The Sun. — London, England, 1832-05-07 00:00:00

DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES OF STOCKS THI: Bank Stock ............... 205 4V, 3 'per Cent. Red. 84 3 3 per Cent-Cons. 84% 5 314 per Cent. — Ditto Red. 91 % 3:i New 3%per Cent. 92 % 3 3 per Cent. Ann. 1726 — 4 per Cent. 18 26 Bank Long Ann. to expire - Jan. 5, 1860 Oct. 10, 1859 Jan. 5, 1860 Jan. 5, 1880 April 5, 1880 Jan. 5, 1870 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds 91 Belgian Bonds 7414 Ditto Account Ditto Scrip....2lA 32% pin: Ditto Account 2 1 A 3 2% pm. Brazilian Bonds 4Syi V 2 Ditto Account —o!£ ' Buenos Ayres Bonds ...... Chilian Bonds l6 Ditto Account Columbian Bonds 10 , /, Ditto Bonds, 1824 12 M Di' 124 'itto Account Danish Bonds 67 Ditto Account -. Greek Bonds 23 Ditto Bonds, 1825. — 28 % Ditto Account Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent — Ditto Account _ . _ Dittq, 6 per cent Ditto Account Neapolitan New 5 per Cent. India Stock Ditto Bonds 5 4 pm South Sea Stock ............ P: Old Annuities New Ditto.... ........ - 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 .... -- Ex. Bills, £l,OOO l5 161 ,, r . Ditto 500.-- 13 10 Ism. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial Ditto Advertised -... Bank for Account ....... 12055:; India for Account 2o6k Cons. ri4 May 23... THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds 1214 ...........__ _ Ditto Account — Portuguese Bonds 5214 ' Ditto Account. 52% Regency Scrip 1 pm, 1 Ditto Account ...:1 074 Ti PM. I Prussian Bonds Pt) 1 Ditto Account — Ditto Bonds, 192:2 Russian Bonds, 1822 Ditto Account 99 New Loan (1414 Spanish Bonds, IS2I 1 44%, Ditto Account — Ditto Bonds, In 3 1314 Ditto Accou - nt French Rentes, sp. c. —f —c. Exchange —f —c. S per cent...— .—f —c. Exchange —f —c. Dutch Scrip 44% sA Ditto Account 14% French Scrip PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE 0 CLOCK. Paid. Per Share Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) £lOO 714 Bolanos Mining Company £l5O 145 Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) £2O 44 45 Ditto St. John Del Rey Ditto Cocacs 5 14% British Iron Mining Company .. .. ..:,, Columbian Mining Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) 47!4 English Mining Company 1256 General Mining Association .Z12% Real dcl Monte Mining C 0...., United Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 21. pm.) 40 . Ditto New Shares 2 Alliance Fire Insurance Comp lO Protector Insurance Comp. ... ....... Canada Company . l7 General Steam Navigation Co. l3 Provincial Bank of Ireland 25 Van Dieman's Land Agricultural Co l2 4. I 7 6 e bir o y tilt LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 7, 1832. We have heard it rumoured in well-informed quarters, that the House of Lords intend to begin business so early as ten o'clock in the morning with the Reform Bill. This would be a great advantage to those Noble Lords whose health is so delicate, or whose age is so advanced, that late hours would be attended with danger, especially if the sittings were long continued. For the sake of their Lordships, and for the benefit of the country, we could wish that the House would come to a resolution to suspend the standing orders, and pass the Bill at once with all its imperfections "on its head. Such a resolution would be as magnanimous as it would be glorious—endearing the patriotism of their Lordships, and consecrating their heroic virtue, to all posterity. ' While we are on this subject we are glad to _perceive that ample accommodation has been mare for the reporters close to the bar of the House. A very large space for their exclusive accommodation has been railed in, in cluding the small place which was allotted to the . press before the new gallery was built, the access to which will, on important occasions, be much more free, from the gallery being appropriated to Peeresses and strangers. Of the former there will , doubtless be a strong muster this evening, if we may judge from the fact that several ladies, one of whom was the Countess of HARROWBY, entered the House so early as twelve o'clock to-day, and occupied the front seats. Her Ladyship, however, had not sat an hour when the heat of the House became so great that she called to the officers of the House to have the windows and doors opened. If the heat be s') intolerable before the House sits, what will it be during the warmth of debate ? We hope that her Ladyship, profiting by this experience, will advise her Noble spouse, and other Noble Lords on that side of the question, to consult their valuable health by abstaining from a too close attendance during the progress of the Bill" through Committee. The month of May may be said to have only commenced to day, the weather having suddenly become twenty degrees warmer. The declaration of the assembled inhabitant householders of the City of Gloucester on the subject of the Reform Bill, may be fairly weighed in the balance against the late meeting of the Anti-Reformers, got up, by some strang e means or other, in the same city. The latter represented only the cause of a small numerical faction; the former that of the almost entire po pulation of the country. The former was a sort of hole and corner affair, concocted in haste and secrecy ; the latter was duly announced, as all po pular assemblies if they expect to work any in fluence, should be ; conducted in the most open, manly, and unequivocal spirit, sup ported by the most active and intelligent Re formers in the county, and presided over by the chief magistrate of the city. We fear his Grace of BEAUFORT—albeit he is a great Duke, and owns quite a regal domain in South Wales— and Lord ELLENBOROUGH, that slavish imi tator of beau BRUMMELL, in every thing but his acuteness, cannot say as much for their so much, vaunted meeting. They cannot say i was got up for the purpose of advancing the public interests, though they may, with perfect justice, assert that it was intended to act as a drag-chain on the great, paramount principle of Iteform. But the unwieldy machine of Ul traism is rolling with such an irresistible impetus down hill, that no drag-chain, though, for the moment, it may serve to retard its pace, can stop the old-fashioned vehicle till it has fairly reached the bottom. Did we need further corroboration of this fact, we should have it in the reports of the Re form meetings that are now of daily, hourly, oc currence throughout the country. Three king doms are once again to a man on the alert. Three kingdoms have once again spoken out in a tone, louder, bolder, and more unequivocal than ever. If at one o r tw o of