adana, in 'i 'tiv ti aathen b• , Divan -")g b • ' '• Caramania, 0 , ely ref es is marehomewards. T o h n e which h :4;4'et' tsii to agree to the cession of Adana, and a ; ti; t l il be despatched on the 14th, in the evening, 1,-;lrti'o-:Zlisi_".or,it which . was powerfully supported by a 1 ;4 1 ' o t i n, :al I Roussin. The Porte had addressed k N tith t rt 'u .3 request that the of the Russian troops and 14 1 'tf t natin in their positions till the arrival . .„ sthylia I( ; iutal 'ia Amounts from Constantinople t tiltit le',..,44 l t i a p i , ° . ll , the. arrival of M. de Varennes, and the . , " 'Le peace might be considered as good as 4 t el l „ basl'l/44414,1 prevailed here in a very extensive de gee cl ha t ,,,, :,, Or t welve days and thirty or forty thous o a n. kt i cf the"een. attacked-. 'lt does not seem danger , .iiteit Pitients ~ recovering in a few days. —Alige "Si'and 3. W, 1......................___., Aft t,STMINSTER ELECTION. ) 1 :140t. ---_______.......---- 't4 ' t he foll • yttttrd owing cl ever J Iht t , L ItY 410131 m.! 'eu d'esprit from the t, be WHISTLE. Ob '44 b 7 Sir John Cam Hobhouse after his Re. l ';i Whin le, :1 1 171 t l i ll o for \\t'estin eu ins Le ter r . d Grey ; h a ' tt t le v , and I'll com e r to e yo o ti ) , Lord Grey ; ° 1 ) 1,,,,'t You do, and whatever you say, I Pro to . ' " l e , and I'll come to you, Lord Grey. t i qh , ak 4e , 3 l o f course, what I promised before ; 4t hoi l „, .Pe, and I swear as I two , 'l , rp roi .s.,ord Althorp tomorrow shall see S° s e . !s Piecrust to Burdett and me. I,llhistle, and I'll come to you, Lord Grey , lo st aie 'er be the pledges I swallow to- a . , rev. t -A, Whistle, and I'll come to you, Lor G . 1 : 1 14: 1 I lust talk, as I've talked long enough, ll 'aJ ") d ballot and flogging, and stuff; 1. ' 4 i s ' n ' o el3 : l ', i T h el o G e r ' o l te, l an d sis w ra is i i t , t d e e a e s m e nce from me. • e Alderman Key, ‘,,histl C , and you , Lord Grey ; to I,4lhistle, and I'll come to you, Lord Grey ; , fl at ' PoNlar man, and I talk for display, ' , t at ' whistle, and I'll come to you, Lord Grey. 4,44,,,-eilble bore When the Radicals bring it,"'he,, Petitions, and that sort of thing; i lltl ' l "' k e of the hand, and a bend of the knee, il 'el will get, if they bring them to me. Grey . vy,s'.l Whittle, and I'll come to you, Lord , 3 :nstle, and I'll come to you, Lord Grey . ; , l ' il t wait till I've sent Mr. Wakley away ' Grey. ?,no „ett whistle, and I'll come to you, Lord Ihr34,' hrsished d lost are the praises you won, I lio see - an in the Times and the Sun; 1,, ligh th )0u abused Lord, at yoamily Tree, 't5511.4.,eY laugh, my de a r t o a n gst are of little importance to one :h4aistle, and I'll come to you, Lord Grey; istle, and I'll come to you, Lord Grey ' 3 lo ng a 0 0 s You've places, you, Lord Grey'. Wh...._istle and I'll come to h • tIR puNDs.___( THIS DAy • ) l' CITY TWEL V E 0' CL 0 CK. ren e , _ i h totraira .1 mail, received this morning. it . is stated of the East still occupy the attention of the t '4l;ic t i i - "ers, and that in a recent interview, which tp, tlt r e tween C e Borgo and M. Broglie, Jt4„,_the t , r-ozzo • "e question to the Russian Ainba , sidor re -11) tv4 coation of the Ottoman territory by the 0i p te t i v ~z zq di Borgo referred to the despatches hi: d c f rom Sr. Petersburgh, to show that the iii b:lreta,c overnrnent was, that the Russian troops 4 t l ti 0 . 4 ° t u b the Turkish territory untilthe final tl„. 4ll 4 ,,tlro g i i e question of Adana and O rf a. n in 1)' 1 1C'or, tb t Pressed on the mind of tie . . us_ia e. °l:4,lYtta. t ," the French troops left Belgium imin t it qlo rt ," surrender of the citadel of Antwerp. 6 e itteptNl' concluded by stating that the Russian k lire " 41 a right not to withdraw her troops till t/ Ili t t :llli t i e l re finally settled. At the end of the discus kk, loth W„. 5 1 held, and the result was sent off by Nit t o;lliia t tin lN _nrthern Courts. tt t tl, ve Papers to the 25th February, have been 'e North and South American coffee-house. w t, n • of ill ' a proclamation from the President 'Otloth'h h Jane e . ad' ,urns the opening of the Chambers .3 , 0 44 THE FUNDS• ti2ht: ll „ l 4. appear to be any spirit in . the market Ctty , Co nsols opened at the same price they left -11 ,0, t 57,5 8 , 7 1, sellers, for the Account; at present Atkotiti with little or nothing doing, and for 8 7i to ss. Puc, came rather higher on Monday from 1 %0 Par 4'1 4 ar e e lgri Market nothing doing as yet. The l ' i nitiZ i° ns to ascertain the results of the West 1 1 /, ,t e had HALF-PAST ONE. C 'r p an exceedingly blank morning for infor -41 c:4,:itical news of any d e scription, which is the 111117 i for remainin g stat i onar y, up to the present the A. t ti; Nu Market ie c i o n u t n he same state as the British. THREE 0' CLOCK. r°r the Account, 875% 'TER ELECTION-(THIS DAY h lt trit h . h . 47 OF THE POL L. ,tit h . 'rig the polling commenced at the various o'clock,and proceeded with great alacrity, b ten, Colonel Evans issonstderably a-head ell t') particularly of the Tory candidate, Mr. t I.ol l° 'iag was the state of the poll at ONE O'CLOCK. Evans liobhouse 542 tscott TWO O'CLOCK. k,vans ... n obhouse:::, Escott ...... 