The Sun. — London, England, 1840-04-23 00:00:00

EVEN ENG EDITION LONDON: THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1840. The Earl of STANHOPE is to head the High Commissioner LlN's auxiliaries, on assembling at the - freemasons' Tavern on Friday. The Noble Earl is an amiable, well-meaning man, who has acquired a right to rail against the use of opium, or any other stimulant, by his celebrated refusal— narrated by himself—to pledge the mother of our amiable Sovereign at the Royal board, in a goblet stronger than that supplied by the parish pump. But while it is impossible to doubt the good inten tions of the Earl of STANHOPE, it must be allowed that his political views partake not of the clearness I of the simple beverage in which he indulges—that his vision is wont to be obscured, and his brain muddy—that he has a trick of standing in his own light, and, as in the case of the Poor-law Amend ment Bill, that he very frequently sacrifices his understanding, such as it is, at the shrine of his feelings. Of course L3rd STANHOPE sees the Chinese question through a tee-totalism telescope. ' Beyond the fact that the immoderate use of opium is injurious to health and morals in China, just as immoderate gin and whiskey-drinking is pernicious, to the health and morals of the people of the Bri- j tish Isles, it would be folly to expect the peerless I apostle of tee-totalism to carry his views. The country is aware that whether the use of opium be baneful or beneficial, is quite a distinct question I:roin the one upon which the Government is at i issue with China ; but if LIN'S auxiliaries be all tee-totahrs, the substitution of one for 'the other will afford the widest scope 1 for an eloquent appeal to a nation so tender of the morals of it own people as to mulct in a pe nalty of five shillings the unfortunate wight whom l ' taxed gin has deprived of the use of his legs, his 1 1 sight, and his reason. We h a d suppose d that such ' a meeting would be held in a church or chapel_ but no, a tavern has been selected for the appro- priate theatre of a denunciation against opium. Of course a number of our good friends the li censed victuallers will attend, and join in the chorus raised by the Noble Chairman against the wicked wretches who can be guilty of the crime of selli ng opium. In fact, the whole affair has recalled to our memory a fable which, when a mere boy—(alas ! a period so long passed away, that our recollection of it waxeth faint)—we committed to memory, and which appears to us an admirable commentary upon the conduct of a large party in this country with respect to th e Opium- Question. At the hazard of committing a few blunders—for we cannot at the torment lay our bands upon a book to guide us, vic shall attempt its recital : A Fox and a Cat, as they travelled one day, With moral discourse s cut shorter the way. hard,' says the Fox, to make justice our guide.' How godlike is mercy l' Grimalkin replied. . As onward they journeyed a' Wolf from the wood, Impatient of hunger, and thirsting for blood, Rushed forth, as he saw the dull Shepherd aslee, " And seized f o r hi s supper an innocent Sheep. p • In vain, wretched victim, for mercy you, blea t must cat.' There's mutton at hand,' says t h e Wolf, 1. Grimalkin astonished, the Fox stood aghast To see the fell beast at his bloody repast. What a wretch,' says the Cat, he's the fellest of brutes D,, es he feast upon flesh while there's herbage. and roots?' Still onward the journeyed, and moralised still, 'Till they came where some poultry picked chaff by a mill. Sly Reynard survey'd them with gluttonous eyes, Aud in spite of morals made a Pullet his prize. A Mouse, too, that chanced from her covert to stray, The greedy Grimalkin secured as her prey," " A spider who sat on her web on the wall Observed the poor victims and pitied their fall; What monsters 1' she cried—' How guiltless am I'— Then flew to regale on a new-taken fly." The moral of this fable is obvious, and in the case of not a few who have raised a cry against the Government with respect to the Chinese ques tion, not a little striking. But we have already demonstrated the falsehood of the impudent assumption that our Government has made war upon China to obtain, by force, a market for the sale of opium. Ministers have never once called in question the right of China to prohibit any article of merchandise at her pleasure, and the papers laid before Parliament prove that Captain ELLIOT did all that it was in his power to do, to discourage a traffic in the prohibited drug. Surely, then, we are not to be called upon to discharge the duty of an efficient coast guard for the Celestial Empire, and still less are we to permit China to relieve herself of the expense of such a duty by the starvation of our innocent subjects trading to Canton. In the language of an able writer in the last number of the Quarterly Review—" If we must extend our sympathies to the other side of the globe, let them be, at least, in favour of our own subjects in preference to those who have nothing in common with us, whose reli gion, morals, and habits are altogether at variance with our own, and whose natural protectors ought to be the authorities under whom they are eo verned." The same writer in another place says, what we have again and again repeated—namely, that the evils of opium are greatly exaggerated— " that doubts may be entertained whether they are worse than those of gin and whiskey." But this, whether correct or incorrect, has nothing to do with the real question at issue—the right of preventing any nation from enforcing Custom-house laws by the starvation of innocent foreigners living under her protection. This is the real question, and yet we would venture to take a bet that the organisers of the meeting at the Freemasons' Tavern, on Friday, will do all they can to prevent a word being said about it. The Report of the proceedings at Leeds on Monday, for which we arc indebted to the editor of the Leeds Times, will gladden the heart of JOHN THOROGOOD, within the walls of his cold gaol at Chelmsford, and make the proud Bishop of LONDON quail in his velvet-lined palace at Fulham. It is truly said that the blood of martyrs is the seed of faith, and JOHN THOROGOOD will now be fully assured that he has not suffered in vain. As soon as our paper reaches him—if he be not before informed of what took place at Leeds—he will find himself amply rewarded for his sufferings. He went to prison that he might more effectually bear testimony against the Church, and now his testimony is echoed in a voice that will startle the Bishops from their slumbers, however soft and pro found. The whole body of the clergy may see in that meeting the effects of overstraining their power. They would persist in exacting Church-rates and in upholding Ecclesiastical Courts, and now the nation begins to petition for the separation of the Church from the State. They demand more Churches—the nation will reply, " Provide it yourselves." The meeting at Leeds is the com mencement of a series of meetings, and Anti- Church agitation, if not so fierce, will be more steady in England than agitation for Repeal in Ireland. The clergy must not be led astray by the quiet ness or apathy in the metropolis, or by the dulcet notes of praise which they sound for one another in the rural districts. London does not influence the provinces like Paris. Being the residence of many of the nobility and clergy, of all the Judges, of a great multitude of persons who depend on the Government, many of its shopkeepers and whole • sale dealers looking for their profit, far less to the industrious classes than to the tax-eaters, being in habited, too, by a great number of persons who hate any kind of agitation, as it may influence the price of public securities—London has long ceased to be an example to the other parts of the empire. The Anti-Corn-law agitation began in the North, and London will never heartily join in it till the vast distress of the manufacturing dis tricts is felt here by a diminished national revenue. In like manner, it is not the Londoners, but the hardy and more enthusiastic, and more independent men of the provinces who have begun and will continue, probably to the shame of the Metropolitan Dis senters, the agitation for the separation of Church and State. The clergy, by their arrogance, and their almost impious claims, have roused a spirit in the land which they will find it difficult to lay. We will not weaken the force of the excellent ' speeches delivered at the meeting by quoting anv parts of them, but we solicit the public attention to the remarks of Mr. Alderman STANSFELD, one of the most influential Liberals of the neighbour hood of Leeds, as affording a practical illustration of the influence on the public mind of the conduct cf the Bishop of EXETER and his friends. Mr. RICHARDSON'S speech and the speech of the Rev. Mr. GILES, who is well known both as a preacher and an author, and who properly characterised THOROGOOD: as a noble-minded man, will repay perusal. Their remarks show how the in ordinate pretensions of the PUSEYITES have kin dled and fanned hostility to the Church. We will not, however, forestall the speeches, which we re commend to notice, but will rather attempt to en force the doctrine of the separation of the Church from the State by a remark of our own. The first resolution lays it down that the inter ference of the civil power in matters of religion is inconsistent with the design of civil government. That appears to us correct. We think the duties of Government are wholly incompatible with favour ing and supporting any one religion. What are its duties ? They are all comprised in few words. To protect the lives and property of the peo. pie. The no G o vernment creates no property , it bestows property, it possesses no property, but it is constituted to protect the property and the lives of the people. There are many subor dinate objects kept in view ; but the great objects, to which all t h e contrivances of statesmanship tend, are to protect life and protect property. The pro motion of morality, the teaching of religion, the punishment of crimes, the diffusion of the fine arts, all centre in these, so far as the State is concerned ; for of what use are they without life, and how can there be any enjoyment without security ? Such being the duty of Government and religion concerning another life, wh a t b us i ness have those who administer the Government, and which claims obedience, on condition of affordingproteacntiyonp,to a i r choose a religion for the people , or show tiality to any one religion professed by its subjects more than another ? We see to what result this partiality leads. In Ireland it was, and is, the source of most grievous injustice. In England the par tiality shown to the Church is an injustice to the Dissenters. By a Church -rate the ri g ht of pro- Perty is violated—by committing one of them to priso n for not paying such a rate their security is l endangered. What affects one on such grounds is an injury to all. A Government cannot possibly select any one religion of many embraced by its subjects for peculiar favour without violating the duties it is instituted to perform. Moreover the Government is intended to pro mote happiness on earth ; Religion is to promote happiness hereafter. The one is supposed to be incompatible with the other. Religion is, it is true, connected with a very limited code of morality, which may be supposed to conduce to the security of life and property, but the Governmen is very careful not to rely on it, and leaves scarcely any crime without a punishment, beyond the punishments of religion. But whatever advantage the Govern ment may derive from the system of morality con nected with religion there is no form of Christianity which may not confer that advantage as well as the Church of England. In truth to confer that ad vantage it is essential that the Church teach and practice the morality of Christianity. We may be permitted to doubt whether any body of Christians, whatever may be their faith or their hopes, prac tise the morality of the Gospels, but we are quite sure that the Church of England exi-ts only by violating it ; and whatever advantage the mora lity of the Gospels might confer on the State is lost by the Church of England being adopted by the State. We take, however, a higher ground, and affirm that statesmen have no patent for ascertaining which form of Christianity or Church government is mast conducive to the morality of mankind. If they cannot ascertain that point—and only their own sect will admit that their attachment to the faith in which they have been educated is any guide to make a selection—we say that they are without any means or rule for determining which form of Christianity is most worthy to be honoured with the patronage of the State. This subject is every clay growing in impor tance, and every man must be prepared to state his reasons for the faith that is in him, either as a par tisan or opponent of the union between State and Church. It will not suffice, when every institution is liable to be overhauled, to assert that our fore fathers established the union, and we accordingly find it in existence. That is undoubtedly one motive for our respect, but those forefathers believed in witchcraft, had slaves, and practised torture ; and if their Church Establishment will no more stand the test of examination than torture, slavery, or witchcraft, the mere fact of its existence will not istify its continuance. The Morning Post is quite alarmed for social order, because the word of a Bishop is not listened to with reverential awe. To question or criticise it is to sap the foundations of society. Our Con temporary says, " If there is to be no respect paid to such an authority (a Bishop) upon such a sub ject, (education), how can we expect regular go vernment to go on ?" Nay, worse even than this, to speak a plain truth is reckoned a crime in The Sun, and the Ministers are made answerable for our criminality. We did but state well-known facts, in the following passage, to the first of which the Bishop of LONDON has borne his testimony in the House of Lords, and to the latter of which every day brings proof:— Another journal, no less a violent partisan of the Admi nistration, exultingly exclaims that " the people no longer reverence the clergy and the aristocracy—they no longer honour the law and the judges. The arrogant and avaricious priesthood, meddling and grasping, have brought themselves by their conduct into deserved contempt. The bread-tax inflicting gentry haie done exactly the same by their scandalous avarice. Using the law for the gratifi cation of their vile purposes they have 1;;.T'06!.1,1 1e law itself into contempt, and' for statirtg these facts in humble language, the Post accuses us of hlowmg up the foundations of society. It is not done by us, who only observe the scattered fragments as they are hurled in the air; it has been done by the ex plosive and uncompressed passions of the priests and the landowners. We should rejoice if we could for a