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AT a Meeting or the CENTRAL NEGRO EMANCIPATION COMMITTEE held at Token house Yard, April '29, 1839, G. W. ALEXANDER, Esq., in the Chair, It was resolved unanimously— That, in the opinion of this Committee, the state of affairs in Jamaica creates a just ground and urgent necessity for a tem porary suspension by the Imperial Parliament of the Constitu tion of tltat island ; in order to secure the adoption of laws adapted to the new stato of society, and the welfare, not only of the emancipated population, but of all classes of the com munity. That this Committee are unfeignedly anxious that the ne cessary measures should be adopted in the shortest practicable period, and earnestly hope that it may net be deemed requisite to protract the suspension beyond two years from the Ist of January next. That a petition to Parliament be presented on behalf of this Committee, in accordance with the above Resolutions. That the foregoing Resolutions be advertised in the public papers, and that a copy be forwarded to every Member of the House of Commons. (Signed) GEORGE WILLIAM ALEXANDER, Chairman. TNLA ND LINE OF RAILWAY FROM NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE TO EDIN BURGH. At a Numerous and highly Respectable MEETING of PARTIES desirous of PROMOTING the ABOVE LINE of RAILWAY. held, pursuant to Advertisement, at the As sembly Rooms, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, on WED.. WESDAY, the Ist day of May instant. The Right Worshipful thia..MAYOR of NEWCASTLE in the Chair, The following Resolutions were unanimously passed : On the motion of WILLIAM WOODS, Esq., of Newcastle ' se conded by ROBERT FRASER, Esq, (deputed to attend the . . meeting from the town of Hawick):— That it is the opinion of this Meeting, that an Inland Line Of Railway (twenty-one miles of which are already formed) from Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Edinburgh and Glasgow, in the irection pointed out in the Report of John Blackmore, Esq. to , the Directors of the NewcaAle and Carlisle Railway, will afford the most ready means of an unbroken line of Communi eition between London, Edinburgh, and Glasgow, by means of the Railwa)s made and now forming south of Newcastle ; and that it will be more beneficial to this district, and to the southern counties of Scotland and Edinburgh; end at the same time will be a considerably better investment for capital than any other Line that has been proposed, from the much larger amount of traffic that it will command, and its greater conve nience to the public. On the motion of Colonel CouLsom, of Blenkinsopp Castle, se conded by TuossAs FENWICK, Esq., of Southhill, Durham : That a Provisional Committee be formed of such of the gen tlemen now present and others who may be inclined to aid in directing the proceedings until the formation of the Company, to be called " The Inland, or Great North Junction Railway Company," and that the various parties in Scotland and else where, who are favourable to the undertaking, and have made communicsions on the subject, be invited to join the Com. mittee; but that the names of the Committee to be so formed be not advertised until the answers have been received from the parties to be applied to, when a meeting of the Committee will be called to concert further measures ; and that subscriptions be entered into for defraying the expenses of forming a Com pany, and for snaking the further surveys that will be necessary for the information of the Committee, and for an application to Parliament. On the motion of JOHN SCOTT, Esq., of Teviot Bank (de puted to be present by the Commissioners of Supply, and prin cipal landowners of the county of Roxburgh, at a meeting at Jedburgh, on the 30th April), seconded by ROST. GILL„ Esq., of Galashiels : That the thanks of this Meeting be given to the Directors of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, for the great pains they have taken in investigating the matter and in bringing it be fore the public. The following Resolutions were also put and carried una nimously— That JOHN ADAMSO,T and STMIEN REED, Esquires, of Newcastle, be the joint Honorary Secretaries to the Provisional Committee. _ . . —. ...... ..._. That the thanks of the meeting be given to those gentlemen who formed the deputations from Roxburghshire, Hayrick, and Galashiels. That the thanks of the meeting be given to the Mayor of Newcastle for his attending and opening the business of the meeting, and to Matthew Plummer, Esq. for his taking the chat!, when the Mayor was obliged to leave to attend the Town Council,. That these Resolinions be fully advertised.—By Order, JOHN AD A M SON, STEPHEN REED, S S Hon. Secretaries. AN ELEGANT AND CHEAP TRAVELLING COAI- PANION. Complete in One Volume, price SIX SHILLINGS. NVILLIS'S PENCILLINGS by the WAY. Embellished with highly finished Engravings and Etchings. John "Macrons, 3, St. James's-square, and all Booksellers in Town and Country. This day is published, price 25., cloth. THE HAND-BOOK of the TOILETTE. Having in view the Union of Bodily Health and Beauty of Person. CONTENTS:—Ablution—Causes of Catching Cold—the Hair —Grey Hair—Baldness, instruction for its care—The Teeth— The Skin--The Face-1 he Breath—Shaving—The Hands— The Feet—Clothing—Flannel—Drawers—Boots and Shoes— Perfumery—Appendix of Recipes, &c. &c. 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This vessel also carries out 40 supernumerary seamen, to be disposed of as circuntatances may require. The Modeste, 18, arrived at New York on the 29511, of March, and left it on the 7th ult., for Bermuda. The Fly, 18, left the Sandwich Islands on the 6th of October last, for Otaheite and Valparaiso. The Benbovr, 74, Captain Houston Stewart, which has been commissioned about three weeks, appears to be fast manning, being only ten short of her complement, and the Gossamer tender has sailed from Liverpool with as many volunteers as she could stow for this ship. —The Hydra steam-frigate is nearly complete, having picked up about 40 men since her arrival here. The Britannia, 120, the flag-ship of the Commander-in- Chief, was taken into dock on Wednesday, and has been found, as far as the examination has hitherto gone, to be cid • ite effective. She will go out of d oc k aga i n, f or a f ew days, on the 14th, to make room for the coppering of the Queen, 110, which will be launched on the 15th instant. The flag of the Commander-in-Chief is at present borne by the Swiftsure hulk. The Carron Steamer, to be stationed at Plymouth as a tug-vessel, called in here on Wednesday, by which several naval officers had an opportunity of seeing the useful ap plication of an invention of Captain George Smith, which is to cover the upper part of each paddle with a life boat, hoisted out of the water by two davits fixed on the outside of the paddle-box. " These davits have each a strong joint, and when the boat is hoisted up to the level of the upper part of the box, it is inverted over the wheels by means of 'two putties from two upright iron standards on the inner side of the paddle-box. The process appeared facile and divested of complication. The Mischief, Royal Yacht Squadron schooner, arrived at Gibraltar on the 15th ult., fourteen days from Leghorn, and sailed again the same day for Cork. Her Majesty's brig Scorpion, Lieut. Gayton, arrived at Gibraltar also on the 15th ult. from Malta. - in Harbour—The Britannia (in dock), Victory, Ben bow, Exerllent, Royal George, Hydra (steam -frigate), evaders, -Messenger (steamer). At Spithead—The Curlew. PROMOTIONS ANT) APPOINTMENTS.