The Sun. — London, England, 1839-05-28 00:00:00

WHAT' SORT OF GOVERNMENT ARE WE TO HAVE ? (From the June . Number of Tait's Magazine.) 1 After the very decided part which Lord John has taken in counselling the Queen to resist the proposition of Sir &len Peel for the remodelling of the Household, as derogatory and unconstitutional—an indignity to her station, and cruelty to her youth and sex—he -surely could not, a second time, make over both Queen and co'untr'y to the harsh and tyrannical sway of Sir Robert ; who, like another inflexible John Knox, could see " Fair Mary weep in vain ;" nor yet to one resembling that stern veteran (the prototype of all oppressors of princes), who was once heard to say, " [letter that bairns greet than bearded men." But from this severity and insolence, unconstitutional assumption of power, or whatever else the Whig organs may please to term it, there is no immediate hope of the Duke or Sir Robert Peel receding. What then becomes the duty of Lords John Russell and Melbourne to their Royal Mistress, should they find, within a few weeks or days, that they are exactly in the same position with Parliament as when they informed her Majesty that, having lost the confidence of the House of Commons, thq could no longer, in accordance with the principles taf the British Constitution, act as her advi:ets ? They are surely bound, in every view of honour and consistency, to uphold her Majesty in the course which they have gravely sanctioned, and deliberately justified, as strictly constitutional, as well as in accordance with her dignity and her amiable womanly itselings for her favourate ladies. They are for ever tied utia from ever again consigning their young and confiding mistress to the tender mercies of the Tories, if the churlishness of the Radicals, or any other cause should deprive them a second time of the felicity of serving her themselves. They can no longer, without offence and insult, give the Queen what the Tory papers, during the Three Days' Government, so often lauded as " the manly and honourable advice of Lord Melbourne and Lord John," to send for Sir Robert Peel and the Duke, and to set her face against the Liberals. Failing them selves-rend they may fail—they are bound, by every feeling of loyalty and of self-respect, to co-operate in the formation of a Government in harmony with her Ma jesty's wishes and feelings. They have voluntarily placed theme es in this position, and cannot shrink from, It They are bound to counsel the Queen to send for Lords Normanby, or Morpeth, or Brougham, or Durham, or any noble Lord who can reconcile his public duty with due consideration for her Majesty's wishes ; or, haply, for Mr. Hume or Mr. Grote. Any policy must be preferable to giving pain to the Queen. " Keep out the Tories," " Rally for the Queen," must henceforth be the war-cry in Melt places, as well as among the masses ; and, though out themselves, the lenders of the present Government will, beyond all doubt, most lustily join in it. These .considerations would warrant the hope of an improved Govetmment, and at no distant day—the hope of a Ministry that should deserve the confidence of the nation, and be in accordance with the predilections of the Sovereign, were our slippery, shuffling friends, who are all-powerful at Court, to be judged of as ordinary men, having the common grinciples of honour and honesty. Thai Lord John Russell can form a permanent mem ler of any Liberal Administration, is wholly out of the question. He has incapacitated himself for being a member of any Ministry which supports, were it but one of those great measures upon which all Reformers are weed. He has taken his position upon FINALITY ; and can no longer be accused of deluding or hood winking - any man who dos; not seek a pretext for being duped. Laid John is, therefore, in our opinion, to be held as disposed of ; there may be more respect enter. Dined for the individual than for some of the more liberal of his colleagues ; but a Government, of which Lord John Russell, with any regard to his own cha racter, can now form a member, is undeserving of the rapport of any consistent Reformer. He is fairly out of the field. Were he even to recant his wantonly gratuitous declaration, his future usefulness would perish with his sinking character. Lord Melbourne, with all his faults, is composed of more yielding material. Our opinion of that noble person has never been concealed nor minced ; but he is a more practi cable individual, and a more flexible politician ; and one is tolerably assured that he will not obstinately persist in acting the part of the dog in the manger—neither do himself, nor let others act—were he properly balanced. The Reformers might, in short, at this time, better spare a better man. Britain is a monarchy, and cour tiers have their uses. But in the event of his retiring, he also is bound to give the Queen counsels very oppo site to those which preceded his late resignation. He (and indeed the whole Cabinet) has identified himself with that high-spirited conduct in her Majesty, which has roused the sympathies and enthusiasm of the nation " for our young and insulted Queen !" It was by the advice of the whole Melbourne Cabinet that her Ma , jesty so summarily dismissed the Three Days' Tory Go vernment. With the smallest hope of a Liberal Govern ment, or a greatly improved Whig Ministry succeed ing, far be it from any *former to lament the Tory downfall. The exultation and delusion of the country, is one more proof of the inveterate hostility of the peo ple to that party. Anything is welcome, and everything is justifiable in the eyes of a vast majority of the nation, which thwarts and puts down the Tories. The Queen is, by sudden reaction, at this moment, we believe, much more popular than in the week of her accession, or that of her coronation. Her Majesty has not, like King William, professed any inclination towards Liberal opi nions; but she has displayed symptoms of a right princely selfswil,l in what is at present deemed the right direction. She has vanquished the veteran victor of Waterloo—she has dismissed the Tories! " Hurrah for ' the Queen !" shouts O'Connell. "Rally for our Queen !" respond the place-hunting or place-keeping Whigs ; while many disinterested persons of generous feeling and no great power of reflection are caught by tie melt ing and exciting picture of youth, royalty, tender r, ()manhood, roused to resist indignity and oppression. But if the Reformers of a former age were contented to hail gospel-light even in so doubtful a source as " Boleyn's eyes," it is quite pardonable that the Radicals should exult in the advancement of their righteous cause, through the generous and amiable attachment of Queen Victoria to " the friends of her childhood " and the Ladies of her Bedchamber. It is not their part to long to sec the young Queen made over to Tory sur veillance, and Tory arts of all descriptions. One set of courtiers at a time is quite enough for the strongest and most experienced princely head. And now that the Tories are shut out from the Pa lace, probably for a considerable period, What sort of Government are We to have ? Her Majesty must be aware—for she has learned it in sorrow, within these Lw weeks, and from their own months--:that her ad. visers, though they enjoyed her support and favour, had lo*the confidence 04 the House of Commons, and were, consequently, compelled to resign. She has restored them by her Royal prerogative, but have they regained the confidence of the country ? A loyal people and a dutiful House of Commons will no doubt make very considerable sacrifices to gratify the wishes of their young female Sovereign, and to de fend her from Tory encroachment, perhaps even to the length of stretching a constitutional point, that can by • any ingenuity be construed in her favour ; but if the Ministry, overthrown by the House of Commons, acci dentally restored, and holding office merely through the favour of the Queen, persist in the same policy which forfeited the confidence of the representatives of the people, while the original cause and the attendant cir cumstances of their restoration must have further exas perated the alienated Upper House, what then is to be the result ? It requires no prophet to fore see it. If the Whigs choose to become Reformers, in deed as well as in profession, and cordially unite with the Radicals for the advancement of those objects which alone make it of consequence to the people which set of men is in power, a hope ful,.struggle may shill be maintained, and a triumphant rata predicted. But a mere Melbourne and Russell Ministry can only be re-organized to work further mis chief for the brief space it continues to hang together ; to distract and sow further dissensions among the Re formers, aultimately either to leave the Queen to the unavoidable omination of the Tories, or precipitate her into the arms of wild and extravagant Revolutionists. Were it possible for the Whigs to overmaster this pre sent crisis in the strength of official patrbnage, the de lusion about6the Queen, and mere WThiggery, the chances of Reform would be worse than ever. But—What sort of Government are we to have ? Parliament dismissed the Whigs ; the Queen dis missed the Tories ; and, if the opportunity of fered be -seized, and improved, the people may obtain as improved set of rulers superior to both— fit to defend the just prerogatives of the Crown —to unite the Reformers once more on a fair and definite basis, and for fixed objects—and to pro mote the true interests of all classes and parties. The Tories will not challenge the power of the Queen to choose her own servants ; the Whigs will not deny, what they have just confessed, that they have lost the canfidence of Parliament, and cannot longer carry on the Government. There is, therefore, no alternative. Tories cannot get in—mere Whigs canoat stay in. The time is singularly propitious for the acceeion of a really Liberal Government, or of one composed of fresh Liberal elements. It has cone earlier than could have been anticipated, and avllladut *tat fiery trial of Tory domination, to which every reflecting Reformer had made up his mind rather than longer submit to the deadening effects of Whig laxity and trickery, budding, as we have seen, tato Whig effrontery, and to be consummated, if possi ble, in the bright perennial flower of undisguised modern hi tg er Y — i. e., Finality—flourishing throughout the r gn of Queen Victoria. Was this a state of things to be desired? And are we ensured against it ? It is the game of the Whigs to turn every incident to their own advantage. If a little lip-liberalism may serve the turn, they will in this pinch suffer a little to es cape them, whil e t h e i r underlines and hirelings deal it forth by daily columns. Yet who has for gotten the nrarlyeivil speeches made by Lord Melbourne to the Radicals ? But a few weeks —even since the opening of the present Session of Parliament--it did require a considerable stock of courtly assurance in this same noble individual to convey to Mr. O'Connell the information that the kindness and graciousness between hitnself and that gentleman was all on one side. "If the Radicals and Mr. O'Connell support my Govern ment, I am sure I have always treated them with the proper degree of contempt," has been the plain import of MPlbourne's language. It will he the fault of Mr. 0 Connell and the Radicals if any future 'Whig Minister sh all ever venture to aet, with regard to them, in that touch-and-go, swaggering style, vibrating between shuf fling, braggadocio, and insolence to which they have so often submitted. It is not, however, precisely for their personal feelings that we are concerned, but for the interests which they represent, and which are in jured by tame submission to indignities. To use plain terms, the Reformers will have great cause of distrust in any Government of which Lord Melbourne is the head. We do not exactly repudiate him ; but it would require an extraordinary infusion of Liberal feeling and of steady principle in the Cabinet—definite measures of reform, and tried men to support them—to overmaster the vicious influences and lax principles which have been displayed there for the last few years. Nor are these qualities wanting, and of a kind which will command the respect of the nation. Lord Normanby enjoys the confidence of the Irish people, which of itself is a mighty consideration ; Lord Durham may be roused from his lethargy, and may, perhaps, vindicate the opinions formed of him by his zealous admirers ; and the whole tenor of his life warrants us in saying, that Lord Brougham may be surely reckoned upon, as soon as he can, with efficiency, hope to serve the people by resuming office. There is nothing in these names to alarm the most sensitive Conservative, save the certainty that Re form would then be set about in earnest—that the Whig "talkee, talkee," which served Tory purposes, was at an end ; that the Reform Bill would be reformed, the Suffrage extended, the duration of Parliament restored to the old and constitu• tional period, and the Corn-laws abolished, if the efforts of Rulers and people were simultaneous. Those persons, whether Whig or Tory, who dread these things, would certainly have cause of apprehen sion. Lord Brougham's accession to the remodelled or renewed Cabinet, would, of itself, be more alarming to the Tories than that of any other individual whom we can pitch upon. In the same dec=ree would it be a guarantee for the fulfilment of the hopes of the country. He has said that it must " be a very, very Liberal Government to which he can accede." To come more directly to the point—No man pre tending to the name of a Liberal, even in the most Whig-ridden communities, can longer hold up his face to give the Melbourne and Russell Cabinet an unqualified support. " Open Questions," at the least, are required on three leading measures. But who, in the present Cabinet, are to hold to the Liberal side?iThe Whig adherents have the sagacity to discern that mere Whiggery, the old machinery, won't work. Formerly we had " Liberal Measures," " Justice to Ireland," a " Municipal Irish Bill," an " Appropriation Clause," and so forth. Now we are to have " Open Questions," demanded by the same individuals who denounce Mr. Hume as " traito rous," and Sir William Molesworth as " unprincipled," because they have given one vote which has shaken Whig supremacy, and brought us the poor length of " Open Questions." THE QUEEN AND THE TORIES. (From the Examiner.) When the Queen expressed her hope that Lord John Russell and his Colleagues would, in return for the sup port she had given to their Administration, support her against the exactions of Sir Robert Peel, her Majesty in effect appealed to the country to protect her against the thraldom with which she was threatened by a Tory Government. If the Queen should be deserted in this trial by all upon whose exertions she has the strongest claims there is not a doubt that her Majesty must bend to the Tory yoke, and submit to all the conditions of Sir R. Peel. A party which can obtain a majority after an appeal to the country cannot be kept out of power by the Monarch in defence of such rights as are involved in the appointment of the Household ; and a Ministry supported by the country and Parliament in its claims on the Sove reign, must obtain the direction (whether it ought orought not to obtain it) of the patronage, power, and influence of the Crown to any extent it may think proper to demand. Whenever this great constitutional question is tried, it can have but one issue—it has, however, not been really raised in the recent case, and in the fallacy which per vades the reasoning of the Tory writers and their apos tate allies, lurks the assumption that Sir R. Peel stood on ground which he did not truly occupy. Sir R. Peel was an unfledged Minister, destitute of the constitutional plu mage to sustain his soaring pretensions—he did not pos sess—he did not pretend to possess the support of the House of Commons—he confessed that he wanted it ; and made the want of it the express reason for his making such rack-rent demands on the signs of the Queen's confidence. Had the case been different— had Sir Robert Peel boasted a majority when called to the Queen's Councils, her Majesty might fairly have resisted demands which appeared to encroach on her personal rights and comforts until it should be proved that. her people supported the Tory chief in his unusual exactions, or notwithstanding his un usual exactions ; and how much the more was her Ma jesty than justifiable in rejecting the requisitions of a Minister, who, coming into power without the confi dence of the House of Commons, and proposing to go varn without it, asked to be tricked out with counterfeit signs of Royal favour, to assist him as an adventurer, in winning, under false pretences, the confidence which he had not earned. In the refusal to make an extreme sacrifice of comfort and happiness to this design, there was no infraction, no denial, of the principle that a Mi nister having the support of the country should have the plenary confidence of the Crown, for Sir Robert Peel had to seek for and to acquire the grand essential which those:who accede to Ministerial power generally commence with. If, however, the public judgment be ultimately in his favour, there is nothing more certain than that he must be forced back into the councils of the young Queen, and upon his own conditions, however harsh and insulting they may be to the Sovereign. The great organ of the Tories, the Times, harps on the declarations of Lord Melbourne and Lord John Russell, upon the Jamaica question, that they had " lost the confidence of the House of Commons," and argues that, Ministers wanting such confidence, have no title to the possession of power. But had Sir Robert Peel the confidence of the Commons—had he gained what Lord Melbourne feared he had lost—could Sir Robert Peel's best hopes come up to Lord John Russell's words of despair? Why, what appeared ruin to the Whig Ministers, the majority of five in the present Parliament, would have crowned the political fortunes of Sir Robert Peel. Sir Robert Peel could not talk of losing confidence, for he never had it to lose, and what was lost confidence in the eyes of Lord Melbourne, would have been to the Tory leader a gain beyond the most sanguine aspirations of his ambition. Has he made any secret of the bankrupt state in which lie proposed to set up in the business of Prime Minister? Did he not take a most methodical and minute survey of the beggarly account of empty boxes which he was furnished with for the Queen's service ? Was it not his poverty and not his will, according to his own showing, that prompted his extortionate demands on her Majesty ? Did he not go through the catalogue of the nation's difficulties, and confess himself wanting of the support necessary to encounter every one of them—minus five on the Jamaica question—minus twenty-two on the Irish policy? What was there in his inventory of re , sources but the entire set of Household appointments— the complete Bedchamber service—which was to stand in lieu of every great political deficiency ? Did ever man pass into power so destitute of confidence—having neither the confidence of the Commons nor the confidence of the Crown, and whose grand expedient, as explained by himself, was to make a counterfeit Royal confidence, with which he might possibly fraudulently succeed in catching sup port that would not otherwise belong to him? Before the days of Reform Mr. Pitt carried on the Govern ment with a minority, but Pitt did not receive his commission from a weeping Sovereign, and moreover, the exploit feasible to the eagle is beyond the powers and capacity of the daw. Sir Robert Peel has but one chance. He is what is vulgarly called " Hobson's choice ;" and whenever it is quite certain that no other Minister can be had, his turn for trial comes, but not otherwise. As in posting, when no postilion is to be had for " the next turn out," Boots takes his place in the saddle, so Sir Robert Peel is the Boots of the political journey—no one's choice, but a pis aller. There is , however, this peculiarity about the humour of our Boots, that he insists on being lifted into the saddle by the Chambermaids, or he re fuses to drive the State-coach. THE QUEEN AND LADY PEEL.