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Matthews, Miss 1 Lisk.t. • Faucit, Miss Charles, 11Iesdames Reed, Corder, Lee, } I :i.landuke, Mathews, Mew, and Morgan. To conclude with FRA DIAVOLO. !arquis San Carlos, Mr. Frazer ; Lorenzo, Mr. Burnett ; Zcrlina, 3liss Rainforth. - ~ - • • • .1 . 7 : K .- r /4;06. 1 ,1,1 1 E°*„ f LONDON: MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1639. i We have been a little struck at perusing the locubrations of some of our Contemporaries, to -.. find some elaborate.calculations of what the Tories ll will gain, and what the Radicals will gain by turn 1, ina out th e Whi gs , w hil e not one wor d i s sa id o f I l ssli a t the co un t ry w ill ga i n . W e , h owever, preten d to be of the party of the country, we look to the 1 I whole public, and we want to know what the public I will gain by the change which some Radical 1 Journals, mid not all the Tory Journals, are most anxious to bring about ? This is the question -which we propose briefly to examine ; but first we : - east express our astonishment that al y Journalists purposes in statesmen, who can gain much by s'Ludying their own interests, and gratifying their own ambition, when those Journalists, who can i gain nothing by partizanship, continually overlook Ithe country in their piny zeal. Somewhat more i honesty, and somewhat more boldness, must per ' vade the Press, before it will be qualified to inspire . •- the Whigs with moral courage, and teach the T or i es a love of justice. What will the country gain by turning out the present Ministers ? is the question to be solved. Of every such change nothing is more cert a i n th an no person can te ll where it will stop. A change of 7'ilinisters is the displacing a great variety of sub ordinate persons, and bringing in new hands to the riblic offices to carry out new measures. All such j chancres produce apprehension and ala rm ; an d t h ey . chancres excite, till the new Ministry be fully installed, and particularly if there be any doubt of its stability and of its power to carry on the Government, a general feeling of uneasi ness . W e ma k e no account of the individuals who are in office, for as many i claimants are satisfied as there are persons dispos -1 tressed, but a change in the Ministry is a change in the mode of governing a country ; it is the adop tion of other principles as well as other men, and should not be recommended, so far as the public is concerned, whatever may be counselled by indivi dual ambition, unless required by very strong reasons. If the present Ministers be displaced, it is gene rally admitted that Sir ROBERT PEEL and the { Tories would succeed them. Even the Weekly Chronicle, which points out the necessity of a new combination amongst the Whigs, has no doubt that the Tories would come in if the Whigs were to be banten. We have to look, therefore, at the Tories as - the successors of the Whigs, and we ask our readers .a wtiat respect that would benefit the country ? The landlords might then *feel convinced that the . Corn -laws would be safe ; they might even hope to get from the Legislature, if they should require it, additional duties. The Church would be at once secure. No means would be taken to relieve the Dissenters from Church -rates, or to place Church property on a more rational foundation ; but Charch extension would be fostered in Scotland, and lar g e additional gr an t s wou ld b e made to the Church in England. Sir R. PEEL has emphati- sally said, mor• than once, that he regards it as the first duty of the State to provide religious instruc tion for the people. What is done by the Dissenter is for him nothing : it must be provided by the state, and in connexion with the national Church ; and he would be bound by his own declarations, as es4l as forced by his allies, to give us more of that Chinch of which the Times has already told us we have too much. He would be compelled by the rftrty for whose behoof and by w h ose votes h e wou ld ! ee carried into power, and whose abominable perse eoting doctrine as to the Catholics, and as to hy'Ei • ,Dissenters,; 1.0 has never disclaimed, to give effect to the principles of the anti-DENS and other bipts. He and his friends, too, are determinedly opposed to the Chartists, and, being 113 05:.te, they must either come over to the W tug dporige concerning the meetings of the peo pLa, or they must put down the Convention and its suprmters by the strong hand. They must begin a career of political and religious persecution, or they mist forfeit all claim to consistency. Some advantage results front the character of public men being preserved unsullied, and much more from the public peace being maintained, and one or other ssould be endangered by the accession of the Tories to power. We should l oo k f or no i ncons id era bl e n.' cainiotion in England, and Ireland would be thrown into a fever by their success. We should have at least a year's turbulence, perhaps turbulence would ex Cite the use of force on the part of the aathorities, and we should have bloodshed, if not civil war. Would that serve the public cause ? One of the reasons continually assigned by some Ralical Journals for their wish to turn out the Wnigs, is that then they would be able to raise th e Enthusia sm o f t h e country, an d o b tain another great reform. They avow, therefore, that they seek Politi ca l i mprovement through commotion. We y--it honestly state that we do not go with them. deb as we desire to see, our institutions improved, v, doubt wh e th er t h at is to be accomplished during period of gr eat po l itical excitement ; and we know political institution so valuable as the preserva of peace, and the encouragement of the kindly affections. Already, if our information be correct, the trade of the metropolis is suffering considerably from apprehensions entertained of some undefined changes, and a change of the Ministry, which would let loose such fearful elements of commotion as those we have indicated, would add much to the derangement and distress. A change of Ministers might for a moment gratify the landowners and the clergy ; it might excite the hopes of the bigot and tile oppressor; it might de light the Orangeman and the soldier, who would rather try his sword on his countrymen than allow it to rust in the scabbard; but, to the bulk of the community—to the tradesman whose custom it would diminish—to the Catholic who would dread persecution, and would be ready to take u p arms to prevent it—to the Chartists threatened in their meetings--to the whole people, fretted and harassed by an open conflict of opinion between the ruling power and the ruled—a change of Ministers, substituting :the Tories for the Whigs, would be a serious calamity. It might gratify also some Journalists ; it might be considered a tribute to their sagacity, or give delight to their envy, but we decide that it would be injurious to the country. Are the Radicals, then, to get nothing but con tumely from the present Ministers ? We answer, no. Let them, as the Weekly Chronicle recom mends, unite on the 15th to support Ministers and keep out the Tories, but that done, let them insist on a new compact, a new alliance, and if necessary a new leader in the Commons. Let some new blood he infused into the Ministry, let some prac tical plans of reform be opened up, which shall, above all things, embrace a means of giving satis faction to the enlightened working classes, and let an endeavour be made to retain the present Ministry in power, and impel it more firmly and faster in a reform direction. The 'nature of the vote and the division on the 15th will, we believe, con vince the Ministers that their fate hangs on their Radical friends, and induce them either to resign office, for which there will then be no help, or frankly concede some of the Radicals' demands. Some attempts are made before-hand to impugn the decision of the Commons, supposing it to be favourable to the Whigs, by summing up the number of Ministers and their dependents who will vote that their policy has been proper. If the tri bunal were not a party one, we should think the observation just. But if the Whigs vote in their own favour, will not the Tories vote against them ? For every possessor of office who declares the policy of the Ministers just, will there not be two expectants who will vote it to be unjust ? If the Whigs, being in office, must not vote, neither must the Tories, who desire to take their places. That such an im portant question should be left to the decision of a party tribunal may be regretted ; but it is only a specimen of the general system of this country, the Government of which has always been carried on with the sole view of seeming the domination of one faction or another. To the squabbles of party the pubhc good has always been sacrificed, and if it were not so now we should have arrived at a new era—a delightful epoch—in our