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LAPORTE has the honour to acquaint the Nobility, i t ,'"eribers to the Opera, and the Public, that Madame Grisi hay tbeen compe ll e d to d e f er her Benefit, TO-MORROW there 11 be an extra Night (not included in the subscription), when 0 8 .. be presented a grand Miscellaneous Entertainment, corn brig three of the most popular Operas. The Performance commence with the First Act of Bellini's Opera entitled I PURITANI. Principal Characters by Madame Grisi, Signor Rubin :, Sig 'to '; Tamburini, and Signor Lablache. °llavred by the Second Act of Mozart's celebrated Opera, LE NOZZE DI FIGARO. 11 Characte Signori Grisi, Mdlle. E. Grisi, Madam e ePani, Tamburini, Signor Tati, and Signor olache. Afterwhich the Third Act of Donizetti's Opera entitled LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. 'I ,II Y Madame Persiani, Si,g-nor Rubini, and Signor Lablache. c l conclude withaDIVERTISSEMENT from the popular . . Ballet of Robert Le Diable. 1, 11 3 r M u m ada e Guerra, Mdle. Bellon, Signor Guerra, and M. •qathie. 0 4 plication for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be rn ade at the Per P a Office, Haymarket. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. The Puc is respectfully informe, that the P RESENT M bli ANAGEMENT WILL d TERMINATE The t , WITH THIS SEASON ; Programme is therefore given of its final ar mt.m.att t 2 ilia tical Play of KING HENRY V., from the Text Rf r. ", 4 ,,eare, will be produced early in June. 't.LIEU. will be repeated on Friday next. T HE LADY OF LYONS, To-morrow. THIS EVENING, MAY 29, Will tie repeated Al on THE TEMPEST. ze, lir. Warde; Prospero, Mr. Macready ; Miranda, Miss Helen Faucit ; Ariel, Miss P. Horton. After which, kt • FRA DIA VOL.O. ar . t ug Carlos, Mr. Fraser • L or enzo, Mr. Burnett ; o. Zerlina, Miss iainforth. 11 1 morrow, The Lady of Lyons, with Inklo and Yari oo, and ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. l ic'llight of Donizetti's Opera, " The Love Spell," supported rt3 sl iso Romer, Mr. Templeton, Air. Balfe, a Double Cho- G _. and increased Band. Unparalleled success • f " Alice TIT." THIS EVENING, M 29, Will be produced thvOpera entitled With THE LOVE SPELL. A all Donizetti's Original Music of " L'Elisir d'Arnore." 'Wale s Miss Romer ; Nemerina, Mr. Templeton ; Dulcamara, Mr. Balfe. T. conclude with the successful Drama, called ALICE GRAY, THE SUSPECTED ONE. WHITE CONDUIT GARDENS, (Open Every Evening) THIS EVENING, MAY 29, A GRAND PROMENADE CONCERT, By a Band of Fifty First-rate Performers. The unrivalled Performances of the celebrated Arab, AB SHEKIR ABDALLAH. l 'calists—Miss Ford, (ftom the Theatre Royal Drury Lane), Messrs. Benson and Manclark. Splendid Fireworks. rr lie Ascent and Descent of Madame Rossini, surrounded by showers of Fire. The Gardens brilliantly illuminated by upwards of 20,000 Lamps, in various devices, etc. &c. vt..„„. Full Particulars in the Bills of the Day. Zhe LONDON_ WEDNESDAY, MAT 29, 18311. te l 4 ,r. SHAW LEFEYRE, attended by a numerous body tdsupporters, appeared at the Bar of the House of "di, last night, when her MAJESTY'S approbation of t 4: choice of the House of Commons was signified in 0 4 usual way, by Commissioners appointed for that tPos e , k 'gain a considerable number of petitions in favour of Hues penny postage scheme was presented by "rent Peers. k ti l k,,desultory conversation occurred concerning Colo klißtsicE, whose conduct several Noble Lords seemed s i , l ned to extenuate on account of the nature of the '"rfar e in which he was engaged. 2 'l wish w as expressed by Lord ELLENEoROUGH, as l charge is so gross, to have it immediately examined, th tlt it was allowed to stand over till Thursday. Ti ll e n we shall say nothing further on the subject. I Lord BROUGHAM presented a Bill declaratory of the 't l 'islative power of the Mother Country over the Nlonie s , an d p ro hibiti ng them from disfranchising the etro es by resolutions. Their Lordships adjourned 'lvey to-morrow, till Thursday. In the Commons, Mr. SHAW LETEVRE, after pro 7eding to the House of Peers, and receiving her JESTY'it sanction, took his seat in the Chair, on V'ich he was loudly cheered, an d i s h ence f or th Mr. lAt AKER. klr, COWPER only took his seat last night, not Lavin Zo, to vote the night before. As the CHANCEL- Lo s Of the E XCHEQUER was also shut out by accident, 4 itldid not vote, we may count the Mit 'aerial majority t , ) , instead of 18. 'les‘• writs were issued for Ludlow and Edinburgh, te lat e Speaker having boen called up to the House of "" toy the title of Baron DUNFERMLINE, not ki muoss, as we, in common with several other jour 448, announced., Oalham and Warrington Small Debts Bills ire read a second time, after some conversation "cerning the general measure to be brought forward h' the G o v e rnment. At a late period of the evening L 3. 43rd RUSSELL explained that i t was his intention 5 I - Proceed with the general Bill befo re the House, but refer it and the private Bills on the same subject to Sele c t Committee. Th e Strood (Kent) Church Bill was thrown out on division by 114 to 66 . t,..nre City Police afte r , a discussion which was in eating f rom its spice of personality, and the strong 4 1)ini ons d ec l are d by Sir R. Peel in favour of one gene , poli ce for the Metropolis, and his admission that he 1„d , when he established the p r esent police forc a in estminster, steered clea r of the Cit y from prude ntial t i v !ations was referred to a Select Comm itee , to be ap ,Pinted to-morrow, contrary to the wish of the City qi ctubers. Some other private business was transacted. t, Mr. HOME gave notice of a motion concernin g Co ! . •suNcu on Thursday. I Mr. L ABOUCHERI announced that i t was not his in 'lotion to proceed any further with the Jamaica Bill, tin Thursday next ; but it was then his intention to move leave to bring in a Bill to provide for the enactment u certain laws regarding Jamaica. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, in answer to Mr. BAINES, dated that he was ready to lay the cor i. te i sPonden ce ‘with the Duke of NEWCAS TLE on the „ nle at an y p e riod, if any friend of the Noble Duke re ) 'Paired it, but not otherwise. In reply to Mr. HOME, Lord JOHN RUSSELL stated /7 - ' r .t ita -firt• icf.). • I ‘-; that the Government had received no official intimation of the Turkish troops I wing crossed the Euphrates, that he had never hoard, and did not believe, that Rus sia had required MEHEMET ALI to withdraw from Syria, and that there was• nothing to show that the ef forts of the great Powers to preserve the peace would not be successful. In reply to Mr. FINCH, Lord J. RUSSELL said, that all the accusations lately made against the Children's Friend Society, would be strictly investigated. He beliived that the Society had been most attentive to particular cases. As to public business the Noble Lord stated that on Monday he should submit resolutions concerning Canada, approving generally of the Union between the provinces, and that he should take the discussion on these resolutions on Monday week ; should they be affirmed he will then bring in a Bill. He is to move the County Courts Bill on Friday, and the ATTORNEY GENERAL on the same day is to move the Committee on the Registration of Electors Bills. He hoped shortly to bring forward the Factories and the Metropolitan Police Bills. In about a fortnight the CHANCELLOR of the Ex- CHEQUER Will know when he can bring forward the Budget, and at that period he means to move Resolu tions on the subject of Postage, founded on the recom mendations of the Committee of last year. The Poor Law Amendment Act, Lord JOHN RUSSELL means to propose, shall be continued for an other year almost unaltered. The Education question, Lord J. RUSSELL explained, is only to be postponed to give time to lay some further information before the House. He means to move the grant, notwithstanding the opposition of Tories and Methodists, in the terms ho before announced. The SPEAKER has already had some of the most im port ant duties of his office to perform. In the course of the evening he called Mr. HAWES to order for ac cusing Sir M. WOOD of making loose statements ; and a Mr. LOVIBOND having procured a petition to be pre sented to the House against a Private Bill with a forged signature, was ordered to be reprimanded, which