—Commander Richard Henry King, to be Captain ; Lieut. Thomas Peter Do bree, to be Commander ; Messrs. R. A. Stewart and Jo seph S. Rendles, Mates, to be Lieutenants. Commanders -...W. C. Phillott, to the Belleisle; Hon. S. A. Harris, to the Racehorse; Joseph Corby's (1814) to the Victory, vice Drury. Lieutenants—Henry F. Mills, and Wash ington Carr, to the Belleisle; C. S. Williams, to the/ Niagara ; Fres. S. Nott, and Samuel Powell, to the Race horse; Sydney Grenfell, to the Excellent. Second Mas ters—F. Kent, to the Victory ; T. M'Carthy, to the Cur lew. Purser Joseph Marsh, to the Niagara. Mates—S. S. L. Crofton and Endo Wells, to the Druid; G. F. Day, to the Benbow ; E. J. Cooper, to the Britannia ; H. Hall, to the Benbow. Midshipmen—A. Bland, to the Druid ; J. Gwynne, to the Benbow. Assistant- Surgeons—G. H. Macharsie, to the Howe ; R. W. Martin, to the N ava l Hospital at Plymouth. The Hon. John Coke, second son of the venerable Earl of Leicester, has been appointed a volunteer of the Ist class to the Britaninia, from Dr. Burney's establishment at • Gosport. ',..PLyisonTn, MAY 2.—The Royal Adelaide, 104, flag ablO of Lord Amelius Beauclerc, will be paid off to-mor row, and the Impregnable, 104, will be commissioned on t a S ur -iY for the v , of Admiral Sir Graham Moore. The barque r ~a rrnelia repairing at rcanill was disco. varael to be . o a n nd fir i e on ' Tbu - rsday - morni C ng; between one and two o'clock able -to Proceed s_to!nuch damaged that she will not be f iwy assistance was„uL her voyage to Quebec this season. 1 e i n g given by the boats from immediately on the alarm r ut . bcmen-of-war, and the po- Ace from the dockyard, who succeeded in extinguishing the G ra evont four o'clock. No li ves were lost, but one young Iran bad his thiah fractured. -- 4 , -..t. . ?•-• " ' .:27. ,T 5 c ttai, LONDON: MONDAY, MAY 6, 1839- At the Colonial office despatches were received this morning from Sir LIONEL SMITH, the Go vernor of Jamaica ; but they contain no political news whatever. An indisposition continued amongst the Negroes to engage in any contracts for conti nuous work, but there was otherwise nothing re markable in the island. The Marquis of CONYNGHAM has resigned his situation of Lord Chamberlain, and it is said that Lord UXBRIDGE will succeed him. The Llanidloes riot in Wales seems to be at an end. According to the Shrewsbury News of the 4th, the whole affar was much exaggerated, and Lord CLIVE, on his arrival, found nothing to do, and did nothing. We shall give the article in our Morning Edition. Sir ROBERT PEEL'S speech on Friday was an elaborate but ineffective piece of special pleading. He took up all the apparent weaknesses of the po sition of the Government, though at the risk of discovery the next moment ; and deserting his own party—its attachment to prerogative, and the ne cessary ascendancy of the parent country, he baited the Radicals with illusory arguments about Con stitutions, and popular assemblies, in which he showed little heartiness himself, and his followers less; cheers came but languishingly and doubt ingly, they seemed to come like those of a playhouse audience, which fancies there is a hit or a joke, but of which it is not certain, and therefore sends forth its cheer or laughter by instalments, or haltingly. We note this as indica tive of the prevalent sentiment of the House, much more than the blustering mouthing of a par tizan, which expresses often little more than the sentiments of the speaker. We do not wonder at this effect. Sir ROBERT PEEL, who generally gets up his case well, lacked facts and points on which he could rely ; and there were some which he passed by, although they must have been in his remembrance. Thus in profess ing to enumerate the measures passed by Parlia ment with reference to Jamaica, since the Emanci pation Act, he omitted the Emancipation Amend ment Act, in which, with the concurrence of Sir ROBERT PEEL and the majority of his party, al most every point connected with the internal econo my of the Island was interfered with, especially the state of the Prisons. Again he endeavoured, as much as possible, to attribute the contumacy of the House of Assembly to the discourteous conduct of Sir LIONEL SMITH —but so far from this having any thing to do with the conduct of the Assembly in this instance, Mr. LABOUCHERE proved, by extracts from the speeches of the leading Methbers of the House of Assembly, that they did not complain at all of Sir LIONEL SMITH'S conduct : on the contrary, they distinctly acknowledged that he bad behaved to them with great courtesy, and that their quarrel was with the Parliament and with the Government. Sir ROBERT PEEL, not being Minister, but looking forward, possibly, to the possession of office in 1840, says that he would not now deal with the Assembly according to the measure proposed by the Government ; he would do so, then, if the House of Assembly do not in the mean time comport themselves more submissively. Now, what chance is there of such a change of demea nour on the part of the Jamaica Assembly ? In all cases of character, it is usual to take for our guidance, not a single action, but the general con duct of the offender; and if that be good, to over rule even plain evidence of offence, or at least to mitigate the punishment accordingly. But here we are called upon to believe the latent virtue of an old and tried offender, who has never done good, except by compulsion, and then as little as need be, and who in the present case has behaved like other irredeemable convicts, bearding and insulting his Judge, whom he supposes too merciful and dignified to take notice of his aggravated profligacy, Suppose the Parliament to relent, to trust to thee possibility of there being a redeeming trait in the character of this body—that they will return to their duty, and do next Session what they refused to do in the last : that these proud, warm-blooded Colonists—having sworn to do nothing till Parliament recanted—will at once pass over what they deem to be the Parliamentary insult, and accept the hateful measure. What is to be expected from these people, has occurred in the case of the Duke of NEWCASTLE. It is said, that he wrote a very unbecoming letter to the LORD CHANCELLOR, which, in a most forbearing temper that personage returned, in order to give the haughty Noble an opportunity of amending his plea; but no, his pride was too high for submission, and he repeated the offence. Just so it will be with the Jamaica Assembly : they will gain greater boldness from forbearance, and assume a haughtier bearing. But what in the meantime—while the two Parliaments are bowing and scraping, waiting in diplomatic attitude for :mutual concessions—what will be the fate of the affairs of Jamaica ? Will the Negro population stand by, patiently observing the movements of these wise bodies ? Will they not gather hope for themselves in the unsettled strife ? When such mighty changes have taken place, as the recent changes in the condition of the Jamaica population, it is not to be expected that the feelings, the sentiments, the opinions, observa tion, and the knowledge of the people will be quies cent, that they will await the issue of the disputa tion. On the contrary, at such times, mankind are apt to make starts outstripping all calculation, and demanding a degree of instant, and con stant exertion on the part of the governing powers, to cope with the new emergencies that continually present themselves. At such • a time Sir ROBERT PEEL says wait a while, a little time and they will come round. But what if all oppoitunity of meeting the difficulty pass away ? What if, by leaving this duty to be performed in 1840, it become itppossible to do it at all ? If 1840 finds this