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Lord RADNOR last night in the House of Lords ex pressed his astonishment at learning from the news; papers that he had been put on Lord RODEN'S Com mittee, and begged that his name might be withdrawn, as he wholly disapproved of its object, and declined to serve on it. Lord RODEN will get none but RoDENITES to go along with him in his partial investigation. A considerable number of petitions were presented in favour of the Penny Postage—a plan we should think the Ministers might safely try, and by which they would gain golden opinions. Malta was twice alluded to, that long-neglected spot now attracting much attention, and there seems no doubt, but the ordinance concerning the Press, will give rise to a debate, on a motion which Lord BaouGHAm is to bring forward this day week, if the ordinance be not annulled. /The Deanery of Exeter Bill, was read a second time, after a little sparring between Lord MELBOURNE and the Bishop of EXETER. In the Commons, after private business had occupied the House for a considerable time, the Jamaica Consti tution Suspension Bill was read a second time ; and it seems likely that Sir ROBERT PEEL will not offer it any opposition. He expressly said that it was not to be made a party question, though he wished another ap peal to be made to the Legislature of Jamaica before adopting it. Counsel were heard against the Bill and talked the whole evening. At twelve o'clock the further hearing *as postponed till this day, and without transacting pp,' other business the House adjourned. We perceive by several of the country papers, that :the Anti-Corn-law League is working effica courtly in the - provinces. Lectures are delivering by several gentlemen at various places to crowded as semblies, and with great effect. A newspaper is to be established at Manchester, ;besides the Corn Law Circular, expressly to advocate the cause, and , make the people fully aware of the bearings of the question. Such a course, with public meet tugs to get up petitions, and provoke discus sion, is the shortest and most certain way to succeed. For several years the subject was allowed to lie over; it was never extensively discussed by the public journals; all its bearings were not and could not be known, and the late rise in price hurried on a decision before the public was duly informed on the subject. Moreover, the mischief inflicted by the Corn-laws on the community is not easily mea sured and ascertained. Man accommodates him self to circumstances, and the community reconciles itself, however uneasily and uncomfortably, to the diminished quantity of food, the les sened profit, and the slower increase of po pulation caused by the Corn-laws. In fact by acquiescing in such a scoundrel law it be !umeß a consenting party to the landlord's guilt, and is compelled to submit to the privations and miseries Which are the consequences. A better spirit is, we "%ti o\ i nk be . . ,4 ,' beginning to prevail, and the earnest manner t'.1,11 vynich th e le C f. c ure-room, cannot fail -tiorl-uf the ._ ~ Corn -law s are denounced in every . to generate both a con vic mischief inflicted by the law, and a deter mination to get rid of it. Believing' and hoping )ryis, we learn with pleasure, from a striking ~ min ?' phlet just published in the form of a letter XSir. ROBERT PEEL, by Mr. J. P. WESTHEAD, of Manchester, that a deep-seated feeling o f dis_ • , t 4 ill‘ l ,llll 4111 4 4 ir)l4. • :CA rht amt. . --- --,- -1 i - .' ' ~ /OM fl, content with these laws pervades that part of the country. The writer says : Independently of the party connected with the Anti- Corn-law Association, there is a highly influential class of men who, though not easily susceptible of excitement, are greatly mistrustful of, and most anxious for, an extensive modification of the laws. Still the movement, as now de veloped, is to an extent far more general than any which I have witnessed, save that which resulted in the Reform Act. It is not the effervescence of a moment, or the fever of an hour—it is not the offspring of unworthy cupidity—it is not founded of vague apprehens►ons of approaching cala mity, but upon evidence of a rivalry in manufactures, so clear and palpable as to fill the breasts of even sober think ing men with anxiety and alarm. Rest assured, Sir Ro bert, the flame thus kindled shall not run " to waste with its own flickering ;" it shall burn yet more intensely, and gather ardour from the evidence which at first excited and is now accumulating around it, until it shall illumine the senate of Britain ; or if such an anticipation be beyond the pale of possibilities, until it shall have made the people wiser than their rulers ; when again, within the space of a few brief years, shall be recorded in the pages of our his tory a verification of the ancient axiom, " Vox populi, vox Dei," leaving posterity to wonder at the infatuation of go vernors, who could forget a truth which had so recently been enforced, and that too in a style so signal and resistless. In the compass of twenty pages the author exa mines a number of the positions of the advocates of the Corn-laws, and completely. refutes them,supply ing ample materials for keeping alive the flame which will by and bye illumine the British Senate. He exposes the fallacy of the Corn-laws promoting cultivation and protecting agriculture, which is one of the most strange suppositions that was ever propounded. How giving an increase of rent to idle landlords who, in most cases, do not trou- ble themselves in the least about cultivation, but spend their time abroad, many of the land-owners, too, being corporations and col leges, can stimulate or protect agriculture, no person has ever explained. How giving an increased income also to the tithe-owner, which is another consequence of the Corn-laws, can serve the agriculturists, Sir ROBERT PEEL'S ingenuity has not discovered. The cultivation of the soil, is promoted by lessening the cost ; and whatever cheapens it, like improved ploughs, enables the agriculturist to cultivate less fertile lands with a profit. But the Corn-laws operate directly con trary to the invention of improved ploughs ; they add to the cost of production, by the whole of the increased rent they give to the land owner, and increase of tithes to the tithe-:owner-- who in nowise contribute to the cultivation. They impede, not promote—they plunder, and do not pro tect, agriculture. Never was there a grosser per version of the truth than the assertion that the Corn-laws promote and extend the cultivation of our own soil. Mr. WESTHEAD examines and refutes the false assertions made by the Corn-law advocates of the greater value of real than of personal property. He completely convicts those advocates of mis leading the public, when they affirm that the land lords are more heavily taxed than other classes. He dwells with considerable eloquence and effect on the important truth that the country is now de pendent on America for the subsistence of nearly two millions of our population. He exposes by Parliamentary returns the absurdity and bad faith of those who assert that pauperism and immorality have abounded in the com mercial districts ; and proves that in Buckingham the poor-rates were four times as high in proportion to the population in 1801, 1811, 1821, and 1831, as in Lancashire ; that the idiots amongst the agri culturists were I in 700, amongst the manufacturers only 1 in 1,960 ; and that amongst the Corn-law Duke's own most virtuous population, the number of bastards was to the population as 1 to 200, while amongst the demoralized spinners and weavers it was only 1 in 400. Mr. WESTHEAD then states— Having furnished a new topic for all those who depre ciate the manufacturing population, I request attention to this remarkable fact, that the increase of the population of Lancashire alone, during the period which transpired be tween the years of 1801 and 1831, was 664,123 persons, being raore than the entire population of the