769 613 417 Yel CANADA COMPANY. daysnit .0/ 1 , a 'Pedal meeting of the Proprietors of Shares 'tt PlnY was held at Canada House, Great St. cii:4ttt,4r" the i s of tt Purpose of receiving a general statement of q, • " Citcnpany. The Governor, J. 15 quv'e'r'l_the Chair. "h er kt l'iur stated that, pursuant to a resolution tche4 'tat e , " 'fleeting, the Court bad been . summoned m th +t lt ' Vitd rnent of accounts laid before 13 kkk"elrtu received from Canada with t t he e acCounts. k i tiBo t4 sl e ' the Secretary, read the report. It stated t ts tt tier : ea of land by the Company last . year were n toast of I I of which 89,779 were obtained on a ►'oo. R ' ', 44 . per acre ; and 25,025 in the Huron t. - ` 4 ',.,Per acre. The produce of these sales t at 3 he cost of the land sold in the Crown ,°ttLetltt:ter%,24.oP:-r acre, was 14,2101., and that in the Lti . l ist t ent, i• The produce of sales of land, added . vit t i4 i t , "f income, make a total of 60,7001., leaving iltty to Were faro °t the Company of 35,4851. Further ntad e of the value of the Company's Pro - Seh e n ... 44 in trusts paid for, &c. The report pro tl,st ettuilgit't,anlate the Proprietors on the improvement y e l ,r uf re peal occaaioned by the influx of emigrants, 11' 4.1t ki: The et .tY and capital having settled there s Ljty 4:ipeeteplalgration of the labouring classes t k ti tto h tvt,it4h to fall off, and that of persons of respec k t l4 4 4- bt 'tt Inere "e• Toe emigration of sgrictal tit tu t Gtr4) attended with success, and the settlement '5 1%1- . e n t44 to le , t . a; w as going on ' rapidly. As Govern -41(1r s ere the minimum price of land from t 4 i 4 was anticipated that the Company 'titepett4'vroved prices also, ce the rnetelti_riagdopsetped, &rated. and after a disctsaioa of so ,1 ~~ Jesday.) of t toe. Ill !. A. ct a ,d, a so"' to ChWb promise d te t t]; id. A fter F. laid before, r his PrO 6 ( 1,04 v e per be . f u na, • king to . Laffitte d, f u nd, re tiv h ° , f l n )or_a_telOil thee of alp H fun kiug d a power 0d ty debt, 3° e rate the lLn 0 . the d b een : , u gh 004 fun d w ° "'A for m a fun'' r 'e c e eo e f m ore to tb e s :, ars ro° re eig Et ild be the h 0 r charges, ~f; gra dua ~ he 0 a u. , r oP ;c of I"if fe jit be so d i ' v or tio° , in Prq ,ac allotted to_red forma I:ote'rets r cent. .or: 0 , 0 0 deecti re bah S. 110 0 chi it ier, I v iv i c er o : oo 4 n'l t ti o e f tbe 5g g ui f °ri oof 141 0 ::°' i t rr v is i f boo° • pert . iS 0 li3to'll,e L,t t haf Si' ee v e t tio co :P 1 rs. rr , a t if c° that th;.(i l a isterl or t oa t t o o a fter • direct,e,,i giOg A r gt J O. sViagan to take, e arreP ti n lied aPr, , o. a fet' ab 3n , t ; be 4°' ig O :letic °1 10 141 g ens . 0 5 re ' t he J° s hoo f 0 0 le ilbet g gpl:i n o „ to; b o u ." pOVi vf, e"+h e A lit :" ( .d of t k ije,P A t otubld e e Pu'ioroir tbo h l' ave g tb e f o r 0 1° cta' of t h e fa se ' ild b e til e ill Lietero 1,13 ofoo3-6 _ riticE OF STO('KS THIS DAY AT ONLY 0 , cr,ocK• Bank Stock - ..... ... —7 3 per Cent. Rea s63; Ti, India Stock .. 3 per Cent Cons. ... ......... 87%% Ditto Bonds 3O 26 pm. 3 4. per Cent 94li South Sea Stock Ditto Ito! 941,614 , Old Annuities - New 3}4 per Cent 95%4% !New Ditto — 3 per Cent Ann. 1726 ... —'3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 4 per Cent 181 lO2 !f, !Ex. Biils,.Cl,ooo — 50 prn. BAnk Long Ann to expire i Ditt0........--W 49 50 pm. Jan. 5, 1869 l6 13-16 7." ' Ditto Small - . Oct. 16, 1559 16 13-16 Ditto Commercial ...... . --Pm. Jan. 5, 1860 .. , Ditto Adverti se d — pm. 5, 1880 196 April 5, ISBO — i Bank for Account India for Account - Jan. 5. 1870 — Cons. for Account PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds (1:114 Belgian Bonds 55t4 I:ritto Account 85 4 5 Brazilian Bonds 05514 Ditto Account...... 65' 5 Vz Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Chilian Bonds THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. :Peruvian Bonds ...............155 !Portuguese Bonds 5 35¢ sa Ditto Account 5354 4 Regency Scrip 4t 4 dis. Ditto Account. ..... 4 t 3 t dis. Prussian Bonds Ditto Bonds, 1822... K, Russian Bonds, 1822.., 1031.,', 3 Ditto Account — Columbian Bonds 15% Ditto Account 77. Ditto Account. New Loan (1 7 T;, ISpanish Bonds,lFl3l. 137; 1 Ditto Account.... ..... 19 1S i Ditto Bonds, 1523 IS - - Ditto Bonds, 1824 Ditto Account Danish Bonds '73 Ditto Account Greek Bond.: 32 1:: 3 7 Ditto Bonds, !S5 Ditto Account — French Rentes, 5 p. c. ,---- Exchange —f —c. _.....---:1 per cent —f —c. . . Exchange —f —c. Dutch, 9.1 p. c 45% Ditto Account 45% 6 Ditto, 5 p. c .47 , ,r, Ditto Account ...... .....s4N 5 French Scrip ... ....... .... 4 1 4 pm. Ditto Account Mexican Bonds, 5 per cer.t 25Y, Ditto Account Ditto, fi per cent. 13;4 3 4 Ditto Account Neapolitan PRICES OF SHARES THIS DATA NE o'cLoclt. 'rai T d. O Per Share, Anglo Mex. Min. Co. tiss. at 5/. pm.) XlOO IN Bolancot Mining Company £l5O 145 Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) £2l) 64 Ditto National 17!4 23 Ditto St. John Del Rey Ditto Cocaes 5 15s. British Iron Mining Company £so 114 , 4 Columbian Milling Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) 50i, 9!4i English Mining Company 1214 25 General Mining Association l2 Mexican Mining C 0......... Real dcl Monte Mining C 0...., — United Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 21. um ) 40 Ditto New SClip 5 Alliance Fire Insurance Comp lO Protector I nsi trance Comp. Australian Co. Canada Company l7 General Steam Navigation Co. Provincial Bank of Ireland 25 1B g 4 10% £1 7 0 _B% 33 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, MAY 6. Bank Stock 2Ol !St. Patrick insur.(pecShare) Consols, 3 ver cent Gov. Stock, 3',,,'„ per cent. 93% ,National Ditto — Ditto, New 93% 'Patriotic Ditto I per Cent. — 'Hiberni an Bank 72 t;ov. Deb. 3 1 {, percent.... 57 1 4 'Provincial Ditto — Royal Canal Stock ... ...... 