question companioned with others of more pressing need, or the difficulty has assumed a shape beyond the help and providence of mortals : what if, by irritation and annoyance, arising from the unsettled state of the law, by disputes about wages, and the occupancy of the provision grounds, and by the admistration of the law, as well as legislation being left entirely, without controul or regulation, in the hands of . the enemy ; there should arise in . the Black population a disturbed policy that 'should refuse to be guided or regulated by ,their., friends or by the Government, how is the matter then to be dealt with ? Then, forsooth, as in 1829, Sir ROBERT PEEL will come down to the House in timorous haste—implore the Legisla. ture for GOD'S sake to take instant measures to stop the enemy at the gate—to cure the evil which had grown beyond the reach of remedy, and to put down the spirit of agitation and of force, that, once fairly raised in a people, is never quelled. The history of England is a history of such agitations, which are begotten by resistance out of cherished abuse. More recently Ireland has shown the like results, which are felt even to this day ; and though it is curious enough, and impudent too, the Tories, who are foster-fathers of the mischief, deny, as hypocrites sometimes do, their own chance begotten thing and the spirit of agitation which they have evoked. Let us have a care that we do not add the Blacks to our list of agitators, for passive resistance will surely not be their tactics. Our Journal to-day contains several, in our opinion, lamentable and even alarming matters. We have a proclamation against unlawful assem blies for training and military exercise, and we have a short extract (borrowed from another paper, for we have no report of our own,) of Mr. Stephens' speech, at the Crown and Anchor, which was first listened to with breathless silence, and then vociferously applauded, denouncing that pro clamation as treason to the Constitution, and condemning the people who obey it. We have an account of eight men being • arrested• at IVlanchester . for training and drilling, and no inconsiderable exciteinent and riot in Wales. At the same time we hear of two regi ments being brought over from Ireland, and the people of England arming to a considerable extent. We dread therefore a conflict bet Ween the mili tary and the people, as there is already a palpable opposition between the latter and the authorities. We regret to have to state these matters, because, in conjunction with others, they forbode no good for the country. We shall rather watch these events and their consequences than comment on them at present, but we conceive them to be of a nature to excite in a remarkable degree the interest of the public. We have seen a private letter from Welchpool, dated May 2d, which states that the origin of the disturbance there was a resolution to arrest the President and Secretary of the Union, with some persons who had gone round to the farm-house, asking for, and in some cases, stealing arms, &c., which the writer says was done, in some in stances, by notorious characters, profiting by the excitement to follow their occupation. The writer gives much the same account as we have already published of the events there, with many details, as he • was a party con cerned. We regret that we cannot find room for the letter, but cannot omit stating that the writer, who seems well-informed, affirms that the people of Llanidloes and the neighbourhood are resolved to fight the cavalry, and that they con templated, which he and others had prevented, an attack on the workhouses. We have re-perused Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S letter to his constituents. and we cannot express any satisfaction with it. The demands on our co lumns, however, with other circumstances, prevent us from taking any further notice of it to-day ; but we cannot suffer even this day to pass without expressing our hope that this pamphlet does not express the opinions of the Cabinet. Lord Jon N RUSSELL dues not in fact profess to speak for his colleagues ; he professes only to speak for himself, and he must bear all the praise or all the blame which belongs to the production. We shall take an early opportunity of expressing our opinion of this pamphlet at some length. The crowded state of our columns prevented us from noticing on Friday or Saturday, as we intended to have done, a very extraordinary speech delivered by his Grace the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, at the annual meeting of the National Society for Promoting the Education of the Poor in the Prin ciples of the Established Church, held in West minster on Wednesday last. This speech, which is carefully reported in that organ of unadulterated fire-and-faggot orthodoxy, the Standard, will afford greater delight to the Roman Catholic hierarchy than crumbs of comfort to the sturdy sticklers for the principles of Protestantism in England and Scotland. The Protestant Primate of all England —the main pillar of the Church—professes to have as little respect for a plan of scriptural education only as little confidence in the efficacy of the Bible, without note or comment, as an uner ring rule of faith, as Dr. WISEMAN, Dr. MUR RAY, PETER DENS, or the POPE himself. The Archbishop does not insult the understanding of the people by feigning to believe that the bare perusal of the Bible would ever lead them to the sponta neous adoption of the Thirty•nine Articles. His Grace does not pretend that the study of the Scrip tures, unaided by ecclesiastical authorities, and the expositions of the Fathers, would lead the youth of Great Britain to select the Cathedral of Canterbury as the model of a temple dedi cated to the only true, as well as legal, form of worshipping GOD. Neither does he say a word about the efficacy of pray in procuring light from Heaven to illumine the seeming obscurities of the Sacred Volume. No, no ; the Venerable Prelate denounces the putting the Scriptures without note or comment in the hands of children as a " perfect mockery I"—thus adopting not only the forms but the language of the Holy See. Lest we might be suspected of misquoting or misapplying the words of the Most Reverend Prelate, we beg to in vitege neral attention to the following extract from his Grace's speech as reported in the Standard of Thursday ; He could scarcely conceive any greater mockery than that where a school, professing to give instruction, refused to afford to the children such explanations as were neces sary with respect to their proper understanding the infor mation they' might read. Was it the mere act of reading words which made children understand their real effect and meaning? Most undoubtedly Lot. Was it by such a course of learning that the children whose examination they had that day heard had arrived at their knowledge ? As suredly it was not. Did the meeting conceive that those replies could have been made in the very satisfactory man ner in which they were, had the children not been pro perly instructed in the doctrines and principles—those doctrines and principles being fully explained to them by competent persons—of the Established Church ? ( Hear, hear.) The meeting had witnessed the results of the, system under which the children had been taught to comprehend and understand what they had learned ; and he would ask whether, if they had not been directed to the meaning of the texts they had so read by the teachers, how they could by possibility have acquired that knowledge and intelligence on the subjects which they had displayed ? —( Hear, hear.) And when he heard it said that particu lar creeds or forms of faith, or explanations of faith, were denounced as the inventions offallible men, and when it was said that the Scriptures were to be put into the hands of the children without note or commentary, he could not help exclaiming, " Why the thing is a perfect mockery !" It was utterly imposssible that children without having the Scriptures properly explained to them, could arrive satis factorily at the meaning of what they read.