The Sun. — London, England, 1839-05-15 00:00:00

P.VRN'ING ED fTION. THE tRA NEWSPAPER AND THE LICENSED VICTUALLERS. AT a MEETING of the DEPUTIES o th e LICENS'F.D VICTUALLERS of 'A lanchetter Halifax Strood Liverpool Warrington Wort e - ter Birmingham St,ckport Rochester flristol St.-Mold Oldham Leeds Wigan • Bath Hull Bradford Macclesfield Por tsmouth Bolton Maidstone Huddersfi e ld Chatham Ashton-under-Lino Br'clidale W a k e fi e ld held in London on the Bth inst., it was resolvad, " That th e un b oun d ed thanks of the Deputies are due, and ;'! . e now given, to Leitch Ritchie, Esq., Editor of the Era, fur 'us zealon i and judicious advocacy of their interests in his paper." " Th a t t h e D eput i es having found " The Era " a mo,t va luable centre of communication for the trade, and an efficient a dvocate of their views, hereby express their entire confichnce uto that p aper, and pledge. themselves to use their influence in idually, in their res p ect i ve t owns , f or t h e i ncrease o f it s cir ation ; and they call publicly upon their brethren, the Li censed Victuallers of England, to take in" The Era," and thus has th e i r appro b at i on of t h e fearless and judicious support i t "as given, upon üblic rounds to their cause. And that Mr. Ritchie ' p g ' be auth or i se d t o puhlish these resolutions throu'hout the country. (Signed) " R. BRYDEN, Chairman. ----_ " JOHN SUTCLIFF. Sec." I_IIS Majesty the EMPEICUK ut RAMS' having A UTHORISED and GUARANTEED t 'Tveral DISTRIBUTIONS a MONEY, which (though "7 are NO LOT I'ERIES), o ff er many poss ibili t i oo et übtaininw LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BRO NIERS at HAMBURGFI, tre NOW SELLING SHARES for any of the said DIS TRIBUTIONS of MONEY. Perscns desirous to purchase n„ y receive, PREVIOUS to giving any order, the PROS CTUS and PARTICULARS, upon addressing, WITH ()UT DELAY, a line to HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGH. S. Tito 'text Distribution contains portions of 3,5001., 7,0001., and 24,000/. BE his day being VERY NEAR, NO TIME IS I° LOST for those desirous to isecome shareholders for THIS NEXT DISTRIBUTION. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. The Public is respectfully informed, that the P RESENT MANAGEMENT WILL TERMINATE WITH THIS SEASON ; The followin , - , Programme is therefore given of its hal ar ra!gements the S tandard Plays, .as brought out at this Theatre, will e a th be performed once more, via. : THE TWO FOSCARI, lON, aid 'WERNER. THIS EVENING, MAY 16, Will be performed the Co nedy of AS YOU LIKE IT. A Orlando, Mr. Anderson; Jac q u es , Mr. Vandenhoff; Adam, Warde ; Touchstone, Mr. Harley; Rosalind, Mi ss H e l en au eit ; Celia, Miss Rainforth. After which, NO SONG NO SUPPER. g 'F P - mo w, rro oin The gs Lady of Lyons, with Inkle and Yarico, and __"):Mgs and D. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE✓. Th e Greatest Attraction is London—those distinguished Vo cal►sts Aliss Romer, Mr. Templeton, and Mr. Balfe, aided tl' a Double Chorus and Increased Band from the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Brilliant and overflowing Houses. THIS EVENING, MAY 15, Will be presented Bellini's Opera of LA SONNAMBULA. Count Rudolph, Mr. W. Balfe ; Elvino, Mr. Templeton ; Amina, Miss Romer. After which, the Burletta of NO! Frederick, Mr. H. Bedford. To conclude with the Melo-Drama of VIDOCQ, THE FRENCH POLICE SPY. LONDON: WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1839. In the House of Lords last night, after the pre sentation of a few petitions, Lord WHARNCLIFFE Failed their Lordships' attention to a Tory false hood, which i s a v i o l at i on of their Lordships ' pri vileges._ane It i s e l sew h ere noticed. This circum stance Limo' e g rtew out of th e proceedings of Lord Ro DE N's Repor of which it was said it was h o p e d a was said G y htbbe speedily pr es e n t e d, and i n w hi c h i t ante of Peers i s aterous. Duke o f R ICHMOND the attend- Viscount EnLn an explanati on to th°euißNE then proceeded to give Ministerial commotum r ' Lordships relative to the , simil th wch was given on the night before in to at the House hi of Commons. The Noble Lord apologised for not having done so th e nient before, and said he th oug ht it should first be done by those who were parties to th e negot i at i ons. Hi s L or d. shi p's explanation threw no new li g h t on t h e su bj ect, ;°t it gave us satisfaction t o l earn f rom t h e N o bl e Vis count that h e h a d on ly res i gne d t h e G overnment fr om thinki ng h e h a d l ost t h e support of those whO placed him in it, and th at h e resume d his office solely be caus e he would no t f orsa k e h er M AJESTY wh en placed in a situation of difficulty, having de mantis made on her which, to comply with, would r ~e nd er her whole domestic life subject to continual '"ge, unhappiness, and distress. The Noble Lord's explanation was received by the Peers with 'any marks of satisfaction. The D u k e o f W ELL INGTON followed the Noble Viseou n t and his speech was not remarkable for th e Clearness o r terseness which usually belong to "I'e Duke's speeches. He admitted that he thought on Tu es d ay h e m i g h t b e sent f or by the QUEEN, that he had considered of what materials to form an ` l ' d ministration, and what should be done with the I t l i ,° l lsehold. Hi s G race wa s quite clear that the Minister should have all the usual pottier over it, an d,i in fact, all the usual power was given to Sir °IERT PEEL. His demand to remove the rdies is unsupported by one single prece 'tit, and th e D u k e did no t q uot e a n y. We ec an hardly divine from his speech the exact "(tent to which he thinks the control over her ( 11 AJESTY'S Household ought to go ; but if we 1 ° not misinterpret his opinion, his Grace wished to establish a thorough controul over the Palace a nd Government as he would a regiment. In his system the Queen apparently is to be a sort of extra Aid-du-Camp of tender years and of good fa mily, who wears epaulets and is admitted to t he Commander-in-Chief's table, but is not ex -Ipeeted to d o any d uty . Th e D u k e wou ld so pro vide f or her MAJESTY t h at s h e s h ould not even hav e „ i the trouble of thinking what companions her MAJESTY like. His iron yoke has, happily MAJESTY and the people, been broken Before it was rivetted. The Noble Duke avowed himself a great enemy to female influence, and, of course, to the influence of her MAJESTY herself. A misapprehen s i on i s sa id to have existed on her MAJESTY'S part as to the extent to which Sir R. REEL proposed to carry his power ; but after *the Duke of 'WELLINGTON 'S explanation, we are con vinced that her MAJESTY'S dread was justified. The Commons, as was agreed on, only transacted Private business. The Manchester and Birming ham Railway Extension Bill was read a second time after a division. The House was counted out. ------- - The commencement of business in the House of Lords last night, previous to Lord MELBOURNE entering into his explanation, was very appropriate, as establishing the honour of the Whigs, and the false charges made by the Tories. Lord WHARN CLIFFE lirought under the notice of the House a , "'reach of privilege, but he did not, as probably_ he 9ught t o have done, move to have the writer, who in one sentence violated the privileges of the Lords a nd th e obligations of morality , brought to the bar to answer fo r his conduct. Lord WIIARNCLIFFE F°l-itelited himself with exposing an act of baseness l i: the Totv Journals. He found, said the Noble , 4 1 41 , in the Standard, the usual repository for .Etrtnious f , rlsehoods, a quotation from the Man ri t ' e 'ling Mail, another Paper which is n0t0,,"8 ,," 8 for the exaggerated, which are . false. rlar, e , 6 it brings against the Irish Administra: P , headed " Committee of Irish Inquiry. . t iter reading the paragraph, the Noble Lord said N l i at the effect of it was . to charge upon the Noble a rquis opposite (NortmANBY), and upon Mr. h '''lttimmoN D (the Under-Secretary for Ireland). an attempt to keep back documents from the Corn 11_ n tee (Lord RODEN's), for the purpose of pre venting, the truth from coming out. By consult - Dg the paragraph the reader will see that Mr. d irecti n g is plainly and distinctly charged with t a witness to withhold documents from ,:'e Lo r d s . , g That," said Lord WHARNCLIFFE, t th Wa s contrary to the facts." The Noble Lord v e n completely exculpated Mr. DRUMMOND, the l 'aigni s of NORMANBY, and everybody else, from any attemptPlalned to keep back any document. Ile ex , also, that the Members of the Ad ministration had taken pains to have the do "lments laid before the Committee, which wa s so convinced of the impropriety of the charge tha t i it di recte d him, as Chairman , to bring t " case before the House. The Duke of Iticu ki"D subs eauent ly said that the documents w ere ( 1 ) 1 ' t Such a na‘,,,,,,' that Mr. DRUMMOND would ' ave ill Performed his Plitt y had he permitted tilos( ___ -. . ..:74' , !. Va... i• • - 4,.. . ...e. PS- ~.., , . ~.'46t.t,'.; - - -mviholi c . li i ~hi • ~ir • .2.0. , ,...