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A Cabinet Council was held this day at half -past one o'clock, at the Foreign-office, which was attended by the LORD CHAN CELLOR, Earl GREY, Lord PALMERSTON, Lord MELBOURNE, Lord ALTHORP, Lord GODERICH, Lord HOLLAND, Lord JOHN ItUSSELL, the Duke of RICHMOND, Sir JAMES GRAHAM, the Right Hon. CHARLES GRANT, and Mr. STANLEY. The meeting 11 A4 not broken up when we went to press. It is with great regret, and no slight mis givings, we perceive that nothing definite, no thing decisive, on the subject of a new creation of Peers—except, indeed, a rumour, rife about town for the last few days, that the new patents are ready,—has yet been put forth either in or Out - of Parliament. On this point of vital im portance to every interest in the kingdom, the People are still in the dark. They arc exhorted, indeed to be confident, and to hope for the best ; they are assured that every thing is going on just it should do; that the great cause progresses steadily to a successful termination ; but about the one great question, which alone can justify their conSdence, they are not told a single sylla ble. Now, of what avail are all general assu rances, unaccompanied by a direct promise of a new batch of Peers ? To what do they amount but to a declaration on the part of Government that the people have no right to be inquisitive, even on a point which to them is a matter of life or death ? By his present perplexing silence, Lord GREY is actually persuading the country to hope against probability ; to believe that they are standing in the sunshine, whe❑ they are enveloped in the deepest shade. Far better that he should at once declare his intentions ; far better that he should sa y boldly to the people, " I will not make another new Peer," than that he , should tanta lize them by this shilly-shallying, vacillating, fast and loose sort of policy. The country de mands a plain Yes or No from the Noble Premier, anti he puts them off, like Lord BURLEIGH, With a Mysterious shake of the head. Really this is most unaccountable conduct. We do not desire to hamper a Goverment which is already quite sufficiently beset with diffi culties ; but is it not evident, even to the most un reflecting observer, that the cause of Reform, if not in actual jeopardy, is in a state of the most bewil dering uncertainty ? Is it not evident, nay have they not themselves said it, that the Anti-re formers are as staunch to their text as ever ? As f o r the declaration of Lords WHARNCLIFFE a nd HARRoWBY that they will allow the Bill to pass into Committee, we lay not the slightest s tress on this; for it amount s to nothing more than an assurance that they will play with the measure, like a cat with a mouse, and allow it to run one stage further, only for the purpose of pouncing on it the very instant it has reached the allotted distance. Lord GREY, it is plain, is not unawake to this manoeuvre ; but how does lie propos e to neutralize its mischief? By creating new Peers? No. HOw then ? Why— credite Posteri !—by coquetting with the Bench o f Bishops, with that very Bench which *has al ready shown how little it is to be trusted by either party ! . Really it is a bad—a very bad s i g n for the country, when a great national question is thus reduced to the neces y of being dependent on the caprice of the Episcopal Bench. Having once detected the cloven foot among them, Lord GREY should be cautious how he again confides in the liberalism of the Reverend Prelates. H e should say to them, " I shall be glad of your sup port if you will give it me ; but I will not let a mighty question like Reform be de pendent on your favour : no, I will place it beyond the reach of peril, whether from false friends or open foes ; if, therefore, you vote with Government, your votes will not constitute, they will only serve to swell, our majority." This should be the language of Lord GREY, for it is the language of candour, common sense, and energy. If he adopt another style of argument, or conduct; if he flatter when he should insist, talk when he should act, vacillate when he should decide ; then, so surely as to-morrow's sun shall rise, so surely will he be defeated, even at the very moment when he expects most to trinmph. We repeat, we do not put forth these remarks in any spirit of to the Government, but simply because we see, or imagine we see, in the present uncertain state of the political hori zon, a little black speck to windward, indicative of an approaching hurricane. Since the above was written, we have heard a report, which bears every appearance of authen ticity, that a new creation of Peers will appear in this night's Gazette, or on Friday's at furthest. For the sake of Ministers,—for the sake of the country, na,—for the sake of his MAJESTY himself, we sincerely trust that this is the case. A curious and very useful document has been laid before the House of Commons. It is a return of the number of persons capitally con victed and executed in London, and in the Coun ties of England and Wales, within three equal periods of seven years, respectively terminating in December 1817, 1824 and 1831. The num ber of persons committed throughout England and 'Wales (exclusive of the Metropolis) for the three periods, is as follows : 1817 56,308 1824 92,848 1831 121,318 Total 270,674 This makes an average of 12,889 commit ments every year, for the last twenty-one years. Of these 270,674 cases, the Grand Juries have ignored the Bills, or the Petty Juries have ac quitted in the periods terminating Ignored. Acquitted. 