moment believe, from the observations of the Post, that they had become sensible of their folly and their guilt, and were resolved to amend ; for the reformation most needed must begin with them, and unless they can win back the people, by acting justly and kindly, to a respect for them and for the laws, the present political order of society will speedily, we are afraid, come to a fatal end. The misfortune is, that these men who preach about man being a fallen and sinful creature, ready to commit all kinds of crime, without he be laid under the restraints of religion and coercive laws, always exclude themselves in practice from this description, and hold that it is limited to the poor. They use religion and law as a bridle for other men, by which they may ride them, but no more think of applying these restraints to themselves than a groom thinks of putting a horse's bit into his own mouth. The evils which the Post dreads are the results of mis conduct in its own friends. Nothing but that could have rooted the gentlemen and clergymen of Eng land out of the affections of the people. Mr. O'CONNELL'S oft repeated anecdote of the Irish drummer and the criminal at the triangles, is by this time familiar to every body. With the most obliging disposition in the world to accom modate the lashes to the sufferer's own notions of the part of his back fittest to bear them, the honest Hibernian failed to give entire satisfaction ; as whether he flogged higher or lower, every descent of the cat was provokingly followed by a scream Now th e Tories are as hard to please as the flogged criminal. Whether the Government is at war or at peace, they are dissatisfied. Before the rumour reached this country of the probability of a war with China, the Tory press was never tired of railing against Whig submissiveness to insult. The seizure of the Vixen in the Black Sea—the forcible seizure of the pilot in the Gulf of Mexico—the previous misunderstanding between France and Switzerland—and the Mauritius affair, were each and all cited five days in the week at least, as irrefragible proofs of Whig pusilanimity. 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Vining; Alexis Kerbout, Mr. Rxker 4 Madame Jolivet, hiss Fitzwalter; Causette. Miss Ayres (from the Nat.onal Theatre, New York) her first ap p.:am ace here. After which, Forty-fourth Night, THE LADIES' CLUB. Open every night at half-past 7. and close proceedings at 9. Mrs. Fitzsmith (the Chairwoman), Mrs. Stirling. To be followed by THE TWO GHEE - NS. J. Greer, Esq., Mr. F. Vining ; J. Green, Esq., Mr. Wild ; Mre. Green, Mrs. Norton. To conclude with the New and Original Drama (by the author of " The Ladies' Club"), called GWYNNETH VA UGH AN. GT.vynneth Vaughan, Mrs. Stirling ; Owen. Williams, Mr. Baker ; Evan Pritchard, Mr. Hod; Hugh Morgan, Mr. G. Wild. Boxes, 4e. Pit, :2s. Gallery, Is. Second Price immediately after the Ladies' Club- ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Ile Theatre has been entirely Re-Decorated, and embellished in a novel and tasteful style, during the Recess. Extraordinary and extensive Novelty. Three entirely New Pieces, with splendid Scenery Costumes, and Appointments. THIS EVENING, Arun. 23, bo acted an entirely New Village Tragedy, illustrating Hogarth's celebrated " H'rlot's Progress," entitled THE LIFE OF A WOMAN; OR, THE CURATE'S DAUGHTER. After which, a New Comic Drama, called THE WET NURSE. To conclude with an entirely New Romance, entitled THE VENETIAN; OR, THE COUNCIL OF TEN. The Scenery comprising some of the most splendid Views in s~~~^ Venice. 1136 ti WA - FER AT LONDON BRIDGE TOMORROW. i7,aanut( ti I Evening ' 5 minutes atter 7. flee Publicatio - -; Edition of THE SUN 410 - -11111111 6 10 Plait ites after Three. •G -.77‘01 'l4 Zile aux+ TnE sitN, LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 23. 1940. .he Government will not be prevented from doing its duty to the nation by these clamours of A fIIOL tion reckless of everything but place. While Minis ters have been careful to avoid the precipitating a contest with other Powers, it cannot be denied— with the single exception of the Vixen affair—that they have rigorously exacted all the regard to Bri , tish honour and interests to which in justice this great empire was entitled, either by her position or by treaties. And if Lord PALMERSTON did for a moment lose sight of British interests and the honour of the British flag in the Black Sea, it ought in justice to be remembered that his Lord ship nobly revenged himself and the British nation upon the Autocrat in Central Asia. We need only point to the Affghanistan Correspondence laid before Parliament, and long s i nce published in the columns of this Journal, in proof of this state ment. The humiliation of Russia is there proved to be much more complete —much more definite, besides being officially avowed, than the previous momentary indication of weakness on the part of England. Indeed it is rather remarkable, that since the publication of that Correspondence, the St. Petersburg Gazette, and the organs of Russia in Germany, have not published a syllable about an affair of which they previously boasted so re peatedly—the seizure of the Vixen. Probably the Imperial Cabinet was given to understand that as the repetition of the seizure would not be tolerated either on the ground of right or precedent, it might be the better plan to say no more about it. At all events, we believe that cargoes not only of Bri tish salt, but of British muskets, have been since repeatedly landed on the Circassian coast ; and in every instance the Russian blockade was strangely enough found to be no insurmountable obstacle to such traffic. With respect to our quarrel with Naples, the Tories have discovered that it might easily have been prevented, had the Government remonstrated soon enough. We need hardly observe that it is not usual among civilized nations for one Government to act with the promptitude of a highwayman, by clapping a pistol to the head of another, when it is deemed requisite to demand a concession or to enforce a right. The treaty with Naples was se cretly violated by the KING, in 1838 ; some time elapsed before Great Britain was permitted to know anything about it ; and when she did know it, a moral necessity existed for ascertaining whether the KING would persist in defiance of the rights of British merchants, in securing to France the whole sulphur traffic. The KING, too, constantly mani fested symptoms of yielding. When pressed for a decision, his practice was to solicit delay—even a week was sorght as a respite, when a longer time would not be granted. Under these circumstances, the Government did what every individual, capable of forming an opinion upon such a subject, must admit to have been proper and dignified. The King of NAPLES was not taken by surprise—' England did not invade his territory like a thief in the night, and thus afford all Europe a theme for commiserating his helplessness. Had our Government taken such a course, the Tories would have been the first to denounce such a system of warfare as worthy of the sneaking, cowardly policy of the Whigs. On the contrary, the King of NA PLES had fair warning given him, so that he might carry his complaints, if he fancied him self aggrieved, to all the Courts in Europe. The Government, strong in its right, and in its deter mination to uphold it, wisely manifested no wrath ful impatience. And what does it propose to do now ? Make reprisals. And what do the Tories propose that ought to have been done sooner to prevent