repri mand Mr. LEFEYRE immediately administered. The Right Hon. Gentleman's conduct elicited the cheers of the House. Shortly after eight o'clock the House was counted out. The country will be delighted to observe that on the very first business day after the Whitsuntide Holidays, the CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER intimated that in bringing forward the Budget he would propose a measure in accordance with the re commendation of the Select Committee on Postage. We really wish the Right Hon. Gentleman had been more explicit, and had announced distinctly that his Budget would contain a recommendation of Mr. ROWLAND HILL'S plan of penny postage in all its integrity. This is what the country has de manded, and we know that this has been distinctly promised by Ministers to the leading Members of the Postage Committee ; but since Mr. SPRING RICE has taken it upon himself to announce the measure in ambiguous terms, we strenuously re commend that petitions should be poured into both Houses of Parliament until the Government shall be pledged, in unequivocal language, to adop t the clear and simple plan proposed by Mr. HILL, and urged on as it has been in a manner so unpre cedented, by the whole body of the people. The City of London will hold its great meeting on Friday, and that powerful body will no doubt swell the list of petitioners for the immediate and complete adoption of universal penny postage. We say—" Let all go, and do likewise." We adverted yesterday to the arrogant claims of the priesthood to control the education and the knowledge of the community, and we shall speedily supply proofs of their having already so neglected their duty on this point as to be unworthy of being consulted. Convicted culprits are never allowed to make laws for honest men. First we will observe that the petition of the University of Oxford is expressly directe d a g ainst the Ministerial plan, because " laymen are exclu sively entrusted with such important duties" as will belong to the Committee of the Privy Council, and " because no provisio n is made that the Committee shall hereafter consist of Members of the Church of England," showing that these gentlemen have little or nothing to object to the plan, but that they are not to control it, or be placed in a situation to pervert it, as they have done the Church revenues, to their own private emolument. The same senti ment pervades all the petitions which we have seen on the subject, and which seem all to have been coined in the ecclesiastical mint. " Your peti tioners," says one of these spurious expressions of public opinion, to which great efforts are made to procure signatures in Islington, "_regard with the greatest apprehension the attempt to place the whole education of the poor in the hands of the Board, consisting wholly of official laymen, and from which the heads of the Church are purposely excluded." The crying sin of the Ministerial plan in the eyes of the priests and their adherents, is, that they are excluded from the management and controul of it. Having furnished additional evi dence, if any evidence were wanted, of their unbounded arrogance, we now proceed to examine their conduct. We remarked, yesterday, that the priesthood have had, on this point, for many years, an undis puted empire over the public mind. In connection with that, it must be remembered, that England, by her isolated position, has been secured from all foreign invasion. There has been no circumstance, since 1745, which could impede the peaceful pro secution, by our priesthood, of the useful, honour able, and laborious task, if they were inclined to fulfil that duty, of educating, instructing, and improving, the whole people. They have had ample means and ample time. We beg that these two circumstances, of the unbounded power possessed by the priesthood, and the un interrupted enjoyment of that power and their revenue, may be borne in mind,tecause no opinion of the merits of a priesthood can be formed except by comparison ; and while our priesthood have been secured in the full and peaceful enjoyment of their revenues, and while no person has been allowed to question their doctrines, the priesthood of the Conti nental nations have been deprived of much of their wealth, their countries have been overrun by foreign invaders, and their doctrines have been freely and even unscrupulously questioned. What under these favourable and under these adverse circum stances have the priesthood of England and the priesthood of the Continent done for the edp cation of their respective people ? Whatever the respective Governments of Belgium and Holland, of Germany, and of the rest of Europe may have done within the period, must be included in the comparison, because our priesthood have had un bounded power over the State, and whatever they had suggested, and, in particular, whatever they had earnestly desired on the score of educating the people, from the accession of GEORGE 111. to the year 1830, would have been most certainly accom plished. We shall not, however, have occasion to insist pertinaciously on this, because it . is a matter of fact that the comparatively poor priesthood of Germany have been active in promoting the general improvement which our priesthood have attempted to stifle. Let us, however, before we proceed to the evidence caution the reader to discriminate, in the general prosperity has sbeen ff and generaleta iwthe priesthood, iho progress of the est nation, a, id between h what has not been effected by them, so that not they may claim the merit of an improvement, which has' co existed in conjunction with their almost unbounded power, and their neglect. 'We have certainly been a most thriving and prosperous people ; our laws have been humanized, science has been cultivated, and art extended ; life has become amazinolv secure ; most of the had pas ions, except the greediness which the priesthood bave encouraged and cultivated by their example, have been chas tened and tamed ; life has become more valuable as well as more safe, and those comforts which con tribute to cleanliness and health have been diffused, notwithstanding there are yet many classes who justly complain of grievous wants, to a degree never known in society before. Of all these advantages, however, few or none can be traced to the influence of the priesthood. No man dreams of attributing to them the invention of the steam-engine and of gas-lights, which have so amazingly augmented our power, and by excluding darkness from our streets and thoroughfares, increased our per sonal security. The main source of modern improvements is the science of chemistry, to which the priesthood have in nowise contributed. Should it be asserted that their doctrines have triumph of quieted men's minds, and given occ asion for the calm t scientific thoughts , th e assertion must be me by a positive denial, for they have preached bigotry, and encouraged polemical strife. They have promoted a disturbed and un settled condition of the public mind, hostile to scien tific investigation. It is only by neglecting pulpit studies and pulpit duties that any priest has been distinguished as a man of science, and that any layman has found himself capable of prosecutinL, laborious mental investigations. We know that the priesthood have, to the utmost of their power, discouraged science, because sci ence is truth and nature, and constantly militates against their singular, exceptional, and mystical doctrines. We know, too, that they have decryed many arts ; and, as a priesthood, none, except per haps the art of cookery, have they patronised and promoted. In that great and marked improvement which 1 ' has taken place in our national and private mo rality, they have had, we affirm, no part. They did not originate, nor much promote the abolition of the slave trade; they did not take the lead in putting an end to the punishment of death for trifling of fences ; they took no conspicuous part in that ame lioration of our sanguinary code,which has at the same time ameliorated the disposition of the people, and made them more careful of life. In fact, the mo rality of the priesthood is stationary, while man, even in his morality, is progressive, and so little have they aided his advancement, that their whole study and doctrines have been directed to fashion the morality of the moderns