The Sun. — London, England, 1839-04-10 00:00:00

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THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. I Pi bhe it respectfolly informed, that the PREe4ENT MANAGEMENT WILL TERMINATE WITH THIS SEASON ; Tits fullowing Pioiraminei6:th;;;&;giveon of its final ar. rattgcuisnt Tlia Standard Plays, as brought (out at this Theatre, vri each ht parfonned ouee more, viz. -. KING LEAH, MAC BET IT, OTHELLO, TIAAILET, CORIOLANUS, lON, IIIE TWO POSCARI, WERNER, and VIRGINIUS. THIS EVENING, /kraal. 10, Will he rrlnrtneil the New Play, in Five Acts, eaThsa RICHELIEU, OR THE CONSPIRACY, Written by Sir E. I.tton Bulwer, Bart. The Characters by Sir. Fulton, Mr. Diddear, Mr. Macready, Mr. Warde, Mr. kn. iersom, Ntr. Vining. Mr. Roberts, Mr. Phelps, Mr. G. Bea. vett, lir. Howe. - Ass E. Phillips, Mr. Tilbury, Mr. Yar. oeld, 31r. W. h. Payne, Mr. C. J. Smith, Mr. Bender, Air. Paula. Mr. Gouili, Mr. Thorne, Mr. Brady, Mr. Bur ,,a, Mr, 4mitn, Mr. Kirke, Mr. Hollingsworth, Mr. Wal dron, Mr. Aylitle, Mr. Andrews, Mr. T. Matthews, Miss Helen Faueit, Miss Charles, Mesdames Reed, Corder, Lee, Velassiake, Mathews, Mew, and Morgan. After which, THE ORIGINAL. To conclude with THE PORTRAIT OF CERVANTES. To-Morrow, Richelieu, with A Roland for an Oliver, and The Waterman. On. Friday, Tlio Lady of Lyons. LONDON: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1639. A eensiderable number of petitions in favour of Mr. Iltee's plan of universal penny postage, were presented last night in the House of Commons, showing the great interest which this subject excites. We know of none which would he more generally beneficial that the re auction of postage, and the people cannot too actively bestir themselves in petitioning for it. A new objection to the plan of paying in advance has, we see, been started by Mr. M'Cueeocir, in the recently published Supplement to his Commercial Dictionary, to this effect :,--At present the necessity of accounting for the postage of the letter secures, it is supposed, the pttnetual delivery of them ; and were this neces sity to account done away by the payment of the . post age is advance, no security, it is supposed, d would exist fir the careful performance of this li uty. .Now this view, if worthy sagacious, is l mora y unjust. Arc there no duties punctually a c heerfully performed in life withent security bein s g enge t ak en of or given for the per formance ? Is the ,j honour Nv 0 uld th n o thing e o s ? Is the sense of duty of no importance of ft good place, and the loss of character if discharged s ti,r negegenee, have no effect on letter-carriers. This pseurki kind of sagacity, which is founded on uni versa l suspieion, has this bad effect--it generates the crimes it 'redid arced, Trust and confidence are indispensible. No awake and counter-checks can guarantee society a ge einet roguery. It is far better, therefore, to confide in rem and by confidence pique their sense of honour and of duty into rectitude. We only regard such an objection as that, node by Mr. M'Culloch as important ;a a thoroughly corrupt and debased society, in which no mate is honest except by force of being watched; and the first stetyto improving it isto abolishthe mistrustful system. ify.eatleracn, if parents, may be entrusted to perform e . ,! , eir duties, so may letter-carriers ; and it, is our belief a ia t letters would be as punctual y delivered when noth i,, was to be collected on delivering them, as now when the postage has to be gathered at every door. Sir ROage.T PEEL announced that he means to move on Monday en amendment to Lord .JOHN RUSSELL'S motion, hut he deferred, till Friday, stating the pre cise terms and object of hie amendment. That pattern of patriots, Sir F. BURDETT, expressed a great anxiety to hare the appointment of Mr. O'CON NBLL to the magistracy before the debate on the 15th, and the Hon. Baronet is to be gratified. After a brief discussion, Mr. POULETT THoMSON's motion to postpone the further consideration of all Re ports en Railway Bills till April 23, was agreed to, eloogh it was appropriately remarked by Mr. HAWES, that the whole subject of Railway police and regulation should have been taken up long ago. Mr. LAROUCHERE moved for leave to bring in a Bill t o suspend the existing Government of the Island of Jamaica. The 'tight Hon. Member explained that the necessity of the measure arose from the impossibility of getting"the Legislature of Jamaica to consent to tile mea sures which were necesssary in the new circumstances of the Colony, in consequence of the emancipation of the ne etoes.That Legislature complained of Great Britain inter fering, amongst other things, to make regulations for the gaols of the Island, which it regarded as a high tafringsment of its privileges, and refused in consequence to proceed to perform any necessary acts till the Impe ril" Legislature ceased to interfere. There were great rite existing in Jamaica in regard to the confinement and renisliment of the negroes, which the House of A ssembl y I kid refuted to rectify. There was an open contest betwen I the beat and the Imperial Parliament, and ' . ' . .!';',Vl tcr: l n th er refused to take any active measures, „r it i o irt wouhi ba the bulk of the emancipated popula entitled to i vote for representatives. liiielraistate of t hings not be continued. He sitottld propos e to suspend e t;11. trik . ifillinS power in a .Gover e no constitution, vesting the . _r uind Council for five --.4 4 5- d adding to the Council three persons to be sent 4 " 'l l ; bl ; eu Ni o t n hi e o su g g hen e o r p a p i ol is e, dto ‘ Legislative As `ye., considering the 4 ., s i c* ; J ed existed for a century, tboe;he it , V e respected; and he blamed the Government C' r q~J ~ .~ . t. for not having treated the Legislature of Jamaica with proper deference. Sir G. GREY, lately Under-Secretary of the Colonies, defended the conduct of the Government, and expressed his regret that the measure should be made necessary by the refusal of the Legislature of Jamaica to act in a cor dial spirit with the Imperial Legislature. Mr. GLADSTONE reserved his opposition till the Bill was fully before the House. Mr GODSON was against the Bill. Sir ROBERT PEEL thought both the Government and the House of Assembly were to blame, but princi pally the Government. He thought an intermediate course might be adopted, and recommended the Govern ment to try the paths of conciliation. Dr. LUSHINOTON supported the Bill, as it was ab solutely necessary to make some regulations for the new condition of master and servant in Jamaica ; a duty which the Colonial Legislature would not perform. After some observations from Lord STANLEY and Lord JOHN RUSSELL, leave was given, and the Bill was brought in. On the motion of Mr. G. PALMER a Committee was appointed to investigate the causes of the ship wrecks of timber vessels. Most probably it has some connection with our timber-duties. Mr. II aavEr's motion for a list of those persons through whose property the railroads proposed by tile Commissioners for Railroads in Ireland will pass was agreed to. The House sat till nearly Half-past Ten. The continuance of Church-rates, as appears by a report from Truro, inserted in another part of The Sun, is exciting no inconsiderable commotion in the West of England. The voice that is there raised will be echoed in all parts of the kingdom, and the exactions of the Church will cause a new hubbub in the countri. On this question the community is divided into parties, and scarcely any man re frains from taking one side or the other. The Judges, it is plain, as they are Churchmen or Dis senters, must share the feelings of their friends, anti, even when they deserve it, will hardly receive credit for impartiality. We are not much surprized therefore, to learn that the people of Truro, fancy ing that the Judge had acted impartially, gave three groans for him. Church-rates are a nuisance ; the hubbub they are exciting, and have long excited, throughout the land is a nuisance ; but the suspicion they throw on the judgment seat, is a great injury to society. One of the few things of which we can truly and honestly boast, as compared to the nations of the Continent, is the character of our Judges, and if that be destroyed by the exactions of the Church, introducing a sectarian bias into the decisions of the bench, the administration of the law will soon become as much a bye•word as the law itself. Our statutes are a confused medley ; the common law is an inextricable mass of unsuit able and contradictory decisions, and both have only been tolerated, because of the confidence reposed in the integrity of those who administered them. If this be now shaken or destroyed, the law and all which belongs to it will speedily go