—( Hear, hear.) And then with regard to the creeds alluded to—why, they were derived from sources of the greatest antiquity, and had met with and received the approbation of the most learned and able men of past ages..---( Hear, hear.) But some persons there were who said that the children must have the Bible put into their hands without note or comment. Now if that were done, it must be perfectly clear, whilst the sacred book was unaccompanied with such note of comment, that the schoolmaster,, be ,he whom he might, necessarily became the commentator.-...,( Hear, hear.) And consideriug what human nature was,,and how such schools were supplied, it was easy to conceive how imperfect and deficient must be the instruction so im parted when compared with the assistance rendered by the teachers which the Society proposed to provide.—( Hear, hear.) There were many persons who conscientiously differed from the doctrines and forms of the Church of England. Well, then, let those parties educate their chil dren according to their own peculiar principles, and let their teachers explain and endeavour to make them under stand what they read.---( Hear, hear.) But to give them an education as to thAir religious and moral duties by merely placing the Bible in the hands of children, and saying, " There, read and judge for yourselves," did appear to him to be the most perfect mockery he had ever heard of. Hear, hear.) Read this ye Kildare-street disseminators of the Bible without note or comment----ye wholesale rejectors of Rhemish Notes and Douay Versions— and tell us, is this what you understand by the boasted principles of Protestanism ? Mark, too, the contempt with which the Lordly Prelate alludes to the chance comments of poor ignorant schoolmasters, unread in the lore of the Fathers of the Church ! From the tenderness and affection, with which the creeds taught by this Society are spoken of by his Lordship, we have very little doubt that he would as soon see the Bible itself as any one of them excluded from the National Schools. These creeds are the Apostles, the Nicene, and the Athanasian ; and in one respect his Grace is in the right in requiring them to be taught in infancy ; for to arrive at a belief in the Athana sian alone, in manhood, with no other help than the Scriptures, would be a task equal to the bibli cal labours of Sr. JERoaSE, and the credulity of ANTHONY Of Egypt. As it is neither within our province, nor accords with our inclination, to trouble ourselves with the ecclesiastical systems of religious sects farther than they have a political tendency, we express no opi_ nion upon the abstract truth of the doctrine laid down by the Most Reverend Prelate. All that we contend for is, that it is as Popish as ever emanated from the Society of the Propaganda; and that if it be, indeed, according to the Canons of the Established Church, then, in all decency, should the organs and Ministers of that Church abstain from all reflections upon the tenets of Catholicism. As our Divines are driving headlong to Rome, sound policy ought to suggest to them the ex pediency of being on good terms with his Holiness the POPE. The mass is all but openly • cele brated at Oxford, and auricular confession begins to find advocates among our most distinguished Divines. In fact, the Established Clergy are knocking the Protestant Church on the head as, fast as they can ; and were it not for the Dissenters, we verily believe that nothing could save this country from a very general submission in spirituals to the tyranny of the Roman Pontiff. It is difficult to give credit for sincerity to those professed friends of liberty who oppose the Jamaica Bill on the ground of that Bill's p lacin g a " Con stitution" in abeyance. Such an objection has a sound, and a sound only, of principle in it---sense has it none. Will any of these liberal-above-mea sure men have the hardihood to assert that what t hey call the Constitution of Jamaica has fulfilled the conditions—we might say any of the con ditions —or answered any of the purposes of what, even in their own estimation, is held to be good government. Is it enough to say that because there is a representative body in the Island of Jamaica, therefore it is sacrilege to interfere with its jurisdiction ? is it not of the first importance is it not the bounden duty of every friend to Constitutional freedom to examine into the practical working of the system, and to in quire tohorn the Jamaica Assembly represents, and &At) it has exercised its functions, before, b y op posing its being superseded by the British Parlia ment, h e compromises both the welfare of the newly emancipated population, and the interests of the landowners. There are, it is estimated, somewhere about 380,000 persons of colour, and from 15,000 to 20,000 whites in the island. How many of the black population are represented in the Island Par liament? Not a solitary individual ever yet gave a vote for a Member. The franchise is entirely en grossed by less than 2,000 whites, and a few whity browns—and this is called a Representative Con stitution. This is a system of self-government so perfect that the advocates of organic changes in our own Constitution cannot bring their minds to contemplate, even its temporary eclipse without a shudder ,of horror! Then look at the description of persons who con trive to get themselves elected to represent this not very numerous body of constituents. Are they men who have distinguished themselves by their exertions in the cause of freedom or humanity ? Are they even great in the aristocratic sense of the word, RS owners of the soil ? so far from it, that hardly a proprietor has a seat in this august Assembly. Unfortunately for the interests of Jamaica, this is a non-resident class of perso'is, whose place is supplied or rather occupied, by hired agents, who, as such people always do, when no supervising eye is over them, make a point of studying their own interests, more than those of their masters. Of such men mixed with others of even a worse stamp, the Ja maica Parliament is composed. They are almost to a man the oppressors of the blacks, and have been the irreconcileable enemies of their emanci pation from slavery. Every attempt on the part of the Governor to prepare the black population for the enjoyment of freedom, every humane effort to raise them in the scale of moral beings, has been systematically and perseveringly thwarted by this " Constitutional" Assembly, whose every act betokens a rooted antipathy—an insuperable loath ing, towards nineteen-twentieths of the inhabitants within the bounds of its jurisdiction. And to crown the whole, now that it cannot have its full swing in tyranny, it declines to act at all, in fact abdicates its legislative power ; yet after the innumerable proofs which it has afforded, not only of incompe tency, but of its mischievous disposition, it is, for sooth, to be humoured and treated with as much de licacy as if it were suffering in the glorious cause of freedom ; and that, too, by men who have so lately taken part in the work of overruling or rather superseding its authority by Act of Parliament. We are extremely happy to find that this hal lucination has not seized hold of those •whose in terests