on the morality of the ig norant and heathen ancients. Their business is to hold men to the faith, doctrines, and knowledge of a past age, and they cannot be the heralds or pio neers of progressive improvement. Admitting and even glorying in the vast amelio rations which have taken place in the condition of man, as he exists in modern society, we affirm that we arc not indebted to the priesthood for any of them, and we tell our readers to give the clergy no credit for social improvements which have taken place in conjunction with their power, but which they have done their utmost to oppose. Our commerce, our manufactures, our arts, our modes of commu nication are the glory of the country and the won der of surrounding nations ; our school education, our theology, in short, all that exclusively apper tains to i.he priesthood, are the 'opprobrium of Great Br;tain, and excite the contempt of all foreigners, To carry off our arts is a great object with the most enlightened nations of Europe, to seduce our artisans they offer many temptations, but who ever heard of their imitating our Church Establishment, borrowing our theology, or seducing our parsons to leave us, as a means of adding to their greatness and their happiness ? This preliminary matter, we see, has carried us so far, that we shall stop for the present, and shall to-morrow prosecute our comparison between the services rendered to education and morality by our own priesthood and the priesthoods of the Conti nental nations. The real question involved in the IVlinisterial measure for National Education is—whether th:, people of this country are to enjoy liberty of con science, or to be condemned to a system of barba rous persecution for their religious opinions. This sacred right of freemen—guaranteed to us by the Revolution that placed WILLIAM 111. on the throne of this realm—interwoven with all our insti tutions—and forming the basis on which the super structure of Protestantism is erected—this right the Tories are labouring incessantly to destroy, - by the grossest fabrications, the most dishonourable sophistry, and by incredible perjuries against the religion they profess to venerate and defend. Evading the true principle at issue, they endeavour to divert the attention of the people by reviving the cry of " No Popery ;" but the time is passed when this war-whoop of bigotry could have taken effect in England. We care no longer to be scared by phantoms, whose unreal terrors vanish in the broad light of investigation. The thunders of the Vati can possess no more influence over us than the legends of AGRIPPA'S sorceries, or the miracles of HOHENLOIIE. The introduction of Popery into the question is a fraud. Popery has nothing to do with it, and those who make such a base use of the lingering superstitions of the ignorant and the timid, know this as well as we do. They know also that, the plan is essentially Protestant in principle—that it proceeds upon the first distinctive prerogative asserted by the Reformation, the right of private judgment—and that it is calculated practically to establish that glorious privilege which the Church of England proudly maintains in theory—full and perfect liberty of conscience. They know this ; and it is because they desire to tyrannise over this liberty that they endeavour to get rid, by a side wind, of the measure in which it is embodied and confirmed. The Tories abhor the principles in which the Protestant Faith is founded. They abhor its freedom, its right of examination, and interpretation ; its popular independence of human authority, its resistance to arbitary power. Had they lived in the days of LUTHER, they would have burned him at the stake. They accuse the Church of Rome of sinister designs and priestly stratagems to increase its power —of keeping the people in darkness—and opposing the progress of civilization and knowledge ; and all the time they exhibit an unwearied zeal in enacting the very same iniquities themselves. While they charge the Papists with nurturing a secret spirit of proselytism, they themselves seek to proselytize the Papists through the agency of an exclusive sys tem of instruction. In all this there is not only rank injustice and rampant despotism, but a la mentable ignorance of human nature and human institutions. Both Churches are proselytizing — all h w u o r r c k h a e r s e m d u iff st er b e e nt s , o in B eo u n t fo tl r i m e ittnyo with h i n th w e hi ge niusch they of their tenets ; and if the Church of Rome endeavours to make converts by inflaming the ima gination,stahme e fea e r n s d , the y Church t n o g f Eitgland o la r bo a u c r ti s ng for up th o e n the doctrines of the Church with secular advan tages. The Tories proselytize by threats and bribes—they will extend education to those who embrace Church of Englandism, and refuse it to those who have the courage and integrity to re ject a preliminary condition which fastens an insult upon their sense and honesty. Those who do not belong to the Established Church must forswear their faith before they re ceive the benefits of education. They are first to become apostates and hypocrites in order to bring them within the pale. Is this the way to make proselytes ? Is the Church of England in deed a Magdalen Asylum that will admit none but the guilty ? Another very obvious consequence of permitting this sinister spirit of persecution to enter into a scheme of National Education would be to defeat the end proposed. Persecution has always recoiled upon itself in matters of religion. The martyr makes more converts than the executioner. If the Tories had their own way we should have the fires of Constance re kindled in England, and the struggles and sacrifices of men for conscience sake would rapidly increase their ranks, and surround their cause with intense popular enthusiasm. This has been the case in Ireland, where the Catholics, suffering under pains and penalties, have made an unexampled numerical advance, and the Protestants, who inflicted the wrong, have diminished in a similar proportion. Can the Tories deny this fact ? Can they deny that so long as any benefit or advantage is held out to a convert, it becomes a point of honour with him to maintain the faith of hs fathers—a truth illustrated by ten thousand examples in the annals of history ? No man will expose himself to the suspicion of having S heen seduced by a reward. But throw open the field to all—remove the stigma of interested motives—and your generous labours bill be crowned with triumphant success. Is not Protestantism a religion of reason and in quiry ? Does it not subsist by the force of truth ? What, then, are the means by which it ought to be supported ? Fraud, force, oppression, proscrip tion? Are not these means literally abhorrent to its spirit ? AN they not the very monsters of cor ruption which Protestantism was ordained to extir pate ? Are we to employ in its support the very abuses against which its whole creed and practice present one uniform and energetic protest ? Do we not assert the right of investigation, and indi vidual judgment ? Are not these, in fact, the very bases of our religion ? Was it not for these rights that the early Reformers died on the rack and in the flames ? But how are we to induce inves tigation if we prescribe arbitrary limits, and insist, beforehand, upon the conclusions which must be adopted ? Is this investigation ? Is this Protes tantism ? Is this the religion of that Divine Teacher " whose service is perfect freedom ?" No ; the people of England, front one extremity of the island to the other, answer No. This is not Protestantism ; it is tyranny in disguise ; it is a Tory crusade against liberty of conscience, and in this sense ev; ry Reformer of every s h a d e o f opinion un derstands it. We call upon the Reformers to do their duty upon this question --to invoke the intel ligence of the country—and to support the Admi nistration strenuously and heartily, in a manner which is not only wise in principle, but imperative in policy, flowing as an irresistible corollary from the Emancipation Act, and the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts. At Marylebone Police-office, on Monday, the following case occurred THE POLICE AND THE BASKET PEOPLE.