was.? Why, the very same thing—make repriSals!' And these be thy guides, • 0 Istael I" For the threatened, and, by the Tories, assumed war with the United States, the present Govern ment is not responsible. If the boundary line could not be adjusted without a quarrel half a cen tury ago, it is sheer stupidity to suppose that it -might be easily fixed now, when a teeming popula tion on both sides has greatly increased the compa rative value of every acre of the territory in dispute. The Times says that it was the duty of the Go vernment to have enforced the arbitration of the King of HOLLAND. We will so far concede this point as to overlook all the previous arguments of the Times against this arbitration. We will forget that the Times hesitated not to denounce his Dutch MAJESTY as one of the greatest ninnies in Europe for supposing that any British Government would abide by his ridiculous arbitration. But then comes the question, How was the arbitration of the King of HOLLAND to be enforced ? We must have gone to war, and in the then state of the Canadas a war would have cost us the loss of the whole of our territory in North America. In stead of being dissatisfied with the Government, the nation has every right to feel grateful to the Ministry for having postponed this contest till the appearance of a time when the British people are better prepared to meet it, should it unfortu nately become inevitable. A thousand reasons must present themselves, even to the least reflect ing, why a war with the United States is to be avoided by every honourable means possible. With all their waywardness the Americans are bone of our bone, and flesh of our flesh, and par take of the infirmities derivable from our national pride, and indomitable associations on the subject of war. Brother Jonathan reasons in earnest, as THEMISTOCLES laughingly did when he under took to prove that his infant son governed Greece. Jonathan maintains that the Britishers beat the world, and that he has only to beat the Britishers to establish the reputation of a universal con queror. Ridiculous as this notion may appear, it is unquestionably entertained by a large party in the United States, and is in a great measure to he traced to the contemptuous tone in which the Tory party here have indulged when speaking . and writing of the people of North , America. To wards such a people, connected as they are with us by so many ties, it is a lways prudent 'and wise ir, a Government to exercise indulgence,. by making large allowances for errors originating in the mis direction o f generous impulses. We have treated, and shall continue to treat, the Chinese question on a distinct footing from any other objected to in the policy simply It is not like the Neapolitan question—a question tion of the Government. _ a of qu c e o s m ti m m e i rc p e u ; Boundary question--a question of good faith, geo graphical accuracy, and expediency ; mixed question of commerce and politics, in which the latter greatly preponderate. It involves not simply the profits of a trade amounting to some three millions sterling, but the very existence of Great Britain as the sovereign of one hundred millions of Asiatic subjects. Except, then, the single affair of the Vixen, and the now almost forgotten contest in Spain , we en tirely a p prove of the whole of the foreign policy of Lord PALNIERsToN—and for the seizure of the Vixen Lord PALSIERSTON is not more responsible than the Earl of DURHAM, then British Ambas sador at St. Petersburgh. If the Noble Earl has not lived to express a different opinion from what he then entertained, he has at least lived to feel, as w e then prophesied he would, the deplorable error of weighing the commercial rights of Great Britain in a balance supplied by the Autocrat of all the RUSSIAS. The Parisduly Papers of Tuesday hare been received. Th e f o ll ow i ng te l egr aphic despatch, from the Moniteur, confirms the news publishefl night in our Second Edition, obligingly communi cated by the -illaining Post THE SUB-PREFECT OF BAYONNE To TINE MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR. AYONNE, APRIL 20. The fort of Aliaga fell inta the ,hands of the Queen's troops on the 15th instant, after a vigorous re4E'tane?.. , . The Constitutionnel, the organ of M. THIER§, has the lollOii;ing official paragraph relative to the settlement of the Sulphur Question : News of the highest importance was ciretilat,a in Paris on I,londay evening. It was received from London. 'Tht French Cabinet, appreciating the gravity of the conflict between the Courts of London and Naples, offered its me diction, which was immediately accepted by England. France, by this act of confidence on the part of her ally, is constituted mediatrix and arbitratrix in the grave dif ference which has arisen between the two Governments. At her reque , t, England consents to suspend hostilities the moment the negotiations shall have commenced, and whilst they may be pending. A steamer has left Toulon to con vey this important intelligence to the Court of Naples, and uff.'r it the mediation of France. The annexed additional intelligence is from the Commerce of Tuesday : A letter from Milan, of April 15, informs us that " It is affirmed that the Cabinet of Vienna has sent, in answer to the despatch of the Neapolitan Government, a note, containing the advice, which is rather in the form of an is junction, to yield immediately to the demands of England, and to restore the Prince of Cassaro to his office. Mean time, as it is not certain that Naples will follow this advice, Austria is preparing to be in readiness for whatever may occur ; accordingly, it is reported that the Austrian army in Italy is going to be reinforced by some regiments." Letters from Venice of the 12th say that Count Spam-, Governor of the Venetian provinces, has just published a decree for a levy of sailors on the coasts of the Adriatic. Transports were preparing at Trieste and Venice. The Ccsarea corvette, vthich has just arrived at Trieste from the Pircus, has received orders to repair to Venice. It is said that troops will be embarked for Ancona at the first symptoms of revolutionary movements in the south cl Italy. Thus Austria will profit by the fault of the French Government, which abandoned that important position. Cou t ifartig, Governor of Lombardy, has lately set out for Paris. some pretend that this journey, under the present circumstances, has a political object; but otters say that it is merely to accompany his son, who is going to serve his apprenticeship with the Austrian Legation at Loncl:m. Count Hartig has arrived at Paris. 1301 j E.—YaltlS, TUESDAY, APRIL 21. Pirst Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price. Price reach 3 per Cents... ll2 ... 112 00 ... 112 25 ... 90 4 per Cents 104 75 475 ... 104 75 ... le4 75 3 per Cents B3 55 83 60 ... 83 45 ... N 3 60 dank of I,affiae Bank 1,0001. 8h lOOO —lOBO ...1180 ~.1, 5,000 f. 85 5197 59 ...5197 50 ...51/7 50 —51:47 50 :?Igian Bank BB2 50 ... ... /.182 50 ... i=.B2 ;di 5 her Cents *anish Ac.ive.. Passive 7% .. .. 74 Neapolitan thiman 10 4 14 104% ... 1044 ... BAN RAILWAY SHARES. Gennav , ermines, It. 13 615 6a7 50 ... 615 6'3 L.B ii9J ... 95 ...39'1 ;:95 Orleans .. .gonmellier to Ceti:: Uulhausen to Thann 455 ... 490 ... 4t.5 49J ,r4sutirg to Bale Brussels and German Papers have been received his morning. The following are extracts hoin new : BRUSbELS, APRIL I9.