The Sun. — London, England, 1840-04-13 00:00:00

YEN IN G EDITION . IRELAND and ITS CIVIL WARS ! I By CAPTAIN ROCK. Now Publishing in " CLEAVE S PENNY GAZETTE," The History of the Civil Wars in Ireland, from the Invasion under Henry Plantagenet till her Union with Great Britain , including a number of interesting Biographical Sketches, with Notes, satirise" and historical. Irishmen, and all interested in the fete of Ireland, are earnestly invited to read the history et ire .• Sister Island." Leaden : Cleave, Shoe-lans, Fleet-strest ; and all Book , fairs god Nommen. ing recourse to an endless, bloody contest, to interfere with the traffic of these des peradoes ? And without putting them down, and at the same time entering into a war with Burmah, Malwa, Siam, and China herself, in order utterly to eradicate the cultivation of the poppy, we cannot diminish to the extent of a single chest of opium the traffic in that drug. What is still mote, were we to succeed, after an expense of millions of treasure and myriads of lives, in clearing the country between Bombay and Canton of the poppy flower, it would be only to transfer the manu facture of the poison to the Pachalicks of Bagdad and Egypt, where it is found to grow better than in the best opium districts in British India. There is no use then in canting upon the subject. Do what we can there is no possibility of our ever being able by means of the force at the disposal of any Go vernment all at once to put down such a contraband ,raffic as the trade in opium. IFS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA having AUTHORISED and GUA RANTEED several DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY PREMIUMS, which (though they are NO LOTTERIES) offer many possibilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, are NOW SELLING SHARES for the said DISTRIBU TIONS. Persons desirous t purchase, may receive, PRE VIOUS to giving any order , the PROSPECTUS and PAR TIOWLARS, upon a ddressing WITHOUT DELAY, a line HEINE, BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH. P. 8.... ME TWNEXT DISTRIBUTION contains Portions of ENTY-FIVE THOUSAND, FIVE THOUSAND, TWO THOUSAND, ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND, NIGHT HUNDRED, SIX HUNDRED, FIVE HUN DRED, THREE HUNDRED, TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY, TWO HUNDRED, ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY, ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY, ONE HUN DRED AND TEN, and ONE HUNDRED POUNDS, &c. &c., amounting to £134,990 Sterling. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. TINDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MADAME VESTRIS. ON EASTER MONDAY, APRIL 20. Will be performed Mr. Sergeant Talf ourd's Tragedy of ION; Adrastus, Mr. Moore ; Ctesiphon, Mr. G. Vandenhoff; lon, Miss Ellen Tree; Clemanthe, Mrs. Walter Lacy. After which will be produced, an entirely New GRAND ROMANTIC FAIRY EXTRAVAGANRA. The Principal Characters by Mr. J. Bland, Madame r Si r. Harleyai,nforth, Mrs. C. Mr. J. Vining, Miss R Jones, &c. &c. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Sec ond Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second Circles, ãs. ; Second Pric e, 2s. 6d. ; 3s. ; Second Price, 2s. ; Gallery, ls. Doors to loe opened at half-past Six—the performances to commence at Seven o'Clock. Tiokets and places for the Boxes to be taken at the Box-of se , from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had upon application. Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller, 167, New Bond-street. ------- We are glad to see that while the landlords in the House of Commons fancy that they have put an end to Anti-Corn-law agitation by a vote, that the Anti-Corn -law League has redoubled its energy, and is about to redouble its means of agitation. It appears by an advertisement in our Paper of Sa turday, that the League has advertised for more lecturers—Anti-Corn -law missionaries, whom it will despatch into every village of the empire. If the landlords do not follow the Herald's sugges tion, and stifle all discussion by violent means, as a Pagan priesthood, afraid of Christian truth, have induced their rulers to put Christians to death, or I t HIGH `•PATER AT LONDOIP BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Mernixis ...... 11 minutes after U I Evening 33 minutes after 0. smoker. In mostlof our towns, not one but tens, and hundreds, and thousands of persons are conti nually exposed, like the agricultural labour ers, to all the horrors of half-starvation. The spectacle of a hand-loom weaver's wife who has to feed her famishing little ones on ss. or 6s. a week, who is obliged to live in a cellar amidst dirt and disease, is for us much more painful than the spectacle of a Chinese opium smoker hurried to an early grave by his fatal indulgence. But the noisiest bawlers against the opium trade are the bread taxers, and their allies. Sir ROBERT PEEL, did not, indeed, decry the opium trade as immoral, but Mr. GLADSTONE—the man who has acquired a fortune by slave labour—did ; the landlords cheered him, and all the Tories, the bulk of whom are landlords, voted with him. They see most clearly the little vice in the opium trader which leads him to be instrumental in promoting the indulgence of the opium smoker, and they cannot see the hor rible crime they commit in annually sacrificing great multitudes of their fellow-creatures by a law limiting the supply of food. As Lord ASHBUR-• TON said, they cut down the population to the food they possess, and will allow the people to have none, except at a most exorbitant price, which they do not supply. Between the opium trader, however, and the Corn-law making landlords, there is this difference, that the former knows nothing of the use which is made of his drug ; he forces no man to smoke it ; but the landlords know the consequence of their law, and they compel the people to submit to hun ger and starvation. As far as the Legislature is concerned, too, there is a remarkable differ ence. At most, it does but tolerate the opium trader—it does but connive at his con duct, whether it be immoral or not ; but it enacts the Corn-laws. They exist by its decree, and it is the author of infinitely more evil to our own people by the Corn-laws than opium smoking has brought on the Chinese in a century, though the latter makes the sentimental Tories weep, while they mock at the sufferings they cause to our own industrious population. M. RIVET presented to the French Chamber of Deputies on Saturday a Bill adopted by a Committee of the Chamber for reducing the interest on the Five per Cent. Rentes—a measure to which M. TRIERS is especially pledged, but to which the KING is known to be hostile, because it interferes with the vested interests of the shopocracy and mushroom aristocracy of France. The Rentes constitute one of the main supports of the present electoral system, and are as dishonest in princi ple as they are mischievous in their operation. What Tinders them peculiarly objectionable is that the Go vernment is perfectly willing to redeem them at the regular market price ; but the holders will not part with them, and thus they compel the nation to pay an exorbitant interest upon a debt which it has repeatedly offered to dischal ge. Now it is so obviously contrary to the principles which honestly re gulate the relations of debtor and creditor, to refuse the debtor an opportunity of discharging his debt, because the interest upon it is double as much as the creditor could obtain by any other investment of his I capital, that we are not surprised to find that it has created a very great sensation in France. M. TRIERS very properly replies to the clamour about the inva sion of vested interests, that France in borrowing money intended to pay it when she could, and that no wrong is done to the creditor who receives from the State what the State actually owes him. But the Government does not wish to treat the national cre ditors with harshness. If there be some who are a slight reduction of the interest is averse to the redemptio n of the contra cts for Rente s in their hands, proposed, leaving them still a higher rate of interest than they could otherwise obtain, and bidding the State not to take any further compulsory step towards a redemption for ten years. The following ase the prin cipal articles of the Rentes Conversion Bill, which was ordered to be printed, and the debate upon which is fixed for Thursday next : " Art. I. The Finance Minister is authorised to effect the reimbursement of the Five per Cent. stock, at the rate of 1001. for each sf. of rentes. " Art. 2. Nevertheless, the holders may demand new rentes in Four-and-a- Half or Three-and-a- Half per Cent. In this case they will receive for every 51. of rentes 44f. in Four-and-a-half per Cent. stock, or 4f. sc. in Three. and-a-Half per Cent. stock at 86 42. " Art. 3. The converted rentes will enjoy the interest of 5 per cent up to the half year after the accomplishment of the conversion, that semislre inclusive. " Art 4. A delay of three months is granted to the holders of Five per Cents. to make the option. Those who do not answer will remain liable to conversion. Art. 5. The rentes for which the conversion has not been asked may be paid by series. " Art. 6. If stock is held in life:interest, he who holds the life-interest may accept the conversion in Three-and a- Half per Cents. ; but the proprietor, at the cessation of the life-interest, may reclaim Three-and-a-Half Stock at the rate of emission, paying up the surplus of interest paid to the usufruitier. [The rest of the article relates to this case.] " Art. 7. The right of conversion by the State is sus pended for ten years after the operation with respect to the new Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Stock created." on both sides of the Channel. The present policy of Bank of France ...... ... .. .... 