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are the only deaths that h. vc occurred among them, as far 83 I have been able to learn. Among the French peopl , of rank tlte cholera continues to make progress ; but I an aseurei that among them also it begins to diminish in in tensity, as it had previously done among the lower classes. M. Perier is better to-day. The report of his relapse which rsterday operated so unpleasantly on the Funds was, it is now said, founded only upon his having beet bled in the morning. Come what come may, the exi• gency is provided for. 111. Guizot would be immediately appointed Minister of the Interipr, should M. Perier b. obliged by a relapse or other event to relinquish his portfollio : or rather Guizot has received the appo i n tment in ad "'nee. A similar preparatory step has been taken in the case of that excellent man and Minister, M. d'Arg.o t. Th. Due de Broglie would instantly receive the portfeuille of the 'Ministry of Commerce should M. d'Argout's illnes terminate fatally, but which, I trust, will not be the case. M. de Rigny is not ill, as had been reported. Several deaths of distinguished persons have taken place since my LA last, among which may be mentioned those of the lady of General Pajol (daughter of Marshal Oudinot, Dim de Reggio,) M idatne de Vauguyan, Madame Dacier, and Al. Berthois (Deputy) ; but I am happy to repeat that the in tensity of the malady diminishes everywhere, while I ad tit that the number o fsick continues to be very great indeed. FRENCII FUNDS, PARIS, APRIL 20.-Five per Cents., 96f. 95c• 90c. 95c. 90e. 8.5 c. Ode. 80c. 85c. 80c. 96f. 85c. 90c. 55c. ; Four per Cents., 83f. ; Three per Cents. 70f. 40c., 35c. 20e. 40c. 50c. 40c. ; National Loan. 97f. 15c. ; Bank Actions, 1,677 f. 50. ' • Rents de Naples, 81f. 20c. 10c. 20c. ; Rente d'Espagne, 1014 ; ; Spanish Loan, 801 i Rente Perpetuelle d'Espagne, '57% 1 4% 11 % % ; Belgian Certificates, 78 53. Exchange on London, one month, paper, 25f. 6.5 c.; money, 23f. 65c.; three mouths, Money, 25f. 45c -Cozies Authentique. FRENCH FUNDS.-PARIS, APRIL 21.-Five p?r Cents. 96f. 90c. 95e. 97f. 9tif. 95c. 97f. 95f. 95c. 90c. 961 95c. 90c. 80c. 75c; Four Per Cents., 8.3f.25c. ; Three per Cents. 7013 40c. 45c. 55c. 60c. 70c. (15c. 60c. 50c. 40c. 70f. 50c. 45c. 40c. 35c. :10c. ' • National Loan, 97f. 20c. ; Bank Stock, 1,682 f. 50c. 1,580. ; Rente de Naples, 81f. 40c. 30c. 81f. 81f. 10c.; Roman Five per Cents., 8014 3 4; Royal Spanish Loan, SO% IA IA 80; Rente Perpetuelle d'Espagne, 575' s )4 %1l % ; Belgic Certificates, 78% T 4 79. Exchange on London, one month, paper, 25f. 60c. ; money, 25f. 60c. ; three months, paper, 25f. 45c.; money, '2sf. 15c.-Cours Authentique. • ------- PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Rank Stock 3 per Cent. Red .. 84% 4 3 per C en t.ConF.,.;Bshi 5 4 47i 3;6 per Cent. Ditto Red 9 - 24% 174 New 3% per 3 per Cent Ann. 17:26 .... - 4 per Cent. 1826 lOl %14 Bank Long Ann. to expire Jan. 5, 18 - 30 16 11-16 Oct. 10, 1859 16% Jan 5, 1860 - Jan. 5, l&SO - April 5, 1880 - Jan. 5,187 n - DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. New 5 per Cent. - 1 India Stock Ditto Bonds 3 2 pm. South Sea Stock 93 Old Annuities - New Ditt0........ ..._....,.„ - 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 .... -- Ex. Bills, £1,1:00 l2 13 on . 12 13 pro. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial ...... pm Ditto Advertised Bank for Account India for Account ... _ PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds — Belgian Bonds Ditto Scrip Ditto Account 2 1,4 pm. Brazilian Bonds 45 1 i 16 Ditto Account 45 6 5% Buenos Ayres Bonds .. Ditto Account — Chilian Bonds .., l6 Ditto Account Columbian Bonds 9.% Ditto Account — Ditto Bonds, 1824 ll% Danish Bonds _ - 67 Ditto Account — Greek Bonds ........ Ditto Bonds, 18.25 Ditto Account 3 l/!4 30 1 Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent. —1 Ditto Account — Ditto, 6 per cent 314 Ditto Account 32% j Neapolitan Cons. for May ^3 ...... ss l ,i 1 4 5 THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bond Ditto Account 1142 se Portugue Bonds • 49% Ditto Account Regency Scrip Ditto Account Prussian Bonds Ditto Account Ditto Bonds, 1822 — Russian Bonds, 1822 qBl4 Ditto Account ')SL; Vz New Loan 9•33,‘ Spanish Bonds, 1821 l4 1 Ditto Account _ Ditto Bonds, Ittr,3 Ditto Account in French Renter, sp. c. —f —c. , Exchange —f —c. —3 per cent. —f —c. Exchange —f —c. Dutch Scrip l4 tV,; 1 ,4 4 Ditto Account...44Y , 4 37 French Scrip — PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONI O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) X ion N . Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (ies. at 5/. pm.) £21.) 45) 6 Ditto St. John Del Rey Ditto Cocaes British Iron Mining Company £so Columbian Mining Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) 474 si' English Mining Company 12)4 2 4 2 General Mining Association £l2)4 21!4 Real dcl Monte Mining C 0...., United Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at ttl. inn.) 40 Alliance Fire Insurance Comp. lO Protector Insurance Comp. Canada Company l7 General Steam Navigation Co. Provincial Bank of Ireland ........ Van Dieman's Land Agricultural Co l2 914 £1 7 0 42 5% FOREIGN EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, APRIL 17.—1 s it? ; two months, 13. 10!4. BERLIN, APRIL 14.—Three months, 13 BREMEN, APRIL la—Two months, 620. STOCKHOLM, APRIL 10.—Nnety. days, 13 33. PETERSBURGII, APRIL 3.—Three months, 10,j-4. Arrived ItAILs. . Due. Arrived. 0 America ............... 0 0 Hamburg 0 Brazil 0 Buenos Ayr es 0 0 J ama i ca. 0 0 Certhagena 0 0 Leeward Islands ... 0 Dublin 0 0 Lisbon I I Flanders 0 0 Malta 0 I France 0 0 Sweden 0 I Guernmey &Jersey.. 0 2 Waterford Due. NIGH WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORKOW. M orning... 