—The Moniteur of this morning contains in its oflleia.l part, the Royal Ordinance appoint ing the new Ministry. They are— M. Lcbeau Foreign Affairs. M. Lee!el-al Justice. M. Churls Liedts The Interior. M. C. Rogier Public Works. General Liuzen War. M. Mercier Finance. The Administration of the Marine is separated from the department of Public Works, and transferred to the depart. ment of Foreign Affairs. Every thing concerning the Militia and the Civic Guard is transferred from the department of the Public Works to that of the Interior. Every thing concerning public instruction, literature, and the sciences, and the arts, is transferred from the de partment of the Interior to that of Public Works. We see that the departments of the Interior and of Foreign Affairs are divided, as the Chamber desired. BRUSSELS, APRIL 21.—His Majesty has given audience to the new Ministers to take their oaths. M. Dumon-Dumortier and Mr. Smits, Director of the Bank of Belgium, have had audiences of the King. We do not know when the marriage of the Dake of Nemours will take place; but the day must be near at hand, for it seems certain that the Duke of Saxe Coburg, and the Princess his daughter, will leave Brussels on Wednesday or Thursday for Paris ; and the King, as we are informed, will set out on the same day to be present at the marriage. (From the Leipsic Allgenteine Zeitung ) WARSAW, APRIL B.—After the fetes given in honour of the young Grand Duke, a report is suddenly spread of the failure of the expedition to Khiva, and of the total break- Mg up of Perowaky's camp ; it is true that in the foreign ipurnals received here most of the particulars are effaced or cut ont aensual,'Wy,the4ell known black salvo or the scissors of the censor ; but travellers have made us ac quainted with the fatal event which, in one respect, affects Poland also, because many of its sons were doubtless obliged to serve in the destroyed army. A family named Psareki, which but lately returned to Warsaw, is said suddenly to have disappeared in toe niLf ht, without any trace to indicate whether it has met with s Ant: accident, or has suddenly left that country. BADEN, APRIL s. —The Poles resident here have re ceived their passports, with directions to depart within taco days. It is probable that there are other grounds than the expected arrival of the Russian Prince, for he has been at Warsaw. The Madrid Journals of the 14th have reached us. The President of the Council had written to ESPARTERO to obtain his advice about the ap pointment of a War Minister. This act of cour tesy put the Generai in the best humour, but he declined to interfere with the constitutional exercise of the Royal prerogative. The good understand ing between ESPARTERO and the President of the Council produced an improvement in the Funds. The Five per Cents. were sold on the 14th at 29 for cash. The debate on the Rentes Conversion Bill occu pied the Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday. It was violently opposed by the Court party, by whom it was denounced as flagitiously immoral. This is the first time we ever heard that it was immoral in a nation to pay its just debts. But the truth is, the courtiers want to compel the State to continue to pay an exorbitant rate of interest for money which it does not want. By means of the Rentes, France is taxed annually several millions of francs for the exclusive benefit of the Shopocracy and the 200,000 electors who support the throne of Louts PHILIPPE. Advices from Tangier of the Bth instant, state that the French squadron was expected on the coast. Ad miral Rosamel has sailed from Toulon for that destination. The Admiral, it was said, was instructed to demand of the Emperor of Morocco a categorical explanation of his re.• lations with Abd-el-Kader, to insist on his ceasing all in tercourse with the Emir, and, in case the Emperor de clined acceding to this injunction, or returned an evasive a❑swer, to take possessicn of Tangier. This ultimatum was said to have been forwarded to the Emperor by the Consul of _France, who had not yet received a reply. All commercial intercourse with the interior was sus pended, in consequence of the apprehensions entertained by the European residents. The merchants of Sake, Mogadere, and Tetuan thought that the appearance of Ad miral Rosamel's squadron would relieve them from them. insecurity. Extraet of a letter from Algiers, 11th inst.:—" The army has received orders to hold itself ready to march on the 15th. It will assemble at Blidah and the environs. Medeah and Miliana will be its first objects. Already measures have been taken for the occupation of the first of these towns, and that both may be provisioned from Cher chell, to which place supplies are daily being sent. After Medeah and Miliana are in our hands, the troops will pro ceed to attack Tekedempta. The campaign is expected to last two months. The Arabs have not for a long time shown themselves within view of our camps. They are no doubt concentrating all their forces at the points we have to pass by." " We understand," says the Courrier de Bordeaux " that the steamers proposed for the line from Bordeaux to Mexico will be of 500-horse power each; that there will be four of them, and a fifth vessel of smaller power. They will all be so built as to admit of being strongly armed, and serving as vessels of war if there be med." " The French Government," says the Univers, " in testimony of its satisfaction at the brilliant reception given by the Governor of Erzerounn, Hafiz Pacha, to the Count de Sercey, has sent him models of all the most perfect pieces of artillery of every calibre now in use in the French army. The intrinsic value of this present is lx tween 50,000 and 60,000 francs, but it will be the more flattering to the Pacha and the Turkish Government, as it is very rarely granted. The King, it is said, has added some private presents." It is understood that the Postage Stamps are to come Into use on the 6th of May throughout the who?e dom. The issue of them will begin in London and be gradually extended everywhere. STRATHFIELDSAYE, TUESDAY.—Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, accomfarlied . the Princesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, arrived last even ing in time for dinner, from town, attended by Baron Kne,e , beck. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge came alto, having travell Iby the railroad. His Excellency Baron Bru nets, and Count Nesselrode arrived yesterday from the me , re polis. His Excellency Baron Nieuman has also joined the circle. The dinner party last evening consisted of their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Princess Augusta, Marquis of Salisbury, Marquis and Mar chioness of Douro, his Excellent} Baron Nieuman, Hon. and Rev. Gerald Wellesley, Count Nesselrode, Earl and Countess of Wilton. his Excellency Baron Brunow, Viscount and VL countess Mahon, anti Baron Knesebeck. The Marchioness of Anglesey and Lady Ade laide Paget are staying at Foctscray, on a visit to Viscount and Viscountess Sydney. Priiice Lieveri takes his departure the wect: text for St. Petersburg. ; , ,lON EY and COifl RCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE 0' CL 0 CK. oriL L , , "• , TTON MARKET W IVERP L EDNESDAY,—The FAICS of this day are bars, princip a lly on specu l a ti on . Prices as yesterday. The arriVala this morning are French and Ostend mails, end ship letters from Demerara, Monte Video, and Africa; frwn new York, by the Oxford, Calcutta, and Simpson, arrived at Liverpool, from Singapore. Old dates. The weather has been unusually severe in the Western Islands. Such a succession of gales has not been known in the memory of the oldest inhabitants. At St. Michael's sc , ernl houses, amongst them the Custom House, were •w( pt aWa"; the damage is estimated M 400,000 dollars. Terceira suffered considerably ; earth We l+ . on board a schooner 15 mile; to the leeward of Pisa. NEW 13RuNswIcK.