to decay. Those who step in toprotect the individuals in question,and to procure the abolition of Church-rates, will do something, therefore, to uphold the law, as well as to promote justice. The appeal which is made to the country at large, and to the inhabitants of the metropolis in particular, by an advertisement which appears elsewhere, will, we know, not be made in vain. The success will teach the Judges, who require to be sometimes admonished, that they are liable, like the rest of mankind, to failures and errors ; it will be a consolation to the sufferers who are unjustly punished ; and it will give vigour to the resistance to Church-rates. We have always contended that property in the creations of the mind, considered abstractedly, stands upon as solid a foundation, and is therefore as much entitled to the protection of the Legislature as pro perty of any other kind whatever. To deny it this protection, on the ground that there is an essential distinction between things material, like land, for instance, and things immaterial, like mental concep tions, is little less than absurd ; because it proceeds upon the erroneous assumption, that the right to pro perty depends upon the nature or quality of the thing possessed, and not upon the relation in which. it stands to the possessor. We believe, how ever, that there are now very few persons who hold this opinion, the right having been generally conceded, and the only question being how its exer cise may be regulated without injustice to authors and detriment to the public. It is in this adjust ment of conflicting interests that the great difficulty of the question consists, and it is in cases like this, that principles which are impreg nable in theory re quire to be modified in practice. To carry out the principle to its full extent, the law ought to secure a perpetual copyright to an author in his works, but this is not demanded by the learned promoter of the measure, because he knows it to be impracticable. He has wisely limited the object of his Bill to an extension of the existing life term to sixty years beyond the author's death. Whether this extension shall be beneficial to those for whose benefit it is intended, or whether, leaving them in state quo, it shall not operate against the public, and in favour of the purchasers of copyright ex clusively, are questions which must be determined by the alterations which the Bill undergoes in Com mittee. As it now stands it assuredly will not answer the benevolent purposes of its flamer. In deed, were it to pass the Legislature in its present state, we could hardly regard it in any other light than that of an unmitigated evil. The objects of the measure, as we understand it, are to encourage the productioc of standard works of literature, and at the same time to secure better remuneration to literary men for their labours, so as to enable them to leave their families in a less desti tute condition than they usually do. Now, how are these objects proposed to be attained in the Bill? It is quite clear that the man who sits down to the composition of a literary work with a view to future profit will be governed as to the labour he may be stow upon it by the expectation which he may rea sonably entertain of remuneration. The publishers declare with one voice that they will give no more for a sixty years' copyright than for one which lasts twenty-eight years, because there is scarcely an in stance in which a copyright is worth anything at the end of the latter period, and in most instances books run their course in three or four years. The mere lengthening of the period, therefore, cannot be supposed to have much influence on the advance ment of literature, as far as that depends on the re muneration given for literary works ; but its obvious and indeed inevitable consequence must be, to give the purchasers of copyrights a monopoly for the whole of this long term against the public, without putting an additional shilling into the pockets of authors. _ _ Ilow then, it may be asked, are the author and his family to be benefited ? By what sort of pro vision are their interests to be consulted? There is but one way in which this can be accomplished, and that is, as we have before suggested, by re stricting the disposal of the author's right in his works to a short period, say ten years, at a time. By this means an author will have a continuous interest in his works, will derive the greatest pos sible advantage from them, both for himself in his life-time and for his family after his death, and will be stimulated to the utmost to bestow upon their composition that time and labour which may give them a permanent value, and without which it is in vain to expect any very high degree of excellence in literature. If it be objected to this limitation of an author's control over his property, that it would be deroga tory to literary men, as implying a special incapa city or imprudence on their part, in the manage ment of their own concerns, it is sufficient to say, that it is called for by the peculiar circumstances of the case. Such is the relative position of authors and publishers, that the former are almost always at the mercy of the latter. Quid nisi prceda sumus may be with truth assumed as the motto of the literary class, if we look to the comparative advantages which their labours have produced to themselves and to thcir publishers. They have no doubt got their full share of empty praise, but the solid pudding has fallen to the hap pier lot of others. And this state of things must continue while authors remain, as we fear they must always do, under the ban of poverty, unless the Legislature interfere to protect them by some such provision as we are recommending. An author, in fact, must otherwise sell his copyright " out and out," as the publishers ph ra s e it, and that too, in t h e generality of cases, for any sum he can get for it. Let it be remembered also, that in regard to works of literature, no one can tell what they may be worth beforehand. A certain time—often a very considerable time—must elapse after their publication before their real value can be estimated, this respect they differ from other kinds of pro perty, and therefore a different mode of dealing with them becomes nece,,ary. The partizans of the late French Ministry are seriously alarmed at the seeming d e termination of a majority of the Chamber of Deputies to insti tute an inquiry respecting the extent to which the the Cabinet was a party to the system of open bribery carried on during the late elections. That a motion to this effect would be made, is stated in the Paris Liberal Journals of Monday ; but, up to the hour of post, it was not brought before the Chamber. The business of disputed returns occupied the Deputies on Monday, and was ex pected to occupy it for two or three sittings, if not longer. According to private accounts from Paris, the debate on Monday was characterized by all the animation, earnestness, and party-spirit which dis tinguished it on Saturday. There appears to be a momentary pause in the conduct of the negociations for forming a new Ministry. Of SOULT S com plete failure, there no longer exists a doubt in any quarter. The Moniteur of Monday announces that the KING received an autograph letter from his High ness PHILIPPE, Landgrave, of Hesse-Hom berg, announcing the death of his brother, the Landgrave Louis. The Court of France goes into mourning for eight days. On Sunday the KING, after transacting business with the ad interim Minister of Foreign Affairs, Justice, and Public Instruction, had a long inter view with Marshal SOULT. The particulars did not transpire, but it was presumed that the Marshal took occasion to impress his MAJESTY with the ' utter hopelessness of any efforts made by him to form a permanent Ministry. in the mean time, the irritation of parties increases ; 'he country is kept in a state of feverish excitement ; and ivery new movement but selves to discover some fresh proof of the decline of Royal influence. With all his cleverness, the KING has proved himself no match for M. TIMERS ; for, view the question as we may, it has hitherto been as direct a personal contest between the sovereign and the individual subject, as was the famous struggle in England between GEORGE 111. and Mr. WILKES. The support which the Doctrinaires gave the Left and the Left Centre on Saturday, in attacking Ministerial corruption, has revived the hopes of the Liberal Journals for the election of M. BARROT to the Presidency of the Chamber. Upon this now very important question we find the following observations in the Courrier Francais—a respect able Moderate journal The parliamentary movement of 1838 united the Left and Right sides of the Chamber against a Cabinet which represented nothing but