the more influential towns of the North, such as Manchester and Liverpool, the inhabitants have not publicly met during the re cess; this has ar i sen from no negligence, from no inattention to the great interests of the com munity, but simply becaus e the people are full of c onfidence in the integrity of Earl GREY, an d prefer delaying a stern declaration of f ee li ng and opinion, until a pressin g necessity for doing so arrives. A character of vigilance of extreme jealous vigilance, pervades the whc - e British community. No man slumbers at. hi. post,—no man suffers his attention to be diverted for an instant from Reform. It is in the presence of this watchful universal spirit, that the Reform Bill goes into Committee ; and he must indecC be a man of more than ordinary assurance who will venture to sct it at defiance. It is gratifying to find that at a meeting held at Glasgow last week, on the subject of educa tion in Ireland, good sense prevailed over poll. tical rancour and religious zeal. The meeting was called by some of the clergy, with principal M'FARLANE at their head; and the Rev. Doctor led the way in opposing the benevolent and truly religious system of education introduced by Government. To the credit of the meeting, however, his motion was negatived by a great majority—a majority of at least five to one. We have little doubt that such would be the result of every impartial and well-informed assembly throughout the country, and that only time and correct information are wanting to convince many who have expressed disapprobation of the measure, not only of its sound policy, but of its accordance with the example left by the Founder of Christianity, and his chief Apostles. If there is one feature more remarkable than another in the conversion of the Gentiles, it is the scru pulous wish of HIM who has been called their great Apostle to yield to their prejudices, and more especially to those prejudices which were founded on habit and religious feelings ; yet such examples, whether from party spirit or selfish -motives, are utterly disregarded by men who boast of belonging to the moderate party of the Church of Scotland. The very circum stance of the chief opposition being made by this class, ought to put every dis interested person on his guard against their arguments. They boast of being the followers of the enlightened judicious and liberal Histo rian of Scotland, yet take the lead in raising a furious and bigoted outcry against the Govern ment, whose only objects in the measure are to encourage the education of the lower classes, to reconcile contending factions, and Put an end to those religious feuds which have been no less injurious to Christianity, than to the repose and happiness of mankind. Principal MTARLANE, we believe, is regarded as the head of that party in the West, and" Dr. LEE, who mooted the subject in the Edinburgh Presbytery, would be the leader in the East. How scanty must be the intellect, and bow fallen the greatness of that party, once adorned by a ROBERTSON and a HILL, when two men of such ordinary abilities are allowed to put themselves forward as their leaders ! We will not say that Dr. LEE brought forward the motion because Lord MELBOURNE had the good sense to refuse him the Professor ship of Church History ; but we cannot help expressing great curiosity to know how he would have acted had the Home Secretary been so re gardless of his duty as to add another to the pluralities which the Rev. Doctor already en joys. We trust that Government will persevere in their measure, alike heedless of the attacks of their political enemies, and the sincere, though mistaken zeal of some of their best friends. For the news from Paris we refer to the ample particulars in another part of our paper , extracted from the Times and Herald, of this morning. M. CASIMIR PERIER was still alive at eight o'clock on Saturday evening, although it is stated in the Morning Post that he died in the afternoon : though no hope is entertained of his recovery, the Post probably stated its wishes by anticipating a result which may have taken place at the time we now write. Paris was quiet and so were the Provinces. Dutch and Hamburg Papers have been re ceived, but their contents are not important, with the exception of some indication of dis turbances at Brunswick, In fact, public feeling throughout Germany is at present in a state of great susceptibility, which the slightest spark may cause to explode : AMSTERDAM, MAY 3. .. % Actual Debt, 234 per c en t 42 to 43 Amort Syndic, 4% pe r cen t Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent. Voluntary Loan, 1831, 6 per cent 9314 to 94% Ditto, 1832, 5 per cent 79 to 80 Dutch Papers, May 5. PRUSSIAN FUNDS. St. SchuldSch. 4 per cent, ... ...... ........ BERLIN, APRIL 30. 94 Pritssian English Loan, 1815, 5 percent. lOl% Ditto Ditto 182, 5 per cent ...- lols' Ditto Bonds 1830, 4 percent . 87% -Prussian Stale Gazette. May 1. - - - HAMBURG, Mar 1 —BORSEN HALLE, HALF-PAST Two o'cLocK.—Funds have declined here, and the market has been heavy to-day at the prices quoted. Discount 334 to 3 per cent. Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per C ent End of May. 65% Anglo-Russian Loan Hamburg ditto 87 14 Russian Inscription, 5 per cent Ditto, ditto, 1831 86 Polish Bonds 1 % 08 Austrian Bank Shares 1154 Ditto Metalliques New Austrian 4 per Cents 7734 % —Hamburg Reporter. The cause of freedom in Portugal seems to go on rejoicingly. Count FUNCHAL, DONNA MARIA'S Ambassador to this country, whose arrival has been expected some time, arrived at the Brunswick Hotel late last night. It is still a matter of speculation whether he will be re cognised by the Government ; but we under stand the friends of the cause entertain a strong hope that his agency will not be repudiated. M. FUNCHAL was well received at Dover, and his baggage allowed to pass without being searched —a privilege which belongs only to Ambassadors. This circumstance affords a favourable presump tion as to the result. According to accounts from Terceira to the 25th of April, DON PEDRO had, on that morning, despatched the Superbe steamer with final instructions for the guidance of Ad miral SARTORIUS in his operations against Ma deira ; and there was reason to believe, f rom the Admiral's report, and the full powers with which he would be thus furnished, that the im mediate reduction of the place was a matter of reasonable calculation. The Ex-EMPEROR him self was to leave Terceira finally for St. Michael's upon the evening of the 25th, and that the latest day for his starting for Lisbon was the 18th or 20th of