1817 9,281 1824 1831 12,819 34,834 52,912 Thus the remainder, or persons convicted have been, in 1817 1824 R2,412 1831 85,257 I 52,903 Of these convicted criminals there have been executed, 1817 18:3 e2o 1831 1,620 This is an annual average within the respec tive periods, terminating, 1817 B3 1824 B9 1831 5B The inferences to be drawn from these data are by no means flattering to our national vanity, for in what can the character of a nation be in voked, more than in the merciful or sanguin ary nature of its criminal code ? Our only consolation is, that our thirst of blood has gradually decreased ; for taking the ratio of eighty-three executions per annum within the first period of seven years, and calculating upon our increase of population, the numbers in the last period, to December, 1831, ought to have been about 110, instead of 58. Thus the scaffold has yielded up one-half of its prey. If the number of executions be compared to the number of commitments within the two extreme periods, the ratio of these legalized murders has decreased more than one half. The executions are to the total commitments as one to 1178, to the total number of persons tried as one to 795, and to the total number of persons sentenced to death as one to 97. The numbers sentenced to death have been in the period ending— Sentenced. Executed. 1817 4,95'2 189.4 7,988 1831 9,316 22,256 1,620 Thus it appears that, upon an average of the last twenty•one years, our laws have annually sentenced more than one thousand of our fel low-creatures to the gallows ; whilst, with all the Nero propensities of the Pitt and Castlereagh school of statesmen, it has been found impossi ble to hang more than one man in a hundred of those whom the law has declared unfit to live. We observe with pain that the laws have been the most rigorously executed, during the period that we were under the domination of what are termed the Ultra-Tory saints—Lords L VER• POOL, CASTLEREAGH, and their disciples. It must surprise such men as Lords ELDON, SID MOUTH, BEXLEY, and their school, to find that our country can prosper with one-half the num ber of executions which were inflicted when their party were the lords of the ascendant. It is curious to scrutinize the different crimes for which men have been sentenced to death, with the proportion of pardons and executions. For murder, the pardons have been, within the first period, 19 out of 151 ; in the second, 18 out of 122 ; and in the third, 13 out of 100. The ratio here is about uniform, whilst in every other case the pardons have increased with the improved humanity of a reforming age. The atrocious spirit of the law has been insatiable in cases of arson and forgery ; but it is impossible in many cases to trace any analogy between crime and punishment. It will hardly be credited that under the government of a pious Lord Chan cellor, and an equally pious Chancellor of the Exchequer and Secretary of State, two human beings were executed for sacrilege ; whilst within the period of twenty-one years, of one hundred and three convictions of this least in the cata logue of the mala prohibita, no other statesmen inflicted the punishment of death. For the crimes of uttering base coin, grand larceny, sending threatening letters, and for ten other offences, all equally criminal, by our Draconian Code, there not been a single instance of an execution in tlic twenty-one years. Nothing can be more use ful than to reflect upon this appalling fact— the domestic annals of nations contain nothing more horrible, than that so recently as the reign of GEORGE 111., persons were burnt alive, by that pious monarch, for coining, whilst ii► the last twenty-one years, out of 114 persons convicted, only thirteen have been executed. In the seven years ending in 1817, one in 66 was put to death for this offence, whilst, under the reign of the ultra Tory Sai►►ts, five persons out of thirteen suffered the last extremity of the law. In the first 14 years of the 21, we find 11 executions for high treason—anglice, low treason—for the traitors were as low, and their notions as im practicable and as little dangerous or contagious, as Lord SIDMOUTH himself could imagine. Under the feudal system, and when the barons of England were as dangerous in arms as they are now mischievous in counsel, high-treason was really an offence most disastrous to a com munity ; but to hang such pot-house, small beer traitors as we have seen executed in the present state of society, is to hang men upon NERo's principle of firing Rome—that the favourite of the gods might fiddle and enjoy the sight. In the London calendar for the same period we are sorry to see that the Government has in creased, instead of decreased its severity : we especially allude to the executions for coining, larceny, breaking open letters, &c. In the country the pardons for murder are as 50 to 373. In London, there have been forty-one convictions and forty executions for murder. People are too prone to write and talk about the abuses of the Church, the revenues of the Bishops, and even about the bigotry, narrow mindedness, and political corruption of these wealthy and clerical aristocrats. It is but fair to point out the logic and high moral sense which are displayed by our Prelates. If a mem ber of the Bench be accused of four or five offences, some worthy Prelate proves that he is innocent of one or two of the charges, and proceeds to anathematize his mendacious accusers. There is another art peculiar to these political Christians, of proving that whoever is attacked in their profession is the very acme of all perfections, human and divine. One would imagine that no man attacks a member of the Church, except he be a concentration of all the virtues, and a physical repellant of the deadly sins. Last night the Bishop of DURHAM asserted that his brother of St. David's had given up a very good thing fur one of inferior value, and that the Bishops of BRISTOL and CHESTER had done precisely the same. He next said that the Duke of