itself, and which was but the contemptible produce of an anonymous intrigue. In this combined attack of parties, the Left was the pivot upon which all turned. Other parties furnished leaders and officers; the Left alone furnished soldiers and principles. The entire press—that voice of combat—came from its ranks. There can be no majo tity at the present moment without the Left is against it. If the Coalition should survive its triumph, if Left and Right remain united, it belongs to the Left—that party which is the most numerous and the furthest removed from power—to give a President to the Chamber. But if the Doctrinaires fall off, and return to the bosom of the old Ministerialists, then the Chamber is divided in two, and choice must be made between two candidates, M. Guizot and M. Barrot. All admit that a Ministry is impossible to be formed without M. Thiers. But M. Thiers himself could not act without M. Barrot. The Left does not want to be the Government ; but it has a veto as the Govern. ment. M. Barrot did not consent to become Minister with M. Thiers, although the King himself pointed out this combination, and although the Doctrinaires promised to support it. But the alliance still endures, and will endure until the hour of fusion. For the mutual security of the Left and the Left Centre, it is necessary that M. Thiers be Minister, and M. Barrot President." The .Journal des Debats is of opinion that M. TRIERS ought to interpret the rejection of M. BAnnoT's claims to the Presidency of the Chamber by the Deputies, as tantamount to the rejection of his own pretensions to the Presidency of the Coun cil, and so resign all thoughts of a seat in the Cabinet. M. TRIERS has too much sagacity to be so gulled by an enemy. France being without a bona fide Cabinet, there can in reality be no trial of strength involving the honour of the chiefs of any party in the election or non-election of any officer the, ChaTuber, - The following are extracts from the French Journals of Monday :-- B&TONNY, Aram 4.—The two armies undertake no military operations. Nothing has taken place during the week that has just ended, except the concentration of the Queen's troops in the Ribera, and the arrangements of Maroto to oppose material obstacles to any attempt of Espartero. A superior Carlist officer, who has fled in consequence of the persecution of Maroto, states that Brigadier. General Carmina was with him at Ceranqui, when on the 17th Fe bruary, in the evening, he received a letter from the Ge neral, inviting him to join him at Estella, to confer with him. The public was already informed of the arrest of the other Generals. Carmina presented himself at five o'clock on the morning of the 18th to Maroto, who re ceived him very well, invited him to brea kfast, and gave him chocolate. When breakfast was over, he was sent to the Fort de Pruz, with an aide-de-camp without being told that he was going thither as a prisoner. On his entering it, notice was given to Carmina and the four other Generals, that they were all to be shot within an hour. Confessors were introduced to them. In fact, in spite of all their entreaties to be allowed to settle their family affairs, they were shot before six o'clock in the morning. Maroto has promised to justify this unparalleled proceed ing ; he has persuaded the public that there were proofs of the treason of the Generals who were shot. But two months have elapsed, and he remains silent on the subject, and doubt begins to be entertained of the truth of Maroto's assertions ; if be does not keep his promise, he is exposed to great dangers. The Navarese seem to be the principal objects of the fears and the hatred of Maroto and his partisans. Hence the flight of great numbers of them into France, and the disappearance of others. Part of the five battalions of Navarre, has already deserted. Generals Sopilana and Arroys have been arrested, and are kept in close confinement for having spoken against Maroto, after receiving the decree of 21st Feb. Don Theodore Gilos, surgeon to Don Carlos, who was dismissed with Tarraquat, has obtained permission to re side in this city.—Le Constitutionnel. BOURSE.—PkRIS, MONDAY, APRIL 5, HALF-PAST TMRcE.—The French Stocks have but little va. tied. Far the Account the Three per Cents. opened at 80f. 40c., and after being sOf. 43c., closed at !Of. 35e. The Five per Cents. from 109 f. 70c., declined to 109 f. 63c., the last prices of both being thus as on Saturday. For money the only alteration is a decline of cents. on the Five per Cents. The Bank of France Shares are 2f. 50c. better. The Laftitte Bank 11,009 f Shares are 3f., and those of I,ooof. are: 50c. higher. The Belgian Five per Cents. have not varied. The Belgian Bank Shares are 2 f. 50e. lower; the Three per Cents. for the Account are also 2f. 30c. lower. The Spanish Active has had but the one price of 20i. The Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., seldom quoted, are per cent. lower than on Saturday. The Neapolitan Bonds have advanced another 5 cents., and the Ronan i per cent. The only alteration in Railway Shares is a rise of :2f. s('c. in the Versailles Left Bank ; 2f. 50c. in the Strasburg to Basle; and 10f. in the Mulhausen to Thann. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French &per Cents lll 60 ... 108 e 0 ... 106 55 ... ISO 65 4% per Cents lOl 75 ... 104 75 ... 104 75 ... 101 75 4 per Cents l9l 90 ... 101 90 ... 11l 90 ... 101 90 $ per Cents KO ::0 ... 80 30 ... 80 SO ... 11 36 lank of Trance Lalfitte Dank I,ooof. Sli 1059 ...1050 ...IWO —lO5O 5,609 f. Sh SL9O ...5191) —.5190 ...5 941 Ultima a per Cents 102)4 ... 10.24 ... 102% ... 102% 3 per tents... ..... Bank O2 5 . ... 02 0 ... 00 ... 692 50 Coupons Dutch 2% per Cents 56 ... 56 ... 50 ... 56 s,.anish Ac lye Ol4 ... 2044 ... 2 . a% ... 20 1 , , Oon Miguel bYe ... 5% ... 5 ... 54 Neapolitan Roman RAILWAY SHAREs. .Ah_ _ St. Germain Versailles, N. B 675 ~,, 675 ... , 72 zo ... 672 40 L.B. 215 ... V 9 ... 245 ... 230 Charleroi 455 ... 455 ... 453 ... 455 Havre ... 955 Strsaburg to Bale ... ....... Mulbausen to Thann ASPPIALTES AND SITU iIk:NS. Seyssel (A) 2150 ...2150 ...2150 ...215 ) Yarn (Moberly's) Galvaniz d Iron DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTARDAM, APRIL 8. Moey. H i m,. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. Arnett Syndic, 454 per cent .................. Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent. .................. Commercial Company, 4% per cent 179 178% Ditto (1832 and 1833) 5 per cent. .......... Ditto 1437, 5 per cent. lOO% 101 Loan 1837, 5 per cent. 9B 98% Exchange on London, One month ll 97% Two months ...... PIUSSIAN FUNDS.—BLRLIN APRIL 4. ' Birls. Money. St. Schuld. Sch., 4 per sent. —..... ...... .. 103 102 54 Prussian English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent. 109.4 102 lixchange on London, three months ... 6 2t 1 .4 —Friaries State Gazette. April 5. Madrid Journals of the Ist inst. have reached us this morning. They contain no news save that an entire reconciliation has taken place among the members of the Cabinet. MM PEREZ DR CA S TRO, ALA ix,"and PIZARRO, have shaken hands. So there will be no change of Ministry for the present. The news from the Provinces is confined to accounts of the movements of small divisions of troops from one Province to another. ESPARTERO is at his old trade—reconnoitering. The following highly important intelligence from Mexico appeared in the Second Edition of The Evening Sun of yesterday : IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO. It affords us the highest gratification to state, that the long-existing differences between Mexico and France have been at last amicably arranged, through the effectual mediation of the British Minister, Mr. Pakenham. This intelligence is communicated in the following letters from Vera Cruz, dated the 9th and 10th of March, brought by , ..,,, ~..,:" , e - F? • - :I * , . „,, -' ' ' .2. -- . . a,..5,„.... .'. ~, , „ li t .: -7 * • 1111:. ' - 'llr, , ;.iPallr i l ialli )ith . Zile '4' IVEh f ‘* f I r Irg 11 - T THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1839. her Majesty's ship Racehorse, which arrived at Plymouth on Sunday last, in the short space of 28 days, being the qu;cki.st, passage e ver knowil:-- " VERA Cauz, MARCH 10, 1639.