May. His force, composed of volunteers from all parts of the World, who still came flocking in, was now estimated a t 15,000 men, fully effective in appointments and discipline, and in the best spirits. The Brussels Correspondent of the Herald says : " I am told, and, indeed, I can almost say soy you may rely on the information, that protocol 58 is already published, or would be published before the end of this week. A sketch of this memorable document has been privately sent to Leopold, and has frightened our poor Ministers out of their little remain_ ing senses. It is the declaration of Nicholas on ratifying the the treaty of London. You may suppose the Autocrat embedies „Il the restrictions of his able coadjutors—the Courts of Prussic and Austria ; but he has very adroitly added the following pretty little codicil : " That the present ratification shall be considered null and void, unless such modifications as may be demanded by the King of Holand shall have been incorporated and annexed to the present treaty, and signed by the King of the Belgians within six months from the date of the exchange,'" Now, if this be correct, the Russian ratifica tion is a mere humbug,•except indeed so far as the recognition of LEOPOLD'S sovereignty is concernetl. But perhaps, after all, it is only a mock concession to Dutch obstinacy to save ap pearances. In a clever pamphlet, published under the title of " Reform with or Without the Consent of the Lords," we have just met with some ad mirable remarks on the subject of that myserious phrase,—the Constitution. The writer shrewdly observes, " in searching after the date of ex istence generally allotted to that undefinable form, that immaterial substance, the Constitution, we are left without any one guide as to the real limits of the time which it required to arrive at maturity—the acts which are supposed to esta blish it—or the principles by which it is to be expounded. It is. like the fatidical Testament of the Athenians. Noboby had read it, but every body was bound to believe in it. With a proper clue it seems capable of being interpreted into any meaning desired by the commentator. Lord ELDON, for example, repeatedly proved from it the right and propriety of suspending the Habeas Corpus Act to silence the old Re formers. In its mysterious verse, he also learned how fit it was that Queen CAROLINE should be tried by a power abhorrent to the general law of the country, which made an effectual defence impossible. From that exhaustless source of wisdom, he drew the reasons which forbid him ever to consider the Roman Catholics subjects of the Crown in any other light than as fit ob jects for imposts and coercions, and as totally unfit for the reception of civil rights 'or the com monest immunities of freedom". For the last fifty years and upwards the Con• stitution has been read solely With'the interpre tation of High Toryism. It has . been the Bible of a bigoted oligarchy, whence they drew war rant and precedent for every species of public impost and robbery. But fortunately an im- proved version is now about to be . made ,of and thenceforth it will be the text-book not of a party, but of the people. On the origi►i, pro gress, &c., of the borough mongering system the writer is ample and well-informed in his com ments. He takes up the subject - froth its very outset, and traces it in a keen analytical spirit down to the present anomalous period. The pamphlet throughout, even as a matter of style, has strong claims on attention, but this is far from being its sole qualification, for it abounds with sound practical intelligence, and evinces in every page a consummate acquaintance with the spirit and tendency of the real, not the mock, British Constitution. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S DEAL,. ➢IAN- 6.—Wind W.S. W., moderate.—Arrived and sailed for the River the Lady Raffles, Tucker, from Bombay; Inglis, ---, and Duke of Buccleuch, Henning, from Bengal; Alexander Robertson, Gray, from Mauritius; Harmony, Tay lor, Charles Bouchard, Venessa, and Favourite, Ford, from the South Seas; Chieftain, Moor, from St. Vincent; and Isabella, Shepherd, from St. Domingo. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 5 AND 6.—Wind W.S.W.-Arrived the St. Kilda, Barnes, from London for Bengal. Sailed the Maitland transport, for Woolwich. PLYMOUTH, MAY s.—Wind S. W.—Sailed the Brothers, Towers, for New South Wales. FALMOUTH, MAY 4 AND s.—Wind S.W., strong breezes and squally.—Arrived the Skylark packet, from Buenos Ayres, sailed the 15th February, Monte Video the 20th, and Rio Ja. neiro the 18th March ; and Magnet packet, from Lisbon. Off port the Columbia, Booth, from Manilla, sailed the Ilth De cember, Singapore the .:Zd, and St. Helena the 28th February; New Hope, Winter, from Terceira, with despatches, in nine days; Eclipse, Johns, from Naples; and Britannia, Legrand, from Messina. Sailed the Cygnet packet, for the Brazils; Firebrand steam packet, for the Mediterranean; and Duke of Marlborough packet, for Lisbon. TORBAY: MAY s.—Arrived the Alexander, Goodridge, from Liston. TOPSHAM, MAY 5.—:--Arrived the Perseverance, Matthews ; from Faro. LIVERPOOL, MAY s.—Arrived off port the Collingwood, Snipe, from Bengal. BRISTOL, Mxv 6.—Arrived the Ebenezer, Radford, from Macaio. DUBLIN, MA y 6.—Arrived the Nova Francisa, Anthony, from Figuera ; and Irvine, Rennie, and William the Fourth, Brown, from Memel. Arrived off the Wight the Jean They, Buneds, from Ha vannah. COURT OF CHANCERY.-( HIS DAY.) COLEMAN v. SMITHERS AND OTHERS. These causes and appeals, four in number, stood by ap pointment at the head of the Lord Chancellor's paper of to day. A long discussion took place, upon whether the ap peals or the cross-orginal bills should be first heard; and at last The LORD CHANCELLOR stated, that as the case alto gether was new to him, and as every fact that was stated by the one side, was immediately denied by the other, he had no alter native but that of proceeding to hear them in the order in which they stood in the paper. Mr. RUSSELL then proceeded to open an appeal, and Sir Edward Sugden, who was on the other side, left the Court to attend to something which he was in before the Vice Chan cellor. Soon afterwards the SOLICITOR-GENERAL entered the Court and objected to this course of proceeding. He consi dered that it would not only be nugatory, but be productive of great mischief. The LORD CHANCELLOR—What can I do ? If you will only agree among yourselves upon any one particular course I shall most readily consent to that course being adopted, but before you came into Court Mr. Solicitor-General, we