The Sun. — London, England, 1839-05-03 00:00:00

EVENING ED IT lON. averse to any thing that can betoken the slighest want cf respect for the Assembly. I say this the rather because I have been rather astonished from some correspondence I have bad from Scotland, to find that something he was , supposed to h a ve said—because I was a witness ' r of all he said—was put down most gross l y erroneous. Nothing could be more respectful and ( correct to that body than the whole of the Learned At / torney-General's arguments. I shall join with him, as I m it a sure he will join with me, in the deepest sorro w, if I shall be considered that any thing he has said in his argu -1 usents, or that anything I am now saying, is to have the effect of perpetuating those conflicts which have been going on, which must have been a matter of great affliction to many, and which, if continued, must be much ' more so. But, my Lords, any want of respect I could show to that Assembly—:any irreverance, any mockery, any slander, any attempt to revile them or to hold them up to any thing that was disrespectful and irreverent, would be a mere joke compared to the attempts made by some who take the opposite view of this case to what I do, and who, God knows, without meaning any more than I do any thing disrespectful to that body, think they are taking the wisest course to establish their principles by holding out indi cations that the Assembly will pursue its own course— that the Assembly will disregard the authority of the Law— that that Assembly of Christian ministers will be parties to the fomenting of discords—that the last thing they will think of, will be the peace of the Church committed to their care, and that the only thing they will think of, will be the victory of the Churchman over the Supre ne Judges of the land—over the Judges, and over the Law itself, by setting up Acts of their own which they have:no title to pato. against Acts of Kir g, Lords, and Commons—the statute law of the country. My Lords, I defend the Assembly against the arguments of their advocates. I protest on the part of the Assembly as a body of Christian men, of whom the bulk are Christian Ministers, against the imputations thrown out upon them by the course of defending them that has been adopted in this House: and I say that my hopes of them, my confident expectations of what will be their conduct, are wholly the reverse of those that have been expressed at the bar—that it was an injudicious line of argument to take on their behalf, and an act which I am Imorally certain would be rejected and spurned by the Assembly itself. My Lords, the Assembly will do its dx:y —the Assembly will show its veneration for the esta \blished authority of the law—the Assembly will rest satis- Sed with having entered its protest, and indicated upon its I own records its own opinions, but will , with its in f e rior judicature, the Presbytery, render a willing, a respectful obedience to the law of the land, as pronounced by the Court of Session, and as confirmed by your Lord ship's House. With this view the Noble and Learned Lord moved the confirmation of the order of the Court below, and then sat down, having spoken as nearly as pos sible three hours. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that he should state what he had to say on the question to•merrow morning. PORTSMOUTH AND CAMBER QUAYS. The Committee on this Bill met to-day at twelve o'clock, but were unable to proceed to business in conse quence of the absence of the " selected Members." At one o'clock Mr. BARING said they must adjourn, as there was only one of the selected Members in attendance three at least h .ng required by the rules of the House. Ihe Csni mittee then adjourned till Tuesday next at Cvek e o'clock. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. WORSHIP- STREET. CHEATING THE POOL—Yesterday a butcher named White, carrying on business at 154, Whitecross-street, was charged with using false scales. An Inspector of weights and measures stated that he entered the defendant's shop, and, on examining his scales, he found that the one in which he placed the meat had two pieces of lead adjusted to the bottom of it, by means of which it weighed an ounce and three quarters heavier than the other one. lie seized the two bits of lead, but the defendant's wife snatched one of them from him and made away with it. The inhabitants of the neighbourhood were wretchedly poor, and must have been severe sufferers by the cruel and fraudulent trick. The defendant (whose wife appeared for him) was fined 205., with a caution that a repetition of the offence would be visited with the full penalty of Si. ( A fine of Si. for the first offence, and a threat of two months at the treadmill for the second, would have been a more appropriate decision.) HATTON-GARDEN. Yesterday a number of shopkeepers appeared on sum monses at this office, charged with exercising their worldly calling on the Lord's Day. The informations were laid by a constable and an ex-beadle. Mr. Borehain, a bilker, residing in Islington, was fined ss. and costs, for selling six pennyworth of biscuits. Alfred Lewis, a dealer in sweet meats, was fined ss. and 4s. 6d. costs, for serving two children with a penny worth, or accarding„to his own admission, a farthing's worth of .. lolly pop," on Sunday afternoon, at half- past two o'clock. , Theresa Brentall, a widow, was fined 53., for selling a small quantity of oil and a piece of soap to a woman who came to her in a state of great excitement, and wanted them for her child, who had been scalded. Robert Bourne was fined ss. and costs for selling a pennyworth of pepper. The neat p , .rson called was a fruiterer of the name of Humphries, Southampton-street, charged with having his shop open at ten o'clock. He demurred to the summons, on the ground that the information was laid in the 3 car 1809. This being the fact, the ease was dismissed, and as it turned out all the other informations were of the same date, the Magistrate could do nothing less than order the money to be refunded to the parties, upon which the in. formers left the office amidst shouts of laughter. CARLO W ELECTION COMMITTEE (YESTERDAY.) The Committee met at eleven o'clock. Mr. GROTE in the Chair. Mr. AUSTIN (with whom was Mr. COCKBURN) opne.l the case for the pe•itioner, Mr. Gisborne, alleging that numbe-s of his voters had been bribed, or abduced by the agents of Mr. Bru,n. The petitioner's Counsel having next proposed to put the poll-b,oks, The evidence WAS objected to by Messrs. TIIESIGER and WRANGHANI, Counsel for the Sitting Member ; and after a long► and uninteresting argument, the Committee de cided that the poll-books should be received in evidence. The petitioners then proposed to object to the vute of Matthew Jenkinson. To this the Counsel for the sitting Member objected on the ►round that there was another Matthew Jenkinson on the poll, and there was nothing to specify on the list of ob jections delivered in, which of the two was the party ob. jeetcd to. Mr. Cocxnutor alleg , d that as bath were objected to and as one bad recciv,d notice hims , lf, to produce his cer tificate of registry, the notice was sufficiently explicit. • Mr. WRANCIAM, in reply, contended that there being two Matthew J:•nkinsous, in different classes of objections, there was no description by which the Counsel for the sitting Member would know in which class either of them was. The Committee derided that the vote was insufficient. Mr. CocKnerot ,viihed to give evidence of the notice to one of the parties, but the Committee held this to be a re opening of the point they had decided. The petitioner's Counsel then objected to the vote of a person named :Moorhead, for change of qualification. The discussion on this vote into which the Com mittee entered was not concluded when it was announced that Mr. Speaker had taken the Chair. AYRSHIRE ELECTION. (SECOND DAY.) ...-.............____-.. STATE OF TEE POLL AT A YIL--.