The Sun. — London, England, 1840-05-15 00:00:00

NEWSPAPER STAMPS. Everting Performances, doors open at half-past Six; Perfor mances-at half-fast Seven. Biox-office oven from Eleven till Four. Private boxes at all 61. agents ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. - ERUPTION OF HECLA ! MORE SPLENDID THAN EVER ! The earnest and unceasing enfleavours which have been made during the winter, to increase still further the magnificence of this unparalleled Spectacle have been crowned with the most complete success, fully demonstrated on each Evening of its Exhibition, by the unanimous and enthusiastic delight with - which each portion of the gorgeous display was hailed as it przt ceNlecl by the thousands assembled on those occasions. In com pliance with the expressed wishes of great numbers of thu visi tors, it will be repeated on Monday and Thursday, iNLay 18th and list, commencing shortly before dusk. The Panoramic Model, Al Fresco, of Mount Hecia, entirely reproduced briNlr. Danson, the original Artist, is exhibiting i;aily from ten till dusk, with the 11.1enageric, which is now in e,tinest order, ,and has lately received many important addi tions. —Feeding }Lair, Five o'clock. Admission, One Shillir x . -- - TO COrIRESPC:'::JENTS. We regret w‘ , cannot find room fcr tha letter of " Lucerne. The mot4ey is returned accordi7.g to a 'tire' s. III(111 tti ATEH. AT LON:JON 131 I uk4E '1 u_iluttno Niernii , ! - minutes after 1I Even in; ......15 :thlibteA atter 2. •---- The Public Itlol of the Evening Edition of TIIE Surt corm meneed at 10 inmates after Three. 4r, -.7:,„);;;;,* N e f :.".17 / 1 1- 11 . , y• LONDON: FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1840. TEE BUDGET. The Speech of the Chancellor of the Exehe frer, with full details of the Budget, will be published in a Third Edition of The Suit this Hvening, about' eight o'clock, or earlier, if possible. ae PeerNafterreceivi ng a few petitions, heard Sir CuanLEa.WrTnEnEel. as Counsel for the Corporation of Dublin, against the Corporati ons (Ireland) We thought the venerable Knight had been buried, but an opportunity of once more railing against, reform has brought him again to life. It is singnlar.that he should object to the Bib, be catise it' gi Ye Lliepeople a•p ower to tax themselves e ' enormously. The venerable Knight may calm his e find their rep resentat i ves ate fears, for if the people extravagant, they will cashier them. To resist a rill of this kind,, on the ground that the people will , ex themselves too highly, or that the poor will tax he rich, while in doing so they must tax themselves, is a Tory ruse. The sum which the .;larttied Knight.eupposes it possible to levy on the inhabitants of . Dublin, is scarcely the half of the sum levied on the rate payers of Marylebene, and does nut equal that paid by several other parishes in the metropolis. Their Lordships adjourned the further hearing of Counsel till to-de l e, and, at a conv en i en t hour to di ne , a dj ourned the House. In the House. of Commons the petitions w ere very nutherotis. One from Lewes, complaining of bribery and corrupt,ion, seems to hare rubbed Mr. FITZROY on the raw, and made him express a desire to resist the motion .for laying the petition on the table, which the Honourable Member thought it was prudent not to carry into action. The praetiev of who shall licit write doi,vn inkmtl Op the notidO paper, according to the state -o,llt of Mr. CVErRIZN ) gives rise to unseemly pro Extract from a Return of the number of Stamps issued to the several Newspapers in Great Britain and Leland, from the Ist of January to the 31st of March, 1840: SUN , 330,000 ST :-INDARD . Grs,OBE •• . 2 31,000 COURIER EM ALE FORM IN MIDWIFERY; The total disregard to instant bandaging of the mother (by men) t the birth of children—the inlet of atmospheric air th,refrom into the system, destroys for life the female figure. The isatnral and prompt pdgformanee of this delivate office at child birth by females, was, in days past of mother's wit, especially consigned by our forefathers to woman's umbilical di s char g e, as the assign one s , un d er P rov id en ti a l care . Th e object othe SANATORIUM ASSOCIATION project, for each town-- under a College of Surgeons—is covertly to monopolize into their hands this female duty—with views, step by step, e yen to legislative prevention, against any female practising as Midw:fe or Herb-seller throughout the kingdom. It is the duty of all virtuous persons to frustrate the designs of wicked men tosvaris infantine destruction. C. ACKERLEY. At Noon To-morrow the subject will be opened at 11 ill,is Rooms, for and against. IS: MAJESTY the EMPEROR of aving AUTHORISEd GUA RANTEEDAUSTRIA ss,,veral h DISTRIBUTIONS D of an MONEY PREMIUMS, which (though they arc NO LOTTERIES) Dar many possibilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGII, NOW SELLING SHARES f o r the said DISTRII37J 'M AL ONS. Persons desirous to purchase, may receive. PRE VIOUS to giving any order, the PROSPECTUS and PAR TICULARS:, upon addressing WITHOUT DELAY, a line to HEINE, BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH. P. S.—THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains Portions of TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND, FIVE THOUSAND, ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED, EIGHT ONE THOUSAN. HUNDRED, SIX HUNDR D ED, FOUR HUN RED, TWO HUNMIED, ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY. ONE Fl UNIT., RED AND TWENTY, ONE HUN DRED AND TV :4, and ONE lIUNDRED POUNDS, &c. &c., amounting to £72,170 Sterling. THE.A w a'RE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. UNDI:E,II, 'THE MANAGEMENT OF MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, MAY 15, Will pe revived Shakspere's Comedy of 'TWELFTH NIGHT; 041, WHAT YOU WILL. Duke Orsino, Mr. Cooper; Valentine, Mr. .Fitzjames ; :Sir Toby Belch, Mr. Bartley ; Sir Andrew Ague-cheek, Mr, Meadows ; Malvolio, Mr. W. Farren ; Clown, Mr. Harley ; Viola, Miss Ellen Tree; Olivia, Mrs. Walter Lacy ; Maria, Mrs. Hamby. To conclude with the New Grand Comic, Romantic, Operatic, Melodramatic, Fairy Extravaganza, in Three Parts, cntiticd rnd founded on that popular Nursery Tale, THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD. The Principal Characters by Mr. Harley, Mr. J. Vining, .111 r. J. Bland, Madame Vestris, Miss Itainforth, Mrs. C. Jones, &c. &e. Dress Boxes, ; Second Price, .Is. 61; First and Second Circles ss. ; Second Price, `_'s. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Seco n d P r i ce , 2s._; Gallery, ls. Doors to :be opened at half-past Six—the performances to commence at o'Clock. Tickets and plac.f7s for the Boxes to be taken at the Box-of fice. from Teo till Four, where Season Tickets say be had upon application., Private Boxe s to b. bad r,-4ly of Mr. An Trews bookseller 167. New Bon&street. 1 " ) Y 14 .1. OLYMPIC THEATRE. UNDER THE % MANAGEMENT O 1 MR. BUTLER. Last Week of the Sea on. • THIS EVENING, MAY 15, Will be presented, • THE LADIES' CLUB. Mrs. Fitzsmyth (the Chairwoman), Mrs. Stirling. To be followed by THE HOUSE OF LADIES. Fitzsm:ith. (Member for Chatterton)—Mrs. Stilling. rs. Morton (Member for Smallborough)—Miss Atidnson. Mrs. Rookby (i'tember fcr Edmondsbory—Miss Treble. Mrs. needy < Member for illelton)—Miss Fatzwaher. Sirs. O'Donnell •( Member fer Donnybrook)—Miss Ayres. 11irs. bustle (Secretary for the Fashionable Department) . — Aliss - Stephcns. Mrs. Twankly (Speaker'l—Mrs. Garrick. Fancy, Miss Beachamp. Time, Mr. Edmonds. After which, MURTOCH DEL ANEY. Murtoch Delaney, Sir. Porteous, his fast appearance these six years and for this ni g ht on l y . To conclude w i t h the New entl.Original Drama (1)3 the anther of " The Lirlies' Club"), called 0 W YIN N ETH VA UGH AN. G wynneth Vaughan, Mrs. Stirling; Owen Williams, Mr. Baker ; Evan Pritchard, Mr. Hell; Hugh Morgan, 31r. G. Wild. Boxes, 4s. Pit, 2s. Gallery, is. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Immense success of Haine's New Village Tragedy, " The Life of a Woman," which is rapidly approaching the summit of popularity. New Tragic Drama, in which Mr. Elton will perform. Three interesting Dramas in one Evening. THIS EVENING, .MAY 15, Will be acted the New Village Tragedy, entitled THE LIFE OF A WOMAN; OR, THE CURATE'S DAUGHTER. Realization of Hogarth's celebrated " Harlot's Progress." After -• hick the New 'rragic Drama entitled DON JOHN OP ARRAGON. In which Mr. Elton will perform. • Tea conclude with, CH...eI:ILES THE TWELFTH. NEW STRAND THEATRE. The GREAT WIZARD of the NORTH'S STAY PRO LONGEI) by cOMMA ND of the NOBILITY. GENTRY, and the PUBLIC;-1 HIS, and cvery EVENING during the WEEK, he will perform his never to be equalled DELU SIONS and'NEW WONDERS Incomprehensible, On This Day, May la. 1840, The Wizard will give his Grand FASHIONABLE MORNING PERFORMA,NCES.