33 minutes after 8.1 Evening...lo minutes after J. THE EARL OF MULGRAVE'S NEW NOVEL. This day was published, i n 3 vo l s . post B vo. THE CONTR AST, By the Author of " Matilda" - and " Yes and No." Henry Colburu and Richard Bentley, New Burlington• street. ebe 404 et Stet+ LONDN, M ONDAY EVENING O , APRIL 23, 1832. By the Paris Express we learn that the legis lative Session of the Chambers was brought to a close on Saturday. It is, we conjecture, the last that M. C. PERIER will witness, for his state of health seems to be very precarious, and his danger is increased not a little by his restless, nervous irritability. SHAKSPEARE appear s to have described him exactly, when he talks of " A fiery soul that, workin g out its way, Frette d the pi g my body to decay Arid oierinformed its tenement of clay." On the subject of this statesman's present condition, the Paris express says, " The ru mours relatin g to an approaching change of Ministry, which have been lately gaining ground revery day, seem to have acquired some consis tency. It is certain that M. C. PERIER'S ability to resum e the direction of public affairs is by this time nearly despaired of by his political adherents, and that his nearest relations and most intimate private friends have resolved to use every means capable of dissuading him from the intention of doing so, which up to this moment he seems to entertain. General SEBASTIANI is still in a hopeless state as to any prospect of returning to an active life ; and as to M. D'ARGOUT, who has been at tacked by the prevailing disease, his life is in danger, therefore no one can say that he will re main a member of the present Cabinet. Under all these circumstances, it is evident to every one ' that the PERIER Administration is tumbling to pieces, and the chances of a change of men, at least, if not of measures, almost amount to a cer tainty at the present moment." The downfall of the PF.RIER Administration at the present eventful crisis, cannot fail to be at tended with the most unpleasant consequences to hours-PHILIPPE, (if otherwise to France), for he is said to be wholly wedded to the juste milieu policy, whose sole efficient representative is M. PERIER. With the death of that Statesman, dies also the system which for months past he has been daily Wiling, with such energy, to mature rand consolidate. lt is ev id ent, therefore, that LOUIS-PHILIPPE must make a sa i °f hi s i nc li nat i ons; and succumbto the tnovement — party. That he will struggle against his, to hint odious, necessity as long as le possibly can, as long as there exist , .yen the slightest glimmering of success, no oat who knows any thing of the downright commer cial tastes and habits of the citizen KING cat, possibly doubt ; but as little doubt is there tha' die sacrifice must be made. France, we strongly suspect, will henceforth endure no Ministry that does not enter on office under a solemn pledge. to do its very utmost to effect the restoratiol of Polish independence. Some of the Paris Papers, we perceive, mention that the DE cAzEs' party are intriguing to wriggle them selves into office, but will France permit a Minister of the Restoration, a Counsellor and friend of Lours .XVIII., to form a Go vernment under a Citizen King; or would such a Monarch fancy himself safe with such a Go vernment ? We should think not. The latest accounts respecting the cholera mention, that though still virulent at Paris, it is yet perceptibly abating in malignity. We perceive by the provincial Journals that in many parts of Scotland, and indeed generally throughout the kingdom, requisitions are once more in progress for getting up Reform meet ings. Edinburgh meets to-morrow, Glasgow in the course of the week. The object of these meetings is to express confidence in his Ma jesty's Ministers, at the same time to entreat them—and this is a most material point—not to allow of the slightest alteration as respects the ten pound franchise. Speaking on this subject at the late Leeds meeting, Mr. BAINES well ob served, that such a franchise was far from being a low one in that populous town—that in fact it was unnecessarily high, and would, if increased to 151. or 201., enable only about 1,500 or 2,000 electors to vote, out of a population comprising 120,006 souls ! It is, indeed, absolutely essential to all the best interests of Reform that the 10/. franchise should be left untouched. Even to nibble at it, as the ultras and waverers propose to attempt doing, is to neutralize its good effects. Lord GREY cannot but be aware of this, though he expressed himself somewhat dubiously in his closing speech, and will, we trust, stubbornly re sist all attempts to raise the franchise. But whether his Lordship be or be not sufficiently awake to the necessity of preserving this part of the Bill unemasculated, there can be no question that the country will but do its duty in reminding him, at every Reform meeting that relay take place during the interval of the recess, how warmly it has the ten-pound franchise at heart. We have received Dutch, Belgian, German, and Hamburg Papers this morning. Their con tents are, on the whole, of a pacific character, although an article, dated Berlin, April 12, states that a Cabinet Order had been issued for placing the reserve regiments on the war esta- blishnient. This we do not think at ai probable under existing circumstances. Prussia is not likely to gain much by war, and the general dissatisfaction manifested against the restrictions on the press, together with the con- stant demand for the long promised Constitution, must inspire some hesitation, if not caution, into the Councils of the KING, before war is decided on. But Prussia would not be the first to court war in any case. If hostilities be at all provoked, Holland, backed by Russia, must strike the first blow. That such is not now so likely as it was a month or two ago, may be in- ferred from the recent auspicious division on the Reform Bill, and the ratification of the Belgian treaty by Prussia and Austria. The following are extracts : TrrE HAGITE„krhu.I9.-His Royal Highness Prince Albert of Prussia, consort of the Princess Marianne, ar rived here this morning from Berlin, and will remain here till after Easter, and then accompany the Princess Frederick of the Netherlands to Berlin. Boxs-LE-Doc, APRIL 16.