--, -, .... ut .: ~,./ t--- ,, x C,02 ',=.111-14 • n tri . ;ou ef t It 0 i AS t • rie t , ora , Ile f o f rsh i P ; 11 Ve „tio° Ar' ir.'* for runo Ste' '. II IV ea, Of ocei t e b 4 ; Saile d '1"(;4 rd. thi c° TO • Sr „ 5 ; wow • !Sp Gilti 3begi er ' C d;s 1m~,,08 oebrr , ke. c o, , fign :04e ,i i e . : Nile ‘....(r0il • 1,.. Sal documents to be laid on the table of the Commit. tee, without, of course, special instructions. As F'nr as :he Lords are concerned the matter rested there ; but it will not, we hope, be without its les son for the public. The accusation .made in the Dublin Evening Mail, like so many others, and copied Lke them nto the Tory journals, is a barefaced and unprincipled falsehood. Now falsehoods of that kind, which the Standard, from its familiarity with them, justly calls "enormous lying," are the weapons with which the Tory prints have continually as sailed, and are now assailing, her Majesty's Minis ters. Their other accusations are like this sample, and unworthy of belief. We stated at the outset that it was an appropriate commencement of business, be cause Lord MELBOURNE, in the course cf his explanation, complained of a similar calumny from the same mint, and said he knew the unfortu nate situation in which any person stood who had nothing to oppose to such charges but his bare assertion. His Lordship need not say qiat his situation is unfortunate, so far as Tory writers are concerned, for his lightest word would outwegh a ton of their oaths. To all honourable minds, after the example we have quoted, his word will suffice to rebut all their charges, for even the leaders of their own party are obliged publicly to repudiate them as liars. The charge alluded to by Lord MELBOURNE orginated (we believe) in the Times, one of the Tory fabricators, and the public will now be able, if it were not before, justly to ap preciate its value. " I took the Red Book," said Sir R. PEEL in his ever-to-be-celebrated account of rejecting the Go • vernment of the Empire, because he could not dis miss the Bedchamber Ladies ; " I took the Red Book and saw there were different departments of the Household-1 said to those who were intended to be my future Colleagues—l said with respect to all the subordinate authorities, meaning every ap pointment below the rank of a Lady of the Bed chamber,—l said to them, I should submit to her, MAJESTY no change whatever with re spect to those." This is Sir ROBERT PEEL'S own account of one of the first steps he took, after assuming the Administration, to form a Government for this great empire. flow beauti fully specific, how elaborately minute, serving as a guide to all future about-to-be Prime Ministets. " I took the Red Book I" and after taking the Red Book the great Com moner hastened to tell her MAJESTY she must submit to have all the Ladies, on one side of a line in the Red Book, removed from her presence. Such a basis for an Administration—such a cause for rejecting the government of an empire, after Sir ROBERT had struggled for it through thick and thin, by fair means and by foul--profiting by false imputations, encouraging by silence un founded charges, • casting principles overboard— seems to us so ineffably contemptible, that we cannot believe he was serious, or that he told the House of Commons and the country the exact reasons he had for declining the task of forming the Administration. Sir ROBERT will excuse us for doubting his sincerity, and doubting his love of truth, for he stated just before he used the memorable phrase, " I took the Red Book" (and having heard his speech we can vouch for the accuracy of the report)—Sir ROBERT PEEL stated, "I had very little information of, and had very little considered the Household—l am speaking of the female part— and scarcely knew of whom it consisted." Yet hi, Administration has been broken up by his deep rooted objections_ to three Ladies forming the chief part of that body, of the parts of which he professed ignorance. He expressly stated that he could not undertake the Government of Ireland, while the wife of Lord NORMA NBY, and the sisters of Lord MORPETH, were about the QUEEN, and yet he scarcely knew, he also said, who were the Ladies forming her MAJESTY'S Household I. After this specimen of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S diplomatic use of language, he will pardon us for believing that he did not, in the face of the Commons and the country, assign his true reasons for wit forming an Administration. He told the House, certainly, the circumstance on which he had got rid of an impracticable task, but he did not tell the House and the country why he used that ridiculous and contemptible pretext for not undertaking the Go vernment. In the course of his speech, Sir ROBERT PEEL dwelt most emphatically on the great difficulties he should have to encounter. Jamaica perplexed him, Canada afFrighted him, India was a subject of anxious consideration, but the incipient insurrection at home, and the condition of Ireland abs o lutely terri fied him. He had to encounter those immense diffi cultie3 with a minority in the House of Com mons, while he dared not appeal to the country, lest he should increase the agitation ; and he was convinced that, directly he began to act, his forces would be rapidly diminished. Sir ROBERT PEEL, we have good reason to believe, was given to under stand, very soon after his first interview with her MAJESTY, that he could not rely on the support of several of his present friends, unless on conditions it was impossible for him to comply with. Though he meant to govern Ireland on Orange principles, as is evident by his anxiety to remove the wife of Lord NORMANBY, and the sisters of Lord MORPETH, from about the QUEEN, it was essential to his success not to put the Orangemen prominently forward. But they could not brook such half friendship ; and as they at once began to complain that Sir ROBERT meant to throw them overboard, he was made immediately sensible that in the difficulties in which he was to be involved they would not give him an efficient support. With the Duke of BUCKINGHAM, we have heard, Sir ROBERT had a correspondence which made it doubtful whether he would not oppose any thing like a moderate Tory Adnunktration Lord LINCOLN would have been a thorn in his side, unless Sir ROBERT had undertaken to reinstate the Duke of NEWCASTLE in the Lord Lieutenancy of Nottingham, disparag ing the authority of the Crown most justly ex ercised in the case of that Duke. Thus, w e be lieve that the great difficulties Sir ROBERT would have had to encounter, with a certainty that his forces would fall asunder as soon as ever he be gan to act, were the real causes which induced him to haggle for the appointment of the Bed chamber Ladies, that he might not succeed in forming an Administration. Sup — posing this to be an approximation to correctness, it is very instructive. First, we learn from the fact that it is, and will be impossible, to form an Administration on what are now misnamed Conservative principles. The reason, too, is obvious. So far as the continued preservation of the Church in England and Ire land is concerned, those principles involve a grievous injury and insult to very large classes of opulent and intelligent people, while the opposite principles involve no injury to any person, and only imply the extinction of injustice. Next, it being impossible to establish a Government on Conservative principles, as taught by the Press which sup ports Sir ROBERT PEEL, and he being ob viously sensible of that, he stands accused and nearly convicted of countenancing a factious oppo ;ition. He cannot form an Administration, but 'he embsrasses his opponents. He breaks up one Government, by his votes and conduct, know ing that be cannot form another. Such is his loyalty and his patriotism, and great is the mischief which his ignorant, selfish, and rash ambition would inflict on the country. But this is not all, for while he was sensible of the impossibility of achieving what he undertook, he was ready to practise on a young and inexperienced L a dy ; and had she not displayed knowledge. and judgment, and firmness beyond her years he would have broken up her Household, and involved her in inextricable &ffieulties. Such is the wily politician, Sir