—Door s for the Morning Performances open at Orie o'clock.. The Wizard commences his Wonders at Two o'clock : concluding at Four. Carriages in attendance a garter before Four. 17.4 writ in the meantime. Mr. HDAIE seconded the amendment, and ex, pressed his surprise that Lord JOHN RUSSELL should refer to what an unrefOrmed Parliament had done to punish and abate bribery, while he dLclined to follow so good an example. Sir R. PEEL thought there was no ground for suspending the writ. Treating was not at present by law so great a crime as bribery, and it would be unjust to punish these boroughs by a law against treating to operate retrospectively. He was willing to concur with the Noble Lord in putting an end to every species of bribery and corruption, but he could not pledge himself to the specific measures of which the Noble Lord had spoken. He advised the Noble Lord not to attempt too much, and,not to throw more difficulties in the way of parties appeal ing to Election Committees. Mr. SANFORD, as Chairman of the Ludlow Committee, said the Committee thought it their duty to close immediately they had come to a de cision. He approved of what Lord JOHN Rus- SELL proposed, but he wished the Noble Lord to go further, and impose au oath on every Member that he did not owe his seat to bribery. He would do that himself; and perhaps a public p:osccutor might be necessary to give effect to these regula• It was discovered many ages ago that there will always 'be poor in the land. Modern science is said only to have explained—by detecting. the dis crepancy between the laws regulating the produc tion of food and the production of mouths—the cause of poverty, and to have demonstrated that it is inevitable. The discontent, which is the natural and inevitable consequence of poverty, is the source of most of the anxieties - belonging to wealth. For its safeguard wealth looks to the laws ; but the Corn-law, directs all the natural discontent resulting from poverty against the law, and weakens the security of wealth, both by augmenting po verty and making the law odious. In the interest of wealth, which in the nature of things is diffi cult of protection, we direct attention to the peti tions of die starving agricultural labourers of Font hill, who, by appealing to the L';:gislature, show that they regard the law as the cause of their dis tress, or able to cure it. Their suffeting,s ate in compatible with continued respect for the law, and with the safety of property. We do not say that discontent would disappear by the abolition of the Corn-laws, but it would be thrown off legislation and on to nature. It would remove one legislative cause for poverty ; it would take away one power ful reason for ascribing distress to the laws, and add one to respect the laws, which give wealth its secu rity. It would then be seen with more certainty than now that poverty was the consequence of in dividual indiscretion, and would, perhaps, no more cause petitions to the Legislature than the disease which is the palpable consequence of in temperance. tions. Mr. WARBURTON supported the inquiry. Mr. WA KLEY suggested that Mr. HAWES should withdraw his amendment, and bring it on after wards as a substantive motion. After some ex planation and conversation the House divided, and the writ was ordered to be issued by 182 to 101. Sir JOHN WALSH moved a new writ for Cam bridge. Mr. WARBURTON moved, like Mr. HAWES, for a Committee, which motion was sup ported on a division by 75 Members, and opposed by 162. The writ therefore was issued. Mr. F. KELLY, at the request of Mr. MAULE, postponed his motion for leave to bring in a Bill to abolish capital punishment for all offeuces ex cept high treason and murder. To continue the punishment of death for what the Judges call high treason, is as revolting an absurdity as con tinuing it for stealing twopence. On the motion of Mr. THOMAS DUNCOMBE, Messrs. STOCKDALE and HOWARD were ordered to be discharged. It was not resisted. The House then adjourned. :he latest intelligence from Constantinople is of the 22d ult. Advises had been received there from Alexandria that MEHEMET ALI had caused some Turkish sailors, to whom Colonel HoDGE s had given passports to return to Constantinople, to be seized and shot as deserters, and that such officers as received passports were degraded to the ranks. A Tatar had also arrived at the Porte in three days from the Taurus, with the positive assurance that IBRAIIIJI PACHA had received orders from the Viceroy to waste no more time, but march at once upon Constantinople. Certain it is that the day following the arrival of the Tatar, Lord PoN SONEY had a private conference of three hours' du ration with REscirfp PACHA. If this intelligence be true, orders cannot be too soon given to a Bri tish and French fleet to pass the Dardanelles for the protection of the Turkish capital. If MEHEMET A rx, hurried on by his evil genius, plunge into war, the struggle must be of short duration. We are aware that he rests his hopes on the disunion among the Great Powers, and that he relies principally