-HALF- PAST ON F, P.M , Kelburn 1,60 Campbell Craig Maj.Tity for Kelburn -449 Sorry are we to say, that the present Government alone are to blame for the loss of Ayrshire. Their measures during the last five years have disgusted many, and rendered careless and unfriendly more Reformers, who would willingly and rapidly rescue Ayrshire from Tory thraldom, but who would not stir on 'Monday from their houses. It is not that the To:ies are not less hateful to the majority ; but that the Whigs have be come so completely Toryisb, as to be included in the same category. The unenfranchised openly revile the Whigs —the enfranchised, disappointed in every fresh trial, now leave them to their fate. Nothing can rouse the liberal electors of Scot land from this deadly lethargy, short of the return of Tories, or of the entrance of more decided Liberals to power. If Lord Durhard takes the 'helm, and gives the country his test, or even if he honestly tries, stud fails to do so, and appeals to the con stituencies, he would reeover Ayrshire itself iu one week. The present Government, too, might do so, but will they try? Glasgow Scots Times, May 1, 1839. DEATH OF THE BISHOP OF PETERBO ROUGH —On last evening, May Ist, at the Palace, died Herbert Marsh, D.D. Bishop of Peterborough, Margaret Professor of Divinity, and Rector of Terrington St. Cle ments, Norfolk, aged 82 years. He was consecrated Bishop of Llandaff, 1816 ; and was translated to the Dio cese of Peterborough 1819. DEATH OF THE BISHOP OF BATH AND Wl:m.s.—h appeared in the Bath Herald last week t ,at the Bishop of Bath and Wells, and his nephew, Mr. Har n 'se, were dangerously ill ; Mr. Harness's demise has been already announced, but it was hoped that from the Bishop havisig passed through this town on Monday, on his way to Weymouth, his health had improved ; we have, however, just heard, from undoubtc-1 authority, that he expired at Weymouth yesterday.—[ Since the above was written ano ther messenger has arrived in Sherborne, who says the Bi shop is not yet dead.—ED. Sherborne Journal 1 The Bath Chronicle of yesterday also states that the Bishop is recovering. THE LEGAL. PROFESSION.—No fewer than gentlemen have given the requisite notices of their intention to apply next term to be admitted attorneys of the Court of Queen's Bench. No stronger proof could be adduced to show that the present House of Commons feels a lively interest in Ittkestions of literature and the rewards for literary labours , ulti the fact that on Wednesday night not less than Members were present at the commencement of Be ill. dit mission on Mr. Sergeant Talfourd's Copyright At the dos e o f of an inquest esterday Mr. Wakley said the n urnt , r don was tr u l y awful ; he from excessive drinking in Lon b! had no hesitation in sayinr , that ( gin killed more pe op l e in the metropolis than tke cholera, small-pox, and fever, put together. CAUTION TO JUR.ORs.-- On Thursday Mr. Payne, the Coroner, fined two absent jurors in the sum of 405., for not answering to their names when called on adding that he hoped it wou l d act as a caution to others in , future. _ME SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY they terminate with hislife, and loyalty is preserved for his successor. But no obedience is due to fellow-subjects their bad government is intolerably odious and heavy, and their best attempts at legislation are received with suspicion and dislike. A people so governed is degraded in its own regard ; it beholds itself reduced to the condition of a con quered nation ; it is disorganized by imperfect and detested laws. The inhabitants become uneasy and discontented ; they have no hope in the future, for the system which op presses them does not depend on a single life; and they become open to the intrigues of some rival or ambitious neighbour. It is not necessary to look back upon the steps by which the British Parliament has usurped the legitimate powers of the Assembly of Jamaica: the monstrous pre texts which have accompanied her usurpation, and the falsehoods and slanders which have been advanced to jus tify it, it would be useless to complain of or to controvert. When lawgivers consent to sit in judgment on an Assem bly, in no respect their inferior, except in extent and mag nitude of power ; when they condemn, and presume to punish, upon charges kept secret from the. accused, they cannot be expected to listen to a defence which would con vict them, either of imbecility and cowardice, if they were urged to the injustice by popular clamour, or of fraud and malice, and a thirst for omnipotent authority, if the injus tice was the result of deliberation and design. Some passages follow which contain jute. resting information concerning the state o society in the British Isles, which we may probably quote another day. This will suf fice to show the character of the representative body whose suspension (we speak figuratively) is so much to be deprecated by all the admirers of popular Constitutions ; but what are we to do if they choose to suspend themselves? A man may be hanged by his own hands as well as by those of the public executioner, and if the Irish song may be trusted, even beasts and reptiles have been known to seek in suicide a refuge from the fear of de struction by violence : The frogs went hop, the toads went flop, And tumbled in the water ; The bastes committed suicide, To save themselves from slaughter. The case of the House of Assembly is stil more anomalous. They commit suicide and then raise a clamour about their preservation. They abdicate their functions, and protest against the interference of the Supreme Government to fill the place which they choose to vacate. They first prove that they are totally unfit for the duties as signed to them, they then declare their determina tion not to perform those duties, and finally, when Lord JOHN RUSSELL proposes to suspend by law that which is already suspended in fact, the Tory cry for delay is raised, and we are called upon to consider how fearful a thing it is to put down a I popular Constitution. We agree with the Standard that the office o Lord Lieutenant is very much degraded since every Tory is compelled to obey the command of a Whig Ministry. It is quite a scandal, we admit, that a bigoted Church•of England Lord Lieutenant should not be allowed to proscribe every man who does not go to the same Church as himself, or who differs from him in his mode of praying and wor shipping his Maker. The Dissenters ought to pay all taxes, bear all the burdens of the State, but they ought to be carefully excluded, according to the Duke of NEWCASTLE, from all its emoluments and honours. Fur the Tory Lords not to be allowed to carry out such principles to their full extent, is, we quite agree with the Stan dard, a most grievous injury and insult. They ought by no means to submit to it. They ought not to wait to be dismissed, like the Duke of NEWCASTLE, but should at once resign, like consistent, narrow-minded, indignant, factious politicians as they are. What can be more deroga tory, more disgraceful, to such high-hearted heroes of the Church, than to serve under the Shabby Whigs, every day dreading that they may receive a mandate to place a Dissenter on the Commission or retire from office. We hope that the Standard will join with us in earnestly advising all the Tory Lords Lieutenant instantly to resign, and no longer to serve under a Shabby Ministry, which will not allow them to make religious creeds a test of exclu sion from the honours of the Magistracy. ed .ste. Yesterday a Deputation of Members of the House of Commons, and other gentlemen interested in the question of Post Office Reform, waited by appoint ment on Lord MELBOURNE. They were politely received, and their statements listened to with great attention. His Lordship assured the Deputation that he would take all the matters they had brought under his notice into his serious consideration, but as the question concerned the Revenue he could not come to any hasty decision. We venture to say, with all deference to the-Government, that the paltry revenue obtained from the Post Office ought not for one moment to be put into competition with the convenience of the people. The revenue is raised for their advantage ; on no other plea, dare any statesman venture to take a single shilling out of their pockets ; and, when a mode of raising a few hundred thousand pounds is found to impede commerce, to chill affection, to stifle knowledge, and to weaken both the social ties and the guarantees of morality, it ought not one moment to be tolerated. What advantage to the people is derived from the Post Office revenue which can balance its gigantic evils ? The mo nopoly of coals, the corn tax, are gross and palpable iniquities, but the Legislature, bribed by class interests, has to answer for them ; for the post tax, almost as mischievous as the coal monopoly or the corn law, the Government, which is usually called paternal is