history. Returns have just been published by the Com missioners of Police showing the number of persons taken into custody by the Metropolitan Police, and the results for the year 1838, with comparative statements for each year from 1830 to 1839. One distinguishing feature in the returns is the increased number of convictions compared with the commit ments. In 1831, when the population of the me tropolis was a million and a half, the total number of persons taken into custody was 72,824, the number committed for trial, 2,955, and the number convicted 1,952; while in 1838, when the population must have been above 1,700,000, the numbers respectively were 63,936, 3,295, and 2,546, making it appear tl'at, under the present system, the constables have made fewer arrests that would not bear examination be f :re the Magistrates, and also the Magistrates fewer commitments, which would not stand the test of a Jury—important points, both as regards the cer tainty of punishment and the liberty of the subject. Thus, taking only the commitments and con victions, in the former year 1,023, nearly one-third, were acquitted by Juries, and in the latter only 749, or little more than one-fifth. On examining the lists, we find that convintinns for offences which were ronnerty capital, such as horse-steanng, forgery, &c., as compared with the acquittals, have increased enormously. Formerly it was difficult to get a ver dict against persons accused of these crimes, be cause Juries thought the punishment exceeded the offence; and, disregarding their oaths, preferred mercy to judgment. How stands the case now ? Of 58 persons accused of breaking into a dwelling house and stealing 47 were convicted ; of 11 ac cused of horse-stealing, 8 were convicted ; and of 16 indicted for forgery, 12 were convicted. Only three out of such a vast population, which, ex cluding the City London, cannot amount to less than — a million and a half, were indicted for murder, and not one convicted, the Juries re• turning verdicts of manslaughter. In the course of last year there has not been one execution in London, and for the whole of England and Wales the number has been below that of any previous period on record, only eight persons were executed, all of whom were convicted of murder of an atrocious character. What relief to a humane mind to look at the leniency of the law and the administration of it now, compared with what they were but a few years back. But twelve years ago, in the year 1827, 17 persons were executed in London alone, more than twice the number for the whole of England and Wales in 1838. If we go a little farther back, to 1821, the number of executions for this part of the kingdom was 143, of which 29 took place in London. Si nce 1827 t h e execu- tions in London have decreased in the following proportions, for the three years ending 1829, 63 ; three years ending 1832, 16 ; and three years end ing 1835, 2, and notwithstanding the great mitiga tion of the law, with one or two exceptions, there has not been any apparent increase in crimes for which the punishment had been diminished. In 1834, several years after the law was altered with respect to the crimes of horse-stealing and sheep-stealing ; and two years after capital punish ment for forgery, except for two sorts, was abolished, the number of persons tried in England and Wales for forgery, had increased a little ; the number in 1831 being fifty, and in 1834 fifty-six. The trials for sheep-stealing had also increased, and those for horse-stealing had fallen from two hundred and twenty-nine in 1827 to one hundred and seventy in 1834. According to official statements, made up to the end of 1837, there has been a considerable increase in sheep-stealing and in forgery, and offences against the currency, an increase of 27 per cent., but in many others a great proportional decrease, and particularly in violent offences against the peison and against property. Taking into account, however, the number of instances in which humane persons would not pro secute when the offence was capital, but who now prosecute, we should infer that all these crimes have actually decreased. Humanity never gained a more remarkable, or more speedy triumph, than it has done in England since the bloody Whigs came into power. On looking over the returns from the Metro politan Police, it is afflicting and humiliati ng to find what a vast proportion of the ac cuse d ca n neither read nor write no fewer than 26,636 out of 63,936, and of the total number, only 6,130.... one in ten, can read and write well. We subjoin the comparative statements. Ms- Summa- Bills not Taken charged rily con- Com- Con: found, Years. into by the •icted, or misted victed 'Acquit. or not custody magic_ held to far and sen- ted. prose tratci. bail. trial. tented. cuted. .._ -. -----... - --........ 1831 72,824 48,026* 21,843 2,955 1,932 616 251 1832 77,543 50,4291 23,458 3,656 2.309 591 306 1833 69,959 45,496 t 20,791 3,672 2,646 631 299 1834 64,269 34,499 26,302 3,461 2,588 651 329 1835 63,474 32,544 27,817 3,113 2,237 608 268 1636 63,384 29,776 30,433 3,175 2,437 495 243 1837 64,416133,043 28,345 3,028 2,266 504 256 1833 63,936 1 30,956 29,685 ,3,295 2,546 527 222 * including 23,787 drunken cases dismissed by Superin tendents. t Including 26,702 drunken cases dismissed by Superin. tendents. Including 18,487 drunken cases, up to August, dismissed by Superintendents. We copy from the Charter, a Weekly Paper which speaks the language of the Chartists, part of an article entitled the " Press and the People," to enable our readers to see of what the Charter complains, and to point out, so far as we are con cerned, its gross injustice. We believe that the Chartists have put forth no address to the people w hi c h has not been inserted in our columns. We are sure that the Convention has held no meeting THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, At'RIL 8, 1839 at which our reporters have not been present. Next to the Parliament, that body has received from us continued attention, and if the public be not acquainted with the feelings, intentions, and de signs of the Conventionists it must be from lack of ability on their part to explain their own objects ; or, like the Frenchman, they must have used words to conceal their thoughts: Such being the plain fact, the Charter commits an act of injustice in making a sweeping accusation of dishonesty against the Press. We also insert what the Charter says of the secession of several gentlemen from the Conven tion, which that Journal, by a singular process of reasoning, regards as adding strength to the body. On the same ground it will gain vigour as it dis solves, and when it has dwindled to the secretary, it will be capable of achieving the regeneration of the empire. We see by the Bank returns, published in the Gazette on Friday, that the bullion continued to leave the coffers of the Bank of England. It was 1,073,0001. less by the last return than by the re turn published in March, and 1,746,0001. less than by the return published in February. It seems, therefore, a general opinion, that the Bank of England will endeavour to limit the circulation of its paper, and add to the temporary difficulties under which trade begins to suffer. The Bank receives many advantages from the public, and on such an occasion as this—as it does not always guide its operations on pure mercantile principles—it will pro bably think it a duty not to apply its screw too hastily or work it too far. We know not which to admire most, the pa tience of the Irish people under insult and oppres sion, or the insolent tyranny of a small section, that leave no means untried to provoke them to dis turbance. On the occasion of the murder of Lord NORBURY, they and their clergy were denounced and abused, by Lords and country gentlemen, in language never perhaps applied to any other na tion ; and this attack was followed up by the leader of the Orange party, and to a certain extent sanc tioned by the late vote of the House of Lords. They have endured both alike patiently, and the only return they make, is by making them publicly to express their gratitude to the Nobleman who defended them against these charges, and who did more, than all his predecessors together, to recon cile them to the English Government. Yet they cannot do even this without insult. It will be seen, from an extract in another part of the Paper, that a county meeting was held at Tullamore, on Tuesday, to vote a grateful address to Lord NORMANBY for his benign Government, but the Court-house was refused them, and as if their meeting was illegal or revolutionary, they were forced to assemble in the open air. Would those who blacken their character have behaved in the same peaceable manner had a Liberal Lord-Lieu tenant in the north of Ireland refused a similar re quest to Orangemen ? We doubt much if in England such treatment would have been submitted to without some