upon the sympathy of France ; but though France is not disposed to crush him utterly, she is as much inte rested as England in maintaining the integrity of the Turkish empire, nor do we suppose she would fire a shot at the flag of the allies to save him from annihilation. We are not, however, insensible to the fact, that a victory over the Viceroy would be dearly purchased by the SULTAN, at the ex pense of witnessing some forty thousand Russian troops in the heart of his dominions. We know that the Emperor NICHOLAS would desire nothing better than to familiarize an army, shivering on the bleak shores of the Black Sea, to the fine climate and clear skies of Asiatic Turkey. The CzAR would be delighted to familiarize the Turks to the presence of his Cossacks, and to accustom them . to attach to such p resence the idea of protecti on . This must not be overlooked by England and France, who cannot be so blind as not to see in this a sa- Csf ictory reason for the underhand encouragement at to 'mgievtelanceks.wihliuelstsbiaec t o o m t e h e h a V rin lC ie E ss ltOY b; b n e o i t n to g s et yield de fiance. llf cases of distress amongst the rural population were unusual, we should not have omitted specially to notice the petition presented by Mr. T. DUN -002.18E, on Wednesday evening, from agricultural labourers at Foothill, Wiltshire. They stated to the Honourable House of Commons that their wages were nine shillings a week, and that they are totally unable to support their families in consequence of the high price of provisions. They had amongst them 2kd. a day per head, which is less they say than the cost of the keep of a dog. Under such circumstances warrants had been ob tained to distrain on them for Poor -rates, which would find nothing but tattered garments. Such pictures have now so frequently been brought before the public and the House of Com mons, that - powerful as may he the effects of itera tion, it seems almost useless to dwell on them. Cases of fictitiou s distress, cases of distant suffering among strange people, cases which appeal only to the national generosity, and make no claim o r . right, command attention and obtain relief . but cases of real and home-bred suffering: which carry with them a reproach, and demand relief as a right, cause the mind of the runner classes sp asmo di cally to close, lest by conces sion' the commission of injustice should he ae howleciged, and the small end of a wed ,, e be ad mitted, which the great and the rich continually fear may be driven home. Reports had likewise reached the Porte that a On this principle even the terrible poverty and conspiracy for the murder of the Frank population distress of the Jumper-fed agricultural population of was formed at Adrianople, to revenge upon the Ireland have only roused in th e Corn-law-maki n , Christi ans t h e proclamation of the Hatti Scheriff, classes a conviction that they must not be relieved, v; hick the Mussulmans regarded as the concoc lest their wants should absorb all th e property of tion of : h e W estern nat i ons. their masters. T AKIFF PA CIIA , o f Ni come di a, h as b een d e - o point out any danger to come graded f rom hi s ran k , after having been proved to be from su c h a p o pulation is like terrifying the inha. .... guilty of the most horrible atrocities. He had for bitants of the sunny vineyards at the base of Ve. his prosecutors before the SULTAN two hundred suriu s with predictions that the volcano will burst o. f the inhabitants of the Pachalick, who produced forth and destroy them. That would only disturb w in h court the bloody garments of innocent persons present careless enjoyment by evils which may their n - he had caused to be murdered. This AKIFF the s pr e o e p in h g esy the - of i it was by whom Mr. C bastinadoed. Besides degradation , he was sca- CHURCH ILL was so cruelly never come to pass. ceedings amongst Honourable Members ; and ! effect, therefore, which su c h pi ctures o f di stress as Mr. SPEA KER h a d no reme d y to suggest but l and suffering have on the minds of the Corn-law the ballot, Mr. O'BRIEN gave notice that making classes, it seems a waste of time to dwell he would move this day, that the Members cle- much on them. eirous of giving notices should ballot for priority to 'We know, too, having a distinct recollection of give them. Mr. BENETT'S speech on the Corn-law question, In answer to Sir S. CANNING, Lord PA L - what will be the answer given to such cases. MERSTON stated that our relations with Persia Nine shillings a week," said the Hon. Gentle were the same now as a twelvemonth ago. Nego- man in substance, " may be the wages