undermen tioned counties at the date of the last census, namely, Bed fordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Hereforishire, and Rutlandshire ; which counties contain 2,446,050 acres, or about a thirteenth part of the area of England. Lancashire, then, has provided employment and the means of subsistence, not only to her native popula tion, but has also furnished customers to the number of 664,000 for the produce of the agriculturists, and this too, manifestly, without occasioning the least increase to her own parochial burdens; and if not to her own, certainly not to those of adjacent or remote counties, but, on the con trary, has conferred upon the country at large advantages of no ordinary kind. The charge, therefore, made by the Corn,law advocates, that manufactures have increased the local taxation of England, is worthy the cause of those who urge it. This furnishing customers to the agriculturists is a point which the farmers should bear in mind. The Corn-laws prevent the growth of our manu facturing towns and limit the customers of our far mers. Every clay we read of the exportation of machinery, and the expatriation of our artizans, who go abroad to eat the bread which the land lords will not allow to be brought hither ; abroad they will afford no:market to the English farmer, but if allowed to eat foreign grown corn at Man chester they would also supply a market for much of our own farmers' produce, and continually add to the number of his customers. We hope, however, soon to see the farmers convinced that the Corn laws are greatly injurious to them, as well as to the rest of the community, and that conviction this eloquent and useful pamphlet will contribute to hasten. While there is a continual accession of such labourers in the field as Mr. WESTHEAD, who is a partner in a large manufacturing concern at Manchester, there must be a continual accession of hope that such labours will speedily meet in success with their appropriate reward. The outcry which certain interested parties in this country have raised about the increase of crime among the coloured population of the West Indies, since the passing of the Slavery Abolition Act, has led to the presentation to Parliament of a series of official despatches and returns from those Islands worthy of very serious attention. In a despatch from Lieutenant-General Sir LIONEL SHIT H, Governor of Jamaica, to Lord GLENELG, dated the 23d January, 1839, we find enclosed a Repe.rt from Messrs. RAMSAY, BAYNES, KELL, and JACKSON, Stipendiary Magistrates of the district of St. Catharine, containing a population of at least 20,000 coloured labourers, in which the malicious rumours about the increase of crime are most satisfactorily disproved. This Report is dated the 12th of January last,. and is consequently five months sub sequ,vnt to the commencement of the alleged p er i o d of ti te insecurity of life and p ro perty. " During the 'four years of th e a pp renticeshi p , " say these genti'emen in the Report alluded to, " the cry that crime was on the increase, was loudly raised by al most the whole of the planting interest, and as tonal antly denied by the advocates of emancipation. The former in support of their position were ac cusf*,t ,med to point with confidence to the number of case; 3 brought on some occasions and in some pails hes (for even this was not general), before the Colr is of Quarter Sessions, which, if it proved an inet i!ase of crime, would not be against the app..7. entices, but their masters ; for more than half of every calendar was ordinarily composed of c'a sea of assault committed by the latter on their servants." We must pause here for an instant. This is so delectable a specimen of planters' logic yrovi ng the increase of crime, that it should be carefully treasured in the memory. The sable se , 3x indrels had, it appears, the wickedness to com pi n more frequently than formerly of the brutal td illegal floggings to which they were subjected r their humane and benevolent masters and mis trt !sse sT. This was what made the calendar heavy. N e r ,hall see what use the culprit's counsel at the )id B a iley will be able to make of this very inge ni o'; is argument. Let them only show that the es sei It e of crime is in the legal prosecution of it, and the , thieves and rogues wiII carry all before them. They may laugh at laws, and Judges, and Juries. But to proceed with the extract from the Magistrates' Report :—" The persons who pre tend that crime has increased in this community, wilfully disguise from others a fact known to them selves, that none but enormous and atrocious of fences were formerly subject to judicial inquiry and punishment ; all crimes of lower grade were visited by domestic discipline when they affected the in terests (2f the proprietor; when they did not, and the public only was injured, the master rarely gave up the delinquent slave to justice, except in cases which subjected him to the penalty of transporta perform, that those who wield it must, in the ma jority of cases, have a very thankless task to fulfil. Now it seems to us that this circumstance duly weighed should make such men as Mr.WA KLEY and Mr. JERVIS and Sir WM. MOLESWORTY be cau tious how they lend themselves to the popular feel ing, or catch and act on the popular discontent. At least we do not conceive, in the language of the pamphlet we recently referred to, that it is a suffi cient reason to upset the coach that both the public and ourselves are displeased with the driver. Till we see some probability of getting a better, it is wise and safe to go on as we are. The same fact, however, of the inherent unpopularity of Government, ought to con vince the Ministers that not only is their task a thankless one, but it is also a most arduous one. If they suppose that either they or any other set of run can have the sweets of office and none of its cares they reckon without their host, the exacting public. They are watched by numerous rivals, they are held to be responsible for every public misfortune, and as no ex ertions, however great and well directed, can possibly save them from gradually falling into un popularity, so n egligence and carelessness or indif ference will soon fix their doom. At present their good conduct as to Ireland has saved them, but to ensure their continuance in safety they must not be idle. We do not ask so much for organic as admi nistrative reform ; the are many of those which tion or death , in both which instances the owner was reimbursed for his loss. Much as has been said of the sufferings of the negro in slavery there is reason to believe that half of the horrors of that state have never been divulged, and that not th• hundredth part of such offences as are now broutht before the Courts of Quarter Sessions vere then made the sub ject of any public animadversion whatever." Here is any apparent increase in the aggregate amount of crime satisfactorily accounted for. But the Ma gistrates do not stop here. They prove from the calendar itself that crime on the part of the ne groes in the district of St. Catharine had greatly de creased since the period of their emancipation. We have not space for the insertion of these documents, but a knowledge of the fact which they establish must prove highly satisfactory to the people of England. In a dispatch from Sir L. SMITH to Lord GLE NELG, dated the 25th Feb., his Excellency attributes the want of a good understanding between the planters and labourers in most instances to the bad temper, domintering habits, and not unfrequently empty purses of the former. The payment of wages in ready money and without deductions was what few of the planters could stomach without exhibi tions of fury of which the negroes stood no longer in awe. His Excellency concludes his despatch, enclosing a great number of distinct reports—upon the whole very favourable to the labouring popu lation—with the following important suggestion, which has again and again been repeated in onr columns :—" I cannot