3200 ...3200 —3193 ...3190 Latlitte Bank I,ooof. ...... 1075 ...10;5, ...1075 ...1075 France is too expensive both for herself and for us. A 5,000 f. Sh 51i30 ...5195 —.5190 ..5195 war establishment in a time of profound peace would be Belgian Bank B7O ... 872 50 ... 870 ... 872 50 5 per Cents 103% ... 103% ... 103% ... 103% an absurdity were the two countries cordially united, as 3 per Cents 75 ... 75 ... 75 ... 75 such a union would, under any circumstances , render New York 90 15 ... 90 25 ~, 90 25 ... 90 25 ~ Ohi o I(Y2 15 ... 102 15 ... 102 15 ... 102 15 them more than a match for any enemy to the liberty of Spanish Active 29% ... 29 ... 29 ... 29 Western Europe—and none but an enemy to that liberty Passive 7% ... ... 7% ... 7% ... 7% Portuguese 3 per Cents 24% 24% ... 25% ... 25% would dare to provoke their hostility. Neapolitan lO4 ... 104 10 ... 104 ... 104 -...• Roman 104% ... 10436 ... 104% ... 10414 RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain Versailles, IL B 592 50 ... 595 ... 592 50 ... 595 L.B. 390 ... nl2 50 ... 390 ... 390 Orleans . Strasburg to Bale 427 50 ... 430 ... 427 50 ... 430 Montpellier to Cette THE LATE ELOPEMENT. We are enabled to lay before our readers the follow ing particulars, which may be depended on : The Reverend Dr. Dyonisius Lardner, who so re cently abused the confidence and destroyed the happi ness of a family in Brunswick-square, Brighton, has met with the punishment he so richly deserved. The husband, after a pursuit of nearly 700 miles, discovered that the guilty pair had taken refuge in Paris. He, accompanied by the lady's father, entered the hotel, and found them at breakfast. The Reverend Doctor then received, at the hands of the injured husband, such a tremendous drubbing as will cause him to remember it to the latest day of his life, which he saved only by crawling under a pianoforte that stood in the room. After leaving him, more dead than alive, and putting his wig on the fire, the party took away teh lady, and withdrew, leaving the Reverend Doctor to his own me; ditations. The above affair took place on Thursday last. LUDLOW ELECTION-THIS DAY TERMINATION. The Committee having met, Mr. COCKBURN applied for costs, to which application Mr. Sergeant MNREWETHER having replied, the Committee deliberated, with closed doors, and then communicated the following resolutions:- 1. That T. Alcock, Esq., was not duly elected for Ludlow ; 2. That the last election was void ; 3. That the petition of John Thomas and others was not frivolous or vexatious ; 4. That the opposition of J. Cooper and others was not frivolous or vexatious; 5. That T. Alcock, Esq., by his agents, had been guilty of bribery and treating. 6. That W. Clive, Esq., had been guilty, by his agents, of bribery and treating; 7. That a general system of treating had prevailed at the last and at previous elections for the borough. The CHAIRMAN further intimated that the application for costs was disposed of by the last resolution. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, SATURDAY.—The sales this day are 3,900 bales at yesterday's prices. This being double post day we have a late delivery of letters and pa pers from tho Post-office. Arrivals this morning—Two French, two Ostend, and a Dutch mail. Ship letters from Berbice, Monte Video, and Philadelphia. We havo received the Journal of Antwerp of yesterday's date. BOURSE OF AMSTERDLNI, APRIL 10.—The appearance of our funds ( National) is less favourable than on the preced ing day. Some small sales of little import have caused the decline. The Foreign Funds continue without varia tion, and no business doing in them. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS DUTCII FUNDS, APRIL 10.—Two-and-a-half per Cents. 52 15-16 ; Five per Cents. 99; Ardoin's Spanish 24 15-16. The liamburgh mail of the 10th instant has arrived. Exchange on London a shade lower, 13 51 short ; Gold, 429, half mark lower than the last post. Accounts from Hanover, dated April 7, state--" This morning, between three and four o'clock, the inhabitants of part of the town were alarmed by a heavy explosion which took place. The lanterns were extinguished, and immediately after the officers of the police and gensdarmes came with lighted torches, and discovered that before the house of the senator Mayers some combustible matter was placed, and ignited. The explosion was so strong that it broke many of the windows of the house, as well as those of some of the neighbours. All this is imputed to politi cal excitement. The interview which the King of Belgium had yesterday with M. Huart, will have a great influence on the Ministe rial arrangements. In the Session of the Belgian Chamber of the Bth April, M. Devaux stated that the re-construction of the Ministry would be retarded ten or twelve days. Consols opened at 9 both for the Account and Money; for the May Account, 94 -; Exchequer Bills, 23 25 prem. ; India Bonds, 2 4 prem. ; Bank Stock, 174. 1754; India Stock, 2491 2504. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active is not so good as it left off on Saturday, owing to its coming lower from Paris, as well as a turmoil among the Spanish Ministry and the empty state of their treasury. Spanish Active closed 284 29,4, may be quoted 284 ; this is the only Stock doing in at present ; Deferred, 144 4; Passive, 74 y ; Portuguese 35;1 364 ; Three per Cents. 244 254; Colombian, 254; Mexican, 284 ; Brazilian, 75i- ,764; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 534 544 ; Five per Cents., 994 t. PRICES OF STOCKS THU, Rank Stock 175;4 5 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cents. Con 91. ,8 per Cent /Rio Red. 98% New :3;4 per Cent 9A New 5 per Cent. Bank Long Annuities tocapire Jan 5, 1860 l3 9-16 Oct. 10, 1859 Jan. 5, 1860 133, Jan. 5, 1850 Aprils, 1880 Jac. 5.1870 PrtICES OF FOREIGN ID N DS Austrian Bonds Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds 4 ,76% Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds ' DAY AT ONE O'CLOCE. India Stock Ditto Bonds South Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 Exch. Bills, £l,OOO 23 25 pm. Ditto 500... 23 25 pm. Ditto Small 26 21 pm. Ditto Commercial dig. Ditto Advertised Bank Stock for Account...l79 8% India Stock for Account .. 250 Consols for Account 91% THIS DAY AT ONE O,CLOCIs. Peruvian Bonds Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds Ditto New Bonds 35%3i. Ditto Accoun` 36 Ditto, 3 per Cent. 25 Ac 25 Ditto Account Chili= Bond s — Prussian Bonds Ditto .teco: ut — Russian Bonds, 1822 Co.!urrit ian Beads Ditto Account Ditto ,coo'.nt - i, Ditto Metallic C o l u mbian 3:: d 5,1824 Dtto kcco.rit Danish Bonds Ditto Attt tnt — Deferred 143p z ,Y^i Greek Bonds — French, 5 per cent Ditto Bonds, 1825 — --- 4 per cent. Ditto Account -, ----- 3 per cent. —f. —c Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent — „ ----- Exchange. --f. —c. Ditto Account 0.90 .•••• ' Dutch, 2.4 per cent. ' 54 Ditto, 6 per Cent. ...... t Ditto Account — Ditto Account Keapolitan — Ditto Acc0unt........ — RALF-PAST ONE. To-morrow being settling day in the British Market, the brokers and jobbers are busy in arranging their ac counts. The contango, or continuation for the next Ac count in May, is about ; or s.l6ths per cent., and on Spanish only 1-16th this is a proof that money is plenti ful, both in the British and Foreign Nlarkets. The French ship Sappho, which has arrived at Brest from Monte Video, which place she left on the 6th of February, brings intelligence that the country round General Lavalle had been burnt by the army of Oribe and Lopez Rosa's Generals, which prevented his future movements. This was not the only embarrass ment of Lavalle. The troops of Echaque and Meguiza, which were thought to have been entirely destroyed before they could get to Uruguay, have since the 13th January arrived on the other side of the river in the province of Aribc ; since which, after having repassed Uruguay, they marched on the village of Belen, where they committed horrible excesses. The companies which landed have re turned on board again since the 24th January. Admiral Dupotet also embarked on the 11th on board the frigate Atalante, and it is stated that, after an inspection of the blockading ships, he would again return to Monte Video, where the state of affairs requires his presence. Consols may be quoted 91k both for the Account and Money ; Exchequer Bills, 23 25 premium ; India Bonds, 4 2 premium ; Bank Stock, 1751 175 ; India Stock, 250. In the Foreign market also little doing. On Wednesday next, it being settling day in the above market, the brokers are busy in adjusting their accounts. Spanish Active con tinues steady at 281 i; Portuguese, 35k 36; not quite so good as in the morning ; Three per Cents., 25 ; Colom bian, 25i ; Mexican, 281 ; Five per Cents., 294- ; Bra zilian, 76i ; Belgian, 1051 ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents., 54 ; Five per Cents., 99/ 100. We do not hear, as yet, of the arrival of the Lisbon mail. The British Queen steamer is expected to-morrow or Wednesday. Bank Stock... ....