of idle or bad tiations are in progress for bringing about a settle- workmen, but I can assure the House and the ment, but our interests in Persia are confid e d to a public that good workmen get twelve shillings and Charge d'Affaires, and to a Consul at Tabriz. fifteen shillings per week." Unless, therefore, we In answerto Mr.AL Pettnneps, the ATTORNEY- have some vouchers for the extraordinary industry GENERAL stated th a t h e expecte d t h e question, and good con d uct o f t h e pet i t i oners, unless it can as to the validity of th e c h ar t ers o f cer t a in corpo- be proved that they never enter a public-house_ rate towns would be settled on the 21st instant. never play skittles or cricket.— never taste a Mr. PALMER gave up his notice for a motion single particle of the aristocratic enjoyment of concerning China; the Tories have had enough of it. leisure, but toil invariably and unceasingly every day, ex ce pt clueing, church-tim e on Sundays—we The Earl of DARL INGTON mo ved a new writ for Ludlow. I n d o i ng so h e di sc laimed being ac - know that p e titi ons f rom agr i cu l tural labourers, tuated by discourtesy towards Lord JOHN RUS complaining of s l ow starvat i on, w ill b e set down to SEL, in moving for the writ on previous days. their own idle skittle-playing and beer•drinking Lord JOHN RU SS ELL exonerated the Noble habits. Lord from any want of courtesy. He thought the We are not of opinion that labourers should be Noble Lord had taken an erroneous view in mov- wholly deprived of leisure and enjoyment, that they ing for th e i ssue o f th e writ as a matter o f course, never should b e idl e an d never carouse; but such after what had transpired before the Committee, an opinion is entertained by the magisterial, He did not o pp os e the motion, thou g h h e thought clerical, and l eg i s l at i ve c l asses, and unless we could there was sufficient ground to suspend the writ. prove that the man who complains of being unable The Noble Lord was quite sensible of the serious- to maintain his family on 9s. per week, labours in ness of the bribery, and the still more disgusting cessantly fourteen hours on every working day of public-house treating which took place at Ludlow his life, and never goes to a fair or a merry-making, and Cambridge. Considering the law to be defec we should be triumphantly told that his want is tire as to bribery, the Noble Lord intends at some the consequence of his own folly. One of the time or other to propose that any gift, before or petitioners was accordingly sent to the House of after an election, for having voted or abstained from Correction, because he was unable to pay 161 d.— voting, shall be declared bribery, and make void a punishment which we cannot suppose would the vote of every person giving or taking a bribe. have been inflicted, had his poverty not been the He is also to propose to give an indemnity to all result of idleness, beer-drinking, and skittle-play witnesses before Election Committees, so that the ing. Such a punishment, inflicted on :uch a man, truth may be got at. Treating he would prohibit is only the due carrying out the arguments which for one month before and after an election. The are continually"used by Tory journalists, parsons and Ludlow Committee had, he thought, confined county itself too much t o th e case b e f ore i t, an d h y gentlem en . Th ey a ll say that the poverty of e the labourers is the consequence of their own vices ; will propose to enact that Committees should in and for poverty accordingly they punish them. The future inquire into any allegations of bribery and Anti-Corn-law men arc already satisfied that the treating.• His Lordship was understood to say misery of the people is caused by the Corn-laws, that in his situation he should not be expected to the Pro-Corn-law men see in it only evidence of prosecute the inquiries necessary t o bring forward the vices of the people ; and individual exhibitions a complete measure, and he quoted the conduct of of suffering only make them exult that they are so Lord CASTLEREAGH towards himself as an inch- much more righteous than the poor. Their cation that he wculd not throw obstacles in the political faith is founded on their own well-being way of any person who followed up his hints. The in relation to others ; and, however much it may Noble Lord also gave a history of what the Par- be shaken by their own sufferings, by the suffering s dement had form er ly d one i n di s f ranc hi s i ng bo- of others it will only be confirmed. rcughs similarly c onv i c t e d o f bribery, and did not The petitions referred to may, nevertheless, be altogether repudiate the notion that the same dis- put to use. The petitioners say that they have franchisement, after inquiry, might be extended to each five or six children. It would be impossible, Ludlow-and Cambridge. He relies, however, on even were there no Corn-laws, for such families to public opinion to correct some of these evils. grow up—till the eo'npetitive principle shall be The Earl of DARLINGTON, when the Noble put down by Socialism—without caueing a con- Lord had done, expressed his concurrence in the stant competition for employment, and the reduc sentiments of Lord J. RUSSELL. 