WELLINGTON'S brother, Dr. WELLESLEY, intended to quit the flaunting town, and to resign all the charms of Hamp ton Court, with the Duke of CUMBER LAND'S society, and to devote himself exclu sively to his Prebend of Durham and the Rec. tory of Bishop-Wearmouth. The Catholics have a proverb, that a certain place is paved with good intentions ; and we suspect that this place is the English House of Lords. We now find, according to the Bishop of DURHAM, that one Mr. THORPE accepted "an Arch-deaconry which carried with it a Rectory, but Mr. THORPE would not have one sixpence more by being an Archdeacon," nor we suppose by being the Rector. Excellent Mr. THORPE—worthy of such a Bishop is such a Rector, and worthy of such a Rector is such a Bishop ! The Bishop of BRISTOL de clared that lie would willingly resign his objec tionable appointment, only he should impoverish his see for his successors. This is precisely Lord LONDONDERRY'S excuse upon the TOO BAD job. He did not seek the pelf for himself, but lest he should resign the claims and rights of the corps diplomatique. One observation in the Lords is amusing—that the Pluralities' Bill was unexceptionable, only that it did not go far enough. When a body is a confluent mass of virulent diseases, it makes only the difference between life and death, whether the patient take enough or too little of the antidote. The following are extracts from Dutch papers received this morning. No mention is made of Count ORLOFF or his mission ; but the army is to be reinforced. Wherefore ? THE HAGUE, MARCH 30.—1 n the sitting of the Se cond Chamber to-day, the project of law relative to the excise on soap was adopted, after a very long debate, by a majority of 33 to 11. Bois-LE-Due, MARCH 27.—We have little to say respecting the troops in the field. Furloughs are very rarely granted, and then only for a short time. There is a report of the speedy departure of the Princes for the Hague, jut no day seems to he fixed fur it. BREDA, MARCH 27.—1 t is said that the army in the field will be shortly reinforced by infantry and artillery, BREDA, MA Kcal 28.—The general in.pection of the troops, which was ordered to take pl ice this month, is nearly ended, and we shall probably be shortly able to give some account of the object of their services. Many con jectures are afloat on the subject; but as none of them seem to be founded on any solid foundation, we have not comisu nicated them. Every thing, however, seems to indicate that the opinion we originally gave was correct, namely, that it is to introduce a new organization of the standing army, and also of the militia. THE HAGUE, MARCH 30.—M. Laurence, French Consul at Rotterdam, has writte❑ a letter to the editor of the Journal of the Hague, in which he corrects the ex azgerated accounts given by the Brussels papers, of a❑ attack made on him in the streets of Rotterdam. He says, it was not in the middle of the day, but between mid night and one o'clock in the morning, when very few persons were in the streets. " That coming post from Brussels with my wife, I had got out of the carriage and was walking before to shew the postilion the way, when two men, who had followed me from the moment I had crossed the Meuse, and afterwards a third, had surrounded we, and after using insulting language and endeavouring to throw me into the water, though I told them who I was, which they seemed indeed to know, I owed my life to the vigorous resistance that I made, while the cries of Madame Laurence, who arrived in the carriage and saw my danger, having drawn some persons to their windows and into the streets, my assailants fled." M. Laurence adds, that the zeal displayed by the Ma gistrates of Rotterdam, and the application of the French Ambassador to the Government at the Hague, area pledge to him that every thing has b. en done to di-cover the and that the kind attention shewn him by the citiums of Rotterdam, indemnifies him and Madame Liu rence from this exit aordlnary and unforeseen attack. ♦MSTERDAM, MARCH 30! Actual Debt, 2% per Cent 4l to 414 Amort Syndic, 4Y 2 per Cent 68% to 69 Ditto, ditto, 3% per Cent. Voluntary Loan, 1831 Exchange on London, one month ll 95 Two Months ll 87 5-10 POLISH FRONTIERS, MARCH 15.—1 t is said that se veral corps which were on their march from Poland to the interior of Russia have received counter-orders. Now as the most profound tranquillity prevails in that unhappy country itself, and there is not the smallest appearance n' its b-ing disturbed by the population, which is thinned bi war and emigration, it 4 to be conjectured that this mos . sure is founded on the general policy of Europe. It i observed, that since th- return of Prince Paskewit•ch iron St. Petershurgh, the Poles are more mildly treated than 1)..- fore. Several gentlemen who had been strictly guarded in the places assigned them for their residence, enjoy no. entire liberty ; all the Rus.ian military in the province. have been enjoined not to ill-ti-eat the inhabitants in thi «lightest degree and they have been warned that if coin. plaint should be made against them and appeir to be wel. founded, they may expect severe punishment. VIENNA, MARCH 23 —Five per Cent Metalliques 87 9-16 ; Four per C-nt. '764; Bank Stock 11491. EDUCATION IN IRELAND.