—Many stories have been told about the recent ball given by the Queen. We have heard the following from an eye-witness, namely, that her Majesty made a point of giving a most cordial shake of the hand to Lady Peel, as if anxious to pfove that her political sentiments did not interfere with her pri vat efeelings. We mention this little incident, first as an amiable trait in her Majesty's character, and secondly, as an example generally to the ladies of the United Kingdom, who have lately allowed politics to obtain much too great an influence over them, even to the embittering of private life, the poisoning of friendship, and the souring of the very best feelings of the human heart. This is a hint which is much wanted.—Liverpool Chronicle. Several shopkeepers in the parish of Clerken well were summoned by Mr. Child, the inspector of weights and measures, yesterday, before the Magistrates at Hatton-garden, for having false weights, scales, and mea sures, in their possession, and they were convicted in various penalties, with the forfeiture of the deficient articles. ANGLING EXTRAORDINARY.—NO less than 302 salmon pink were caught in the Wye, by a gentleman a f e w days ago; and one of his companions at the same time caught 120. It is considered that salmon, trout, grayling, and salmon pink are i n greater a b un d ance this year in the rivers Wye, lrvon, and Ddw, than in any former year in the recollection of the oldest fishermen in the town.—Hereford Times. STATE OF SICILY. (EY A SICILIAN " PALERMO, May 4 —The state of Sicily is a true anomaly if compared with that of Europe, such as it is in our days. Figure to yourself a country rich in soil, favoured by the first climate, productive in vegetation, in which the ground has no wants but to produce, and in which all the elements of riches and prosperity are abundant. Fancy, at the same time a country in which there is not a single high road, a country without canals, without any convenient means of com munication, without any settled agriculture, and almost without commerce, and you will understand both what it is and what it might be. Fancy, again, desart countries, for the most part uncultivated, villages which might be taken for the habitation of wild beasts, and imagine all the miseries which human hopes can experience, and you will have a proper idea of that Sicily which nourished Italy, which at three epochs shone prominent for civilization, and which among its cities reckoned the noble Syracuse, in which 2,000,000 of inhabitants lived at their ease. It must be owned there is a kind of mysterious hand which hovers over Sicily, which opposes all spirit of enterprise, and seems determined to paralyse all the efforts at tempted, in the hope of arriving at a better state of things. In acting thus, does the Government follow a stated system, or does it allow it to go on in complete indifference to the fate of a people who never receive any impulse salutary to their interests ? It is certain that the acts of the authorities have a capricious cha racter, in which may be perceived a want of regard for the public childishness, and sometimes even an incredi ble ignorance of facts. " You will therefore perceive that things have here an habitual stamp of uncertainty and irregularity. In deed, nothing seems foreseen—nothing is determined — nothing is certain, except the perishing state of the country, Laws, police measures, movements of troops, decrees, all go on from day to day, without any good regulating principles, or well-considered views. The arrivals and departures, even of the steam boats, from Naples to Palermo, are subject to the caprice of the authorities ; sometimes one or two arrive in a week, and sometimes 15 or 20 days elapse without one making its appearance, and without the inhabitants being able to guess why they are deprived of the letters and news which they expect. The Government, either from system or from indifference, is an incessant cause of disagreeable interruptions of the general communica tions which are now so easy in all other countries. If the Neapolitan Government persist in its present sys tem of blindness, we may presume that in some twenty years hence moral and physical decrepitude, as well as depopulation, will have made great progress, and that still later Sicily will be nothing but a rock for unfortu nate vessels to be wrecked upon. " It must not be supposed that the Government is not strong enough to adopt a more extensive and freer course. It might, without danger, assist, facilitate, satisfy, and encourage the development of manufactures and agriculture, instead of restraining them, and thus injuring the public interest. " The people pay no attention to politics, and revo lutionary ideas inspire more horror than they excite sympathy. The people do not dislike the King because he is a King ; they think it no crime for the nobility to hear the names transmitted to them from their ances tors. Even among the few persons who desire a con stitutional Government, there is great moderation—they wish the Crown to possess wide and unassailable rights. The events which pass in France are not of a nature to make many revolutionary proselytes. France possesses that liberty which men called upon to live in a social state may demand, a state which imposes necessarily the sacrifice of a portion of liberty ; but France is the plaything of passions, which no hand can entirely suppress ; that same France is not less on a volcano. Property there is unsafe, religion laughed at, the press without shame, literature an ignoble monster, which has ruined taste, sentiment, and manners ; in fact, tranquillity slumbers there under a terrible night mare, cradled as it is by an armed minority." THE STATE OF THE CORN-LAW QUESTION. (From the Glasgow Argus.) For many years desultory attacks have been incessantly made upon the bread-tax. Here and there a solitary writer kept up a running fire upon it. From time to time great communities like Manchester or Glasgow would raise their voices and emit a portentous bellow against the enormity. And occasionally a Member of Parliament would provoke discussion of the subject. But there was no organisation, no continuity of action in the war waged against the extortion. This year has produced at least organisation. The discussion of the Corn-law question, in the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, was followed up by the great Anti-Corn-law Festival in Manchester, and that by the meeting of Anti- Corn-law Delegates in London, which has resulted in the Anti-Corn-law League. This League embraces as yet only a part of Great Britain ; nor do we seek to shut our eyes to the fact, that the zeal of some of its shallower members may cool and evaporate ; but there are among the Leaguists some devoted and enduring souls, who will keep the sacred fire burning. The assault made this year upon the Legislature, was only a partial failure. It has put the maintainers of the Corn-laws in a false position. By refusing to en tertain the question in the mode pointed out by constitutional precedents, they have excited a suspicion that they have reason to dread discussion. By as signing different and contradictory reasons for refu sing to entertain the question, they have raised suspicion to certainty. The bold and somewhat un common course pursued by the Anti-Corn-law politicians has awakened public curiosity. The organisation of the League is a lever, the public curiosity is the fulcrum : the enemies of the Corn-laws have all that the ancient philosopher asked to enable him to move the world—if they do not move this world of abuse to some purpose, the fault will be in their own slothfulness and timidity. The appeal to the Legislature—the battle within the walls of Parliament—must be renewed next year, and year after year, until the repeal of the Corn-laws be carried. In what form we are to make our next ap proach to the doors of the collective wisdom must be determined hereafter. The form we adopted this year was suggested not long before it was carried into execu tion. " With time comes counsel," says the German proverb, and " where there is a will there is a way," says our own. Between this time and next year a plan will be devised. But the interval must not be given to sloth. The skilful husbandman prepares the soil, by repeated ploughings and harrowings, long before seedtime. The favourable state of the public mind must be rendered available. This the men of Manchester—and they as yet single handed—are doing nobly. Their lecturers are carrying the war into the enemies' quarters. Arland is fighting the battle nobly in the South ; Smith and Shearman in the North-east. The threats of brute force, the hysterical affectation of contempt on the part of the bread-tax-eaters proves at once the success of this sytsem of tactics, and how sincerely the extortioners feel it. The system must be kept at work ; the ques tion must be made in appearance as in reality a question between the nation and the bread-tax-eaters. Nor must the men of Manchester be left to fight the battle alone. Money—the sinews of war—must be contributed from every place which understands and appreciates the im portance and urgency of the question. This is a matter in which Glasgow dare not lag behind. The centre of Scottish commerce—the scene of the labours of Adam Smith—must bestir itself. Subscription papers to wards the support of Anti-Corn-law lecturers, have been for some days in circulation ; we trust that they will be worthily filled up. There can be no excuse for shabbiness. The merchants of this city have again and again expressed their enmity to the Corn-laws ; they see the missionary system of attack upon these laws in full force ; if they fail to subscribe adequately there is only one way of accounting for the failure, they would " reap where they have not strawed ;" they would share the advantage without paying their fair share of the price; TILE NEW NOVELS.