6011 of wages to the lowest standard of subsistence. Mr. HawEs moved, as an amendment on Lord If, therefore, the country gentlemen, the clergy, DARLINGTON'S motion, for a Select Committee to the law-makers desire, as apparently they do, to euire into bribery at Ludlow, and to suspend the keep the labouring classes poor, degraded, and miserable, and at the same time desire to maintain their superiority, it will surely be wise in them to allow the labourers to work their own degradation, instead of fixing the houded discontent of ages and of millions of men on themselves, and on their Corn-laws, as the immediate causes of dear bread, extreme poverty, and degradation. N, LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1840. I Brussels and German Papers of the latest dates have been received. The following extract is all we find in them of the least interest : FROM TILE POI.IsII FRONTIER, MAY 7.--According to the latest accounts from the interior of the empire (which, however, seem to require confirmation), orders have been now given for the immediate embarkation of part of the army collected on the coast of the Black Sea, in conse quence of which the fleet of Francfort would soon sail from Sebastopol. The troops, it is stated, are to be conveyed to the Caucasian coast, to combat the mountain tribes, and especially to chastise the Cir cassians for the atrocities committed by them at the sur prise of fort Sudscha; but the body of troops appears too large for this object, and it is not easy to refrain from con jecturing that other dangers are in the hack ground, especially when we consider that the news of the movement of the Persians against Bagdad, however unaccountable it appears, is again expected, and therefore seems not wholly ' unfounded. It is also again expected that a corps of troops to reinforce General Perowsky is to cross the Cas- P rid land in the b a y o f K u li D erich, from which the ino , • • march by land would be pAtended with no difficulties. 6r.:l.(zr I AN 1: UNDS-Bailasr)s, MAY 13. Actual Debt, '2 l , per Cent. liothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent Loan ef Thirty Mlieus, 4 per Cent. P6 3 per Cent. 7314 141,11 of City, I'',. - 12, 4 per Cent _ Society of Co'annince, -1!,•, per Cent ll- Rat:!: ot 13' .glum, 5 per Cent BB ; ,i NatienarSociety. Exchatige on Londoti (short) —.Brussels Papers, May 13. - CUsTRI A N FUNDS,....VI ENNA, MAY 5. five r.er Cants. Mctalliques • 10 9 14 101% Pour. per Ce n t s 34 Th tee per Cent. . F oink Sh are ,:B:36 -,4lll2c7neine Zeilung, May 10. hAMBURG BORSENHALLE, "A llit. Money. rVitcrLttr,,(zCc ... Bills. . ..................... 18 1 .1 0 0 ' 7 '.` , 4 18 11 ri .. 1054 109 Ando-Ittissian Coal .......... Ittmsizit O per Cent. Ist series, Certificate Inscription, Ist Series lO3Si - Itussian a per Lent. Dup.!. and 93% Co. 3d and 4th Serifs ... ................................... .. Ditto tto in (7eriili c 98i 8 d'i Dutch Actual Debt, 2%i per Cent f) , 514 - - Ditto. ................ .. ..... O per Cell' -4 Po'ish I:on(li •.. ................. - , Anglii-DanisF. - Coati, 3 per Cent • 7tiN , 04 Nerwegian 1.0. tn, RS3I, per Cent... - Spanish. Ne ts .5 per Cents 4 . .13,,,i ..... EXCHANGES ON LONDON. lIAMBURO., 'MAY 12.-13. ( 1 -Two months 13 4% . s.rocalit44.m, MAY 5 . - Sevi . nty-five days, 12. d. BREMEN, MAY a -Tao months., 6'9 O. PETERSESTIRMI, MAY 1.-TWO months, 39 pence. iu..af.rN, May 10. -Three months, 6. 19y{,. VIENNA, AIAY 5.-7hrec months. 9.50/. LRiesi e MAY . 2.