3S' Royal Irish Mine — Grand Canal Stock — Imperial Mine — . City Deb. 4 per cent — Mining Co of Ireland Ballast Office Deb. 4n. c. Commercial Buildings — Ist of July, 1833, will be published in Monthly Parts Price 2s. 6d., The NATIONAL GALLERY OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURE, in the best st}le of outline engraving on Seel ; with a De scription of each subject, and a brief Memoir of the Artist. Under the superintendence of Mr. A. J. VALPY. The erection of a suitable edifice for the reception of tl.e Paintings now exhibited at the National Gallery in Pall Mall, and of the Sculptures in the British Museum, will serve to increase the taste for the Fine Arts ; and it may be hoped that, on the completion of the building, the Col lection will be so materially increased by donation or pur chase, as to form a School of Painting and Sculpture. To present the public with a Series of Eneravings, care fully drawn from the originals, and executed in a superior manner on Steel, is the object of this work, which is in tended to form a Gallery in miniature, on the plan of the " Mu.ee Napoleon," equally adapted to the Library or the Drawing-room. The admirers of the Fine Arts who reside at a dis tance from the Metropolis will be thus enabled to possess, is the cheapest and most convenient form, a faithful de lineation of every Painting, &c., with a description of each subject, and a brief memoir of the Artist. rLAN OP PUBLICATION. The Work will be published in Monthly Parts, price 2s. 6d., to be delivered with the Mag,zines. The Parts will contain on an average Twelve Ea g ravings. The Work will be printed on fine paper in octavo, with a Description of each Engraving, and brief Memoirs of the Artists. The NATIONAL GALLERY will be comprised in Sixteen or Eighteen Monthly Parts ; and on the comple tion of the present Collection, a Part will be published occasionally, as the Paintings, &c., may be increased by purchase or donation. Printed and published by A. J. Valpy, Red Lion-court; and sold by all Booksellers, Printsellers, &c., in Town and Country. , .., cYbe A g - ,,--:;:t " c. 4 *tin LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 9, 1833. It is reported this morning in the Ministerial circles, that Mr. SPRING RICE has been ap pointed Secretary for Ireland, and that a new writ will be moved for Cambridge this evening. It is also stated that Sir E. SUGDEN intends to oppose Mr. SPRING RICE at the next election. Should this report prove true, we shall be in clined to consider the appointment of Mr. RICE to the Secretaryship of Ireland a temporary ar rangement ; as, notwithstanding the acknow ledged ability of that gentleman, there are many obstacles to prevent his retaining the office. His appointment, however, will set at rest all the rumours as to the intended immediate re appointment of Sir J. HOBITOUSE, who will pro bably, in the event of his losing the contest for Westminster, be sent on some important diplo matic mission, a service for which his talents eminently qualify him. We cannot too strongly impress on the West minster electors the propriety of their making every effort to return Colonel EVANS to Par liament. Time presses, and they have not a moment to lose. The Committees, too, of Sir JOHN HOBHOUSE and Mr. ESCOTT are on the alert, and both acting (particularly the Tory) under the guidance of disciplined leaders, so that the supporters of the Gallant Colonel — who, by the bye, at the moment we write this, heads the poll—must, if they mean to be of real service, be singularly prompt in their assistance Of the three candidates, two are already well known (Sir JOHN, perhaps, more so than he finds agreeable just now); but of the third, who, save the Conservative Club, knows anything ? What is he ? What has he done ? What does he profess to do ? Not a soul can answer but my Lord LOWTHER, and that adroit veteran BILLY HOLMES. And is such a mockery of a man as this to be thrust upon Westminster as its only fitting representative ? The Bill for making the railway from London to Greenwich, we are happy to see, passed th e House of Commons yesterday, and will soon afford the people of the metropolis the pleasure of witnessing the practical operation of that mighty agent, steam, in transporting them in a few minutes from London -bridge to the foot of Greenwich-hill---a journey that at present takes more than an hour. When this railway is once completed, it will do more to convince our city capitalists of the true superiority of this mode of transport over every other, that railroads, by offering such temptation for the investment of capital, will soon become general throughout the kingdom. We have received a pamphlet entitled " Ob servations on the Greenwich Railway, by an Inhabitant of Greenwich," in which the pro- bable advantages and disadvantages of the pro posed scheme are fairly considered. The author enumerates all the injuries which are likely to arise to individuals from the establishment of this mode of communication ; but he seems to overlook the important fact that, although many of the common carriers and others may be thrown out of the present mode of obtaining subsistence, there is nothing to prevent their sharing, by the adoption of new pursuits in the general benefits which may be expected to re sult from the new plan. It does not follow, that because a man cannot continue to earn his bread in the way of his ancestors that he is therefore to starve ; and we are quite sure that there is not an industrious person now connected with the trade and intercourse of Greenwich who would not be able to exercise his industry with equal or more perfect success after the establish ment of the railway than now. But were the contrary the fact, what are the claims of indivi duals to those of the public at large ? Is the proposed alteration in the mode of communica tion between towns, an improvement or not ? Will it facilitate the commercial and social rela tions of man ? Is it in accordance with the general spirit for " progressing," which marks the present age? We decidedly say that it is ; and without much difficulty we will show that it is essential to our political, as well as mercantile interests—not