practical demonstration of public indignation. But this only proves that the Irish have found out the only certain way to defeat their enemies—to persevere in their purpose for an equality of rights, but to persevere peaceably, and not afford even Orangemen a pretext for subjecting them again to military law or new Coercion Bills. The Court Party in France have been thrown into a state bordering on despair, by the result of the election of the Presidents and Secretaries of the nine Standing Committees of the Chamber of De puties, appointed at the commencement of every Session. Inauspicious for the policy of LOUIS PHILIPPE as was the scrutiny for Presidents at the opening of the previous Session, the present is still worse. Of the nine Presidents of Committees six belong to the Opposition, namely, MM. TRIERS, DUPIN, LAS CASES, CLAUSEL, PASSY, and MERLIN, leaving the Court but the unimportant nominations of MM. HENNESSY, LECLERC, and LEFEBVRE. In the appointment of Secretaries the Coalition have been still more successful, seven out of the nine belonging to the Opposition. Their names are, MM. VlJux, BILLAUD, ALBERT, VIVIEN, Le Comte ROGER, MALLEVILLE, and SAHUNE ; whereas of the Court candi dates only MM.CIIAMPLATREUX and CHASSE LOUP LAMBERT were chosen. So early and so marked an indication of the earnest determination or the - Coalition quite frightened General JACQUE MINOT and his friends, who appeared not to know what step to take or what course to recommend to avert the complete overthrow of the Royal system of the last eight years. An English Journal, (says the Constitutionnel) the Morning Chronicle, which receives its inspirations from Lord Palmerston, publishes correspondence from Spain containing the most erroneous assertions relative to the views of M. Thiers, towards the Peninsula. According to the Correspondent of this Journal, the old President of the Cabinet of February 22, wishes to put an end to the war which desolates the Peninsula, by a marriage be tween the son of Don Carlos and the young Queen Isabella; this is an absurd invention, and the Journal which inserts it, announces at the same time, that it does not be lieve it. But the same Journal mentions, in more precise terms, another project conceived by certain diplomatists—_ the marriage of the Queen with an Arch-Duke of Austria. We have already given our opinion on this intrigue, which would not perhaps be ill received in England, but which, even on the admission of Lord Palmerston's Journal, would be an affront to France. In a window of the celebrated Hotel of Talleyrand— the hotel where the Emperor Alexander lodged—where the famous conferences wnich led to the treaties of 1815 took place, and where so many enterprises were planned, there is a paper stuck up with the following inscription, " Shops to let." According to a return made by the Minister of Finance, the Stamp Duty on French newspapers has greatly in creased since 1836. In that year the revenue from thin branch of public income was 2,365,000 francs, while in 1837 it was 2,787,000 francs. `We have received, with the French Papers of Friday and Saturday, a report of the proceedings in the Chamber of Peers up to the hour when the mails left Paris for London. It is so unusual a circumstance for the Peers to offer any objection to the measures of the Government that the KING must feel extreme surprise at the reception which the Royal Ordinances for the creation of eight new Peers met with on Saturday from their Lordships. In bringing the question of the elevation of General VOIROL, Admiral ROSAMEL, M. MAILLARD, the Duke de CAUMONT LAFORCE, M. LA PINSONNIERE, M. DELP9RTE, and M. CHAM PLOUIS, and M. GAY LUSSAC, to the Peerage, M. DR MONTALEMBERT contended that the late Cabinet had lowered the dig nity of France in the eyes of Europe ; and that the promotion of rejected Ministerial candidates for seats in the Chamber of Deputies--as was the case in three of the late creations—to places in that as sembly, was converting the Chamber of Peers into an hospital for incurables—a refuge for superan nuated Court parasites. Count MOLE tried to justify the creation of the new Peers on the ground of their services to the State, but finding such a position untenable he took shelter behind the shield of Royal prerogative. MM. VILLEMAIN and DREUX BREZE boldly maintained that no Mi nister could he allowed so to shelter himself. The Crown was irresponsible, because the advisers of a Constitutional Sovereign were responsible for his acts. There must be responsibility somewhere, and in Constitutional Governments it was wisely deter mined that Ministers should be answerable for all measures emanating directly from the Throne. M. GIROD (de l'Ain),ithe new Minister of Justice, in answer to the observation of M. MONTALRMBERT, that the ad interim Cabinet was composed of the creatures of the late Ministry, and too obscur e for the weight of official responsibility, declared that himself and his coadjutors were Ministers in reality, and fully answerable for the conduct of the Go vernment to the Chambers and the country. This grave and important announcement was received amidst lively manifestations of considerable merri ment. Seven of the eight new Peers were then in troduced, and took the customary oaths, when Marshal SOULT rose to offer certain explanations on the subject of the efforts made to construct a Cabinet, in accordance with the opinions of the ma jority of the Deputies. No speech could be more unfortunate than the voluntary exposition of the illustrious Marshal. He stated that no blame was attributable to the Crown ; that the KING had given him a carte blanche to form a Ministry, and al though he had not yet been successful he still enter tained hopes of giving to France a Cabinet composed of men worthy of public confidence. He could explain nothing distinctly, without compromising individuals, and lie trusted that what he had said would answer all proper purposes. This explana tion, if it can be called one, was given in a manner so confused as to try the patience of the Chamber. What effect it will have remains to be seen ; but our present impression is tha lit will sever the Mar- shays connection with the leaders of the Coalition, and put an end to his dreams of office. It is quite clear that the KING has cajoled him over to the side of the Court, and that it would be the excess of folly on the part of th e Coalition to regard him as any longer belonging to that party. In the Chamber of Deputies nothing of interest has taken place since Thursday. The French Opposition Press charge the Government with hav ing sought to produce an emettte at the opening of the Chambers, with a view to intimidate the people by letting the army loose among them. For this purpose they maintain that police spies were scattered among the crowds who utt?sed the most seditious cries, and that when they were pur sued and taken, they were liberated without exa.ui nation, to prevent all inquiry upon the subject. They were joined by a few desperate characters, but these are still in confinement. The following are extracts from the Paris Jour nals of Saturday :—. A letter from St. Petersburgh, of the 21st March, is to the following effect:— An Imperial Ordinance, appoints Senator Duschrof, now President of the Legislative Commission of Russia, to be President of the affairs of the Kingdom of Poland, and instructs him to take the place of Field-Marshal, Prince Paskewitsch, as Lieutenant-General of the Kingdom, in case the Prince be called away, to be employed elsewhere. It appears that the occasion for this has arrived, for P is kewitsch, is to leave Warsaw in the month of May, and re pair to Teflis, to take the Command-in- Chief of the army of the Caucasus. This is a measure of great importance, for it indicates that the Emperor Nicholas has length re solved to realise his projects of aggrandisement in the east. Several of the most distinguished Generals of the Russian army among whom are General PrinceGortschakoff,General Kassaroff of the infantry, and Davidoff, General of cavalry, have received orders to hold themselves in readiness to set out for Georgia, in order to put themselves at the head of the several corps which will be under the command of the Field Marshal Gust ; preparations arc making in the capital for the return of the Duke of Leuchtenberg, and the reception of the illustrious visitors who are to be present at his marriage ; it is affirmed that th© King of Bavaria will be of the number.—Commerce. To day ( Saturday), M. Pelet (de la Lozere), rose to require in the Chamber of Peers, some explanation re specting the Ministerial crisis, but it seems that the inten tion is abandoned. In order to spare Marshal Soult the unpleasant necessity of a public statement on the subject, an objection has been started. Some friend of the Mar shal, or confidant of M. Pasquicr, will allege that the Duke of Dalmatia not being Minister, nor offici ally commissioned to form a Cabinet, cannot be called upon for an explanation. M. Pelet will be obliged to be content with this objection, which imperfectly covers the embarrassment of the Marshal; the truth however is, that he could not be called upon to take. the initiative in a discussion which would have caused a collision between the two Chambers, and the chief Peers.