too strongly impress upon your Lordship, in the hope that it may be forcibly urged upon the proprietary body at home, that there are many overseers continued in employment, and of course brought into immediate contact with the labourers, whose character for harshness, un kindness, and cruelty, is so well established, that it is perfectly idle to expect that the labourers will enter into any permanent engagements with, or 'eel any confidence in them." The fact is, that ,here is not a person in the West Indies, who was at any time instrumental in the torture of the coloured population, whom it would not be proper, if possible, to remove from these Islands, now that the negroes are a free people. The very sight of their former tormentors must tend to incite the coloured race to acts of insubordination, and breaches of the peace. Besides, such persons, in justification of their former cruelties, will naturally take every op portunity of goading them to the commission of outrages, of which, if properly treated, they would never be guilty. Nevertheless, as has already been stated, the re sults of the Emancipation Act in Jamaica are most satisfactory to the friends of humanity. In a Re port from Mr. Hill, Assistant•secretary of the Sti pendiary Justice Department, Spanish Town, dated Feb. 20, it is stated, that the negroes have provided for their own sick and distressed ; that husbands have manifested great tenderness towards their wives and children, who were unable to work ; and that a visible improvement had taken place in all their domestic and social rela tions. A Report from Mr. O'REILLY, a Sti pendiary Magistrate, of the same date as the above, states that the only class of atrocious criminals in his parish, as proved by the proceedings at the Court of Quarter Sessions, were the overseers. Mr. MAHON, another Magistrate, reports that the managers of the estates of Ashley Hall and Dunkleys were engaged in ejecting the poor labourers from their little tenements, although guiltless of any crime, and notoriously without a spot to shelter them. More than four-fifths of the otherßeports from Magistrates and Gentlemen worthy of credit in the Island are to the same effect. In fact were it not for the active interposition of the Government, the condition of the coloured race in Jamaica would be truly horrible. A state of slavery would be a state of happiness, in compari son with what they would be made to suffer, were their former tormentors suffered to act upon their in terpretations of the provisions of the Emancipation Act. would give great public satisfaction, and we trust that the Ministers will zealously set about accom plishing them. To some of those we shall advert in future. We have inserted in another part of The Sun three communications which we have received on the sub ject of a letter which appeared in this Journal last week from Mr. W. HAWES, brother of the new Churchwarden of the parish of Christchurch, Surrey. We think some explanation is required from Mr. HAWES, and we shall abstain from making any comments on the statements of our Correspondents until he has had an opportunity of vindicating himself. On the motion of Mr. POULETT THOMSON, the petition of Lord LICHFIELD, presented by the Right Hon. Gentleman in the House of Commons a few nights ago, and setting forth that an improper use had been made of the name of the Noble Peti tioner, by the opponents of the Birmingham and Manchester (Stone and Rugby) Extension Rail way Bill, was last night referred, with other petitions to the same effect, to the examination of a Select Committee. Whether, in the event of these allegations being proved, the House will publicly mark its sense of such conduct, we do not know ; but we shall not, on public grounds, regret the occurrence, if it lead, as we trust it will, to the amendment of the absurd Stand ing Orders relative to Railway Bills, which disgrace the business department of the House of Commons. As to the opposition made to the particular Bill referred to in these petitions, the public is at no loss to know by whom, and upon what grounds it is con ducted. The proprietors of the Birmingham and Manchester Line are alarmed at the idea of what ever threatens to put an end to the monopoly which they are so very desirous of establishing for their own especial profit. They forget all about public convenience, now that they have triumphed over the turnpike-trust and stage-coach proprietors and contractors. But such interested clamours will not impose upon the public, and we trust will receive very little attention in Parliament. The more Rail ways there are the better for commerce, and the more parallel lines there are the cheaper will be the expense of conveyance. The saving of two hours in a journey from London to Manchester i s of immense importance in a great commercial na tion like England. This saving of time the Ex tension Railway when completed will at least effect, and therefore the country has a direct interest in supporting it. We are well aware of the unpopularity of the Ministers amongst their usual friends and sup porters. One explanation of the circumstance, in dependently of their own conduct, was, some time ago, suggested by Mr. WAKLEY, which ought to have some influence on him and his friends, and in its turn suggest s some cur ious reflections. He said that the faults of the Tories in the Government were forgotten, while those of the Whigs were fresh in our memories. The knowledge of history, so as to give birth to any thing like a lively conviction, does not extend beyond half a dozen years. If we could remember as vividly the offences of the Tories as we now perceive those of the Whigs, the latter would again be restored to popularity. It is only by com parison we judge, and the misbehaviour of the Tories being forgotten, the Radicals never having been tried, the Whigs have all the u npopularity which always belongs to those who admi nister the Government. Besides, the envy which being in possession of the Government excites in rivals, and in men who think they are as worthy to hold office as its possessors, so much is expected of Government, more than it can ever THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 1839. interest : In another part of our paper will be fonnd reports of Church-rate proceedings in different parts of the kingdom. There have been furious contests going on at Leicester and Taunton. In the former case a very mortifying defeat was sustained by the thick and-thin Church party. The Dissenters, assisted by the liberal Churchmen, after a poll which con tinued open four days, beat their opponents by a large majority. The struggle in this instance took place nominally on the question of the election of Churchwardens, but the real mat ter at issue was, whether the Dissenters should or should not be burdened with the payment of Church-rates. That point is happily settled for the present, the new Churchwardens, having, much to their honour, publicly declared, " that rather than compel a single parishioner to pay to a Church which, except for purposes of charity, they never entered, because they disapproved of it, they would go to prison, or even to death." At Taunton the contest, though it ended differ ently, cannot be considered in the light of a tri umph, unless it be a triumph to the Church to be told by its supporters that this is the last time that they will give their aid in laying a Church-rate. Taunton Church is, it appears, in a state of great dilapidation, and if not repaired soon , is likely to tumble down. This has induced liberal Church men of all grades in politics, to concur in the pre sent rate, on the understanding that they are to oppose all future attempts to lay a rate, should the proposed legislative measure be defeated. But, as it is justly remarked by the Editor of the paper from which we have copied the statement, "it is one thing to vote a rate, and another to collect it." If there had not been agi oss infor mality in the proceedings, which invalidates