less important to the liberty of trade, than to the liberties of the press. We do not, of course, talk of Greenwich, or of any par ticular town, but of the railway mode of com munication as it must soon be throughout the whole of England, despite the prejudice and ignorance which are still arrayed against it. It requires no argument to convince the merchant and the general trader that if he can travel from London to Birmingham and back within the twelve' hours, and also transact business there, he will enjoy an advan tage which he does not now possess. Neither will it he difficult to convince the social man that the facility of intercourse by which persons will be able to visit their friends at a distance of 200 miles in one day, and return the next, will very much improve the social relations of life. But, looking at the thing in a mere public light, need we say much to show that the increased speed of travelling will promote public liberty? In countries where the transmission of news is tedious and impeded, Governments can stifle the expression of public opinion ; but with railways on the face of the country, the defender of our liberties in the House of Commons may almost imagine that all England is listening to his speech, since in less than twelve hours it will be conveyed to the Land's End ! In countries where the general communication be tween the capital and the provinces is difficult and tedious, nothing is more easy than for the authorities to anticipate the effect of public opinion, and to cause the blood to stagnate as it flows from the heart to the limbs; bUt we will defy any Government to interrupt the course of public opinion in a country where, in ten hours' time, the newspapers of the metropolis may be received at a distance of more than 200 miles. A contemporary, in alluding to railways, says—" What has been the progress of speed in horse conveyance, compared with what is now accomplished by steam ? What a vast improve ment has been effected in the means of inter course, whether for business or pleasure, by means of steam-coaches or railways !" How delightful it is to travel at the rate of twenty miles an hour, without cruelty to animals, and without personal risk. Who that has been from Manchester to Liverpool on the railway would, if he could avoid it, ever get into or upon a stage coach again ? No lashing of poor jaded horses,—no stopping at public houses,—no risk of breaking one's neck by the stumbling of a horse or the entanglement of a rein ; twenty miles an hour without hazard, without cruelty, at less than half the former cost, and with au important economy of time ! Oh ! that railways covered the surface of the land ! One might breakfast in London, and dine in Liverpool; or breakfast under the towers of Notre Dame in Paris, and sup near St. Paul's go to Brighton or Oxford for an airing before dinner, and return in time for the soup as easily as we now attempt to procure an appetite by walking in the Park. It would be seen by our Parliamentary report of Tuesday that Lord ALTHORP altered his plan of a graduated duty on advertisements to a fixed duty of one shilling and sixpence. Under all the circumstances we think this an improvement ; but it has been considered rather extraordinary that neither Mr. COBBETT nor Lord ALTHORP, in the recent discussions on the stamp duties, alluded to the newspaper stamps. Mr. Con- BET T, it is said, does not take quite so much interest in the reduction of this tax as some of his literary colleagues in the House of Commons ; but nothing has transpired to indi cate the slightest hostility on his part to the proposal made by Mr. BULWER for its total repeal—a proposal, in our opinion, altogether absurd ; and although Lord ALTHORP care fully abstained from any allusion, it is not fair to infer that he has forgotten the pledges which he gave when he came into office, and that he has determined on continuing so odious an im post, merely because the reduction of it would not, in his opinion, give relief to the indus trious classes, whose condition he wishes, much to his credit, to see improved. We think both Mr. COBBETT and Lord ALTHORP must, upon reflection, admit that, however important the reduction of the stamp duties generally would be to the middle and lower classes, the reduction of this particular tax would be a boon to the industrious man, which he would acknowledge with gratitude, and which woi:id be attended with the best possible effect. Of late years, mental occupa tion among the industrious classes has become general, and a newspaper is now almost as essen tial to the poor man as to the rich. Such, however, is the price of a newspaper, from the enormous amount of the stamp duty, that the tradesman must frequent the public-house for the purpose of reading it, and the poor man can only snatch a glimpse of it at the coffee-shop. Were the price lowered by the reduction of the stamp duty, the tradesman would be able to pur chase a paper, and he would lend it, after read ing, to his poorer friends ; or five or six poor men, subscribing together, could take a daily paper themselves. As newspaper reading is the best for general information and improvement to those whose time does not permit them to read works of science, the more it is thrown open to the public the more effec• tually will their true interests be served. It is of high importance that the poor man should be relieved from the taxes which press materially upon his bodily wants, but it is of equal im portance that every facility should be afforded to him to provide food for his mind. As a general impression has got abroad that the Government have no longer a desire to re duce the taxes on knowledge—an impression grounded on a foolish supposition that an article in a