-(THIS DAY.) This morning a public meeting of the friends of the Kildare street Society was held at Exeter Hall, Strand, for the purpose of promoting Scriptural education in Ireland. A great many ladies were present, and we observed on the platform Lord Bexley, the Earl of Winchilsea, Lord Lorton, Lord Cholmondeley, Mr. Shaw, M.P. Mr. M`Kinnon, M.P. &c. The Rev. Mr. DALEY opened the proceedings with a prayer suited to the occasion. Lord BEXLEY, on taking the Chair, said the present meet ing was called in consequence of proceedings which had taken place at one held a few weeks ago. At that meeting it was una nimously determined to support the principles of National and Scriptural Education, as taught by the schools of the Kildare_ street Society, in preference to the new and unscriptural system since proposed by his Majesty's Government. On that oc casion the history of the Society was recounted ; but upon thepresent occasion they would be addressed by some gentlemen who were practically engaged in its operation. In the year 1812, the Kildare:street Society had eight schools, but they in creased until they arrived at their present number, 1600. From that Society Government had determined to withdraw the grant 0125,0001. a year, which had been its chief support ; and conse quently, unless it was liberally supported by British bounty, it Was in the greatest danger of being greatly curtailed in its operations, if not wholly discontinued. The Noble Loi'd called upon the meeting to come forward and replace the suln. withdrawn by the Government, so that the Society might be enabled to flourish as hitherto. It was charged against the society that it greatly interfered with the religious principles of the Roman Catholics; but that charge was refuted by the rea diness with which the Roman Catholics availed themselves of its benefits. When the most strenuous efforts had been made by the Roman Catholic hierarchy to withdraw the Catholic children from it, there still remained 30,000 of them who re. fused to leave the schools, and the number afterwards increased to the amount originally benefited by the schools. Besides the establishment of the schools, the Society had published many valuable works, which not only formed valuable libraries for the use of the 1,600 schools, but the books were also supplied to private individuals; so that a very great step in the road of improvement was effected by pouring knowledge into the inmost recesses of Ireland. It was said that the new system was introduced to benefit Ire land. Now he knew many of the best friends of Government who regretted the error into which his Majesty's Ministers had fallen. He could readily conceive that many persons would be of opinion that it would be better to try the comparative benefits of the two systems : he for one was not of that opinion, and he could never give his support to a trial between a scriptural and an unscriptural education. He would only give his support to that system which was founded on the basis of the Scriptures, because he knew of no other basis on which religion could be founded. He might be accused of bigotry and fanaticism; but if it be bigotry and fanaticism to offer to the public the whole of the Scriptures, then he would confess he was indeed guilty F. SHAW, Esq., M.P., lamented that the present meeting was not so numerous as that which was held a few weeks ago on the same subject. He tendered his gratitude for the warm and Christian reception which he met with upon that occasion, when he made an appeal to them on behalf of his poor, dis tracted, suffering and benighted country. He had since taken an opportunity of his visiting Ireland, to induce some members of the Society to form a deputation for the purpose of visiting this country, and of claiming, in person, the benefit of the principle established at the last meeting, viz, that there could be no other sound or solid basis of national education than the whole, unadulterated, unmutilated word of God. Those gen men were now present to explain the history, principles and practical utility of the Society. In the present hour of adversity the Society had been forsaken by Parliament—it had been aban doned by the Government because it would not consent to abandon its own principles, and it had at length cast itself on the sympathy of a British public. The Society disclaimed all political feelings : they were actuated by higher consi derations than worldly politics. If he did not think that in every jot and tittle of its principles he could claim their support on the broad basis of scriptural education he would not expect it to receive one farthing. It not only provided for a scriptural, but also for a united educa tion. If he wanted any authority to prove that the great and leading feature of the Society was its scriptural character, he could find that authority in the charges brought against it by its opponents. In one little point only did the two systems agree, viz., in a united education; but the Kil dare-street Society held that the bond of union should be the word of God while the new system declared that the word of G)d should be the deed of divorce.—(Hear, hear.) If they were to choose between the two systems—if they were to put in one scale the Bible, that Bible would remain fixed and im movable to the truth it contained, even if they put in the other policy, expediency, and all that human laws could suggest, and which would be scattered as dust before the four winds. — (Hear.) It was solely on the grounds of promoting a scriptural and united education, that they could venture to appeal to a British public, and they now called on that public to consider the peculiar situation in which their Christian friends in Ireland were placed. On their last meeting he offered proofs to their notice of the opposition in Ireland to the new plan of the Go. vernment ; since then a protest against it—firm, but tempe. rate—had been made by 18 of the 23 Irish Bishops—(Cheers) —an example that had been followed by the Bishops of this country; for upon a recent division in the House of Lords upon this subject but one English Bishop had voted against the Bible. —(Hear.) Notwithstanding the present distressed condition of the Protestant Clergy in Ireland, they had boldly taken their stand in favour of the Society, and