the rate, the Dissenters, it is affirmed, would rather submit to the seizure of their goods than be guilty of the dishonesty of voluntarily contributing to the support of a religious system of which they do not approve. At Banbury a conflict has commenced. An amendment on a motion for a Church-rate, post poning the consideration of the subject, was carried on Wednesday last, but as a poll was demanded, the result cannotbeknown till the middle of this week. In Wales the harpies of the Church have been making seizures in their usual oppressive way. According to the valuation of Church appraisers things are wonderfully cheaper in the Principality than in any other part of the kingdom. What do our readers think of fifteen bushels of oats as a set off against a Church-rate of two shillings and one penny, and a mahogany table, together with an oaken one, grabbed for the sum of elevenpence halfpenny I I The Paris Journals of Sunday are all at sixe and sevens about the construction of a Cabinet They evidently know nothing more about the resul than they did a month ago. We shall, however, give their respective opinions upon the subject, leaving our leaders to attach what importance they please to them. The Journal des Debats of Sun day thus announces the termination of the Minis terial interregnum : " The rumour was in general circulation yesterday even ing that the list of the new Ministry would appear in Mon day's Dioniteur. Marshal Soult would be President. M. Thiers, Minister of Foreign Affairs. M. Dupin, of Justice. M. Pasay, of the Interior. M. D'Argout, of Finances. M. Sauzet, of Public Instruction. M. Dufaure, of Commerce. " It will be seen that this Cabinet is taken exclusively from the ranks of the Centre Gauche." Thus saith the Journal des Debats. Now hear the Courier Francais, the respectable organ of the ODILLON BARROT party " We have again to repeat the common cry—the fatal word of this crisis, `all is overthrown.' It is well known that M. Passy proposed to M. Thiers, in the King's name, and with the consent of the Marshal, to enter a Centre Gauche Ministry. Two confidential friends of M. Thiers will full powers to treat. were the mediators, In the course of the day things went on so well that it was an nounced that on Monday a Ministry would be formed. But the Marshal has thrown such dfficulties in the way that M. Vivien and M. Dufaure, on the part of M. Thiers, declared they could no longer negotiate. On Saturday evening they returned M. Thiers the sort of carte blanche which he had given them, and the negotiations are sus pended. At all events it cannot be said that it was the fault of M. Thiers, for he knew nothing of the negotia tions. He cannot be blamed for wishing to deprive his enemies of their calumnies. As for the Marshal, we begin to get tires of him and his failures. Perhaps he is Not anxious to make one opinion triumph in the Government more than another. But if he does not represent an opinion, he risks becoming the agent of an intrigue. Is he come to this?" The Constitutionnel, formerly AL THIERs' Journal, mad still supposed to contain the lucubra tions of the little Dictator, has the following article upon this subject : " The Ministerial crisis is becoming more complicated. An appeal has been made to the nation. Promises, bribes, threats were made to induce them to vote for the 221 (Mole), and they chose to vote for the 213 (Coalition). Everything appeared to be settled, and we were to hare a definitive Ministry, but things remain j ust as they were be fore. In th e Chamber seven members of the Centre Gauche came out of the electoral urn, and only two sup porters of the 16th April (Mole). What more do they want? Explanations have been demanded, and the Hon. Deputy who has asked for them hoped that the Ministry would be constituted before Nlonday. The leaders of the 221 have made this loyal proposition a source of discord. They pretend that the new Cabinet cannot be formed be fore explanations arc given. What do they hope from this? By publishing private opinions, and sowing dissen sion amongst men who are u nited, they hope, perhaps, to create new difficulties and impossibilities. But the Cham ber will not f a ll i nto t h e tra p that has been lai d for it. It will not all o w th e enemies of public peace to have thi s cause of congratulation." In the Commerce of Sunday another well in formed Liberal Journal we find the following para graph to the same effect:— "We are not surprised to learn that the combinations announced on Friday and Saturday have been again broken off. After the dissolution the elections were rain lo c k e d forward t o — a f ter t h e e l ec tions the opening of the ' Chamber —alter that opening the nomination of the President, and now there is a talk of waiting the result of the debates on Monday. After that discussion some other excuse for delay will probably be found. Thus from manceuvre to mar:ceuvre, end from incident to incident, the Court ar rives at its first intent to govern as it pleases, and to have only Mi n i s t er i a l c l er k s . Who knows but that by the repe tition of delay France may not be accustomed to see them on the Ministerial benches and to leave 'them by force of habit? For eight years past has not the ad interim been the directing genius of our politics ? And we repeat it, everything is hoped for from time." All the other Liberal Journals write in the same strain, so that we may conclude the Debats to be misinformed. It is, however, groping in the dark to express any opinion upon a question of which neither the Court party nor the Coalition — neither LOUIS PHILLIPPE nor M. THIERS can now, with certainty, predict the result. The KING is at this moment as much out of his depth as the shallowest of his advisers. The illoniteur announces the result of the divi sion on Lord JOIIN RUSSELL'S motion in the House of Commons, and the signing of the Treaty between Belgium and Holland. The advices from Madrid are of the 4th instant. They bring VAN HALEN'S dispatch to the Go vernment announcing his retreat from before Segura. His conduct was most cowardly. General AYERBE is to succeed him in the command of the army. Of domestic news there is a great dearth ,in the French Journals of Sunday. The following ex tracts from them include all they contain of general The Courrier Francais publishes an extract of a letter from Alexandria, dated on the 3d inst., which states that only three or four battalions of troops remained in that city, and not half a dozen in Cairo, all having been sent into Syria, in tile anticipation of hostilities with the army of the Sultan. Besides an agent (superior officer and privy councillor) of the Emperor Nicholas, a member of the divan of the arsenal had arrived from Con stantinople and proceeded direct to Cairo. It was be lieved that his object was to endeavour to extract money from the Viceroy before attacking him. An agent of the latter has just arrived, and was performing quarantine at Alexandria, suppcsed to be on his way to London to defend his interests, upon which he feared he had not come to a proper understanding with the British Consul-General. Mehemet Ali was believed to incline towards granting to Great Britain a free passage for her troops to India, the navigation of the Red Sea, permission to British ships to enter and repair in the ports of Egypt, and even towards acquiescence for the abolition of monopolies, but that he looked for the acknowledgment of his independence, so necessary for the repose of the East. Edheim Bey, Minister of Public Instruction in Egypt, accompanied by M. Enfantin, the ex- St. Simonian High Priest, passed through Lyons on the 17th instant on their way to Paris. The Commerce publishes a letter from Cracow of the 6th inst., stating that Count de Woronzoff, the Gover nor-General of Little Russia, who a year since had been superseded in that post, and ordered into " voluntary" exile, had vainly sued ever since for leave to settle in England, France, Prussia, or Austria. The Czar was so incensed against him that he ordered him to proceed to Cracow, threatening him, in case of disobedience, with the confiscation of his estates and property. The Empe ror, in giving instructions to that effect to the Minister of the Interior, charged the Count with being an ultra- Revolutionist, and having excited the Cossacks of the Don to revolt against their Sovereign. A Morning Journal doubts the truth of the report of the death of General 011ard, and founds its doubts on letters mitten from Peschawar dated the 13th December, which were received at Paris three days ago with the last India mail by way of Seuz. It is, in fact, impossible that more recent news of M. 011ard should have been received at Bombay on the 22d February.