—David Wood bridge was placed at the bar, having been locked up all night in the station-house, charged by police constable 155 D, who stated that on the previous day he saw the prisoner standing on the pavement with his basket of fruit, and as he objected to go away, witness took him into custody. Mr. ° Rawlinson—Where was this ? Constable—ln York-court, your Worship. Mr. Rawlinson—What this man has done may be all very wrong, but I like to see the law hit every one, rich and poor, alike ; I don't approve at all of the small fry being laid hold of, while shopkeepers, such as green grocers, fishmongers, and others in a good way of business all the week, are suffered to send out their goods to the nobility and gentry on the Sabbath, without any notice whatever being -taken of their doings. It is not fair that you should pounce upon these humble dealers alone and lock them up, while tradesmen are permitted to desecrate the Lord's day with impunity. . The prisoner was discharged, on his promising not to offend again. We quote this for the sake of the judicious and graphic observations made by the Magistrate. Every one will approve of not laying bold of the small fry of sinners, and allowing the large green grocers and fishmongers who serve the nobility to desecrate the Lord's Day with impunity. But what we especially like in the report is the manner in which Mr. RAWLINSON describes the law and the people—it is a hitting instrument, and they a small fry or a large fry to be hit. In his mouth the law appears like a reeling boxer ready for a row, and knocking down right and left, little and big, ladies and gentlemen, but certainly and indiscriminately hitting all. Society according to the Magistrate, would appear to be a fight, and the law is a life-guardsman blindly mixing in the melee, and cutting away at all whom his sword can reach. Such a graphic description of the law serves, however, at once to explain why it does not hit equally the almost houseless basket-woman and the very opulent green-grocer. The latter is a certain fraction of the Legislature ; he contributes to make the hitting instrument, and of course he will not, if he can help it, hit himself. It is a fact abhorrent to reason that a man should do so, and all coroners' inquests give the suicide the be nefit of a verdict of temporary insanity. An Irish man attempting to strike a salmon with a scythe and cutting off his own head, is very generally quoted as an emblem of extreme folly. Thus, on Mr. RAWLINSON'S theory, law being a convenient kind of bludgeon, we comprehend at once, so much force lies in one graphic word, why it rarely hits opulent shopkeepers, who share in making and wielding it ; and why it never hits the upper classes, who have a much larger share in manu facturing and managing it. In the Journals of yesterday, which contain the report we have quoted, there is an illustration of the bludgeon-makers taking care that it shall not hit themselves. We copy the illustration : On Sunday, parties were given by the Duke of Cleve land, in St. James's-square; 'the Duchess of Cannizzaro, in Hanover-square 2 • the Earl of Yarborough, in Arling ton-street ; the Ear l of Rosslyn, in Grosvenor-place ; the Duke of Norfolk, in St. James's-square ; Lord Saltoun, in Great Cumberland-street ; Sir John Hobhouse, in Berk ley-square; Mr. Quintin Dick, in Curzon-street; and Sir William Curtis, in Portland-place. This desecration of the Sabbath is recorded in the fashionable columns of the Morning Post, to the honour and glory of those who make the instru ment which never hits themselves. About the hour when their parties were probably causing a great deal of labour —roasting, boiling, and baking, getting carriages ready, cleaning horses, waiting at table, &c., &c., a humble man was selling a cigar, and he was thus treated :—. On Monday, at Hatton -garden, Mr. Hill, tobacconist, was summoned to this office by the Parish Authorities of Islington, charged with having exercised his worldly call ing on the Lord's Day. Mr. Hill did not deny the charge, but said that be had been before summoned under similar circumstances and convicted before Mr. Benett, who said that his was a very hard case, and that the parish ought to take a liberal view of such cases, as the tavern (White Conduit-house) opposite which he lived was allowed to sell tobacco and cigars on Sunday without being prosecuted. He had been before the Committee of the parish, who required him to keep his shutters up all day. He always kept perfectly closed until one o'clock on Sundays, and during the re mainder of the day he merely kept-down one shutter. During the whole of the week he got scarcely any custom, and the Sunday traffic enabled him to live and pay his rent and taxes; but if he were to keep bis shop closed on Sun days it would be his ruin, and he could not consent to do so. A solicitor for the parish said that it was only required of the defendant to keep his shutters up all day in order to prevent the exposure of his goods, and the officers would not be justified in entering his shop fur the purpose of lay ing an information. Defendant—The parish are acting in an unfeeling man ner towards me, and such prosecutions will tend to my ruin. They preach up virtue and religion, and call them selves gentlemen, and still they want to prevent a man obtaining an honest living for himself and family. Their conduct is inconsistent, and if there is a law to sanction their proceedings it is unjust; they will allow a tradesman to sin in private if he keeps his shutters up, and prosecute him if he is seen to sell a cigar. Why not prosecute the publicans as well as me for selling cigars and tobacco on Sundays? Mr. Bennett said he deemed it hard upon such persons as the defendant, but the parish had the law upon their side, if they wished to press it. A law might be severe and bad, but, however severe and bad, as long as it was in existence it must be obeyed. If the tradespeople felt ag grieved, it became their duty to petition Parliament for the repeal of the law. Mr. Burrell concurred with Mr. Benett, and said that as the case had been substantiated, he had no alternative but to convict the defendant in the penalty of bs. and costs, making 9s. 6d. The defendant said he would resist the parish prosecu tion, and he would never yield to close his shop in the afternoon of Sunday. He would also consult with his brother tradesmen to petition Parliament for the repeal of the law. He eventually paid the penalty and costs. Several other shopkeepers were prosecuted and con victed under similar circumstances. They also expresssed their determination not to close their shops, and the greatest discontent was manifested by the parties. They threatened to institute prosecutions themselves against the rector and other parties going to Church in their carriages, &c., on the Sunday, if the parish officers persisted in pro secuting trades-people for not closing their shops during the whole of the day. So Mr. HILL was fined for doing what the servants of the law-making classes were compelled to do. The footmen, butlers, ladies'-maids, &c. were, we must admit, hardly treated to be con strained to commit sin, and submit, as the Bishop of LONDON might say, to the toils of an earthly master, instead of doing the sweet service of their heavenly LORD. Some persons may imagine a difference between the occupation of Mr. HILL and those of the gentry, but none can possibly exist between his and those of the servants. They were following their worldly calling by administering to the pleasures of their masters on the Lord's Day. For our parts, we think the party-giving mistresses and masters were also following their worldly call ing. What on earth have they to do but to spend their revenues, treat their friends, go out to parties, o and give parties ? They were have n the in Sabbath in exercising the only calling the world ; but as they male the hittin g instru ment, which felle d p oor Mr. HILL to the earth, and then extracte d 9s. 6d. from his pocket, an, as they are neither so stu p id as the Irishman m u en _ tioned above, nor so insane as a self-murderer, we need not be surprised that they take good care it never shall hit thernselveq. a letter There will be fou nd in another column from a Wesleyan Methodist, animadverting on the course which some of the ministers of that So ciety are-pursuing with respect to the G overnment plan of education. It deserves the seriou s atten tion o f th e Wesleyan