responsible. Lord MELBOURNE, we are aware, did not devise and did not inflict the mischief, and the greater honour, therefore, it will be to him, to deserve the appro bation of the millions by extinguishing it. We call attention to the contemptible proceedings at Hatton-garden office yesterday, and to the ap propriate conclusion of the scene. The greatest in dignation we understand prevails in Islington against the Parish Authorities, for the vain and harrassing warfare they have carried on for some time against the small dealers that supply the poor with the necessaries of life. They surpass even Sir A NDRE W AGNEW ; and the Magistrate, Mr. BUR RELL, seems to encourage them in their folly. There is no law against selling oil. on a Sunday to cure a scalded child, yet one of the persons sum_ moned was fined for performing this act of necessity and mercy. Out of evil, however, cometh good, and the very proceedings of yesterday will give an additional stimulus to the inhabitants, who are about to form a Society to protect themselves against these absurd L attempts to make the Lord's Day respected. On the motion of Mr. E. RICE, the House of Commons agreed last night to an Inquiry into the state of the Harbours of the South-Eastern Coast of England. Mr. Aider Mall THOMPSON moved as an amendment that the North-Eastern Coast should be included in the inquiry ; but in conse quence of the opposition of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, the Hon. Member was obliged to withdraw it. Now we can n either see the expe diency nor the sound policy of such opposition on the part of Mr. SPRING RICE. He could hardly have objected to the amendment on the score of expense, for in point of fact the survey of the two coasts would not cost the Government a shilling more than will the examination of the one ; w hil e in the meantime the very objects which the Go vernment alleges to have in v iew in sanctionin g the inquiry— v i z ., the protection of commerce, and the safety of the nation in the event of a war —are ren dered abortive by confining it to one district. T o what danger is the South-Eastern coast of Eng land liable to which the North-East i 5 not equally exposed ? Is the former nearer the Baltic —the only quarter from which we are threatened with invasion—than the latter ? It is astonishing that men who can grasp the whole of a question at once—who can see it in its complete bearings—, suffer a narrow, bigoted faction to beard both the Queen and the Commons. For a long period have we urged the Ministry to the course they have now taken, and their present proceedings is a full justification of the warmer sup port we have recently given them. We should have had fewer objections even to Lord JOHN R us- SELL'S declaration against further reform, had the Ministry at the same time given the Tories to un derstand that they meant to use the power of the Crown and the favour of the Commons to overcome the scruples of the Lords to do justice to the peo. ple. But while the Ministry resolved to stop or ganic reform they forgot to secure the means of accomplishing even the administrative reforms which they thought necessary. They snubbed the wild wishes of the people, but they did not check the arrogance and oppression of the Tory Lords. They did not deal out equal justice to the two extremes between which they s tood, but favoured the policy of their opponents, while they opposed their friends. One advantage will, however, result from this. The long forbear ance of Lord MELBOURNE, the patience with which he has submitted to the arrogance of the Tory Lords, his obvious disinclination to bring into operation the power with which he has been armed, must con vince all reflecting and moderate men that he has no wish to annoy, much less to crush, either the Peers or the Church ; and must make them admire his steady preference of what he supposes his duty (though we venture to differ in opinion from him), to.any love of popularity, or desire of change. It will also convince the Peers that he is no longer to be trifled with ; and that conviction will at once render them amenable to his voice, and make simi lar and further exertions of his power less necessary. They will undoubtedly.be exercised, and to a greater extent if required. We look on the creation of Peers for the very purpose of strengthening the Liberal party in the Upper House, and the dismissal of the Duke of NEWCASTLE, as the first steps towards recovering for the Ministry the ground they have lost. Let them follow them up by giving us a penny postage, by uniting with the people in procuring the abolition of the Corn-laws, by abolishing Church-rates and Ecclesiastical Courts—let them persevere in ex tending the blessings of education, in spite of the bigot howl of Priests against the progress of all knowledge which they do not direct and controul— let them permit, as they have hitherto wisely per• mitted, the somewhat angry passions of the disap pointed and aspiring democracy, to have free ex pression, wearing themselves out, and they will quiet the demand for organic reforms, by making them less necessary. When the people can obtain good government, without upsetting the Constitution and throwing off all authority, they will cease to set up a Convention of their own, and require a Constitution which we may honestly suppose to be impracticable, for it has never been tried. We yesterday recorded with great pleasure the he friends of negro emancipation are fully aware of the intimate connection between the proposed measure of Lord JOHN RUSSELL and the great question of freedom, which cannot become triumphant while power is vested in the exi3ting House of Assembly in Jamaica. The question to be decided now is, whether the masters are worthy to be entrusted with supremacy. The idle doubt suggested by Sir R. PEEL as to the propriety of suspending a popular Government in a country which had enjoyed a popular Government for two hundred years, is worthy of that biased Tory system which would fain have warded off the blow directed against slavery itself. The electoral body in Jamaica consists of legs than 2,000 persons out of a population of nearly 400,000, and here, no doubt, lies the solo tion of the mystery. The smallness of the constituency, and the long subsisting connection by which they are identifi with all the horrors of the slave system, are the real sources of Tory reverence, and the clap-trap of a popu lar Constitution is to be foisted on the innocent and f the unwary, in reference to a Government as tainted and corrupt as ever brought discredit and disgrace upon the name of representation. Accustomed as we are to the audacious impostures of a very impu dent yet still powerful faction, we must confess that this exhibition of quackery and humbug exceeded our most "sanguine anticipations, and of all the grounds on which we expected the defence of the House of Assembly to rest, its popular nature was the very last. We are willing to do ample justice to these slave driving legislators, and they cannot complain if we make their own words the source of our condemna tion of them and of their measures. We shall con fine ourselves to what they have done since the emancipation. In granting them compensation for their property in human flesh (and we take shame to ourselves that the word property should again be used in reference to such a subject), the people of England exhibited a liberality which called at least for acknowledgment if not for gratitude ; but the papers now before Parliament will show that in satiable rapacity and swaggering insolence were the only fruits of concession. It was about the middle of last June that the Bill for abolishing the state of apprenticeship passed the Colonial Legislature, and on the 23d day of the same month Sir LIONEL SMITH addressed a despatch to Lord GLENELG, accompanied by certain inclosures, of which one was entitled " The humble address and petition of the Assembly of Jamaica to the QUEEN," and the other " The Protest of the Assembly of Jamaica." From the former we select one paragraph, intimat ing the enlightened and disinterested expectations of tire petitioners, that having been paid for their negroes under the name of slaves, they ought to be paid for them again under the name of apprentices:— We humbly declare to your Majesty, that, in conse quence of the Act recently passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, where in we are no ways represented, an Act