—Constitutionnel. One of our journals contains this morning the following letter :—" New Orleans, March I.—Some things are passing in the policy of the American Government which might excite a belief in the probability of some foreign differences near at hand. Secret but very pressing orders for naval armaments have been sent to all the ports, and measures have been taken to concentrate the naval force of the United States on the southern coast. No furloughs are granted to officers of the navy, and those who have obtained them have been sum moned to return to their ships. The captain of a man-of-war, now at New Orleans, hsving, after long and active services, applied to the Naval Department for a furlough, was answered, " At the present moment the Go vernment was in need of all its moral resources, especially of superior officers, and that no furloughs could be granted except on account of illness." The difference in question has been pending between Russia and America for these twelve years, during which the resources of diplomatic negociation have been unable to settle it. The American Government seems to be weary of this state of suspense, which is prejudice' to its com merce ; and the symptoms of discontent in the nation have become so strong and general that a member of the Con gress has but lately presented a project of law, the object of which is to cut by the sword the Gordian knot, which negociation is not able to untie.—Le Commerce. The Louisianian Journal which relates this fact, adds : " There is a strong presumption that our relations with some Foreign Power, if not interrupted, are in a fair way of being disturbed." Reviewing the state of the Foreign relations of America, with the several parts of the globe ; the same journal discovers in the political situation of the United States no difficulties besides those actually existing with Mexico on the subject of the indemnities claimed by the. American merchants, and with Russia on the sub ject of the Russian possessions situated on the West Coast of America, beyond the 54th degree of north latitude. Mexico is put out of question by the Journalist, notwith standing the serious manifestations lately made on the sub ject by the American merchants of Louisiana. But whatever may be the importance of this manifestation, and the greater or less degree of correctness there may be in the New Orleans Journalist in this point, this does not di minish the interest or importance of the Russian question on which all his solicitude is fixed. HAMBURG BORSEN HALLE, APRIL 19. Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares 1493 1444 An, 10-Russian Loan IO7W, 107% Russians '" per Cent. Ist senes, Certificate Inscription, Ist Series lO4 Russian 5 per Cent. Hopi and Co. 3d and 4th Se ies 9N 95 Ditto in Certificates Dutch Actual Debt, 2V, pe Cent 53 Ditto 5 per Cent 99% 9*,i Polish Bonds New Picket Angle. Vanish Loan, 3 per Cent 72% 72 Norwegian Loan, 1534, 4 per Cent... EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, APRIL 19.-13. 6.—Two months. 13. 4%. Isces.ix, Arm IC—Three months, 6. 20%. VIENNA, APRIL 16.—Two months, 9 50. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.— BERLIN, A 15. PAIL Bills. Money. St. Schuld. Sch., 4 per cent lO3 i t :, 1 . 021. Prussian English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent 102% 101% lachange on Landon, three months 6 20% —Prussian State Gazette, April 17. The General Steam Navigation Company's new steam ship Ocean arrived from Antwerp yesterday morn ing, Riker a passage of 21 hours, two of which she was de tained at anchor by the hazinoss of the weather. The favourite Boulogne packet Magnet, belong ing to the General Steam Navigation Company, which left London on Saturday morning, arrived at Boulogne the same day, having been little more than ten hours on her passage. EQUIVOCAL TESTIMONY.—Among the let ters published in favour of a quack medicine is one in which the writer, after ordering so many bottles or boxes, adds, If I lice, I will repeat the order." Mr. Binns, of this town, lectured at Stockton on Monday evening, and at Darlington on Tuesday, in advo cacy of the " People's Charter," " National Convention," &c. &c. &c.—Sunderland Herald. A CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.—There iS in the possession of Mr. Turner, of Belper, a cat which has brought forth a kitten with one head, two faces, two mouths, and four eyes, and which is living. Any person doubting the truth of the above may see the same on ap plication to Mr. Turner.--North Derbyshire Chronicle. EXECUTION AT GLOUCESTER.—On Satur day William Davis underwent the extreme penalty of the law at Gloucester, for the murder of a labourer named Butt. The culprit stated, previously to the day of execu tion, in reference to his crime, that he did not go to the cow-house for the purpose of murdering Butt, against whom he said he had, at that time, no feeling of malice, nor had he any intention of robbing him ; but while in the place the remark of Butt, that he was no good there, excited his passion to so great a degree, that he could not controul it. He thought lac exulted over him from being in the same situation that he had lost, and he waylaid him for the pur pose of being revenged. An immense crowd had assem bled, among which, as usual, were many females and chil dren. The wretched man was silent but firm, his only ob servation, beside bidding adieu to the reverend minister, who so meritoriously and unremittingly attended him, being a request that that gentleman would convey to his friends the expression of his hope of God's forgiveness. AMERICAN MOBS AND RlOTS.—Popular dis turbances of this kind in America are not always void of respect for existing law, as in the case of abolition riots, in one of which Pensylvania Hall, at Philadelphia, was burnt to the ground, May 17, 1833. On the contrary, the people, who looked quietly on this scene, and per mitted the proceeding, regarded the erection and open ing of that building, under the circumstances connected with it, as an outrage on public feeling, and looked upon the place as a nest of sedition against the peace and inte grity of the American Union. While, therefore, they ap. peered to be conniving at the violation of law, and were in fact doing so in regard to one of its lower departments ; they were governed by a respect for the " supreme law of the land," the constitution of the country. And had it not been, that the municipal authorities of the city and county of Philadelphia were responsible for the damages, it is not unlikely that the ringleaders of the riot would have gone unpunished ; at least, that less pains would have been taken to make them an example. So is it generally with the Lynching practices of the South, which have taken place in consequence of the Abolition excitement. It is known that opinion will sustain them ; and hence these summary proceedings.—A Voice from America to England. NOVEL MODE OF SIVINDLING.—A few days since a person respectably attired, and mounted on horse back, rode up to the shop of Mr. Hart, watchmaker, of Devizes, and having been told that he was not at home, asked for a gold watch which had been left to be repaired. Miss Hart handed him one from the window which he had pointed out as that he came for ; he then took it away, saying he would call again, which he has not yet done. We understand he tried the same plan at other watchmakers in the town, but without success. Fortunately for Mr. Hart the watch pointed out by this customer, and taken away by him as his own, is only a silver one gilt.