„.... ...... ... 175 \ India Stack 3 per Cent. Red a per Cent 4:rms. 91% Ditto Old Annuities FB 3 , 4 per Cent. Red. 98y4 Ditto New Annuities New 3g, per Cent 99 EL Bills, 1,0001 °,l 25 pm New 5 per Cent — Ditto 5001 25 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 24 pm Jan. 1800 Oct. 1859 Jan 1860 F OltEltiN FUNDS - Austrian, 5 per cent — Portuguese Bonds,s per cent. Rolgian, 5 per cent 105 Ditto, New Ditto Brzyilian Bonds 76% Prussian, 5 per cent —. nut ws Ayres, 6 per cent — Russian Bonds, 5 per cent.... 113% Cliilian, 6 per cent — Ditto, Metallic — Colombian, 6 or cent — Spanish, 5 per cent 28% Ditto, 1924 25% Ditto, Deferred Danish, 3 per cent 77 34 French, 5 per cent.......... —f. —c Greek Bonds, 1925, 5 per ct — Exchange —f. —c Mexican, 5 per cent — French, 3 per cent.......... —f. —c. Ditto, 6 per cent., 1925 QS% Dutch, 2% per cent. Peruvian ,1925.6 per cent.... Ditto, 5 per cent. IOJ SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Eastern Counties Railway Great Western Railway Ditto New Share: London and Brighton Railway 23% London and Birmingham Railway 161% Ditto New Shares 45% London and Greenwich Railway 9% London and South Western Railway 43% London and Croydon Railway ( trunk) 9% North Midland Railway South Eastern and Dover 136 _ - _ The Pilot publishes the following letter : " MY DEAR. BA 10ETT,—I have been able to perform only half my afflicting task. It is deplorable that. the Irish people —the first aod foremost of the human race—should be thus de serted. Announceto my friends that I will, please God, be in Dublin on Monday night, to make arrangements to organise the peaceable and loyal movement of the Irish nation to resist scorpion Stanley's Bill, and to obtain full justice to Ireland. Faithfully yours, DANIEL O'CONNELL. " London, April Fs, 1840." The Irish Papers contain another letter from Mr. O'Connell, addressed t o th e p eo pl e of Mayo, which is to be followed b y a similar one t o th e me n of Kilkenny. Mr. O'Connell charges Sir William Brabazon and Colonel Butler with a dereliction of their Parliamentary duty by remaining at home, instead of being in their places to protect the franchise and support the Government. banish them from their country, the landlords w - - - _ - have Anti-Corn-law doctrines preached in every hamlet, and their very halls will resound with the epithets of bread-taxers—of plunderers of the poor, with which these new missionaries will assuredly brand them. Already Mr. FINNIGAN, a hand-loom weaver, is lecturing in the villages of Devonshire, convincing the peasantry of their oppression, and convicting the bread-taxers of being the direst enemies of the multitude they pretend to protect. If we are not misinformed, Anti-Corn-law placards have, in more ,han one place, been stuck on a village church and on the parsonage, and have excited the astonishme.nt and admiration of :the labourers. Eloquent speakers now abound among the working classes. They will supply many missonaries, who will speak to the rastic population in their own tongue and after their own manner. They will not need, as Mr. BROTHERTON said, to doff the Saxon and put on Fustian, they wear it already ; and the indignation they feel in their hearts against not one only, but many oppressions, will lend eloquence to their tongues which will kindle a fire in every por man's breast. Have the landlords duly weighed the conse quences they will have to encounter ? Are they prepared to meet a hostile population in every vil lage. such as they now find in every manufacturing t awn ? Can they fairly meet, and fairly refute, these Anti-Corn-law missionaries, or must they call out the yeomanry once more to put down the truth ? From what we can learn of the rural dis tricts, notwithstanding the petitions signed by the landlords, the parsons, and their immediate followers, they are not in a condition which will justify committing anything to the hazard of the people: remaining passive spectators of the use of physical power by the taxers of their bread. Po verty and discontent are quite as prevalent there, if not more prevalent, than in towns. Theft is, we believe, much more frequent, and thieves, conse quentry, more numerous. Driven from our towns hy an improved and watchful police, the class which main! v live by shifts now betake themselves to the count.ry, and spread their habits amongst the rural poptt.at ion. A spark may explode the whole; and let the landlords beware how they throw a firebrand into the now scarcely slumbering mass. Vigorous anitation is the .first consequence of the. 'landlords having busked the late debate. For the 7 n it would be better to confine, as much as pos sib] e, the discussions to the House of Commons, wh ere Gentlemen are very much averse from speak inl the truth boldly. There, however, the landlords wt iuld not have discussion, and they have sent it ov er the land. They have told the Anti-Corn-law eague, " Here you shall not be heard, here you can have no hope of justice," and the League appeals jfrom the H o use of Commons to the nation. The ultimate effect of such an appeal we'need not pre 6et. If Catholic Emancipation were, as Sir It. PEEL has admitted, inevitable, in spite of repeated votes of both Houses of Parliament, and in spite of st tearing the King, though the Catholics were de pt ived only of political rights, how much more in evitable—if we may use such a comparison—is e repeal of the Corn-laws, which are a violation of e common rules of morality, and steal the bread of the people ? Sir ROBERT PEEL knows that the decision of Parliament is only final when it agrees with justice and right. It is not the last nor the highest tribunal. Frequently have its decrees zen overruled ; and as sure as it was forced by ;itation to concede the abolition of the Test Acts, e: mancipation of the Catholics, the annihilation of a iany rotten boroughs, so sure will it be obliged to accede, by agitation, the abolition of the Corn-laws, tl ioufill that now sacred cause may have been be ts aged by treacherous friends as well as impeded y dishonest and arrogant enemies. Our readers will find, in another part of The Slat, copied from the April Number of the Colonial i'Vlaga zinc, an official statement of the strength of the French Navy at the beginning of the present year. When it is considered that the defensive arm of France is not her navy, but her army, while the only security of Eng land consists in her supremacy on the waves, no Englishman, alive to the welfare of his country, can re gard with indifference a naval armament so alarmingly disproportioned to the defensive necessities of our Gallic neighbours. The navy of France cannot, with any truth, be described, as a Noble Lord described the navy of Russia in the Black Sea, namely, as a paste board fleet—an imperial toy—a source of national ex pense, not of national security, much less a formidable means of national aggression. On the contrary, the French navy is constructed, manned, and maintained on principles suggested by a matured system of aggressive policy. Now, as England is the only power in the The Tories continue to clamour about the opium world against which the naval aggressive force of France traffic. The trick of ousting the Ministry having c an be directed, we may well, without being supposed to be influenced by a vulgar jealousy , expre ss our re failed, they fall back upon the previously rejec ted gret that she should thus, by giving us cause to suspect topics of morality and religion. As a test of their the purport of her ulterior designs, oblige us in self sincerity they ought to tell us by what means they defence to incur an expense which must have a ten propose to put an end to the contraband trade in decay to weaken the good understanding which the opium. Sir JAMES GRAHAM had no remedy to Revolution of July so happily established between the propose ; Sir ROBERT PEEL could suggest no two countr ies. If the intentions of Franco be really improved system and their supporters, during a pacific, it is obvious, from the l imited extent of her Co 'three nighte' debate, were not able to furnish any Jovial possessions, and f rom her security against all extricate itself from danger from without , t hat h er fleet is not only execs clue by which the nation couldthe labyrinth of crime in the mazes of which they rice, but that the co st of its maintenance must fall with ruinous severity upon her already poor and over pronounced it to be lost. The Times, the Post, taxed population. Of all national toys the dearest is a eand the Herald appear to know quite as little on fleet, especially when there is no real occasion for it. the subject of a remedy as the leaders of the faction Besides, in the case of France, no naval superiority of which they are the organs. which she might acquire would enable her to dispense Now, with all due respect for the potency of the with the services of a single regiment in the number of Government of Great Britain, we may he allowed her land forces ; whereas a good fle et is all that to say that there are many things which it could is requisite to the defence of En g land. With not do, even with Sir Rea ERT PEEL and the Duke an extensive land frontier , liable to be invaded of WELLINGTON at the head of it; and one of by every Power on the continent , France must support an army so numerous as always to press .three impossibilities