dangerous in its tendency to the peace and welfare of this island, we have been constrained to abandon the remaining term of the ap prenticeship, and to pass an Act conferring or. all the ap- The creation of Peers, which we announced in prentices unqualified freedom on the Ist of August, in the present year ; but, while we thus abandon the apprentice_ our Evening Edition, comes most opportunely on the heels of the Duke of NEWCASTLE'S dism i ssal , to s i ll a ip t , s w ac e r d ifi o ce no of t a r b r a o n p d e o rt n y the right to demand indemnity for thus forced upon us ; and which read the Tory Lords a salutary lesson. Had they we pray your Majesty will be pleased to take into your gr acious consideration. received it earlier they would have been less insolent. The passages in Italics may convince the public Never was there a set of men so spoiled by indul that the planters themselves regard the interference Bence, or so ungrateful for respect. To them Lord of England as having already destroyed their Cott_ MELBOURNE has sacrificed his popularity and his stitution, the suspension of which Sir ROBERT is influence ; and, in return, they have slighted, now to make a ground of upsetting the Ministry. thwarted and harassed him to the utmost of their We now come to their protest, a valuable docu power. They were assailed in all quarters of the ment as exhibiting the wonderful likeness which empire. It is the general opinion that he had but subsists between the white Protestants of Jamaica to give his countenance to the agitation, which was and the Orange Protestants of Ireland ; a likeness going on against the Peerage and the Church, to which naturally suggests the hope that the Marquis !lave trampled both in the dust; he preferred his of INORMANBY, as Colonial Secretary, may as supposed duty to popularity—he upheld his effectually secure the hatred of the former as he order against the onward march of the democracy— did that of the latter, while Lord Lieutenant of the he threw the shield of his own power over them, aister , kingdom. We can conceive no higher ho and in the security of that they have n ever ceased Dour than to concentrate in one person the ani to insult and goad him. Because he would not mosity of the slave-drivers of Jamaica, and the hatred take strong measures against them, his Ministry of the Orangemen of Ireland. The protest will was called cowardly and weak. Because he deferred , speak for itself, and we leave our readers to to their prejudices, protected their privileges , and judge whether it at all resembles the calm courted them in preference to the popular party, his remonstrance of a deliberative Assembly. It was called the Shabby Government, and Peers and begins with a declaration that " the legislative Prelates thought they might kick it with impunity. powers of Jamaica, for near two centuries. have been At length it is plain they have carried their inso lence too far. Th rus ti ng as id e the shield he threw exercised by the Governor in Council , and an Assembly elected by tire free choice of the people, over them, they have defied him and the Com mons. He must now be conv i n ced that the con- the Acts they pass being subject to the disallow- OP tinuance of such a condition i s n e ith e r honourable the ante of the Sovereign ; and, after asserting unreasonableness of British interference with Colo for himself nor safe for the empire ;and, having begun, w e trust he will so go on as to convince the Tory lonial legislation, proceeds as follows We believe that a people will sometimes passively sub- Peers, armed as he is with the power of the Throne, mit to injustice and encroachment, committed by a Sove reign_ sprung from favour; majesty a race which has ruled over them for and as he may yet be with th e still more powerful ages, and to which they may owe acts of grac e and majesty of the people, that he will never again the deeds of a Monarch are ascribed to his advisers, and should constantly persist in a fragmentary system of MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. Legislation which may be compared to the folly de nounced in the Gospel of putting pieces of new cloth as patches upon an old garment, by which the rent, instead of being mended, is often made worse. If the interests of the country, commercial and de fensive, demand a coast survey, common sense re quires that it should be co-extensive with the coast traffic and acccessible harbours and bays •f the kingdom. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Our arrivals this morning are French and Ostend mails, and ship letters from Calcutta of an old date, Dec. 14. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, TIIURSDA V.—The Cotton Market continues in an inactive state. To-day's sales are estimated at 1,000 bags, at previous rates. We have received the Antwerp Paper of yesterday's date; it does not contain any political news of conse quence, with the exception of a statement that the resolu tion to demolish the fortresses of Belgium begins to gain credit. Dutch Funds, April 30.—Tvvo-and-a- Half per Cents. 54i ; Five per Cents. 102. Letters have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house from Batavia, of December 31, but they do not contain any political news of consequence. A Hamburg mail has arrived, bringing Hamburg Papers to the Ist of 1113 y ; they are devoid of news. Metalliques 105 i; Bank Shares, Money 1,498, Time 1,500. By accounts received yesterday from Beyrout, of the 19th March, it is stated, that the Egyptians have again seized Nazarin, and made most of the inhabitants soldiers. Great preparations are making for war in the north. Ibraham Pasha, is at Aleppo. The state of the inhabi. tants of Syria was wretched beyond description. All eyes are turned with hope towards Europe, particularly Eng land, to avert the horrors of war. In 'another part of The Sun will be found a Report of the proceedings at a Meeting held yes terday at the Thatched House Tavern, for pro moting a railway communication between London and Dublin, by way of Chester and Holyhead. The Meeting was well attended by gentlemen having an interest in this line, which we require no stronger evidence than was furnished by the Chairman to convince us, is by no means so deserving of public support as the line by Wolverhampton and Port Dynllaen recommended by the Railway Commis sioners. The Chairman stated the journey be tween London and Dublin, by the Holyhead line, could not be made in less than sixteen hOurs ; whereas by the Wolverhampton and Port Dynllaen route the time would average from nine to twelve hours. Now the saving of time is the great point to be considered in connecting the capitals of Eng land and Ireland. By every hour that we shorten the passage to Dublin we diminish nearly to the dimensions of a river the sea that divides the two countries. Here no personal interests—no petty savings in the shape of a few hundred thousand pounds, should be regarded for an instant.- A Railway connecting the capitals of England and [reland will form the strongest Act of Union, and Alerefore its construction is more a national than a Local undertaking. Time saved here is everything gained. The whole of the Paris Papers of 'Wednesday hate been received, but they bring no political news of any interest. The celebration of the KING'S birth-day absorbed the exclusive attention of the pleasure-loving citizens of the French capital. Being observed as a holiday in all the public offices, the usual evening mails were not forwarded, by which we would have received those nonsensical effusions, unheard of in every other capital in the world—the birth-day addresses. M. DurlN's explanations in the Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday are loudly condemned by nearly the whole of the Liberal Journals. How deservedly, in our opinion, is already sufficiently known to the readers of The Sun of last night and itis morning. The Constitutionnel of Wednesday publishes the following list of a new Cabinet, which, according to that Journal, might be expected to appear in the Monitcur of Thursday : • C President of the Council and Marshal Soult I Minister of War. Duke de Broglie Foreign Affairs. M. Duchatel M. Gasparin M. Cunin- Gridaine Commerce. M. Sauzet . . M. Teste Justice. M. de Mackau or Z M. Tupinier S The latest advices from Madrid are of the 24th ult., but they are without interest. Attempts to incite the lower classes to revolt against the Go vernment were