—Mr. Cothurn, of Great Marlborough-street, has just published the following po. pular new works of fiction, which can be had at all the Libraries: —l. Fair Rosamond; or, the Days of King Henry 11., by T. Miller, author of " Royston Gower," &c., 3 vols. 2. The Banished, edited by James Morier, EFT, author of" Hajji Baba," &c., 3 vols. 3. The High land Inn, 2 vols. 4. The Phantom Ship, by Captain Marryat, R.N., 3 vole. 5. The Fergusons, by the Hon. E. Phipps, 2 vols. 6. The Youth of Shakspeare, by the author of " Shakspeare and his Friends," 3 vols. 7. The Romance of the Harem, by Miss Pardoe, 3 vols. 8. Pic tures of the World at Home and Abroad, by the author of " Tremainc," &c., 3 vols. ; and 9. The Only Daughter; a domestic story, edited by the author of "The Subaltern," 3 vols. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE OF MRS. STAMMERS. —On Sunday morning the family of Mr. Stammers, the Barrister, who, it will be remembered, was one of the Counsel for Medhurst, tried at the Old Bailey for the manslaughter at Hayes, were plunged into a state of alarm and subsequent grief upon the discovery of the unfortunate lady of Mr. Stammers being found suspended by a cord to a beam in the kitchen, and quite dead. Mrs. Stammers, it seems, was a very early riser; she was generally the first who rose in the morning, and the consternation of the servants when they discovered a mistress whom they had all beloved was a corpse may easily be imagined. ACTIVITY IN AGE.—Peter Powell, of the parish of Tillington, in this county, aged 104 years, has, with the assistance of a boy, killed during the late season upwards of one hundred bacons and porkers. The old man's faculties are unimpaired ; and the strength and elas ticity of his limbs so good that he walks once or twice a week to Hereford, and back, a distance of ten miles, with apparent ease.—Hereford Times. There have been more potatoes planted in Cheshire, which supplies principally the great markets of Manchester and Liverpool, this spring, than has been the case for many years, caused, no doubt, by the present scarcity of that indispensable article of food, and the unu sual length of time afforded by the dry season in getting the land into suitable condition to receive the sets.--Laver pool Chronicle. PRICE OF SUGAR. EFFECT OF MONOPOLY. Table showing the ex-duty price of West India Sugar in Mincing-lane, and comparing the same against that of foreign Sugars : London, May 25. The Gazette last night quotes the averi.ge Per Cat. price of British Plantation Muscovado Sugar, exclusive of duty, at 4ls. 4d. The actual quantity sold in the week ending the 20th inst., on which the above price is computed, consisted of 459 hbds. 19 tierces and 20 barrels—and not of 900 hhds., as estimated in the market. The produce of the Refineries in London working Foreign Sugars under lock, is being sold for exportation, deducting the charges of shipping, as follows Per Cwt. Refined, equal in qualiry to double refined ...... 34?. OJ. Bastard Treacle The produce of the Refinerie; in London working West India Sugar and Molasses is selling for home consumption, deducting the duty, as follows: Refined, equal in quality to double refined, at 595. Per Cwt. Bastard Treacle The British public, therefore, pays to the West Indian the enormous excess of 255. per cwt. for refined ; 18s. per cwt. for bastard, and I9s. per cwt. for Treacle, more than foreign nations pay for articles of an exactly similar qua lity and appearance, which are moreover manufactured in the same parish in London with those supplied for home use. While the comparison was made between the prices of British Plantation and Foreign Museovades, the West Indians plausibly argued, that the superior quality of their Sugar commanded the increase in the price of it ; but now that both descriptions of Sugar are brought by the process of refining to the same condition, that crafty mode of shuf fling out of the question is set at rest by undeniable proof, The fact, then, that this nation, at present rates, is paying an indirect tax through the monopoly on Sugar alone, equivalent to 4,500,0001. per annum, stands glaringly prominent. Since our last 7,695 hhds and trs., 18,150 bags of Mau ritius, and 8,673 bags of Bengal Sugars have been exported at the Custom-house—together equal to 11,000 hhds. There are at present several sugar ships in the Downs, amongst them the Asia, from Bengal, with 7,000 bags on board, the largest cargo of Sugar which has ever entered the Thames, so that when the wind per mits them to weather the North Foreland, we shall have •as large a quantity of sugar to be reported as that which is in the course of landing. The delivery from the docks of this port has been unusually small this week; it will certainly be 1,200 hhds. less than in the corresponding week of last year, which proves that a laudable economy in sugar pervades the country. Last week we demonstrated by figures that the West India planter, paying one shilling sterling a day wages to the Negro, and defraying all other costs, could without loss afford to sell his sugar in Mincing-lane at the average ex-duty price of 21s. per cwt. ; and we promised at the same time to analyze the charges of producing sugar in and bringing it from the Phillippine Islands—with the view of showing that the Manilla planters would by selling their sugar at 21s. per cwt., gain a clear ss. on each cwt. so sold. Although labour is considerably cheaper in the Philip pine Islands than it is in the West Indies, yet the la bourers in the former do not raise half the quantity of sugar which the negroes in the latter produce. A labourer in the Manilla receives about 4d. ster ling a day, for which he produces 12 cwt. of sugar in the year, which confers a value on the sugar of Bs. 4d. per cwt. The proceeds of the Rum, as in the West Indies, countervails the incidental expenses attending the manufacture of the sugar ; the package, a mat, costs less than 2d. for each cwt. of Sugar ; the charge of ship ping is Is. per cwt. ; the freight, although the distance is double the voyage from the West Indies, is usually under 3s. 6d. per cwt., and the charges for insurance, dock dues, management, &c., in this country do not exceed 2s. 61 The net cost of the Sugar, to the grower, when exposed for sale in Mincing-lane, is consequently 15s. 6d. per cwt. ATROCIOUS MURDER BY ONE OF' THE ROYAL ARTILLERY AT THE BARRACKS AT WOOLWICH. (FURTHER PARTICULARS.) The excitement occasioned in the town of Woolwich by the cool and deliberate murder of Sergeant-Major Shepherd, of the Royal krtiilery, is in no small degree heightened by its being a garrisoned town. During yesterday not a street could be passed but groups of persona were conversing anxiously together about the foul deed, and Woolwich has not been in such a state of confusion since the brutal murder of Elizabeth Browning, landlady of the Britannia public-house, by Patrick Connell the Marine. At nine o'clock on Sunday night Mr. Watts, the High Constable, demanded the prisoner, and he was marched under a strong military escort to the office of Sir John Webb, who is Director-General of the Ord nance Medical Department, and a Magistrate of the county. A short examination took place, and three witnesses, who saw the murder committed, were ex amined, but their evidence furnished no additional par ticulars of importance. The prisoner being called on for anything he might wish to say in his defence, replied—" I have ❑othing to say." He was then remanded. The prisoner is stated in the orderly-book to be a native of Lymington, and was enlisted at Winchester on the 3d of May, 1838, when he represented himself to be eighteen years of age. He refuses to disclose any particulars respecting his family. It is said that a cor respondence has already taken place between Sir John Webb and Lord Bloomfield, on the propriety (should the prisoner be convicted of murder) of taking means to induce the Judge who tries him to order his execution to be carried into effect on the spot where the crime was committed. The reason assigned for this departure from the ordinary rule is, that the sight would act as a lesson to the other soldiers stationed in the garrison. A communication has been made to the Secretary-of- War embracing the principal facts of the diabolical act by the