ROBERT PEEL. We wish, with some earnestness, to direct public attention to the manifesto, so it is called, which the Convection has issued to its constituents, and which appears in another part of The Sun. Its language is firm and impressive. Being ourselves thoroughly convinced that no advantage can accrue to any class from driving the dispute to extremity, we hope that the greatest caution will be observed on both sides. Soothing measures being far preferable to irritating "es, we can but express our regret at the measure taken with regard to Mr. ROBERTS, noticed else where, and at the measures taken with regard to the Demolrati c Society, to which a Correspondent has called our attention, and for which, as at pre , sent advised, we are bound to say we see no legal grounds. The authorities must be cautious and just, as well as firm. to see a man like Sir E A IIDLEY WILMOT, who has a character to lose, standing up in his place in Par liament to defend that which he knows to be un worthy of defence. In the case of a hired advocate, custom, if nothing else, has sanctioned the tempo rary displacement of the barriers which separate right from wrong. He is allowed to defend his client, however guilty he may know him to be, but a Member of the Legislature is unfit for his office if he swerve from his own convictions of the truth. In the case in qnes:ion there is no room for doubt. It appears that the day of a.ljournment of the Commons has been altered since Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S announcement in the early part of Mon day evening. It stood for Friday, the 24th, but it appears by the Votes of yesterday that Lord JOHN RUSSELL is, to-night, to move " That the House do adjourn till Monday, 27th May, on which DAY the ELECTION OF SPEAKER WILL TAKE PLACE." It is not one of those difficult points of which the mind cannot clearly discern the merits. Ad is as obvious to the humblest as to the highest under standing. The people of Manchester, the com mercial capital of the kingdom, wish to shorten their line of communicatio n with the me:ropolis. Instead of going round by Birmingham, they say we will make a road for ourselves, which will save us, everything considered, upwards of 30 miles of distance, and all we ask is the authority of Par liament to carry our plan into effect. Now can anything be more reasonable than this ? When Parliament has been so lavish of its powers to rail way projectors as to countenance and sanction the most wcn thless and empty bubbles that ever were blown by speculator, what brazen impudence does it not require to oppose an un dertaking of such importance, for the exe cution of which the funds are already sub scribed and ready to be paid up ! It is, we pro test, the most monstrous thing we ever heard of. The reasons, too, which the opponents of this measure assign for their conduct are of a piece with their liberality in other respects. Sir EARDLEY WILMOT, as the mouthpiece of the Birming ham Railway Company, rests his case on the injury which the Company would sustain by the establishment of the new line. The Birmingham Railway Company, says he, have laid out an im mense deal of money on their line, and if a rival one, or even a portion of a rival one, be made, the concern in which they have vested their capital will suffer. So, because speculators .invest-woney in an undertaking, they are to be protected by Parlia ment against all competition. They are entitled Of course every true Reformer will be in his place to ensure the election of Mr. SHAW LE riiiVRX. In another part of The Sun will Ise found a letter to Lord JOHN RUSSELL from Mr. ROBERTS, of Bath, the Gentleman who, our readers may re collect, was so scurvily treated by certain Western Justices of the Peace. The worshipful persons alluded to first implored Mr. ROBERTS' assistance in preventing popular disturbances, which they apprehended, and when he had accomplished their purpose, handcuffed him, and clapped him under lock and key for his pains. Mr. RotsEttrs having obtained his liberty, and being the legal adviser of a gentleman named POTTS, who, together with two other persons, has been committed to Salisbury gaol fur having met and assembled with many other persons, to the terror of the lieges, feels it his duty to represent to the Secretary of State for the Home Department the treatment to which the prisoners are subjected. Let it be borne in mind that Mr. POTTS neither met or assembled," or put any one " in terror ;" he was peaceably walking unarmed towards a meeting, which meeting never, in fact, took place ! Let it be remembered, too, that Mr. POTTS is a druggist, and, therefore, it is but fair to presume, accustomed to the comforts, if not the luxuries of life. See, now, how this Gentleman is treated. He is con fined in a cold stone and brick cell, with an iron bedstead, a straw bed, denied the comfort of a table to write upon,and the ordinary articles of a bedroom or other furniture ; has nothing but the gaol allow ance to live upon ; is not allowed to see any friend, except by. an order from a Magistrate, and then only on one side of a grated door, while he stands on the reverse side of another iron grated door, with a man standing between to listen to, and report the conversation ; !nay not receive or send a letter without the pre vious perusal of the Governor ; is on the silent sys tem, and may not speak to any one in the gaol but his keeper ; has neither fire nor candle ; may read no books save a Bible and Prayer-book ; may not see a newspaper ; is not allowed to purchase, except certain articles, and then only at one particular hour. Now, let any humane person peruse this list of pri vations—and there are others not included in it— and say whether any thing can be more atrocious than to subject a man to them whom the law consi ders as perfectly innocent, as it does every man un til he shall have been proved guilty by a jury of his countrymen. What more could have been done to a convicted felon ? —for that is the drift of the argument—to a monopoly ! These are the modest pretensions put forth by the shareholders of the Birmingham Railway. May we ask these gentlemen, who feel so tenderly for their own interests, whether they were equally considerate for the interests of others when they laid down their railroad ? Did they in terfere with no undertakings in which capital to a large amount had been invested ? Let them look a little at home. Let them consider the ruin which they have brought on canal - share-holders, coach masters, innkeepers, and many others, before they talk of the injustice of interfering with their vested capital. The French papers of Monday announce the suppression of the revolutionary movements in the capital. King LOUIS PHILIPPE is again tri umphant. The loss of life appears to have been by no means so considerable as was at first appre hended. Iu the afternoon edition of Galignani's Messenger of Monday, we find it stated that only thirty-seven wounded persons were received at the Hotel Dieu, of whom eleven died, and five suffered amputation: the wounds of all were severe. Twenty dead bodies were brought to the Conciergerie, and the Hotel de Ville. In the hospitals of La Pitie, St. Louis, and La Charite, there were about 76 dangerously wounded. On a moderate calculation about fifty lives may be said to hav e b een l os t, ex elusive of those reserved to whet the edge of the guillotine. This is a trifle, when it is considered that blood is supposed to be the best regal cement of most politi cal system s . L OU IS PHILIPPE'S system can, howe ver, boast of having almost had an annual sprinkling since his accession. His MAJESTY'S laurels ale all g athered in the streets of Paris. If he has not, IikeNAP O L EON, crossed the Alps, or made war within sight of the Pyramids, he has more than rivaled that hero in his victories over blouzes and over turned omnibuses. • We may talk as much as we like about English ustice, but what must reflecting men think of that ustice which, in cases like this, confounds all dis- tinction between innocence and guilt, and actually inflicts the punishment, and that of the severest kind, before any investigation into the merits of the charge takes place. We trust that the appeal which the prisoner's Counsel has so properly made to Lord JOHN RUSSELL will not be made in vain. We have too high an opinion of the Noble Lord to suppose that he will put the applicant off with the stage reply that the regulations of the gaol must be corn plied with. On the principle that it is better that ten guilty escape than that one righteous person perish, we would prefer seeing every gaol in the kingdom razed to the ground to the alternative of having