discovered, and the authors seized by the police. The question of the dissolution of the Cortes was still agitated in the Cabinet. (From the French,Papers of Wednesday.) Yesterday their Majesties, accompanied by Madame Adelaide, the Duchess of Orleans, the Princess Clemen :lna, the Dukes of Orleans and Nemours, the Princes of Joinville and Wirtemberg, visited the exhibition of arts and manufactures now open in the Champs Elysees. This exhibition takes place every five years. On the last occa sion, in 1834, the King said to the manufacturers around him, " I have full confidence that, thanks to your care, thanks to your labours, the next exhibition. will surpass that of 1,834 as much as that of 1834 has surpassed all the preceding ones." This idea has been realised, and his Majesty wac convinced yesterday that, the manufacturers and workmen had taken care to' ealise hishopes • The Royal party arrived at one o'clock, and was received by the Minister of Interior, ad interim, the Prefect of the Seine, M. Bou lay de la Meurth, Secretary- General, M. Vincent, Director- General of commerce and manufactures, and the members of the jury of admission. In the galleries each exhibitor stood by the side of the articles exhibited, and the King entered into conversation upon the merits of very many of the inventiens, and paid well-desert ed compliments to the inventors. The notice of the King and Princes was at tracted to the produce of the mines, arms, scientific instru ments, and machinery, whilst that of the Queen and Prin. cesses naturally fell upon the products of the arts, which they love, and cultivate with so much taste and success. The visit occupied four hours. The objects of luxury arc particularly briiliant—the bronzes of Thomire, the im mense glasses of Saint Gobin, the metallic hangings, in gold and silver thread, worthy the courts of eastern fairies. The King himself explained many of the objects to his family, and the Queen and Princesses expressed themselves greatly delighted at the variety, the ingenuity, and beauty of the immense number of objects that attracted their no tice on every side. The exhibitors were enchanted with the manner of the Royal family, which put them entirely at their ease, and the reception given to his Majesty was at once cordial and respectful. The review of the National Guard of Paris, which was to have been held on the Ist, is put off until the 20th or 24th instant, when the christening of the Count of Paris is to take place. From the Hamburg Correspondent.) BERLIN, APRIL 27.—Archbishop Dunin received the day before yesterday a written notice that the President Von Kleist was commissioned to acquain't him with the sentence passed on him. On the same morning, at eleven o'clock, the President, accompanied by one of the Judges of the tribunal, proceeded to the Petersburg Hotel, to ex ecute his commission. The substance of the sentence is as follows: " M. Von Dunin, Archbishop of Gneser and Posen, acquitted of the charge of treason, and of exciting the people to revolt against the Government, but on account of his disobedience, and his unauthorised measures in his diocese, which have not yet been revoked, he is sentenced to the loss of his Episcopal dignity, to six months' impri sonment in a fortress, and to the payment of all the costs. At the same time, he is declared incapable of holding office in the ;kingdom of Prussia. From this sentence he may appeal." The Archbishop, however, declared that he does not mean to exercise that right, but even though he has declared his conviction that he cannot acknowledge the competency of the Court before which he was tried, will readily submit to the punishment awarded against him. He said yester day to one of his intimate acquaintances " The loss of my bishopric with the advantages annexed to it, does not affect me ; if I had valued it above my conscience these processes would not have taken place. I only regret having been brought into difference with a Monarch whom I personally and most sincerely honour. lam an old man, and shall pass the evening of my life in prayers for my friends and my enemies." We learn from good authority that M. Von Dunin is to remain at present in Berlin in the enjoyment of entire liberty, only on condition that he shall not quit the capi. tal without the permission of the Ministers of State, Baron Altensten and Von Roche:v. Thus, then, the pro ceedings against the Archbishop are ended. _BRUNSWICK, APRIL 26.--His Majesty the King of Hano ver arrived here yesterday. accompanied by, Princes Ber nard and William of Solms Braunfels, to be present at the celebration of the Duke's birthday. His Majesty and the two Princes return to Hanover on the 27th. The Duke of NEWCASTLE has now been dis missed three days, and none of his Tory friends have inquired in Parliament the cause of his dis missal. Have they cut him ? Is lie abandoned already "of his velvet friends ?" Is his own party ashamed of him ? We are anxious to see the wise Duke's letter ; we know he is a great author, and surely some of his friends will cause the sublime production of his pen to be made public at the expense of the nation. SLANDERING AN ATTORNEY.--.ln the She riff's Court, yesterday, a country attorney brought an action for slander against a quondam client. The prin cipal charge was, that defendant had repeatedly called the professional gentleman " a regular muff"—a term which Mr. Adolphus, who appeared for the plaintiff, professed himself unable, with all his Old Bailey experience, to ex plain. The Jury awarded one shilling damages. Pauline Garcia is announced to appear for the first time on the stage on Thursday next. Her engage ment, as we understand, is only for six nights, two of which are to be given as extra nights in her interest, and four as subscription nights, an arrangement somewhat si milar to that made with Madame Pasta on her late visit to England. _ _ FATAL COACH ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday evening, a little girl was knocked down and killed by the horses of a Maidstone coach, in the Greenwich-road, near the Green Man gate. No blame is attached to the driver. FATAL ACCIDENT AT BLACKFRIARS-JRIDGE. —Yesterday morning, between nine and ten o'clock, a fatal accident occurred at Blackfriars.bridge, to a young man who was engaged oo the works, pile driving. By some accident he slipped into the water, and before assis tance could be rendered he was drowned. rriHF, MODEL OF THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO is NOW EY HIIIITED at the EGYP TIAN HALL, PICCADILLY, by brilliant Artificial Li ht. Constantly illuminated from Four o'clock in the Aftern on, and throughout the Day in Dark or unfavourable Weathe •. Open from Ten in the Morning until Nine 'n the Evenirg, without intermission. Admission One Shilling each. HIS Majesty the EMPEROR of RUSSIA, hiving AITTHORISED and GUARANTEED several DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY, which (though they are NO LOTTERIES), offer many possibilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGH, are NOW SELLING SHARES for any of the said DIS TRIBUTIONS of MONEY. Persons desirous to purchase may receive, PREVIOUS to giving any order, the PROS PECTUS and PARTICULARS, upon addressing, WIT OUT DELAY, a line to HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGH. P. S. The next Distribution contains portions of 3,500/., 7,000/., and 24,000/. 