-Two mo Ms, it. 13,/, n the Paris Journals of Wednesday the only impor tart news we find, except what relates to the poptenar enthusiasm at the prospect of the removal of the remains of NAPOLEON to France, is con tahicd in the following telegraphic despatch : THE MARITIME PREFECT TO TIIE MINISTER OF MARINE. Toulo, May Six o'Clock p.m. The Com man d er of then Marine at Algiers writes to me under date the 7th . " The army is still at the farm of Mouzaia. There are no sick, or at least very few. " The Princes arc in good health." The f.)liowing paragraph contains some addi tional information, which we copy from the Con tiltgionnet ; ' rue Echo (le (Bar, le-Due) of the 12th says:— d, i t i s reported that the Marshal Duke of Reggio has ar rived at Jean d'lleurs in bad health." Letters from Naples of the 4th say that the Etna had brought orders to th e G tnereux and the Marengo tq return tq Toulon, fenced by ere SULTAN to imprisonment for life. Under the old system his head would have adorned cne of the iron spikes over the gate of the Porte. Five of the SULTAN'S wives were in hourly ex pectation of giving birth to an heir to the Throne. The city was to be illuminated for seven nights for sons, and three for daughters, without distinction as to priority of birth. Nu intelligence of the least interest had been received from Persia. The SCHA H was supposed to have reached Ispahan with his army. We have received Buenos Ayres Papers to the Ist March : It appears that on the 12th February a French naval force appeared off St. Pedro. The Captain of one of the brigs came on shore with a flag of truce, and delivered a despatch which was forwarded to the Commander-in- Chief of the Department. Th e d es p atc h d eman d ed the entrance of the French squadron up the river Parano, which passed up before an answer could be given to the despatch. Exchange at Buenos Ayres, 3. prem. ; Dou bloons, 290 dollars. MOT TG VIDEO, MARCH B . —Admiral Dupotet arrived on the 26Th March, and on the 27th a conference was held on board the English frigate Active, with Mr. Manville, the British Consul, and on the 28th Mr. Manville returned on board, accompanied by Arrana, Secretary of Foreign Affairs. On the 4th of March Admiral Dupotet will re turn to Buenos Ayres, accompanied by the French Charge d'Affaires, when it is supposed the question will shortly be concluded. At Monte Video 104 square-rigged vessels remain in the harbour waiting the result of the negotiations at Buenos Ayrcs, between the French and the Buenos Ayrians. The removal of the remains of NAPOLEON from St. Helena to Paris occupies the whole of the French Press of Wednesday. Marshals, Generals, Peers, Deputies, and Journalists seem half wild with enthusiastic excitement. Sobs and tears inter rupted the Minister of the Interior when, on Tuesday, he moved for a grant of a million of francs to defray the expenses of the translation of the remains of the Emperor, and for the erection of a tomb to his memory. We give here the speech of the Minister, in which a generous comp'iment is paid to the disinterested conduct of the British Cabinet on this occasion. We are proud to add that such a compliment has been well-merited by the MELBOURNE Cabinet. There was something nobly chivalrous in the promptitude with which so magnanimous a response was given to the first demand of the French nation by the mouth of the Citizen KING : " Gentlemen,—The King has order( d his Royal High ness the Prince de Joiuville to proceed with his frigate to St. Helena —(great attention)—to obtain the last mortal remains of the Emperor Napoleon—(Great applause.) We now ask you to grant us the means of receiving them in a worthy manner upon the soil of France, and of erect ing the last tomb of Napoleon—(Loud acclamations.) The Government, anxious to accomplish a national duty, addressed itself to England, and requested to have the pre cious deposit which fortune had placed in her hands. The wish had hardly been expressed when it was complied with. These are the words of our magnanimous aliy—i. The Go vernment of her Britannic Majesty hopes that the promptitude of its reply will be regarded in France as a proof of its desire utterly to t Tice the national animosities which, during the life of the Emperor, armed England and France against each other. The Government of her Britannic Majesty takes pleasure in believing that if such sentiments still exi..t in any quarter they will be buried in the tomb in which the ashes of Napoleon are about to be placed." Eng land is right, Gentlemen : this noble restitution strengthens the bonds which unite us. She hes just effaced the pain tul recollections of the past, The time is arrived when the two nations should remember only their glory. The frigate charged with the mortal remains of Napoleon arrive at the mouth of the Seine, where they .;:;. be re moved to an o th er vesse l, which w ill Paris. They w ill h e d epoe i te d at t h e " aalides. A so l emn .nlitary pomp —will i e . ..eceive them for ever. I t i s ceremony__a grand r e li g i ous an d augurste the t om b w hi c h i s to important, gent l emen , to the majesty of su c h a souven i r, that this august sePu l 'eare should not be in a online place, in