Ministerial Paper, in defence of those taxes, was from the pen of the LORD CHANCELLOR, it is only fair to Lord ALTHORP to state that he has expressed himself as anxious for their reduction as ever, but that the state of the re- venue (as he asserts) prevents him. Of all taxes, those on knowledge are the most injurious to the interests of society, and moss discreditable to a free Government. A recen writer, alluding to the newspaper duties, says,— " The heavy duty on newspapers, whether considered as a source of revenue, or, in its injurious tendency. to restrict the diffusion of intelligence, is the most objection able part of our fiscal sys - em. A fourpenny stamp. on an article which sells for sixpence, is a tax of 200 per cent. Some of the weekly papers endeavour to evade this onerous impost, by selling a I irger paper at a higher prke, which reduces the per centage, the duty not being an ad valorem one ; hut they are subject to the disadvan tage of a more limited sale, owing to the higher price of their publi:•ations. " A reduction in the duty would be more than compen sated by an increase in the circulation of papers ; hut then the object of the Government has been not so much to realize revenue as to control public opinion. Our limits do not admit of our treating this subject so fully as it de serves ; nor is it necessary, after the able and conclusive exposition it has undergone in other publications ; we shall, however, submit a few brief observations :-1. On the influence of the high stamp duties on the state of the newspaper press. 2. On the consequences of restricting the sale of cheap political pamphlets, subjecting them to the same duty as the regular journals. Our arguments will be addressed to those who feel an interest in social improvement, not to those who seek only to thrive by abuse and oppression. " The first and most obvious effect of the high duty is, by enhancing the price, to curtail the benefit of news papers, whether as the source of innocent amusement or useful instruction, to the more opulent classes. But the newspapers depending for support upon what may be termed the proprietary of the country, they will, of course, be conducted on such principles and in such spirit as is likely to be most agreeable to the interests, the prejudices, and passions of their subscribers. Hence the predominant character of the press has been A APUOCRATIC : and it seldom compromised the favour of its chief patrons by the fearless exposition of any political abuse, superstitious error, commercial or chartered privilege, private vice, or public oppression, in which they were especially interested. " But the press being under the influence of the opulent, it leaves the indigent, as we shall term them for brevity, without protection. They may be calumniated with im punity, as they often are ; their motives, views, and con duct may be distorted, and they have no effective means— no organ—by which they can set themselves right with the community. Hence it is that the great mass of so ciety—the industrious and trading chases—those numerous and useful orders which constitute the bone anal muscle of the social state—are no more represented—their interests are no more maintained, by the daily journals, than they are by the Commons' House of Parliament. " Of late years a great deal has been said of the advan tages of commercial freedom and unrestricted competition; but is a monopoly of knowledge less pregnant with miss chief than a monopoly of corn or other article of general consumption ? The exclusive privileges of Oxford and Cambridge have been objected to as well as of the Bank and East India Company ; but how does it happen there is so little outcry against the Press? The reason is obvious enough ; the press is the common crier ; but, though loud and prompt in proclaiming the abuses of others, it has been marvellously silent concerning its own. How much the monopoly of the great brewers was reprobated, even by most of the journals; but the public injury, from this source, was limited and unimportant. contrasted with that originating in the monopoly of the press. 'No doubt the beverage of the people was diluted and adulterated, but this evil, at the worst, was local in its effects ; it was not like the press, whose despotic authority is not limited to the metropolis, nor the provinces, nor even the empire, but extends to every corner of the globe." It is impossible, we think, to controvert this reasoning. That the Press is essentially aris tocratic, whatever it may be in practice, cannot be denied. It would be inconsistent to continue a tax which prevents the diffusion of political infor mation among the industrious classes, after having, by the Act of Parliamentary Reform, admitted them to an exercise of the elective franchise which they can neither understand nor appreciate, ex cept by the expansion of intellect which is pro duced by the labours of the Press. One of the arguments urged by the Tories against Parlia mentary Reform, was, that the people were not sufficiently enlightened to possess it with safety to themselves or to the State. A Liberal Mi nistry has declared that, up to a certain point, the objection was vain; yet the Tories are not altogether wrong in the argument which they use. Utile means of enlightening the public be withheld or so 1 shackled as to be unavailing, a portion of the electors must be comparatively unenlightened. It is the duty, therefore, of the Government to give every facility for the diffusion of knowledge, with the double view of making the present electors ac quainted with the nature and character of the duty which they have to perform, and of prepa ring the way for that enlargement of the con stituency, without which good government cannot long be carried