them made the engines of such injustice and inhumanity. The explanations beins , now fairly concluded on both sides and in both Houses,-the public are left to form their opinion on the cause of the disagree ment between her MAJESTY and Sir ROBERT PEEL. The organs of the disappointed party, speaking in their mildest language, attribute the cause to a misapprehension on the part of her MA JESTY, and to a conviction that it was the intention of the Tories to remove all the Ladies of the Bed chamber, and possibly also to claim the power to remove even those who held inferior stations in the Household. This is the point at issue, and on it the whole question of the break-up hinges. Sir It. PEEL denies that such was his intention, declares that there was a misapprehension on the part of the QUEEN, and Lord MELBOURNE admits that this impression on her MAJESTY'S mind, from what had since transpired, must have been "erroneous." Why? Because Sir ROBERT PEEL " distinctly stated that no such intention existed, and he was entitled to full credit for the truth and accuracy of that statement." Lord MELBOURNE'S admission springs entirely from the assertion of Sir ROBERT PEEL. Does his Lordship hint at any other reason ? Does he venture to sad• that a Tory Cabinet would not have exerted the power demanded to such an extent, if necessary, or does he express the faintest belief that her MAJESTY is not still fully convinced that her first impression was the right one, and that there could The .Monileur of Monday contains the official list of the New Cabinet formed by King Louis PHILLIPPE, not in the first hour of victory, as we stated in our Morning Edition, but in the midst of the alarm pro duced at the Tuileries by the revolutionary outbreak of Sunday evening. It has certainly all the - marks cf tre pidation about it. There is not such another piece of political mosaic in Europe. lt is as follows : Marshal Souvr—President of the Council and Minister for Foreign Affairs. General-sat:. War. Admiral DcfrEnnEMarini M. TESTS-Justice. M. DUCHATEL—InteriOr. M. PALSY-Finance. M. CUNIN GRlDAlNE—Commerce. M. DUFAURE—PUbIie Works. M. VILLEMAIN—PubIic Instruction. The ad interim Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Duke of MoNTLBELLo, is appointed Ambassador to the King of the Two SICILIES ; and his late official colleagues are all to resume the . offices which they held when nominated to seats in the Cabinet. The ap pointment of MONTEBELLO is very happy. He has a genius Ear petty intrigue, and Italy is just the ground for him. There he will be sure to meet with statesmen and diplomatists of his own calibre, We yesterday published an account of the insurrec- tionary movement; in Paris, from three o'clock on Sun day afternoon till midnight. The following additional particulars are copied from the Afternoon Edition of Galignani's Messenger of Monday An account of what was going on was sent with all speed in the afternoon to the Etat-Major of the National Guard, but Marshal Gerard was dining out, General Jacqueminot is at Pau, and General Itampon was in the country ; con sequently, Colonel Fulmont took upon him to order the drums to beat to arms. At the same time this was done spontaneously by several legions of National Guards. The post in the Marche St. Jean was attacked, and one of the soldiers killed; and we understand that four were killed at the post of the Palais de Justice, besides the officer. A superior officer of the line was at a later hour wounded in the heel by a ball. Among the gunsmiths' shops for cibly entered, nearly all those on the Quai de la Megis aerie, and that of M. Armand, in the Rue du Roule, are to be counted. The r ipidity with which the barricades were formed was wonderful, and the most formidable was that at the corner of the Rue aux Fern in the Rue St. Denis. It was constructed of tables, shutters, planks, and baskets, brought from the Marche de Innocens. The damage done to the stalls in this market is very great, nearly all of them having been carried off. The Halle au Poisson, &c., is also much injured. At nightfall several litters bearing wounded men were seen in the immediate neighbourhood of the Porte St. Denis . Most of the theatres remained shut. That of the Varietes uas opened• but before eight o'clock it was cleared again . The Opera and the Theatre du Pa lais Ro y al were th only ones that continued their performances. It is rat de that warning had been given in the morning to the Prefect of Police that his hotel would be attacked during the day, and three o'clock was mentioned. The Prefect, it is said, did not attach much weight to the information, but took notwithstanding measures of precaution, and had a quan tity of ammunition ready collected. A great many of the rioters have been arrested with arms in their hands. This morning there were ten con fined at the mayory of the third arrondissement, and six at that of the fourth. Only one among theta appears to be a man in easy circumstances. He vras taken in a cabriolet with the weapon he bad with him. An officer of the 7th Regiment of the Line sent with a detachment of his men to reinforce the post of the mayory of the fourth arrondis sement was killed in carrying the barricade in the Rue St. Denis, and three of the men were wounded. The 4th legion of the National Guards had one of its Grenadiers dangerously wounded, and others of the Guards were more or less so. On the Place des Italiens, close to the Boulevard des Italiens, Lieutenant-Colonel Pelion, Aide-de- Camp to the Minister of War, was attacked, about nine o'clock yester day evening, by a small party of insurgents, and wou..ded by two shots fired at him. The Dukes of Orleans and Nemours, attended by a numerous staff, at an early honr rode along the line of the Boulevards, and through the central quarters of the capital. We have no accurate means of ascertaining the numbers killed or wounded on either side. 37 wounded persons, we are informed, have been received at the Hotel Dieu— viz,, 4 Municipal Guards, 2 National Guards, 8 soldiers of the line, 2 women, and 24 workmen. Of this number five have suffered amputation. I n general the woun d s are severe. Eleven of the wounded have died. The sol diers belong either to the 28th or 21st Regiments.. The last has suffered most. There are about 76 in the hos pitals of La Pitie, St. Louis, and La Charite. Eleven killed remained at the Conciergerie , and n i ne at t h e l i ntel de Vile. This morning all the shops in the Rue St Honore to wards the Palais Royal, those along the quays, and in all the quarters near the Marche des Innocents remain closed. All the barricades have been removed, and most of the troops had either been withdrawn to their barracks to rest, or else did not appear. Some isolated shots were heard near the centre of the insurrection this morning, but their cause is not accurately known. A National Guard was disarmed of his sabre in the Marche des Innocens, and a Municipal Guard trying to get it back from the man who had seized it was badly wounded. No further disturbances that we have heard of, have occurred. The National Guards are in strong force at the various Mairies and in other parts of the capital. Being Monday a more than ordinary number of the lower classes are seen in the disturbed quarters, engaged in look , ing on, and discussing the disturbances, but, were it not that vuluable lives have been unhappily sac , ificed in this wretched echaufrouree, this attempt of a handful of despe radoes to disturb the public tranquillity cauld only be re garded with contempt; as it is, not the slightest appre not possibly be any mistake ? Nothing of the sort. The public, therefore, independent of other circum stances, must believe that her MAJESTY retains still he impression that to such a degradation she must have submitted at last, and the speech of the Duke of WELLINGTON last evening fully confirmed it. His Grace, it appears, was not very distinctly heard, but about the substance of his speech there could be little doubt ; and in order to give the ac cusing party every advantage, we copy the report of the speech from one of their organs, which re commends it to the careful attention of the reader. His Grace said,— " I cannot but think that the principles on which we proposed to act with respect to the Ladies of the Bed. chamber, in the case of a Queen Regnant were the correct principles. The public will not believe that the Queen holds no political conversations with those ladies—( Hear, hear)—and that political influence is not exercised by them, particularly considering who those persons are who hold such situations. I believe the history of this country affords a number of instances in which