all they asked of the British public was their support. If they desired that clergy to yield their principles to the arm of power—if they desired them to lie down in despair and despondency because Government had withdrawn the annual grant—if they desired the clergy, living in the midst of a modern desert, and surrounded by supersti tion and ignorance —if they desired the Bible to be placed under the bushel of expediency, then, indeed, they were lost. —(Hear.) They were engaged, not in a political warfare, but one that was pure and holy; the banner under which they fought was the Cross, and they would not trail it through the mire of human folly. He disclaimed, while he advocated the Kildare street Society, any intention that it should occupy the place of any other society. They only wished to exhibit to the British public the peculiar difficulties with which they were surrounded, and it was for that public to say whether they would permit so powerful an instrument of good to sink— whether 1,600 schools should be broken from its connexion— and whether upwards of 137,000 children should be sent adrift from that instruction which they were now receiving.—(Hear.) Viscount LORTON rose for the purpose of proposing the first resolution:—" That the meeting entirely concurred in the resolution adopted by the meeting for the promotion of Scrip tural Education in Ireland held in that Hall in February last, that the education of youth in the principles of the word of God was a duty and divine obligation, and was essential to the permanent happiness of mankind." In doing so, the Noble Viscount bore testimony to the necessity of any system of edu cation being introduced into Ireland being founded on the Holy Scriptures, and those alone.—(Hear.) The Marquis CHOLMONDELEY, in seconding the reso. lution, stated that he felt himself compelled to come forward on the present occasion, from a sense of duty, to express his firm conviction that no system of education would do for Ireland, unless founded on the word of God. His Majesty's Govern ment, however,—and in stating this he disclaimed all party rancour—had withdrawn the funds from that system of edu cation in Ireland which was founded on the Bible, and were about to transfer them to a system avowedly founded on no such basis. In his opinion nothing was more important than to impress on the minds of children that the Bible was the most valuable thing which the world contained. The Rev. JOHN CUNNINGHAME, Vicar of Harrow, in supporting the resolution proposed and seconded, felt some comfort in being called upon only to make the third of a speech. He recollected that it was an observation of Locke's that he was exceedingly fond of men, not who were skilful in pulling down, but in building up. Nothing was more easy than to pull down an object; but it was far snore difficult to build ; or, when a man had stated objections to a system to find out some better system by which it could be replaced.—(Cheers.) When the meeting last assembled its business then was to pull down and object ; its purpose then was to take into con sideration the plan of his Majesty's Government on this subject, and to see whether reasonable objections could not be made to it ; but the present meeting was called together for the more difficult purpose of building up: it objected to one plan, and its business and duty now was, not to set up a new one in its room, but to raise up an old one, and to show the reasons why the old system should be sustained. In doing so, it must consider that in Ireland it had not to deal with a people united and agreeing in the inter pretation of the Scriptures. The object of the system of education now existing in Ireland, was to promote the welfare of children, and how could that be done by the new system proposed to be introduced by Ministers, which denied them that food by which alone that object was to be accom plished ? Another great object was to cement society, and he knew of no other way of effecting that, but through the medium of the Bible. lie felt exceedingly happy at hear ing what had fell from the Learned Recorder of Dublin, in which he disclaimed any political feelings in the objections to the new measure. He did not believe that the Government of the country, when they proposed the enactment of the measure, were either ill-disposed or indifferent to reli gion ; but he fi rmly believed from h i s consc i ence that they were acting from a mistaken feeling; that there had been a wish to do what Ministers believed in their conscience to be best for the moral Government of Ireland no one could doubt. — (Cheers) Ministers, however, had been mistaken in their measures in three important particulars—first, in facts ; se. condly, in principles; and thirdly, in consequences and effects. The Rev. Gentleman had not concluded his address when our Reporter left. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) LADY BARRYMOBE AGAIN. Mary Ann Pearce, better known by the cognomen of" Lady Barrymore," was introduced to Mr. MINSHULL, the Magic. trate, by one of the enemy, a policeman of the F division, who discovered her ladyship disguised in liquor last night in Drury. lane; and fearing she might get into trouble, he took her to the station house, but not without the usual difficulty. Her ladyship now began to be pdihtlic, and told his Worship that she was actually tired of the life she had so long led, and that she was willing to submit to whatever punishment he might be pleased to inflict upon her. Mr. MINSHULL—Poor creature, she asks to be sent to prison, it will be really a mercy to do it ; and the Worthy Ma gistrate inquired what prison she would prefer. Her ladyship requested she might be sent to her old domus, Tothill-fields, where she had at intervals resided for many