—While the Government is taking the greatest precautions to prevent the cholera from being introduced by sea from England or France, no means are neglected to prevent as far as possible the intro duction of this dangerous disorder by land. His Excel lency the Governor of this province has enjoiaed all the local authorities to exert themselves to pr, vent the com munication of this disorder from France, through Belgium, either by means of travellers, or of goods susceptible of in fection, coming from infected places. The Governme n t having learned that some irregularities take place in giving or signing certificates of health, at Dunkirk, for travellers who have left Paris or Calais since the cholera appeared in those places, with a view of coining to Hol land by the steam-boat from Dunkirk, by which they avoid performing quarantine, has ordered Dunkirk to he considered as infected, and all ships, persons, and goods from that place to be subjected to fifteen days' quarantine. ROTTERDAM, APRIL 19.--Marshal Count Bourmont, Minister of War under King Charles X., and conqueror of Algiers, has been here for some days, and resides in the Hritel d'Angleterre. Bors-LE-Due, Aram I9.—The Belgian garrison of Venloo has been considerably strengthened; so that part of the troops already there have had to make room for those lest arrived, and had gone into cantonments in the en virons. Piince Albert of Prussia is expected at the head quarters after Easter. It is supposed that this Prince will visit pert of the cantonments of the army, in com pany with the Field-Marshal. We hear nothing more of the removal of the head-quarters. AMSTERDAM, APRIL I9.—We flatter ourselves that we shall next week have a short visit from his Majesty the King. FRANK PORT, APRIL I6.—The Bavarian State Ga zette says, on the authority of private letters from Italy, that a convention has been concluded at Rome respecting the affair of Ancona and the Legations, by which all parties are satisfied, so that it may be considered as cer tain that tranquillity is in no further danger in that quar ter. The convention is said to consist of twenty-tou r articles. This news is not, however, confirmed from any other quarter. AMSTERDAM, Aelt!t. 20. Actual Debt, 234 per Cent 42 to 42y, Amort Syndic, 4y,i per Cent 61.).% to 704 Ditto, ditto, 31i per Cent. Voluntary Loan, b per Cent. Exchange on London, one month ll 95 Two months •Dutch Papers, April 21. CASSEL, Aram 12.... We !eau that the Elector has now given his consent in writing to the marriage of thr Zlectoral Prince with the Countess Schaumburg, and it vill be formally announced to all foreign Courts. U., tnyal Highness the Electress, it is said, now makes ni. .' , jection to receiving the Countess as consort of the Prior, tegent. On a visit which the Prince paid to the Eke .ress, the day before his departure, a complete reconcil,a ion took place, which is said to have been brought about v the medi Jinn of the Princess Caroline, the Prince's sister. BERLIN, APRIL 12.—We learn that a Cabinet onset directs that the regiments on the reserve shall be again ilaced on the war establishment, that is to say, shall be in creased from 678 men per battallin, to 1,002. Sere: 1 if them will probably be sent to Mayeuce and Saarlouis, and in general those regiments be concentrated on the Rhine, whereas the 4th Corps of the army will be with drawn from that country. The cholera, which about a month ago seemed to have left the Halle, has reappeared with almost as much virulence as at first, with the difference that there are now many cases in the higher classes. BERLIN, APRIL 11.—All the reports of war have va nished. Nothing certain is known of the arrival of the Imperial Family of Russia; and a person of rank at Court lively affirmed, that even the month when the journey will rake place, is not fixed. It was generally reported here yesterday that the cholera had again appeared in Breslau-. STOCKHOLM, Aram 10.—One of our journals had the following article, dated 29th ultimo :—" Several arrest, have lately been made here by the police, and more wiJ follow. Some restless young men, chic fly of the trading classes, on Sunday evening disturbed the public tran quility in the streets and in hou , es—forced their way into inhabited apartments—behaved riotously—attacked the military patroles or lered to arrest them, &c. They are under arrest in the Town HA, and numbers of persons are daily summoned to the Police-office to give testimony against them. Bail to the amount of 15,000 dollars offered by the family of one the prisoners, was refused, &e. —Homburg Papers. April 17. HAMBURG, APRIL 17.—BORSEN HALLE, HALM-PAPT TWO O'CLOCK.-In Funds there is little doing, but prices maintain themselves steadily. Discount four and a half per cent. End of April. Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent 64% Anglo-Russian Loan Hamburg ditto 86 14 Russian Inscription, 5 per cent.... . 86 l 4 Ditto, ditto, 1831 85% Polish Bonds ... lOB Austrian Bank Shares 1134 Ditto Metalliqucs New Austrian 4 Der Cents 71 1 14 Weight. Rix.dollars. Wheat, Anhalt, white ll5 to 122. 118 to 128 red 117 to 127 110 to 127 Marks l2n to 125 122 to - 134 Mecklenburgh --- Holstein, red 118 to 125 110 to 128 —Hamburg Reporter. CONSTANTINOPLE, MARCH 26.—St. Jean D'Acre still holds out, and the Porte hopes it will continue to do so, as it is said to have provisions for a year. Great naval pre parations continue to be made. Sir S. Canning had his first audience of the Sultan on the 19th. The Porte has taken no resolution respecting the frontiers of Greece. The high price of corn occasioned serious tumults at Taurus on the 19th of February, and the magazines of several European merchants were plundered. The dread fully bad weather is at length succeeded by milder Spring temperature, but unhappily the plague has reappeared in the city.