—Bath Post. Robert Millhousc, the Nottingham poet, author of " The Destiny of Man," and other works, died in that town oa the 13th instant. He was latterly in distressed circumstances, and leaves a widow and three children, the youngest only twelve months old. Something ought to be done for them. LATE WOODCOCK,—On Wednesday last John Hargrave, under-gamekeeper to Sir Joseph Copley, at Sprotborough, shot a fine woodcock, in the Pot -riding, a circumstance which is remarkable at this late season, as the period at which these birds emigrate has long since passed. —Doncaster Chronicle. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) HUNGERFORD MARKET. The supplies were good, but the market was well at tended. Fish—Turbot, ss. to lbs. and 255. ; Cod, 2s. 6d. to 55., Bs., and 10s. each ; Soles, 9d. to 3s. od. per pair ; Lobsters, ls. to 6s. each; Mackaral, 4d. to Bd. each; Haddocks, Bd. to ls. 2d. CITY FISH MARKET. Supplies and trade good—prices stationary. Turbot, 53. to 103., 155., and 205., and up to 255. ; Cod, 2s. to 53., Ss., and 10s. each ; Soles, 9d. to 3s. 6d. per pair ; Lob sters, ls. to 6s. ; Mackarel, 4d. to Sd. each ; Haddock, 6d. to ls. '2d. each. HAY MARKETS. Supplies good, aiilden;;:di)risk; Prices much as last quoted. Hay, 70c. to 90s. and 9bs. 100 s. higher; Clover, 803. to 100 s. and 115 s. ; Straw, 345. to 425. per load. PROVISION MARKET. The season for Irish butter is over. Foreign 90s. to 106 s. ; Irish Bacon 48s. to 525. ; Lard, 645. Nothing doing in Cheese, and the stocks very heavy. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, APRIL 22.—Wind W. S. W.—Sailed with the rest of the outward bound, the John Flenny, Rose, for Madras. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 22.—Wind S. S. E. to S.— Arrived the Philadelphia, Morgan, from London, and sailed for New York. Sailed the Lancet, Aubrey, for Quebec. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 22.—Wind N. W. FALMOUTH, APRIL 21.—Wind N. to N. W., fresh breezes.—Arrived the Braganza (steamer), Dowman, from Gibraltar and Cadiz—sailed the 13th inst; Lisbon, 15th; Oporto, 16th ; and Vigo, 18th. Arrived the Hartlepool, Hubbard, from Leghorn. Sailed the Xenophon, Storey, St. John's, New Brunswick. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 22.—Wind variable.—Sailed the William Aikin, Meol, for La Guayra ; Commodore, Campbell, Barbadoes ; Hibernia, Cobb, New York ; Trusty, Morris. Newfoundland; Broad, Dalbet, Gaspe; Giason, Dodero, Alexandria; Vincenza, Genoa; Moun taineer, Hutchings, Leghorn ; Ada, Tregarthen, Algiers ; Finland, Cadiz. Off port, the Ann, Mondell, Barbadoes. BRISTOL, APRIL 22.—The Clifton, Walters, arrived at this port from Africa, spoke the Thomas, Naylor, from Limerick to Quebec, 14th inst., in lat. 48. long. 25., baying on board the crew and passengers of the Kingston, from Bristol to New York, which vessel foundered the 9th. WARKWORTII, APRIL 20.—The Defiance, Crockett, of Montrose, which was on shore has been got off, and towed to Blyth. BALRANOLD, NORTH UIST, APRIL 12.—The Lord Melbourne, Beaumont, from Ballina to London, has been carried into Lcchmaddy to repair, having sustained damage in a severe gale the 4th inst., and was obliged to throw part of cargo overboard. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE O' CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON-MARKET APRIL 22.—We have had no new feature to notice in the Cotton- Market. The sales to-day, 1,500 bags, chiefly American, at rather easier prices. The arrivals this morning are a French mail, also a mail from Gibraltar, by the Braganza, sailed April 13, Cadiz 13, Lisbon 15, Oporto 16, and Vigo 18. By the above conveyance we have received Gibraltar papers to the 13th April, they are filled with English and French intel ligence. A vessel has arrived at Havre, a whaler, which left Con ception on the 16th of January. The captain states that the war between Chili and Peru continues with great rage. He also confirms the taking of Lima by General Santa Cruz, and that the Chilian General, in his retreat had lost most part of his cavalry; but other news from Valparaiso denies the loss of the cavalry. It was generally believed that this war would have an unfavourable issue for the Chilians. He reports that the John Cockerell was at Conception, and had caught three whales ; the ship Pallas also three whales, and the Liancourt four whales. These three vessels were going to continue the whale fishery on the coast of New Zealand. The only arrival this morning worth notice is the Lisbon mail, and the intelligence it communicates is not of much interest. All was tranquil there, and great difficulty was expeiienced in forming a new Ministry. The New York packet-ship of the Ist instant, has not arrived. no doubt owitig to contrary winds; she is anxiously looked for. THE FUNDS. The opening price of Consols this morning may be quoted as they left off yesterday-92i 93 for Money, and 93 to for the Account, and the business doing is of minor importance. In the Foreign Market, nothing doing as yet, and the prices are nominal at present as they closed. Spanish Ac tive, 20i 4 ; Portuguese, 351 Three per Cents., 21+ ; Belgian, 1031 Brazilian, 77 . 1 ; Colombian, 291 30 ; Mexican 241 ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents., 55i 56 ; Five per Cents., 1021 PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock India Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 9 2 14 1 4, 3 per Cent. Cone. 19.7414 3 2; 3 per Cent r 9,4% Ditto Red. 99 % 7 5i New 3% per Cent 10031,% 1 New 5 per Cent. - Bank Long Annuities to expire Jan. 5, MO 1434 7-18.4 Oct. 10, 1859 14 ij%l Jan. 5, 1960 14 %1 Jan. 5, MO 1 April 5, 1880 . Jan. 5. 1870 - PRICES OF FOREIGN•FUNDS Austrian Bonds Ditto Bonds 46 48 pm. South Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 Exch. Bills, £l,OOO 41 46 pm. Ditto 500 44 46 pm. Ditto Smali 44 46 pin. Ditto Commercial — pm. Ditto Advertised pm. sank Stock for Account ... India Stock for Account ... Consols for Account ..... ... 93 'HIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds . Ditto New Bonds Ditto Account 76 Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Chilian Bonds: Ditto Account 3 511iM4 Ditto, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Prussian Bonds D Us Account Colum!sign Bonds Ditto Account Columbian Bonds, 1624 Ditto Account Danish Bonds Ditto Account Greek Bonds Ditto Bonds, 18125 Ditto Account Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto Account Ditto, fi per Cent. Ditto Account Neapolitan PEACES OF SHARES THI Russian Bonds, 1E22 112U1,4 Ditto Account 112% Ditto Metallic Spanish Bonds Ditto Account Ditto Bends, 1834 Ditto Account 2 0 14 % French, G per cent. llof. —c. 4 per cent. 3 per cent. 81f. —e. Exchange. Dutch, 234 per cent. Ditto Account 55% Ditto, 5 per Bent 0234 % Ditto Account S DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. any 25 , 17 SBl. 17s. rd. 434 . 1134 16 HALF-PAST OIVE. Bristol and Exeter Railway Corny Brighton Railway London and Southampton National Bank of Ireland The dulness of the weather, with the scarcity of in telligence to the present hour, has not effected the Funds ; on the contrary, Consols continue firm, with a slight im provement; in the early part of the morning they were 93 to 931, since which they have been done at 93/ I , for the Account, and for Money 93 to 931. Money continues easy, at about 21 per cent. for short periods. Exchequer Bills, 44 46 ; India Bonds, 46 48 ; Bank Stock, 197. In India Stock nothing done. Portuguese not quite so good as in the morning ; they receded to 354 at present 351, owing to the accounts from Lisbon not being of so favourable a nature as was anticipated. Three per Cents., 211-; Brazilian, 78 ; Spanish Deferred, 9a ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 55i 56 higher; Five per Cents, 1021 Immense arrivals of wheat to -day. SWITZERLAND.