on. Indeed Lord AL THoRP cannot, without dishonour, abstain from redeeming the promise which he held out of a reduction in newspaper stamp duties. For the reduction proposed in the advertisement duty, the Press and the public are very grateful ; but they would be much more so, as Mr. HUME suggested, if the duty were only one shilling. However, let us try the proposed reduction for one year, and the improvement in that branch of the revenue may induce Government to make a further reduction. We have received a file of the Oporto paper (Chronica do Porto), to the 28th of April. The private letters from that place have, however, anticipated everything of interest in the papers. The discussions on the different subjects brought before the House of Commons last night are so condensed in our report to-day that we deem it unne cessar y to g i ve an y abstract of them. There are, h owever , one or two points to which we wish to di rec t th e a ttention of our readers. The fist relates to a petition, pry• sented by Sir EDWARD CODRINGTON, from the watermen of Gravesend, praying to be heard by counsel against the Gravesend Pier Bil'. We remember the time when there was not a steam-boat upon the river, and the visiters of Gravesend did not amount to as many hundreds as they now do thousands. For some years past, the boatmen have been reaping a rich har vest from the steam-boats, but many serious acci dents having arisen, many lives having been lost, by the passengers being obliged to land in the small boats, it is too much for them to come for ward and oppose an improvement which is called for by the wants of thousands. Doubtless, al' must lament the temporary distress they will suffer before they turn their labour into a new channel ; but all improvement tends not only to increase the comforts of those actually living, not only to give them security for their lives, hut to produce means of living for more than before existed. The Gravesend watermen cant)° , therefore be allowed to stop that which will save many lives, and afford a livelihood to many, in order that they may continue to land passengers in an inconvenient and dangerous manner. We are not surprised that Sir EDWARD CODRING TON should sympathize with these poor men, but we are surprised that he should al.tempt to support their cause by a misrepresentat;,on of the fact. He stated that the ,pier would endanger the navigation of the river, and compared it to a projection which the Admiralty were putting a stop to at Woolwich. Now the projection at Woolwich is solid, and might cause an accumu lation of gravel, mud, &c., but the pier at Gravesend, as he very well knew, is to be built on iron stanchions allowing the flux and reflux of the tide. Besides, a projection where the river is not many hundered yards wide is one thing, and a pier where it is a mile wide is an other. No official confirmation of the reported treaty of peace between the SULTAN and the Pacha of EGYPT has arrived at either of the Embassies. Despatches have been received by the French Ambassador, by estafette, from Paris; and we understand that the Austrian Ambassador has also despatches from Vienna of a recent date, but by neither has any confirmation of the report in question been received. We understand, however, that notwithstanding the time that has elapsed since the news first arrived, and during which some confirmation of it might have been expected, the account is considered probable, as the commercial couriers from the East are gene rally more expeditious than those of Govern ments. It does not appear, however, that this news, as brought through a commercial channel, was derived from anv official source in the first instance. The accounts from Paris, received this morn ing, come down to Tuesday. The chief topic of foreign interest was the state of Turkey, some of the political quid nuncs doubting whether hostilities would not be renewed be tween the SULTAN and IBRAHIM. The only domestic news of interest was a project of M. ilumANN's, the Finance Minister, to render the French sinking fund more efficient It created some sensation on the French Stock Exchange, and caused a slight rise in the funds ; but it is only a temporary measure, intended to operate till a more extensive plan for reducing the Five per Cents. is brought forward next year, or whenever the Ministers are able. We stated yesterday that a communication written by one of the agents of our Govern• ment in Portugal, and reflecting strongly on Marshal SOLIGNAC, had been addressed to an official person here, and subsequently inserted in a morning paper. It is but an act of justice to the writer of the letter to say, that it was not intended for publication, and that when the censure was passed upon Marshal SOLIGNAC for not marching at once against the enemy, the writer was not aware of the intrigues which were going on to prevent his assuming the frAisive. A new mineral has recently been discovered in the island of Corsica. It contains particles of gold, ann some vases that have been made of it, fiorn the brilliancy of their polish and the beauty of their colours, resemble enamel. The Medical Journal of Hufeland, published at Berlin, states that Belladonna is a preservative against fever. This effect was first discovered at Leipsic, and has since be?n confirmed by repeated experiments. WILTSHIRE SOCIETY.