—Allpemeine Zcitung, April 17. THE FUNDS -(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK Montreal Papers to the 27th March, Quebec to the 17th March, and Bombay Papers to the 25th December, have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house. The Montreal Papers are void of the least interest. From Quebec they state, that the Upper Canada Papers have continued to he filled, since the close of the Legisla• ture, with acrimonious discussions on the local affairs of the province, and the proceedings of public meetings held in opposition to Sir John Colbourn's administration, and the general management of public affairs ; but all parties profess a strong attachment to the British Govern ment. Those who are at present dissatisfied with the management of the provincial affairs, say that it tends to the benefit of a few, at the expense of the many. The majority of the Representative body support the Ad ministration. The Bombay Papers do not contain any political news of consequence. We have bad later accounts overland from India. The accounts from Mexico, via America, state to the 27th of February, that no decisive meeting had taken place between the forces of Santa Anna and the Govern ment troops. The movements were only limited to skirmishes. General Santa Anna marched to the enemy' s camp with 600 horse and two companies of infantry, to intercept a convoy of money, which he took, and the troops joined his standard. By the French mail this morning we have accounts from the frontiers of Italy, stating that the Pope is now disposed to settle his affairs with the French. Accounts from Terceira of March 26, state that on the arrival there of Don Pedro it was expected that the expe dition against Don Miguel would immediately proceed to Portugal, but great disappointment has been experienced owing to the transports not being ready, and instead of the expedition sailing in April, it is not supposed it will take place until the month of June. Letters from Gibraltar state that all the ports in Bar bary have been closed to all European ships, owing to the cholera. The estafette from Paris this morning is of some im portance, and, although it brings a decrease in the cholera, great alarm prevails in the above capital, which may be easily perceived by most of the Deputies, as well as the Peers, taking to their heels with the prorogation of the Chambers, even without a closing speech from his Majesty. This does not correspond with the former great deeds of the Grand Nation. A change of the French Ministry was expected. The number of deaths on Thursday were 445, being 80 less than the preceding day ; on Friday the deaths were 372, 73 less than on Thursday. TILE ruling. Consols, which left off on Saturday at 851 for Ac count, opened rather heavy this morning at 844, since which they have been done at 851 for Account. By our private accounts from Paris this morning they expect that a new Ministry will be immediately formed, and a manifesto issued that they will pursue the same mea sures as the former one. HALF-PAST ONE. Since we wrote our foregoing article, we are informed from a creditable source that later information has been re ceived from Paris, that M. Perier is much better, as well as M. Argout, and that no change in the Ministry is expec ted to take place as yet. They write from Alexandria, March 15, that St. Jean d'Arre still holds out, although reduced to ruins. The Funds which had a good appearance in the early part of the morning, has within a short period given way from 851- down to 841 85, at present may be quoted 854. for the Account. This decline was owing to a sale of 30,000 Consols ; reports were immediately afloat of the death of M. Perrier, and the failure of a great house, at present all remains as on dit. We have endeavoured to trace the above to some authentic source, in which we have not succeeded to the present hour. A private letter from Paris, by the estafette, says that 15,000 persons have already died of the cholera in Paris; and that, although the disease is abating, numerous deaths take place daily. In the Foreign Market Dutch Stock has been at 44i. 7 1 1REE 0' CLOCK. Consols for Account B . ni. FOUR O'CLOCK CLOSING PRICES. Consols Ditto for Account 81i b Greek, 1825......... Brazili an B on d s 46 Mexican, 1825..... 314 Buenos Ayres... Peruvian ........ Chilian Russian 9B Columbian 1824 Spanish This morning seven unfortunate beings, without shoes and stocking'', and almost naked, who gave their name , James Matthews, James Shaw. John Matthews, Marl. ; [how, Elizabeth Cagney, Mary Turner, and Eliza ;)eth Matthews, were brought up by Mr. Superin endant Thomas and some of his officers, having beer `mind huddled together in that notorious receptacle yclep , R its' Castle," which is situate in Nottingham-court. Seven Dials, at about nine o'clock this morning. It appears that the house in question has long been the refuge for beggars and other loose characters, with whicl she streets abound, and is called by the inmates " Rats' Castle." It is kept by an Irishman named Meehan, whi• tecommodates, (if accommodation it can be called) these wretched people with a bed nightly, upon payment of penny, threepence, or sixpence a night—and in the morning they take up their kit and go out cadging for the day, and it night return to their damns and occupy their usual pallet. The most immoral scenes take place there and in the neighbourhood every night, to the annoyance of the mire peaceable inhabitants, and the house has long been the subject of complaint. This morning, Mr. Thomas, in company with two or three of his officers, entered the " Castle." the miserable state of the interior of which he describes to be most horrible. He found thi e• of the female prisoner,' and two of the males in bed together (two of them brother and sister), and th , . others were up drinking and smoking—the wall. of th e room were chalked all over with the most disgustine expressions, and the whole scene was one of the most filthy and immoral he had ever before experienced. He gave ord e rs to his men to take the whole of them into custody. Several respectede inhabitants came up and spoke to the intolerable nuisance they were subjected to by the characters who lodged in the house, and said that it was a complete warren for thieves and beggars. The police-nfficers stated that