—0ur last was under date the 27th ult., and we have now the pleasure to inform you Mr. Pakenham overcame the difficulty that arose in consequence of the circular alluded to therein. M. Goros tiza, Mr. Pakenham, General Victoria, and the French Admiral having had several interviews within the last few days, a treaty of peace, convention, and armistice have been the result. The terms are highly honourable for Mexico, and we have no doubt will be approved of by Congress. " Mexico is to pay 600,000 dollars, in three drafts on the Custom-house, at two, four, and six mon.hs; and the ex pressions under this head that caused so much offence at Jalapa are omitted. • " France does not insist on the retail trade. " The restitution of the prizes made by France, and in demnifications for losses during the war on both sides arc left to the arbitration of England. " The Mexicans are at liberty to make a treaty of com merce with France whenever they think fit, and no terms are stipulated for it. " The Castle, with its artillery (less twelve guns taken from the French by the Spaniards many years since) is to be delivered up immediately the agreement is ratified by Congress. " The French will be allowed to return and enjoy the privileges of the most favoured nation. " An armistice for fifteen days (twelve being allowed for the ratification by Congress) will allow vessels to com mence their discharge immediately. " The documents were duly signed yesterday. " We hear nothing respecting the Federalists." " VEKA Cauz, MARC'S 9.—We have great pleasure is informing you that the conferences which have taken place here between Don Edward de Gorostiza and General Victoria, as Mexican Plenipotentiaries, on one side, and Monsieur Baudin, the French Ad miral, on the other, with the British Minister, Mr. Pakenham, as mediator, terminated yesterday in an amicable arrangement of the differences with France. The treaty of peace has been signed to-day, and it is now being sent to Mexico for the ratification of Congress, which there is hardly anyibliht,%';2..be. given. ---/ineantime, it ;s agreeri that the merchant ves sels waiting here may commence their discharge as soon as the Custom-house is properly re-established. " As yet nothing has been made known officially as to the conditions of the treaty, but from what we have learnt on the subject, they are honourable to both nations. Im mediately after the receipt of the ratification from Mexico, the French are to evacuate the Fort San Juan d'Ulloa, and withdraw all their forces." WP understand that the sum of 600,000 dollars, agreed to be paid by Mexico to France, is solely to be regarded as compensation for damages sustained by French subjects before the establishment of the blockade ; and that all subsequent expenses incurred by France in enforcing her claims are to be left to the arbitration of England. The office assigned to our Government is highly honourable, but at the same time it is one of great delicacy. To overlook the claims of the thousands of Frenchmen who have been ruined by the establishment of the blockade might appear partial ; and yet it would savour strongly of injustice to visit upon Mexico the re sults of a measure of coercion on the part of France equally unworthy of the wisdom, the justice, and the humanity of a great and powerful nation. As the French Chambers are now sitting we have no doubt but that their generosity and patriotism will supply all that is wanted to render the office of Me diator as free from difficulty as can reasonably be expected amidst such a c onfliction of national claims, and such a jarring of individual interes'zs. The negociations for a final adjustment of dif ferences have been conducted in a spirit highly honourable to the Governments of Mexico and France. Of this we have ample evidence in pri vate tetters from trustworthy persons resident at Vera Cruz. As soon as peace is formally concluded between France and Mexico the British and French squad rons will leave the Gulf—the former proceeding to North America, where some ships are likely to be stationed to await the adjustment of the boundary question. METROPOLITAN POLITICAL SUMMARY. The Times of this morning contains a lengthened sum mary of last night's debate in the House of Commons on the subject of the suspension, for five years, of the repre sentative Constitution of Jamaica. In another leading article, alluding to the approaching debate in the Com mons on the 15th, our Contemporary says—" Our per suasion is that in the division of the 15th, let the motion or amendment take what form it may, the bulk of the Ra dicals will find some pretext, satisfactory to their own nice sense of public virtue, for voting black white •' and that if any of the Conservatives look forward to a different issue than that hitherto flowing from the old Lichfield-house alliance in support of the shabby Ministry, they will be guilty of a double blunder—first, a delusive expectation ; secondly, an impolitic wish. But act how they may, vote how ti.ey may—let the O'Connell and Durham sa tellites cram the back benches in what numbers their re spective chiefs may enjoin them—no conceivable vote, no possible majority, can save these wretched Ministers from the ruin consequent on this wild appeal to their own ac complices, from the judicial inquiry of the House of Lords, combined with the universal feeling of the people of England. For that day's majority no wise man need care a straw—public opinion is in the teeth of it." The Morning Chronicle gives a summary of the de bate last night on Jamaica in the House of Commons. In another leading article referring to some remarks that our Contemporary has recently put forth, respecting the ne. cessity of hastening the march of reform, he observes as follows :—" Expressions of a general coincidence in our views, or of close approximation towards them, pour in from almost the entire Liberal Press of the country. There is a growing conviction of their necessity ; and there is also a growing conviction of their comprising the largest measure of practical and probable reform. The myriads of Ireland adopt them as the only means of per manent security. The most thorough-going Reformers of Great Britain are content with them as the most efficient advance that can reasonably be contemplated ; and the moderate find little to except to, as going beyond the exi gency of the case. It is plain that we have spoken only what millions thought of Ministers, and legislators, and leaders of parties; we claim the attention that is due to the voice of the country." The modesty of this passage is ex ceedingly racy and unctuous. " We" (Chronicle) have " spoken" out—therefore, our speech is that of the " mil lions !" We address ourselves iu a loud voice to " Minis ters, and legislators and leaders of parties"—therefore, our voice is " the voice of the country !" The fly on the chariot-wheel, who exclaimed, " What a dust we raise 1" was a prodigy of diffidence compared to our Con temporary ! The Morning Post is fiercely critical on Lord John Russell's motion respecting the Irish policy of Government. " A motion of this kind," observes our fastidious Contem porary, " upon which the fate of the Ministry confessedly hangs, should have been worded, so as to be at least dis tinctly i n t e lli g ibl e. I t i s pos i t i ve l y di sgrace f u l , as we ll as ludicrous, that such a jumble of words as this motion con- sists of, should be thus hung up for public scrutiny, and made the subject of a division to the result of which, all Europe looks with interest. There is no end to the non sense of the motion of which notice has been given. In endeavouring to abstract from their motion all the points I upon which the opposition of sections of their own party was to be dreaded, the Ministers have taken away all sense and meaning from their proposition, and have left it mere trashy drivel, which every man of sense and education must laugh at and despise, let his vote upon it be what it may." The ]Horning Advertiser, commenting on Sir Robert Pees announcement of his intention to move an amend. ment to Lord J. Russell's motion, remarks :—" There is no doubt that it is on the general conduct of Government that the amendment of Sir R. Peel will appeal to the House. This is the most effective way of deciding the continuance of the Ministry ; but it will afford no satisfactory result to the country. By a proposition of this nature the Tories may enlist a sufficient number of votes from the Radicals to obtain a majority against Ministers ; but with these Radicals' support, will they even tolerate for a moment, a Government based on Tory principles ? To Use the emphatic language of a leading member of the Convention, they would spill their heart's blood first.' " The Morning Herald observes, in reference to last night's debate in the Commons respecting Jamaica—" Few, we imagine, even of the regular supporters of Government, can cordially arove of the Ministerial project for sus pending the Constitution of Jamaica. Dilticulties of a grave kind do, undoubtedly, beset t he question; yet a so lution of these difficulties, more in accordance with the spitit which ought to characteri ze the decisio' s i the English Legislature, might assuredly have peen discovered by men earnestly bent on discovery. The view tak of en by Sir R. Peel of this question appears to embody the whole truth in connexion with it." CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.; EX PARTE lIALL--JUDGMENT. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment this morning in this case, which came before the C ourt upon petition of appeal from the decision of the Court of Revi▪ e . w. The short facts of the case were as follow : —Some time siace a fiat of bankruptcy was issued again st a p erson named Hall, w h o pres ented a petition to the Court of Review, proying that the fiat might be annulled, and the costs paid by the p e ti t i on i ng cre di tor . Upon the case comi▪ ng on be fore the Court of Review, that Court ordered the fiat to be annulled, and from that decision the case was brought before his Lordship by way of appeal, on the ground that the Court of Review had acted inconsistently with the Bankrupt Act. His Lordship after going at so me length i n t o th e f acts o f the case, stated his opinion t o b e that he h a d no j ur i s di ct i on to interfere with the judgment of the Court of Review, inasmuch as that judgment was pronounced u p on ma tt e rs of fact. The petition, therefore, must be dismissed with costa. STONE V. THE COMMERCIAL RAILWAY COMPANY. The arguments in this part-heard case were resumed, and concluded to day. The case came before th e Court upon a pp ea l f rom the decision of the Vice-Chancel lor, who ref use d t o gran t so extended an injunction as the plaintiffs asked. The plaintiffs were the assignees of a person named Richardson, who some time since carried on the business of timber merchant at Lime house . Upon the receipt of a notice from the defendants of their intention to summon a Jury to assess the value of the land of the plain tiff, which they required for the purposes of the Railway, the plaintiffs fi'ed their bill for the ptrpose of obtaining an injunction to prevent them from doing so, alleging that thfy were bound to assess the damage of the whole of the land, and not part. The Vice-Chancellor _rr:oited ipi:lnction only to part, and from that decision the present appeal was brought. The LORD CHANCELLOR, at the conclusion of the argu ment, gave judgment, extending the injunction to prevent ing the Company from proceeding upon the precept to sum mon a jury, the quantity of land stated in the precept not agreeing with that contained in the notice. CRIMINAL COLTRT.-(THIS DAY.) Thomas Loch was indieted for a burglary in the dwell ing-house of James White, in Sweeting's-rents, Corn- Lill, and stealing several articles of plate, and 93 cheroots, on the 3d of April. • The prosecutor's house had been entered by means of lifting a grating, and the articles in question stolen therefrom. The policeman who took the prisoner into custody, found him in bed with his elder brother, and the articles in question were concealed in some clothes, which the prisoner afterwards put on. The prisoner denied to the policeman all knowledge of the robbery. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE, in summing up, put it to the jury whether this could be considered a forcible entry, and also whether there was proof that it took place between nine at night and six in the morning, both of which were necessary to constitute the crime of burglary. The jury found the prisoner Guilty. James Jefferies was indicted for a burglary in the dwel ling-house of Henry Bond, and stealing one hook and va rious other articles, his property, on the Ist March. Mr. CLARKSON stated the case to the Jury. The prosecutor's house, which is in Bermondsey, was entered by cutting a pane of glass in one of the windows, and lifting up the sash, and the articles in question were stolen. The prisoner had given a Testament to a person named Noakes to :pawn for him on the day after the robbery. Other articles had been pawned by the prisoner himself, and the policeman who took him into custody found various articles on him, all of which were identified by the prosecutor's wife. The shoes of the prisoner were likewise found to correspond with certain footmarks at the back of the prosecutor's house. The prisoner in his defence said he had bought the articles of a sailor. _ . ..-.—. up, and ihe Jury found theprisoner Guilty.—He , was sentenced by Mr. Justice Coltman to be transported for ten years. Catherine Denny was indicted for feloniously cutting and wounding Bridget Santry, with intent to do her some grievous bodily harm. The prosecutrix lodged in the prisoner's house, in the neighbourhood of Rotherhithe ; and on the Ist of March, whilst in her own room, the pro secutrix heard the prisoner making use of abusive language respecting her son, and on her way down stairs the knocked at the prisoner's door to remonstrate with her ; and after some altercation the prisoner seized her, and stabbed her with a knife in the head ; she put up her left hand to defend herself, and received a cut in consequence, and also a cut in the face. She is at present under medical attendance in consequence of those injuries. On the cross-examination of the prosecutrix by Mr. C. PHILLIPS, it appeared that this took place at seven o'clock in the morning, at which time the prisoner's husband was up stairs with the prosecutrix and her husband drinking gin. The policeman who took the prisoner into custody, stated that she was streaming with blood from a wound in her forehead, and that she said she had stabbed the prose cutrix in self-defence, who had burst into her room and attacked her. Mr. C. PHILLIPS, in defending the prisoner, said that the prosecutrix had first of all attacked the prisoner and wounded her with a poker, the mark of which was yet vi sible, and that the prisoner had employed the knife with which she was preparing her husband's breakfast in self defence, and contended that the witnesses for the prosecu• tion were unworthy of credence, their evidence having been contradicted by that of the policeman. The prisoner re ceived a good.character for humanity. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE summed up, and the Jury found the prisoner Not Guilty. THE ALLEGED MAN SLAUGHTER AT HAY ES. —ln the course of the morning the Grand Jury returned a true bill against Francis Hastings hurst ft,r manslaughter. Mr. C. PHILLIPS applied to the Court to fix some day for the trial of the prisoner Medhurst, and suggested Sa turday next. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE—Let it stand for Saturday. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS TTVELYE O'OCLOCK. LINERPooL COTTON MARKET, TUESDAT.—The demand for Cotton continues to be to a fair extent. The sales are 4,000 bags, chiefly Americans, and full prices hare been obtained. The arrivals this morning are the French mail and ship Letters from Berbice and Honduras. The exportation of the precious metals from the port of London fur the week ending Saturday hat, consisted, ac cording to the official returns, of 15,000 ounces of gold bars, 15,070 ounces of gold coin, 462,000 ounces of silver coin, and 65,297 ounces of silver bars. The Bank having reduced the price of silver, the de mand for that metal by the exporters of bullion has greatly increased ; this has•caused some bustle and activity in that &pertinent. The gold now in the Bank may be applied for other purposes than for exportation, as at the present period silver has the preference, It is expected here by the merchants 9nl the Mexican trade, as peace with the French has been re-established and the ports again open to commerce, that business will be re sumed in that country with redoubled vigour, and that numerous orders will be sent to our various manufacturers for goods,and that specie,which had been collected to a large amount for commercial and other purposes, will be sent to England. We have no arrivals this morning of consequence, the papers and letters by the New York packet arrived off Holyhead, which sailed on the 13th ult., may be expected in town in the course of this afternoon- We hare the satisfaction to observe that in the course of yesterday there was reported at the Custom House the ar rival of 8,878 quarters of wheat from Dantzic, and various ports in the Baltic, being the first arrival from the Baltic since the ports have been opened. A number of vessels are expected with wheat. THR FUNDS. Consols which closed yesterday at 924 i opened this morning with an improvement, and may be quoted 92i i Money, for the next Account, May 28, 92a i, little doing as yet. Exchequer Bills, 36 38; Bank Stock, 196 197 ; India Stock, 250 i 2511 ; Spanish Active, 201 ; Portuguese, 334 34 1 1 ; Three per Cents., 204 21*; Belgian, 1021; Mexican, 231 24 k ; Colombian, 211 29 ; Dutch Two-and a- Half per Cents., 55i ; Five per Cents., 1004 101. Consols are at present 92i- sellers. COUrZSE OF EXCHANGE YESTERDAY. Amsterdam C.F. 12 4 ! Gibraltar alto, at sight Rotterdam 2U. 12 4% . Genoa 25 80 Antwerp... I - I.unburg...