years. Mr. MINSHULL—You shall have your wish, I will commit you to that prison for one month. Her ladyship thanked his Worship, and was removed by the gaoler. DISTURBANCE AT THE ADELPHL Mr. Henry Hill was charged with having, last night, created a disturbance in the pit of the Adelphi theatre, and with as saulting Shaw, the constable, belonging to the house. The complainant stated, that Mr. Hill and his friend per sisted in annoying the audience, by making a great noise, and keeping the lobby door open, although he had re- Peatedly closed it; that upon remonstrating with them upon the impropriety of their conduct, they not only refused to desist, but Mr. Hill pushed against him, and struck him, where upon he took him into custody. Mr. Hill, in answer to the complaint, said that he had struck the officer in consequence of his blackguard behaviour. With respect to keeping the door open, he fully admitted the fact, — he had done so owing to the excessive heat in the house, which was crowded to suffocation. Mr. MINSHULL—When people go to theatres they must comply with the rules. He recommended a settlement between the parties. Mr. Hill and the officer took the hint of the Worthy Magis trate, and a golden remedy having been applied, the business was settled. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S FALMOUTH, APRIL I.—Wind variable, light breezes.— Arrived his Majesty's ship Aurora. CORK, MARCH 30.—Wind N.E.—Arrived the Red Rover, Chrystie, from London, for New South Wales. YARMOUTH, APRIL .—Arrived the Aimable, Guilmette; and Gohebel, from Charente. WATERFORD, MARCH 30.—Arrived the Margaret, Evans; and Victoria, Hodge, from London. The Ranger, Cutting, and the Romulus, Baker, from Sun derland, got in contact at Helvoet, Dth ult. and sunk. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE TATTERSALL'S. The near approach of the Newmarket meetings has at length given some interest to the betting, which is daily undergoing some change. Lord Exeter's Byzantium is now all the rage; he was backed yesterday to a considerable amount, and, before the close of the room, was third favourite. Thus Lora Exeter's' horses are first, second, and third favourites—a position almost unprece.lented in the betting on the Derby, or any other stakes. Several outsiders were backed—among tham Roue, an Irish horse, belonging to Lord Langford. This colt ran six times on the Corragh last season; in the September meeting he was twice beaten by Kildare, once at even weights, and the second time with an allowance of 21b. ; in the same meeting he ran second to Lord Langtord's Lady Racket; in the October meeting he beat Kildare twice, received slb. in the first aace, and carrying even weight in the second; in his sixth race he was second to a filly by Byron, to whom he gave 41b. His pretensions, therefore, are very feeble. For the Oaks, 800 to 100, and 1,51/0 to 200 were token about Dryad, and 1,640 to 200 about Advance. The closing prices were thus.:— RIDDLESWORTII 2 to I on the field 4 to 1 agst the Pastile colt (taken) OATLANDS, FIRST CLASS. 5 to 2 agst Oxygen (taken) 3 to 1 agst Mazeppa (taken) DERBY S to I agst Lord Exeter's Beiram 91 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Spencer 12 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Byzantium (taken) 12 to 1 agst Mr. Dilly's Margrave (13 to 1 taken) 12 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Non Compos (taken) 20 to 1 agst Lord Mountcharles's Minster 20 to I agst Mr. Ridsdale's Trustee 20 to 1 agst Mr. Vansittart's Darioletta colt 22 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's Gratis (thken) 2.5 to 1 agst Lord Mountcharles's Caliban 35 to 1 . agst Sir M. Wood's Count Robinson (akEn) 30 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's Pastille colt 40 to 1 agst Lord L , ngford's Roue 40 to 1 agst Mr. Dunaas's colt 50 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Damascus 2500 to 60 agst Duke of Richmond's The Hermit (taken) 31)0 to 230 Beiram agst Spencer 600 to 500 and 500 to 400 Spencer agst Byzantium 5 to 2 agst Lord Exeter's lot OAKS. 15 to 2 agst Captain Byng's Dryad (taken) 8 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Advance (taken) 8 to 1 agst Mr. Chifney's Emiliana GREAT STEEPLE CHASE, 25 SOT'S. EACH. The Steeple Chase Sweepstakes open to England, and which has been on the tapir ever since the great race at St. Albans, came oft' yesterday in the neighbourhood of Bushy. The fol lowing horses started:— lir. Elmore's b. h. Moonraker Rode by Mr. Bean. Mr. Anderson's g. h. Grimalkin Rode by Mr. J. Anderson. Mr. Tilbury's br. h. Ratler Rode by J. Tilbury, jun. Captain Horne's c. h Rode by the Owner. Several others were named, but did not start. The ground was well chosen, being from the back of the Windmill public.. house, Bushy Heath, to a field adjoining Oxley Wood, a dig. tance of four miles over a most stiff, difficult country, full of heavy fences and two awkward brooks. Moonraker took the lead, and made run nearly the whole of the way, winning cleverly by one hundred yards. Mr. Anderson's Grimalkin was second, owing to Ratter having a severe fall in following Moonraker over a strong timber fence the last field but one from the winning point. Captain Horne, who rode with great skill and courage a most difficult horse, had also three severe falls; both his horse and himself were slightly hurt. The three beaten horses are perfectly thorough-bred, and two of them been winners on the turf; but Moonraker appeared to have a marked advantage over them from the quick manner in which he got over his fences, which are never too high or too difficult for him. Grimalkin is also a neat fencer and a fast horse, but has not the same power as Moonraker, who has now defeated him for the third time. The country also was pecu liarly adapted to Moonraker, being exceedingly stiff and full of fences. The distance was done in seventeen minutes. CHOLERA MORBUS, OFFICIAL REPORT CENTRAL BOARD OF HEALTH. COUNCIL OFFICE, WHITEHALL.