is the putting down of the lieesily upon the finances of - the State, independently traffic in opinan The Government might put of the great number of troops which her dear-bought down, at an enormous sacrifice, the cultivation of conquests in Africa have imposed up on her for the the poppy in British India, but it could not inter- ma intenance of her acquisitions in that c emeter y of civi -1 fere eilli its growth in independent states • , and it 1 lization. . _ is a notorious fact that British India does not pro I A powerful navy, without colonies and commerce, duce one half the opium smuggled into China. I must always indicate hostile intentio ns somewhere, and has a tendency to awaken suspicions in eve r y q uarter Ont of 42,000 chests of opium produced in India i n ow! year• and exported to the Chinese waters, open to invasion. When it has the effect o f s o p uttin g other nations on their guard, as to compel them in self.; .9;2.030 chests were from territories independent of dcfence to build fleets ler which otherwise- they; would Great- Britain. Besides, the reports of the Chinese have no use, the consequence is a g eneral, wasteof. the 1. Minisecrs of State addreseed to the Emperor in 1836 'public money, and a commo n in j ur y to international est . :3 llhp the fact that opium is grown in six out of good faith. Some years ago the ma nia of havin g the finest and most formidable navy in the world seized the the twontv-four provinces into which that vast em- Emperor of RUSSIA. Russia wanted no navy, either 1 hire is divided; that its growth was, up to that I as an instrument of offence or defenc e, unless it was her i recent (site, not only connived at, but encouraged , intention, as indeed it was, to acquire an ascendancy with a view to discourage the foreign traffic, and over England. Since that period th e treasures of the Ikeep alie Sycee silver from "oozing out," enriching ' ' Imperial Exchequer have been lavished upon the crea ' r , f ore ion. Barbarians ; and, in fact, that the poppy tion of fleets which have never produced any other re- • stilt than the fiendish satisfaction of kn owin g that the y covered hill and dale to such an extent as to discou - till cultivation of rice, so as to threaten a great have caused some uneasiness, and a trifling add ition to rage t n proportion of "the central flowery land" with fa - the expenses of Great Britain. Actin g on the same raine. But the foreign opium being in more request principle with respect to each o ther, the late SULTAN and the Pasha of EGYPT loaded their subjects with with the wealthy smokers, the smuggling continued taxes to create fleets, which, when created, they found '• to increase ; and as a natural consequence, the Syce they could not employ without the permission of other i silver, the great object of imperial solicitude, " oozed Powers, and thus they became sources of weakeess, out" in an equally increased proportion. The native not elements of conquest. This mania for shi p s has, poppy growers, like our corn growers at home, cla- ' in turn, seized upon France, and nothing can exceed the moured for protection ; the political economists of t i delirium of the whole nation u p on this sub j ect. To the Celestial Court, like our own economists of a ' such a pitch of extravagance it risen that we are per former day, discovered that the " balance of trade" suaded that any one attempting to moderate the public against them, and that silver was disappearing; feeling, on the score of the neces sit y of ac q uirin g an was and a Mandarins, being Council of the High andarins, after laying The proceedings in Parliament on Saturday, absolute naval ascendancy , would at this moment stand a chance of branded as a traitor to his country. their grave heads together, decreed, by a majority o ;though brief, were important. Lord PALME RST O N And yet this has become the duty of M. TRIERS, if one vote r that the best way to put an end to the stated that the Order in Council would authorise her lie desire to cultivate these friendly relations with foreign opium trade was to prohibit it a l toge th er , and Majesty's ships to detain Chinese vessels wherever England, which are essential to the realization to enforce the prohibition by strangling all the opium they might fall in with them. The Noble Lord in France of the principles of the Revolution smokers. Had the smugglers taken t ea , or any na- supposes, as the Chinese are not known to have of July. Peace, and the cordial sympathy of tive commodity in exchange for the opium, there is any trade beyond the islands in the Chinese seas, England, are necessary to the obtaining Electoral no doubt whatever but the tr a de would have been that practically this order would only apply to her Reform—to the breaking up of that all monopolizing I' legalized in spite of the rep resentations of th e ho me ;Majesty's ships on the coast of China, but Sir shopocracy, which since the 18 th Brumaire has, !N i ppy ouitivators. But when the traffi c w as found ,t I .OBERT PEEL is of opinion that, under the new under one shape or another, wielded the power , and -to produce a scarcity of silver, the fears of the Go- circumstances of the case, exceptions to this rule grasped the wealth of France. It was that shopocracy h whose support sustained, whose desertion ruined NAPO verurnent were excited to an incalculable extent. :mem occur. It was further stated, that, no procla- LEON. It was the countenance of that shopocracy Tire protection demanded by the home-grower of :matron had yet been issued on the subject of which led CHARLES the TENTH to promulgate the i . tive poppy was readily conceded, and as the fo- , 7prize-money, which is only issued after a declara- fatal Ordinances, and though the Revolution of July re _igners were supposed to be ignorant of all that tic ea of war. Lord JOHN RUSSELL added that the suspended its power for an instant, it soon contrived by ' ~' • passed in the interior of the empire, morality was - ne at news from China might cause him union and fraud to snatch the elements of power out of I made a chief ground of prohibition, a lthough still to bring down a message from the throne, the hands of the gallant but giddy multitude. Tilsit shopocracy the Government cou ld not conceal the fact, that no- the lu g h at p resent Ministers had no such keeiac, up a n s o y w monopolizes the franchise, and by system of high protective duties taxes the thing troubled the EMPEROR so much as the int ention. They mean, therefore , to p ro- whole i community for its exclusive benefit. As all mis leaking out of his beloved silver. cec :t1 vigorously in the exertion of their plans, but government at home, and foreign wars, are sources of Nor, ,as was well argued by Lord PALMER- we hope that they will not leave Capt. ELLIOT at profit to this omnipotent faction, our wonder at the sToN, could the British Government, even were it Cain ton to mar them. His attack on the junks in- French folly of aiming, without sufficient corn ever so willing to do so, interfere with the opium ( Loa tes that he is more like a daring, unthinking merce or naval power the colonial possess world, ions, in at a be great ing themeasufirsre w t s muggling of other nations in the Chinese waters. midi Chipman, than a grave Superin tendent, whose ceases. But in TRIERS is neither the tool The Emperor of C HINA does not ant to hear of M. of c oreiluct may compromise the liv e s and properties of this ;faction, nor is he blind to the fact that the o ur revenue cutters appearing in the Yellow Sea. destruction many hundreds of her MAJESTY'S subjects. of its power is essential to the triumph of His Celestial Majesty will not accept any assist- Besides this all-important subject of China, Lord the principles of that Revolution of which he boasts of ante which we may offer him, in the way of em- J. RUSSELL gave an important notice , namely, that being the legitimate offspring. We know how hard it ploving force to put down smuggling on the coasts •he would early after Easter, move for leave to bring is for a Minister to deprive himself of the immense pa of his empire. Much as the Tories pretend that 'in a Bill to amend the laws relating to elections in tronage which any mania for a national expenditure of he hates opium, he hates British vessels of war still more. Without, therefore, engaging in a war Ea island and Wales. On that occasion the Noble wealth places at his disposal, and especially a Minister so ostentatious as M. TRIERS. But it is by such semi- I a c .rd is to explain his views on the registration ques '. with China capable of no adjustment, we cannot ti ion ,as concerns Ireland as well as England. Such fires that his patriotism must be tested, and it is by prevent the opium trade, however mischievous it t „ ri i u . mphin . g over those in favour of them that Europe may be. We may deplore it, as we do the folly of a. me asure, if it go to simplify registration, will be harvest. t t receive a guarantee that France will reap the rich Hindoos in worsl • • hailed as a benefit by the great body of the electors, upping three hundred and thirty avi d may make the English system less obnoxious millions of gods, I the C 11 ofthe P ant. worshipping .0.. y himself in officiating as the High-priest of the god Fo, but we have 11(), Rower whatever to remed it le responsibi ity of our . •To talk, therefor tl • •l• • y vir tea _applied to Ireland. That Lord JOHN RUS t'. se Lt., who . siasctqouiredbthe unlucky nickname of such brine , forward a measure, people hertrhamedematehtaeonfteinlmetaev,iaangecessity is imposed on the entire nothing undone to satisfy the entire efficiency of the national arm of' -tovermnent, is either the sheerest absurdity, F :ialety Joh h n a , cat ties with it a double recommendation. defence. We cannot accept in lieu of a powerful and or the e vilest hypocrisy. ome scribbler in the Times of S prt )owell-eqruippecl fleet the friendly professions of a nation p ishine itself to dispute with us the empire of the f that the Noble Lord does not mean to hold y all the follies of the Reform Act, but has l o m cean ve Were France, Russia, Turkey, and Egypt as 1 iaturday, whose knowledge of history does not . twenty years, de- it to amend them. a period of f g " at t ld b s'ense to see and spirit quite extend over---. 