the occupiers of the Castle put them at fi 'nee. The MAGISTRATE expressed his ►orrow that he could not assist the inhabitants in removing the nuisance—for his part, he would say, he wished the house was burnt to th e ground, but he dare not set it on fire. He could not interfere, but he was cer•ain if a representation was made to the parish officers of St. Giles's, they would indict the house, and thereby rid the inhabitants of the pestilence. Mr. Thomas undertook to cause the parish to prosecute, and those of the inhabitants who now attended promised to assist him in the furtherance of so desired an object. The seven miserable wretches were desired to be set at liberty. - ANECDO*I E OF VOLTAIRE. " When at Geneva, I was invited to Fernev, to assist at the presentation of the Prince Doul gouroukie, a young man of very high rank in Russia, who came to Voltaire at the head of a deputation from the Empress Catherine 11., than whom, perhaps, no one has ever been more anxious as to what should be said of her by the world. Voltaire had contributed to foster, at the same time that he gratified, his passion, by writing a great deal in the Empress's praise ; and the presents which were brought by the Prince Dolgouroukie were probably intended either a , a reward for past praises, or as a retaining fee for the future. I say nothing of the truth of what he has written, but content myself with recording what I witnessed at the reception of the en,bassy. The presents were produced by the Prince in succession, and exhibited with great state and ceremony. The first was an ivory box, the value of which con sisted in its being the work oldie Empress's own hands. The next was her Imperial Majesty's portrait, brilliantly set in diamonds, of very great value ; and I could not resist the idea that the eyes of the philosopher sparkled with delight at the splendid setting of the picture, rather than at the picture itself. Then followed a collection of books in the Russian language, which Voltaire admitted that he did not under stand ; but he admired them, and very justly, as rare specimens of typography, and as being bound in a style of magnificence befitting an Imperial gift. The last of the presents was a robe, the lining of which was of the fur of the black fox, irom the Kurile isles. It was certainly of immense value, and such only as the Empress of Russia could give. The Prince, on producing it, begged to be shown into a darkened room, where, on drawing his hand across the fur, it produced so much electrical tire, that it was possible to read by it. This was ascribed to the extreme closeness or thickness with which the hair was set on the skin. In return for these princely gifts, Voltaire had his portrait drawn by my friend Hubert, in which he was exhibited in rather an extraordinary position, rising out of bed in an ectasy upon the presents being presented to hini. The picture was ac companied by a copy of verses in the Empress's praise, in the taste of the period, and, of course, sufficiently nauseous and fulsome."—From a very curious and amusing publication, entitled Me moirs of Sir James Campbell, of Ardkinglass, written by himself. The writer is the father of Mrs. Thomas Sheridan.) MEETING OF THE COUNTY OF YORK, The High Sheriff of the county of York, RICHARD YoRK, Esq. of Wighill Park, in compliance with a requisition signed by 632 persons, chiefly freeholders, has convened a county meeting on the Factory Bill, to be held to-morrow•. HUDDERSFIELD MARKET. --This market, on Tuesday last, was locating up, and rather more busi nem was transacted. The principal articles in demand were cassinets, merinos, and union cloths, for the conti nen t. —Ha ar Express. CARPET TRADE.—We are glad to hear that at Kidderminster the carpet trade has latterly improved. —Worcester Journal. Mr. WASHINGTON IRVING, in his new "Sketch-Book," we understand, is about to give to the public the result of all that he has seen and heard in the course of the numerous interesting excursions he has made during the last three years; and, if we may believe the re ports of his; moat intimate friends, among whom it will be recollected are Mooas and ROGERS, it is likely even to exoel his former work in the novelty of its incidents, the raciness of its descriptions, and the originality of its cha- SHIPPING INTELIAGENCE-crmg DAY FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, Aran, p.m. S.E.— Arrived and sail. .d for the Raver, Indiana, Webster, an. tbel Gower, Smith, from Mauritius; Manfield, Stainbauk rom New South Wales ; Crisis, Leader, from Oporto Jane, Eaens, from Me.nel. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 20.—Arrived the Thom, King, Williamson, from Li.bon, for D-merara; tLe El zi ,eth, Davis, from Smyrna ; the Margaretta, Cooper, front Lisbon ; the Hans Go%samer, from Lichen ; the Lomeli. Driscoll, from Bombay. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 22, S.S.W.--Arrived his Ma iesty's ship Met i or, from Malta —sailed the 29th ult., ir. , !ompany with his Majesty's slip Mastiff, for England ; Premium, Young, from Maranham, with loss of boats &c., and part of the cargo thrown overboard, having ex .aerienced a severe Bale on the 31st ult. BOW-STRE'Er.-(THIS DAY.) racters. A few days ago, two white rats with red eyes were caught upon the premises of Mr. Phillip, Of this town, wh arfinger.—Doncaster Gazette. SUICIDE.—An inquest was held on Saturday evening at the Vestry Room of St. John's, Horslydown, on the body of ANN CHAPMAN, aged 45, who destroyed herself by taking a solution of copperas. The deceased had declared she had taken the poison through having "a brute of a husband." Verdict—lnsanity. PROPER PRIDE IN A DOG.—A gentle man, a good shot, lent a favourite old pointer to a friend, who had not much to accuse himself of in the slaughter of partridges, however much he might have frightened them. After ineffectually firing at some birds which the old poin ter had found for him, the dog turned away in apparent disgust, went home, and never could be persuaded to ac company the same person afterwards.