—The seventeenth anniversary of this society, the object of which is to apprentice and assist in establishing in business the chil dren of poor parents from Wiltshire, residing in London, was yesterday celebrated at the Albion, in Aldersgate. street. The meeting was not so numerously attended as on former occasions; but the company, amongst whom were-the Duke of SOMERSET (the chairman), the Earl of KERRY, Sir JOHN ASTLEY, M.P., J. BE rarrr, Esq., M.P., P. 111yruuarr. Esq., M.P., J. ?ham), Esq., ALP., tl e Hon. T. HERBERT, M.P., L. WADHAM, Esq., M.P., M• GORE, Elq., M P., Sir A. MALLETT, Bart., Major. General PEACHEY, and many other persons connected with the county of Wilts, was of the first respectability. The Noble Chairman, in the course of the evening, took occasion to advert to the progress of the society and the state of its finances, which, from his Grace's statement, and from the report of the treasurer, are in a prosperous condition. Amongst many other toasts which were drui.k by the company, the health of Sir JOHN CAM Hosnouse, who was announced as chairman for the year 1834, was rapturously received. HIGHGATE ARCHWAY COMPANY.—A general meeting of the proprietors was held on Tuesday at the Auction Mart in the city, to take into consideration the affairs of the Company, and the state of the Archway. which has been alleged to be in a condition requiring ex tensive and expensive repairs. SALMON FISHING.—We regret that the salmon fishing on the Tweed still continues very unpro ductive; this week, however, salmon is selling at Is. 6 ,1 . a pound, and trout at 91. and 10d. —Berwick Paper. A LUNATIC BURNT TO DEATH. —O Friday last smoke was seen to issue from one of the win dows in the room of a patient, named CHARLES Seznii!rt sox, in Lincoln Lunatic Asylum, who had been stttrn: fire to himself. Although the fire was enclosed by fences which seemed to prevent the possibility of access, yet tht wretched lunatic had contrived to effect his purpose. hi explained that, having twisted a number of pieces or paper, and inserted them one within the other till they reach.° the length of two feet, he had insinuated them through of under the bars of the range, and procured a light ; that then unbuttoned his coat and waistcoat, and fired his liner near the breast. The poor creature lingered till Tuesday ; he showed great insensibility to pain, and it appeare doubtful whether he would ever have made his dreadful si tuation known had it not been discovered. An inqut.o was held upon the body, awl a verdict to the effect that ht destroyed himself in a state of lunacy was returned. 11. was 63 years of age, and bad been for five months in tl.. Asylum,—Boston Herald. KING'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) DETNEREDGE V. MATTHEW AND ANOTHER. This was an action for an illegal distress. It appeared that the plaintiff, in September, 1831, tank a house in Peter street, Westminster, at a rent of 521 , which he in.. tended to let out in lodgings which he calculated would lroduce him about IL 15s. a week. He empltyed a bricklayer to do some repairs to it, and had actually !et s.ime portion of the house, when the defendants made a seizure of the few fixtures in the house for an alleged arrear if IS/. rent, turned the lodgers out of the house, to , k possession, and had retained it ever since. The pla;, iir •iaitned 112/ lb. 6d., by way of special damage, being the value of the fixtures, the money paid for repairing, and the suppo se d l oss by depriving him of le t ting t h e lodgin gs s i nce t h e d e f en d ants h a d t a ken forcible pos,es 'ion ; b es id es wh i c h h e c l a i me d compensa tion for being fire:l4y d e p r i ve d o f t h e prem i ses . The SOLI CITOR •G ENERAL an d M r . C o SivN conducted the case fur th e pl a i nt iff, and Sir J. SCARLE/7 that for 'he defendants. The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff 40s. THE KING V. ROTHERHAM AND OTHERS. . _ Mr. KELLY (with whom was Mr. EDEN) stated the ca , e for the prosecution. h was an indictment at the .nstar,ce of Charles Burgess, a licensed victualler on Saf fron-hill, charging the defendants, Charles Rotherham, Fleury Rotherham, and George Marriott, with assaulting him. The circumstances under which the assault took Mace, as would be proved by the wiinesses, were thae All the parties were licensed victuallers; and nn the 27tit June last they dined at the Mermaid Tavern, Hacknsy, where' he annual licensed victuallers' feast took place. touriti the evening, the prosecutor being introduced by a cornni4 friend to the defendants, they all sat together and draws'', same wine. In the course of conversation the subject of their trade was introduced, when the proaectitoc 2xpressccl dislike to such a topic, as he had intended himself that day. That produced an observatioii Mr. IL. Rotherham, " that the prosecutor had, whiic the service of a Mr. Wilson, paid for his clothes out u.f Mr. Wilson's till," to which the prosecutor gave the lie, accompanied by an oath. Rotherham then rose up, and gave the prosecutor a blow in the eye. A scuffle after wards ensued in which all the defendants fell upon the prosecutor and beat him very severely. The consequence was, that he had two black eyes, his lips cut ih two places, and his ankle was sprained. The Learned Counsel was proceeding to call his witnesses when our reporter left. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS PAY.) This Court was occupied the whole of the forenoon hi cause of no great interest, and which was unfinished wind irter left. our rei THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY) HAY MARKETS.—(At per Load of 36 Trustc3.) CUMBERLAND. Supply moderate, trait rather dull, and ptices statitluary. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay .q 10 to i 2 15 gew Meadow Hay 0 d 0 0 Useful Old Ditto :3 . 5 3 IS Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 15 4 0 Glover 1 - lay 4 5 b 10 Oat Straw £1 Bto£l 10 I Wheat Straw 110 1 13' SMITHFIELD. supply tolerably good, trade dull, and prices stationary. Coarse neAvy Lowiano Meadow Hay co £3 0 *lew Meadow Hay 0 0 0 n Useful Old Ditto 3 0 I, Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 15 Clover Hay (extra fine)... .