had no less than half an hour's discussion upon the line that we ought to take in hearing these causes, and not a single fact was stated on either side which was agreed to by the opposing Counsel. I had therefore no alternative, knowing nothing of the facts myself, but to say that we should proceed with the cases as they stand in the paper. I now see plainly that whatever course we take, if we go on at present, that this case will occupy at least three or four days. It is possible that a course might be hit upon, by which a great part of that time might be saved, I shall, therefore, now stop the hearing of this case altogether, take the papers home with me, read them all through, direct that it shall be in the paper again on the first day after term, ap pointed for hearing' matters of this sort, and by then I shall, in all probability, be enable to say what course ought to be taken, by which complete justice shall be done, and most likely two or three days saved. The next case in the paper was then called, and in which Sir Edward Sugden was. Having been sent for into Court, and taking his place at the Bar, that Learned Counsel observed that he had occupied two whole days in reading over the paper in Coleman and Smithers, that he was then perfectly prepared to go into the case, and that if it stood over, as he understood had been directed, he would not only be laid under the necessity of having to read the whole of his heavy papers over again, but would be unable to go on with any other thing to day which stood in his Lordship's paper, from not having read Isis briefs, persuaded, as he had been, that Coleman and Smithers -would have been gone on with, which would have occupied at least all the day. Under - these circumstances he considered him sc i put under considerable hardship. Mr. RUSSELL (who was also in7Coleman and Smithers' laughed when Sir Edward Sugden spoke of the hardship posed upon him in having to read his heavy briefs over again, ii Coleman and Smithers stood Over for the present. Sir EDWARD SITGDEN—I don't know whether Counsel presume to take the liberty of laughing at me ? Mr. RUSSELL—I certainly Sir E. SUGDEN (emphatically, and turning round to Mr. Russell) —I desire, Sir, you will take no such liberty with me. Mr. Russell—Will you allow me— Sir E. SilcrDEN—No, Sir, I Won't—you are not justified doing it, and I desire you will take no such liberty with me. • Air. Russell then sat down. The LORD CHANCELLOR observed that he had taker the only course which appeared to him, under the circum. stances, to be the most useful way of proceeding. Sir E. SUGDEN then left the Court. Considerable difficulty was experienced in getting anything called on in which Counsel were prepared, but his Lordship declared that he should certainly not rise so early in the morn ing, and other Counsel having been sent for, a motion in "Hallett and Hague" was in course of hearing when we left the Court. KING'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) THE KING v. HALLS, AND BIRNIE, KNIGHT. Mr. ADOLPHUS, at the sitting of the Court,. stated that Mr. Halls was in waiting to receive judgment ; and, as • .4is attendance was required elsewhere, perhaps their Lordships would permit him to depart, and allow the case to be called on in its turn in his absence. Lord TENTERDEN, after consulting with the other Judges, acceded to the application. Mr. Halls then left the Court. ,About an hour afterwards, Mr. Carmichael Smith, the pro secutor in that case, entered the Court, and, addressing, their Lordships, said he understood that Mr. Adolphus had made an application that the case should be called on in Mr. Halls's absence. Lord TENTERDEN—Yes ; we will hear you by and by; but it is not absolutely necessary that tilt 'defendant should be present when judgment was pronounced. Mr. Smith submitted that the def en d an t s h ou ld b e pr esent. . - • Lord TENTERDEN—It is necessary . that the business of the public should not meet with interruption, and therefore Mr. Halls need not attend here, It is nothing uncominpn to' dispense with the attendance of persons who are to r ceive judgment, Mr. Smith—fi always understood, my Lord, that th law made no distinction of persons. r P Lord TENTERDEN—Nor does it; but Mr. Halls's duty requires him to be at Bow street, and it is a very common thing to do as we have done in this case. Mr. Smith- 7 Then, my Lord, as he is not to be present when judgment is given, I shall decline moving for judgment. Lord TENTERDEN—You can do as you please about that. Mr. Smith left the Court, indignant at what he called the injustice of the proceedings. The Court ivas occupied the rest of the morning in hearing arguments on cases in the special paper. BANKRUPTCY COURT.-(THIS DAY, EX-PARTE FREEMAN IN RE ALDERSON, A BANKRUPT. Mr. ROMILLY stated that the bankrupt had committed a breach of trust by not investing a sum of 2,000/. although he paid the dividends upon it for ten years. The cestui qui trust now petitioned the Court to be admitted to prove against the estate of the bankrupt, and on that proof be permitted to vote in the choice of assignees. An appeal was now pending before the Lord Chancellor,, having for object the•overturning of a decision which was in favour of the present application, but as the law was in his favour at present, and as what he prayed was clearly just, he hoped the Court would grant it. Mr. SWANSTON, on the parf of the petitioning cre dit or , made no objection to the application.—Prayer granted. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK A Lisbon Mail has arrived, sailed,4oth April ; also a Buenos Ayres, sailed 15th_ February; one from Rio Janerio, sailed 18th March. Extract of a letter received at the N. and S. American Coffee - House, from Buenos AyreS ofthe 15th February. Tranquillity not only continues in the'leAnce of Buenos Ayres but in all the Argentine Republic, the'Governments of the different provinces, are now constructed upon the federal system ; but the Government of Buenos Ayres has lately issued some decrees which have, caused infinite regret to their best friends, and given their. enemies cause of triumph and ridicule. They pro hibit any one except a cit4en_of the country from being the editor of a newspaper, or director of a printing office. The Go vernment is greatly distressed for money, the army has not been paid since Augtist last ; but 'those in the Civil Depart.. ments of the State are paid regularlyevery month ; trade is at a dreadfully low ebb, - and fcr these last three months we have had scarcely any rain. • (From the Buenos Ayres Par of Feb. II.) FALKLAND