—Liird John Russell's Despatch on the 29th February.—The following resolution was brought up from the Committee of the whole House : ' " Resolved—lt is the opinion of this Committee, that there is nothing in the despatch of the Right Hon. Lord John Russell, now under consideration, to call forth an expression from the House on the subject of Colonial Government, and that in the event of any occurrence taking place to disturb the present happy political state of the province, the House cannot but entertain the opinion that any legal and doubtful representations which they may haNe occasion to lay at the toot of the Throns, will re ceive, 33 they have always done, the royal consideration. We have received the Dutch mail of the 22d April. bringing the Dutch prices Df the 21st, from Amsterdam, Two and a Half per Cents., 52 9-16 to 521; Five per Cents., 99 5-16 ; A r d o i a ' a Sp an i A L : 25 15-16 to 25k. The above Papers do net contain any poli:ical intelligeneee of consequence. We have received the Journal of Conomrcg of Antwerp of yesterday's date. Accounts from Germany state that the Easter fairs are going off very advantageously for all classes of comnieice. AMSTERDAM, APRIL 20.—Fur some time past a great deal has been said of the refusal of Nattebohm and Brothers, of Amsterdam, to accept different bills drawn upon them to the amount of 257,378,62 florin; by the House of Abraham Meyer and Co. of Batavia, for the cargo of the ship Jefferson, Captain Mason, which sailed from Batavia to New York. These bills were payable at Amsterdam, and were protested, owing to their not being accepted in the months of November and December last; hut we now learn, for certain, that the house of Nottebohm had, a few days since, accepted a part of them, to the amount of 192,068,36 florins, and that the remaining part 63,310,26, was also accepted for account of the house of Abraham Meyer and Co. of Batavia, by M. M. Joan, 03Y, and Sons, of Rotterdam. Yesterday the news of the differences between England and America, on the subject of the Maine boundary, and the fear of a war taking place, had an influence °a our na tional funds, caused by several large sales, and the prices were lower to-day. Some business was done in the Inte grals, which maintained the prices of yesterday. Ardoin's, which was in demand yesterday, is not so good to-day. ‘Ve are assured that M. de Ballet, who we announced arrived yesterday by the steamer, is the bearer of a treaty of commerce concluded with the United States. LIEGE, APRIL 17.—A1l along the road from Liege to above Pepinster, the works of the contractors on the iron road have been stepped by the landowners, owing to the Government not paying them, as well as not ratifying their cogageinents. In the course of yesterday evening it was generally re ported in the City that the Maine question was on the point of being settled between the two Governments, and that ettr Ministers were to give two hundred thousand pounds for the purchase of the land in dispute. Up to the present hour we cannot confirm the above statement; nor is there much credit given to it this morning. We have this moment a report of an overland express from India; the regular mail it cannot be, as it is not due ill the tidi or 10:h of next month ; but a Government steamer might have been despatched with some important information—if so, in all probability, it will be known in the course of the day. THE FUNDS. Consols did not open this morning quite so good as they lelt off yesterday, at 91h- for the Account, opened at 907 91 ; fur Money, 901, with scarce a bargain doing to the present time. Money continues abundant, and much difficulty is experienced by the capitalists for its employ ment in commercial transactions. Exchequer Bills, 21 23 prem ; India Bonds, 3 5 prem. ; Bank Stock, 175.-; India Stock, 2501. - - - In the Pureign Market, although t'ie Queen of Spain's troops have obtained some fresh advantages, it has not had as yet any effect on the Spanish Active, which opened this morning at the same quotations they left off yesterday, 29 : 1 ; Deferred. 141 f ; Passive, 7+ 1 ; Portuguese, as they closed. 3bi - ; Three Per Cents., 241 i ; Colem- • bian, 231-; Brazilian, 761 ; Meiican, 27:1 8-.1- ; Chaim!, 39 41; Danish, 771 8; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 53- ,i- ; Five pet Cents., 1001. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY Al' ONE O'CLOCB• tank Stock lndia Stock 1 per Cent. Pied. 3 per Cents. Con 91:0.143i i South Sea Stocl , — .3.,,, ner Cent i Old Annuitie — :Alto Red. 984 j h, 3 4 , New Ditto New 314 per Cent 9934 4, 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 New 5 per Cent. --; Exch. Bills, --Sl,O l lO ... 21 23 pm Rank Long Annuities toexiiire ! Ditto 500... 21 13 pm. Jan 5, 1860 1 3 34 9.10. Ditto Small 2l 23 pm. Oct. 10, 1859 13jek Ditto Commercial dis. Jan. 5, 1860 ii , Ditto Advertised ..... pin. Jan. 5, 185.0 Bank Stock for Account ... Aprlls, 188(1 — India. Stock for Account ... Jan. 5.1870 - con,pls for Account .... —91% I PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS 1),1. Y AT ONE CLOCK Austrian Bonds •—•., Peruvian Iss:3l9 l s Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account - Ditto Acc0unt............... 3tienos Ayres Bonds Ditto iccount 3mid £ Ditto, 3 per Cent. - • Di.tto Account ........ 24' - Prussian Bonds ..... _ ................. . Ditto Acca - , nt —j Itmsian .13nds,18'2' Colurtian B-ids — Ditto Account Ditto .Accol.nt — Ditto Metallic Columbian 3, d 5,1824 Ditto AccoAlt Danish Bonds - Spani,h Bout]; ....... 2) , Ditto Account. ....... w ' 291 4 - Pas sive Ditto t.t n t I)f , :rrott 145 Greek Bonds _ Ditto Bonds, 15:25 Ditto Account Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent, Ditto Account Ditto, fi per Cent. ...... Ditto Account Neapolitan French, 5 per cent. . . , ----.... 4 per een t. •••••• •-•-f- •••••(.. ..- 1 ..••••••• 3 per cent. —f. —c --- Exct ange. Dutch, '.,,,;, percent. s°% ) Ditto Account - - ' Jitto, 5 per cent lO O l4 —! Ditto Account — PRICES OF SHABEi THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Real del Monte Mining Co., Registered Mt. 10a. tid Ditto Unregisterea f; real North of England Railway Company—. Per Share. Great Western Railway Company 6., Brighton Railway 's London and Blackwall Railway 2O Linton and Birmingham Railway COM pany Ditto 4 Shares ll5 26 Y.; Ditto New Shares London And Greenwich Railway Company v IN London and South Western ... ... 38/. 17s. 9d. 414 , ,4 6.. 6 Manchester and Leeds Railway Company (10 SO Ditto New Shares 27,N 183,i% NI michester and Birmingham Railway 25 Is 15 Midland Counties Railway Company. 100 94.% South Eastern and Dover Railway Company lB 21.. 4 IA PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS. DUBLIN, APRIL 21 3 per Cent. Consols - 3% per Cent. Stock - Ditto Reduced Ditto New, 1830 3% per Cent.l)ebentures... 