secret and improper influence has been exercised by means of such conversa tions ; and I will tell the Noble Viscount that the country is at this moment suffering some inconvenience from th• exercise of that very secret influence." Now, let any unprejudiced person read this speech, and say whether the Noble Duke does not to the full extent hear out the impression of her MAJESTY. The Ladies of the Household were to be removed, because the QUEEN would naturally hold political conversations with them—that is the sole reason assigned ; and would not the same rea son be assigned for removing those who held infe rior stations ? Of Milt use would it be to remove the Marchioness of NORMANBY and the Mar chioness of TAVISTOCK, if my Lady This or my Lady That (wives or sisters of Whigs), though holding inferior stations, were al lowed to remain • and converse with her MAJESTY on politics? The particular station which they filled could not alter the influence of the conversation one atom, and when the Tories were once fully reinstated they could, if they acted on their avowed principles, have turned out every female Whig politician with whom her MAJESTY could possibly associate—in 'other words, they mould have turned out every companion of the QUEEN, and surrounded her with strangers—a condition which her MAJESTY justly described as " repugnant to her feelings." The Duke of WELLINGTON and Sir R. PEEL pay a high ►ribute to the discrimination and judgment of the QUEEN, and her decidAl resolution on the main point fully bears them out. She saw at once what must be the result if she yielded, and with the quickness, firmness, and also the spirit of her sex, she resolved at once to reject the conditions. The debate which took place last night in the House of Commons on the Manchester Railway Bill, deserves the attention of the public, chiefly for the unblushing effrontery of the opponents of that highly expedient measure. We venture to say that a more indecent exhibition of self ishness—a more flagrant disregard of every other consideration, hut that of clinching a memo poly in order to fill the pockets of individuals at the public expense, never thrust itself upon the no tice of th e countr y. If we did not k now t h e dis tinction which men unhappily draw between that line of conduct which moral rectitude requires them to pursue in private life, and that which, as public men, they may pursue, we should be utterly astonished rHE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY L 5, 183 D. hension prevails of its instant repression, and the punish ment of the guilty. From the commencement of the insurrection yesterday the halls of the Tuileries were filled with Peers, Deputies, and Generals. Marshal Soult came without being sum moned, awl on paying his respects to his Majesty, said, " Having learned that musket-shots were being fired, I felt that my post was by the side of the King. I called for my uniform, and came immediately." The Marshal remained at the Tuileries till late in the evening. Marshal Clausal was also in attendance on the King. nom THE PRUSSIAN POLISH FRONTIERS, APRIL 29..._ The complaints of the unnatural impediments to commer cial intercourse on the frontier are becoming louder and louder, and the minds of the inhabitants of the frontier are embittered and irritated; for it is incredible what a number of inconveniences arise from the late measures of the Rus sian Government, and innumerable injuries it inflicts, es pecially on the inhabitants of this (the Prussian) side of th, frontier. The double, nay triple cordon, causes such infinite molestation even in the small remnant of commerce that is yet permitted, that the intercourse with Poland may be considered as wholly broken off; even the exchange of letters is almost reduced to nothing by the enormous post age. Things cannot indeed long remain in this state; the discontent increases and the disadvantages bear too heavily on Prussia, for even the greatest predeliction for Russia can not willingly make the great sacrifices that are required. We may be assured that our Government, convinced that Russia cannot renounce the goodwill of Prussia, will hold energetic language for the benefit cf our Baltic provinces, for commercial negotiations can lead to no results at all favourable to Prus-ia. It may easily be supposed that the kingdom of Poland itself, likewise, suffers by this system. VIENNA, MAY 4 —Count Munich Bellinghausscn, Pre sident of the German Diat, will leave Vienna in a few days to return to his post. It was rumoured on the Bourse on Monday, that te legraphic despatches had been received by the Govern ment, bringing accounts of the breaking out of the in surrection in Strasburg and Lyons. Hence it was sup posed by many that it was a BONAPAR:TIST conspiracy, but by the majority it was attributed to the Republican party. - The correspondent of a contemporary rates the num , ber of killed at 120. The Chamber of Deputies assembled at one o'clock on Monday. The new Ministry having taken their places Marshal SOULT announced the formation of the Cabinet in the following brief speech : " Gentlemen, the Ministry is constituted. The King has made me its President. lam confident that the names will be acceptable, as they suit beforehand the wishes of the Chambers. I honour myself by partaking of their respon sibility before the King and before the Chamber. The act of these Ministers accepting office is a proof of their devotion to the throne and to the King. We are all agreed as to our political principles, which have been accepted by the Crown. These are the free acts of a Council, which is responsible and solidaire—peace compatible with the national dignity, order founded upon law, active protection for those interests on which reposes the prosperity of the country, frankness and firmness in Ministerial relations with the Chambers as the best means of reconciling people's minds. As to myself, I need not speak of my devotion to the King and to France. I shall always he found to en tertain the sentiments of the old soldier of the empire, who knows that the country wishes peace, but a peace noble and generous." The Chamber then adjourned to wait upon the KING to tender him its support in restoring order. All the Paris Journals, without exception, denounce the revolutionary movement in the strongest possible ti rms. The Debats attributes it to the attacks of the Opposition Press upon Royalty. The Monitcur contradicts the reported death of the Duke of BASSANO. BOURSE, PARIS, MONDAY, MAY 13. HALF-PAST THREE.—The news of the breaking out of a riot did not reach Tortoni's yesterday until after post hour. Then the Three per Cents. for the Account fell to 81f. 25c.., from which thef rallied to Slf. 70c., again fell to Illt. 40c., and once more rat- lied 'o 81f. 70c. To.day, when the extent of the riotous meetings is better known, and the official publication of a new Ministry has been made, the internal appearance of the Bourse has been as on ordinary occasions, except that certain regular attendants were absent. In front of the Bourse, within the iron rails, three corn. patties of the National Guards are stationed—business has been slack. For the Account the Three per Cents. opened at 81f. 60c., and closed at 81f. 80c., being 10c. lower than on Saturday. The Five per Cents. from 11 If. 30c., advanced to 11 If. 45c., last price, a fall of 15c. For Money the Three per Cents, are 5c., and the Five per Cents. 30c. lower. The Bank of France Shares are unaltered. The Laffitte Bank of I,ooof. Shares are sf. lower, and those of 5,000 f. have not been quoted. The Belgian Funds have not been quoted. The Belgian Bank Shares 2f. 50c. lower. The Spanish Active is lower, having from 20& declined to 20. The St. Ger main Railway Shares have declined 2f. 50c. The Versailles Right Bank are 12f. 50c. lower. The Versailles Left Bank 2f. 50c. higher. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French 5 per Cents 4 per tents lOl 90 ... 101 90 ... 101 90 ... 101 9 3 per Cents Bl 50 81 ... 81 50 ... 81 60 Bank of trance Laffitte Bask I,ooof. Sl). 1070 ...1070 ...1070 Belgian Lank 835 ... 8:37 50 ... 8-7 50 S Ac ive 1:0% ... 20% ... 20 Portuguese 3 per Cents Neapolitan Roman RAILWAY SHARES. St. Gernsaio Versailles, L B 737 50 ... 740 ... 737 50 ... 737 50 LB 240 ... 255 ... 2.is ... 255 Havre Orleans .. :*i..trasburg to Bale ..... 337 5 ... 337 50 ... 