40.-- -- destitute of shipping as Spain, their power of self defence would hardly suffer a shadow of diminution, flounces Ministers as having, for the first time, oc- 'Ale Pro-Corn-law Journals are also anti- while on the part of England it is impossible for her ever casiotied the stoppage of our trade with China'. c Timm Journals. It is, however, nothing singular, to become a second rate naval power, without compro ' This is a sample of the accuracy of the canting t hat t m en s h ou ld see t h e mote i n an other's eye, ra i s ing her very existence. First, one by one, she Tories, both in and out of the House of Commons. 1 while they cannot see the b eam i n t h e ir own ; or would lose her Colonies ; next, her commerce would To talk about the moral influence of England smuggling on the a . being exercised to prevent opium a, amst the opium traders, because some persons coast of China may do very well in an assembly destroy their health by the drug they import into disappea y r ; .and in the state of misery that would co uld To ver freedom of her constitution would accelerate her destruction. Thus, it matters not from what consi deration—whether from vanity or ambition—other na of Missionaries or old women, but \ the idea will be Cl nina, while they thi n k no thi ng of annually doom _scouted by every sensible man having the faintest ire g many hundr e d s o f t h e i r own countrymen , coup- cessity of always being in a condition successfull y to k e iowledge of commerce. If the moral influerce ti- ywomen, and th e i r h e l p l ess c hild ren , t o the ti on s build fleets, they impose upon England t he ne compete with them. This will explain to French poll of : England cannot prevent smuggling at honTa 'in Bering horrors of starvation. A sad picture is ticians the true secret of what they are daily in the withoset a s t rong coast guar d, an d an army Gf re - drawn of the opium smok er , g i ven up t o t h e f a tal habit of attributing to national jealousy—namely, the venue officers scattered o ver the kingdom, it is non - indulgence, losing his property, losing his friends, serious remonstrances of the British press against the sense to sehppose that it could have the least elf i- losing his health, and sinking into premature decay. 1 racy fifteen ,thousand miles from our shores. It But: that picture, he it as sad as it may, never naust also be Lorne in mind, that the smugglers i the inner waters of China are all native Chinese e with the exception of a handful individuals a can of frog i °F equal the sufferings of the peasantry , of Enaland, destitute of clothing, not having te the coarsest food to satisfy the "►• ~, . overwhelming naval power of France. The French nation has undoubtedly an abstract right of wasting its revenues in any way the Legislature and the people may i approve. If it have the means if . enoug i • cravings T it may equally support ll . of soldiers, or build, possible, an equal , a mi ion India, in the employ . ment of tl - . is E ture stinting themselves that of iia ; their f vessels of war. But surely that (lees not number ID 4 : rican residents at. Canton. Before , of the smugglers, without exc • eption, no opium vessel ever ascending the river than Lintin, where the drug uropean and Arne- . 1836 the whole was placed were Chinese, save theta mese,. ; _ higher ced on board the receiving ships. When opium was not t had at Lintrn these smugglers conveyed • - 1 various stations along the coast of India to ci • ' in elery case paying s against silver for it, and ,always sett,;. 'cry for food, andyet children may not nourishmentscantyl. smoker, lollinr, ing a • to ty . 1 - Out look at the lt irc tl ,limbs of our agricultural deprive a neighbouring friendly power, compelled in self defence•to vie with it in extravagance, of the right ef from the terrible diseases which pr • against such ofthe • i The luxurious causes. opium resources ? otestmg Directly France only taxes her own t his ease, kills himself by pl easure . people, but indirectly she adds to the increased taxation sharp and bleached " I na; , ", bet:t double long be _ *- 1 ° , complaining of those • t the risk the enormous profits which the • they are never failed to realise. Emperor of CHINA . Is it supposed that would suffer us, without Y ;which are faces and thin ' • ultural population ; see them , fore they are aged ; hear them cramps and rheumatisms to , continually a pr . ey, th e that a life of hard, and only halt r 9t hay.. likely miserable, compared to the case of and he convinced I meat, we must ,reward toil, is inii- forward, and of Great Britain. M. Tunas, we are sure, will not be the person to tell us " You need not follow our ! example . in building ships unless you please," for he , knows right well that if France build ships for amuse b 'id ' from .. _ build tnem pacessity, It would be well, we think, if this siruPley Str4ig-lit, . t , , economical view of the question occqpie4 e thou u • the op; ern o 10 ghts and pens of statesmen and pablic writers ......._____ .-- The Publiee.tion of the Evening Edition of THE Strx corn. monced at 20 minutes after Three. r ; 75 - ; 4 <VW LONDON: MONDAY, APRIL 13, 1340. Brussels Papers of the latest dates have been re ceived this morning, from which the following is an extract : BRUSSELS, APRIL 11.--ThC Observateur says—" M. de lleulenaire left Brussels on Thursday. It is said that he mentioned his intention of returning on Thursday, but it is probable that his return will depend on the accounts which he receives at Bruges. The interview which M. d'Huart was to have yesterday with the King will doubtless have great influence in the approaching Ministerial arrangements. General Brazen will, it is supposed, be the new Minister of War. The library of the Chamber of Representatives has just received from the British House of Commons a magnificent collection of Parliamentary Documents of 1834, 1835, 1836, and 1837, consisting of 217 volumes in folio, magni ficently bound, and gilt on the upper edge. They contain bills, reports, inquiries relative to a vast number of impor tant subjects, as education, commerce, manufactures, finances, &c. DINANT, APRIL 8. —M. Rogier, and another Member of the Chamber of Representatives, passed through Dinant to-day, on their way to Hontaine to persuade M. d'Huart to make part of the new Ministry. The Madrid Journals received are of the 4th inst. Oa the previous day the Minister of Finance, SAN MILLAN, tendered his resignation, which was not re ceived, although his colleagues circulated a rumour that it was. Many and clamorous were the candidates for his place, but it was believed that the whole was a ruse got up to protect the existence of the DE CASTRO Mi nistry. There is no political news of any moment in 'these journals. The Five per Cents. were on the 4th at '2l3i for casb. The Paris Journals of Friday and Saturday have all been received. In the Moniteur of Friday we find the following official intelligence from the Spanish fron tier : " BAYONNE, APRIL 9. " THE SOUS-PREFECT OF BAYONNE TO THE MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR. " The sixth and seventh battalions of the rebels of Aragon were surprised and destroyed by Colonel Zurbano, on the Oth inst., at Petrarque. 