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 j PRESENT MANAGEMENT WILL TERMINATE TH SEASON ; The following Programme is therefore given of its final ar rangements : The Standard Plays, as brought eut at this Theatre, will each be performed once more, viz. : CORIOLANUS, lON, THE TWO FOSCARI, WERNER, and VIRGINIUS. THIS EVENING, MAY 3, Will be performed the New Play, in Five Acts, called RICHELIEU, OR 'I HE CONSPIRACY, Written by Sir E. Lytton Bulwer, Bart. The Characters by Mr. Elton, Mr. Diddear, Mr. Macready, Mr. Warde, Mr. Is ierson, Mr. Vining. Mr. Roberts, Mr. Phelps, Mr. G. Ben nett, Mr. Howe, Miss E. Phillips, Mr. Tilbury, Mr. Yav nold, Mr. W. h. Payne, Mr. C. J. Smith, Mr. Bender, Mr. Paulo, Mr. Gough, Mr. Thorne, Mr. Brady, Mr. Bur det, Mr. Smith, Mr. Kirke, Mr. Hollingsworth, Mr. Wal dron, Mr. Ayliffe, Mr. Andrews, Mr. T. Matthews, Miss Vandenhoff, Miss Charles, Mesdames Reed, Corder, Lee, Valanduke, Mathews, Mew, and Morgan. After which, the New Dramatic Romance, called AGNES BERNAUER, THE MAID OF AUGSBURG. After which, the New Farce, in One Act, called SAYINGS AND DOINGS. To-morrow, the New Opera, called Henrique, or the Love Pilgrim, with Agnes Bernauer. **qv At.. J Bit LONDON : FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1839. We are happy to announce that the Earl of SCARBOROUGH has been selected to fill the office of Lord Lieutenant of the County of Nottingham, in the room of the Duke of NEWCASTLE. This is an appointment which cannot fail to give the greatest satisfaction, both to the County of Not tingham and to all Liberal men throughout the country. The Duke of NEWCASTLE, who has always stood up for the right of doing what he likes with his own, may now do what he likes with himself ; the County is well rid of him. Lord BanumaAm brought under the notice of the Peers, last night, on making a motion for some returns, the conduct of the Portuguese in reference to the slave trade, and gave one scandalous instance of a number of men murdered by this abominable traffic. The Noble Lord also referred to the attacks which have been made on him in the Portuguese Parliament for his valuable services in the cause of humanity. The motion was postponed, and Lord MINTO, in stating why it should be postponed, said that Lieutenant BOSANQUET, like the Noble Lord, had encountered the hostility of the Portuguese, whose complaints he should attend to by seizing the first opportunity of promoting Lieutenant BOSANQUET. Lord BROUGHAM afterwards referred to the conduct of the present House of Assembly of Antigua, which was passing measures to disfranchise the negroes. He was of opinion that their Lordships ought to interfere on that point. At the same time the Noble Lord pro fessed his intention of opposing the Jamaica Bill, which is to protect the negroes from similar oppressions. Their Lordships adjourned at an early hour. In the Commons, after the private business and peti tions had been disposed of, Sir STEPHEN LUSHINGTON moved for an Address for Copies of a Cor respondence between our Government and that of France relative to the Claims of British Subjects for injuries inflicted on their trade to the Western coast of Africa since 1834. This motion referred to those ships which had been illegally stopped by the French when trading with Portandique for gum. Mr. GROTE seconded the motion. Lord PALMERSTON objected to the production of papers while negotiations were pending, but expressed a strong conviction in favour of the claim, and that the French Government would do justice to the parties making it. After a brief debate, the mo tion was withdrawn. On the motion of .Mr. E. RICE, after a short de bate, and after Mr. - Alderman TilomPsoN had pro posed to extend the inquiry to the Northeastern coast of England, an address was agreed to for instituting an inquiry into the state of the Harbours on the South eastern coast of England. Mr. GIBBON, after making a useful speech relative to the Sound dues exacted by Denmark, and to the duties lately levied by that Power on goods transported by land between Hamburg and Lubeck, moved for copies of corre spondence on these subjects. Toe motion was assented to, so far as the transactions referred to are settled. When one reads of the enormous exactions levied on com merce, both at home and abroad, one wonders not at its slow progress, but that it ever increases at all. It must have a powerful life to bear up and flourish against the enormous exactions of those who, pretending to pro. tect, do in fact continually plunder commerce. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT brought the case of Mr. DILLON under the notice of the House, and moved for a Committee to inquire into the matter ; but after the CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER'S reply, did not think proper to press his motion to a division. Captain BoLDERo's motion for a return of certain pensions granted to the Marines was withdrawn, to be brought forward in another form hereafter. On the motion of Mr. FINCH, the evidence taken before the Committee on the London and Birmingham Railway was ordered to be printed, and some interest ing disclosures are anticipated. Sir FREDERICK TRENCH complained of the Bude light, as fit only for eagles, and withdrew his own motion on the subject of lighting the House. The Prisons Bill went through Committee, except the 14th clause, relative to Chaplains, which was post poned for discussion till this day week. The House rose just before midnight. THE FUNDS. Although we have a continuance of fine weather, we are again this morning very short of arrivals, which causes a great dearth of information in the City. Extensive preparations it appears, are making for war in the East, but it is still doubtful that hostilities will take place be tween Turkey and the Egyptians. Consols opened firm this morning, with an improvement on the closing prices, and may be quoted 93i for the Account, and for Money 931 ; Exchequer Bills 43 45 ; Bank Stock 197 - ; India Bonds 44 46 ; India Stock, `255f 250. In the Foreign Market. in SpAnish Active no alteration from the closing priee,2oi ; Po , inguese a shade lower, 37i i; Three per Cents. 221 ; Belgian 1011 4, ex. dividend ; Brazilian, 781 4 ; Colombian, 311 4 ; Mex . can, 251 4 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 561 Five per Cents. 1021 4. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock . 197 4 71 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons. % per Cent 99% Ditt© Red. New 3% per Cent 101%4 New 5 per Cent. Bait( Long Annuities toexpire Jan. 5, 1880 14% % Oct. 10, 1859 14% 7-16 Jan. 5, 1860 Jan. 5, 1880 April 5, 1880. Jan. 5, 1570 PRICES OF FOREIGN FU ti DS Austrian Bonds Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account ... Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Chilian Bonds D tto Account Columbian Bonds 29% Ditto Account Columbian Bonds, 1824 '31% ) Ditto Account ... ...... 31% %% % Danish Bonds Ditto Account Greek Bonds Ditto Bonds, 1825 Ditto Account Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto Account Ditto, 6 per Cent 2: Ditto Account Neapolitan PRICES OF SHARES'THI DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. India Stock Ditto Bonds 45 47 pm South Sea Stock — Old Annuities — New Ditto 3 per Cent. Annuities, 17a1 Exch. Bills, £l,OOO 43 44 42 pm. Ditto 500 43 44 42 pm. Ditto Small 43 44 42 pm. Ditto Commercial — pm Ditto Advertised Bank Stock for Account ... India Stock for Account ... Consols for Account _ ... 93% ['HIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds lB4i Ditto Account 1834 Portuguese Bonds.' — Ditto New Bonds 37 Ditto Account 37J, 7% Ditto, :3 per Cent. Ditto Account Prussian Bonds Russian Bonds, 1822. Ditto Account — Ditto Metallic — Spanish Bonds — Ditto Account — Ditto Bends, 1834 Ditto Account. French, 5 per cent.... —f. —c. 4 per cent. 3 per cent. —f. —e. Exchange. —f. —c. Dutch, 2% per cent. `)IN q Ditto Account . ...56 % Si, Ditto, 5 per cent 1 1'2% % 34, Ditto Account ...... S DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Bristol and Exeter Railway Company 9S 11 10% (great Western Railway Company-- ........... Brighten Railway London and Blaakwall Railway ll fN% Wirth Midland Railway Company. 65 61% National Provincial Back of England , 35 36s DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, Aram 30. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. Ainort Syndic, 4 hi per cent 945y 95 Ditto, ditto, 31:, per cent ' 79% £0 Commercial Company, 4% per cent 17 934 180% Ditto (1832 and 183) 5 per cent. — Ditto 1837, 5 per cent. Loan 1837, 5 per cent. 98% 99 Exchange on London, One month ll 95 Two months BELGIAN F UNDS—BRUSSELS, MAY 1. Actual Debt, 236 per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent lOl% Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. -- 3 per Cent. Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent 94 Society of Commerce, 4 %per Cent llB% Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 7754 National Society . —Brussels Papers, May 1. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, APRIL 23. Five per Cents. Metalliques 107% Four per Cents. Three per Cents. Bank Shares . .. --41 1 genzeine Zeitung. April 28. HAMBURG BORSEN HALLE, APRIL 39. Bills. Money, Austrian 5 per Cents. ... 10534 105 Bank Shards An 10-Russian Loan 107% 107% Russi in 5 per Cent. Ist series, Certificate Inscription, Ist Series 102% 182 Russian 5 per Cent. Hop., and (.o. 3d and 4th Se i,s 91% 98 Ditto in Certificates Dutch ctual Vebt, 2Yi pe Cent 5l 5"1F4 Ditto 5 per Cent 99% 091 A Polish Bond, New icket 72 1 / 4 Anglo- .anish Loan, 3 per Cent • 72 1 / 4 Norwegian,lman, 1t434, 4 per Cent...... EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAmsulau, APRIL 30.