—Courrier Francais. HANOVER, Maticti 31.—We hear that the King yester day received an express from Brunswick, on which a meeting of the Council of State was immediately held. Nothing more positive is as pet known respecting the illness of the Duke ; it is certain that in case of his death the questions relative to our affairs will become a great deal more embarrassing. We hear a great deal of a note received here from two great Courts, which is said to urge the convocation of the Estates according to the Constitution of 1832 as the only means of solving the difficulties that have arisen. HAMBURG, APRIL 4. —Field- Marsh al Prince Paskewitsch left Warsaw on the 29:h of March for St. Peterburg. The King of Sweden continues at Christiana, in ex cellent health, and receives from all parts of the kingdom deputations with addresses from the inhabit an t s , to w hi ch his Majesty, highly satisfied with the sentiments of his Norwegian subjects, answers in the most gracious manner. BOLIKSE:-PA MS, SATURIO•Y, APRIL 111. HALF-PAST THREW—The French Stocks have been nearly as yesterday. For the Aceount the Three per Cents. opened at SOf. 35c , rose to sof. 50c., and closed as they opened, at SOf. 35c , being Sc. lower than yesterday. The Five per Cents., opened at 109 f. 65c., rose to 109 f. 70c., and closed at 109 f. 65c. which is in all respects as yesterday. For money the Three per Cents. are unaltered, whilst the Five per Cents. are 15c. better. '1 he Bank of France Shares are sc. lower. Both the I,ooof. and 5,000 f Laffitte Bank Shares have fallen sf. also. The Belgian Five per Cents. have not varied. For the account the Belgian Three per Cents. at 711. 60c., have declined 15c. The Bank Shares have advanced sf. The Spaniel' Active has declined 1, having opened at yesterday's closing price of 261, and closing at 201. The Nea politan Bonds have crept up 10c. The Railway Shares in general have maintained their tbrmer quotations; and the St. Germain, Versailles Right Bank, and Versailles Left Bank, have improved. - First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French 5 per Cents lO9 LO ... 109 fio ... 1011 5. ... 109 10 4 per Cents lOl 90 ... 1 , 2 ... 101 90 ... 10 3 per Cents SU .0 ... N4O ... 80 1:5 ... SO 30 Bank of trance Lalfitte Bank I,ooof. Sh 1055 ...1055 —.1052 50 —105'2 50 5,00i , f. Sh 5214) ...5210 —.5125 ...5 95 Belgian 5 per Cents lo‘_N ... 10.? ... 102 ... :02% Bank GOO ... f 95 ... 690 ... 69 , Coupons 3, anish Ac ice li:o7, ... 207. ... 20!,.', ... 20 1 4 Passive 414 ... 4% ... 414 ... 4 3 ,4 Neapolitan Roman RAILWAY SHARE, St. Oermai- , Versailles, N. E 670 ... 675 ... (170 ... 672 50 LB. 250 ... 2.0 ... 217 50 ... 247 1.0 Orleans . 405 ... 467 50 ... 465 . ... 467 3 , 1 Strasburg to Sale ......... Mulhausen to 'I hann ..... ASPHALTES AND BITUsIENS. Polonreati Yarn (31abelly'a) DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, APRIL 5. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 2Y, per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. A mor t Svndic, 4% per cent 9 434 95 Ditto, ditto, 334 per cent 7 V 34 60 Commercial Company, 4 1 , per cent 179 180 Ditto (1832 and 1833) 5 per cent. Ditto 1437, 5 per cent. Loan 1837, 5 per cent. 9B 98% Exchange on London, One month ll . 97% Two months rsELGIAN tUNDS-13austsaLa. APRIL 6 Actual Debt, 234 per Cent. • 54 li Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent 1 0 Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. --------- 3 per Cent. 70% Loan of City, 1832, 4 p er Cent 95 Society of Commerce, 4 %per Cent 123 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 68% National Society . —Brussels Papers, April G. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Mitten 29 Five per Cents. Metalliques Fowl' per Cents. Three per Cents. -821 A Bank Shares 1607 —4ll/gemeineZeitung, April 3. rnussiAri FUNDS.— Baatan, APRIL 2. Bills, Money. St. Schuld. Sch., 4 per Dent. lOl 102 Prussian English Loan, 1830, 4 percent 102% 101% Kxchange on London, three months 6 11i14 —Prussian State Gazette. April 3. Madrid Journals of the 30th ult. have been re ceived. The Municipality of Madrid had agreed to petition the REGENT for the dismissal of the present Cabinet. The negociations for the new loan are said to be at an end. M. PIZARRO, after every effort to conciliate the capitalists, has failed to obtain a single real, and without money he cannot remain in office. Old Castile suffers greatly from the ravages of the Carlists. The following extracts from the Madrid Papers are of some in- ,erest : The Marqui s d e M ar i gny has addressed the following most extraordin ar y l etter to the Eco del Cornercio, under date the 18th ult.:— " I left London with Viscount de Rocroix. We were both charged with a mission to the Government of Queen Isabel 11. by a noble rel a ti ve o f the most illustrious of men ( Prince Louis Napoleon Bonaparte). On my ar r i va l at Gibraltar I sent on various letters of recommendation which had been forwarded to me f rom L ondon. Viscount ' de Rocroix did the same. I was not a little surprised to receive in reply to those communications a letter, from which I extract the annexed paragraph ;-- " Undeceive yourself; estimable Marquis; the Spa. nish war is not to be ended by arms, but by an arrange ment, and the reconciliation of both parties. I regret being obliged to tell you that your plans cannot be ac cepted by the Government, for they would not have the slightest chance of success. Feeling the deepest gratitude for the services I received at your hands during my emigra tion, I advise you not to come to Madrid, as your personal liberty might run some risks.' " Spaniards I the man who wrote these lines had never theless sworn to defend the cause of liberty. If my sword cannot be of use to you, owing to criminal intrigue, let me at least unmask the traitors who serve in your ranks. To conquer or die ought to be the motto of every true Spa niard. Death to the tyrant I The Constitution of 1837 for ever I I forward to you works on Spanish affairs, written by men possessing considerable influence and holding high offices in France, England, Spain, and Ger many. You will use them to promote the cause of liberty. I have affixed my name to the copies, in order that the public may know that the denunciator of the enemies of freedom is one of the victorious combatants of the three days of 1838." A letter from Santander, dated 24th of March, published by the Correio Nacional, says— " I hasten to inform you of a very favourable piece of intelligence for us. The English Commodore, Lord John Hay, has received orders from his Government to blockade all the points of this coast occupied by the Carlists, and to capture any vessel, of whatsoever nation she may be, who should approach the coast. The House of Commons re-assembles this even ing, but it is not expected that any business of importance will be transacted. Mr. Campbell, of Cra . igie, is spoken of as the candidate for Ayrshire on the Liberal interest. Mr. Hume has stated, from Paris, that any Liberal would be mad who should vote against the Go vernment On the question of their Irish policy. The resianation of Mr. Sheil, an account of which we bor t 'row from the Dublin Evening Post, is dic tated, we understand, by an honourable wish to be per fectly independent. SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—Between nine and ten o'clock on Saturday morning, William Marshall, a car. penter, was crossing the end of Gray's Inn-lane, in Hol born, when ho was knocked down by a horse and cart, and the off wheel passed over his right thigh, fracturing the bone. He was carried to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. A letter from Rome, of the 17th ult., d en i es the truth of the story, which lately appeared in many of the foreign prints, relative to the departure of Dr. Alertz,. phy_ sician to the Pope, from the papal dominion; on acco ant of an accusation of his attempting to poison his Holiness;. He is stated to have left Rome solely on account of his having completely re s t ore d th e health of the Pope, a n d, b eing anxious to return to his own country. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The arrival of For. ign Wheat last week was less than for some weeks past, and of Eaglish Grain and Fleur the quanti ties were inconsiderable. The market in the course of the week was dearer for Wheat, and firm for all other Corn. There has been a very short fresh supply of all desci intions of Grain. The little Engli-h Wheat that was at market sold readily, at an advance of full 3s. per quarter. The best Foreign was 45., and the other sorts 35., per quarter higher than last Monday. Barley being scarce obtained Is. per quarter more than last quotation. Beans firm in value. Little doing in Peas, and prices unvaried. Oats met a fair demand, at rates rather ex ceeding last currency. There was an improved sale for Fleur at the prices which were settled last Monday. PRICES ON BOARD OF SHIF Wheat, Red (old) —a. s. Beans, Small (new) 435 41s White (old) —s. a (old) 46.18x. —Red (1838) .603. C3s Tick (new) .".‘ls 31. --- Fine 14a. (Ns Superfine 70s. 735. Harrow (new) ...... 365. 375. Wh'te (1838) 635. (ills. --- Fine tfis. 72s Brank -- Superfine 745. 76s Oats, Feed --Foreign free...... 60. 80$. Ryc 40s. 425. Poland s —,, Barley 3oa. 38, New 24-.26. Grinding 30s 355. Potatoe 28 .. 30 , . Malting 40;.43~ N ...,,w Malt 5r., 655, Scotch 28,.3•:5. Fine New this. 08s Irish 225.... 245.205. Pease, Grey, New 355. 30s. Flour Town dier sack).... 605.62;. Maple New 3 -- . 38$. aieconds 54,5 i, . -- White 405. 42s -.......- North Country.... 505.52 . Boilers 425. 445. Bran l2s 13 ARRIVALS „it , ' GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LASI Writ;. . Wheat. Barley. oats. ri 1438 qrs I 2,681 qrs. 3,139 qrs I 2,1'67 acks t 77 595 2,819 brls. English lr: t - Foreign I 1,293 I SMITHFIELD. There was more life in the Beef trade ; but the supply was moderate. Prices for prime qualities rather higher. Sheep and Lambs in fair supply, but trade not brisk : Lamb declined 4d. to Bd. per stone. Veal and Pork dull and somewhat lower. Beef 3s. 4d. to 4s. 4d ; Mutton, 41. to ss. 4d. ; Veal, 4s. 4d. to ss. 4d. ; Pork, 4s. 2d. to ss. 2d. ; Lamb, 6s. to 7s. Beasts 2,709, Sheep and Lambs 20,960, Calves 78, Pigs 350. TEA SALE—SIXTH DAY. A fair attendance of the trade. About one-third of what was put up sold; inferior Tea 1 / 2 d. to ld. per lb. lower than last sale's prices, and superior sorts at former quptations. CITY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY. TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL. COTTON MARKET or SATURDA T.-The Cot ton Market has been quiet to-day. The sales are about 2,500 bags, of which 200 are on speculation at yesterday's prices, viz., 50 Pcrnams 10Id. ; 50 Bahia Sid. and 10id. ; 20 Egyptian 15id., and 200 Surats 60. to 7d. ; Ameri can Sd. and 90. per lb. Arrivals this morning—two French, two Ostend, and one Dutch mail; also mails from Gibraltar, Cadiz, and Lisbon, by the Royal Tar, sailed from Lisbon the 2d of April, Gibraltar the 29:h of March, Cadiz the 30th of March. A mail has arrived from Rio Janeiro, by the Ranger, sailed from Rio the 17th of February, Pernam buco the 18th of January ; she does not bring any news of importance—all was tranquil there. Exchange 30 and Stock 75. A report pevailed that the French were going to bombard Buenos Ayres. We have received Buenos Ayres papers to the 27th of January. Extracts from the above papers : The Chili mail bad not arrived when our paper went to press, and we are without any further intelligence from Chili or Peru. ORIENTAL. STATE.—We have received Monte Video journals to the 21st ult. ; they are chiefly occupied with local intelligence and matters which do nut concern us, re specting the expedition fitting out at Monte Video, against some portion of the Argentine territory. The cry is still, they come. The blockade still continues by the French. The weather has been very sultry during the week. The address of the House of Representatives, in answer to the message of the Government on the opening of the pre sent session, is dated the 19th ultimo. It states that the House had attentively considered the message, and considers that the manner which the Go vernment acted upon affairs of vital importance is honourable to the Argentine Confederation. It had re sisted the pretensions of the French Agent, which threatens the independence of the country. The highest rate of Exchange upon England during the week 4id. ; highest price of doubloons, 218 dollars. It is rumoured that the Chilians have changed the seat of their operations in Peru from the North to the South, the cavalry, under General Gam=mu, proceeding by land, and the infantry, under General Bulnes, by sea, and that having left Lima without a garrison, it was subsequently occupied by the troops of General Santa Cruz. The following is an extract of the opening of the Six teenth Legislature of Buenos Ares, on the Ist January, with the usual ceremonies:— MESSAGE TO TILE LEGISLATURE..—( The Governor did not open the Session in person, owing to the decease of his lady.) The Minister of Foreign Affiirs delivered the Message. He began by stating, that with infinite satisfac tion he hailed the happy day he was placed among them, and that alleviated the weight of his respons'bility, by ren dering a faithful account of his conduct, under the aus pices of the domestic peace of the Republic. The Supreme being more powerful than the combined strength of injus tice, and had upheld his feeble efforts, so that the tranquil lity of the province is assured, and anarchy completely annihilated. In respect to the Foreign Department, he states that the good understanding between the Argentine Confederation and a friendly nation has been affected by unexpected events; that the Republic has not omitted any efforts to draw them closer and maintain them. The Con federation owes to the kindness of the Queen of Great Britain the generous offer of her high and powerful media tion, to terminate the war in which the nation is engaged agaiwst- the seif-atyleti Protector of the Peru-Bolivi an Confederation. He further states, that nothing has oc curred worthy of attention in respect to the Falkland Is lands. The Government will persevere sustaining the right of the Republic to this territory with the just claim on which,it is founded; the Minister Plenipotentiary of her Britanric Majesty has given the Government satisfactory explanation in the name of his sovereign respecting the pending claim of the Republic for the cap ture of the Argentine privateer Presidente. The negociations promoted by the Government of Eng land for the abolition of the slave trade, with which the Minister of that nation is charged, has not yet been realized, but is about to be concluded satisfactorily. He goes on by stating, that they have been informed of the exorbitant and inadmissible pretensions of the French Con sul and the French Rear-Admiral. The documents laid before them embrace the official and private acts relative to this important affair; but to give a proof of his pacific disposition, by submitting the pending question with the Government of the King of the French to the arbitration of her Britannic Majesty, the Minister of her Britannic Majesty nobly and frankly accepted the invitation of the Ar gentine Government. The French Consul refused to accept the four propositions. He goes on by stating that the Government had subsequently been put in possession of sufficient proof that the British Cabinet had recently offered to his Majesty, the King of the French, its good offices in the differences which exist between the Republic and France. It is hoped that they will accelerate the termination of the question. (From Launceston Papers received to Nov. 1.) The Northern side of the Colony has had a very timely and abundant fall of rain during the past week. The pasturage and crops of New Soutb Wales are in a most deplorable state from want of rain. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) The sessions opened this morning with the usual form. antes. The RECORDER, in addressing the Grand Jury, said the calendar, which already numbered 276 cases, would pro bably be shortly increased to 300. But there was only one case which required any particular observation—that of Mr. Medhurst (charged with the unfortunate death at Hayes). The Learned Recorder then entered at some length into the facts, and detailed the law on the case, leaving it for the Grand Jury to say whether there was ground for the charge of murder—and if not, they would return it manslaughter. IRELAND. DUBLIN, APRIL 6TH LEVEE AT THE CASTLE. His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant held his first levee yesterday at the Castle. A guard of honour, composed of a party of the 17th Lancers, were stationed in the Upper Castle-yard, and the band of that regiment played several beautiful airs previous to and during the continuance of the ceremonies. The presentations were of course numerous, and several addresses were presented. To the addresses of the nobility, gentry, merchants, and citizens of Dublin, his Excellency replied as followS 111 v LORDS AND GENTLEMEN—I return you my grateful thanks for the cordial and affectionate address with which you have welcomed my arrival among you. I come, as you truly say, no stranger to your shores. Some of the happiest days of my life have been spent in Ireland ; and, as an occasional