—Jesse's Gleanings of Natural History. HORSE TURNED HARLEQUIN.--A few days since, a fine black mare, seventeen hands high, belonging to Mr. TAYLOR, of Mottram, near this town, becoming impatient of confinement, though loose in the stable, actu ally made her exit through the pitch -hole, which measures two feet ten inches square, to the wonder and amusement of Mr. TAYLOR and one of his workmen, who happened to be near the spot, and saw the animal's freak.—Mac clesfield 'Jerald. The antipathy of the hen to water is well known; yet the hallowing is a curious instance of habit overcoming nature :—A hen, who had reared three broods of ducks in three successive years, became habituated to their tilting to the water, and would fly to a large stone in the naid,tl e of the pond, and patiently and quietly watch her brood as they swam about it. The fourth year she hatched her own eggs; and ending that her chickens did not take to the water as the ducklings had done, she flew to the stone in the pond, and called them to her with the utmost eageraess,.►J Csee ' e Gleanings of Arai. History. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 21.—Wind S.W.—Fresh breezes ; it blew a heavy gale at S.S.E. yesterday, from day-light till noon. Arrived his Majesty's ship Ranger, from e. 1,1• omica and Bermuda; his M jesty's ship Satellite, from Trincomalee—sailed the 4th January, from St. He!ena Ist ult., and from Ascension 4th dirt() ; Fairy transport. Fawcett, from Trieste—sailed the 29th February. FALMOUTH, APRIL 19.—Arrived the Bri•ish Mo. 'march, Pearson from Demerara ; and Elizabeth, Tonkin, from Lisbon. FALMOUTH', APRIL 21.—Wind W. to S. W.--Fresl, 4r , ezes —Sailed Spey packet, for Lisbon; Tyrian pa, ka, fn, Fll., Janeiro and Buenos Ayres ; and Lady Alary P.:lllam packet, for 1 eeward Islands. COWES, APRIL 22.—Arrived the Ann Baldwin, Craw ord, from Rio Janeiro; Lark. Stephens, from New 0,-- leans; and Emily. Godfrey, from Charleston. Arrivrd off the Wight, the Andromache, Hunter, from Charleston Arrived off the Lizird, the Jacob, Eldertg, from Brbia; and 'Mercers, Hoyl from New York. BRISTOL. ArluL 20.—Arrived the Transfer, from An cons ; the Herm, from Lis' on. MILFORD, APRIL 19. —Arrived the Atlantic, Donn. from Liverpool, eargo shifted and leaky, and must dia• 'charge, hound to Picton ; the Jane, M.hony, from G. 1. way, leaky, and must discharge, hound to London. JRRSET, APAIL IS. — Arrived the Surprise, Pmlllt, from C idiz. MARGATS, Amt. 22.—Arrived the Abel Gower, Smith, arid Indiana, Webster, from the Mauritius. SVANDG ATE CREEK, Arrut 22.—Arrived the Helle spont, I,ngridge, from Smyina ; Astrea. Hurst, from Trieste ; Fly, Wren, from Venice ; St. Guiseppe, Allegro, from Genoa; and Rhoda, Aberdeen, from Leghorn. The Jnseft, from La Guayra to S. Thomas's, was lose on the 26th of Fbroary, on lA. R que•, THE MARKETS--(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. Last week there was a moderate arrival of English Grain, but a large supply of Irish Oats, and a good return of both English and Irish Flour. This morning there is a moderate supply of most kinds of Grain, and a small attendance of buyers at market. Wheat has sold heavily this morning, and las. week's prices are hardly maintained, for the finest and other prices are de clined Is. to 2s. per quarter. In the Barley trade there is little doing at the terms of last week. Beans meet a slow sale at former quotations. Pease dull and unvaried in value. Oats that are good and sweet may be noted the same as last week, but other kinds are dull sale aund unaltered. In the Flour trade there is not so much doing as last week, but prices remain unaltered. PRICES ON BOARD OF SHIP. 30s. 565. 58s. 82s. 63& 655. 525. 58s. 60s. 665. 70$. 745. 501. 76a. 345. 38s. 245. 30s. 325. 345. 345. 375. 545. 58s. 60s. tits. 325. 345. 35s 37s 325. ats. :mg. 38s. Wheat, Red (old) White (old) Red ;1:31) Fine -- Superfine --White (1831) - Supv Foreign Rye Barley ---- Fine - Superfine Malt - Fine New Pease, Grey Nev - Maple Nf - White -- Boilers ~ Beans, Small (new) —s. (old) --s. --s Tick (new) 33s 35s • (old) 40s. 42s Harrow (new)::6,. 38s (old).. 40s. 44s Brank Oats, Feed New lSs. la Poland New ',los. Potatoe New ... 235. 25. Scotch "6s. 27a . Irish lSs. 22a 245. Flour Town per sack) 55s tit), Seconds 50s. 555. North Country 445. 4Ss. Bran New ~µ. few.... ARRIVALS or GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST WEER. ' T g 9 ET g 7 ; From Whence. 2 ..-- r . F ~ p r : 4 Qri.. Qrv. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Sck: .41dborough 2BO 257 21 21 Bridgwater Bridport Ro,ton Chichester Cowes Dartmouth ) ( El o a l r c i h je s l t i er l '3 12:14 579 4 — M 67 401 68 27 170 42 _ LeighNa cio n Exeter — 1 127 42 Falmouth 246 316 23 9 Grangemouth — 50 Hull 2OO 440 Ipswich 75 125 1430 40 5 35 heat 103.5 432 351' 142 315 174 80 I.ynn — 197 '2'3 63 Padstow B3 237 Poole — 10, Plymouth — 130 Southampton Suuthwold — 50 270 ' 4 tockton — _ _ 39' Weymouth — 60 54: Woodbridge l9l 538 IS 10 ' Yarmouth — 2 698 24! Aberdeen Banff — 80 11 Inverness 54 -- 300 —__ 5-0 ..... Leith 3556 2156 4895 4071 780 330 5484 !RIM Belfast Cork — 714 1314 Düblin Galway — 4367 40 Limerick Londonderry Ross 320 22 60 Sligo Waterford . 603 3339 1749 Youghall 6O 1932 —.— -.. FOREIGN. I Gijon Kiel 960 —I Nak5k0v........... 860 Odessa 1450 Coastways — 200 Total., 8144 3116 4895 0 22905 780 352 983 j AGGREGATE Rye. o —Tares, QUA N' 0--L rmr inseed, itard. F OTH 0--ft lilt Pa 87. 352 I PULSI .13rank, 1 98:36 LIDS O I, 310- E. ,0-- SMITHFIELD MARKET This day's supply was moderately good for that of a holiday, and the trade was exceedingly dull throughout, with Beef and Veal at a depression of about 2d., Lamb full 6d. per stone; with Mutton and Pork at Friday's quotations. rxiczs rut STONK OF BLSIS• TO SINK TIM OFFALS. S. d. to s. d. s. d. toe. a. Inferior Beasts 2 2 2 6 Large Lambs 0 0 0 0 Second quality ditto 210 3 0 Prime small ditto... 5 6 6 8 Prime large Oxen... 3 4 3 8 Large coarse Calves 3 6 3 8 Prime Scots, &c..... 3 8 310 Prime small ditto... 