419 officers and soldiers were taken prisoners." The Cellists have recently encountered such a suc cession of defeats that we are of opinion, had the Queen's Government promptly fulfilled the conditions of tl►e Bergara Convention, the whole of the officers would ere this have gone over to ESPARTERO. But a sort of fatality seeems to hang over the Madrid Cabinet. With their usual procrastinating policy,the Ministershave allowed the pay of the Carlist officers to run so far in arrear that General MAROTO has been obliged to me morialise the Government, praying for the fulfilment of the conditions of the Convention of Bergara. This is a death-blow to the hopes which ESPARTERO has enter tertained of the desertion of the Carlist officers, who must now see that no reliance can be placed on the most solemn assurances of the QUEEN'S Government. The Moniteur of Saturday contains the following telegraphic despatch from Toulon : "THE PREFECT OF THE VAR, AT TOULON, TO THE MINIS• TER OF THE INTERIOR. " Toulon, April 10, 1840. " The Princes (the Dukes of Orleans and D'Aumale) left for Algiers to-day, at three o'clock, after having in spected the vessels in harbour." Besides the Five per Cents. Rentes Conversion Bill, prosented in the Chamber of Deputies on Satur day, an outline of .which is given in another article, M. THIERS presented the draught of a Bill for a supple mentary credit of 1,800,000 francs to cover the ex penses of the blockade of Buenos Ayres. M. THIERS observed at the same time that the Buenos Ayres Go vernment still resisted the demands of France, in conse quence of which it was become necessary to render the blockade more vigorous and effective, in order to bring to a prompt conclusion a state of things so disastrous to commerce. The Journal du Havre states that Prince CHRIS. TOPHER of Hayti and his family are staying for some (lays in that town. A private letter in the Constitutionnel states that the Emperor of MOROCCO, SO far from declaring war against France, has sent an armed force to the frontier of his territory, to prevent his subjects from furnishing the EMIR with supplies of any kind. On the railway question we find the following para graphs in the Presse : Railroads have received a new impulse in France. M. Guizot has written to the Minister of Public Works that the Directors of several English Companies have agreed to furnish twenty-five millions towards a railroad between Rouen and Paris. On the other hand the house of Roths child offers to construct the road to Lille. One of the firm has had an interview on the subject with M. Thiers." The following paragraphs are extracted from the Journals of Friday and Saturday ARREST OF CAnisTs.—Generals Elio and Alzaa were arrested in Paris on Saturday, and carried off to Amiens by the police, as it was suspected that they were engaged in fomenting the insurrection which so many Carlists say is about to break out in the Basque provinces. DEATH OF M. MARTIN LAFITTE.--M. Martin Lafitte, brother of M. James Lafitte, died on Friday, in Paris, of stock bank established by the celebrated M. Lafitte. MORE CARLI ST ARRESTS.—CoIoneI Aguirre, the Carlist apoplexy. H e was one of t he Directors of the greatjoint commandant at Bergara at the time of signing the trFaty, has been just imprisoned at St. Sebastian, with ten pri . e!ts, who are said to be implicated in the plot now organising 13, Carlist has in the Basque provinces. chief Balinaseda, and behea ded b y orders of the C t bee C n o o 1 os surprised r e p l r i P s e e d t r o, by one a fl ;i i f n g M p a a r r o t t y o ' a s tt a a icdhees attached d e. _ to cathne _adis chief. SPANISH BONDHOLDERS.—The Committee of Spanish Bondholders at Paris have issued the following notice : " The holders of Spanish bonds are invited by the members of the Committee to call at No. 15, Passage Ste, Marie, Rue du Bac, for the purpose of making ar rangements for the filling up the vacancy of President of the Committee, occasioned by the death of Dr. Paradis. It is very important to comply w i t h this invitation, as early as passible, in order to c omplete the Com of _ mittee, and enable it to defeat the loans which are at this moment put forward, and which, if successful, would seriously compromise the inte r,sts of the old bondholders. A project of the Committee, of immense interest for the credits upon Spain, and which %tin soon be carried into execution, will be also communi cated to the bondholders." SwiTzERLAND.—The Basle Gazette of the 7th instant 1 inserts an address of the Executive Council obody f t ee L o wer 1 Valais to the Vorort , notifying to that th sstion of hostilities in the Canton. The volunteer troops had been disbanded. The Directory, by a circular dated the 4th instant, convoked an extraordinary session of the Fe deral Diet for the 2.4 th instant. 130 URSE.--PAKIS, SATVIIDAY, APRIL 11. tirst Hi g hest Lowest Last Price Price. Price. Price ' . reach '• per Cent 5............ 113 30 ... 113 ... 113 20 ... ` 10 1•6 , " (Pllts ............ 10 3 ... ... 103 la ; p„ lints . .. 84 84 5 84 8 :4 THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 13, 1840. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT (THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. THE ISLINGTON MURDER. When Mr. Baron ALDERSON took his seat upon the bench, he directed that Gould should be placed at the bar. Mr. CIII.I',IBERS then addressed the Court, and said he had to renew his application for the postponement of the trial of the prisoner until next Session, and be asked for the postponement upon several grounds. An affidavit bad been prepared in accordance with the request of the Court, but the application was not so much founded , . upon that as upon . the general circumstances of the case. The charge against the prisoner was one of a most serious character, and imputed to him the crime of wil ful murder. The first deposition was taken so far back as the 18th of March, and the last was only taken on Tuesday last. Up to that time the prisoner had no communication with any legal adviser. No friend had come forward to assist him in his difficulty, and no opportunity had been afforded him of explaining the circumstances which affected him. When the prisoner was committed, the Under-Sheriffs, as was their humane custom, conferred with him, and having ascertained that he had no counsel, they made preparations for his defence ; and Mr. Under- Sheriff Jackson had now made an affidavit to the effect that he had not vet had time to look into the depositions, and he had only obtained some of them on Fri day morning. The affidavit also stated that a material witness for the prisoner was absent, but that his presence could be obtained by the next Session. Baron ALDERSON—What is the name of the witness ? Mr. CHAMBERS —We do not know his name, but we expect to be able to find him by the next Session. They did not, however, rely so much upon the affidavit as upon the general circumstances of the case, in support of the application for the postponement. Mr. Baron ALDERSON said that he would railer rely upon the affidavit, which was the regular course, than upon any other circumstances. It would be a very bad prece dent to allow a prisoner to have his trial postponed without proper grounds being alleged for it. The affidavit should state that a material witness was absent, and the nature of his evidence should be given, in order that the prosecutor might be made aware of the case that was to be set up. Mr. CHAMBERS said it would prejudice the prisoner's case to make such a disclosure in public. Mr. Baron ALDERSON said that truth could not prejudice any one. Their only object was to ascertain the truth, and to do justice to all parties. He could not consent to post pone the case, unless what he proposed was done. The Court was bound to look at the interest of the prosecutor, as well as that of the prisoner. If these facts were disclosed, the prosecutors would have an opportunity of making inquiries between this time and the next session, and the truth might thus be fully ascertained. Mr. JONES (for the prosecution) said that the affidavit did not disclose whether the witness was a man or a woman, or whether the evidence would be to fact or to character. Mr. CHAMBERS—The witness is a man, and the evi dence will be to fact. Mr. Baron ALDERSON asked what objection there could be to disclose in public the nature of the evidence that was to be adduced? It had been stated to him in private, but he thought it ought to be mentioned in public. Mr. CHAMBERS then said he might state that the evi. dence would go to account for the prisoner's time on the night of the murder. Baron ALDERSON—In fact, you mean to prove an alibi ; that is the best defence a man can make ; but you ought to state the circumstances and the nature of the evidence you intend to bring forward. Mr. CHAMBERS said he could not do that consistently with the prisoner's safety. The evidence might implicate other parties, and it would be unsafe to make it public. Mr. Baron ALDERSON said, their only object was to discover the truth. The prisoner, if innocent, should show that he was so, without reference to the conse quences to other parties. He could not consent to the postponement of the trial unless those circumstances were stated in the affidavit. He thought this was the fairest course that could be adopted. The truth could never do any harm by being let out. Mr. CH &mimes having intimated that he could not con form with the proposition of the Court, Baron ALDER SON then said the trial must go on. Mr. CHAMBERS said he was quite unprepared to go on with the defence at that time. Baron ALDERSON—Very well, then let the trial stand over until to-morrow.—( Tuesday. ) NEW COURT. (Before Mr. Alderman Pram.) James Hazel and William Gasper were indicted for feloniously stealing a pair of trowsers, a handkerchief, and other articles, the property of Thomas Bell. The prosecu tor was a sailor, and the articles were stolen from him while lodging in the same house with the prisoner. They were both found guilty, and sentenced to seven years' transportation. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY DEAL, APRIL 12. —Wind S. E., light breeze.—Sailed the Lady Clarke, Lawrence, for Sydney ; Campbells, Robson, Tobago; John Craig, Petting al, Prince Edward's Island ; Howard, Bartlett, and Hampshire, Smith, Quebec. Arrived the Helen Mar, from Philadelphia. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 12.—Wind S. E., light.—Arrived the Goshawk, from Berbice ; Gossyhuim, Brown, and Peruvian, Smith, New Orleans ; Evergreen, and James Moreen, Savannah ; Almeria, Weeks, and Robin Hood, Proctor, Charleston ; Champlain, Brown, Philadelphia ; William Ilerdman, Odessa; Formosa, Crawford, and Napoleon, Sherman, Mobile. Sailed the Mountaineer, Williams, for Jamaica ; Red Rover, Roose, Vera Cruz ; Cambrian, Roper, Newfoundland; Tamerlane, Fisher, Quebec ; Micaelita, Lecasaiq, Barcelona ; Osprey, Bart lett, Havannah ; Pawhatton, M'Ccrran, New Orleans; Congress, Adams, Mobile; George Wilkinson, Brown, Quebec. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 12.—Wind variable.—Sailed the Ann and Marys, Minito, for Quebec. FALMOUTH, APRIL 11.—Wind variable.—Sailed the Spey packet, for Madeira and Brazil; Bilton, Rigby, Calcutta ; Bragilla, Richards, Quebec. Put back the Tagus steamer, M'Leod, for Vigo, with damage to ma chinery. Off port the Jupiter, from Pernambuco. GUERNSEY, APRIL 10. —Three Dutch seamen arrived here on the Bth inst. in an open boat, and stated that they were part of the crew of the Minerva, Vrorsma, bound to Philadelphia, wrecked on the coast of England 6th inst. MILFORD, APRIL 10.—The Sarah, Doyle, from Bristol to Liverpool, was totally wrecked at Skohham Island last night—crew saved. 11.—The Jane, Preng, of Liverpool, on Blockhouse Rocks, was got off last night—cargo dis charged, the most part in good order. The Polly, Robin son, of Cardiff, remains sunk with every appearance of becoming a wreck. CORK, APRIL 10.—The Friendship, Lawson, arrived here yesterday from Honduras, reports having passed two brigs on shore on a reef 29th Feb., lat. 25 N., with several wreckers near them. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. Last week's arrival of all descriptions of Grain was moderate, and the fresh supplies small. The weather being fine, and the prospect of the merchants paying duty on Foreign Wheat, caused a dull trade, and prices of English runs were reduced Is. per quarter, with a similar reduction on Foreign. Barley also sold heavily, and Is. per quarter lower. Beans and Peas unvaried from last week's rates. Oats firmly maintained their value with a moderate demand. The Flour trade dull, and ship parcels rather cheaper. PRICES ON BOARD OF SI-7_ll. Wheat, Red (old) 603. 745. ----White (old) 668. 82s. --- Red (1839) s6s. 635. Fine 6 Is. 665. Superfine 6E13. 728. --- White (1639) 625. 663. .—.---- Fine 688. 725. —Superfine 745. 76a. —.Foreign free 605.846.1 ltye 465. 40s.' Barley 303. 38s Grinding 30s, 365, Malting 383 45s __. • __ • Beans, Small (new) 446.4fis (old) Tick (new) 36s 38.. (old) 425.44s Harrow (new) 38s. 40s. (old) 443.465. Brank Oats, Feed 3.—s. New 233.27 s Poland New .63.28 s . Potatoe 293.325. New 283.325. _ Mal t 565. 655. - Fine New.. 665. 745. Pease, Grey, New 365. als. -- Maple New 36s. 425. -- White 38s. 40s. Boilers 40s. 425, Scotch riOs.B2s. Irish 20s. ...215.265. Flour Town (per sack).— 585.62 t. Seconds 545.56 s Nwrth Country 50s 521. Bran lO ARRIVALS OF GrtAIN IN L English l B Irish Foreign SMITHFIELD. INDON DURING LAST WEEK. arley. I Oat, Iu r, ,677 qrs. I E,' 6+. 8,27., sacks 5,441 742 150 rls. The Market was thin of buyers, and Beasts and Sheep were in unusually large supply. Beef sand Mutton heavy on hand ; acd prices fell 4d. per stone ; generally with a languid demand. Calves and Pigs were an average number, and Veal did not alter in price but was languid. Coarse Pork fell 4d, and young Porkers 2d. per stone.-Beef, 3s. 2d. to 4s. 2d. ; Veal, ss. to ss. Bd. ; Mutton, 3s. Bd. to 4s. Bd. ; Pork, 4s. to 55.-Beasts, 3086 ; Sheep, 23,580 ; Calves, 88 ; Pigs, 522. BILLINGSGTE MARKE. Good supplies, with a fair demand ; prices much the same as on Saturday. Turbot, 4s. to 15s. ; Cod, 2s. 6d. to Ss. ; Sal mon, 2s. to 2s. 6d. per lb. ; Whitings, 3d. to Bd.; Haddocks, 6d. to Is. ; Smelts, good, 30s. to 40s. per 100 ; Soles, 9d. to 4s.'per pair ; and Lobsters, Is. to 4s. BERMONDSEY WATERSIDE POTATOE MARKET. Trade dull and supply large. The quality generally not very good, and the best sorts only in demand ; prices unaltered. Jersey Blues, 5 Bs. to 60s. ; Scotch Reds, 555. to 655. ; York Reds, 58s. to 68s. SEED AND HOP MARKET. The market for Seed was inactive, as might be expected, the season being nearly over. Even Clover is now dull at the late reduction. Arrivals from the 7th to the 14th April—Tares, 1,619 qrs. ; Linseed. 3,237 ; and Rapeseed, 740. The choice qualities of Hopes were the only sorts in demand, and prices were without alteration. TALLOW MARKET. Littte business done, and the price of P. Y. C. was 52 5 . 3d. to 525. 6d. The stock is 15,100. TEA 'MARKET. But little done for cash, and nothing for prompt. Company's Congous may be bought, money down, at 2s. W. per lb. ; for payment in a week, 2s. sd. to 2s. 54d per lb. COLONI %L. MARKET. No public sales of Colonial produce, and but a moderate amount advertized for the week. The most important is that of Indigo, which commences to-morrow, and consists of 6,013 chests. EXECUTION.--THE CONDEMNED BOATMEN. —Of the three men sentenced to death for murder at the late Assizes at Stafford, the life of one of them, Ellis, will be spared. His case was laid before th e M arqu i s of Normanby, and last Saturday morning a respite for him arrived at the County gaol. The other two men, James Owen and George Thomas, alias Dobell, were executed on Saturday. The Staffordshire Ad vertiser, in a second edition, states that "vast numbers of per sons from all parts of the county, the majority of whom were of the lowest class in life, including a large number of females, crowded into Stafford, at an early hour in the morning : in deed many arrived on the previous night, and the beds at most of the public houses in the town were engaged for the occasion." BRISTOL SUGAR-MARKET, APRIL 10.—Thc demand for sugar has rather revived, and prices have to a small degree advanced. The very limited supply in this port has restricted (business materially, on the other hand, the continued flatness of the c.o . ,tntry, and the more than usual hazard of conducting trade, produces an indifference amongst the buyers, which makes them' feel the destitution of their port irtuch less than would otherwise be the case. ~ ... t: ". ♦. .~~~~ ~: EVENING EDITION- Coll LAR The Queen and Prince Albert, the Queen Dowager, and the Princess Augusta attended Divine Service yester day morning in the Chapel Royal, Sc. James's. The Sermon was preached by the Archbishop of Canterbury, who took his text from St. Mathew, chap. xvi. verse 16. The prayers were read by the Rev. Mr. Knapp, the Lessons by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the Communion Service by the Bishop of London, the Rev. Mr. Knapp, and the Rev. Dr. Wesley. The Chant was the Rev. P. Henley's, the Te Deum and Jubilate, Aldrich's in A, the Sanctus and Responses, Rogers. The Anthem, " Who is this that cometh from Edoin" ( Arnold), was sung by Messrs. W. Knyvett, Hobbs, and J. B. Sale. Sir G. Smart presided at the organ. The Bishop of Norwich, Clerk of the Closet, and the Rev. J. Vane, Deputy Clerk of the Closet, were in waiting. The Royal Suite consisted of the Marchioness of Normanby, Hon. Miss Paget, Hon. Miss Anson, Earl of Listowel, Lord George Lennox, Mr. Rich, Hon. Colonel Cavendish, and Mr. Francis Seymour. Her Majesty and Prince Albert and suite returned to Buck ingham Palace in four of the Royal carriages. The Queen Dowager was attended by Lady Charles Somerset, Hon. Miss Hudson, and Earl Howe; and the Princess Augusta was attended by Lady Mary Pelham. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Cobourg Gotha, and attended by the Hon. Colonel Cavendish and Colonel Bouverie, visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager and the Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar, yesterday afternoon, at Marlborough House. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the Here ditary Prince, afterwards took an airing in the parks, in an open barouche and four. Viscount Melbourne had an audience of the Queen on Saturday. Her Majesty and Prince Albert drove in a pony phaeton on Saturday morning. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Cobourg Gotha, and attended by the Marchioness of Normanby, Earl of Listowel, Mr. Rich, Hon. Colonel Cavendish, Colonel Bouverie, and Mr. Francis Seymour, honoured the Italian Opera with their presence on Saturday evening. Her Serene Highness the Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar arrived at Marlborough House yesterday morning, from Rotterdam, on a visit to her Majesty the Queen Dowager. The Queen Dowager attended Divine Service yesterday afternoon in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Duchess of Kent walked in the gardens of Buck ingham Palace yesterday. The Princess Augusta dined with her Majesty the Queen Dowager, on Saturday, at Marlborough House. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by her suite, rode out on horseback on Saturday morning. Her Majesty paid a visit in the afternoon to the Duchess of Gloucester. 'The Duchess of Kent took an airing in a carriage on Saturday, attended by Lady Anne Maria Dawson. The Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George, and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended Divine Service yesterday morning in Grosvenor Chapel. Lady Augusta Somerset was in waiting on the Royal Duchess. The Princess Augusta visited the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at the Foreign-offi,a. It was attended by Viscount Mel bourne, the Lord Chancellor, Marquis of Lansdowne, Earl of Clarendon, Marquis of Normanby, Viscount Palmerston% Lord John Russell, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Ella of Minto, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Holland, Viscount Duncannon, Lord Morpeth, and Mr. Macaulay. The Council sat two hours and a half. A deputation on the subject of the Post-horse and Stage- coach Duties, consisting of Mr. Baines, Mr. Oswald. Mr. Gillon, Mr. Dennistoun, and Mr. Gray ( Earl -street, Black friars), chairman, had an interview with the Chancellor of . the Exchequer, on Saturday, in Downing-street. Mr. Pease, M. P., Mr, Brotherton, M. P., Mr. Wil braham, M. P., and Mr. Barlow, had interviews with the Marquis of Normanby, on Saturday, at the Hc,mc.ofl 3 ce. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from Governor Light, at British Guinea, and Co lonel Cockburn, Governor of the Bahamas. A Deputation of the Ulster Railway Company had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday. The Master of the Horse and the Countess of Albe marle lett town on Saturday for their seat in Norfolk. Lord Adolphus Fitzelarence had a Dinner Party On Friday at his residence in St. James's Palace. Among the company were the Earl and Countes: of Errol, Earl and Countess of Wilton, and Colonel and the Hon. Mrs. Anson. His Royal Highness Prince Albert drove her l a c o e uroft wo Majesty, ,ardens i o n n a) a o t n u y; ji a haet a o t n, t ;ound l ify i c l le Park and Kensingre through tYl;elgarden • illustrio " us pair returned to the e Palace gate at the top of Constitution-hill. The Court is expected to leave Buckingham Palace on Wednesday morning for Windsor Castle, for the recess• HYDE PA R K.—Sunday, owing to the propitious state of the weather, the drive was thronged with carriages and equestrians, and the walks crowded with company. Her Majesty the Queen and Prince Albert were in the ring, as also his Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Gotha, "." was in a Stanhope, accompanied by Baron de Gruben. 'a s Serene Highness took " the ribands." The Duke of 13e"3- - fort, Duke and Duchess of Somerset, Count D'Orsay, E arl Chesterfield, Countess of Tankertille ' Lord Ossulston, Lord Leveson, Turkish Ambassador, lion. James 'Macdonald, 'Ear' of Charleville, &c., were among the numerous Nobility in the drive. The invitation cards issued from Kensington Palace have printed on them now, " The Duke of Sussex and the Duchess of Inverness request the pleasure," Eve ___. . There is some reason to fear that the jury may have come to an erroneous decision in the case of Edward Jone s, f now under sentence of death in Flint Gaol, for the murder of Evans, a gamekeeper. We confine ourselves at present to earnestly intreating the Government to stay the execution, ad', afford sufficient time f or an i nqu i ry i nto the circumstance's 01 this very peculiar case, lest it may be discovered too late tleiat $ fatal mistake has been made, and innocent life sacrificed, "" circumstantial evidence, through a prejudicial and pree'ipitt e a zeal to avenge blood by blo o d. If th e man b e gu il ty t h e eietial will not escape by the delay. If he be innocent, that delay may prevent a second murder.—Herald, A SERMON ENCORED !—The parishioners of St. Andrew's church, Droitwich, were seamuch affected by: sermon preached by the Rev. J. Topha l on Sunday w e ‘ e he that they sent a request to the Rev. Ge n tl eman t o preach f ne same sermon again last Sunday. Thi s i s sure l y th e triu'' ° preaching.— Itorcester Chronicle. The Speaker gave his last Parliamentary Din ner before the recess on Saturday evening, to Viscount Lord Teignmouth, Lord Eastnor, Sir Richard Jenkins, Sir Charles Douglas, Sir Frederick Trench, Sir Edmund Filmer, Colonel Peel, Mr. P em b erton , Mr. Henry H'e lft ' rd. ' Mr. Kemble, the Hon. Majo r S car l e tt, Mr. Alderman Tb.only: son, Mr. Plumptre, Col. H ug h B a illi e , M r . O rms by Gore, 1114 ' Walter Long, the Hon. Ed war d G r i mston, M r . Gaily , Colonel Sihthorp, Dr. Ni c h o l], C ap t a i n J ones , th e Rev. 0 e rard Andrews (chaplain), a n d M r . R om ill y . MARRIAGE IN HIGH L IFE .—The. manag e o;th e between the Right Hon. H enr y L a b ouc h ere , President re Board of Trade, and his cousi n , Mi ss F anny B ar i ng , so lemnizedwa,s by special license i n th e d raw i n g-room of Mr. " mas Baring's mansion, in Devonshire-place, on Friday Ina.% ing, in the presence of L or d an d Lady Ashburton, Chancellor of the Exche q ue r , th e Hon. Major and Lady A, rie °f Baring, Mr. John Lab o uche re , an d ot h er re l at i v es " et of parties. The bride and b r id egroom , a f ter t h e ceremo ny, set the in a travelling chariot a n d f our , f or t h e delightful villa of t in Right Hon. Poulett Th omson a t Roehampton, where they ` ° ill pass the honeymoon. THE SOANE MUSEUM, L INCOLN ' S 11 414 d." FIELDS.—This very tasteful and eleg an t co ll ect i on o f rare a n a l _ valuable works of ancient and modern art, literature-, aa tnr en history, and antiquities, is, we find, now open to vieiiters, tbig tickets of admission, on Thursdays an d F r id ays, d ur ing O. month, and will continue during th e mont h s of !',fay and Jut he Foreigners and artists have also the privilege ! of visiti n g t. Museums on Tuesdays, from Ist of February to last of Aug u t., r r ea a c o aa r r , dda G yo e f o o rt r To obtain admission the mode is to apply either to a trustee, b . e r ; s l o a t n t u te a l r t e h , , e a t s h c e e u , letter o t l i ir u l en tphe ber of persons proposed to be introduced, with the w h en (unless s the h gt e ewul3 address baeiilo'reE is sthey b a et inte ndt l h e f e t, 3::: eel; e. curator has a proper reason to the contrary) a card for is next open day will be sent by post to the address. Tb e ,,,, re u now a nice abrid gment o f the catalogue, which was "ipueth wanted, and a clos e a tt ent i on to its instruction wou ld s ave the attendants much trouble and prevent a waste of time. Th i s DEATH OF REAR-ADMIRAL STUART.-- on gallant officer expired, at his mansion, Upper Brook-streteeti7uuy Thursday, at the age of 73. The Admiral was coil% eau e related to the Marquis of Bute's family, and received th of Rear-,Admiral of the Red the 22d of July, 1830. . Lam . HER MAJESTY' S THEATRE. —Lti--- ma es t 0" merntoor was repeated on Saturday night before the la ‘ rf a;ost y's sembly that we have beheld this season at her l' ec i long Theatre, The house was invaded at an early hour, aL . : r duous before the conclusion of Donizetti's opera, it was an ould task to make any progress in the crowded pit. It w _ . e s superfluous to dwell upon the merits of the perforrnar%n ny we so recently noticed both the opera and the artistes. i ri g divertissement, and afterwards appeared ill Elssler, actually for the " last time" previous Loch h er a these boards for those of America, danced the Cou Her farewell was most flattering," - er" ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. With the 0 1) , of formances of Saturday evening terminated the second ee t as i n 0 1 the " Promenade Concerts ala Musard.” The sela'ocry. ea u . L's pieces for this evening's entertainment was highly I The late season, 'like its predecessor, has been euccessfa L e re tne In the parish of Thornbury, in Devon., f won, are now living a man and his wife, of the nava ma king nacot; the husband is 91, and the wife 94 years ag e— bee-" 185 years for this patriarchal couple. The leusband.Pa-i, er , blind for several years, and very decrepit, lent the W e l:, w,h joying good health, quick in intellect, anei can see to r out spectacles.— Western Times. A' a the Pr e La Tare:7,o4le. SPRING VISITORS.--Notwithstan din g p r sent backwardness of the season swallows were seen '',l.araroice chester on Monday, the 6th instant. We trust their aie,pe is the harbinger of STANLEY'genial spring w STANLEY'SDISFRANCHISEMENT BILL a .y Scorpion Stanley, as my lord of misrule is generreslsl. f a % n ye a l t y ed g iz e t r h a e l I fe r e is i l i 4pa o p l ezl i : g a n s an c t al , l i e is d g u fo st r , th an th d e ex i S ic Z t i n gs Pualready been Pilot ( _ held, and, several others will succeed. T tion of ,n denouncing Ilf,a Disfranchisement Bill ha h v e e ), we s eo, address te the Catholics of Ireland from lhe.columns of. the repeal acquisition is again vigorously put in t n to the. grea t among other e',gns of the times) promises theiprubsliteettele. The P:l4, and the Rev. Mr. Maguire a conversion sa , ,ne ,eur nprailt.acipLlenrodf sata d n o l m ey es s t t i n c nt l i e s g fi is x la e t d u as re n is re l p au en d l e:l r. ' o i to ,ho n s ; S - y „, nell (says the Pilot) is for once outdone by Str ieiYa tanleP ;. Y e s, with whom O'Connell failed are convinced^ b l Stanley, you are, after all, a friend to Ireland. you are an out-and - out Repealer. You Iveve struck "` " na timial heart ; you have elicited a b r illi an t, a significan t fire spark t o a spark that indicates the presence of a subterranean iruise powerful for you and your 250 Tory backers to A tine feement faction has stirred up. Why if th" arat' ° " leyiees had their way we should from the sister country—eilh.e Tories would absolutely Li , ' ber the empire. rut rio JCS HORSl,,:ill‘t BANK ROBBERY.—The to 3 1 essrs' ni.7es t eeeeai to the character of Mr. Baiter, late clerk he perhaps soon see a sep_ reerp }enty, that sprang from the mysterious circumstance- , o ft an d above affair, have call e d f or th a memor i a l f r om the ! 1 Jrg u l ra ble gentry, of Hurs.hAni and its neighbourhood, most neno Rtleanan.—Briyhieee Herald. 1