Commandant. METROPOLITAN POLITICAL SUMMARY. The Morning Post of this day thus speaks of the result of last night's debate in the House of Commons. We congratulate our Contemporary on having altered his tone, and considerably for the better :—" It is not our intention to say one syllable in depreciation of the gentleman whom a majority of the House of Commons have selected to fill the chair; on the contrary, we do not hesitate to express our belief, founded on all we have heard, and all we have observed of the past conduct of Mr. Shaw Lefevre, that he will discharge the laborious and important duties of that elevated position in a manner satisfactory to the House of Commons and to the country. We do not depreciate the present Speaker, however, when we say that the House of Commons would have made a wiser and a better choice had its election fallen upon Mr. Goulburn." The Times cointains a summary of last night's discus sion in the Commons, in the course of which our Contem porary finds room to praise Mr. Wynn for eulogizing the " public services" (!) of Mr. Goulburn ; and speaks of the " O'Connell party" trying to raise an " anti-academical horse-laugh"—which is a species of cachinnation we do not remember ever to have heard of. The Morning Herald, alluding to last night's majority on the Speakership, says :—" The majority of EIGHTEEN in favour of the Ministerial candidate has been secured by a renewal of that " compact alliance" between •' all classes of reformers," which late events seemed to have disturbed. All the high contracting parties to the Lichfield House al liance appear, once again, to understand each other per fectly. By what link are the members of the ministerial majority united ? Shall we be told, by agreement in cer tain general principles of government? If so, we should venture to require a specification of the principles alluded to. We should demand information as to the principles of government on which the Whigs, the Irish Roman Catho kcs, and the Radicals of the House of Commons are agreed.' The Morning Advertiser replies to some of the objec tions urged against the Education Committee, in the fol lowing terms:—" One of the objections so industriously urged against the Government scheme of education is, that the Committee is composed of laymen ; that it in cludes no prelate 4of the Church. If it did it would be exposed to the objection of being open to partiality and exclusiveness. It is composed of responsible Ministers of State, removeable for malfeasance if they are guilty of it, and subject to the controul of public opinion, and to the censure of Parliament. If there had been prelates of the Church upon the Committee, there must have been also leading members of the leading sects, for the grant is national; and then what would have been the charge? That the Committee was latitudinarian as well as its plan of education. The truth is, that the Committee is not a religious body nor instituted for religious purposes. It is a Committee for education." The Morning Chronicle makes the following comments on the discussion last night in the House of Commons, and on the election of Mr. Shaw Lefevre as Speaker :—" The proceedings of the House were characterised by much amenity. On all hands justice was done to the great merits of Mr. Abercromby, and more especially to the emineLt services rendered by him, in improving the mode of con ducting the private business of the House. In truth, Parliament has drawn to itself the principal business of the country; and property to an enormous amount is every session disposed of in Committees of the House of Commons. Under such circumstances the vigi lance of a gentleman of pure and honourable principles in the Chair, may often be a check on the disposition to job. for which Committees of the House of Commons have so often, and too often, not undeservedly been reproached. Mr. Shaw Lefevre, to his experience of the public business of the House, adds, by universal admission, the possession of much knowledge of the mode of conducting private business." The Globe of last evening, alluding to the Ministerial plan of Education, and the objections raised to it, ob serves :—" It is not pretended that there are no difficul ties opposed by existing differences on religious grounds to the benevolent objects contemplated by the Govern ment ; but we have a right to require from the objectors to the proposed plan that they provide another for the primary education of the poorer classes, which does not involve their objections, and at the same time does no violence to the inalienable rights of conscience. Until they produce their plan, we must regard and treat their opposition as factious, and denounce them as seeking to promote the narrow views of party at the expense of the public good." The Courier remarks with reference to the electors' invitation to Mr. Macaulay to stand for the city of Edin burgh—" Mr. Abercromby's successor in the represen tation of the c ity o f Edinbnrgh will be M r . M acau l ay . This we predi ct i n t h e c onfidence that M r . M acau l ay will not decline so honourable an invitation as that which he has received, in the form of resolutions passed in his favour at a most respectable meeting of the electors in the Merchants' Hall, and in equal confidence that the dis tinction of r e p resent i ng th e city of Edinburgh only awaits his acceptan ce o f the invitation to come fo r ward. Against i Tory oppos i t i on h e i s per f ec tly safe ; and Lib eral divisio n i s sure l y not, in the present instance and aft er w h at has passed, to be seriously appre hended. Mr. Macaulay is not a man to be consist ently opposed by the Edinburgh Radicals." The Standa;d, recurring to the trial of strength on the Speakership, observes as follows:— ,, We have never deni e d t h at t h e Mi n i s terialists and Radicals constitute " a measuring cast" majority of the present House o f Commons, and therefore we can feel no dis appointment if, by their union, they suc ceed in carry ing th e election for the Chair, but it must be by their union ; and we cannot permit the Radicals to evade, by any subterfuge'infamy the of that disg raceful unio n which th ey disclaim with such solemn hypocrisy. Let the country know that the two parties are thoroughly united, whatever they may pretend, and that the Radi dcaelsigswns ppill support t h e Mi n i s t er s upon every pinching question, in th e f ear o f l os i ng their s eats, as the Minis ter! will secretly support the Radicals in their worst , rather th an risk the loss of office." STOCKHOLM, MAY 17.—Sig nor Loureiro, t he Portugues e A m b assador, w ill go to Lubeck to meet th e Duchess o f B raganza, who i s expec ted here in June. BERLIN, MAY 20.—Archbishop Dunin is now so far re covere d as to be able to l e ave his room. At pre sent we h ear not hi ng of the a ff a i rs of the Romish Church. Meetin gs to a dd ress t h e Queen on her firmness in resistin g held in different parts of the coun tr y; in addition t o t h e the d eman d s of Sir R. Peelcontinue t o b e towns previousl mentioned, Cant erbur y , Wed inc to hester, Worcester, Deal addresses. In Ireland the feeling o f the p eo p le is s till more enthusia s ti c , and addresses t o the Queen are pre paring in every principal town. Her Majesty's birthday was celeb ra t e d i n the prov i nc i a l towns generally with more than usual demonstrations of joy. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MAY 27. SANDERSON V. PIPER. In this case an action had been brought upon a bill for 2451., the dispute being, that though the figures expressed that sum, the letters were only " two hundred pounds." The parties agreed to make a special case of it, upon which the Court decided—that the letters were to be considered binding, and that the plaintiff ought to have a verdict en. tered for 2001. The defendant now applied for the costs. As, however, the defendant had in the arguments con tended that the bill was wholly void, by reason of uncer tainty, it was contended that he ought to pay the costs ; especially as he had no tender of the 2001. before the action was brought. Mr. Sergeant WILDE with Mr. RICHARDS appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Sergeant TALI , OURD for the defendant. The Court held that the defendant should pay the costs. INSOLVENT DEBTOR'S COURT, MAr 27 GAMBLING TRANSACTIONS.