91% National Insurance Company - Bank Stock - , City Debentures, 4 per cent. - Grand Canal Stock -; Ballast Office Debentures, 4 - Royal Canal Stock - 1 per cent _ _ HALF-PAST ONE. Letters from Venice of the 12th April state that the Governor of the Venetian provinces has published a decree for a levy of sailors, and they are preparing at Trieste and at Venice transports to convey them to Ancona, at the first appearance of a revolutionary movement which takes place in the south of Italy. They write from the borders of the Baltic of the 19th of April, that eight vessels, laden with corn, had set sail for the ports of France, Havre, Rouen, Dieppe, and Dun kirk. Several more vessels are being loaded for the same destination. Accounts from Catalonia state that the Carlist Chief Segara left Berga with e'ght pieces of cannon and 300 men to intercept the passage of a convoy going from Cervia to Solsona. To the present hour we do not hear anything further respecting the report of an overland express from India, consequently we do not attach any credit to it. The Journal des Debats, after quoting a letter addressed by the Jewish community at Rhodes to the Chief Rabbi of Constantinople, stating the sufferings of the Jews at Rhodes, makes the following remarks :—We have thought proper to state these documents at full length, with a view that those prejudices which have disgraced the present ages should be extinguished; it is the duty of the press to reflect with energy such outrages as have occurred; it is the duty of every civilized Christian Government to en deavour to prevent a recurrence of such cruelties ; we know_ that already the Austrian Government has given in.. structions t he most postive to their Consul at Alexandria and the Ambassador at Constantinople, to protect the Austrian Jewish subjects, and to induce the superior authorities to watch over the measures adopted by the inferior officers. We trust that the French Governrnea t will likewise exert its influence on this occasion, if it has not already taken the initiative; it concerns not only all European subjects, hut as well to cause justice to be respected ; and as Europe interferes in the Eist as a political power, it is likewise desirable that she should interpose as a civilized power. Consols are 91 for the Account., have been 91- ; for Money 90i, with very little doing in the British Market ; Exchequer Bills 21 23 prem, ; I.ndia Bonds 5 prem. ; B ink Stock nothing done ; India S ,ock 2491, rather lower. In the Foreign Market very little doing ; Spanish Activs 29i ; Portuvese 35N; Tloree per Cents. 242 ; Belgian 103; Dutch Two-and. a—Half per Cents. 53i for Money ; Five per Coots. 1004. FATAL ACCIDEN.T.—Last evening at six o'clock, an inquest was held at. St. Th.omas's Hospital, on the body of Samuel Mason, aged 29, dra'jman, in the employ of Messrs. Barclay, Perkins, and Co. As he was riding on the shaft the horse shied and forced his Id , g against a lamp-post. Mr. J. Evans, house-surgeon, said that when deceased was ad mitted he had only a slight contusion of the left leg, which went on well until Friday last, when ,erysipelas; set in, of which de ceased died on Monday last. Vei-diet, " Accidental death."— [We have lately hart several similar cares of death following an accident that, but for the effect nrodiaced.oii the constitution by excessive porter drinking, would spet‘tlily submit to treatment, and leave the patient quite well. WOODEN PAVEMENT.--V Vednesday workmen c)rnmenced laying down a portion i if wooden pavement at Lambs' Conduit-pine, opposite the Fo undlin.g. Hospital, under the direction of the Commissioners of that estate. The road near the Old B a il ey , w hi c h was l a id d os vn a few mon ths since, aid was latterly in a very dilapidated c anclition, has been re phiced, and been extended to a length o. F :60 or 70 yards more. The defect in the road was caused by the , -want of a solid foun dation, and th e a b sence o f proper d ra i n: rg ca us e d e, which the accumulation of water underneath, and • whi . eh, when t ted as an blocks ie were pressed d own b y a h eav y we i g ht p ass i n , g over, position. A ac upwards hyd rau li c ram , f orc i ng o th e rs ou t of firmer basis has been made by an u•A s t ra t u m of four derneall their inches of Tha mes s hi n gle. The extensive , derable invest iitroduction of wooden pavements has lately led to very eons. ments of capital in land in Nor Kay, "rwm...pwl , wregrligq ,. ‘ EVENING EDITION._ CAMBRIDGE ELECT/ON COM All FTEE.-(THIS DAY.) The Committee met again this morning at eleven. Mr. &len was examined by Mr. AUSTEN am a soli citor at Cartihridge—( A paper was here shown to the wit n,ss). I know the handwriting on the endorsement of that paper. It ie that of Mr. Winter, a clerk of Mr. Twiss.—( The witness identified a few other papers as being in the same handwriting.) By Mr. WRANGHANI—,TII)S is not the .first time I saw those Bills. I looked over them last night. lam not an agent for the petitioners. I merely assited Mr. Cooper in looking through the bills. There were two other per sons looking at the bills with myself and Ms Co o p er. . I I believe one of them was the Committee .c lerk. remember Long's going away. I saw him for ,th I first time when he was brought before the Magistrates. was at the station-house the night before. I saw there ..m.e s c a ttered fragments of papers which had been fount ) . In Long's possession. I went to the station-house, as far a- I recollect, to see Long. I might have gone the re through curiosity. I remained there about a quarter of an hour. I did not go there again. The witness was then ordered to retire. Mr. ANDREW'S applied for permission to have documents examined by persons whom the sitting Member's Counsel might choose, in the same manner as had been done by ' Mr. Eden. The application, after some discussion, was granted. Mr. Thomas Emey was then called in and examined. By Mr. A U•TIN—I am a publican at Cambridge. I keep the Marshal Blucher. The witness was here desired to produce his acccunt book, for the purpose of showing abet sums were paid to him during the election. Mr. ANDREWS objected to the proceteding, on the ground that the book was not evidence. After some discussion the witness was again called in. The examination of the witness was then continued- -I copied the account from the bill sent in. The first item in the book is Fated 1736. The witness v,as then told to look through the dates of his other entries. Mr. ANDREWS objected to his being called on to do so, on the ground that the witness should not be re quired to look at any items but those he had bintself• written for the purpose of refreshing his memory. Mr.. AUSTIN said that he was entitled to call on the Wit' ness to state the items, for the purpose of showing that the entries in tiu , book were fraudulent. It was agreed, how ever, that tht examination of the wit ness should be continued under another form. (LEFT SITTIN'G• ROLLS COURT.