4 6 5 2 Inferior Sheep 2 8 210 Large Hogs 3 8 310 Second quality ditto 3 0 3 8, Small Porkers 4 4 410 Coarse.woolled ditto 310 4 4j Suckling Calves 12s to2tis.each Svuthdown Wethers 4 4 4 8, Quarter old Pigs 12s to 18e. each. SUPPLY, AS PER CLERIC'S STATEMENT. Beasts.Shcep and Lamb/ Calves. Pigr. I 2,224 15,550 87 I 140 About 70 of the beasts came up the St. Alban's road ; about 30 up the other northern roads; about 60 (including Irish) from th• western and midland districts; about 18 0 from Nor. folk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire ; about 60 from Kent and Sussex ; and most of the remainder from the marshes, &c. In the neighbourhood of London. NEWGATE AND LEA At per stone , s. d.to a. ce. s. d.tos. d inferior 2 2 2 4 Mutton, inferior ... 2 4 2 6 • middling 2 4 2 8- middling.. 2$ 3 2 - prime large 3 0 3 2 - prime 3 2 4 0 - prime small... 3 0 3 4 Pork, large 4 4 4 2 Veal 3 2 3 0 --small 3 8 4 8 Lamb .DENH ALL MARKETS. by the Carcass. iSeet, 48. 6cl. to 68. Cd. NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET —April 21. We had a large supply of Wheat from our fanners to-day, but a considerable part being bought on speculation added to the real wants of the millers, sales were bask at full as good prices as this day sen'night, The Oat market was also better than of late, and the whole steadily taken off at our quotations. there is no British Barley now left on hand; the last sold at 365. per quarter. A cargo of Foreign arrived to this morning's market, which is held at 365. Beans, Peas, and Rye dull. Fine Malt good sale. 1 - New. Old. Wheat, Northumberland sBs. 67s -s. -s.' - Norfolk and Suffblk 58s. 67s Berwick and Scotch 565. 64s -s. -s. -- Foreign 495. 56s -s. .-4. Rye, Norfolk and Stiftlk -s. -s -s. -s. - Foreign 3.24. 355. ..., -.. Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk 345. 36s -- Grinding and Feeding ltis. 30s --6 .....s. Nlalt, Norfolk and &tablk 58, 62s --8.. - 8. Beans, Small 30e. 325....... --E, --6. -- Tick 29s. 31s. -.6. -3. Pease, White 345. 366 .. ..a. • - • 6 . - Gray s. ..-G -s. --B. Oats, Northumberland,P }taws 2.2s 245. --s. -6. - Feed Itis 215......, __s. -8. - Foreign 6. -.,j Flour, Fine (per sack) s. -s 47s. 49a. We have been favoured with the sight of a letter from Paris to a lady in this city, which describes the cholera in that capital in a manner fully coinciding with the details in the newspapers, but adding this singular tut —" that for a great length of time a mast unwholesorn north .east wind has prevailed which blow• into the mon.h a peculiar taste of copper; this is the dreadful malaria that destroys, and the poor ignorant people imagine am. select' poisoned !"—Bath Herald. " The inhabitants of Pendleton an 1 its vicinity ar• re •pectfully informed that a public meeting will be held it Mrs. Bellinger's, the Crown and Maypole. on Sa urdly, the 21 t day of A l ai!, to take into .on‘ideration, the most effectual means of extending the Jolitical union of the coun'y, est iblish.d on the principles if annual parliaments, univcrsil suffra. e, and yore by .allot, when a few fiiends from Manchester and S*ltord vill attend to advocate the above principles, when all friends are expected to attend.—Our motto is, t Unite aid be free."' The Chair was taken at seven o'clock, when several of the individuals who have recently brought themselves into notice by Inisterous and absurd agitation addressed the •tieeting, which was tolerably well atten&d. Lomas, and others of the acquittals who were tried at the last Lancaster assizes for riot and sedi:ion, were present, and took a conspicuous port in the proceedings of the meeting. This is the first time that the peaceable and respectable district of Pendleton has been the scene of pli ricol meetings of this nottue—the parties, it is supposed, eon venel the meeting in that perish iu order to be out •.f the jurisdiction of the authorities of Manchester. The recent conviction of Broadhurst and his colleacues of the Hunt faction, it appears, has h .ti no effect in quelling the discontented spirits of these iii-affeeted men, who must. if o‘ey possess common sense, which some give them credit for, per;ectly aware of the itteorhistency, at pr.-sent, of asking for so sweeping a measure of Reform, when they per ceive the difficulty of obtaining the mod,rate measure now p:nding in the Lords. A meeting of a similar description to tic above is to be held at Middleton, on Monday, when, it is stated, the dis ressed condition of the agitators confined in Lancaster Castle, and that if their wives and farnlies, is to be taken into consideration, and some means proposed for their relief. !rfine.. free RADICAL MEETI G AT MANCHESTER, APRIL, 21. FROM OUR CORRISTONDEN'T.) A meeting of the low ra.:ic,lN, styled he.e the "H u nt %lob," took place this evening nt Peodlet..n, mar Min •hester, having for its of jeer the furtherance of radical ltcforzn on the principles of vote by ha , lot, universal sof rage, and annual PailiAnents The meeting was called •iy the following handbill, which was plentifully posted on :he walls " RADICAL REFOIIIII. MANCHESTER SESSIONS, Arm 21. Sc 6 ' 2W I - m 74 ; lying on the ground, both having been mutdered by ap, ar wounds. The inquest found a verdict of Wilful Mur der" againt three natives, who are in custody. CRUEL LOVE.