—Thomas Henry Horatio Canty, whose case was before the Court a short time ago, again came up. Mr. Humphrey appeared en the part of Mr. Arnold and Mr. S. B. Hamer, Mr. Dowse for Messrs. Houlditch, the coachmakers of Long Acre, and Mr. Clark son attended on the part of Lord Hillsborough. He was supported by Mr. Nichols, with whom were Mr. Cooke and Mr. Woodroffe. Mr. CLARKSON, on the former occasion, said Lord Hills borough was inserted as " debtor" for 1,0001. on a bill of exchange, which had been improperly obtained without any value ; he had resisted the payment, and would resist in such a case. The debts and liabilities in the schedule amounted to about 7,0001., and the insolvent on the former hearing ad mitted that he had on one occasion won the sum of 10,0001. He had formerly been an auctioneer in Pall mall, subsequently a bill-broker, and a lieutenant in the Bourbon Regiment on half-pay. He had resided a num ber of years at Brussels as a " sporting character." The Court required to be satisfied respecting some bills of exchange to the amount of NU, accepted by a gentle man named Thompson, and also as to the source from whence a considerable sum was paid for the purchase of a house and furniture at Brussels, which was claimed as the property of the insolvent's wife. A number of affidavits were read. Two were mad by persons named Irwin and Reynolds, who described them selves as " gentlemen," and stating that they were in terested in the bills accepted by Mr. Thompson; the insolvent had merely held them as a stakeholder. It appeared from . the evidence of a gentleman named Thompson, that he had lost at play, with the insolvent, Irwin, Reynolds,'and Fiske, 2,0001. in October last, at Brussels, and gave bills. He was anxious to get them up, and had treated with the insolvent ; he had bills to 960/., and in April last in prison, he paid him 2921., and another bill of 2081. he took up, making 5001. to recover his ac ceptances, which he immediately destroyed. He had lost about 600/. with tho insolvent. The insolvent said he sent the money to Baretto and Balpain the bankers, at Brussels since he had been in prison, to meet one of the bills. Mr. "lemmata referred to his former evidence, in which he had stated that he had sent the bills. The insolvent admitted it was false. The COURT, after a consultation, said Fiske must be produced, and evidence given as to the 2921., and the money devised to purchase the property for the wife. Mr. NicHoLs offered that the property and the house at Brussels should be given up if that would satisfy the cre ditors. Mr. Commissioner HARRIS said the insolvent had com mitted gross perjury in his evidence, and he placed no re liance on what he said, The case was adjourned for further evidence. It ap peared to excite a good deal of interest in the "pla:, world." AWFUL GATHERING OF THE CHARTISTS AND TREMENDOUS DEMON STRATION OF ARMED PHYSICAL FORCE MEN. (From the Western Times.) We expected to have to write a paragraph with this head, as a rumour was widely spread that the Chartists were to meet at Ide, in a field, on Whitsun Monday, to proclaim the Charter, and pike any body who would not take in the five principles. All their flags, banners, de vices, were prefigured by report—black flags, bloody daggers, were to be exhibited as the alternative if the Universal Suffrage principle should not be conceded. We hastened to the village with a telescope and an ear trumpet, together with the invisible conductor of sound (a patent instrument recently invented for the benefit of eaves-droppers), not deeming it safe to take notes in the presence of oratorical gentlemen who penetrate the under standing at the point of a pike. After taking a sweep round the summit of the hills as stealthily as a poacher-- we could discover no signs no tokens, of any gathering of the villagers, nor any other symptoms that would lead us to believe that the year one was come, and a general division of the lands had taken place. Charterism is of a very mild and subdued character here. We believe that there are none of the physical force men in the city, and as for the moral force men they have a perfect right to enjoy their opinions which are a thousand times more ho nourable, and a thousand times less hurtful than those of the Tories—because they are honestly and openly avowed. We do not believe that the world is yet fitted for universal suffrage and the great changes which the Chartists advo cate. But so long as they endeavour to extend their opi nions by reason and argument they shall haveour respectful attention, if we cannot give them a cordial acquiescence. But when they argue their principles pike in hand, and threaten to enlighten society with the torch of the incendiary —they will find, like the Tories, that they have mistaken the spirit of the age, which is as far removed from des potism on the one side, as it is from anarchy on the other. We are gratified to see the good effect which the vigorous movement of the Government has had in suppressing the spirit of disaffection, which, if not controlled in time, would have hazarded the safety of the empire. Our Paris Correspondent informs us that Vis countess Hawarden died at Toulouse, last Monday, of apoplexy. FALMOUTH, MAY 25.—The Swift packet, Lieutenant Welsh, arrived yesterday from the Brazils; left Rio de Janeiro March 24. She brings two passengers and a small freight of gold dust. By more recent adviees from thence the dates now furnished arc not of moment. From Monte Video the following is received :—" As to politics here, they are at a stand still. The army, with the Governor at their head, marched from hence about a fortnight; since, for the province of Buenos Ayres, but they are quietly enjoying themselves about ten leagues off. The French still keep up a rigorous blockade of Buenos Ayres, and are daily expecting au increase to the squadron from the Vera Cruz party. The Admiral, in the Minerve, is still here, with others. The Independence, Commodore Nicholls, and the Fairfield and Dolphin American ships, the British ship Stag , Commodore Sullivan, the Actaeon and Orestes, with a Swedish corvette, were the men of war then at anchor. The export trade is very brisk here just now : there are 35 English vessels here, all of which are busily employed loading ; so that the blockade of Buenes Ayres does us some good." The Tagus steamer, from the Peninsula, is arrived with the usual dates. The Wasp had left Gibraltar on a cruise; the other men of war were as last reported. The advices and papers re ceived are without any public interest. THE MURDER IN CADOGAN-PLACE.--On Thursday Marclaant was visited by his father and (we be lieve) the Rev. Mr. Burgess, the Rector of Upper Chelsea, when his statement to his father of the circumstances under which he committed the horrid crime was as follows :.—On the afternoon in question he was sitting in the drawing room reading a book, when the deceased came down from her room, and, entering, familiarly tapped him with her hand on the head, saying, " Jack, shall we have tea ?" Having been fur some days displeased with her, he answered her very morosely, "If you do that again I'll serve you out." At that juncture a ring came to the bell, which he answered, and found it was a footman, who left a card, which he, as was customary, placed in the drawer of a table belonging to the upper footman, and in doing so saw the razor-case sworn to at the inquest by William Cox, the upper footman, which heiput in his pocket. He then returned to the drawing-room, and, on seating him aelf, the deceased again, in the same playful manner, tapped him on his head, on which his ire increased, and a quarrel to blows arising between them, he eventually com mitted the murder for which he awaits his trial. It is sup. posed that the cause of his being displeased with the de ceased was, that about a fortnight before the dreadful event Mr. Edgell gave permission to the servants to go to the play—that he was the only one required to remain at home, and that deceased accompanied and returned with William Cox, the upper footman, which occasioned, although no tender intimacy subsisted between them, a feeling of jealousy in the mind of Marehant.—Observer. Wheat. Barley. Truro I Helstone s. d. to t. d. s. d. to s. 25 0 0 12 :e5 0 0 9 Oats. d. s. d. to s. d. o • 1• 0 2—o 8 0 St. Austell — 0 25 6 0 9 6 0 8 0 Bodmin 0 24 0 5_ 0 8 Liskeard 0 22 0 9 u 0 7 0 Launceston - 0 • 0 Camelford 2l 0 24 0— 0 10 v 7 0 8• Penzance 24 0 26 0 0 11 • i ; p 0 The Earl of Aberdeen's second son, Lieutenant the Hon. Alexander Gordon, of the Grenadier Guards, has been appointed to the Staff in Canada, as Aide-de- Camp to Major-General Sir James M'Donnell, K. C. 13., the second in command in the province. SOLDIERS, LOOK TO YOURSELVES !--The following instance of bad faith on the part of the army authorities towards an invalided soldier, we have upon the best authority, viz., that of the documents in the possession of the injured party himself, Joseph Warner, of Earl Shil ton, who enlisted in the Coldstream Guards at the close of 1823 or beginning of the following year, and was dis charged " unfit for service" on the 13th of January, 1836, his commanding officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Daniel Mac kinnon, certifying that he was " a good, efficient soldier, trustworthy and sober." When he enlisted, he was told that he would be entitled to a pension for life on his discharge ; but after he had served about six years, it was enacted that no man should be entitled to a pension for life unless he bad served fourteen years. One would have thought that this regulation would only apply to parties enlisting after the passing of the Act, but the authorities at the Horse Guards thought otherwise, for when poor Warner was discharged he was allowed a pen sion of 6d. per day for three years, at the end of which period he was told he must pass the Board again. The three years expired at the beginning of the present year, and on his applying to have his pension continued, ac cording to the terms of his enlistment, he received for answer, that he could have no further allowance. He then memorialised the Commissioners of Chelsea Hos pital, and received a similar answer. About this time he was taken ill and confined in the Leicester Infirmary for seventeen weeks. On his recovery he determined to go to London and personally press his suit, and on his arrival in the metropolis waited upon Lord Hill, the commanding officer of his regiment, and other gentlemen, the whole of whom said they could not assist him, the matter being entirely under the control of the Commissioners. To Chelsea Hospital he went, as a " forlorn hope," and on being informed that his petition could not be granted, and that the Commissioners were anxious to cut off all similar pensions, he prepared to return to his wife and family at Earl Shilton, out of spirits and out of money. Finding that he was likely to starve on the road, he bent his steps towards Weedon, where the 60th Rifles raised a purse for him, with which assistance he managed to reach Shilton.