—... ..... M.B. 13 11 i Venice 47 Altana ... Paris, 3 days' sight 25 40 i Palermo ...... ....... ..... per oz. no Ditto ... .. .. ........... 3M525 F 5 ILiabon .......... ......... .. .......... 54 IA Nlar,eilles. .... Bourdeaux Frankfort on Manic, Ex.M. lit : Bahia ... 27 !'etersburgli, ruble... 3 Us: 10.1 ) Buenos Ayres Berlin Vienna, effective ti.....: M lO 4 j Philadelphia 46 Trieste ditto lO l's , PRICE OF BULLION, per OZ. Hadrid :.. 6N. Portugal Gold, c0m.....f.3 18 0 Cadiz..~ Bilboa .... . 36% New Doubloons Barcelona ''F% New Dollars 0 4 1014 Seville 30% Silver in Bars HALF-PAST (ME. The Batavier has arrived with Dutcb papers of Tuesday the 9th list. Prices of the Dutch Funds—Two-and-a Half per Cents., b 4 9-16 to i; Fire per Cents., 1004, much the same prices as per last accounts. The ratification of the Treaty of Commerce between tl:e German Confederation, was exchanged at Berlin on the 2d of April, and all the difficulties arranged by the German States. The Minister of Foreign Affairs at Belgium left Brus sels on the 7th of April fcr London, with full powers front Kirin Leopold to make the last necessary arrangem en t s with the Conference. To-morrow will be the settling day in the British Funds; it is generally understood that most part of the Account has already been adjusted, consequently but little is left for to-morrow's settling ; and there is every prospect that the Account will go off well. A new company has just made its appearance, called the West, Kent Gas Light Coke and Coal Cempany ; according to the respectable names concerned in it, there is every appearance of its succeeding. The shares are quoted at 4 to premium. Consols have rather receded since the early part of the morning, and have been done at 92i, since which they improved to 92i- for the Account and Money. Die Money Market continues without alteration ; bills may be discounted of the first reputation at 3} to 34 ; second rate, 4 to 5 per cent. Mr. Labouchere's Bill, which he brought into the House of Commons last night, for suspending for five years the representive constitution, has caused some sensation among the Jamaica merchants. Exchequer Bills, 38 39. In nndia Stock and Bonds nothing doing ; Bank Stock, 196 f ex. div. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active rather continues ct 20 ; Portuguese, 33j- 34k ; Mexican Five per Cents. 161 ; Colombian, 28} i; Brazilian, 77 ; Dutch Two• and• Half per Cents.,.ssi ; Five per Cents., 10i1. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Sank Stock 196y4 India Stock 3 per Cent. Red 91% Ditto Bonds 3 l'er Cent. Ccus 3%, per Cent. Red 98% Ditto New Annuities New 3I( per Cent lOO Ex. Bills, 1,0001......24 '9 pm. Ncw 5 per Cent Ditto 5001 30 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto 5001.... 4O pin Jan. 1860 Oct. 1859 Jan. 1860 FOREIGN FUNDS. Asturian, 5 per cent Portuguese Bonds, sper cent. Belgian, 5 per cent Ditto, New Ditto Brazilian Bonds 76% Prussian, 5 per cent — Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent Russian Bonds, 5 per cent... 111% Cliilian, 6 per cent — Ditto, Metallic Coloinlhan, 6 per cent. — Spanish, 5 per cent Dit to, 1824 28% I Ditto, Consolidated Danish, 3 per cent ... 74 k ' French, 5 per cent.......... —f. —c. Greek Bonds, 1825, 5 per ct. Exchange —f. —c Mexican, sper cent. I6X , French, 3 per cent —f. ---c. Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825 Dutch, 2% per cent. Peruvian, 1825,6 per cent.... Ditto, 5 per cent. lOl SHARES. Great Western Railway Gosport Junction Railway London and Brighton Railway London and Black wall Railway Ditto Quarter Shares London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) 11(4 Manchester and Leeds Railway Northern and Eastern Railway 4 North Midland RAltt ay South Eastern and Dover Ditto New Shares IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. There being only twenty-eight Members present at Four o'Clock, the House adjourned until To-morrow. LITERATURE 12:1)1AB 6 .R. Gil RE VI 1.: it. . ...% -, Longman, London, 1839. We have here some more " Historical Sketches," from the pen of Lord Brougham, written with the author's usual spirit and knowledge of his subject, and with more than his usual negligence and diffusiveness. They are admirable specimens of the currente-calamo style of composition, and are far more conversational in their tone than they have yet been. We should have been glad, however, had greater pains been taken with some of them—the character of the late Lord Tender- den, for instance—whom Lord Brougham knew well, and esteemed highly. In this sketch, whose general accuracy is indisputable, and whose impartiality is equally so, we meet with frequent repetitions of the same re mark, and, occasionally, with a slovenliness of diction that jars most unpleasantly on the reader's mind. The portrait of Mr. Justice Holroyd is a far more finished production, but even here the same blemishes are per ceptible, though in a less marked degree. When the entire series of Sketches come to be republished, as of course they will be—and we can imagine no three volumes likely to be more universally popular—these minor defects will of course be remedied, which is the only sort of revision, so far as we can see, that they stand in need of ; the general tone that pervades them being, with scarcely an exception, remarkable for its temperance and impartiality. It might not unnaturally have been anticipated that in drawing the character of such a very ordinary minded Tory Statesman as the Earl of Liverpool, Lord Brougham would have allowed some few sarcasms to have escaped him, and some few party feelings to have influenced his judgment ; but there is nothing of the sort ; the sketch if not eulogistic, is rigidly just, and cannot possibly offend even the most ardent admirer of the Tory Premier—unless, indeed, he be one of those bigoted enthusiasts who believe that George T l :;ird was a model of an English king, and George the Fourth —the coarse, selfish libertine—the most finished gentle man in Europe! Speaking of the Earl of Liverpool's conduct during the Queen's trial, Lord Brougham re marks—"this is the darkest spot in his history ; and another is connected with it ; he lost his head entirely when the people had defeated a body of the troops at the Queen's funeral, and is understood to have given orders for resorting to extremities—orders to which the cooler courage of the military commanders happily post poned their obedience. The candour which he ever displayed in debate was a part of the natural honesty of his character, which power had not corrupted, and no eagerness of Parliamentary warfare could interrupt. His general worth as a man was always acknowledged." We quote a portion of the masterly portrait of Lord Tenterden : Although his reputation at the bar was firmly established for a long course of years, it was not till he became a Judge, hardly till he became Chief-Justice, that his merits were fully known. It then appeared that he had a singu larly judicial understanding ; and even the defects which had kept him in the less ambitious walks of the profession, —his caution, his aversion to all that was experimental, his want of fancy,—contributed with his greater qualities to give him a very prominent rank, indeed, among our ablest judges. One defect alone he had, which vas likely to impede his progress towards this eminent station ; but of that he was so conscious, as to protect himself against it by constant and effectual precautions. His temper was naturally bad ; it was hasty, and it was violent; forming a marked contrast to the rest of his mind. But it was sin gular with what success he fought against this, and how he mastered the rebellious part of his nature. It was, in deed, a study to observe this battle, or rather victory ; for the conflict was too successful to be apparent on many ec•• casions. On the bench it rarely broke out ; but there was observed a truly praiseworthy feature, singularly becoming in the demeanour of a Judge. Whatever struggles with the advocate there might be carried on during the heat of a cause, and how great soever might be the asperity shown on either part, all passed away—all was, even to the ves tige of the trace of it, discharged from his mind, when the peculiar duty of the Judge came to be performed; and he directed the jury, in every particular, as if no irritation had ever passed over his mind in the course of the cause. The review of " Dr. Channing's Essay on Milton" is penned in a petty, carping spirit. The writer speaks of it throughout with undisguised contempt, as evincing signal instances of " false taste" in style ; but when he comes