337 50 387 50 ASPHALTES AND BITUMENS. Seyssel (A) 29 i 0 ...2900 ..40011 We are indebted to a Morning Contemporary (the Herald) for the following account of a revolutionary ,utbreak in Greece. Unless measures be taken to amend the policy of that most ridiculous of Royal Noodles._lCing Orkso..,the whole country will soon be involved in the flames of civil war :'—' PATRAS, APRIL 28. " The tyrannical proceeding of Colonel Feder, the Bavarian lieutenant, who has been set over the Mainotes, have at length driven the population of that wild country to take up arms. On the 20th inst. a body of 300 Mainotes seized the bArracks at Marathonisi (Gythium), disarmed the royal troops there, seized on the Treasury and Custom llouse, and all the provisions belonging to the troops and issued a notification that no private person or property would he molested ; that they had Lund that their petitions to the King and the King's Go vernment against the tyrannic sway of Colonel Feder had been disregarded • that they were subjected to the pay ment of taxes unknown to them in the time of the Turks; and that they would hold their arms until a national as sembly be called, as they had no hope of redress under the government as at present constituted. The government of Athens is, as may be supposed, in great alarm, and has sent off the two steamers with 500 troops, principally raw recruits ; the Greek corvette also has gone, and 200 men from the garrison of Navarino and Modon, which, how ever, being Mainotes, cannot be relied on, and may join the insurgents. MALVOLIO PEEL. A more eventful week for politics than that which has just passed away could not, perhaps, be called to mind. The Speaker's retirement—the division on the Jamaica" Bill—the resignation of Ministers—the instauration of Peel—the insult offered to the Queen—the redintegration of the Whigs—were ail events, any one of which, in an ordinary way, would have well sufficed singly for th e week's gossip ; and here we had them all crammed together at the rate of one per diem. They form, in combination, a political drama which will be memorable in the annals of this country. If we were called on to characterize that drama in the technical phraseology of the stage, we should hardly know whether to refer it to tragedy or comedy. So great the " serious interest, ; ' and yet so rich and abundant the " comic business." The painful and threatening incidents of the middle acts were essen tially tragic, and of that description which the critics particularly insist on, as rendering the denouement more difficult to be foreseen ; for as they apparently excluded all hope for the good characters, and gave the wicked characters full swing (a sort of " carte blanche") for the per petration of their guilty purposes, so they made the subsequent events, by which these were to be neu tralized, all the more surprising and unimaginable. . As for the " comic busi ness ," we need hardly point attention to its racy and genuine quality. A pure vein of humour runs through the whole of the PEEL interlude, which, in some of its scenes, may be considered a sort of political version of " Twelfth Night." It will be remembered how easily the self-conceit of MALVOLIO is worked upon to believe in the extent of his good fortune, insomuch that having read the letter which sum moned him to the Lady Olivia, he is at once unal terably persuaded that she means to have him, and that he is a made man. It will be remembered with what rapid strides his vanity thereupon pro ceeds to possess itself in imagination of all the more luxurious parts of authority— " Sitting in my state, Calling my officers about me, in my branched velvet gown," &c. But more especially it will be remembered, perhaps, that this foolish and presumptuous steward has no sooner persuaded himself of his possession of office, than, with an insolence unexampled till Thursday last—he already conceives himself making changes in the Household, taking to task the lady's relatives, and snubbing her familiar attendants. Sir Robert's belief in the unlimited nature of the autl►ority assigned to him_his faith in the entire subjugation of the Queen's reason to his yellow stockings—led him to indulge in calculations of power not less overstrained and preposterous than Malvolio s, and in their dramatic results quite as ministrative to the " comic business." But Sir Robert goes beyond the foolish steward in the breadth and extent of his mistake, and its conse quences are the more fatal to him from.his previous reputation for cunning. Malvolio is enjoined in the letter of appointment to "be surly with the ser vants," and to " let his tongue tang arguments of State." It is certain that the communication which summoned Sir Robert to the presence ! of the Queen conveyed no such injunctions ; but it 1 is also certain that Sir Robert acted with as much self-assurance as if it had, and was, in particular, so " snrly" with her Majesty's domestics, that her Majesty thought fit to exonerate him at once from all fur►her trouble on her account. We will not go so far as to compare Sir Robert with Malvolio, in respect of his being chargeable with incipient fatuity in this affair; but there can be no doubt that the sudden advent of office, under circum stances which seemed to guarantee its long and al most unconditional tenure, did inspire the Right Hono , irab!e Baronet with a degree of fatuous self complacency, not far removed from that of the ever smiling and cross-gartered steward, and which, mu tatu mulandis, might almost have been expressed in the words of Shakspeare's dialogue—(Act 111., scae 4) QUEEN—Where is Peel? MARCHIONESS OF N.—He is coming, Madam; but in strange manner, lie is sure possessed. QUEEN. —Why what's the matter ? Does he rave? MaßcntoNEss. - No, Madam, He does nothing but smile ; your Majesty Were best have guard about you if he come; For sure the man is tainted in his wits. (Enter PEEL.) QUEEN.—flow now, Peel? PEEL.—Sweet lady, ho, ho !—(srailesfantastically.) QUEEN. Srnil'st thou? I SENT FOR THEE UPON A SAD OCCASION. How thoroughly the last line of this dialogue corresponds with that which took place at the Palace a few days since. The reader is now made aware (if he doubted it before) from the foolish steward's own " explanation," which also confirms what everybody previously believed, that her Gracious Majesty has been indeed the true heroine of this political piece. It only remains for the MAL you() of the piece to go off with his usual scowl at the pit, and his threat of impotent malice— •' PH be revenged on the whole path of you." THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of Grain this week have been very small, and no Oats have come in since Saturday last. There was scarcely any business done in Wheat, and prices were un altered. In other Grain the demand was equally slack. Flour met very !laic sale. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. Supplies good, trade brisk, and prices much as before. Turbot ss. to 20s. ; Cod Is. Gd. to 10s; Soles 6d. to 3s. Gd. per pair; Lobsters Is to 55.; Mackerel sd. to 10,1. ; Haddocks Bd. to Is. 2d. ; Whitings sd. to 10d. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. A good supply and a brisk trade ; prices unaltered. Bcef, 2s. Bd. to 3s. 101. ; Mutton, 2s. 10d. to 3s. 101 ; Veal, 3s. Bd. to 4s. Bd. ; Lamb, ss. 101 to 63. Sd. ; Pork, 3s. Bd. to 4s. 8d ; Irish, 3s. to 3s. 6d. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, TUESDAY.—There is very little doing in the Cotton Ma►ket to-day. The sales are about 500 bales, without change in price. We have received Halifax papers to the 16th April. A Bill was reported and presented to the House of As sembly, March 26, 1839, then read a first tine and ordered to be printed in the Royal Gazette of Nova Scotia at Halifax, and in the Registry of names and persons entitled to vote at future elections for Members, to serve in General Assembly, and fur assisting county rates in several counties of the province. We understand that about thirty sail of fishing vessels (most of them new) have been added to the Grand Bank fleet at Marblehead the present season, making in all nearly 100 sail. This is a larger number, we believe, than has been employed in the fisheries in that town since 1789, in which year 124 vessels were engaged in the Grand Bank fishery alone.