resident land'ord, I hope I have not shown myself indifferent to the happiness of the tenantry committed to my charge. I have never disguised—l am not likely to alter—my opinion on the great Irish questions which have occupied so much of the attention of Parliament during the last seven years. One of the most important of these in its bearings on the condition of the poor has happily passed into law, without involving in its discussion either party feelings or sectarian differences. I rely, therefore, with confidence on the aid and co-operation of all classes connected with the landed property of the country, in my exertions to give full effect to the provisions of that salutary measure. In the general discharge of my high trust I shall, after the example which has been so deservedly marked by your praise, give my utmost attention to the state, the wants, and the wishes of the Irish people, with an anxious desire to extend their comforts and promote their welfare. I shall in the same spirit strenuously exert myself to ensure respect for the laws by the strictest impartiality in their administration, tempering justice with mercy, as far as may be consistent with the great objects of all legisla tion—the repression of crime, the maintenance of order, and the equal security of all persons in the undisturbed enjoyment of their lawful rights. From the terms of your address, I depend on your sup port as well in these objects as in all my endeavours to fulfil the benign wishes of our gracious Sovereign for the prosperity and good government of her Irish subjects; and if, by the blessing of Divine Providence, these endea vours should prove in any degree successful, the accom plishment of your hopes and the meed of your approbation will be among the proudest rewards I can ever receive for my humble services. His Excellency, it will be seen, observes, in reply to the address of the nobility, gentry, and merchants of Dublin, that he is no stranger to Ireland. Nor is he. We doubt, whether any of the sensible Conservatives who attended the Levee could find anything in the replies of his Excellency to which, if they allowed their under standing fair play, they could except. The people will receive these replies as a pledge for Irish prosperity. AGGREGATE MEETING OF REFORMERS. LORD NORIIANIIY.—On Tuesday last the King's County assembled at Tullamore, when a grateful address to the Marquis of Normality was agreed to, amidst the warmest applause. Lord Oxmantown did all he could to prevent the expression of public sentiment, and refused the use of the Court-house. The meeting was consequently held in an open space at the rear of the hotel. One might have expected more dignity, if not greater generosity, on the part of an aristocrat. The Post of this evening publishes a Requisition " the most splendid that has perhaps, ever appeared in (that) Journal," convening an Aggregate Meeting of the Reformeis of Ireland, to be held in the Theatre- Roy al, Hawkins's-street, on Thursday next. " From all parts of the country," continues the Dublin Evening Post, " communications are pouring in, expressing the determination of the writers to attend this great demonstration. " The first of our Peers, the Duke of Leinster, heads the list; and we have reason to believe, that his Grace will fill the Chair on Thursday. " The array of rank, property, and intelligence, in the Requisition, will sufficiently show that this movement, in defence of good gmernm,!nt, is completely national—that all sections of Reformers are up to make battle against the common foe." We find the following articles of intelligence in the columns of our Dublin Contemporary MR. SHELL. —We can state that the Hon. Member for Tipperary has resigned the office he held as Commissioner for Grcenwich Hospital. We are not made acquainted with the motives which led to this determination on the part of Mr. Sheil. We have no doubt, however, that they are honourable to his spirit and his principles, and to his position as a public man. We should like to see such men in office certainly ; but Richard Sheil is entitled to fill an office of responsibility and action. TRANQUILLiTY.—We have already alluded to the charges of the Judges of Assize to the Grand Juries on the recent Circuits, bearing testimony, with scarcely an exception, to the tranquil state of the country. The Chairmen of Quarter Sessions have the same gra tifying duty to discharge. The Recorder of Limerick, on Tuesday, on opening the Sessions, said he " had to con gratulate the foreman and gentlemen of the Grand Jury on the light:nature of the business to be transacted, which, he was proud to say, would not detain them long.' What a very curious time Lord Roden selected for assailing the Government on account of the state of the country 1 CHAPLAINS.—We have much gratification in announ. cing the appointment of the Rev. Archibald Douglas, Rector of Cootehill, as one of the chaplains of the Lord Lieutenant. The Rev. Gentleman Ras favoured with a communication from Lord Ebrington, several weeks since, in which his Excellency stated that be felt great pleasure in appointing him to that office. Mr. Douglas has long been known as an eloquent and powerful preacher, ready at all times to promote the cause of charity. As an exemplary clergymen and excellent country gentleman, be is beloved by his parishioners, of all sects, amongst whom he has presented the example of practical benevolence. Chiefly through his:means, a Loan Fund has been established in Cootehill, which lent last year more than 8,0004 without a shilling loss; and, with the co-operation of the Right Rev. Dr. Browne, the Ro man Catholic Bishop and his Clergy, six National Schools have been established, including one extensive agricultural school near that town, where seven hundred children of both sects are brought up in harmony and peace. LORD LORTON.—VICTORY.—We can only say, that his Lordship's brows have been encircled with the laurel wreath. There is not a house or hovel now standing in Ballinamuck ! But more in our next. EVENING EDITION' PRICE OF SUGAR. EFFECT OF MONOPOLY. Table showing the ex-duty price of West India.Suvr in lg 11)°. Ing.lane, and comparing the same against that of foreign sugar"'` London, April G. 183 ' . rg got the last Gazette quotes the average price of British Nantation Muscovado Sugar, exclusive of duty, at 403. Si i e The actual quantity sold, in the week en di ng th e 2.d of APri l, 4 % which the above price is computed, c ons i s t e d o f 148 hhcia• an tierces, the highest sale quoted being 475. per cwt., an d -e lowest 365. Coe d Muscovado Sugars raised on plant a tio ns eas t o f the CaPef „ e t, Hope, by free labour, are worth this w e e k f rom 23 5 . to 255. Pe r .; - d o being 16s. 6d. per cwt. less than the averag e p r ice of West in Sugar. The rumours sedulously circul a ted f or M ar k e t purposes hi the West Indians, that there would be an commons defalcation in "„ iv Sugar crops this year, throu g h th e i n d o l ence o f the black 1 ,0 , 0 " - tic u, are now entirely discredited by th e b u y ers . All a pprollen 6w the on the score of a short supply, h ave b een comp l e t e ly allayed b 1 the recent advice. from Jamaica, Dem erara, & c., w hi c h announce . 11 the new system is working well, an d th a t th e negr oes are en tie s e ee pursuing their field avocations. This important informatioVeri been followed by a stagnation in Mi nc i ng- l ane, 150 hhds. li p sold last week, and about 200 this, at lo wer p r i ce s. The gen era l me pectation that there will be a considerable reaction in price,' caused both grocers and refiners to refrain from buying sr ft quotations, both parties appear determined to exhaust thei r P„ - d; stocks before they encumb e r th emse l ves w ith mo re Sugae,'" wee e this feeling pervades the country, th ere can b e no d o ubt that vie ste d right in predicting a fall at least of 10s. per cwt. It is ea tial o ol that the weight of Sugar now held in bond exceeds the stock o et bil year by 12,000 tons, of which 8,000 tons are in the docks port. „port. There are no sales of refined Pugar for exportation to '":, Dutch crushed, equal in quality t o d ou bl e re fi ne d Sugar, I na o s bought at 345. 