—(THIS DAY.) DAILY REPORT of CHOLERA CASES. - --- . I I Ao OS a r.: g: ,tb Zgt - !-.g-: . , r.: ri A c., E ' c ' . , c ..- 4 + Places and Dates. -c+ c., . , - '''' -' .':::" 3 Ti 8 g "E''' C c'' G-° ,_, , c , c , c.. 'O' oE 3 'C' - ...?. .5. A a H g -, 1 I i.:•. - E ..4:.;' , •! I --- " 'l—g Milton, April 2 Ely, Cambr. April 2 Portobello, March 31 Edinburgh, March 31 1 0 0 1 0 54 32 Wat er of Leith, March 31 3 0 0 0 3 55 28 Stockbridge, March 3i 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 Greenock, March 31 6 2 0 0 8 03 31 Glasgow, &c. March 31 49 12 12 6 42 621 312 Mary Hill, March 30-- 1 2 0 2 1 61 24 Paisley, March 31 Falkirk, March 31 Perth, March 31 5 0 1 1 3 44 18 Dunbarton, March 31 Calder Iron Works, 31 6I 1 0 3 4 41 10 Total 9l f 27 22 14 85 1 1367 694 Total from places where the disease has ceased and from which no return have been this day ll received 115922 1711 Grand Total 117289 '2405 LONDON.—APRIL 2, FIVE P.M. Vs • • ..• .. ex , - e• „ • • " • • ...• .c ...• t° c \...." ' Districts. ;:. C: • Ec '' ~.., r... ,a . F. 7...) QE * Cf.) \F ' i "?6§= - z . § ) , •liZ'' '4' :...- \ H E -44-.. E ( 4 ,tg City Afloat on the River 123 4 0 2 25 100 41 Limehouse Bromley Ratcliff Shadwell Poplar 0 1 0 0 2 21 10 Rot hcrhithe Bermondsey 27 ll 5 6 16 158 76 Deptford 13 2 0 11 4 18 II Southwark Newington Butts ... Lambeth Christchrch Westminster 3I 4 0 0 7 5 . 5 30 Chelsea Brompton 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 Paddington Canal.... , 0 1 1 0 0 6 6 Marylebone St. Pancras 1 0 0 1 14 12 0 St. Giles's Whitechapel 4 3 0 0 7 71 45 St. George's East 67131 9 37 19 Wapping St. Botolph Aldgate St. Luke's 2 0 0 0 2 29. 14 Bethnal Green 6 3 1 0 8 20 11 Spitaltieltls 1 0 0 0 1 6 3 Wandsworth 2 1 1 0 211 10 4 Total 220 87 1 24 158 1220 111967 11031 Cases from places before reported 55 \ 40 Grand Total \\ 2022 1071 (Signed) WM. MACLEAN, Secretary. We mentioned yesterday in our notice of the Comic Magazine, that it contained only twelve wood-cuts; this is a mistake, we should have said that it contained eighteen. The Ettrick Shepherd arrived from London by one of the steamers on Wednesday afternoon. He left this yesterday for his native hills, in excellent health and spirits.— Scot.sosaw. COURT CIRCULAR, 14:e Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria walked for s nue time in Hyde-park yesterday. His Excellency Count Orloff returned to the Clarendon yes , — terday morning, from a visit to their MaJestios, at the Palace at lsor. . . The Baron de Wessenburg, on a special mission from Austria, Baron Bulow, the Prussian Minister, Count Van de Weyer, the Belgian Minister, the Chevalier de Neumann, the Austrian Charge d'Affaires, and Monsieur Moreno, the Mini ster from Buenos Ayres, visited Viscount Palmerston yesterday at the office of Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Earl ()fey returned to town yesterday from a visit to their Majesties, at the' Palace at Windsor. The Marquis of Lans downe, Lord Holland, Viscount Melbourne, and the Duke of Richmond, had interviews with the Noble Earl after his arrival. Viscount Althorp arrived in tpwn yesterday from Altborp park, Northamptonshire. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS.-.(At per Load of 36 frusses.) CUMBERLAND (LATE ST JAMES'S.) Cor.r,e heavy Lowland Meadow Hay .£2 5 to £2 10 Slew , ueadow Hay 0 0 0 0 Useful Old • titto Faie Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Lily 4 0 4 10 glover Hay 4 0 5 10 Oat Straw ....£ 112 to .£1 14 1 Wheat "t• a , .. I lfl 2 0 Both Meadow and Clover Hay ss. per load higher than last (motel; prices of Straw statlemary. A moderate supply, and la dull trade. :SIKITHFIELD. Care heavy Lowland Meadow Hay ... .C 2 1(1 to .Z.` IS New Meadow Hay • 0 0 0 0 Clacful Old Ditto 3 N 3 10 Fine Upland Meadow and ttye-grass Hay 2 45 4 5 L;lover Hay (extra fine)....£6 0 ..flenerallv 4 0 4 le • At straw ll 14 io £1 lel Wheat etraw 1 15 1 le A good supply, and a dull trade; prices stationary. PRICE OF BREAD. The highest price of Bread in the Metropolis is 10d. fot • the 41h. Loaf. There are others who sell from W,d. to No. btlow that price. PRICE OF SEEDS.—ApriI2. New English Red Clover Seed (per Cwt.) —s. 50s. fine —s. SOS. Old Ditto Ditto —B. --s. Sew Foreign Ditto . 50s. 664 fine —s 90s. Old Ditto New White Clover —. . 50s. SOs fine —s. 90s. Old Ditto Ditt —4. —5. fine --+. _ _ STew Trefoil Old Ditto ......... Rib Grass English Carraway Foreign Ditto f;oriander las. fine 46, 50s. .'-S. —s fine —s —s. . —O. 355. fine —s. 41s, , —s. 56. fine Mt. —s. —s. —s. fine —s. —s. —s. fine Os. 265. St. Foin Rye Grass Pacey Ditto Linseed, for feeding Ditto, for crushing... Canary Seed, New... "'Um Old .(per —B. —O. tine —4. 70s. —s. new 20s. 435. 40s. 564. new —s. --s. 40, tine 44a. Ws. 40a —s. fine —l. --s. 72s fine —s —s. —s. fine—s. ...._. _ __ White Mustard Seed—(per Bushel)—.—. —s. 7s. Ss. fine --e. Brown Ditto -.4. 'Os. I7a. fine --a. l'ursaip Seeds Rounds — e. —a. Ss. tine 12s Green and Red Ditto . —a. —II. Ss. fine 12s. Farce, Old —e. ss. lA. fine tis. Ditto New —e. --e. tine —s. —s. ._. Rape Seed, English, fine (per Last) 231. 271. Foreign 201. 245. PRICES OF HOPS,--April 2. Kent. Pockets 4l 18s. 6. 0= to St. Os. Sussex Ditto f esrx Ditto 4l. :21. 51 12s. to 7t. Os. Farnham Ditto. 91. Os 12/. Os. to 01 Os. Seconds ..........—... 0/. Os. 71 Os to 9/ Os. 41. 10s. 5 , 151 to 61 15s. to 51. ss. Kent Bags Sussex I)itto Essex Ditto.. 158 W. Os to 51. 12s. COAL MAR' Per Ton. Adair's . 