—Salem Advertiser. MILITARY PREPARATIONS OF THE BRITISH. - The Detroit Advertiser of the 10th inst. says—" The greatest activity prevails at Amherstburg. The most efficient steps have been taken by the military to strengthen Fort Malden. and a large number of men and teams ere now employed in cutting down the timber and erecting block houses on Bois Blanc Island. It is further stated that negociations are making for the purchase of the steam-boats Illinois and Champlain. There are now stationed at Malden about 600 regular troops and about 500 Militia. There are also two com panies of regulars at Sandwich. From Prince Edward Island papers received to the 27th of March :—" His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor has issued a proclamation, announcing the appointment of two distinct Councils in this island, and specifying the nature of their respective duties. In consequence of the Honourable George Wright having resigned his seat in the Legislative Council the Presidency of that body will devolve on the Hon. J. H. Haviland, as the senior member. " The mortality during the last'month in the country has been very great, principally among children. On the Murray Harbour Road, 13 children died between the Ist Jan. and Ist Feb., and at one time 106 families in that settlement were said to have had some of their members labouring under indisposition." TUE FUNDS. In the course of yesterday some considerable sales of Stock took place, and report says that the Bank were the chief sellers; that they sold about 100,0001. Three-and-a- Half per Cents. in the course of yesterday, and the day before 15,0004 Stock were sold for the Savings' Banks ; and these sales were not owing to any political fears on the part of the Bank, but to the Commissioners having recently purchased rather more than the fund would bear, which they have been compelled to replace. It is also reported that the Bank will shortly add a further advance to their discounts. The Bank Directors had a meeting in the course of yesterday, but the result of their deliberations has not as yet been made public. Tne information received by private letters yesterday from Canton state that apprehensions were entertained of another stoppage of the trade, owing to the unsettled state of the opium dispute. A Special Commission, with full power to act, was expected from Pekin. his also stated that an edict had appeared, stating that the shipping must for ever be prohibited from Bing Hong, and the coast, if not the general trade would be stopped. The express from Paris is the general topic of conver. sation this morning in the City. At length the New French Ministry have been formed, and we must wait to see how they will 'yolk before any just opinion can be formed of them. Consols opened this morning at 934 i Money, and 931 i for the Account, rather better than the closing prices of yesterday. Exchequer Bills 36 38; India Bonds 42 45 ; Bank Stock 1951 1961 ; India Bonds 2551 2561. In the Foreign market Spanish . Active rather heavy, 198 i ; Portuguese, shade better, 35- i ; Three per Cents 21.--1 i; Belgian 101; 1021; Brazilian 781; Colombian 301 1; Mexican 251; Dutch Two-and. a- Half per Cents 564 ; Five per Cents 1028 ,-I. PRICES OF STOCKS Tills DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 19534 6 India Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 'F3 1 ,4 , Ditto Bonds pm. 3 per Cent. Cons. 93i t 4 3 1 South Sea Stock — 3 , , per Cent — Old Annuities — Ditto Red. 803 4 .I . i i New Ditto New Syr per Cent lul,i% 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 New 5 per Cent. Bank Long Annuities toexpire Ditto 500 311 32 34 pm. Jan. 5, IWO 14% 7-16 Ditto Small 33 32 34 pm. Oct. 10, 1859 — Ditto Commercial pm. Jan. 5, 18(s0 — Ditto Advertised ...... pm. Jan. 5, 1880 — Bank Stock for Account ... April 5, 18811 — India Stock for Account ... 255 X, Jan. 5, 1570 — Consols for Account 1 ,3 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Austrian Bonds — : Peruvian Bonds Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds '4 Ditto Account Chilian Bonds I) Ws Account Columbian Bonds — , Ditto Account — Ditto Account — Ditto Metallic _ Columbian Bonds, 1824 ...30%-344 , Spanish Bonds Ditto Account Danish Bonds .Ditto Account .. Ureek Bonds...—. Ditto Accotint. French, 5 per cent. —f. Ditto Bonds, INS _ Ditto Account 'lexicon Bonds, 5 per Cent — ' Exchange. —f. —c. Ditto Account Dutch, tti per cent. 5 6 ,4 6 Ditto, 6 per Cent 25!' i , q Ditto Account Ditto Account Neapolitan — Ditto Acc0unt.,........ f ttIOES OF SHARES Ting DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. 13:1:htan Railway 17 Par Sh ne. 71,6 9 8 leirtion and klackwall Railway Manchester and Birmingham Railway l5 Do. Do. Extension lonian tate Bank Assam Company 5 Canady Corripariy 015 i cOURSB (IF EX CH AN Gl, YESTEADAY. Amsterdrn C.F. 12 4 , 14itiraitar 4S Pitto, at sight ......... ...... 12 1 ' Leghorn 30 55 Rotterdam 2U. 12 , N Genoa.. . 25 75 Antwerp... 1-1 mihurg . M.B. 13 11},i Venice Altona Paris, 3 days' sight 25 35 l'a erroo per oz. 1195 , 4 Ditto... .... ........... 3 Ms. 25 65 I Lisbon 541 Marseilles Bourdeaux Frankfort on Main; Ex. M. 151 IBahia 27 ?etersbutgh, ruble... 3 Us. 10% ! Buenos Ayres — Berlin Vienna, effective f1...3 M 10 5 TrieMe......ditto lO 6 lladrid 17 Cadiz.... Balboa .... Barcelona '3E , !4 Seville 3i';,‘ Pliihidelphla - --- 41, . . PItICI, OF BULLION, per OZ Portugal Gold, coin,,,, :0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 18 0 New Doubloons New allais (1 0 0 Silver in Bars HALF-PAST ONE. Since the early part of the morning both the British and Foreign Markets have had a heavy appearance, not owing to any reports being in circulation, but the great scarcity of money which still prevails, no doubt affecting the mar. ket ; a quantity of Exchequer Bills has been brought to market, which has caused them to recede from 38 to 32. Epsom Races has thinned the city this morning of spe culators in the Funds as well as politicians, consequently no extensive operations in the Funds have taken place. To-morrow being settling-day in the Foreign Market, the brokers and jobbers are busy in adjusting their accounts. Consols may be quoted 93 for Money, and 931 for the Account. Exchequer Bills, 38 32, 34 premium; India Bonds, nothing done; Bank Stock, 1951- I /16 ; India Stock, 2551. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active declined to 191 Portuguese also to 351; Three per Cents 21i; Bra zilian, 781 ; Colombian 30i; Mexican 25i ; Dutch Two and-a- Half per Cents., 66. The Bat;wier, Dutch steamer, has not as yet arrived, nor have we any other arrivals to announce. r—nraistmegalligem The Gazette de France announces that the daughter of the Duchess de Berry is about to be married to Prince Anthony Pascal, Count de Lecce, third brother of the King of Naples. The Prince was born on the 23d September, 1816. EVENING EDIT/ON, EPSOM RACES. (THIS DAY.) THE DERBY- BY EXPRESS. The Derby Stakes of 50 so , :s. each, - 11. ft.i . for three-yr-old colts, Bst. 71b. ; and fillies, list. 21b. Last mile and a half ; the owner of the second horse to receive 100 SQVS. out of the stakes, and the winner to pay 100 sous. towards the expenses •of additional police officers. (143 Subs.) Air. W. Ridsdale's Bloomsbury ~.Templeman 1 Farrar Craven's Decc-ption ......... Mr. Thornhill's Euclid , ......... ..... „... 21 Ran—Won Easy. CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY.) 1 1, 1AN , LAUGHTER.—George Lovett was indicted for the rnat.slaughter of Mary Lovett. The deceased lived with him as his wife, and on the 14th of March last he was seen to strike her and kick her, in consequence of sLme words which had passed between th4m. Erysipelas in the face and various parts of the body followed, of which, in the course of a week or two, she died. It appeared that she was addicted to drinking, and that this caused a predispo. sition for the erysipelas, which, however, the surgeon stated was beyond all doubt produced by the blows. The prisoner's defence was that on the day in quettion she had kicked him, and that thereupon be had struck her on the face. The Learned JUDGE, told the Jury that the gueitioes for them were, whether the prisoner had inflicted the injuries stated, and whether those injuries had produced the erysipelas of which she died. • The Jury, to the immeasurable and inexpressible 'u prise of every one in Court, acquitted the prisoner. METROPOLITAN POLITICAL SUMMARY. The Times of 'this morning speculates on the prospects of the Whig Ministry in the following terms:--" The im mediate cause of the Whig downfall was the shock frost the Radicals. Can the future recurrence of such crakes be prevented ? No doubt. it may be, by throwing off the noble author of the late " L , tter to the Electors of Stroud,* and all that section of the Cabinet who concur with Lord- : John Russell in the opinion that the time is come when tny further organic change must be resisted, and that " England cannot afford to have a revolution every year." Protest against those Tory doctrines ; eject those of die Ministry who mince their treason to the Constitution, and eplacto'tbtra by resolute fellows who for the fatted call will go the whole hog : the entire force of the Radicals will then support you and you may start as a tliorongh-going Ministry. But then what becomes of those among your supporters who agree with Lord J. , bn and the finality sect? Why, as your irregular auxiliaries march in at one end of year camp, your own veterans file out at the other, and the whole hog Government begins in a state even weaker than its predecessor left off. What L trd Melbourne and Lord John, in alliance with the rank and property of the Whigs, could not achieve, Lord Normanby will hardly effect in opposition to that Brice, even though to the Irish tail he add the off;courings of every prison, gaol, penitentiary, compter, br dowel!, and house of cor rection in England, Scotland, and Wales. Os the balance, the renewed Cabinet's whole gain is a losi." Our Contemporary then goes on to argue the question of a union between the Whigs and the Radicals, observing, however, that the Jamaica Bill will be a great stumbling block in the way, and ironically recommending Ministers to throw it overboard—" Now, then," says our Contem porary, "all is right; the Conductor blows his horn, and off you go. But what is that awkward thing that lies across the road only ten yards on?