ISLANDS. - -These islands seem still destined to occupy a prominent place in the affairs of nations, and the, disputes relative to them in the year 1770, between 'Great Britain and Spain, are now in a manner revived. Considerable excitement was caused in Buenos Ayres on Friday last, upon the arrival of the schooner Her del Rio, from Montevideo, bringing an account of the proceedings of the United States sloop of war Lexington against the colony. She anchored there under the French flag; a Lieutenant and a number of men landed in a boat; Captain Brisbane and Mr. Metcalf were walking on the beach, the Lieutenant invited them to go on board the Lexington, which they did; other boats also came ashore with marines, and took off all the natives they could find. Most of the natives of Buenos Ayres escaped into the interior. The cannon were spiked, and Captain Brisbane was put in irons. General Queroga has given up the command of the auxiliary division of the Indes and retired to Mendoza. An order of the day, signed Queroga, on the 9th states that the indigence to which the provinces have been reduced renders it necessary to disband the infantry and cavalry. The John Bull Calcutta paper of the 7th of January, re ceived at the North and South American Coffee-house, does not contain any news. We have also an arrival from India of the 9th of January. Nothing has as yet transpired of what this ship brings. A French Paper by the mail this morning states that during the row at Marseilles the Duchess of Berry was near that town in a steamer. On the vessel being observed, two light vessels were immediately dispatched after the steamer. _ _ One of the Morning Papers gives the death of Perier on Sa turday afternoon, had this beeticorrect, the Estajfrtte, published in Paris, would have announ ce d it. Consols opened this morning at the price they left (Won Sa. turday 84 85 for account, with little doing as yet. In the Foreign Market nothing doing , . HALF-PAST ONE. _ _ _ • ___ We have made inquiry in regard to the death of the Presi bent of the Council, M. Perier, and we have been favoured with the following :—" Baron de Rothschild, brother to N. M. de Rothschild, Esq., has just arrived from Paris, which city he left on Saturday evening, at eight o'clock—at that pe riod the French Premier was much better. All was quiet like wise in the provinces." Canton papers have been received at the North and South American Coffee House, to the 20th of December. CANTON.-015 the Gth inst. the arrival of his Majesty's ship Challenger, on the 4th, off Macao, was announced at Can ton, having been despatched by the Bengal Government, to deliver a letter from the Governor-General of British India to the Governor of a Canton province. We understand the pro posal is to depute an officer of rank to receive the letter at the usual place appointed has been acquiesced in on both sides, and we conclude will be immediately carried into effect. Letters from Singapore state that his Majesty's ship Satellite has passed that port to China. It Is also reported that Ad miral Owen, after proceeding to the Sand Heads of the Bengal river to leave dispatches, had arrived at Pening. These notes of war had occasioned a considerable degree of alarm in the minds of the Chinese. The above papers contain the corre spondence between the chief of the factory, Governor Lee, and the Hong merchants. Consols have continued most part of the morning at 84 Y e 85 for the Account, with very little doing. The approaching dis cussion of the Reform Bill in the Committee hangs heavy over the market, and until its final result we do not expect specu. lations of great magnitude. Accounts have been received from Terceira, 'but they are not of importance. DutchStocki;not so good as on Saturday. The private accounts from the Brazil are favourable—all tranquil. Exchange 29 Stock 50. It is reported that the French leaving off' price of the Funds was 69c. 75c. 7.IIREE 0 CL 0 CK. Consols for Account 85k. FOUR O'CLOCK CLOSING PRICES. Consols ....... 85 Danish — Ditto for Account 85 Greek, 1825 — Brazilian Bonds 481 Mexican, 1825 34 Buenos Ayres... Peruvian Chilian Ditto.... 164 Russian 984- Colunabian 1824 S p anish A curious fact has been mentioned relative to the manner in which DON PEDRO'S expedition ob tained part of its supply of warlike stores. In the begin ning of 1 830, a cargo, consisting of 1,500 rifles, with 3,000 regular infantry complete set of accoutrements, with all other minor necessaries for 4,500 men, was shipped for Brazil, but did not arrive 'there till after the abdication of the EMPEROR had taken place. The new Government refused to receive them, and they were Regency. brought back consequently to an English port , where they were pur c h ased by an agent of the Portuguese —Times. 'lie Do n John VI. , fitting at Lisbon for the attack of the blo c k a di ng out squadron before Madeira, is said to be go little seaworthy, that it will take three months to equip her for service. PORTUGAL. (From the Liverpool Chronicle of Saturday last.) By the Ann Paley, Captain Ito!stone, which arrived in f port yesterday, we have received a private letter from List of which the following is an extract : LISBON, APRIL 18. Everything here is going on much in the same way as for these months past. Both sides of the Tagus are every day having a fresh .supply of guns, and all the old hulks are fitted up as floating batteries. If all are well manned and properly defended, any enemy will have some work to do, before he 1: in quiet possession of Lisbon. The forced loan for Lisbon has-not been swallowed as qui. etly as Don Miguel and his partisans expected. Annexed is a state of the same up to the 14th inst. 933 Persons have paid the whole sum at which they were assessed 369,977,(X9' 15 Persons have paid in part 218 Persons have given nothing, though assessed at 391,320,000 13 Persons have been excused, being foreigners 15,600,000 Total, paid and unpaid 804,300,000 Which in sterling money is £160,860 Several of those who have paid part, and others who have paid nothing, have been sentenced to pay double their first as sessment, and also to be sent 60, SO, or 100 miles up the country. None, of whom we have heard, have been caught at present. If public report is to be credited, several of them are on board the English and French ships of war, now in the Tagus. The non-commissioned officers of the army have been paid up to the 31st of March last. The officers of the army have not received any pay since the 31st of July, 'since which they receive only monthly pay-tickets, which they are obliged to dis count at 30 per