18s. Od. Beaumont , 17 0 liensharn Main 16 6 Hebburn Matn 2O 0 Holywell _ 17 0 Killingworth 19 6 Ord's Itedhugh 16 0 lanlield fownley l7 3 Wylam 17 9 Walls End Bell & C 0... '2l 0 Ditto Bell,Robson,&Co. 19 6 Ditto Bewicke and Co. 22 0 Walls End Boundary.. 18 6 Wall- Ems Callerton l)itto Clarke and C 0.,. 19 0 Wall= End GostOrth 2l 6 Walls End Heaton...—. 22 6 Ships arrived since ,ET.-April 4. Per Ton. Walls End Hilda 20s Od. Walls End 19 3 Ditto Killingworth ....... 20 6 Walls End Newinatch— 20 9 Ditto r• orthumberland 20 0 Ditto 17 6 Ditto Perkins and C 0.,. 20 6 Walls End HiddelPs—,.. 21 3 ! Walls End Hetton 23 6 Walls End Lambton...... 23 6 Walls Knd stewart's ... 24 3 Walls End Gordon ...... 21 0 Cowpen . Graigola Hartley. SilkstOne Field and Co. 18 0 Scremerston Engine— 16 6 Greenwich Hospital.... 16 6 last market-day, 4. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) 21 0 CITY, T WEL VE 0' CLOCK. The only arrival of interest this morning is an American packet, which brings the important information that martial law has been suspended in that island; muse fluently we way infer by this that, the negro insurrec tion has been entirely put down. The following extract of letter, dated New York, March 8, was posted at the North and South American Coffee-house : " J ust as we were closing your packages, we received Jamaica Papers, dated to the 11th of February. On the 6th his Excellency the Governor issued a proclamation that martial law was no longer in existence. The Baptist meetinghouse at Falmouth has been totally demolished; the Methodist chape; much damned ; the Baptist meet ing-house at Montego Bay levelled to the pound." The American Papers have not as yet come to hand. THE FUNDS. Consols opened at the same price they left offyester day, 83i with nothing doing as yet; Dutch Stuck, 42. No political news as yet. HALF-PAST ONE. We have received a letter from Calais, stating, that they were in hopes there that the quarantine would be taken off, owing to the cholera being in that town. In the Cour Quart' where the fishermen reside, there were no less than 13 cases in 20 days, and nine deaths. By the private letters received from tiollind to day, they appear to be in great anxiety, and are very anxious to know the result t f Saturday, in regard to the signature of the Five Powers to the Treaty. Things remain there in the same state. Since the early part of the morning, wh.n Gitmils were 831' for the Account, the market has become heavy, and receded to 831 i, at which price they are at present. The prevailing uncertainty as yet of the Reform Bill being carried, hangs heavy on the operations of the Fonds ; but it is expected that them will be a new creation of Peers. In tne Foreign Market little doing, Dutch Stock is also rather heavy, 41i 42. TIMER 0' CL 0 CX. Consols for Account 83i. FOUR O'CLOCK CLOSING PRICES Consols ... 831 Ditto for Account 831 Brazilian Bonde 43 Buenos Ayres... Chilian Ditto.... 15i Columbian 1524 Danish Gre , k, 1825 2B Alexicin, 1825 3i Prruvi in Rus.ian 97 Spanish Lord Fitzroy Somerset held a military Levee this day at one o'clock, at the Horse-Guards, which was well attended. _ _ De•patches were received this forenoon at the Foreign Office, from Paris. Tne salmon fishings in the Tay this season es th o a f t e io t n ir:g so thiT u e c x h pe ' n o ; fishing,—and numbers of the fishermen have been paid off:— t a i p , e p e p a r r od t to b e e h turning r i b t i e n e g n outver very far f b a :d fr simu i l n a e t Scotsman. It is a remarkable fact, says a correspondent, that several rabbits, the property of a gentleman residing in the vicinity of Hornsey, have been, during the last week, attacked with excessive purging, so much so, that in the short space of half an hour they have died, apparently in the greatest agony, MONTROSE.—Some incendiaries have com menced their work of destruction in Luthermuir, a village five miles distant from this. It is reported that no less than five houses have been set on fire. Should the authors of such dia bolical outrages be brought to light, the law cannot be too vere on them--Cakdonian Mercury. A FINE RUN--Extract of a letter from an officer of his Majesty's ship Melville, dated Teneritfe, 3d Fe bruary, 1832 :—" We left Spithead on the 22d of January, and anchored at Falmouth on the 24th. We weighed anchor at nine, a.m. on the 27th, with a fine breeze at N.N.E., and at twelve o'clock on the 28th had run 2?-8 miles ; at the same hour on the 29th, 252 miles ; ditto on the 30th, 252 miles ; ditto on the 31st, 166 miles ; ditto on the Ist of February, 219 miles ; ditto on the 2d, 184 miles ; ditto on the 3d, 84 miles ; making a total of 1,380 miles in a week ; having still a fine breeze." The Admiral does not mean to anchor here, but to proceed to the Cape without delay.—Portsmouth Herald. An address, most respectably signed by the freeholders of Dorsetshire, with Sir William Oglander at the head, has been presented to Mr. Ponsonby, calling on him, in the event of Mr. Portman's retirement, to come forward as a candidate for the county in his place. Mr. Ponsonby's answer contains the expression of his hope that Mr. Portman may not resign. The Sherborne Mercury says—" We still hope that, under existing circumstances, Mr. Portman will not vacate his seat. But should he persist in doing so, and Mr. Ponsonby consent again to be put in nomination, unquestionably that gentleman possesses a claim which nothing can cancel upon the exertions of the independent freeholders of the county. We should much regret at this time to witness another contest ; it will, however, be unavoidable, if the anti-reformers should de cide upon extremities." Wednesday for Bleathman and Long, who were left for exeeu. .ion A at th r e e la r te ie :s . of the law this flay (Saturday.)—Werfara extreme penalty ( Elder ) Times. seizeas.rrTihveedmheart.,:ohrtirclbltiesntegrwilgizalail.er thetl