—The Count de Bombelles and the Charge d'Affaires of France," says the Hevetie, " have been at Zurich some days. Their presence toge ther excites just alarm, for past experience shows that the alliance of such diplomatists has always been unfortunate for Switzerland. Happily, at present, it is only, they say, the eternal question of convent property. The Vorort is pressed, overwhelmed with solicitations, as if the happi. ness of two great kingdoms depended upon the existence of some petty cloisters. But we deceive ourselves ; the intermediate authority has other ideas at this moment ; in supporting Austria it religiously pays the debt it has con tracted—it does not forget the good services done it by the Cabinet of Vienna ; and, as it fears again to be in want of them, for the Prince Louis Napoleon still gives it the nightmare, it is but just that it should show itself grateful." ALLEGED MURDER AT MANCHESTER OF A WIPE.-At the inquest held at Bury on Thursday on the body of Mars, the wife of James Heywood, landlord of the White Bear Inn, Market-place, Bury, who had come by her death under circumstances which produced great ex citement and commisseration throughout the whole town, the Jury, after hearing evidence returned a verdict of 64 Wilful Murder" against Heywood, who was committed to Kirkdale Gaol for trial. Heywood's account of the ca tastrophe is, that his wife got suddenly out of bed, and in falling her head came in contact with some of the furniture and caused her death. COLOSSAL STATUES.--Th e co l ossa l s t a t ues o f Christ and the Twelve Apostles, executed by Thorwald sen for the cathedral of Notre-Dame, at Copenhagen, have, as we learn by a letter from that city of the 6th inst., been opened to public view in that church with great ceremony, in the presence of the King and Queen, and Royal Family, and the great officers of the state. Two baptismal fonts, in the form of angels holding vases, also executed by the great sculptor, have been placed in the same edifice. Thor waldsen himself was one of the sponsors of the first infant christened at them, the child of the Danish sculptor at Freund, his old pupil at Rome. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN LONDON. —The Jacksonian Prize for the year 1838 has been ad judged to Edwin Lee, of Long-acre, for a dissertation " On the comparative advantages of lithotomy and litho rity, and on the circumstances under which one method should be preferred to the other." ASCOT GRAND STAND.—The Ascot Grand Stand, erected under the superintendence of Mr. Higgins, is now near its completion. TWEED SALMON FisHINGs.--The produce of the salmon fishinga in the Tweed during the last fort- night has been no less satisfactory than is usually looked for at this early period of the season, and affords sufficient ground for anticipating an abundant take as the weather improves. —Berwick Warden. SYMPTOMS OE SPRING.—A woodcocks nest, containing four eggs, was found a few days ago in the New Park Wood, Netherwitton, the seat of R. Trevelyan, Esq. —Newcastle Journal. A PLEASANT SENSATION.—In the course of an inquest held on Friday before Mr. N . Vakley, on the body of a suicide, the Coroner, in referring to the differe n t mo d es resorted to in effecting self-destruction, remarked that he had found in his experience that of hanging to be the most frequent, which he could only attribute to the pleasant sensation, rather than otherwise, which it caused in its first stage, and which induced th e su i c id e to proc eed, inasmuch as cases of hanging frequently happened where the feet of the deceased touched the ground, and where they had ample opportunitie s of avoiding th e f a t a l con sequences, if they were so disposed. The foreman of the Jury ob.erved, that " pleasant" as b ang i ng m i g h t b e , he should be exceedingly sorry to try the experiment. EVENING EDITION• EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY• A meeting of the Directors and Proprietors of the Eastern Counties Railway Company took place this day at one o'clock, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-stree t. The meeting was convened for the purpose of authorizing the Directors to enforce the payment of calls upon shares in arrear. Mr. 13c SktiQL ET in the Chair. A resolution to that effect was proposed and seconded, and an amendment moved that the affairs of the Com pany had not been managed satisfact)rily. There being no seconder the amendment fell to the ground, and the original proposition was put and carried. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman and the meeting separated. METROPOLITAN POLITICAL SUMMARY. The 7 imes of this morning, still harping on the late Ministerial majority in the House of Commons, says, in its bitterest and most envenomed style:—" It is not a majority of some two dozen votes on behalf of Ministers, gained' through ilia dextrous complaisance of Mr. T. Drincomh e —it is not the combined manceuvreing of Mr. E. Ellice a9d his journeyman,;Mr. Under- Secretary Stanley, nor the On? fulfillment of our reiterated prephecy, that after all their flashy talk, ar.d pompous condemnation of Whig treachery and falsehood, the whole pack of movement orators Wad, on the late occasion, yelp in with the Whitehall kenne l ' It is not because the Radicals have, in this instance, been sold by their arrogant, vain-glorious, and lately •elected leader ; or because Lord Durham has, on certain conditurgi been once more received at the Court of Queen Victoria, that the foundering state barge can again be floated, an d the Melbourne Ministry saved. It is not henceforth in the power of the House of Commons to rescue them. It is bl d the feeleg throughout the country that they must stars and fall, and by that feeling which spreads from the P t ' boy to the peer they are thoroughly despised and axe; crated," It is this universal feeling of contempt an d execration, we suppose, which gained Ministers their late majority in a reformed House of Commons, an d roused all Ireland, to a man, in their favour I On the °theer hand, it is the universal feeling of admiration for their enlightened policy, we presume, which still keeps the Coo; servatives on the wrong side of the Speaker, despite the ir manifest desire to cross over the way, and make an irrur tion on the Treasury benches, as the Goths of old did upon Rome I The Morning Post comments as follows on Mr. Pigot' (the Irish Solicitor-General) late speech in the House o Commons :—" Mr. Pigot's harangue was distinguished by all the impartiality of a retained advocate, and all the ca" s dour of an adept in special pleading. It was emin ently Irish too, in the facility with which his imagination wa s drawn upon for the facts that the learned zentleman thought ' it needful to supply to the House. Mr. Pigot undertook to defend the Government for the new rules which it II introduced. He did not venture to do so by an aloP e l l to experience, by showing that in practice no e ° t result had grown out of the new rules. No , ! 