cent. loss, but this -is not expected to continue much longer. The Royal Navy Officers have received no pay these last eighteen months, and no one will discount their pay- . tickets at any rate. The Royal Dock.yard men have stfuck several times, but most of them have been prevailed upon' t . cr return to their duty, by the all-powerful persuasion of the flats of the police cavalry's swords well applied to their backs and shoulders. These men have not received any pay since August, and their monthly pay-tickets are ata'discount of 63 to 70 per I cent. • The, Custom-house officers," and all in public depart ments, are without pay from six to eight, twelve, and eighteen months. It is supposed there are 15,(100 regular troops, militia, 'volunteers, &c. &c,, about 36,000.0 r 38,000 within a few miles 'Of Lisbon (say 48 hours' march). What chance will Don Pe dro have when opposed to those veterans? But, to balance the good fortune of Don Miguel, some people are foolish enough to suppose that all of the 15,000 regulars are not stanch, and will turn the first opportunity. And as the militia and the volunteers have not had much experience, it •is expected that they. will all run after the first volley.. The cavalry say, that every man who goes oyer with, his shorse, &c., will receive the full value of the same, and most people suppose this, with the predilection for revolt, will be likely to have great weight. Namea of the forts on the south side of the river Tagus : Trafraria, 16 guns; - Bargio, 40; Traffaria, 4; Terra Volha, 4 ; Porto Brandao, 16; Almada, 18: total, 98 guns. Forts on the north side of the Tagus :—Castle of St. George's, 13 guns ; Commercial Sq. (new mud fort), 4 ; Caes do Sodrie Sq. (new mud fort), 4; Alcantra, 10 ; Belem, 16; Barn Sqe cess, 15; Cruz Quebrada, 2; Castrias, 10; Poe° d'Arcas, 6; St. Juliano, 120 ; Cascaes, 20 : total, 220 guns. Hulks as floating batteries :--Calypso, 18 guns ; Constante, 12; Pontoon, 10; Reinha, 32; Don Joso, 74 ; Isabel Maria, 22 ; Treze de Maio, 12; Providentia, 18.—The tree last-men tioned are seaworthy. South side of the Tagus, 98; north side, 220; total, 318 guns. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING. ' NEWMARKET, SUNDAY AFTERNOON Although vastly superior in its influence to the Craven, the ensuing meeting is likely to fall very short of it in Oompany, the presence of many of the principal members of the Jockey Club being indispensable during the adjourned debate on the Reform question; the same reason will, no doubt, affect the attendance generally. There will be no want of sport, for, independent of a good list for the succeeding days, there are 13 races for decision to-morrow. Messenger is engaged in one of the Stakes, and Dariolettain another, but their opponents are not of a character to give any particular interest to their running. Tuesday, how ever, is pregnant with importance to the betting world. In the 2,000 Guineas, Archibald, Mirabeau, Count Robinson, and the Rotter dam colt are engaged. Archibald, p 1 course, is the fay( anti as his running is intimately connected with that of Beiram and Margrave, the result of the race, or rather the manner in which it is run, will give a tolerably correct cicu to their merits. Archibald ran twice at Ascot with Beiram, beat him in the first race, carried 31b. extra in the second, and was not placed. He beat Bassetlaw and three others in the first October Meeting, and ran a good second to Margraye for the Criterion. Beiram and Non Compos are engaged against each other on the same day • Count Robinson is in the stake, but it isnot known whether Sir Mark Wood will start him for this or. the 2,000 Guineas. Non Compos receives 31b., and has been backed to a considerable amount. On Thursday the 1,000 Guineas Stakes will be run; the Advance filly and Olga are the favourites, with a bad field. On Friday we shall have tbe Newmarket Stakes come off: Beiram, Messenger, Mirabeau, and Rotterdam are in it; their chances will entirely depend on Tuesday's results. Gratis is in the New market Stakes ; but is " bottled up" for the Derby. There can be no doubt that the week's races will occasion many highly im portant changes in the odds. The Cup challenge takes place on Tuesday. This prize and the whip arc now in the hands of Lord Chesterfield. It is not unlikely that Sir M. Wood will challenge for them—Camarine would prove a formidable antagonist even to Priani. Very few arrivals have as yet taken place; in fact, there arc few Noblemen or others now in the town who have not remained in the neighbourhood since 'he last meeting. A few7were on the heath this morning while the horses were out. Betting, in con sequence' is so slack that we can only quote the odds on the 2,000 Guineas Stakes :- 5 to 4 agst. Colonel Peel's Archibald 3 to 1 agst. Mr. Itidsdale's Tyke. The late rains have proved very beneficial to the ground, which, at the commencement of the last meeting, was harder than we have known it for many years. The races for to-morrow are as follows : Handicap of 10 sovs. each (to name this evening ) Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each, h. tt. D.M. Eight Subscribers. Mr. Grant's f. by Partisan. Lord Tavistock's Custard, c. Duke of Richmond's Hyder. Mr. Tkornhill's Sal colt. Lord Lowther's Messenger. Colonel Cosby's Count Robert. Mr. Lumley's Panthea colt. Sweepstakes of 100 soya. each, h. ft. D. M. Mr. Cook's Herrier. Sir M. Wood's The Marshal. Lord Lowther's Fawn colt. Mr. Houldsworth's Corset. Sweepstakes of 200 sovs. each, h. ft. R. M. Camarine receives 75 sovs. each from Vestris and Rubini. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each. R. M. Eleven subscribers. Mr. Batson's Harriet colt. Mr. Wilson's c., by Bolter. Lord Orford's c. by Emilius. General Grosvenor's Santillane. Mr. Hunter's c. by Gustavus. Mr. Cooper's Will Scarlet. Mr. V ansittart's Darioletta colt. Sir Mark Wood's the Marshal. Sir Mark Wood's f. by Middleton. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each. T. M. M. Lord Worcester's Coulon, 9st. Lord Verulam's Vestris, 7st. 71b. Captain Byng's Ciudad Rodrigo, 7st. Sweepstakes of 30 sovs. each, 20 ft., fort: yr. olds. T. Y. C. Mr. Dilly's Lady Fly, 7st. 71b. Sir 11. Dick's Fuga, 7st. 101 b. Mr. Grant's Fatima, f. 7st. 41b. Mr Osbaldeston's Peter Pindar, 7st. Lord Verulam's Tredrille, c.fist. 101 b. Sweepstakes of 30 sovs. each, 20 ft. D. I. Mr. Chifney's Rowton, 5 yrs. Bst. 121 b. i%lr. Stonehewer's Variation, 4 yrs. Bst. 41b. Mr. Greatrex's Schumla, 4 yrs. 7st. 101 b. Gen. Grosvenor's Sarpenden, 3 yrs. 7st. 41b. Duke of Richmond's Conciliation, 3 yrs. 7st. Lord Exeter's Bohemian, 3 yrs. 7st. MATCHES. 