--After this specimen, who will assert that there is nut one law for the rich and another for the poor ? When Acts of Parliament are passed affecting rich officers, their " vested interests" are held sacred, but not so with poor soldiers, whom we again recommend to look to themselves. —Leicestershire Mercury. We see by the Hampshire papers that a project is on foot in the garden of England, the Isle of Wight, for the improvement of Cowes harbour, and of the navigation of the Medina river. A public meeting has been held in furtherance of the object, at which men of all parties, man fully and wisely forgetful of all political matters, have pledged themselves in support of it. This is as it should be. Were the resources of the Isle of Wight fairly and fully developed, no spot in the world would vie with it in prosperity, as none can in interest or loveliness. On the 10th of June, 20 miles of the London and Southampton Railway will be opened, in addition to the 38 alread) opened, leaving only 18 miles incomplete. It is said that that the Railway Company contemplate arrangements which will enable passengers to complete the whole journey from London to Southampton in five hours, after the 10th of the next month, at rates of 12s. and 11. This will make all improvements in the Isle of Wight matters of more general interest.—Morning Chronicle. ADDRESSES TO THE QUEEN.-Our columns contain evidence of the warmest popular sympathy with her Majesty, in her resistance to the unconstitutional demand of the Tory Leader. In our own county there have been addresses to the Queen, congrutulating her Majesty on her spirited conduct, and on her escape from the trammels of the Tory party, from the ffillowing towns, in most of which great public meetings have been held for the pur pose of voting them ; namely, Leeds, Wakefield, Hull, Bradford, Halifax, Doncaster, Knaresborough, Beverley, Richmond, and Northallerton. The meeting in Leeds was one of the most respectable, unanimous, and enthusiastic we have ever seen.—Leeds Mercury. AWFUL AND DISTRESSING SUICIDE.—On Saturday afternoon, the village of Wimbledon, Surrey, was thrown into the greatest excitement by the discovery of the body of a fine young man, 20 years of age, who committed suicide in the most determined manner, in the churchyard, it is supposed about five o'clock that morn ing, as the report of a pistol was heard at that time by some of the neighbours. The body had received the con tents of the charge, and there was a perforation just below the heart of two inches diameter. It appears that the de ceased was a shoemaker, and bad been for some time past an inmate of St. Marylebone workhouse. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, MAY 24.—Our market has been better supplied this week, there having been a good show of Barbadoes and Nevis sugar, nearly the whole of which found ready and eager purchasers, at good prices. The merchants availed themselves of the impetuosity of the trade (which, as also their great pa tience in waiting many hours to secure the refuse of sam ples, has afforded considerable amusement to some of the good citizens of Bristol) to obtain their outside valuations; but as further arrivals are taking place, and the country by no means encourage present prices, we trust soon to see the importers accept easier terms—Bristol Mercury. THE ASCOT PRIZES.—There are two subjects, one, a great vase two feet in height, surmounted by the royal arms ; the other, a fancy subject, representing Queen Elizabeth at the chace. The vase is worked out in the style of the times of Benvenuto Cellini. The fancy sub ject possesses merit. It presents Elizabeth on her steed, standing just where the luckless stag has fallen, and listen ing to the huntsman's well-wound note above the gallant game; two hounds comple the group. proTeeßssfoNnlTofYthMe Corporationo pA Y of e s t t h e n : _d .74.y.beHoue, annual by the occasion, were celebrated according to land and water, and the ceremonies, df s a ti n v c a i l pn u t su c a u t s u to p m on , - t and, owing to the propi tious state Tower the weather, and eat at Dept her, great numbers were collected both on °wet. ford. On arriving at Deptford the wardens, elder brethren, and assistants, were joined by the Duke of Wel. lington, the Master of the Corporation, who was proposed and unanimously re-elected Master for the ensuing year. THE MARKETS. COAL MAR s. ti.. Adair's I:nr lon Main l9 ll Ord's Hedhugh t usseli's High Main West Htr! - ley Wylam . 99 0 Walls End Heaton Walls End Kiliingworth l9 1 Walis End Newmarch ...., l9 :1 Wails Doi Percy Bensham l9 / Walls End Belmont Walls Endßraddyll'sHetton 22 Wags End Haswell 22 ',hips arrived since lal ;ET.—May 77. - . C . Hetton Walls End Wall: End cembert,n Walls - Eim Stewart 's I Walls ~nd NVhitwell Walls End Hartlepool 23 0 IWalls End Barrington Tees 19 6 - .vans Ehd South Durham 2O 9 Walls End Seymour Tees 2O 9 Walls End Tennant . Walls End Tees 2l 6 Walls End Victoria Tees Walls End West Tees at market-d,y, 35. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. Wheat. I Barley. I Oats. Beans. s. s. to s. s. to s. - I s. to s. s. s. 84 35 3 . 11 27 31 40 42 - - 81 - 37 - 28- 4 t - - 94 21 33 24 28 j 39 45 - - 89 34 40 22 <0 18 45' 36 38 80 32 37 , 20 24 26 - -- 77 '3l 42 20 29 43 50 - SO - 35 - 24 - 49 - 8i 28 33 21 25 36 44 - - 70 80 26 34 24 26 32 44 - KEFIELD CORN MARKET-.May .?4. Norfolk and Suflblk -s. 68s. to 71s. fine 725. Lin. and Cam Yorkshire -s. 58s. to 625. fine Otis. • White • Foreign, lied -s. to 684. fine 70s. White -s. -s. to -s. nne 7ss, Barley, Norfolk and Suffialk 4ls. to 445. fine 465. - Lincolnshire l6s. to 375. fine 425. - Yorkshire Wold - Foreign Beans, Small - Tick -s. to 411 s. fine 4134, flats, Potato -s. to 30s. fine 34 , Poland • -s. -s. to 30s. tine 14s. Vriezland and Sinai: 1 03. to ;4d. per Stone. Sholling Male 4os, fine 465. per Load. Rapeseed Pease. Per Quarter Roston Gainsborough Grantham Grimsby Horncastle s. to Lincoln Spalding Stamford York • Wd Wdeat, Red, 70 B'2 62 70 SCOTCH MARKET Barley. 32 to 3 28 .0 24 26 126 3l 3t 38 36 38 35 26 2 2'7 23 31 23 26 measure va, 'ON CORN Barley. 44s 6d 433 62 423 Od Wheat. therdeen Berwick Coldstream Cupar (Fife) Dunbar Elgin Inverness Kelso to 30 36 75 to 80 23 to 29 40 52 12 21 52 55 17 18 33 43 (15 18 22 22 26 s 70 26 32 40 42 68 70 28 35 23 3(4 65 68 27 28 32 33 46 54 16 23 32 34 64 77 i2O 23 45 48 160 '6 2O 22 22 25 itze of tne tries throughout the ei DDINGI T MARKET.—May 2 , Wheat. Oats. Pease. 74s Od 37s 04 4Ss osl 67s Od Od 44s 00 61s Od 30s 03 I 424 Od Average 31. 6s. 41. 6-12ths. DALKEITH CORN MARKET.—May 23, Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease. First 74s Od 42s (hi 37s 4d 45s Od :• . ;econd 6.5s Od 38s Gd 3ls Id 44, Od Third . 1 48s Od 321 Od 27s 4d 38 . EDINBURGH CORN MARKET.—May Kirkaldy Perth its TI?? First Second Third We had a large supply of all ki wei c rather dull. Wheat. Barley. First 763. Od. 445. I d. SQcond (8 0 41 0 Third Average price of Wheat. PRICES OF PR( Os. (A. to os. Bd.l 06 0 8 07 1 0 l)e Lil~Ul~ 44 to 47 43 46 40 42 43 - Beef, per lb. tton )untry, Beans. 4Ss Od 47s Od 453 Od Pont 0 5 0 7 Larnn, per qr. 5 0 7 (1 0 45 0 2uartern Loaf Pi 010 Potatoes, 141 b. 0 6 0 0 Beam. 45 , Od 44 , Od 38 Od Inds of Grain te.day, and the sales Oats. 953. 4d 32 0 28 0 Pease. 465. Od 43 0 40 ss. 2d. 3?. Bean?. 46z Od 43 40 0 )VISIONS; &C. I Freshßutter, lb. 15.e.1. to I+.2d 'Salt 0 9 1 0 Ditto, per cv, t. «80 U 104 9 Eggs, per dec.., 0 0 0 0 OatStraw(kle'.)-12 0 )5 0 Wheat Ditto., —111) 0 12 6 Barley Ditto 9 0 11 0 Hay, per 1 0 1 2 EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET.—May 21, There was a middling supply of Oatmeal at this day's.market, and the sales were rather heavy. Per Sack of 2801 b. Imp. First Oatmeal Second ditto, Barleymeat.... ..... I li, 0 Peasemeal 1 12 0 Pot Barley—No. 1, per cwt.l Peas. GLASGOW CORN A moderate business doin Wheat, per 240ib. s. d. s. d. British, old 37 0 to 81 0 - new 2BO 340 Canada, free 34 0 36 0 Irish Barley, per 3201 b English 3l 0 33 0 Scottish 2B 0 32 0 Irish Per Stone ot 141 b. Imp. First Oatmeal £0 2 S Second ditto Barleysaeal ..... ......... 0 2 0 Peasemeal 0 2 0 125.-2d,145.--34,16 —4th,lBs. I, 208. MARKET.—May 22. gin Grain ; prices steady. lOats, per 2641 b. s. d. s. d. Irish 2l 0 to 25 0 British t3 C II 0 Beans, per 2601 b. English Scottish Pease, Scottish ...„ 23 0 24 1 Oatmeal, per 1401 b 2O 0 22 6 Flour, per 2solb 5O 0 56 t) CORNWALL MARKETS. (Calculated at 24 gallons to the bushel.) Jean EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Aurvals—Ti:e Lord Huni;.::rfors - i, Saunders, from Ben gal, Off Falmouth; sailed from Calcutta 16th, and Saugur 20th of Jiouary ; Cape, lst March, St. Helena, 25th March ; William Jardine, Crosby, from China, off Fal mouth ; sailed 21 st Imnary ; St. Hele.na, 24th March ; Argyle, M Donald, from Bombay, at Liverpool, sailed 20th December ; Cape, 20th February , ; Hendrika, Admi ral, from Batavia, off Falmouth, for Rotterdam, sailed from St. Helena 22d March. Arrivals at Batavia previous to 26th February..—The Rajahstan, Ritchie, from London and South Australia ; Tamar, from New South Wales ; Brothers, Murdock, and Penningham, Greene, from Liverpool ; Gilbert Henderson, Tweedic, Feb 19, from London and Cape of Good Hope- Brothers, Lobbau, 21st, from London and Swan River, and would load for Europe. Departures from Rio Janeiro.—Crusader, M'Donald, March 22, for Cape of Good Hope ; Postillion (Dutch brig of war) 22, for Batavia. Departure from Ceylon.