6d. per cwt , being 6s per cwt. less than thel3r3 it public pay for the class of raw Sugar fro m w hich the crushed manufactured. We have al ready stated the figures demonstrating that th e to the monopolists, and the l oss t o th e B r iti s h n ation by t `lo r ol. tective laws in favour of West I n di a p ro d uce, amo unt to 4, o° '" it go per annum. How much lo nger th e p eop l e w ill p a tiently su bill. be thus pilfered is difficult to say. METROPOLITAN POLITICO' SUMMARY. The Times of this marning, in the course of lea article, speculating on t h e form of the motion'to be br °,7ce forward by L or d J o h n R usse ll i n the Commons, re in g y o je ing the late dis cuss i on on I re l an d i n t h e H ous e of ,P; a t observes as follows :—" Mi n i s t ers h ave sa id that tioL e , e ia this Irish question th e C ommons assert t h a t confidellte the Government which the vote of the Lords is aihig,ied deny, they will go ou t. Th e prev i ous quest i on , if c "; re in the Commons, has the effect, without the slight es ,,l s el/ flection on the Irish p o li c y, o f l eav i ng Mi n i ste rs Pre: der where they say the Lords have placed them—that is/ hr the necessity of g oi ng out . If, t h en, t h e R a di c als art i o, cere in declaring that they would gladly turn out th e coo ld nisters, provided th e i r own consistency on Irish affair!, the be kept uncompromi se d, t h ey h ave only to vote ° a l t o , previous question, w hi c h l eaves t h e I r i s h polie/ 1118 gether unimpeached, and yet gives check-mate Woe last move of the Mi n i s t ers . F or t h e C onserva tive ie,, be e it would seem to have especial recommendations. Sol arc others of opinion that the proper motion elan: 1 °0 8 would be fora Commi t t ee o f I nqu i ry, lik e t h at votedl,l, 4 e Lords. Various as are t h e f orego i ng proposa l s , there P i k point upon which there will be found no variance 0 0 of namely, that whene ver th e announcement o f t he O r os. motion intended by the Government shall enable thebeig servatives to decide up on t h e i r own li ne, t h a t Bee,' once well considered and resolved, will have the C ate support of the whole body of Conservatives. We to e no hurry to see the Whigs defeated ; a man vl'A is di , season like this, can covet office for himself or his th e , must himself be little better than a Whig ; but wham, bravest would not seek, the best must sometimes "" g re From this it is clear that our Contemporary has tiO nt yet hopes of seeing the Tories in office. The pear is t o " ripe. The affectation of indifference in the last ePb" matic and antithetical sentence is very amusing. „l e , Ol e The Morning Ch ron i c l e conta i ns a l ea di ng artl—, s the object of which is t o i m p ress on a ll Lib era l Membe' o ttl necessity of supporti ng L or d J o h n R usse ll' s mo tion i t) e je 15th, which our C on t emporary urges b y no mes as P o them to a vote in favour of their general polieY• have unreservedly expressed," he adds, " our sentialeebb the necessity for a anion among Reformers, and 00, g; union can take place without a readiness on the laab" Ministers to meet the d eman d s o f t h e peop le for "flor , measure of Reform as would make the ComoW ils se the Representatives, not of the oligarchy, but the e p ot It remains to be seen whether Ministers will take ° i r e , of the oligarchy or the people. It would onlY, b ., e t peo ing our readers were we to say that we are withou t r ice' hensions as to the alternative which Ministers will e ° , P ° : The Morning Post, speaking of the system of 'l licy pursued by Government, puts forth the follostintsir bane and gentlemanlike observations:—. All the,..` t Of; terialists, and m an y w h o h ave b ecome ashame d of t'7, t ers" l , concur in the asserti on th a t th e I r i s h po li cy o f Igin l iap c ; more popular and less objectionable than any 00 0 4 0 1 ' of their policy. Whether it be, in fact, the inos t A r part of their policy, is not easily to be deterroinem;bt haps it iS; but of this we are quite sure, that it , c4 : „'los. i t" ; , so to be. That policy began, and has continued 7 pet'' some truckling to one man of notorious baseness' ch bllf character. The cunning and the cruelty of thin viret. e st,, been the prominent characteristics of the Goverf' - o f f at Ireland during the last four years. The spirit instigating and overruling demon has appeared "" to last." r d The Morning H era ld o b serves , i n a ll us i on to le° el' Russell's approaching motion in the Commons tt s immediate hangers-on of Ministers are nervous ; - tbe il d Radical supp or t ers o f L or d J o h n a ff ect myst erys6kie, movements. They may sp are th emse l ves t h e treey.,,el the world knows we ll th e course that will be folk:fro/0 the 15th by the Wards, and Leaders, and Molo°o4 and by all the other mincing politicalpedants in th e , s mons. These convenient and obsequious creatufrjop e od page the heels of Lord John, as they have al"' oat before, whenever Lord John and his colleagues 14 0 11 11 to be in peril. The cant which the Ministerial is t, about the Irish policy of the Cabinet, is absolutely dlthe ing. That policy is the policy of men who have n oble courage to attempt the enforcement of prineiP leg they conside r soun d." 0 8Cbi" hr The Morning Advertiser, referring to the aPt i r t ee discussion in the Commons, says :—" When 00 i : 1 00'0 i tween Liberalism an d T ory i sm comes to b e foligneee'd suit will be in favour of the former. At the soon 'oile not Ministers t rus t t oo muc h to t h e fl attery of ril l ' and pretended friends. We tell them to rely On tbeif o rcel —on their desire to extend the franchises of th e lit i W h Act; and n o unre f orm i ng party can b y any po ssibl their place." M Th 0 BRISTOL SUGAR-MARET, APRIL " cbee ll) bi r transactions of the sugar - market are very limited tir o fidence of th e b u y ers in the stability of prices s ce- c etli considerably shaken, an d th e arr i va l o f better %Ar t relative to the s t a t e o f the West Indies, has in e r re :spe r ' reluctance to p urc h ase , an d t h e expectat i o n of decline in prices. —Bristol Mercury. LATEST FROM SOUTH AMERlCllcrooti lli o F TIE F UNDS. Consols opened this morning at 925 I for the Account ; Money 923 little business doing as yet. Excnequcr Bills 38 40; India Bonds, nothing done as yet; Bank Stock 1973 1981 ex-die. ; India Stock 251 252. In the Poreign Market scarce any different, at present in the prices of Saturday. Spanish Active, 19, 20 ; Por tuguese 331- ; Three per Cents., 204 ; Belgian, 1021 ; Brazilian 77 79 ; Dutch Two-anti-a-Half per Cents., 554 3 ; Five per Cents., 1001 ; Colombian 281 29. ritICFsS OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Stare eastern Counties Railway l3 114 Brighton Railway B Provincial Bank of Ireland PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, MARCH ' , R. a per Cent. Consols 3t per Cent. Stock Ditto Reduced - Hike' nian Bank 25 Ditto New, 1530 - Bank ....tock - Ballast Office Debentures, 4 Royal Canal Stock ..... par cent ..... ................ HALF-PAST OIVE. Since the early part of the morning Consols have be come rather heavy, and receded from 925 1 to 92 2 ., %; for Mo ney 924 ; Exchequer Bill s , 38 40 ; India Bonds, 44 ; Bank Stock, 1973. It is reported that the Bank is settling heavy stock. In tlie Foreign Market Spanish Active, 19k, also'heavy ; Portuguese, 33i 33 ; Belgian nothing done; Brazilian 70 ; Colombian, 28i ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents, b 5- ; Five per Cents., 1001. No arrivals from America. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISFI FUNDS. Bank Stock .. 1984 i India Stack 3 per Cent. Red 91% Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent Ccu5........ ........ 9246 Ditto Old Annuities. F9% 3% per Cent. Red 93% Ditto New Annuities New 3% per Cent 100% Ex. Bills, 1,000/ 2d ''9 pm. New 5 per Cent — Ditto 50 , ./ 39 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditt o 5001 39 pm Jan. 1860 Oct. 1859 1 4 % Consols for Act ... 92% FOREIGN FUNDS. i Portuguese Bonds, 5 per cent. Ditto. New Ditto Prussian, 5 per cent Russian Bonds, 5 per cent lll% i Ditto, Metallic Spanish, 5 per cent Ditto, Consolidated French, 5 per cent. f c. Exchange I —c French, 3 per cent Bof. 25 . Dutch, 2% per cent. 55 Ditto, 5 per cent. IOOA RES. Asturian, 5 per cent Belgian, 5 per cent 102 Brazilian Bonds 76% Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent — Chilian, 6 per cent Colomb.an ' 6 per cent Ditto, 1824 9BN Danish, 3 per cent 74 li Greek Bonds, 1825, 5 per ct — Mexican, 5 per cent. Ditto, 6 per cent., 1825 1 Peruvian, 1825,6 per cent — SHA.. Eastern Counties Railway..— ..... ........ ..... ... ......... . 7 ' Great Western Railway . 6,1% London and Brighton Railway London and Blackwall Railway 5% London and Greenwich Railway FN London and Southampton Railway 43 London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) ll% London and Croydon Railway (New Scrip) Manchester and Birmingham Railway... ... .......... South Eastern and Dover 8% Ditto New Shares THE WEATHER IN THE COUNTRY.—The Provinces appear to have suffered the same extraordinary degree of cold, that we in London have felt. Winds from the North-east, snow, hail, and frost, are the present harbingers of balmy spring. PERSIA.