-13. 6'4.—Two months, 13. 5. PRTKIIIIBURGI, APRIL '22. —ll 41-3 - 2. BERLIN, APRIL9R.—Three menthe, 6. 21 1 / 4 . CHRISTIANIA", APRIL 25.—Tfirm modths, 5 2. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, APRIL 26. Money. St. Schuld. Sch., 4 per cent lo'l% 102% Prussian Engiish Loan, 15:30,4 per cent 102 , 5, 101; 7 4, Exchange on London, three months 6 21!i —Prussia*: State Gazette, April 27. HALF-PAST OA.E. We still continue, as in the early part of the mornin g, without any further arrivals or intelligence to communicate, and was it not for the fine state of the weather we should be very dull. Some interest has been excited in the City by the deal ers in tea upon-the arrival of the large quantity of tea in Holland from Java, the quality of which is stated not to be of an indifferent description, and realised at the sale in Amsterdam, Bohea, 31 francs 4 cents, to 30f. 12c. ; Congou Bohea, 194 f. 4c. ; Congou, 244 f. 4e. ; Souchong, 1631. 4c ; Pekoe, 141. 4c. ; Twankay, 63f. 4c. Consols have receded about per cent. since the mor ning, and may be quoted 93i Money • for Account, 93k. Exchequer Bills, 43 44 ; India - Bonds, 45 47 ; Bank Stock, 197 ; India Stock, 256. In the Foreign Market some business has been doing. Spanish Active rather lower, 20 ; Portuguese also, 37 ; Three per Cents., 24; Belgian, 101 f cx div- ; Brazilian, 781 ; Colombian, 34; Mexican, 251; Dutch Two-and a- Half per Cents., 6i-; Five per Cents., 1921 11-. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS Bank Stock ' 197% India Stack 251 3 per Cent. lied , ‘l2 Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent. C( us. 9314 Ditto Old Annuities 34? per Cent. Red. 99 %8 Ditto New Annuities New 3 , ,,', per Cent 101% Ex. Bills, 1,0001 '. 2d 44 pm. New 5 per Cent Ditto 500/ 41 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto 5001. 44 pm Jan. 1860 Oct. 1859 -16 Ir.dia Stock for Opg Jan. 1860 ..... 93 1 ,4 FOREIGN FUNDS. Asturian, 5 per cent 1075„ Portuguese Bonds, sper sent. Belgian, 5 per cent 101% Ditto, New Ditto 'l7 Brazilian Bonds iB Prussian, 5 per cent Buenos Ayr:s, 6 per cent.... Russian Bonds, 5 per cent 113 Chilian, 6 per cent — Ditto, Metallic Colomban, 6 per cent 29;Q Spanish, 5 per cent 2O Ditto, 1824 '3lx, Ditto, Consolidated — Danish, 3 per cent ....... French, 5 per cent. . f. —c. Greek Bonds, 1825, sper ct. Exchange Mexican, 5 per cent. French, 3 per cent — f. — c Ditto, (i por cent., 1825 2514 Dutch .‘24 per cent. Peruvian, 1823,6 per cent..... 113Y 4 'Ditto:s per cent. ... 102% SHARES 3ristol and Exeter Railway _ .. Eastern Countios Railway... Great Western Railway :,.... ~.... - - ~256 London and Brighton knilw; London and Blackmail Rally London and Birminzham R; Manchester and Birminglian North Midland Railway ty My tilway 159 1 Itailway . . 611,6 The debate on the Jamaica question is not likely, we understand, to close to. night. It may, how ever, be brought to a termination, and a division take place, sooner than is expected ; and no Member therefore should be absent. THEINFORMATIONS AGAINST PUBLIC COM PANIES.—The introduction of a Bill into the House of Commons to put a stop to the informations against public companies for not having the printer's name attached to their prospectuses has already been noticed. At the Town-hall,"Soutlivark, yesterday, during the sittin , of Sir M. Wood, Stowell. the common infornier, stepped forward, having a copy of the proposed Act in his hand, and said that he wished to call the attention of Sir Mathew to it. The first clause, he said, went to repeal th e 27th section of the 39th George 111. ; the second clause which authorized the printing of any book or paper, inflicted no penalty, so that a person could, if the Bill passed in its present shape, publish the most ob scene work which could possibly be conceived, and th a t without rendering himself liable to the slightest pe nalty, while the person who might happen to hawk such publication about the ;street was liable. Sir Matthew in quired whether that was not sufficient ? Stowell said it was not ; for the very next clause completely undid what the previous one enacted. It wanted the words "to dis perse" or " assisting to disperse" introduced. There was besides another most material omission. The word " book" was left out ; so if a scurrilous, blasphemous, or obscene book were published and exposed for sale in the public streets, however offensive such a work might be to mora lity, the police could not take the vendor into custody, for the clause, as it stood, made it no offence. The term " paper" was the only one used and described. After some further conversation, Stowell said he had written to the Attorney-General on the subject, and, as an instance of the evil which an imperfect Act of Parliment produced, stated that a few weeks since he gave a dealer in obscene books into custody, aid Sir F. Roe inflicted the full pe nalty of 201., and was about issuing a distress warrant when he foetid that the Act was silent on the subject o f selling, and the &lie was in consequence discharged. A MAN DROWNED IN ALE.—Yesterday after noon an inqu'st was held before Mr. Carter, at the Grey hound Tavern, Kennington Common, on view of the body of John Fisher, a fine young man, aged 28 years. It ap peared in evidenca that the deceased, who has been but recently married, was in the service of Mr. r.Turner, brewer, of Church-street, Newington, and was subject 4o a giddiness in his head. On Tuesday evening last . be ae. cidentially fell into a vat o f strong ale, and whert i taaen out was quite dead. Verdict—" Accidental death." A GENTLEMAN.—In the Insolvent Debt or ' s Court yesterday , an application was made again s t an i n . solvent for a re -hearin g , who,' it was alleged, had obtained his discharge by a forgery. The accomplice it the matter described himself as a g- ntleman," and doted, in his a ffidavit, that when he signed the name he was not aware he was " doing wrong." The Court granted a rule nisi. EVEN IN G ED I ' THE MAR HIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of English and Foreign Grain and of Flour have been small this week. The Wheat trade, though firm, remains without animation. Barley dull and rather lower. .Demand for Oats good, and rather dearer. Beans and Peas little doing. Flour extremely dull in sale. ARRIVALS Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Flour 1,210 sirs I I 1,2 i 0 qrs. 4OO qrs 2,010 acks 1,120 English IForeigi SSO SMITHFIELD. -- brig. A good supply, and a pleasant trade. Prices as on Monday. Beef, 3s. 4d. to 4s. 4d. ; Mutton, 4s. 2d. to ss. ; Veal, 4s. 4d. to ss. 4d. ; Pork, 4s. 2d. to 55. 2d; Lamb, 6s. to 6s. Bd. Beasts, 456 ; Sheep and Lambs, 6,090 ; Pigs, 520; Calv-s, 165 CITY FISH MARKET. Supplies and prices stationary. Turbot. ss. to 20s. ; Cod, is. sd. ; Salmon, Is. 9d. to 2s. 6d. per lb. ; Mackerel, 6d. to Is. each; Whiting, 4d. to Bd. ; Had dock, Bd. to ls. 2d. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEED• W heat. I Barley. I Oats. p —se S. Per Quarter. is. to s. s. s. s. to s. s. to s Blandford 70 74 34 37 5 27 42 44 '4rigg--.—j 66 74 124 26 124 al 42 44 Cambridge—....! 75 I 34 25 40 Chard 60 76 j 32 33 20 22 38 42 Huntingdon— 56 70 34 38 24 29 38 42 Long Sutton—, 58 78 10 20 30 34 Louth j5B 78 26 32 - A •,,4 55 42 ynn 56 77 '22 31 16 `lie 30 32 3ewark 62 82 24 31 19 98 31 4:4 iottingharn —1 64 '79 128 31 19 28 35 42 Peterborough 59 82 35 42 22 99 1 38 4S Plymouth 58 80 30 34 20 23 I Pontefract --.! '77 43 .1 27 ileatortl 65 80 36 38 22 2 41 tippingham 63 84 24 30 18 28 32 Wisbech,...--; (13 82 90 130 DEVIZES CORN MARKET.—May 2 Per SacK. s d. s. 41. Per Quarter. s. d. s. d. Fir,OX heat... 96 oto3B n Barley 24 0t043 0 Second 32 0 35 0 Oats .20 0 3 0 Third 921 Sacks of Wheat sold ' 33 lour (per bag) 55 0 —• - at the average Bread (per gall.) 7 6 39 •-• 40 42 43 43 44 32 - • 32 3 4 - 3'J LEEDS CORN MARKET.— April 30 Wheat, Norfolk and Siitlidk, 601 b. --- York. and Lincoln. 00th. 3arley, Norfolk 111 d Suablk -- Yorkshire and Lincolnshire -- Grinding '33s. to 39, , deans lats, Potatoe —Mealing, For. —d. to—d. Eng. 12 4d. to 14d. per stone. Shelling 32i. to 33'. per lod• Rapeseed, English, 30'. to 321 , ' , .)reign, 23. to 20'. per las • L. V ERPOOL CORN - MARKET.