to adduce these instances, there is little or no thing in them to which any one can object who is not a decided pedant. Dr. Channing's talents are not thus to be sneered into contempt. He is one of the wisest— most thoughtful—most humane spirits of his age, and in his famous analysis of the character of Napoleon, has shown a philosophic intellect of the highest order. " Church and State" is an article full of sound and liberal doctrine, and is suggested by Mr. Gladstone's recent publication on that subject, of whom the Re viewer observes, that the more strictly Mr. Gladstone reasons on his premises, the more absurd are the conclusions which he brings out; adding that the " foundations of his theory, which ought to be buttresses of adamant, are made out of the flimsy materials which are fit only for perorations." In the " Life and Adventures of Maceroni," we have an interesting and spirited digest of one of the most amusing auto-biographical sketches that have lately ap peared. In the article entitled " Commission on Irish Railways," the Reviewer speaks warmly in praise of the Ministerial scheme, as propounded by Lord Morpeth in the House of Commons, observing, " If ever a proposi tion was recommended by the true principles of econo my, it is the proposition in discussion. The measure recommended is one of work for the unemployed, and food for the hungry—a measure of humanity, of protec tion, of security for the peace of society." Of the re maining articles we have merely to observe, that each is good of its kind, and that the best is the one entitled " Charles the First and the Scottish Commissioners," which shows considerable acquaintance with the history of that troubled period. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ABERGAVENNY STEEPLE CHASE...FRIDAT. Sweepstakes of five sous. each, and 25 added, the second to save his stake, for horses of all denominations ; 12st each ; gents. riders. Three miles. Eight subs. Mr. Ifomfrey's b g Lara Carlin 1 Kangaroo__ Mr. Capers b g ICangaroo 2 The following also started:—Mr. Jones nd ch g Bobadil, Mr. Bailey nd b g Cholstrey, Mr. Stretten nd Rambler, and Mr. C. Jones, nd bl g The Moor. Won by a head, after an excellent race. BIBURY SPRING RACES-SATURDAY The Bibury Stakes of 10 sovs each, ii ft for horses not thorough bred, that have been regularly hunted, and that never won ; six years, 1 Ist 7th; and aged, 12st. About two miles. The winner to be sold for 150 soya if demanded, Sze. Eight subs. Lord Andover's bl g by Defence, 6 yrs walked over. The Sherborne Stakes of 10 cove each, h. ft., with 10 added, for horses of all denominations; four-yr-olds, 9st. 71b; five years, lOst. 71b ; six years, 1 Ist ; and aged, 1 Ist. 71b. Winners once b fore naming, 51bs ; twice, 10Ibs. extra ; mares geldings allowed 31bs. One mile. Five subs. Mr. Dolphin's The Skater, 6 yrs (Owner) 1 Captain Pettat's b. h. Caliph, aged 2 Sweepstakes of 10 sons each, h. ft., for regular hunters, not thorough-bred, 13st. each. One mile, or thereabouts, over a rail four feet six inches high. Eight subs. Captain Pettat's lion Sebastian (Mr. Fairlie) 1 Mr. Browne nd Conservative The Agricultural Stakes of three sovs each, with 10 added, for farmers horses, &c., 12st. each ; thorough-bred horses 10Ibs. extra. Two miles. Lord Folkestone nd b g Donation, late Fidel;o......walked over. The Hack Stakes of five sovs each, list. 71b. each ; thorough bred horses 10Ibs. extra; the straight run in, about three quarters of a mile ; the winner is to be sold for 40 sovs if de manded, 3c., were won by Lord Andover's bl. g. by Defence (Captain Berkeley) beating four others. The Hurdle Race Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 5 added, for horses not thorough-bred; five leaps over hurdles four feet high ; weights as for the Ilibury, were won by Mr. Bruce nd. Cantatrice (Mr. Williams), beating Mr. Day's Conservative and Mr. Dolphin's Pet. A Ilandie4 Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each, 1 ft., one vile, were won by Mr. Fairlie's; Don Sebastian (Capt. Berkeley), beating Mr. Dolphin's Skater and Mr. Atkin's nd. Donation. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING iIEETING-1839. TitußsnAY.—Sweepstakes of '25 sous. each, for two-yr_old colts, sit. 71b. ; and fillies, Bst. 41b. T. Y. C. Lord Exeter, Lord Stradbroke, Mr. Rayner. SECOND OCTOBER MEETING-1839. FRIDAY.—Lord Stradbroke's Algy agst Mr. Greville's Pro teus, Bst. 41b. each ; T. Y. C., 100 t., h. ft. FIRST SPRING MEETING-1840. MONDAY.—Post 'latch; one to the post, R.M., 150, h.ft, no weights mentioned. Lord Tavistock's f. by Taurus, out of Leeway, and f. by Camel, out of Diamentina, against tie Duke of Portland's f. by Priam, out of Manto, and f. by Plenipo tentiary, out of Thebes. SECOND SPRING MEETING-1842. TUESDAY.—Produce Sweepstakes of 200 sov;.each, h.ft ; colts, Bst. 71b, and fillies, Est. 41b. T. Y. C. No produce, no forfeit. Covered by Colonel Peel's Jason's dam Mr. Grevillo's Peggy Lord Lichfield's Sister to Portrait The Goodwood Cup closed with forty-six subscribers. THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of English Grain were small, but of Foreign Wheat a good many vessels fresh up. The Wheat trade was not so lively as on Monday, and prices were unaltered. Barley for malting, Is. to 2s. per quarter dearer, other sorts firm at previaus rates. Little done in Beans and Pease. Oats in fair request at former terms. Flour met a moderate sale at pre vious rates. ARRIVALS. Wheat. I Barley. I Oats. Flour 1,040 Ars 1,691 qrs. 180 qrs 1,950 ackB English lr sh I Foreign .. I 1t , ,!!50 I ',so I 1,C50 _ NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. A large supply of meat, and moderate demand; prices as be. fore. Game and Poultry in large supply and good demand. Prices as before. TEA SALE.—EIGHTH DAY. br Is. The only novelty in the sale of Tea is that the article sells with greater briskness. Prices remain without alteration, INDIGO SALE.—SECOND DAY. The sale goes on with some spirit, and prices may be esti mated at from last sales to Id. per lb. lower. His Excellency Edhem Bey, General of Artil lery in the service of the Paella of Egypt, and suite, has left town for Paris, Where he intends to sojourn for some time. RVENING DUBLIN, APRIL 8• SIMULTANEOUS MEETINGS IN SUPPORT OF THE PRESENT ADMINISTRATION. The columns of to-day's Pilot are almost exclusively de voted to the reports of the meetings in favour of Ministers, that were held last Sunday, simultaneously in several places tbrcughout both town and country. Our Contem porary says— " Look at our columns, overflowing with evidences that the Rodens h.ive rous=d Ireland as one man in the senti• tricot, as detertn'ned as stedfast hearts and strong bands can make it. that Ireland shall not be governed by the Tories. We shall see whether the Tory prints, or the Radical leaders in the Tory inten!st, will be able to persuade the real Radicals to play the game of the Tories, and let loose its furies on Ireland Now or never — will the E, glish Radicals protect their Irish brethren from the blood-thirsty Irish Tin es, or will they not ? I I" THE FIRST VICEREGAL DINNER. Ilia Excellency the Baron Fortescue arrived in Dublin on Wednesday last, and immediately issued dinner cards to about thirty for Friday. The company was purposely mixed-- Tory, Whig, and Radical—but especially Tory 1 Dinner was sem d at eight o'clock, his Excellency sitting at th• centre of the table. On his right sat the Orange Lord Mayor, and on his left the Earl of Charlemont. Im mediately opposite his Excellency, Dr. Whately, the Protestant Archbishop of Dublin, and on either sides were placed in simultaneous group the strong-toned Con servative, the silky Whig, and the stern-path-duty Radical. The evening, no doubt, passed delightfully, for it was the cue of the Conservative guests (received front Lord Roden) to make everything appear agreeable to his Ex cellency. - COUNTY MEATH REQUISITION. Ia addition to the other important manifestations of pub lic sentiment, we have to announce that a requisition, signed by several noblemen, baronets, M. P.'s, gentlemen , clergy, and freeholders of the county Meath, was sent this day to the High Sheriff, amounting to upwards of one hundred and sixty, requesting to convene a meeting on an early convenient day,' to r i lret;mte an bet Most Grae , .ou:, Ivlajesty, and to petition Parliament expressive of their unabated confidence in the present Administration , and their approval of the general policy pursued by it to wal ds Ireland. —lbid. STATE OP THE COUNTRY.—The Recorder of Limerick, opening the sessions his' week, said he had to congratulat e the Grand Jury on the light naturo of the business to be transacted. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty honoured the Italian Opera House with her presence last evening. Her Majesty was attended by the Marchioness of Tavistock, Hon. Miss Murray, Hen. Miss Pitt, Lady Theresa Digby, Viscount Torrington , Hon. Major Keppel, and Col. Buckley. Viscount Melbourne had an audience yesterday of the Queen. The Duchen of Gloucester had an Assembly last even° irg at Gloucester House. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Augusts of Cambridge, and a large party of the Nobility and GentrY were present. The Duchess of Gloucester, the Duchess of Cambridge► and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, visited the Prin cess Augusta yesterday at Clarence House. A del - utation from the city of London, consisting of Alderman Venables, Chairman of the Police Committee of the City, Mr. Sheriff Wood, Mr. John Humphery, M. P• and Richard Lambert Jones, Esq., and Mr. Stace, mew' bers of the Common Council, accompanied by the City Reinembrancer, had an interview with Lord John Russel l yesterday at the Home. Office. . Chief Justice Reid had an interview with the Marquis 0t Norrnanby yesterday at the Colonial Office. The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt held a quarterly meeting y es t er d a y a t t h e office 0 the Chancellor of the Exchequer in Downing-street. Th e Chancellor of the Exchequer, th e G overnor o f t h e Ban' of England, and the Deputy Governor of the Bank were present. Mr. Higharn, Secretary to the Commissione rs was in attendance. The French Ambassador and Mr. M'Neill transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. The Lord Chancellor will receive the Judges, Queer's C iunsel, &c., on Monday, the first day of Easter Ter ra ' at his Lordship's residence in Bruton-street. Sir H. Vivian, Mr. Allen, and Mr. Bonfield, had inte r : views with Lord John Russell yesterday at the HO" Office. ' Despatches were recei ve d y es t er d a y at t h e Colonial Office, from Major-General Napier, Governor of the 0113 1 of Good Hope, an d f rom Si r G. Gi pps , G over nor ° f New South Wales. The Right Hon, T. Grenville entertained at (lin net yesterday, the Earl and Countess of Cawdor, Earl Clar e ' Mr. and Lady Gertrude Sloane Stanley, Lady de Du e. stanville, Honourable William Howard, and M r . Sydn e y Smith. Mr. Stephen and Mrs. Spring Rice have arrived in Downing-street, from Grovesbury Hall, Norfolk. I HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE• The curtain rose last night for the performance of 13° 7 1 lini's opera, I Puritani, which, though very often play e r since it was first produced at Paris, continues, and rO 6l ever continue, a favourite with all real lovers of mus'e' The first great performer who came forward was TamburiN" who was greeted with three distinct rounds of applause. r" was for a moment agitated by so warm a reception, butso oo rallied to exertion, and in his aria d'intrata, and age' s where he appears later, with that o th er great basso, a'" blache, Isis voice and his style h a d a b rea d t h an d f res h ne ss '°. creased, not diminished. We know no man who has surpas s : ed Tamburini in agility since Rossini imagined to make b ass ; voices flourish awa y lik e tenor i . We would vainly endeavour to describe the impression made upon the audience by there' appearance of "l a d onna di tutt i cuor i , " G r i s i . Sh e look :. . so radiantly beautif u l, th at , at fi rst , one wou ld have Ttl; agined that she only came f ort h to grat if y t h e pu blic' a sight of her f a i r f orm , as , i n f ormer t i mes, t he loae l Y. De Paule was obliged to show herself to the good Pe ° P, o of Toulouse, w h o wou ld r i se aga i nst their magistrto when deprived of ba r p resence f or one d ay . Th e aplo s st with which Grisi was received was the longest and lotius t, we have ever witn e s s ed. Th e di m i nut i on o f e mbonPul si d which has impr ove d h er p erson , appears to h ave restore d not less freshness to her voice since last sesq l ; " Le gros de N a pl es " soon f o ll owe d G r i s i u poo• ` 0 boards, and received his large share of enthusiario applause—a just tribute to his gigantic powers, an u ,h the versatile talent which so conspicuously shines ill su ) B varied styles of singing and acting. Rubini, thole the last to appear in th e P ur it an i, b ore o ff , per h a ps, brightest laurels and th e grea t es t app l ause i n t h e eveninb s performance. His style of singing, and his parts a s o f tenor, are the most fascinating. With the sole excel:49° 08 Duprez, Rubini stands n o t on ly w i t h out a r i va l , b u t Wit° a successor at present apparent in Europe. I n .6 A te ll , care," supported by the exertions of his bright compeers , a received his first e ncore . T o t hi s encore G r i s i con tribut e by one of the mo st s i ngu l ar ly b eaut if u l sostenuto note s, which at first strikes the ear with a full argentine thrill'; sound, and slowly dies away with magic effect. l ay charming polacca, " Son vergine vezzosa," most swe e , sung by Grisi, and the martial duet by L a bl ae h e a nd TA burini, received more tha n th e i r or di nary app l a use, f were also encored. Th e same was t h e h ap py fate. 01 Credea misera," by which R u bi n i t erm i na t es a inu si banquet never surpassed, perhaps, in splendour. A to The house was a l most crow d e d, an d we were gill:for behold a I,,rge proportion of the elite of society. e' its the Royal box, whi c h was grace d w i t h the presenc e dy s august and illustrious owners, the most s t r iking P l ot were in our eyes--one box which held at the same,; Bo 3 distinguished banished gentlemen from France—of tm- h ies l perial, the republican, and the present quasi-monar c : o 4 regime —and another box where appeared a noble aut i ,`„ B ? ad lovely maid by the side of her future lord—.a lady de nt one day to bear the name of the greatest hero of b' S —the pride of Britain—Wellington. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIStaI.) ----- "\P".----. g.'' ' DEAL, MARC H 9.—Wind, E. N. E., strong breei e or Arrived ar.d proceeded for the Riv er, th e Royal the (steamer), Brooks, from Malta. Came down fro Vito; River and proceeded, the Ruby , H auer, f or St. r ' Anii, Carruthers, Miramichi. isfe seg . PORTSMOUTH, MA RC II 9.—. Wind, E. N. E., fresh ..- h e ad. —Arrived the New Holland, C r it c h e ll , f ro m Leg it Sailed the Cousena, Gascoign e, f or Quebec. °l' r the Equator, Vanderkolf, from Surinam. lA' PLYMOUTH, MARCH 9.—Wind, E.—Arrived the se j liant, Bewley, from Berbice, with loss of 2 anchorAo; cut-water damaged ; Bourne, Beckett, St . J a go de Id n ert. Tram, Keborg, Columbia ; A r i n d en, Baker, 14_eweetitb, Sailed the Strathfieldsaye, Spi ner, S y d ne y, New Wales. $. FALMOUTH, APRIL 8. —Wind, S. E. to E• plus, Strong bre( zes and squally. Arri ve d , the S a lacia, c her from Dublin ; Reform, Jones, Bangor, with loss of OFek, and cable; Orynthia, Watson, Honduras, saile d 100, 13 ; Mary Ann, Wood, Odessa ; Rob ItoY , SBc Leir Malta; Idris, Harrison, do. ; Providence, born ; Victory, Frost, Marseilles; Devonshire , Q lte e elett Mills, London, and proceeded for Dublin ; u l e ileal (steamer) Talton, do. ; and proceeded for Cork. the Tagus, (steamer), IVl`Leod, Vigo, &c. edi Yang & SHOREHAM, APRIL 9 .—Arrived, the Madeline, Christiana. e seieitf SALCOMBE, APRIL B . —Arrived off, Citer, Ale isge ; Peacock,aoo) from New York ; Urica Christina, Jorkberg , Ma Edouard, Peters, , 'W el. DARTMOUTH, APRIL B . —Arrived the Neverard, 01.000.• ing, from Cardiff. Sailed the Amethyst, for N eW Cre iii Planter, Jeusen, Flensburg wick. Off port the Cleopatra, from Brazil ; S t ' 1 . St' Croix. san der, JERSEY, APRIL EL.—Arrived the Othello, Ma ass!) . ; Alexander, Honduras. Sailed the Newport, Le Gras, far vi bort, Susan,g ; Atalanta, Mohrbute , Newfoundland. . GUERNSEY, APRIL 7.—Arrived Paulits, TarragVa lovre6 PADSTOW, APRIL 7. —Arrived the SPringebee. ShiPPigan ; Jane and Louisa, Symonds, from Bathurst ; Dewdrop, Brown , Q u 02 Li s" DUBLIN, APRIL 3.—Arrived the Haber dine, fro bon ; Nancy, W ay, L ondon. steam er, KINGSTOW N , APRIL 8.--. Arrived t he Thames from London, ' ' • ed en ,it Ogl er The Dowager Countess of Pembroke _.,t, er _r n T o sr, the Russian Ambassador, Count and Countess YV J r on Monday evening on Hay-hill. The Earl of r e Count and Countess Potosi, and a select partY— rem is still in Paris. The Marquis and Marchioness o isit to tP Tuesday, from a Y turned to Bentley Priory on Abbey. Duke and Duchess of Bedford at Woburn it ha ve Miss Cau l P beil The Duke of Argyll and . ~..... t h e r e c ces_ , returned to Upper Brook-street, from his T ace , s s ister s at Brighton. Lady Charlotte Bury, hi has taken distinguished for her literary attainments, cc. fox the seas u aS f Abercorn ff.*, mansion in Connaught-place West, 04 Pa) to r , ex;