—Her Majesty's Government have re ceived dispatches from Colonel Shell, dated from Erzeroom, February 26. They contain no further intelligence re specting the designs or proceedings of the Shah of Persia. A variety of rumours were afloat respecting the destination of a new expedition. By some it was said to be in tended against Herat, by others, to join the forces of Southern Russia (with what object it were not easy to surmise), while others thought that the expedition was in tended against Turkey. The latter, however, seems the least likely. We have season to believe that the disagree ment between Persia a nd T ur k e y respect i ng th e i r "dis -1 utcd territory" will be settled by commissioners. MINISTERIAL CRISIS IN POR TUG AL. The Royal Tar steamer arrived at Falmouth on Saturday with the Peninsular mails. Her data are, from Gibraltar the 29th ult., Cadiz the 30:h, Lisbon the 2d inst., mid Oporto and Vigo the 3d. • 13y this packet we have received the following letter from our Correspondent : " Lisbon, April 2, 1839, 8 o'Clock A. M. " The debate fur fixing the future numerical force of the standing army has brought about a total re signation of the Ministry. On Wednesday last it was made a Ministerial question, when, it bei ng p u t to t h e vote, they were left in a minority of 20. Ministers, finding themselves totally foiled in a measure upon which they had placed the most implicit confidence, immediately repaired to the Palace, and placed in her Ma jesty's hands the seals of office. These were accepted, upon the conditions that successors be previously found, and the Viscount de Sada Bandeira has been charged to form a new Administration ; but up to the present it does not appear that any individuals have been found to take office ; their Excellencies consequently continue to hold their respective portefeuilles. " The number of men composing the standing army, upon the motion of M. Silva Pereira, has been ultimately fixed at 21,080, instead of 27,000 proposed by Ministers, and 15,000 by the Opposition ; thus forming a medium, as anticipated in my last communication. " The Senate has been occupied exclusively in various projects of law uninteresting to the foreign reader. The revenue of the Lisbon Custom-house, Excise. office, and Custom-house of Oporto, fur the month of February last, paid in titulos, debentures, ex-paper money and coin, amounts conjointly to 343,410,482 rcis (equal to 78,6981 4s. Bd. sterling), showing a deficit on the preced ing month of January of 6,8741. 4s. 7d. sterling. " It is rumoured that her Most Faithful Majesty is again enciente. " It is fully expected that her Majesty Queen Adelaide will, on her return to England, visit Lisbon at the end of this month, and with this view the Palace at Belem is being tastefully fitted up for the Royal sejour. " The mails from Oporto and Spain, which ought to have arrived yesterday, were robbed ; the latter by some guerrillas, two leagues distant from Elvas, who took the horses from the Lancers escorting it, and rode off. General Cordova arrived in this capital on the 25th from Badajos; it is stated that he will remain here to it the issue of his Court.martial. " Exchange on London, at 30 days' sight, 55id. per milrei ; discount on ex paper money, 47 per cent. The prize of a sword, with appropriate inscrip tion, usually given at Woolwich, at the examination of cadets for commissions in the Artillery and Engineers, has just been presented by Lord Bloomfield to Mr. John Bayley, R. E., son of Captain Paget Bayley, of Gosport. While at Dr. Burney's Establishment at the Royal Academy, Gosport, this young gentleman had only a few weeks notice to prepare for the strict examination now in stituted at Woolwich, and which he passed in the most satisfactory manner. The engagement between Averbe and Cabrera, at Cortes, near Segura, on the 23d. was in reality a serious and well fought action, in which the Christinos were successful. Ayerbe had 7.000 foot and 900 horse, with which he drove Cabrera himself, who had equal forces, from a most advantageous position, well fortifi e d with parapets. Cabrera's loss was infinitely the greater ; and he was compelled to retreat, though he did so in good order, and was unable to prevent the Christinos from ap proaching Segura. This town, however, requires heavy artillery to reduce it. Melilla,.on the coast of Africa, ash also been recovered from the insurgents. The General Steam Navigattnn Company' s packet the Cz)lunibirie, front R,, t ( r(1„,11, arrivedoft' the Custom-house pesterday. any how carg Ranger Packet, Lieutenant Turner, arrived at .1 0 (1) 1 :0 on Friday fr o m th e B raz il s i n 47 d ays, h av i n g sa' boss, Rio de Janei ro on th e 17 t h o f F e b ruary. She has 111 about 15,0001. on freight, but no particular new s ' to ss,. pears that affairs remained much in the same f il i absf,Pi the last advices from Rio de Janeiro; the rate 0 ' %tat' had, however, somewhat improved, the latest c l u b - e bl being from 30 to 301 Buenos Ayres continued t°, Oren kaded by the French, and the insurgents in Bl ° oe stilt held out against the Government troops. 10 01" THE BANK OF ENGLAND.—The USLIa' - f return of the li a biliti es an d assets o f t h e Bank tjotisrlda gland, emb rac i ng th e per i o d f rom t h e Bt h of dada:l4e the 24 instant, w hi c h appeare d i n l ast Friday s of: r gives the following results, viz. :—That the ave rsl ibe month ceding th e 2cl instant, as compared viitb .1 1 0 0 is rage of th e mon th en di ng t h e Bt h o f J anu arys P rett ss o , increase in the circul a ti on o f 219,0001., a , dec i be She the deposits of 2,856 0001., and a decrease le o s of bullion of 3,099,0001. Wherefore it aPP e so ci pef the decrease in the liabilities is 2,637,0 001 ' , o t. represents the d ecrease i n t h e tota l qua ntiti A witb t he in the month en di ng t h e 2d i nstant, as com pare'. o do j, month ending the Bth of J anuar y, i n so f a r as e re f o s o administr a ti on o f th e currency b y t h e B an k 01 of t ge The yeatly compari son i s as f o ll ows :— The ave, ra f de or ri d month ending th e 24 i ns t., as compared with tu'ocr e i lto of ti-c month endi ng tL e I s t o f M ay, 1838, show's!, der o f in the circulation of 786,000 L, a decrease in t ",oliObe of 1,155.0001., and a decrease in the stock of w as t ie 3.630,0001. Wherefore it appears that the deer e , eo e res se /d liabilities is 1,941,000/, and this represents the th e of , the total quantity of money in the month en of P o o instant as compared with the month ending th e 1 cag e 1838, in so far as regards the administration of th e by the Bank of E ng l an d. —Ti mes . U ti THE WEATIIXR IN LONDON.-- - ; door - o e easterly wind still re ma i ns w ith us . The gittf: n badtblll down .to 39, and to-day about one o' c lock rjOb' snow. Yesterday w e h a d a sma ll i nsta l m ent ef g e net s the alternative balmy s h owers an d b r i g ht sun th! tb accompany Aptil seemed postponed indefinitivelPosPoi THE PROVINCIAL P RESS AND THE r c oo p MINISTRY.—We have to-day seen almost a ll tbe or o f 1 0 , papers in England, and we conclude from the to 0 e b e remarks they contain that though, as little attach:, of t p , sible to concede either to the men or rnes sur o alri it Melbourne Administration, our friends in the c ur be§ 1 0 10 pear now to be fully sensible of the injury . to 0 1 4 terests, which is inseparable from Tory two parties (which appear to be regarded as r ole , . o ,gr evils) the Whigs are regarded as the most eou,,, tl eo gol h d LORD WARD.--A paragraph has ve r dibiP hr iti mo ruis tero porP the round of the papers, ailed to that his L° ,; cel e 4e o lost to a Noble Earl and a gentleman of sperti fl b ba ve ith the sum of 200,0001., which paragraph seams to ort , If 0 , copied from a Worcester Paper. The same r g a ted i, P ti the addition of the names of the supposed ilr,P„,3 r. 1 .- d cl ° e 4 tie., appeared in a scandalizing Sunday al" - t iag Ward in a letter to the Times, says—" The Earl giorbroa to I have met in society, and the gentleman, eyer CI celebrity in the field, but with neither have have engaged in play for one moment, nor to either lost one farthing." CO to la CORN I MPORTATION .—The officers u ion cri o f at Falmouth, have received from the Colootreaftefalt London a Treasury minute relating to arrivals_rthe _ 1 7 04 ; grain cargoes at this quarantine station froT 00 col P ri to Sea, &c., whereby it is ordered that the vessels _ ac e t. subsequently ottl" in to take up their clearances may subsequ flo e , t be other port to discharge (which for such Pfr i, ano.. t el ever, be declared by the masters or age,vt s anal', h e goes, under such circumstances, will be to e le d Lle duty which r" s iderw .0 entry at the particular rate of _ 000 day of arrival at the first port. This will be a accommodation to the corn importer. Sattl a lab°, a eas ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER. ‘-l" tir i n g in a l ding n` 'n ug h ate morning, about half-past seven o'clock, named Michael Foot, was employed , 00 „,y cr „ n ot boat at Bankside, Southwark, when a o " ranef fell s i Ta te earthenware, that was being raised by a , o __ ns ible him across his loins. He was carried in an rsv to Guy's Hospital.