are most deeply involved in the good govern ment of Jamaica. A memorial has been presented to Government by a great number of the most influen tial proprietors resident in London, and of all parties in politics, stating their conviction of the necessity of the interference of Parliament under the present un exampled circumstances of the colony. This, we trust, will open the eyes of Mr. HUME, and those who have shown a disposition to go with him against the Government, and, we must add, in op position to the interests both of humanity and liberty. Madrid Papers of the 27th ult. have reached us The Provincial Deputation of Madrid presented an address to the QUEEN REGENT on the 25th, pray ing her MAJESTY to dissolve the Cortes and to change the Cabinet. Neither of these measures were likely to be adopted. The 27th being the an niversary of the QUEEN'S birth-day was celebrated with great apparent rejoicing in the capital. _ . A letter fro - m Tolosa of — the 27th ult. states that ESPARTERO, at the head of 27,000 men, 800 ca valry, 22 siege pieces and 14 mountain pieces, ad vanced on the 25th as far as Nestosa ; but his right flank being threatened by Maroto, at the head of 9,000 men, 200 cavalry, and two mountain pieces, he retreated to Villanueva de Mena, three leagues back. All the disposable forces of the Carlists had been ordered to Biscay. General ELIO was at Es tella, watching DIEGO LEON. The Carlist force which lately laid waste the province of Guadalaxara has returned to Aragon. Polo and Mac Connell, with about 3,000 men, were at Monreal on the 22d. The prisoners they made at Alco lea, Cifuentes, and Huote, had abandoned the Queen's cause and declared for Don Carlos. Llangostera had taken prisoners three companies of infantry, and a troop of horse belonging to General Ayerbe's division. General Van Halen arrived at Murviedro on the 22d, and evinced no disposition to give up the command of the army of the centre, notwithstanding the order of .Government. Cabrera made an unsuccessful attempt against Villa fames, and then proceeded.towards Aliaga. The hospital at Soria was burnt on the 24th ; happily i there was time to withdraw the sick. A letter from Castellon says that out of 600 of the un fortunate soldiers who were lately exchanged at the place, 120 were in the hospital without hope of recovery, and that the remainder had the appearance of walking skele tons. A brilliant review by the Queen Regent was to take place at %ladrid on the 28th of April. The subjoined highly satisfactory intelligence, is from the Colonial Reformer, a Spanish Town Journal, of the 16th of March, received this morning. It is further confirmed by an article in the same paper of the 23d, for which we have not space in our columns of this day. We will not anticipate any expression of the pleasure which it must diffuse among the friends of the long-oppressed coloured race : THE STATE OF THE COUNTRY. The country is in a state of profound tranquillity— of peaceful industry. The gloomy productions of the Planters, like all their other spebulations on matters consequent on the change from Slavery to Freedom, have already been most palpably falsfied. Labour has not ceased—rebellion has not reared her grim visage—nor has even a hand been raised to avenge the deadly injuries %%hid] thousands had sustained while under the galling yoke of Slavery. On the contrary, the Mills arc about—Sugars are boiling—Coffee crops are being gathered in, and the whole process is being carried on with as little excitement or confusion as though our social relations bad long been established and permanently settled down. _ " Such is the general state of the country—but there are individual exceptions to this prosperous state of things. There are here and there estates which have been unable as yet to come to satisfactory arrangements with their la bourers. " For this a variety of caffses are assigned—the chief of which are, disputes about the amount of wages—con tentions about rent of cottages and grounds—bad feeling prevailing between employer and labourers, and in certain localities from the circumstance of the cultivation of pro vision grounds affording the labourer a more profitable re turn for his labour than the wages he receives for working on the estate. The consideration of these points, espe cially the question of the occupation of grounds, and the system of rents, will occupy a large share of our must earnest attention hereafter. ' 6 We need scarcely tell our friends in England to place not the smallest reliance on the laboured and lumbering reports, got up' by certain parties in this country—they are full of fallacies and falsehoods; and their utter desti tution of common honesty and common candour, will, we suspect, be made abundantly manifest by the actual re turns of produce made. _ " On the whole we may congratulate our Anti• Slavery friends on the pleasing prospect of their most sanguine expectations being realized. The conduct of the labourers has been nearly all that could have been desired ; and we are perfectly satisfied that they enjoy a larger share of the blessings of perfect freedom, than obtains in any other of the late slave colonies under the British Crown." In the same/Journal we find a very sensible, tem perate article, recommending the suspension of the Constitution of Jamaica, as requisite to prevent the " freedom which the people of England in tended as a blessing to the labourers, from proving. a greater curse than slavery itself." After proving the right of Parliament to interfere, and expressing a confidence that its interference would be produc tive of the best consequences, the writer proceeds as follows to point out the necessity of such a course : The frequent representations of Lord Sligo relating to Prisons were unattended to—the recommendations of the Home Government set at naught—the continued cruelties practised in those prisons in which human nature could not be more outraged—the appalling sight that met Captain Pringle's eyes, and the desire evinced by the local autho rities to conceal and yet to encourage such barbarities, and the apathy of the Legislature either to remove or redress them, were quite sufficient to teach the people at Home one of two things ; either that the legislature felt no disposition to improve the condition of those formerly the subjects of their tyranny—or that they were unfit to do so from the stringent and arbitrary character of their enactments. Upon such grounds we conceive the British nation were justified in holding out their protection and care to a race of people, who had already been too long oppressed, de serted, worn down, and cast away, as Daniel O'Connell would say, like a " squeezed orange." The Jamaica Presbytery have published an ex cellent pastoral address to the churches under their charge, recommending honest and industrious habits to the labouring population. Nothing can be more praiseworthy than the zeal of these worthy pastors in seizing upon every occasion to inculcate indus tr;ous with religious habits—to enforce the Chris tian necessity of a forgetfulness of injuries --and to instil into them those principles which are the foundation of social freedom and individual virtue and happiness. There is reason to believe, from some observa tions made by M. r i -,,1R0D DE L'AIN, the ad interim Minister of Justice in the Fiench Cham ber of Deputies, on Saturday, that the Ministerial crisis may be expected to terminate early in the I present week. M. MAUGUIN, after deploring the length of time that France continued without a res ponsiblo Government, moved in the Chamber on Saturday the project of an address to the KING, praying his Majesty to