1 , 1 : : would have been rather too much for Pigotian ingen a), ; so he wenti nto the abstract consideration of the j ust,,, ; andl ibcrslity of the instructions which had been gi ven ~:d the Crown prosecutors. He said that it had been di re cii ; that no Juror should be challenged on account of his 1 30 ; tics or his religion. This he of course knew would d tra r a- t forth a cheer; and we certainly do not deny the abs l 5 justice of the rule ; but we do also contend that eve n th rule should not have been made an absolute one." The Morning Chronicle remarks, with reference to the character of the recent majority in favour of Minis ters.l ! the Commons—" The Tory Journals appeal to the vote the Saturday morning, and exclaim that a majority of , t English Members were hostile to Ministers. To th? ' b ' may be answered that the distinction between E r g u ; Irish, and Scotch Members, the Parliament being nett e s English, Irish, nor, Scotch, but Imperial, is both invial °° „ and absurd. So long as Ministers have a majority lace - Legislature composed of representatives of the tbr o , kingdoms, the Tories are estopped. The objection, t ° comes with peculiar bad grace from a Tory to whoa] he defectiveness of the representation is its greatest roc, ° l; mendatiou. The Reform Bill isnot that which its eatul'n't intended it should be. The people of England a te 11 ; represented. Fifty representatives are teturned by cube stituencies, the aggreeate of which does not equal the constituency of Manchester alone. A majority o ', " English Members are returned by corruption and WW I. dation." The Morning Herald contains a short leading article °: the subject of the City Police Bill ; and another on t se . Bill for suspending the Constitution of Jamaica. IA The course of this last, our Contemporary observes :-- case is one beset with difficulties of no ordinary characte.. The conduct of the House of Assembly has been use doubtedly most indefensible; yet the susp en sion for s years of the Constitution of the colons, does appear to b t e be course, on the part of Government, - unwarranted b y to exigency. At all events, it will undoubtedly be sc o w m s adopt Sir Robert Peel's suggestion in the matter, and i co is municate once more with the representative bo d y Jamaica." Speaking on the subject of the Ministerial meat ur !: we spccting Jamaica, the Morning Advertiser says: sin freely admit the necessity of strong and decisive mnasurneo reference to the proceedings of the Legislative Asse in Jamaica ; but we strongly object to the establishmen . t n u t : an unrestricted authority for five years, which 2. e a m nilab l use month fall into the hands of a party who m a Y w hi " it for the worst purposes. This is a point c be especially borne in mind." h should PORTUGAL. The subjoined intelligence from Lisbon has just relic"; us by the Braganza steamer, which arrived at Fain l°ll a r with the Peninsular mails ; her d a t es are f rom Gibr v al ; l o , o and Cadiz 13th, Lisbon 15th, Oporto IGth, and fro the 18th instant : ItteS; LISBON, APRIL 15.—The Ministerial crisis continuer; no less than five Senators and nine Deputies, in all fiber teen gentlemen, were commissioned on Friday by me Majesty, to meet and ag ree u p on t h e sor t o f prog rs— ne st which should be submitted for the guidance of th„ Q Administration, Messrs. J. C. C ampo , Viera de Li c a- t he and Manuel Pass os , re p resent i ng t h e l e ft side ed L oh House of Deputies ; J. A. d e M aga lh aes , J. A. de Ag rvol . and Siebra representing the right side, and Messrs- i' l mado, Garrett, and Ce sar V asconee ll os on b e half of the s et s fraction called the Ordeiro or Doctrinnaire Pa rt f t v h i ree among the number. It wou ld a p pear t h at the firs" t i o rsr named gentlemen, imm e di a t e ly u p on mee ti n g the 0 ; the declared that th e y h a d no programme to o ff er , beeanswa to Constitution of 1838 was all that they " 11 , t tture uphold, and both the Ministers as well as the Leg t: 0 10. had its prerogatives and duties properly pointed out t', o ol o I know not what resolution the other gentlemen bal e to, but it was to ha ve b een conveyed to her o' - i Ss about an hour si n c e . Th e opinion, that Visee n i ° j aw da Bar,deira, the present Prime Minister, MO fo osl tonic. de Carvalho, the Mini s te r o f Fi nan ce, and t the of their colleagues, will remain in office, and th e r ai d, sittings of the Chambers will be suspended, gains g r c ° N eee and it is, perhaps, the best alternative to which the t can resort. The monied intere s t a pp ears an xious th f a e ctli change should be made. The capit a l con tinues P er d quiet, and the same favourable report may be conv e Y;polv garding every other city in the kingd o m ; no sort o T he tical excitement is perceivable in the public mind; i t 10° fact is, that the farmers have had a good year 01 t bef season, their produce fetching eery fair prices, an. yes r confidently look forward to a very favourable crop tnlik'" a t e No (P ee s 2 less than 30 Guerillas were killed by the s . troops on the 11th inst. at the Monte de Parrelf,s'ose more on the 12th at Benevilla ; together with 1 7 r oe oe taken, and four more, with as many horses at Cha r° o P e the 12th inst. ; and a friend of mine from the Wa r t ; de' assures me just now that the official information o f t ho l o ° feat of another band of 30 in the Algarvcs, with t" of 19 killed, has this morning been received. 4,, se, Lord and Lady Canning arrived here on the B " vi bene; they proceeded on the 11th to St. Übes, fro m the e t he' they returned yesterday in time to be present ed t Majesties last evening at the Necessidades. atilt ' lf' Her Majesty's ship Implacable, 74, from Plyo' rived yesterday at noon. h 09' 7 The Tagus, with the London mail of the 6 t - re sPe and Braganza, with the Mediterranean mad , nc eed e i , tively arrived on the 12th and 14th, and p t .-. 13t"' on to their destination, the first-named on hour' add the other will do so within half to o pa r ' Count Das Antas, and the Duke of Terceira, Pdiiiiser°' ticular attention to General Cordova, givingoo; Esc., and his Excellency was present:on Saturday ea Corp, at the amateur performances which the Nobili t y an. fr°° Diplomatique are giving at the house of the Ma r q' Sea s teira, near Becafica. the The Minister of Foreign Affairs has sent to 1 .64 thi the promised correspondence and documents NO projected treaty with Great Britain for the effect ° tion of the traffic in slaves. The Exchanges on London is 551 d. a 551 a• to the 1 1; The Count D. Ponte, jun., is about leading Lot Arl o meneal altar the accomplished daughter o f C° a sue t Real, and niece of the Duke of Palmella—it is highly approved of in the fashionable world. ba ,# , It is stated in the Sunderland Herald la bou s A c the benefit of the stage manager of that tovrn, " was so densely crowded, that the audience were c°01413" to laugh perpendicularly, there being no p ossible for a lateral cachinnation." ia THE LONDON FRUIT SALESNIEI,..- , e. day some persons connected with the above busines s ' e . a public meeting at the London Coffee-house, '"ouori,.9; hill, for the purpose of settling and sionleg r a ,,Tsur,., ° , in order to be presented to the Lords orthe r;ars, a repeal of the present duty on foreign apples, and lieu thereof to impose a' " protecting du t Y, r lo l4 ",, EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF ADDI" An application was last week made by Mr. 11° 11ne l.guil l ' Queen's Bench, Dublin, to set aside the verdict () ow ta found last term in the cause of Hannah Jane ,!j u tift Peter Yore, a stable boy, who married the he ""rothe" a young lady of fortu n e, without the consent rti,e h The grounds of Mr. Helmes'a ap[lication were,ose, direction of the judg e (Crompton) who tried wer e The de direction inadmissibility o f Miss Tucker as a witness. gi _anted fendant re ma i ns over f or judgment. The Court conditional rule. - tu tion 9 . flll - a f THE CITY POOR.—Cases of oesti ci ty') applications for casual relief, greatly diminish ir!!'_ f tua gi s l London. The vigorous course pursued by the ch e i_e for thr , P trate, in compelling the parochial officers toi duties which were in many instances inhuman has been attended with the best consequveen' u bone - ° o h guardians of the city of London union hti r , ,or. responded to the sentimen s of the Lord y a ) o do ubt, I human suffering has been alleviated, and doubt, many cases, life has been saved, andutnh:it, the example has pervaded the surro t, r t he country at large. a ymen t ° „hen A Correspondent asks why 'he P sop tiy, duty on paper should called for so p tbe mand ; while a delay of months is, very prol there is always a stock on the premises to a jacii:r,, allows in that of hops?— ill oraing Herald. no.oroantioir; and ..lam''