200 sovs. h. ft. D. M.-Lord Chesterfield's c. by Whalebone, agst. Lord Slane's Minster, Bst. 70). each. 100 sovs. h. ft. T. Y. C.-Mr. Henry's Margaret, agst. Mr. Shard's May Fly, Bst. 41b. each. 100 sovs. h. ft. D. M.-Lord Chesterfield's Kittums, Bst. 71b., agst. General Grosvenor's Kitty Fisher, 7st. 91b. 100sovs. h. ft.-Lord Wilton's c. by Waterloo, Bst. 41b. agst. Lord Lowther's Scurry, Bst. 21b. First half of Ab. M. 100 sovs. h. ft., B. N.-General Grosvenor's Icaria, f. Bst. 71b. agst. Lord Tavistock's Aspasia, c., Bst. 21b. 100 sovs. IL ft., T. Y. Z.-Mr. Henry's Agreeable, as. 101 b., agst. Captain Itous's Lioness, Bst. 21b. KINGSTON-HOUSE-ROOMS, SUNDAY NIGHT. In consequence of many of the Nobility being obliged to leave to-morrow to attend Parliament, the Handicap race is postponed till Tuesday, and the match between Farce and Adam Brock, brought forward for to-morrow, snaking up twelve races for one. day. The Duke of Portland and Lord Chesterfield have paired oft; and two or three others are on the " look-out," to avoid the necessity of quitting an amusement snore congenial to them than debates. A match for 500 each has been made between Prian and Emancipation for the Houghton meetimg, T.M.M., the former giving 91b. It is thought by many good judges that Emancipation has the best of the match. The match for to morrow between Lord Mountcharles's Minster, and Lore Ches terfield's c. by Whalebone, is off, the former receiving forfeit. Sir M. Wood's Galantine pays to Mr. Rous's Lioness. MALTON CRAVEN MEETING, MaM 4. Sweepstakes of 30 sous. each, 10 ft. for colts and fillies rising 2.yr old colts ; Bst. 51b.; fillies Bst. 21b. Half a mile Mr. Walker's gr. f. Augusta.... (Templeman) 1 Mr. Watts's ch. f. by Blacklock 2 Mr. W. Marson's gr. f. Vesta 3 Mr. T. E. Dyz,on's b. f. by Blacklock 4 Mr. Attwood's b. c. by Tinker . 5 Won easy. The Cottage Stakes •of 5 sovs. each. ; I2st. each. Gentlemen riders. Once round and a distance. Mr. E. H. Bowser's b. g. Barrister Mr. R. Bowser's br. h. Ferdinand 2 Mr. G. H. Thompson's b. m. Prosody A Maiden Plate of 504 for horses of all ages. Mr. J. Etty's b. f. Voluna (Nicholson) I 1 Mr. Tarlton's b. c. SparrOwhawk 2 2 THE KING'S THEATRE.—On Saturday if iz a ab o e f it a a n , a entertainment , mutilation o f consisting B a rbie r o e ! tissement, was performed here. Mad. Puzzt was in much the tnhige hfistercsaotnnsdc cute a p c e P i o n °fd tie ballet of Masaniello, and the Diver better voice on this occasion than when we beard her be fore in Matilde, and, except in regard to power and energy, lost nothing in comparison with her yivale, In the Bar biere we had the consolation to hear Madatne.C.tNn DA MOREAU a second time. She was encored, as before, in " Rhode's Variations," the subject of which she gave with peculiar feeling. V. GALLI is not fortunate in Figaro: Why does he sing the bolero so rapidly? If his voict were all that might be called divine, its attraction woul be neutralized by the painful asthmatic effort on which h. forces himself. His acting is also ungracefully exag. gerated. If he would do the whole thing in a more quiet manner, he would be much more successful. The extract from Nasaniello. waa as absolute pis alter. - , t: COLLIERY DISTURBANCES AT NEW- CASTLE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT ) Newcastle-upon-Tyn e , May 5. The inhabitants of this town were yesterday thrown into a state of great excitement by a report that some men had been killed in a contest between the pitmen at Friar's Goose, a colliery on the south side of the river, about two miles from Newcastle, and the po lice. This rumour appeared likely to be well founded, from the fact of two men galloping down Gateshead. end through this town, to seek the assistance of the military. The off& turned out to tc not quite so serious. Mr. For syth, the Town Marshal, with a considerable body of the p slice and special constab!es, went down the river in a steam-packet, about eight o'clock yesterday morning, for the purpose of ejecting the pitmen at Friar's Goose, and their families from the houses they occupied there, which, by their engagements with the coal-owners, they agt cod 'to quit on the 19th of April. 'the officers had fire-arn sa with them. Oa their landing at Friar's Goose they founti an immense number of the pitmen assembled in front of their cottages. The Town Marshal, in their presence, served out to his meniliwo rounds of c trtridge and swar-; shot, and begged the colliers to commit no breach of tt peace. The police then proceeded to turn out some of the people and put out Their furniture. This went on .for some time withr. , tut much difficulty, till Mr. Forsyth (the Town Marshal) went to Mr. Easton's house for some rc freshment The pitmen soon saw the advantage thus af forded:them, and having observed that a part of the police hatrilePosited their arms in a house used as a guard-house, they rushed down in great numbers, overpowered the sesttry, and cart ied off the guns. They then assailed all the police with stones and other missies. 'The noi. , se brought Mr. Forsyth to the assistance of his men. On his way to them he was knocked down, and on rising. he wi again knocked down. With great difficulty he at length reached his men; they were most unfortunately situ& , being at the foot of two hills which were occupied by their assailants. Finding their lives endangered by the brick bats showered upon them, they fired upon the crowd ; then made a way out and gained a rising ground to the eastward. They then sent off expresses for the military-; who speedily reached the spot, attended by twol‘Dgis' trates, the Mayor of the Castle ) (Archibald, Reed, Esq. and Mr. Collinson, the Rector of Gateshead. -The Mal had by this time, in a great measure, dispersed. Three or four of the pitmen are known to be wounded—it is supposed there are several wounded. Mr. Forsyth, (the Town Marshal) is severely wounded in the head and le,. Upwards of forty persons are in custody charged with the riot. What is to be the end of these disturbances God knows. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. think that you, and all the friands of' the Bill, should confine the case to very short and intelligible lan.