select a Ministry from among men devoted , to the principles of a prog . res. sive improvement ; who in foreign relations would know how to maintain peace without weak concessions ; who at home would la bour to lessen the burdens of the people, grant encouragement to industry, and secure majorities in the Electoral Colleges and the Chamber, not by corruption and intrigue, but by ability, candour, and zeal for the national in terests. M. GIROD DE L'AIN did not oppose this address, but he contended that its adoption then might have an effect the contrary of what was intended. He asserted that the KING was actively engaged at that very moment in arranging the materials of a strong Cabinet, and that he did not doubt that the crisis was on the point of termi nating. This explanation, which appeared to give great satisfaction to the members of the Coalition induced M. MAUGUIN to post pone the debate on the address till Wednesday, to allow time for the conducting of the requisite nego ciations. The occurrence of the phrase " Sovereign" in the address of the Chamber of Peers to the King on his fete, has called down upon the devoted head of Baron PASQUIER, the President, the indignant re monstrances of the ultra-Liberal Press. Words are of more political importance than things in France. The Constitutionnel states that Count MOLE was to leave Paris for London yesterday. His stay here is not to exceed a fortnight. The National has the following article on the arrival of the CZAROVITCH in this country : " The Dutch papers have formally announced that, in obedience to the last instructions received from St. Peters burg at the Hague, the voyage of the young Prince was again changed, and that he would depart for London on the 3d instant. Surprise will perhaps be felt that we occupy ourselves with so trivial an event as the journey of a Prince; but the importance which the British press attaches to the i esolutioqp. the sofrof Nicholas sufficiently proves that it regards his visit in a very different light from that, par example, of the Duke of Nemours, or even the Duke of Orleans. Under the very delicate circum stances in which the English and Russian policy is placed, the arrival of the Grand Duke might be an at tempt at conciliation or a trap. It is known that the Czar is accustomed to play himself, or by the members of his family, upon the credulity of foreign Go vernments; it is known that he has his own telegraph, his private councils, hjs diplomacy, his personal ways and means, and that it is at St. Petersburg, above all, that the Ministers do not know all. We do not believe that a serious and sincere reconciliation be tween Russian ambition and British monopoly is intended. It appears to us that these two great rival interests, bun gee mat gre, are destined some day to settle their differences on a field of battle almost as extensive as the world. Great Britain is pushed to this extremity more and more imperiously, and the force of events in Russia, her constitution, her genius, her moral and physical condition, and, in one word, her fatality (to speak the language of Napoleon), also draws her rapidly into the struggle. It can only, then, be the intent of the Au tocrat to play upon the aristocracy, and perhaps upon the Bri tish Government, by trickery and corruption. Let the Whigs and Tories be taken in by the grace and Asiatic muni ficence of the heir to so many crowns, it will not in the least astonish us; but, for the honour of the English people, we trust that they will profit by this visit to give a lesson of patriotic shame to the oligarchy of the three kingdoms, and a lesson of frankness to the suc cessor of Catherine and of Nicholas. The chains of Poland shaken in the ears of the Russian Prince by the vigorous hand of John Bull would make noise enough, perhaps, to induce him to return in double quick time to those happy Courts in Germany and Holland where only incense and flattery abound." " The brave people of London," concludes the Republican organ, " in acting thus would prove that they are capable of branding senility and tyranny as well as of honouring glory and pa triotism in the person of a veteran foreigner ( Soult). The humiliation of the future Muscovite Autocrat would be an admirable commentary on the triumphs of the French Marshal." Meetings of the Deputies of the Left and Extreme Left were held on Friday night, when it was re solved that the Coalition existed as firmly united as ever. The Marquis DALMATIA, son of Marshal SouLT, was the only Liberal Deputy not invited. The following extracts include the only news from the French Journals of Friday and Saturday : Letters from Tabriz, of the 24th March, had announced the determination of the Shah to commence a new expe dition against Herat, for which purpose he was collecting an army of 40,000 men. M. Franchini, who had accom panied Count Simonitsch to Tehran, had returned to Constantinople with letters, which are said to confirm this intelligence. " On Saturday last," as a Toulon letter states, " a quarrel arose between some soldiers of the 1 Ith regiment of the line, and some sailors of the navy, in which seve ral of the latter were wounded by the side arms of their opponents before the contest could be put an end to. As the irritation appeared to have subsided they were all set at liberty on Sunday, and nothing occurred till the even ing, when the feud broke out again with increased animo sity. Strong patroles were called out, and the combat ants were separated, but not till one of the sailors was killed on the spot, another so severely wounded that no hope of saving his life is left, and others were more or less hurt. The 11 th and 41st Regiments which form the garrison are confined to their barracks, and not a sailor is suffered to leave his ship. General Duverger, the Com mandant of the Department, summoned the officers of the 11th before him on Monday, and entered into a rigid in quiry." BOURSE, PARIS, SATURDAY, MAY 4, HAI.F.PAST THREE.—The market has been somewhat brisk. For the Account the Three per Cents. opened at 81f. SOc., rose to S2f. and closed at Slf. 90c., a rise of 15 cents. The Five per Cents. from lilt 40c., declined to 111 f. 35c., and rose to 1 1 lf. 50c., last price; an improvement of sc. For Money the Three and the Five per Cents. are 20c, higher. The Bank of France Shares are 10c. lower. The Laffitte Bank of I,ooof. Shares are unaltered. The Belgian Three per Cents. for the Account, 73f. 45c. The Spa nish Active has not varied from 20i. The Belgian Bank Shares are 22f. 50c. higher. The Neapolitan Bonds have advanced 15c. The Roman are as yesterday. The Railway Shares have but little varied. The Versailles Right and Left Banks have each improved sf. The Seyssel Asphalte has again fluctuated 100 f., and are lower by so much. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French 5 per Cents 4 per Cents lOl 90 ... 101 90 ... 101 90 ... 101 90 3 per Cents Bl 65 81 '73 ... 81 65 ... 81 75 Bank of Prance Lallitte Bank I ,000 f. 1070 ... I 072 50 ...107) ...1672 50 5,000 t. 5265 ...5271 —.5265 ...527u Belgian 5 per Cents lO2 ... 102 ... 102 ... 102 3 per Cents 73 25 73 25 73 25 ... 73 25 Bank BO5 ... 850 005 805 Coupons S anish Ac ive 2 O l / 4, ... 2t) , ,, ... 204 t ... 214 Passive 44, ... 44, ... 4% ... 4x, Portuguese 3 per Cents Neapolitan Roman RAILWAY SHARES. 505 '705 700 ... 7no 725 737 LO ... 725 ... 735 277 50 .. 285 ... 277 50 ... 005 4('5 ... 905 965 480 ... 48) ... 475 ... 475 340 ... 341 ... 337 50 ... 344 400 400 ... 400 ... 4 0 500 500 ... 500 500 St. Germain Versailles, R. B L.B. fray', Orleans . . Strasburg to Bale Bordeaux to La '1 este Montpellier to Cette ASPHALTES AND BITUM.ENS. Seyssel (A) 2700 _8(0 ...2700 soo MR. MARTIN, M.P. AND CAPTAIN BURTON, R.N. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia—ln regard to the Letter of Capt. James Ryder Bur ton, R. N., which appeared in a Morning Paper on Sa turday last, I take the earliest opportunity of thus pub licly declaring, that I have placed the papers in the hands of Mr. Robert Sydney, my solicitor, with instructions to take legal measures by an action as being, by the advice of Counsel, the course best calculated to enable Capt. Burton, and myself to place our witnesses in a jury box , and to establish or refute our respective statements. This is one of the most painful duties I have ever had to perform, but it is one from which I feel I must not flinch. I am, Sir, Your obedient Servant, THOMAS MARTIN. Wyndham Club, May 6, 1839. CARLO W ELECTION COMMITTEE (THIS DAY.) The Committee met this morning at the usual hour. 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The distributing day being VERY NEAR, NO TIME :IS TO BE LOST for those desirous to become shareholders for THIS NEXT DISTRIBUTION. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. The Public is respectfully informed, that the PRESENT MANAGEMENT WILL TERMINATE WITH THIS SEASON ; The following Programme is therefore given of its final ar rangements : The Standard Plays, as brought out at this Theatre, will each be performed once more, viz. : THE TWO FOSCARI, lON, WEItNER, and VIRGINIUS. THIS EVENING, MAY 6, FOR THE BENEFIT OF AIR. MACREADY. Will be performed the Tragedy of CORIOL AN US. Caius Marcius, Mr. Macreagly ; Cominius, Mr. Warde ; Vo lutnnia, Mrs. Wainer. After which, NO SONG NO SUPPER. To conclude with SAYINGS AND DOINGS. To-morrow, the New Opez?, called Henrique, or the Love Pilgrim, with Agnes Bernauer. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING, MAY 6, and TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY, Will be presented Bellini's Opera of LA SONNAINIBULA. Count Rodolph, Mr. W. Balfe ; Elvino, Mr. Templeton ; Amina, Miss Romer. After which, THE WATERMA N. Tom Tug, Mr. Henry Bedford. To conclude with, CRICHTON. On Thursday—For the first time on the English Stage, The Elixir of Love. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 6, 1539 THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.) • The past week's arrivals of all descriptions of grain, both British and foreign, were smaller than for many pre vious weeks, and the trade generally was languid. The few runs of fine Wheat were taken off at Is. per quarter advance on last Monday's rates. For Barley little de mand, and rather lower. Beans and Peas have obtained a small increase in value. Oats in limited supply, and M. to ls. per quarter higher. In Flour business is very slack, at last quotations. PRICES ON BC Wheat, Red (old) —s --s White (old) —s. —s. —Red ;1838) . 1;63. ------- Fine (;23. 1'63. Superfine 705.72. —White (1838) ti4s. Fine 6Bs. 723. -- Superfine 755. 78s. --Foreign free Ms. 808. Ry( 40s. 425. Barley 303. 383. Grinding 303.355. Malting 403. 445. Malt Ms, 655. Fine New 64.3 659 Pease, Grey, New 355. 353. Maple New 379. 403. - White 403. 423. Boilers 425. 44 , . ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LC Wheat. I 13 2,205 qrs English ATM OF SHIP Beans, Small (new) 43s 41s (old) 46x .18 - Tick (new) 33, 36_ (old) 33,40 i - Harrow (new) 35,385. (old) 425.449 Brank Oats, Feed New 24,. - Poland New .ss. 291. - Potatoe . 2B *Lfw - Scotch `io 33s Irish 23;. Flour Town (per sack).- - seconds M .541. North Country 50 .52 . Bran I•?+ 13.. ' )NI)ON DURING LAST WEI K. arley. Oat.. vit. 076 qrs. I 1 549 gra I 2,873 acks ,12,1 1, 1 91 brls, lr ih I Foreign j 6,;85 I 890 SMITHFIELD MARKET. A moderate supply ' • trade tolerably brisk at Friday's prices, except in the beat Mutton, which brought rather better prices. Beef, 33. 4d. and 43. 4d. ; Veal, 4s. GI to ss. 4d. ; Mutton, 43. 4d. 53. 2d. ; Lamb, 63, to 6s. 10d. ; Pork, 4s. 2d. to S. 2d. Beasts, 2,703 Sheep and Lambs MONTHLY TEA, 19,8; Calves, SALE. 83 ; Pigs, 380 . ; At the monthly T ea sale, consisting of 5,166,1141 k of var i ous kinds, about half of what was p u t 4p was sold at about previous prices, EVENING ED QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY•) THE QUEEN V. FEARGUS O'CONNOR. A rule was obtained by the ATTORNEY- GENERAL on the first day of the present term, at the instance of the Guardians of the Warminster Union, calling on Mr• sur O'Connor to show cause why a criminal inform ation should not be filed against him for a libel published i n the Northern Star on the 27th Dec. last. Mr. TuEstoEa this morning showed cause against the rule, contending that the application bad been made too late, inasmuch as two terms had elapsed after the public, ! tion before any proceedings had been taken. He also su , mitted that the paragraph in question was so ab that no credit could be given to it, and that therefore it could have been productive of no injury. : pot The ATTORNEY-GENERAL believed that no inteiivag- t person would credit such a preposterous assertion, but there were thousands in the country by whom it W ould be believed, and it was mainly owing to such comments si, those complained of, that th e excitement had been cau sed against the Poor-laws. Besides, there had been no tee diction of the paragraph, nor any expression of regret as an antidote to the poison. Mr. TIIESIGER was prepared to offer every retractatiou of the matter. Id Lord DENMAN said he thought th e paragraph colt t do no mischief amongst the reflecting and intelligent, bue the mischief had already been d one a mongst tb os who had little of either. If the Attorn e y-General P e :: sisted in making the Rule absolute, the Court must Illit'' it so. s . 6 , The ATTORNEY-GENE RAL felt it nec e ssary to uo -- id the discharge of his public duty. Rule absolute accordingly. EXCHEQUER COURT.-THIS DA IN RE THE CANADIAN PRISONERS—JUDGMENT. The judgment of the Court in th e a b ove c ase wasa e , vered this morning by the Lord Chi e f Baron. After u r :: capitulating the substance of the retu rn ma de by Mr. i'v a chelor, the gaoler of Liverpool, he said it had been qg e re most ingeniously at the Bar, that the Legisla tu f of Upper Canada had no r i g ht t o p ass all A ct o pt Parliament, giving the Lieutenant- Governor power to grs conditional pardon—th a t if it h a d it was o f no forc e ° , l effect out 'of the province, and th ere f ore no o ne was W u % by it out of the province, nor could any one act uP° ll O , legally—that the pardon being conditional, it was not e°ld petent to the prisoner to acc e pt it, or if so that be e °u o t recal his assent. The Cou r t were o f o pi n i on that it was D if necessary for them to decide the first points in that case' the the condition WAS void so also mu s t e r pardon. If the c on diti on was l aw f u l an d the pri s , 4 % had not assented to it, th en h e cou ld no t h ave the par ye but having assented to the condition, he could not re'O he it without also revoking the pardon. The situation of .t% prisoner appeared to be, that he had been indicted for b l i o treason, of which he had confessed his guilt. He was liablead be tried for the treason in England, and he could not e lle r the pardon ; he was in such a sit ua ti on that any °I o p Majesty's subjects would be aidi ng a n d abetting tre as o if they allowed him to go at l arge . The Court vie ,, therefore of opinion that the prisoners ought to be re mandcd. If they had not or could not be lawfullyt, rB , l3 oo ported, of which the Executive G o vernment would pa, doubt be advised, it would be their duty to take mess° to have the prisoners tried in England for the treason. The prisoners were then removed. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NESS. CITY, TWELVE am 0 0 The Royal Tar steamer has arrived at Falmouth lie Gibraltar, bringing a m a il f rom Li s b on o f t h e date of t 29th of April. Vera We have also a mail from M ex i co , sailed from n o Cruz Feb. 28 (old d a t e ), T amp i co Bt h , an d Hav aa- vi e March 21; she does not bring any freight or new a r e st have bad later dates via America. Also arrived a., c h India mail, b y t h e M ut i ne pac k et, l e f t B ar b a d o es 0 Bth, Grenad a 17 t h, an d C ape H ayt i 30t h ; t h e i n forma l she brings i s o f li tt l e i mportance , except t h at t he negr continue dissatisfied with the planters. A oa° Arrivals this morning, two Frehch, two Osten,'" t he Dutch, and one Hamburgh mail. Lisbon mail Royal Tar, sailed April 29th, from Malta 19th, Giu r " l Al 25th, Cadiz 26th, Oporto 30th, Vigo May I. Also o° 4 _.!". from Jamaica, by the M u ti ne , sa il e d March 24th, y, Thomas 21st, Cape Hayti 30th. A m a il from Vera Cr ud by the Spey, sailed F e b. 28th, T am pi c o March B t h, Havannah, March 21. Ship letters from Sierra LOP South Australia, Oct. 21, and Sydney Nov. 26. By the above conveyance we have received Ja m papers to the 24th of March. We' Tus COPPER Com—The County Negros were re tent yesterday to rece i ve copper even, b ut we have nn ",t t to doubt that in a f ew wee k s they will become accustom e 'he it. In the re p or t o f the Westmoreland Committee on SI state of agriculture in that parish, which is of some 100.1 his stated they have received reports, from thirty-six sat estates out of the forty- e i g ht i n t h e parish. From I t. " - contents the Committee a re constra i ne d to stat e ti t t labour was not gen era lly resume d unt il the 27t h inst. further adds that the Committee cannot refrain from me n ; tioning the very grea t d estruct i on o f proper ty 00 e ves estate that has arisen from the negligence of the peoPleis. p. ployed in att en d ance on t h e catt l e, an d t h e great clination evinced to protect the cane fields. a grie s a e l : In fine, the C omm i t t ee can only add that the tural prospects of the parish are in the worst possible e a t er That all representations to the contrary are no t born% o ut by facts. The Committee beg to observe that the/ 0 11 confined their observations to sugar estates ; but fronttio reports they believe other properties to be in a n eq disadvantageous condition. fro° N. Committee have since received rep l. ' loll ,, 10 a five more o f th e es t ates, w hi c h represent th i ngs el , — worse light. osro li; We have recei ve d D emerara papers to the .sth Ar i d es they are void o f i nterest. W e h ave received 13,2„,r`re-h:vs papers to th e 14th M arc h , a l so b arren of news. " received the Gibraltar Chronicle to the 26th April. bet MALTA, APRIL 7.—We mentioned in our last au nro vi• that the ships in port were taking in four mont h ! ? t ° , sions, and that it was rumoured they would shortly P ut ° f sea ; we now learn, that in setting up the lower rig(' 10 the flag ship, the same was found so rotten, that sue the been stripped, and cannot be well ready for sea b ef l d e lvil l end of the mo n th ; so it i s not likely the other vesse ls is for the present put to sea, especially as the last occ o nto from the E as t b ear a more pac ifi c app earance than fo r time past. nea rly We have received Austr a li an P apers to t h e 2d 7 GO' ber. They contain the Address to the Honourabt e ,.., os M. Stephens, Acting G o v ernor o f S out h Austro' c ia - r eso his giving up his office. In his reply to the above A vi bich he states that at no distant period the country over o f tbo he had rul e d wou ld ran k amongst the grea test " earth. FUNDS. soi etr We have j us t l earnt t h at t h e G reat W ester n ste 0 are from New Y or k, i s o ff B r i stol. Papers an d letter hourly expected up. l 0 °if i Consols opened thi s morn i ng at t h e prices they a ib 0 ° on Saturday, 93 i i4i f or t h e Account, Money 9 3 iii,;; lo di } business doing as y e t ; E xc h equer Bills 40 41,1 Pg Bonds 44 46; Bank St oc k 196 4 197 4 ; In di a Stec • 1564. ea r In the Foreign M ar k e t a ll th e pr i ces, w i t h the t e : th e tion of Portuguese, which has receded owing ( y r ar e Finance Mini s t er ' s s p eec h i n respect to the divide n ctif e ' the same as th e y c l ose d on Saturday, Spain, : D e, 's; 194 20k ; Portuguese rec e d e d f rom 36 4 37 t o 361 g 00tf gian 1014 i ; Brazilian, 781 i ; Colombian, 3 132 ; 102 i 4. Two-and-a- Half per. Cents. 561 ; Five per Cents' -s. , C.l , ° ( ' •/ PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE 0 .A 1 flank Stock 197% 6N 7, India Stock ................. ;riti 17 - , :3 per Cent. Red. 9`.1%% Ditto Bonds .............. 7., '''':, 3 per Cent. Cons. 934 1 ,4 4 South Sea Stock ................. 3!..:, per Cent 99T4, Old Annuities ............. . Ditto Red. 991, 3 New Ditto ..................... New 3% per Cent 101; 6 ,10034 3 per Cent. A n nuities , "• 40 48P,, New 5 per Cent. Bank Long Annuities toexpire Ditt o 500 ". 0 4 ' ' , l• Jan. 5, 1660 14% 9-16 1 Ditto S ma ll ............... t ... .....„, . Oct. 10, 1839 - , Ditto Commercial ...... ....., ...- 12 ___ Jan. 5: 1860 - Jan. 5, 1880. - April 5, 1880 Jan. 5, 1870 PRICES OF FOREIGN FU NDS Austrian Bonds Ditto Advertise , " ..... * n t Bank Stock tbr Accou India Stock for Acc ount . Consols for Account.loC 'HlS DAY AT 01'1E 0 . . .. Peruvian 80nd5........... ::-...• /' Belgian Bonds Ditto Account ilian Bondr Ditto Account- .. .. .. .. ..... l'ortngue Bonds ~ s • ................. Bon. .. .razilian Bonds Ditto Account .. , Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Chilian Bonds , Prussian Bonds .. . ........... -,, D tto Account . Russian Bonds, .18i4.• .... , Columbian Bonds — ) Ditto Account ...•••• .. . Ditto Account Columbian Bonds, 182 , 1 3l t 1 ) Spanish Bonds • ............... 19* Ditto Account 3114 1 ' Ditto Acc0unt........... a 0 , Danish Bonds .... c , _... . Ditto Account Greek Bonds Ditto Account. ........ , French, 5 per cent. ..•••' '' ---, ...c. --"; C" Ditto Bonds, 1E2.5 Ditto Account 3 4_ p i ) c e k r : cceenntt.. .. .. ....... . 44 - 6 4: Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent. ---. Eichange• .......... ' - ii}. Ditto Account — ' Dutch, 2y6 per cent. " ... 5 0 Ditto, 6 per Cent — Ditto Account ....... .. ........ , Ditto Account —( Ditto, 5 per cent. ..... ...... Neapolitan — Ditto Account....... c r Stca c. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O' CL re ' 1 jeli Paid 514 gastern Counties Railway l6 7 4 Edinburgh and Glasgow lO s 4 Great Western Railway Company 66 Bt Ighton Railway l7 0. 0 " HALF-PAS- ,r, ~,,,o r r Some private letters from Jamaica received this ~",d in ing are not of so unfavourable a nature as dese s o the Jamaica Papers ; the West India merchan ts i , th°, anxiously waiting the result of the adjourned debate sorted House of Commons to-night. It is generally Ministers will have a majority of 90. r e P for C t o h n e s_ , o A l , a 930 India Bonds, 44 46'; 'cc-, o• Account 9 3 at the morning pr 40 ~ nothing done, Stn el4s _BAalnokneyst;ocEk:elb9e7q7efnl3iilnisdia stok In the Foreign Market Spanish and Partugueso,2llo,, heavy, the former 19i, the latter 36 ; Three peru._'l, To o 22k ; Brazilian, 78e ; Colombian lower, 31 ; D "' sh op) and a Half per Cents., S 6-- ; Five per Cents., lower, 102 j. No news of the Groat western's arrival at two o'ci cick • The trial of the Earl of Stirling is at length con' eluded : his Lordship is found not guilty. have room today for:particulars. Part of the documents are forgeries. 0.00 0 • ° `