Methodists, and indeed of the publi c a t l ar ge. To the former nothing can he of more importance than that the chara c t er o f the Society should n ot be compromised by th e unau thorised a n d factious mi sconduct of a few men, who are stepping out of their proper province, which i s altogeth er re ligious, and mixing themselv es up with politi ca l agitation, which the Wesleyan mi nisters have always professed above all things to avoid. It appears from the statement of o ur Corres pondent t h a t a large majority of the W es l eyans cordially approve of the plan for extending the be nefits of education to the humbler classes of the c3mmunity, which has been proposed by her MAJESTY'S Ministers, while an underhand plot has been hatched in London by certain other ministers, the object of which is to make it appear that the Methodists are to a man opposed to the plan in question. The said London ministers, it seems, have sent down orders to the Superintend- THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1839. ants of the different Circuits in the country; to pre pare anti-education petitions, to be signed by the laity at the chapels on Sunday. This peremptory mode of proceeding has been resisted at Bristol, and we should hope elsewhere also. In that city, however, the Wesleyan Methodists very justly con sidered this dictation of their religious teachers as an usurpation of authority which was not to be sub mitted to---an interference with their civil and re- ligious rights which was altogether unjustifiable. They took their measures accordingly. A requisi tion was got up, signed by almost all the resident leaders, and local preachers to the Superintendant, desiring him to withdraw the obnoxious petition, which he did instanter. In other Circuits the same spirited conduct was not adopted by the laity, and in consequence a bolder spirit was manifested by the preachers, one of whom, it would appear, dealt out his anathema without stint or reservation aga;nst the " mis creants" who dared to refuse compliance with the orders sent down from head -quarters I We quite agree with our Correspondent in the reflections which he makes on these proceedings of the Methodist ministers. The Wesleyans are too intelligent and too liberal to be held in leading strings by their religious instructors at this time of day, much less will they submit to be made the tools of a few factious men, who, it is but too evident, would not scruple to sacrifice' the best interests of the country, the mental and moral culture of the rising generation, on the unholy altar of party spirit. Let the Wesleyan ministers beware how they at tempt to exercise an arbitrary, and, in reference to to their own system, unconstitutional dominion over thelmind and will of the lay members of their com munion. There are symptoms abroad which indi cate that such attempts, if carried much farther than they have lately been, may soon end in shivering to pieces the skilfully contrived, but delicate machi nery, by which the Society is held together. We insert two accounts of what is called by the Tory journals " another outrageous insult to the Bri tish flag." Perhaps it may turn out to be so, and not an .accident; but those who know anything of the hurry and confusion on board an ill-disciplined ship at night, on the people being all suddenly summoned to the guns, will be disposed not to de cide too hastily, or at once run away with the no tion that a premeditated insult and injury were in tended. Lamentable as any wounds or loss of life must be when so caused, the circumstance we have just alluded to, together with the Medea turning back after having passed the Griffon, .will make the apology of the French Captain, and his assertion that he took the Medea for a pirate at first, ap pear as if founded in truth. The Ward of Cripplegate, yesterday, agreed by a majority of 82 to 38, after the Tories had used their best endeavours to get up an amendment, to present an address to her MAJESTY, thanking her for exerting her Constitutional power against Sir R. PEEL. We hope that this result is symptomatic of what may be expected at the Common Hall on Thursday. It is high time that the other boroughs and great parishes of the Metropolis took up the matter. Why does Finsbury sleep ? A Corres pondent, who resides in Islington, has addressed a communication to us, pointing out that the authorities of that parish, which is larger than half the boroughs in the empire, have declined to call any public meeting on the subject of the QUEEN, while they and their friends are getting up a petition to the House of Commons in private against the Ministerial plan for educating the people. If we can find room for the letter of our Corre spondent we shall perhaps give it to-morrow. In the meantime, we do not know why the Liberal inhabitants of that opulent parish should suffer their voices to be extinguished, as if they had no political existence, because they happen to have a body of bigoted Tory function aries. Nor do we know why the borough of Fins bury should have no public voice on the important questions that now agitate the empire. Wars and rumours of wars occupy the leading columns of the French Journals of Monday, the whole of which we have duly received. War between the SULTAN and the Viceroy of EGYPT—war between Louis PHILIPPE and ABD-EL-KADER, in Africa—war between the Christinos and Carlists in Spain—and war in expectancy between England and Persia on the Indus, are the exciting topics of remark in the leading French Journals. But though they surfeit us with sur mises they supply no facts, but such as appeared in our columns of yesterday, except that France is making vast preparations for playing an important part at sea. Her dock-yards are all busy, and orders have been given to fit out as many ships as possible to increase the French squadron in the Mediterranean. A letter from Oran of the 13th instant, published by the Constitutionnel, states that a war in Africa is immi nent. ABD-EL•KADER, among other barbarities, was destroying all the mural and other monuments of Afri can splendour—thus depriving the civilized world of the only means of filling up the chasms in her history. The following extracts include the whole of the mis cellaneous news in the French Journals : The trial of the individuals implicated in the publication of the Moniteur Republicain is fixed for Friday, the 7th of June. They are seven in number. Letters from Florence, dated the 19th instant., announce the death of Caroline Murat, ex-Queen of Naples, after a painful illness of sixty days. She had the consolation of dying in the arms of her brother, Jerome Bonaparte, ber daughter, and son-in-law. The Prince de Joinville left Paris on Sunday night for Toulon, where he would embark for Smyrna, to join the squadron of Admiral Lalande, to whom he had been ap. pointed Chef d'Etat Major. The Moniteur announces that the Duke de Nemours had left Paris for a pleasure cruise on the coasts of the Medi terranean and the ocean, and that his Ro)al Highness was with that object to embark at Cette on board a steamer. The Embassy deputed to France by the Bey of Tunis arrived in Civitta Vecchia on board the last Levant packet, Lyeurgus. A letter from Tabriz, dated April 9th, quoted by the Semaphore, states that 20,000 men were on the point of marching from Teheran, hut their ultimate destination was not known. It was said by some that under the command of Melik Kassim Mirza, Seraskier, the Shah's brother, they were to make a descent on Bagdad; by others, that they were to renew the siege of Herat ; and by others again, that they were to be sent towards Schiraz and Bender Boukir to quell some revolted tribes. Extract of a letter from Vienna, dated 18th inst.