-(TNIS DAY.) The Master of the Rolls took motions. vINER V, VAUGHAN AND ANoTH.VR. This was motion for an injunction to resreirt `tweet,de a fendat,t, Amy Vaughan, for permitting the ca-de fe, to Hardy, to dig or excavate earth from a close of rand near Clay Hail, in the county of Northampton, and -fro— converting the same into bricks. The Men !ant, Mrs. Vaughan, is tenant for life of 0 , e field in question, under the ,vill of her husband, who rected that after her death the estate was to be sold aria the money arising therefrom to be divided among Ilia children, of whom the plaintiff was one. The evidence cor the defmdants stated that there was a n 1 old pit which bail been worked about twenty years ;V , and that the testator, prior to his c: each, had ma de preia.la" ration for recommencing the worCug. The ploa ti° witness, en the other hand, stated that so far from the testator having had any such intent ion, he bad ae c i tually caused a well, which the p rece ding owner ha formed for the purpose of making bricks, and that he had made une of the land soler.y for agricT tural purposes. Further affidavits had theeben. .rnade by the defendants, but at so late a period that plailltifi c hBd n had an opportunity of replying to them, and tb.cra' °r " jected to their received. ion, mot .t Courriel having been heard for and against tht.' to be filled. IT The AIASTER of the ROLLS gave judgment, obset wing it was clear that a tenant for life had no right to take s ally the sub4 . ence of land, by opening mines, clay pits, ° I -ht thing of that kind, but a tenant for life might have a rth v to continue tYie working of a clay pit, a coal-mine, or an. other mine whi. , :h had been worked by the author of th e gift, lie having sa dealt with the land as to make the pre — duce of the mines a part of the profits derived from the land. Did it follow r.rom that that a tenant for life bad L it t right to re-open old abandoned pits or mioes , or a rigu to commence working any pits or mines, for the °peal or the working of which the ~:uthor of the gift had rotis preparation ? That was the question which arose in case, and there was so much doubt upon the evideucei_a; present before the Court, whether ti: . e pits were in the state at the time of the testator's deati; as to entitle tr il . tb: tenant for life to resume the working, tha t :his Lordah.lP thought he ought not to allow that to he dot to unt_ matter was put in a course of trial. What t rial to direa; be felt soice difficulty in determining until the before tut_ 4 to a hearing, and the whole of the evidence was . Mr. STUALT, for the defendant, said that probably h til t alder the Court would allow his client a few days to matter. ts were The Masrea of the RoJ.Ls—Certainly. 'The fae y. fused to not before him in a satisfactory state. If be 'e receive the last affidavits of the defendants the co oseq," ea w ce ., cause caln. would be, that he would make an order, with t he L II I )e . ve lace , ledge that the defendant had somo important hind • and if he received them, he would do knowledge that the plaintiff had not had the op portutu:ty of answering them. The case was ordered to stand over for a day or twe , the in• • Junction to be continued in the mean time. so with :too QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) IN THE CASE OF THE DEANERY OF EXATIIR. Ait The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that had' 7 tuons- - better to file a fresh affidavit in this case, whi ch snofel that out of 17 vacancies there had been 10 in wilinb occurred that the person nominated by the Cro wU wa's-b-ut a Canon at the time of the nomination by the Crown, had been elected a Canon by the Chapter, and nornipated Dean. THE QUEEN V. THE CHURCHWARDENS CF LAMBETH. MANDAMUS. In this Gime a rule had been obtained on 3 l st Janua l calling on the .defendants to show cause why a nand should not issue directing them to make oat of and fa a in their possessfon, arising from a Church -rate, I._ reasonable allowance to the Reverend the henry to gan for performing the duties of Chap lain 0 Ie workhouse during and . since the year 1 838, e he If rate of 1001. per annum, and further directi'Ag t m b.. thry had no funds there, to collect the arrears of Charcof rate now due. and to take such snaps as might be nec H e n ry to collect a Church-rate thereout,lo make the Rev. l' Morgan compensation. agai nst S,r FREDERIC' ,K POLLOCK this day showed c ause the rule. The COURT, after hearing him —( hi s ' h . , • s• speech appear in our Second Edition)—made the rule. . „ • _Tr4;l) l. EXCHEQUER Co MAY V. HUSBAND AND OTHERS. r - fiat in This was air action for a malicious issuing d e nten bankruptcy against the defendants, who are get-Eis weil known, aid exercising considerable irillueni le,' - u Ar en vonport. It was tried before the Lord Chi er " - le d Lear de - . Abinger at the sittings at Guildhall; and the Judge having taken a strong prejudice a gainst th e cr . fendants, the Jury, after a two days' trial, returned a V diet, evidently under great excitement, for 2,5 901 s evera l Sir W. FOLLETT now moved for a new trial, ow ge l points, on which though the Judge had at the t ri a de bnodnring, by the bye, under considerable indispositioil) i ed against him, the general opinion of the j 3e He seemed to be that his Lordship had been wronE4 the on one or two points cordially agreeing' i"`"dot rule himselffor a new trial should be granted. One greel ri l to was, that a witness friendly to plaintiff had refa l l .ol, produce, on subpoena , a deed required by the define.: be unless called by defendant as a witness, which, l in ed would have been naturally a hostile vcitness, they (lite dined doing. The Bench were of opinion, on some coo' st by Sir William Follett, th a t in such a case, the sub P t e r consisting of two parts—one to g i ve evidence , the o. to produce documents—the party might be called pie the latter without the former. Rule for new trial granted, partly on the grain ( ' ° aga i n st cess of damages, and partly on misdirection end g's evidence. COMMON PLEAS.—('THIS 1)J/5.) aloe ' th One or two case'', utterly uninteresting , c" el be quer Court all the morning. Somehow or other this is a very dull Court; "c p ioalf Lions which come before it beingb rren --rnc i,%; t he'. leal and technical in their more a than e in vo t r n A inc ° : , o b a. / Courtsand this has become mor t e u s e o than the last decision of the Learned Judge, the rest ricti l. fitting the practi ce to th e S er j eants h as been reviv°4 AY ) SHERIFFS' COURT (T ills - D ADDiSON AND OERIDGE. ant, a dent ist, usie it,iiige T h l l i d i ye sar a r r b rog plaintiffs, II • •ast CO. bmyritohe - r se e l s l i e d , beo a►~ Gardez!7 f for the sum of 141. 75., being the amount of to h i re • Mr. James stated the plaintiffs' case. In t year er the space of nearly four years at 7s. bea 7 07 . 10 6 a a l gentleman called at the plaintiffs' shop, hired the guit oxford d gave his name and address a l r e - - f iu i g e g rly risngininßßeguer lnitngetroenete 451 °- ri d g e,-street," to which place It was sent soon after the defendant removed street, and thence to his present residence, whei'lt self a plaintiff; having discovered him in March, 1839 „,' ,en bill for the full amount up to the latter date. A D e __ dant alleged that the article is as 'hired by and for t he use of his si s ter, that it lay in his apartments totally uselos,Pd and that he did nit know where it came from, else he sboell have had it returned. Wet, Witnesses having been called in support of this statent Mr. DEERING, on behalf of the defendant, urged ro enormity of claiming 141. 7s. for the hire of an article, ~ti. _ to Corfu:o - value of which was scarcely more than 51• or 6 1 i and after an able address, • the _ The Learned UNDER-SHERIFF Litwin'," summed 13 1'' am ount Jury returned a verdict forthe plaintiff—th e 7 claimed. —.......---,—............. , The agitation in Ireland against Lord StanleY r Registration Bill has fairly commenced. Those who look upe.* the Conservatives as the friends of p ea ce and order , May then Lord Stanley for having thus thrown L e l an d into a ferule:ls.-- Scotsman. fi . "(3 is DR. LARDNER.—A memorial, it is --- 1 ,,1, A being got up by some of the principal members of the -Di! s ii i Association for the Advancement of Science to Council, to pray them to remove the Rev. Dr. Di° lll : l° ,,f on accoun, Lordlier I urn his office 4,s one of their members, his late disgraceful conduct in the elopement from RVig l 4 ° , n. __—....,-•"*"... present.to . :