£5 0 ..Generally ),tt Straw £1 4to £1 61 Wheat , 4 traw Her MAJESTY held a drawing-room this day, at two o'clock, at St. James's Palace, which was most numerously attended. His Royal Highness the Duke of ORLEANS was presented to her MAJESTY r y Prince TALLEYRAND. His Serene Highness the Duke of BnuNswiex also came in one of the state carriages. A grand dinner will be given in the evening at the Palace. Clyde, and atsh this i is se y a e s a c r m , the last, we may apbreos:tritt Then a oe r r rr c yt h hfi a rrej r eed show k t s a olfa t tb h elr e ostshoamn an ticipateo a large crop of fruit.—Edinburgh Advertiser. There is now being cultivated in Sweden thn p lant called by Linnaeus the Astraqnlus bastecus, which is found to be a complete substi , ute for coffee, and begins to be much lased as a beverage in that country. It en= lures the coldest climate, and D:. BAYREIANIAIER. of Wurrzhoutg, offers to send gratuitously 100 grains to ail who wish to cultivate it, and will communicate to him the results of their management. The Westminster Sessions commence this lay, and those at Clerkenwell and the Old Bailey on Mot ,, day and Thursday, in the ensuing weak. THE INFLUENZA.--This epidemic, which is now prevailing to a great extent in most of the princi ' oal towns in Britain, has at length given unequivocal indications of ire arrival in Whitehaven. In the course of t`-e present week a great number of cases have occtirtee4 The symptoms are so well known, that it wou!al be usE- His to enumerate them, being merely those of a common cold with fever.— Tnitehaven Herald. OLYMPIC THEATRE.--Last night the exika company of Covent-garden commenced its speculative ad venture at this small oof a theatre. It met w 1 ,12 such a cheering reception as &one can afford it cons«lation under a misfortune which, at the parti(ukr moment of its occurrence, could least of all have been expected. The company sang the national an hem, after which Mr. WARDE spoke an opening address. It was in verse, written by Mr. SHERIDAN KNOWLES, without much affectation of poetry, but pithily, and to the purpose, ire a., much that almost every line was cheered. The Infe of Mantua was then performed, and it, at least, must I e idmitted to have gained by the late change. The %O.'', rAgedy was constantly and enthusiastically applauded. It was followed by the Nabob for an Hour, in which our comic friends were not the less amusing from grinning through this their horse-collar of a stage• We understand that the Duke of DEVONSHIRE has, with a liberality which does him the greatest honour, and which should be men • timed, engaged one of the private boxes in this theatre. , Inder its present circumstances, for the remainder of the won. _ The following Noble and distinguished per. scrooges paid their respects on Tuesday tl the Prince Royal of FRANCE, at Grillon's Hotel, Albernarle-street:— Princes PAUL LIEVEN, and CIMITELLI ; Marquises WIN CHESTER and RAEMICLLA; Earls ROSEBERRY, LIVERPOOL, DENBIGH, AMHERST, JERMYN, CADOGAN; Lords MAY-. NARD, STEWART DE ROTHSAY, DILLON, FARNBOROUGH, ELPHINSTONE, WILLIAM PA ULETT ; Sirs GEORGE MUR RAY, CHARLES DALBIAC, ROBERT WILSON. GORE OUS LEY. His Royal Highness, attended by Colonel TAYLOR, in the forenoon, went to view the London D , cks; the evening he was at Prince TALLEYRAND'S second grand d nn r, in Hanover square. The Duke of BUCCLEUCII is confined at his seat, Broughton House, in Northamptonshire, by an attack ..f influenza, which prevented his being present at the grand dinner given to the Knights of the Thistle, yester day evening, by his MAJESTY. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when the filowing ships were taken up for a voyage to Cuina and North America—vie., Elizabeth, Moira, and William Money, and ordered to be afloat on the 15th instant, and to sail from Gravesend at the expiration of 20 days from that date. The St. Kill's Advertiser announces the re ceipt of intelligence from Grenada, stating that Sir JAMES CAMPBELL, the Governor of that Colony, had received a notice from the Secretary of the Colonies, that from the Ist of April his office of Governor would cease, and that he would be succeeded by a Lieutenant-Governor. It was generally understood that a sitnilar course would be pursued with other of the Leeward and Windward Islands. n n g one of bu a t MaidenA nlrstheimz, replied being it tskweads one h e e a tmwehai which rem he prisoners were to be tried. FATAL DUEL.—A Dublin letter of Satur dayshot in a duel, was found in the Sally Fields, near Porto mention' that the body of a young maHynsurgical fihßnsGaotduindlbKhdeeleine:n. student, n t ri r e e aler l ied :pE O tola ra w oEiNIq established andvvcy TlheEher,er eonwop na r proved tvohesfetel seconded (n o :di de b r od. e n\ bl a sy. r. county of Tipperary ; and his second was the Hon. Mr. WHITE. His opponent, who fired the fatal shot, was a The cause of quarrel arose a few nights since, at a tavern Italian music is dispensed, and the young blood- oa town regale themselves with coffee, wine, and segara. A general r,,w occurred on the night in question, when the decea.,ed suggested to an ex-student in Trinity C 'liege, who w a ' his opponent in the duel, and with whom he bad student said, " I do not know you, Sir." Mr. WHITE acquaintance, the propriety of putting an end to it. fhe became indignant at being thus cut;" abusive lanargiu.a•le was used en both sides, and ultitaatriy iti,u%svruts a e h 1 g o ed that the important dispute, which has t presence jnne . r ! thie Maker, should e trThe deceased, who h ul thec t e e t d c reputation i ei a crack shot, was of extr e n ely iau honourable n , Tla, principal and ve t nd- av bd preposs essing appears netted man i of o be t i l g e absconded. \\\\\ > > ,