—Being in the country, near Working, Surrey, last week, I was witness to t:.e eurions tact of a female sparrow killing her husbanf, not from tither hatred or jealousy, but from love. The pair were in search of a place for building their nest; and the male bird, finding a tempting hole am,ng the tiles of the roof, got into it: unfortunately, he became entangled in the broken mortar, and could not force hia way back. The , etuale saw his situation, and after flying backwards and Forwards several times, twittering, and apparently in gi•eat distress, she endeavoured to pull bine out. S,-vur hirls were attracted by ti,e acciden•, and carne fluttering round, but were beaten off by the female sparrow. She the!' re doubled her own efforts to extricate the male, and gettihg hold of his beak, above the nostrils, in bar own be .k, .he pulled it so hard that she killed him. She did not, nowever, appear aware of the inialbr on , she bad dour, but continued pulling at the dead body ot her unfortunate tnale, with as much perseverance as she had done while h e continued alive. My man, who saw the whole tran.actino, last drove her away, and with some difficulty ex ti j eat , d the dead bird. Its bead was dresdfuily mangled ; and the beak of its mate bad evid-ntly penetrated the brain. About an hour afterwards, I again passtal the pace, and 'taw a bird, which I supposed the female. sitting oh he very spot where the accident happened, crouched together, with her feathers all standing up, an a. to kite her the , p.. pearanee of a ball, and certainly looking the very image of a disconsolate widow,... Correopendra of Lovoort's Met Three turn-out colli.rfs, nairv..d Pennell, Evans. and Fenelly. were convicted of a gross and violent upon Thomea Ashton, a culler. in the etni,loyment of 11 asrs Joneb, Le<a, and Co., proprietors of coil-miner at Oldham. Mr. COURTENAY stated the case for the ptosecutioni from which it appeared that in auober last the e.iiiiers itt •lie service of Mews's. Jones, Lees, aid Co. turned Out f.r wages. Consider •ble excitement eiosnd at the lithe , amongst them, and those who chose to accept the terms of Messrs. Jones and Co. were the obj-ct of revenge of the turn nuts. The complainant wan one of those who worked attire terms o , the teaster, and after leaving his iecrk 4111 the day named is the indictment, he war met by the defendants near the canal at Chadderton, near 0 dream, and after severely beating him, they threw him into the canal, by which he was much injured. The above frets were provd ny evioence, and the Chair. mite (JoHN FitznEsicx FOSTER, Esq. ) after a suitable -admonition as to their future conduct in int , rfering with c:.ntented workmen, sentenced them to be imprisoned fl two months, and to fifil sureties in 101. each of keep the peace, and to enter into their own reconiz ince in or to be imprisoned until such sure - ies were foun.l. The Sessions terminated this day (Saturda),), the ca. !ender was unusually light, and the cases generally were entirely void of interest. A Member of Parliament writes to tia as f 01.., lows:—" I believe that neatly thirty of the suppot ter. of Government have declared themselves adverse to tree Irish Reform Bill ; hut it must pass—or the repeal."—D. blin Mo►ning Register. THE CHOLERA.—The cholera, it is stated, has appeared in Rung-end, the state of which district was referred to by Judge Jean in his address to the grand jury at the commencement of the term. It was ruin mired through town yesterday that a gentl-tman named RICHARD sore, attached to one of the laic• courts, had died of chotera. —Dublin Morning Register. TIGERS.—A party of gentlemen from 13oma nay, one day visiting the stupendous caver❑ tetnire of Elephant', discovered a tig r's whelp in one tit the ob cure recesses of the edifice. Desirous ot kistnapping the cub, without encountering the fury of its dam, they ro tk it up hastily and cautiously, and retreated. Bit left entirely at liberty, and sztrernaly sill fed, the tug• r grew rapidly, appeared taele, and fondling as a slog, and in evert. respect entirely domesricated. At Ittrigth, when having otained a vast size, and, notwith.tanding its apparent eentleness, begun to inspire terror, lty i a tremendous powers of doing mischief to a pisce of raw meat, driwprng► tvith blood, which fell in its way. I is to b • ob-erveti th, t 0 ilia moment, it had been studiously kept from raw amoral f tod. The instant, however, it had dipped its tongue in loosl, something like madness seemed to have seized the .nimal—a destructive principle, hitherto dormant, was 'wakened—it darted fiercely, and with glaring eyes, upia its prey—tore it with fury to pieces, anti growling and roaring in the most fearful manner, rushed off towards the jungles.—Brown's Anecdotes. RAPE.—The constables of Ecclesall, &c., are in pursuit of a young man, charged with committing a rape upon the body of a child aged seven years. From inquiries we have made, we learn the following portico- I trs :—lt appears the man was drinking at the house of Mr. BROWNELL, the sign of the Stag, in Carver street, on Wednesday morning ; that about e.even o'clock he went out of the house into the yard ; and while there he per ceived the child in question nursing an infint, who sat on the skittle alley, and that he seized her and committed the abominable crime. The little girl has been very seriously injured by him. Such are the awful cffct. of intoli.,a -; it makes its victims commit acts at which they would shudder, if they were not to affected. In the above else, how reckless must have been tin; conduct of the fel low ! The yard is a thoroughfare, and overlooked by shops ; but unfortunately, no one paced through or over saw bins at the time, and the girl was prevent, d front giving any alarm, in consequence of the voLin stopping nsr mouth.—Sheffield Mercury. MURDER OF CAPTAIN THOMAS AND MR. PA RKER. —The Tasmanian of Sept. 2-It, contains an account of an Inquest held on the bodies of Captain THOMAS and Mr. PARKER, w ho were murdered by the aborigines of 'Van Ditmen's Land. It appeared that the deceased gentlemen were at Port Sorrell, with four ser vants, when two natives came to their tent, wire kindly received, and partook of food. Captain THOMAS asked them if there were any more. They held up their fingers and said, " Good many more." Captain THOMAS asked him to take him to them, which they readily agreed to do. Mr. PAnicEr. advised him not to go by himself; he said he would, and went off with the natives. Mr. PARK ELL walked at a short distance behind with a durable-barrelled gun. They chd not return, and in about two hours the servants gave the signal for leaving with the boa , a hich was not answered. Some natives that came to the place -aid the white men bad " tabbitty" (ran away.) The party left Port Sorrel, and returned to George Town, :row whence Mrs. PARKER sent parties in search of her husband and Captain THOMAS. Their bodies were found