—ArriI 30 WHEAT, English, White, per 701 h. los. Id, to 111. 3 d. ---- Red lO 6 10 9 -- Scotch, Welch, and Manx --- Irish, White s 0 9 3 --------- Red -- Foreign 7 6 9 OATS, English, Welsh, and Scotch, per 451 b 0 3 $ll Irish .... F ore i g n B A XLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter ...... --- Scotch and Irish, per 601bs. -- F e eding 4 6 , S • • BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter 43 3 50 ! -- Irish, &c. Foreign . 44 0 46 . PEASE, English, per Imperial quarter 4B 0 a 0 F ore i gn FLoua, English, per 2801 b ---- Irish OATMEAL, English and Irish, per 24111bs 3l 6 3 3 i INDIAN Coast, per 440th. ...... 42 0 46 0 Eva, per Imperial quarter gs 0 MALT, per Imperial quarter LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DA. DEAL, MAY 2. —Wind N. E.—Arrived from the River and sailed, the Corsair ; Greig, for Monte Video; Meld° ll ' Hogg, Cape of Good Hope ; Bruce, Campbell, Hari"?* nah ; Fortitude, Towle, Barbadoes ; Edward, Marion, Domingo ; June, Thompson, St. Mary's, Africa; Falconer, Mazangan. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 2.—Wind variable, light a irs. ' Sailed the Henry Davidson, Rayner, Jamaica. PLYMOUTH, MAY I.—Wind variable, light bree zes, '" Arrived the Fly, Gibbs, from Teneriffe, with loss of an" chor and cable ; Elizabeth, Voss, Stettin. Vela, FALMOUTH, MAT I.—Wind variable. LIVERPOOL, MAY 2.—Wind N. W.—Arrived the Thet is ' Brown, from St. John's, New Brunswick; Charoyi,°l3' Cockerell, Savannah; Georgis, Palermo; Fenella ham, Malaga. Sailed the Sir Walter Scott, bou ltv '' hur ch- Miramichi ; Jasper, Williams, Gibraltar ; Wm. C' ward, Constantinople; Royal Admiral, Graves, Sydney.; Cambyses, Hutcheson, Singapore ; Heroine, Scott, lialeti; Europe, Drummond, and Harkaway, Nicholson, ~ York ; Heart of Oak, Cook, and Providence, Mayor, Pned, foundland ; Richebucto, Ganson, Quebec ; Irving, Miramichi ; Zulieka, Scott, Smyrna ; Mary Ann, 1.4"""' Genoa ; and Warrior, Williams, Lisbon. DOVER, MAY 2.—Sailed the Allegro, Lopez, and Cs r° ' line, Balcher, for Hamburgh. Batavia' COWES, MAY 2.—Arrived Calcutta, Nynberg , CREEK, MAY 2.—Arrived Sophia, Penfold, mog adore• POOLE, MAY 2.—Sailed the Pomona, Brewer'for Newfoundland. BRISTOL, MAY 2.—Arrived the Eliza, Ray, from Cadiz ; Regina, Aestman, Altona. KINGROAD, MAY 2.—Arrived Alberdine, Roger, Drigt ' SWANSEA, MAY I.—Arrived the Cockermouth Castle, Cuba. Sailed the Favourite, De Haume, Rio Janeiro. pars o ne t ISLE OF STRONSAY, APRIL 28.—Arrived and M'Leod, from Sligo, with loss of bulwarks, pa cargo thrown overboard. LERIVICK, APRIL 12. Arrived the Rreutnescbafto Behrding, from Memel, to stop a leak. FARMERS AND LANDLORDS.--A letter Lo rd peared in The S un o f th e 12th ult. , stating . th at Coventry had come forward at a county meeting' g, held in Worcester about six weeks previous, to oppose the rep ea of the Corn-laws, when be professed himself the farmer s friend, and declared that he could not sit still and al to° that useful body of men to be ruined by the prop osed change of the laws. We were scarcely disposed ttv gi/ s credit to this startling statement without further investiga tion, and therefore instructed one of our agents to make 10' quiry on the spot, who informs us that it is quite correct.° If facts like these do not open the eyes of the farmers t° the hollowness of those professions of regard for their inte:. rests, paraded on all occasions by the landlords as tbegrn_, cipal argument for the continuance of the Corn-laws, teivt must indeed be wilfully and irremediably blind---11, Corn-law Circular. •t Of TORY PILLS.—Potts, the Radical droggis . • n ig Trowbridge, has a number of leaden bullets placed /0 . window, over them is a paper with Tory Pills writte,n aq large characters ; this precious demagogue, and 5044, Au he, will by their speeches and actions disgust every g 044, he, ing and well-meaning member of the Worki n g Association.— Wiltshire Independent. a in k The cuckoo and nightingale were both h e L . re er"' the White-nights grounds on Monday last.- - Paper. AFFRAY ON THE CROYDON RAIL S ° ... r Yesterday morning great alarm prevailed along that Peo tion of the Croydon and London Railway between cave ford and New-cross, by a powerful body of Iris h-e , % fth e tors striking for extra wages, and preventing the re' li n g. labourers employed on the undertaking from w oo ad d They paraded along the line with heavy bludgeons gr• attacked every man who would not join their cause . aor Pratt, the foreman of the line, sent intelligence to th! d s gistrates of Union Hall police office, who despateu e . e t. portion of the police force of the L division to the I)7i.its The police succeeded in clearing the line, and th? ! I ca of proceeded. In case of a further disturbance a t he the force received orders to remain within call dutiob night. 10 A , r 5.1 PAID COLLECTORS OF POOR 1,"•1.1, Thursday a meeting of the inhabitants of the Pa r A. the Hammersmith was held, pursuant to public notice. " r d of purpose of receiving a communication from the Il e sP' Guardians of the Kensington Union, relative to t t pa pointment of a paid collector of the poor-rate for t h v a pn the rish. The Rev. Mr. Attwood, the vicar, having " I P - l e tte r chair, Mr. Eames, one of the overseers, read the no va from the Board, which it appears had been sent in a nt e to an application from the overseers for the apP°i.ni,tre a paid collector, and which \vas to the effect that, l',* tir eet' tority of the inhabitants in vestry desired such appoi° roe he Board of Guardians would recommend it to t lerabl e Law Commissioners. He then entered at e' o9 !d ove r ' length upon what he termed the hardship of 11 0 1 : “% a bilil seers having to collect the poor rate, declaring his nisidoret' to do so from indisposition ; and after saying he e sp ., P oin t it would tend to the interests of the parish to s at et' collector, he concluded by moving a resolution to t ot ioo. feet. Mr. Medlow, another overseer seconded toed o the Alter some discussion an amendment was carriest. effect that the meeting be adjourned till McniclaY n • G ri 0 PATENT LEVER WA xt ,•', With silver double-bottom cases ..................••••.. 6 110. With silver hunting cases ................................. 00 This celebrated construction (the most accurst itopetei, a watch can be made) is offered, with the lates'fo,o4ol.o, ments e. the detached escapement, j e welled ja, , 0 1 $ 1 0 capp( d, hand to mark the seconds, hard ena mel clisi a j t i o ab• taming power to continue going while winding s P , price, by T. CON SAORY Watchmaker, Silver and Goldsmith, 47,,,j0y Corishill, (Seven doors from Gracechurch-street). a_,e, N.B.—Second-hand Watches purchase MARRIED. L i e uten ant '. On the 30th ult., at Brighton, by special license, ddatighte Colonel Chesney, Royal Artillery, to Everilda, sec ° of General Sir 3nhn Fraser, H. -r sq nsre' On the Ist inst., at St. George's Church, Ila nnle Mr. William C. Baldny, to Miss Catherine Fox. , Waeit On the Ist inst., at St. Pancras New Church, Jon!!_ e _ elde r Esq.. of Mornington-place, Regent's-park , daughter of George Richards, Esq., of the s!.. to Carob. , At Carlisle Castle regretted by all who ' On the 24th ult., 6 . pain f Lieu ten° Shuekburgh, 33d II knewAp ri11)1,21;E, aEfDtme.rmaal,otrihge and regretted by all who knew her, Emma, the wif 0 0 Regiment. •, at Swin ton, Berwickshire,Samuel ton, Esq. On the 2"ith nit., in Upper • lico, MO Elizabeth Williams aged 62. . e On the Williams, ult., at Lee-hill Cottage, Blackheath, qlajc, I?th, widow of the late Henry Isaac Moor, Esq., of KirbY Kent and of Cheshunt, Herts, aged 54.ut aliato On the 29th nit., I g d Exeter,'!--- at IN oretonhampstea , near Di - sq. aged 72 ffol• Peter On the 30;11 ult., in . Grosvenor-square, George Pet .. Svc ford, Esq., aged 71. S t°l3' On the 30th ult., Elisabeth, the wife of Willie* -t lui ' Esq., of Longhridge-house, Warwickshire. Lundon . Printed and Published bv .N.ll 11.1)0 V() No. 112, Strand, at Vie Sun Oftce, ,No. 112, Strand/ the county of Middlesex. —Friday, May 3, 1839. . BIRTHS. bire, '"- On the 4th ult., at Ivy-house, Stranraer ' W f the igt°lldau l4er. a lady of Herbert Maynard, Esq., Bengal Army, 0 neY• On the 29th ult., at Southbrough, the l ad y of W. Carr, of a daughter. Eav rard On the 30th ult., at Dover, the lady of the Rev' Owen, of a son. Robinson, llYe-laliei On the 30th ult., Mrs. Ch ri sto ph er Peckham, Surrey, f a son. . _____________._.----•"'"-----' _.. ... 1