—H. M. troop-ship Apollo, Karley, March 2, for England, with the 58th Regiment. VESSELS SFOKEN WlTH.—Abercrombie, Robinson ; Scott, London to Madras, &c., Feb. 21, lat. S. 30. South, was eighteen days from the Land's End to the Line; Marquis of Camden, Reade, London to Madras, &c., April 7, lat. 0. 10. South, long. 20. 20. West ; had passed the Vibelia, Terry, London to Hobart Town, 24th March, lat. 24 North, long. 22 West, all well ; Whitby, Well bank, Dublin, to New South Wales. 23d March, lat. 1, North, long. 23, West; Ganges, M'Donald, London, to South Australia, 25th March, on the Line; Nautilus, Newconibe, Singapore to London, 3d April, lat. 4, South, long. 18 West ; Bencoolen, Gilbert, Singapore to Lon don, 13th April, lat. 7 North, long. 28 West. NAVAL INI ELLIGENCE. (From the Portsmouth Independent.) The Vanguard, 80, Captain Sir Thomas FeHowe, ig ordered forthwith to return from the Mediterranean. By a special order from the Admiralty, the Lily was towed into harbour on Thursday, to be paid off all standing , and re-commissioned; which, the ship having been in commission only 18 months, is considered to be a tacit mark of disapprobation of the Commander's conduct. At Spithead—Hastings and Lily. In Harbour—Britannia, Victory, Excellent, Benbow, Revenge., Royal George, Hydra ste am-frigate, Childers, Clio, and Messenger steamer. In Dock—Britannia, Dublin, Warspite, Belvidere , Rattlesnake, Sapphire, Magicienne, and Tweed. In the Basin—Queen, Blonde, Clio, Childers, and Victor. (From the Devonport Independent.) Twenty-four disposable men were sent from her Me jesty's ship Impregnable on board her Majesty's b r ig Cur lew, on Wednesday, for the ships on the coast of Africa. It affords us great pleasure to learn that there will bee limited promotion in both the Navy and Army on the oe' casion of her Majesty's birthday. Her Majesty's ship Malabar, 74, having been repaired, will be taken out of dock on Tuesday, and is to be fitted for commission. Her Majesty's brig Curlew, 10, Lieutenant Rose, oile d yesterday for the Cape of Good Hope. Her Majesty's ship Nile, 92, will be launched on the 28th of June, the anniversary of her most gracious MP jesty's coronation.—A new 80-gun ship is to be laid down on the slip from which the Nile is to be launched. In Hamoaze—lmpregnable, 104, Captain Eden ; Belle' isle, 74, Captain T. Ni co l as ; D ru id, 46, C apta i n Lord Churchill; ; Carron, steam-vessel; and Pandora, packet. PaomoTtorts—Command ers —R. L. W arren , a nd the Hon. P. P. Cary, to the rank of Captain. Lieutenants—A. T. Goldie, Hon. Robert Gore, John Richardson, R. H. Bunbury, C. J. Bosanquet, to the rank of Commander. Mates—Thomas Wilson, C. H. Douglas, F. W. Horton , to the rank of Lieutenant. Clerks—T. Littleton, C. N. Frampton. F. Siddall, 1 7 . W. Folewill, D. G. Charles, W. P. Carrigan, E. Wa rd ' to the rank of Purser. APPOINTMENTS.—Captain—J. C. Ross, to the Erebus. Commanders—H. W. Gifford, to the Cruizer; E. Se pean, to the Comus ; F. R. M. Crozier, to the Terror; Hon. R. Gore, to the Serpent. Lieutenants—J. E. Katon, to the Britania, (Acting a° Flag Lieutenant to the Hon. Admiral Fleming ; u* Lowe, G. Lavie, J. D. Dick, and H. St. John George°, to the Revenge ; R. Milbanke, and M. Nolloth, to the Childers; C. Crawley, to the Clio. Surgeons—Dr. W. G unn , t o th e C urac oa, vice E. 13 4 Rowley ; Thomas Kidd, (b) t o th e Cli o; Dr. W Wes to the Revenge. Assistant- Surgeons--H. F. Osman, to the Curlew ; H. J. Domville, to the Revenge. to eke, Additional Assistant Surgeon—Mr , H. Pea" the Britannia. Master—A. B. M'Lean, to the Reveng e. P. C o tter, Second Master—F. Wills, to the Revenge; to the Terror. Boothby, Mates — G. H. Gardner, J. Woodward'ard, a nd G. to Curacoa; J o s e ph N ourse , and C. B. Hamilton, to Benbow. College Mate—M r . P . T o wer, to the Childer s. Midshipman—S. Trevor Dickens, to Curacoa. Vols., First Cl ass —J en ki n J o nes, to Curacoa; F. Fetid , to Revenge. Clerks—Chapman, additional to the Melville; J. Hobbs , additional to the Britannia ; G. Mowbray, in charge, to the Terror ; Norcock, in-charge, to the Waterwitch ; Park, to the Revenge; W. Creser, to the Hydra; Jobe Price, to the Clio. Gunner—George Grant, to the Carysfort. Boatswains—Robert Knight, to the Lily; G. Harris, to the Revenge. Royal Marines—First Lieutenant Justia Thadius Courtney M'Carthy is placed on the half-pay liat; Se cond Lieutenant R. S. Bunce, is promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant, vice M'Carthy; Pickard (son of Commander Pickard), is appointed Second Lieutenant of the Plymouth Division, vice Bunce, promoted. DISCOVERIES AT WHATLEY.--SOMC time since we furnished an account of the discovery of a Roman villa at Whatley, near Frome, Somersetshire. We nor , / learn from a resident gentleman that many other very in teresting discoveries have recently beer. made. In making some further excavations a small part of a wall has been laid open ; it is covered with paintings on fine plaster ; rnilar to that discovered by Mr. Lysons some years since' at Colesbourne in Gloucestershire. These are believed t° be the only fragments of the kind hitherto discovered in tbil island in their original position. The pattern is rude l y executed, but the colours are distinguishable. The remains of which this room formed a part, are io n ' gined to be the site of a Roman villa, and from the nature of its construction, its occupier must have been person of some rank and authority. There have also bel found on the spot some coins of the Emperors Clauc li , u , and Constantine, a curious bronze spoon, a small brn n- d animal resembling a goat or sheep, probably a tutelary gf d of the Romans, a large needle of the same metal, !" .0 some fragments of fine pottery, which had been brokdeud and joined together with mo lt en l ea d, t h e par ts so me n ot being discovered in that state; its value t h e refore of t 10,_ne have been considerable. Th e di scovery o f the coin • listed Emperor Claudius ind uces a b e li e f t h at t h e fi n e tesso . st be pavement laid open last autumn and still visible, ° w or se of great antiquity. The Emperor Claudius oPe n % the months at Bath, and other p ar t s o f S omerse tsbire' 1 early part of the first century. The THE WELLINGTON :TESTIMONIA Hereditary Grand Duke of Russia has subscribed 3"" <N • for r o f the monument which is about to be erected in the Duke of Wellington, whose glory, his Imperial too ness says, belong s t o E ng l an d, b ut w h ose se rvices b ei to all Europe. u gg PRIZE CUPS. —New and Second-band Sib d PRIZE CUPS are offered at very REDUCED an PRICE S ' -d selection may be mad e f rom a great var i ety, b o th of Siz es Patterns, at T. COX SAVORY'S , G o ld sm ith, and Wa tc h . maker, 47, Cornhill, London (Seven Doors from Gra ceehore street).—Drawin gs o f C ups will be forwarded in answer to post-paid application. tio° N.B. It is desirable Letters for Drawings should m e % either the size or ab ou t th e pr i ce o f th e C u p or Cups tha t be required. 1 . ----- 11 -01v PLATE.—A. B. SAVORY and SONS osite facturing Silversmiths, N o . 14, Cornhill, London (I,P E rtpl the Bank of England ). Th e b es t w rought FIDDLE PA ' ii w ing SPOONS and FORKS, at is. 2d. per ounce. The f °° . ha il , are the weights recommended, but the articles may ' lighter or heavier, at the same price per ounce. a i , X. % 5 ~ 12 Fiddle Pattern Silver Table Spoons 111 ati ,„z j 3." 7 3 ` l2 ditto Dessert ditto 20 7 fro P 0 Ato 'Sable Forks 3O 7 4.•• 7 3 12 ditto Dessert ditto 20 7 2 " . i 11 t 2 ditto Gravy Spoons lO 7 I " . . 3 11 ' 1 ditto Soup Ladle 10 7 9 *" 1 6 4 ditto Sauce ditto lO 7 ".. f 0 1 ( 1 4 ditto Salt Spoons (gilt strong) ...... . ......... 2 jo _ 1 ditto 12 ditto I pair ditto Tea s F u i' g l : S r S p l o i coen Tongss . .............. . . .. ... ''''''''''''''''' 0 9 156 7 (strong) ....................... of, A Pamphlet containing detailed Lists of the e . Tea an" various Patterns of Silver Spoons and Forks, Coffee Ser- vices, and of the different articles of p t he c ountry may he had on application, or will be sent i ot° f this ESta in answer to a paid letter ; the Plate Room s ° nuisite to article re, blishment contain a large selection of every art' complete a service. Silv lated Ware, On the 26th inst., the Lady Louisa Whitmore, of BIRTHS. heir. On th ' 24th inst., the lady of Quintus Vivian, Esc'', of a sr: On ha 26th inst., the la:dy of the Bishop of Ripon, of . daughter. of a On the 26th inst., at Peckham, Mrs. John S. Hardy, daughter. On the 27th inst., at Hampstead, the lady of Robert Brad' ford, Esq., of a son. a son and MA RRIED. On the 25th inst., a t Christ Church , Surrey, David E vans, Esq., of Erwood-ho ,, se , Breeonshire, to Sarah, second daughter of the late Lieutenant Joseph, of the 52d Regiment of Foot. On the 25th inst., at Southampton, Captain Doherty, 14th Light Dragoons , to Anne Eliza, second (laughter of Sir H enrY Onslow, Bart. On the 22d inst., at Winfrith , Dorset. Captain Wigston, ° . f . the 18th Reg iment, to Anne, widow of Lieut.-Colonel Haver field. _.------ DIED. On the 18th s ship inst., Griffon. at Calais, On s, William Dunn, Esq., late pur ser 6f her ;8a jst the 25th inst., at Tayistock- place, of consumption,ldur'. Joseph Carr, aged 19, Temple. son of the late Thomas Carr, Esq., On the 25th inst., at Canterbury, Mary Sophia, r ue 'he daughter of C apta i n Henry Frederick Hawker, Adj u t a nt ft t _ Queen's Own Mili t i a, an d late o f t h e 19 t h R eg iment of F° ° ' aged 11 years. le a se On the 26th i ns t ., at St. John's-wood, Regent's Park, ~ Robinson, Esq., Felow of the Royal Society, and on e of T.' 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