—that huge black mass that blocks the way from side to side? Another moment, and your leaders are upon it. It is the Jamaica Bill I How are you to drive over it, or through it, or round it? In that direction, at least, the Radical team will not pull. Act nobly, then, retract with candour, and magnanimously sactifice the Jamaica Bill to the altar of general conci liation." The Morning Post, recurring to the subject of the ex planations in the House of Commons, on Monday night, says :—lf the speech of Lord John Russell have any dis tinct meaning it is this—that Sir R. Peel has declined office under circumstances which be (Lord J. Russell) thinks would have justified him in taking office. This is the plain state of the case, and we have no doubt it has been very sincerely and fairly stated in Parliament; but we know the !Whigs and their mean malignity of party warfare too well to suppose that they will be in the least governed in their future proceedings by that which their present position has required totem to admit We shall still have them crying out that the Tories are actuated solely by an appetite for office, though they now confess that the Tories had it in their power DD obtain of fice upon terms which would have satisfied Whigs if places iu similar circumstances, but, being more scrupulous than the Whigs. they refused." The Morning Chronicle, in the course of a leading article suggested by the late Parliamentary explanations, remarks as follows on the conduct of the Queen : " Every particular that has transpired of her MaVgty's con duct is a pledge of its entire faithfulness. The point in dispute appears to have originated wholly with herself. It had been utterly unanticipated by her advisers. Her own strong heart and clear head have been her ablest counsel lors. From the moment when she received Sir Robert Peel with the confession of her regret at the loss of her former Ministers, to that in which she appealed to Lord John Russell for the constitutional correctness of the resist ance she had offered to Tory bondage, 136 r behaviour shows " one entire and pe, feet chrysolite." Were not political cunning blinder than the bat, Sir Robert must have seen that she was not a tool for his purposes. Faith not bigger than a grain of sand in human nature might have convinced him that her moral being was never framed to act the fllsehood in which he had planned its entangle ment. Thanks to the dimness of his perceptions, he w cut groping on to his own exposure and discomfiture." The Morning Herald is unusually choleric with. the Whig Ministry, as will be seen by the subjoined passage, which is the most temperate one to be found in oar Con temporary's leading article of this morning: --" Lord Mel bourne and his corrfederates, we repeat, have, for their own most despicable purposes, betrayed their, young and inex perienced Sovereign into a false position. Lord Mel bourne admitted, a week ago, that ha had forfeited the confidence of the representatives of the people. He returns to oCce, as he assures the world, simply in order to gratify the Queen : in other words, he represents the sovereign as being desirous to conduct the afrairs of the country by the agency of Ministers who do not enjoy the public confi dence 1 Whether the inevitable results of such an unconsti tutional course nir the part of her Ministers must aot prove bitterly repugnant to her Majesty's foelings,' the lapse of a very brief period will determine." The Morning Advertiser makes the following comments on the explanations in the House of Lords last night:-- " To the admirable speech of Lord Melbourne last night in the House of Lords, it is almost unnecessary ba direct the attention of our readers. It will be read by every one who takes an interest in the present state of the country, and by every qne it will be read with pleasure and satisfac tion. Its honest, bold, and straight-forward tone leaves nothing to be desired on the part of all loyal subjects. It was also well matched by another speech, which will, no doubt, attract the attention of our readers—that of the Duke of Wellington—who, in a sentence which we now quote, gave the death-blow to the tyrannical, low-minded leader of the Conservatives in the House of Commons : If he (the Duke of Wellington)lad gone a little farther in opposing that influence than might suit the taste of the Noble Viscount, he could not help it ; but this he would say, that he would have put his right hand in the fire sooner than have proposed to her Majesty to make any arrangement which could appear to hint to be repugnant to her feelings, in order to enable him to undertake his share in the Government of the country.' " DEMONSTRATION IN FAVOUR OF THE QUEEN.. (PROM A CORRESPONDEN r.) ROCHDALE, MAY 12, 1839.—As soon as The Sun ar rived in Rochdale (eleven o'clock on Saturday morning), bringing the intelligence of the degrading insult offered to her Iklajesty by the Tory Premier, Sir Robert Peel, a meeting was immediately called, and an address got up to her Majesty, thanking her "for having so nobly and justly resisted the degrading terms attempted td be imposed upon her—terms which would have been indignantly rejected by the meanest of her Majesty's subjects." The address was sigr&td in two hours by nearly three hundred of tho elec tors, and sent off by post on Sunday morning to Lord Melbourne for presentation. The Tories here are completely "chop fallen," to have the cup of expectation so suddenly and unexpectedly dashed from their lips, with even the promised lanti in view. The lion. W. Cowper, whose seat for the bo rough of Hertford becomes vacated by his acceptance of the Commissionership of Greenwich Hospital, again offers himself to his constituents, and we understand the Tories of the borough do not intend to offer any opposition to his re-election. The Hon. Gentleman is well worthy of the cordial support of his constituents. We regret to announce the death of the wife of Sir Edward Parry, and daughter of Lord Stanley of Al. si dericy. Her Ladyship had recently becomes the Another of twins, pnd died in consequence of the peculiar circum stances of her confinement. Several distinguished families will be placed in mourning by this lamentable bereavement. On Thursday morning fresh herrings were caught in Gare Loch, several of them weighing thirty ounces each. The oldest fishers on the coast have no recollection of having seen such herrings.—Glasgow Courier. Dr. Arnold, the Head Master of Rugby, has been preaching a series of sermons to his boys against the pre valent Oxford doctrines. Count Munster, who has altogether retired from public life, is in a very delicate state of health, and intends very shortly to leave Hanover. We hear that when Sir Robert Peel was called upon by the Queen to construct an administration the Earl of Ripon consulted the D uke of Richmond as to 'what course he ought to take in so unevected an ernergesey, asking his Grace what he would adis e bi n) Ministry. to .." I would do in case h e should be solicited to join the new advise you," replied the Duk e , d r il y, " to wait until you. are asked. Morning Paper. REDUCTION OF rOSTAGE.—SUCII is the tit' sire prevailing in the City for this measure, that a Mr.no rial to the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common 0;01161, for the use of the Egyptian Hall, has been signed by thir teen Bankers, and upwards of one hundred and thisq Merchants, Brokers, and others of the f•.rst news in the City. amours. v.., rich 'hat ate res- ;; e d was ,vver 101 0, F-7 - -1.10 ill be it the add put. ,det C. G. T. 30120 - 1 H. athelf r (r "C ' 1, 11 c ol mtr .10'1 4fri" 0