- guage. It has been loaded with a great deal too many violent expressions. Sir, I was always a very moderate Reformer, and I thought the Bill went too far. I have watched it, and mid a great dell on the subject ; I arn quiet looker-on, I never attended a public meetlng ; but X now see the whole matter clearly ; 1 am satisfied z;!: that is the case, and that Lord Grey is truly the ete,7, sound headed friend to his country that his warmest a- , mirers have held him out to be. Sir, we have heard of late much of cordons sanitaires ; now, I. conceive that Lord Grey has wisely raised the ten-pound freeholders tO a highly-respected status which they did not held before ; that they will feel that to be the case; that they will, of course, separate themselves from the mob, and will be come a valuable addition to the aristocracy of the country ; and, in fact, form a cordon sanitaire round the Consti!u tion, which, I have no doubt, will at some future period he the immediate means of preventing our valuable Gm stitution from being overturned by the mob. Should Lord Grey unfortunately be induced to raise the qualification to 15/. or 201., he will truly enlist all those who, by the vote of the House of Commons, had a good right to conceive themselves raised to the invaluable pri vilege of freeholders, into the party of the mob, and they will be more dangerous than ever, as they will feel they have been degraded and cheated, and these must generate revenge ! _ _ Sii; let the franchise remain as it is; other sacrifices may be made to gain a sufficient number of proselytes to carry through the Bill without creating Peers; if so, Lot d Grey will truly have saved his country. It must be carried. PROPHETA. Modern Athens, April 27, 1832. We hear that the appointment of Dr. GREY to the vacant Bishopric of Hereford was made by the KING in the an3st handsome manner, doubtless as a compliment to Lord GREY. His MAJESTY, in making the commu nisation to the Minister, is understood to have said, as GEORGE 111. did to Lord Norm' with -respect to the Bishop of WINCHESTER, " It is my wish, and I can take n 3 denial." We are informed that Mr. MERFWETHER has ben appointed to the Deanery of Hereford. He is the QUEEN'S Chaplain, and said to be a favourite of her MAJESTY. The Dean of EXETER is very ill. We hive not heard who is to have the rich living of Bishopsgate. We learn that the ratification of the Belgian treaty by Russia has ben accompanied, like those of Ass. trig and Prussia, by certain conditions with respect to the future modifications of it, and that they are pointed out is a more precise and definite way than in the instance of the other two Powers. It is distinctly intimated on the part of Russia, that the article relating to the internal communications, whether by the roads or canals of Hot , bud, cannot remain part of the treaty; and also, that the article relating to the division of the debt must under go material alterations, one of which •is that of capital izing it. The term is not a very intelligible one, but what is understood by it is, that Holland cannot permit her cre ditors to be referred to Brussels for the payment of a por tion of their interest, but will require instead, either the creation of a capital strictly of Belgian origin, or the pur chase, at a fixed price, of a portion of the capital stock of the Dutch debt.— Times. By a vessel which arrived this morning from Terceira, with despatches from the Regency of DONNA MARIA, we learn that the whole of Don PEDRO'S forces which were in the highest spirits, had been concentrated at St. Michael's, for which place the Regei t, Don PEDRO. took passage in the Superbe stmintr on the afte.noun cf the 26th ult., with the intention of proceeding thence to Porto Santa, where the naval and military armament would rendtzvous, previous to making on attack on Ma deira, which it was intended should take plsce at the earliest possible moment. The island of Madeira was understood to be very much straitened for provisions. Don PEDRO was in want of transports for conveying his troops. It is stated in a private letter received from Lis bon, that six transports were fitting out in the Tagus for the purprse of taking reinforcements to Madeira, and that they were expected to sail on the 2d i ns t an t,—F a l mou th Packet. MOST MELANCHOLY OCCURENCE.- About three weeks ago, Misses Mast and IsanEr.t.a. BAINE, daughters of the late Rev. Mr. BAINE, of the Gaelic Chapel, Greenock, came from Edingburgh with her brother to reside at the bridge of Allen for the benefit of the health of the younger sister. They lodged with Mr. JAMES Millonsiv, and their brother left them about a week ago, delighted with the change for the better that had taken place in Miss ISABELLA'S health. On Tuesday forenoon, about eleven o'clock, • the two sisters left Mr. M'RoBBIE's, as if for the purpose of taking a walk on the banks of the Allan, and perhaps bathing. They were ob served by the workmen at Airthrey mills, in passing, to , be lively and in good spirits, and little aware of the prema ture fate which awaited them. 'Little more than an hour afterwards, a young gentleman residing in Bridge of Allan, in going up the east side of the river with his ing rod, observed at some distance before him, something that appeared like a towel or small table-cloth spread out on what is termed the "Fishers' Green," at the head of a deep pool called the "Black . Pot," where the _river is con fined within high rocky banks covered with wood. He shortly after found that what had attracted his attention, was a quantity of female attire, which was recognised at a single glance as the dresses of the two young ladies whom he bad seen the day before, and whom he knew to be strangers. On the alarm being given at the Mills of Airthrey, a little way down the river, Messrs. A:Mom:IE accompanied by their workmen, and many of the neighbours, hurried to the spot; when it was ascer tained, by means of a barge that had been kept for the re pair of the dam dyke, that the young ladies had indeed pe rished. They were dimly seen at the bottom of the river, within two or three yards of each other, in a place about IS feet deep. On their being brought up the younger was found in her bathing dress--the other in her usual dress, with the exception of her bonnet, shawl and shoes, which were found upon the green along with her bathing dress. It is conjectured that the one, in going in, had slid over a for perished their i recovery, the at tempt. dangerous quick-sand into the depth below, and that her ut sister, who was preparing to follow, on seeing what had happened, All had ln eiaunssh wereed t p to h r e o r m r under the able superintendence of Mr. J. RUTHERFOR D , surgeon, but in vain ; for by this title they must h ave been at least two hours and a half in the water. Th e de ceased Were'io the bloom of youth—the e ld er apparent l y not mere than twenty, and the y ounger under eighteen. —Caldonian Mercury.p"tleyueusbel 4