— ,' Prince Paul Esterhazy left this afternoon for London : this hurried departure is attributed to the recent Mi nisterial crisis in London. Our Government has at length come to a decision on the long suspended question of the federal fortresse3, and pronounced, in favour of Ulm , in Wurtemburg which is to be formed into a fortress of the first order, and made the Place d'Armes of Southern Germany. It is be lieved that the system of detached forts; after the plans of the Archduke Maximilian, and which have been adopted at Lintz, will be followed. The se cond fortress will be Rastadt, in the Grand Duchy of Baden, nearly opposite Strasburg; the others will be raised in the Black Forest. Attention has been turned to the means of providing the necessary funds. The twenty millions of war contributions furnished by France, and which by the treaty of 1815 were appropriated to this purpose, are not sufficient ; and it is said the German Diet proposes to raise a fuderal loan at four per cent., with an adequate sinking fund." The Courrier Francais, at the same time that it quotes this letter, points out to the attention of its readers a rumour current at Brussels, that Russia and Prussia are insisting upon the demolition of the Belgian fortresses agreed upon by the original treaty of 1831. BOURSE.—PARIS, MONDAY, MAY 27. HALF-PAST TIIREE.—A great deal of business done to day ; there have, however, been several oscillations in the prices of the French Stocks. The market has been influ enced by the certainty that the Ministry will obtain the grant of secret service money. For the Account the Three per Cents. opened at 81f. sc. ; they declined to 801. 95c., rose to 81f. 20c„ and closed at 81f. 15e., being 20 cents. higher than on Saturday. The Five per Cents opened at 1111., fell to 110 f. 95c., and closed at 1 llf. 15c., a rise of 25c. For Money, the Three per Cents. are 15c., and the Five per Cents 20.. better. The Batik of France Shares have improved 5f ; those of the Laffitte Bank are unal tered. The Belgian Three per Cents., for the Account, 721. The Spanish Active has continued at 20. The transactions in Railway Shares become daily of less im portance, and the varia•ions but small. The Havre are stationary at 960 f., as the Orleans are at from 465 f. to 470 f. The Versailles Right Bank are 121. 50e. higher. and the Versailles Left Bank 2f. 50c. First Highest Lowest Last Price. l'rice. Price Price, French 5 per Cents 4 per Cents lOl 70 let 70 ... lot 50 ... 101 51 3 per Cents Bl ... SI 5 ... 81 51 5 Rank of erance Latfitte Bark 1,0001. 1075 ...1880 ...1075 5,0001. .L h 5'45 ...5015 _5045 ...5245 Belgian Bank BOO bt , a 50 Si . - . 0 Coupon s Spanish Ac ive 2O ... 20 • " Passive New Dt.t,rrei Sea! Roman RAILWAY SUM-I.Es. St. Germai .. c 65, „,. 6(15 ... CO5 ... 615 n . • 6! , 5 ... 70i ... 6:45 „, 705 V e rsailles, ft. B ... 300 02. 50 ... 301 ••• `.!;:is L.B. 96U ... 04 ... !):;11 , b., Hay!, Orleans 467 5.) ... 467 50 ... 467 50 ... 467 CO .. St ras burg to Bale 341 ... 340 ...:37 50 ... 337 SO ASP fIA LTES AND BITU HENS. Yarn (!ilaberlY's) •.. :3 5 0 ESPARTERO is disappointing his friends and enemies. When we expected to hear of his returning to his old quarters at Logrono, there to slumber for another year under the shade of the laurels gathered by him at G.uar damino and Ramales, we are agreeably surprised to learn that he has followed up his recent successes by the cap- tura - of Ordtm, -- thus — euttitg — cfi tiab commtmicittiat which the .Cailists had beediti hinctlabiithitig •to ! esta:e'l blish between Vittoria and Bilboa - . This important intelligence was cotnrntrnida - tM to'the - Frendr - Govern ment on Sunday by the rollowing telegraphic dispatch : " Bayonne, May 26, Half-past Ten, A.M. " THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE FRENCH 20TH MILT. TAEY DIVISION TO THE MINISTER. OF WAR. " Espartcro took possession of Orduna on the 223. The Carlists have abandoned Balmaseda and Arciniega." The Carlists organs all admit this to be a very serious check indeed. Orduna is upon the limits of Biscay and Uava, and upon the road between Bilboa and Vittoria, and by its occupation, ESPARTERO has opened the road to Durango and Estella. ESPARTERO has now the ball at his own foot. If lie bravely push on in the path of victory, he will speedily regain the confidence of every friend of Constitutional Spain ; and he will, moreover, ob tain for himsflf the proud distinction of having saved his country, when deserted by her faithless ally Louis PHI LIPPE. But it will be time enough to augur what ESPARTERO will accomplish, when wd hear of his making Estella his head-quarters. He has so often disappointed us, that we cannot easily trust him. The advices from Madrid arc of the 20th instant. M. RODRIGUES LEAL was spoken of as the New Fi nance Minister. CABRERA was in the neighbourhood of Cuenca, where he was perpetrating the most dread ful atrocities to revenge the appointment of NOGUERAS to the command of the army of the centre. The coun try south of the Ebro was in a sad state of disorganization. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MAY 28.—The Cotton Market has not been so active as it was yesterday. To day the sales are 2,030 bags, at late prices. Our arrivals this morning are a French mail, and ship letters from Cape Coast Castle and Batavia. The exportation of the precious metals from the port cf London, for the week ending on Saturday last consisted, according to the official returns, of 101,980 ounces of silver coin, and 23,432 ounces of silver bars; 10,160 ounces of gold bars, and 3,700 ounces of gold coin. THE FUNDS. The North Easterly winds again deprives us of any arrivals of importance this morning, and which no doubt is the cause of the non-arrival of the American Packet Ship from New York of the Ist inst,, which is some days over due. Yesterday was settling day in the British market, and to-day being the pay day for the various differences, there is not a doubt that all drafts will be duly honoured. The accounts received from the manufacturing districts within these few days, gives us reason to believe that the late forced speculations in raw cotton will be soon checked, owing to the manufacturers being overcharged with the raw material. It is also stated that the enormous amount of American bills drawn against the cotton speculators, was partly the cause of the Bank of England having ad vanced their rate of interest to 5 per cent. ; and at present the American bill holders must pay a high rate for dis counting the above paper, and that through private channels. There has been a decided improvement in the Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon. It now appears that the late operations of the Bank Directors begins to take a good effect, which, no doubt, will prevent the precious metals being exported from this country to any great extent. Consols, which closed buoyant at 931 for Money, and for Account at 934 opened at the above prices with a firm Market. Exchequer Bills, 26 28; India Bonds, 30 32 ; Bank Stock, 195 196 ; India Stock, 2551 2561. Money, which was scarce in the Stock Exchange in the early part of the morning of yesterday, became rather easy in the afternoon, when the account was settled. . - In the Foreign Market Spanish Active closed at 191 to 191, but the telegraphic dispatch of Espartero's success improved the price to 191 ; Portuguese, 354 I ; Three per Cents., 21 4 1 1 ; Belgian, 1011 102 ; Brazilian, 791 ; Co lombian 304 31 ; Mexican, 261; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. .561- ; Five per Cents., 1021 i. PRICES OF' STOCKS THIS DAY AT uisi r.: O'CLOCK. Bank Stock lO6 India Stock 257 3 per Cent. Red. 92 %Yi ; Ditto Bonds 2B pm. S per Cent. Cons. 93% }i ' South Sea Stock — 35 9 per Cent — Old Annuities Ditto Red. 9.1% 1011 New Ditto New 3 per Cent i014 , 14 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 New 5 per Cent. ~ — Exch. Bills, £l,OOO 2 ,, . 25 28 pm. Bank Long Annuities toexpire Ditto 500 28 96 26 pm. Jan. 5, 1860 14% 7-16 Ditto Small 28 '26 28 pm. Oct. 10, 1559 — Ditto Commercial — pm. Jan. 5, 1861 — Ditto Advertised ...... pm. Jan. 5, ISSO — Bank Stock for Account ... April 5, 1880 — India Stock for Account ... ..._. JZn. 5,1570 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds • Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Milan Bonds D tto Account Columbian Bonds Ditto Account Columbian 80nd5,1824 30X I Ditto Account Danish Bonds Ditto Account I Consos for Account 93%34 THIS DAY AT ON/. O'CLOCK Peruvian Bonds Ditto Account I Portuguese Bonds Ditto New Bonds 35y4%; Ditto Account 35% Ditto, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Prussian Bonds — Russian Bonds, Mil — Ditto Account — Ditto Metallic . __ — Spanish Botitis.. Ditto Account. Passive 19 %% Deferred Greek Bonds — French, 5 per cent....... —f. —c. Ditto Bonds, 1825 — 1 4 per cent. —f. —e. Ditto Account ' 3 per cent. —f. —c. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent —, Exchange. —l. —c. Ditto Account Ditto, 6 per Cent. S Ditto Account Ditto Account —; Ditto, 5 per cent IO2 Neapolitan —l Ditto Acc0unt........ ...... PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Candonga Mining Company 7 y,E, Ditto Registered 7 y2 3t( Gosport Junction 5 fi'y 9 Brighton Railway Loudon and Blackwall Railway London and Croydon Railway Company l6/. 11.5. 125 i 13 LAM) Midland Railway Company...—. ......... Colonial Bank COURSE OF EXCHANGE YESTERDAY. Amsterdam. C.F. ;o 5 i iiihraitar 4S iitto, at sight ........ ....... 12 2 1 Leghorn 30 55 Rotterdam 2U. 12 5%; Genoa .. • O5 75 Antwerp... Hamburg. A1t0na..... B'..ris, 3 days' sight 25 41 Pa.er 'no per oz. 120 Ditt0....... ........ ...3 Ms. 25 70 Lisbon 51% Marseille,. Bourdeaux Frankfort on Mainit, Er...M. 1515 Bahia ... 27 ?etersbuigh, ruble... 3 Us. 10% Buenos Ayres ........... .......... Berlin _ __... . . _ ... Vienna, effective ti..,3 Al. 10 6 Philadelphia 45 Tri..:,.te......ditt0 lO 7 PltloE O BULLION, per OZ. I.l,lrie 37 I Portugal Gala, con - 1....A:0 0 0 Cadiz.... ',7y 2 Foreign Gold, in bar 3... 318 0 Gilboa .... Barcelona Seville. 36 Silver in Bars lIALF-PAST We have no further arrivals at present, with the excep tion of the Dutch steamer, Batavier, bringing the Dutch Papers of the 28th May, with the prices of the 27th May from Amsterdam ; Two-and-a- Half Per Cents., 55 1-16 to 4- ; Five Per Cents., 102. In the British market very little business has been doing in the course of the morning, but Consols continue firm, and may be quoted at 9:14 2 Money ; and 93i a for the Account. Money continues very scarce, and high rates for dis• counts are demanded, particularly for mercantile bills. In the Stock Exchange it is obtained at easier rates, although in demand. To the present time we have neither reports or any news of consequence to communicate, was it not for the fine wea ther we should be exceedingly dull in the City. The merchants trading with the United States are anxiously waiting the arrival of the packet-ship from New York. The Dutch papers of the 28th inst. do not contain any political news of consequence. Exchequer Bills,. 28 26 28 ; India Bonds, 28 ; Bank Stock 196 ; India Stock, .257. In the Foreirm . Market Spanish 'Active, 19f ; Portu guese, 35i • Three per Cents., 211; Brazilian, 79 ; Co lombian, 3 I ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half pt.r Cents. 56h- Five per Cents. 1021. Must of the Foreign Funds have rather improved. BREAD-TAX BRAVOES.—The maddened vio lence with which our lecturers have been assailed by the scions and sycophants of the aristocracy, encourage us to persevere. We have evidently hit upon the right method of assailing the atrocious bread tax. The authors of the corn-law writhe under our exposure of their selfishness. They bore without wincing the castigations by Mr. Vil liers and the delegates in London : but to send missionaries to open the eyes of their own deluded victims, that is touching them on a raw place ! That the sordid party which passed the Corn-law, surrounded by bayonets to protect them from the people, should hire bravoes to assault our peaceable lecturers, is consistent enough. That the stewards, butlers, and game keepers of certain Lords should be ordered to drive up their tenants, to drown with their view halloo the voice of reason, is natural. But surely in times like these, when men will claim the right to think, however they may be coerced in action, the legislative landlords should endeavour to find some one man at least who can argue as well as fight for them. Even the slaveowners had their champion. Cannot the landowners find a Borthwick ? or must it stand confessed that nobody can be found with hardihoood suffi cient to face an impartial English audience as the advocate of the Corn-laws 2—Anti-Corn-law Circular. The " Anti-Corn-law Circular," anUnadvertirfg on the recently committed outrage at Cambridge by the unfledged ruffians in gowns and caps, says, " Let us hear no more about the violence of Chartists; their meetings have been conducted with decency, when compared with the outrageous language, and the attrocious attempt at physical force, and probably murder, by these collegians." MONSTROUS RAT.—There is at present in the possession of Mr. Lewis Smith, spirit-dealer, 141, Salt market, an animal of the rat species of the following ex traordinary description :—lt is of the bulk and thickness of a pretty large terrier dog, and covered on the back and belly with a thick coat of very fine hair ; the head is about the size of that of a house rabbit; the front teeth in the upper and lower jaws are nearly an inch and a half long and very sharp ; the paws are webbed, and the hind ones are broader than the webbed foot of a full grown goose. It swims and dives remarkably well, remaining in and ender the water until recalled by the voice of its owner, to whom it is very much attached, following him about like a dog. The ani mal, wh;ch is a female, weighs upwards of 101bs., and its length from the head to the extremity of the tail when ex tended, measures 2 feet 7 inches. The tail is entirely bare of hair, and very long and thick, and covered with a scaly stfastance. She is partial to vegetables and fish, but dis likes every kind of flesh whether raw or in a prepared s t ate . In eating she rests en her hind paws, holding the food in the fore ones. She is also partial to porter and beer, and has oftener than once drank more than she could w e ll carry. Although so powerful and fcrocicus looking she i s p er f ect l y tame and gentle, and will suffer handling without the least show of resistance or even ill nature, s o t h at the most may approach her with perfect safety. A strong attachment subsists between her and a fine dog of the cocker species Lo!on 7 ing to Mr. Smith.—Glasgow Chronicle. REPRESENTATION OF WEST SOMERSET...— The Somerset County Gazette refers to a circular issued by the Tories as incitement to the Liberals to bestir them selves. EVENING EDITION THE CONVENTION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—..-In your Paper of the 19th inst., in the Report of the proceedings of the Convention, it is stated that Mr. Hugh Craig left Birmingham without leave of absence being granted to him; and as this erroneous stat-ment has been circulated to.the prejudice of Mr. Craig, I wish you to inform those most interested in the matter that leave of absence was applied for for Mr. Craig and Mr. Moir, and was granted to them on the 15th inst. I remain your obedient servant, May 29, 1839. W. LOVETT. CHANCERY CuURT-(THIS DAY). ORME V. WRIGHT.-JUDGMENT. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment this morning in this case, affirming the decision of the Master of the Rolls with costs, which directed the redemption of a mortgage. DU HOURMELIN V. SHELDON. The arguments were concluded to-day in this part hoard case. The LORD CHANCELLOR postponed giving judgment. IN RE GEARY'S PATENT. The LORD CHANCELLOR was occupied the remainder of the morning with hearing the case in his Lordship's private room. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) LOWRY V. FULTON. His Honour the VICE-CHANCELLOR gave judgment to day in this case which was argued some time since. The bill was filed by two of the children of a gentleman mimed Lowry, who, previous to his death, resided in India, against Mrs. Fulton, the widow of one of Mr. Lowry's exaltors, for the purpose of compelling her to make good a large sum of money which bad been lost in consequence of the failure of a house in India, which bad acted as the agents of the executors. His Honour, after going at some length into the facts of the case, ordered the bill to be dismissed, on the ground that there was no proof that Mr. Fulton bad ever acted as executor. BAIL COITRT. 7 (THIS DAY.) THE QUEEN V. WII. JOHNSON. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS, at the sitting of the Court this morning, gave judgment in this case, which was argued yesterday. He thought an improper construction had been put upon the Act, and that the Magistrate had not juris.. diction to commit in this case, and therefore that the pri. soner was entitled to be discharged, and directed him to be discharged accordingly. (Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) THE QUEEN V. THE COMMERCIAL RAILWAY COMPANY. Mr. WILSON moved for a rule to show why a mandamus should not issue to the Commercial Railway Company, commanding them to purchase Wilson's estate and interest in certain mesnalges, shops, &c., and why, in the event of their refusing to purchase, a jury should not be sum moned to ascertain the value. The COURT granted the rule. THE QUEEN V. LORD JOAN RUSSELL. Mr. O'MALLEY Iswix, who moved for an attachment against Lord John Russell two or three days ago, this morning handed in several documents, which Mr. Justice Coleridge said he would look into. THE QUEEN V. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL. Mr. O'MALLEY IRWIN then moved for an attachment against the Attorney-Genera, for inducing Lord John Russell to disobey the summons of the Court.—Rule refused. THE QUEEN V. WILLIAM ADAMS. Mr. KELLY moved for a writ of certiorari to bring up the depositions against the defendant, who had been com mitted by the Magistrates of Norfolk for the manslaughter of a person named Ostler, in order that he might be ad mitted to bail.—Rule granted. COMMON PLEAS-(THIS DAY.) This being the 29th of May, the anniversary of Charles the Second's restoration, the Judges were arrayed in their scarlet robes. The Bar was nearly deserted, and the Court was occu pied with a long case, involving only some dry points of law. THE MARKETS.—(THIS DAY.) el> CORN-EXCHANGE. Little English Grain fresh up, but Foreign vessels con tinue to arrive with Wheat. As the duty on Foreign Wheat will be 6s. Bd. this week, and an increased quantity will be brought into the market, there is no demand for Wheat. In Barley, Beans, Pease, and Oats little doipg, at Monday's prices. Flour as last reported. ARRIVALS Wheat. English I 1,910 4rs Irish Barley. E 39 1 qra Oats. Flour. 000 qrs. 3,270 sacks 5,540 197 - 'oreign - NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. A moderate supply, and good demand, prices steady ; Beef, 3s. to 3s. Bd.; Mutton, 3s. 2d. to 4s. 24. ; Lamb, ss. 2d. to 6s. 2d. ; Veal, 3s. 10d. to ss. ; Pork, 3s. Bd. to 4s. Bd. ; Irish, 3s. to 3s. 6d. ; Poultry, in good supply-prices unaltered ; Eggs, 4s. to 4s. 9d. per 120 ; Plover Eggs, 2s. 6d. to 4s. per dozen. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. Supplies good, and the demand but moderate-prices as last quoted. Turbot, ss. to Iss. ; Cod, Is. to Bs. ; Soles, 9d. to 3s. Gd: per pair; Lobsters, Iod. to 3s. 6d. ; Mackerel, sd. to 10d. ; Haddock, Bd. to Is. 2d.; Sal mon, 10d. to 2s. per lb. DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTEaDAM MAT 27. Money. ?fills. Actual Dcbt, 23l per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. „. Amon Sandie, 44. percent..... Ditto, ditto, 3x per cent. lBl 60;i Commercial Company, 4y, per cent. lBl% 192 Ditto (1532 and 1833) 5 per cent. Ditto 1837. 5 per cent. Loan 1537, 5 iier cent.. 99 994 Exchange on London,:One month l2 Two month. ...... PRUSSIAN FUNDS.— BERLIN, Mar :3. Bills Money. St. Schuld. Sch., 4 per cent. 1(3% 102 z,. l'russian English Loan, 1830, 4 per Cent 103 162% Exchange on London, three months 6 20% —Prussian State Gazette. May :4. The late Speaker, now Baron Dunfermline, is de scended from the ancient fami:y of Abercromby of Birkenbog, in the county of Banff. The first of the family on record was Humphery de Abercromby, who obtained a charter from Robert Bruce in 1315. Sir Alexander Abercromby, of that Ilk, had a younger son, Alexander, who settled at Tuflibody in Clackinannnanshire, and was father of Sir Ralph Abercromby, who was killed at the battle of Alexandria in 1801. Baron Abercromby, the eldest son, inherited the title from his mother in 1821, and is married to a sister of the present Viscount Melville. Lord Dunfermline is the third son of the hero of Abou kir, and, we believe, is about 65 years of age. Some of the names sound strangely in English ears, and Tulli body and Birkenbog may fairly vie in that respect with what was considered at the time the most ridiculous English tide—Bootle Wilbraham of Skelmersdalc. The Times of this morning gives a long statement, at utter variance with the fact, about the reception Mr. O'Connell met with from the crowd on leaving the House on Monday evening, and puts at the tail of it, Evening Paper. It was - evidently drawn up by some lying Orangeman, and appeared in the Standard, but the Times knowing that not one in a hundred of even its readers would believe a word of it on such authority, tries to fix it upon some Liberal Evening Paper. We rather think Grandmamma published it first. What a low opinion the Times must have of the faith of the public in these two Tory Journals ! TRIBUTE TO TIIE DUKE OF KENT.---We have received the following note from a correspondent, whose earnest aspirations for human freedom induce us to publish it. We therefore insert with pleasure his letter.—Sunday Paper. " Some friends of civil and re ligious liberty, promoters of progress in our institus. tions, and of the improvement of the condition of tho working classes, consider it useful in the present cir- cumstances to pay a well-deserved tribute to the memory of a man who, during the whole of his life, had shown himself the friend of free institutions —Edward, Duke of Kent. The monument erected to his memory by the charitable institutions of which in his lifetime be had been the patron and benefaotor, is the most honourable that has ever been emoted to any Prince; and the epoch at which it was erected exonerates its authors from any charge of adulation or interested views. It is, however, but a private tribute paid by some individuals, and it is proper that the peoplo should pay a more general one, by a manifestation of their respect for the man who had in all times been devoted to their interests—of their attachment to the principles which be professed, which he im parted to his wife, who transmitted them to her daughter, who it is hoped will for ever take them, as the rule of her government. With this view, it is pro posed to convoke the friends of liberty in the several pa-. rishes of this metropolis, on the anniversary of the corona-, tion, and then to go in procession at eight o'cback at night., to deposit a crown at the feet cf the statue erected at the eutiance of Regent's Park. Persons visiting to co , operate in this object are invited to send thrir name, (under cover) to E. D., at the Weekly True Sun office, in order to take the necessary measures. for etarying out. the project." INDIA.—We regret to learn. That the illness of Runjeet Singh is but. too true. But he has had similar attacks before, and there is tr o reuson why he should not recover from this one. A 'Morning Contemporary con siders the position of acrd A'Ackland at Lahore rather ticklish, in the event. ot. 11 l e, , : tem i se o f the of the Punjab. 'w '•‘: OA not apprehend that any ono of the chi-, it advisable to nr eta to his territories would think present ruler of In di would ' meddle with the Governor-Gener al rozepore, by ;-,, forced march or two into the Punjab, r4e.nth,:"7 oral Duncan, With his force at Fe. person of 1 ever poll? •"° rd Auckland. unavailablean y Samentt e rn li n t e c d o n r v e e s n t i r c a n i i c i t e on t how_be event of 7 happening to Runjeet—and the mem anxiety ' ically speaking, might be anticipated in the bars of 1 nything side the 0 f I n t ri b u e s , Government,in jlovernmen . t . on thissi 4 at the position of the when when, talking over the v . old friend in the comedy • visit of Lord Auckland to Lahore, ,-, kill, aaturally exclaim with our. — b e ea t d il '.her difficult to answer. Wean not clear that it is '.( 141 -' diable alloit it faire dans cette galere? A question ra_ consist ent with our duty to enter, at this juncture in tho columns of a y ,ablic journal, into any elaborate speculations respecti ng r t sults to be antic i p ated in our connection with the. Seik il' ewer, in the event of the demise of its present ruler. But , v e m ay, perhaps, be permitted to hazard the remark, that :11 1% , o vert act arainst the faith of nations, such as that 0) A le ' I dat in the Florham, would eventually turn out to the v iv aritage of the British power, at whose hands, after such I at r,ct of aggression, the Seik nation could hope for little amity or consideration. Such an attempt would in all pro bribifity end in a Lahore contingent, with a British real. 6.ent in the Punjaub.—Calcutta Courier, Jan. 10. 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