the midst of noisy and inattentive crowd. It is pro per that it sly ju g be in a silent and sacred spot, which can be visited ..rich awe by those who respect glary and genius, jandr,ur and misf ortune . Il e was Emperor and King. e was the lcgiiimute Sovereign of our country. With 'each a title he could Le interred at St. Denis • but Na poleon must not have th e or di nary sepulture of kings._ ( Hear, hear.) He must still reign and command in the building in which the soldiers of the country re pose, and to which all who may be, called upon to de fend it, will go to draw their inspirations. His sword will be placed upon his tomb. Under the dome in the midst of the temple consecrated by religion to the God of Armies, art will raise a tomb worthy, if possible, of the name vibich is to be engraved upon it. In future France, and France alone, will possess what remains of Napoleon. The grave, like the memory of Napoleon, will belong only to his country. The monarchy of 1830 is, in fact, the only and legitimate heir of all the souvenirs of which France is proud. It belonged, doubtlessly, to this mo nnrehy, which was t h e f i rst to rally all the stren g th and conciliate all the wishes cf the Fr e nch Revolution, to raise and fearlessly to honour the statue and the tomb of a popular hero ; for there is only one thing which does not dread a comparison with glory—it is liberty." Sights and tears were the first audible responses given by the Deputies to this heart-stirring Ad• dress. Afterwards they crowded round the Minis ters to congratulate them upon a measure so glo rious to France. We share the enthusiasm of the French nation. But surely one frigate will not be of France from the rr).-d{:- y island o f St. H e l ena . of NAPOL EON are worth the con: vo y o f a fl eet . N or will the British as t hconvey ahes thti r ema i ns o f t h e h ero ht s Such th°ug treasure sufficient to Goverrnl i ent, we trust, be content merely to give up the remains of the EMPEROR. The " age of chivalry "is not yet gone. Our gracious QUEEN, we hope, will be advised to depute some of the most distinguished in her service to accompany the ashes of the great conqueror to his resting-place in the bosom of his beloved France. Would that the health of the Duke of WELLINGTON per mitted him to undertake this great and noble task ! He wants but this to load his brows with honours equal not only to the highest pitch of moral exalta tion, but to the utmost extent of moral endurance. This is only wanting to his Grace's achievement of more than ever was achieved by Jewish, Gentile, or Chris Can warrior. The English had not yet restored the prizes, which caused some agitation at Naples. At the date of this news the Duke de Montebello had not arrived at Naples. The Madrid Papern are of the 6th instant, but their contents are unimportant. The Five per Cents. were 299 fcr cash. BOURSE._PARIS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 13. 1 iret Highest Lowest L ast Price Price. Price P r i ce rench 5 per Cents II 1 0 ... 114 45 .., II ... 4'A 4 per Cents 1(15 ~„ 05 ... 105 3 per Cents B4 .. 84 ... 81 53 ... F 4 55 Bank of France fl3) „.„:438; „„,:r373 _3375 Laffitte Bank I,ooof, 1100 ...110C, ...11 0 5,000 f. sh 5201 ...50e0 —520'1 ..5200 Belgian Bank 9' 0 902 50 ... 900 9C2 50 5 per Cents 3 per Cent 5......... 74 (ii ... 71 65 74 65 ... 74 05 yQ Spanish Active.. Passive RNeapolitan oman RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain, 54 276 3(1 Versailles, B. B -67 557 50 ... 582 30 -2 5. 345 355 LBS Orleans Strasburg to Bale ..... ~ 407 50 ... 410 ... 4n7 30 410 THE _DUKE of WELLINGTON AND THE OPIUM HYPOCRITES. In the House of Commons Mr. G. Palmer begged leave to withdraw his motion on the opium trade with China. Thi, was the natural result of the speech of the Duke of Wellington on Tuesday, when his Grace magna nimously thought proper to throw his protecting shield over the helpless Ministers, and disinterestedly to turn his back on his own friends.— Times. QUEEN'S BENjil (THIS DAY Sittings at Nisi Prius. Before Lord Denman and a Common Jury. Up to the time of our going to press, the Court had disposed of several cases, none of which, however, pre sented any features of public interest. COMMON PLEAS7 I O'HIS DAY, ngs Nisi Prius Before Lo r d Chief Sitti Justice at TINDAL and . Common Juries. navisoN V. CHAPMAN. This was an action fur an assault by the defendants on the plaintiffs. From the facts of the case it appeared that the plaintiff and the defendant, the former of w hom was described as a respemable man, and the latter as the reporter of the Sunday Times, were old friends, and having quar relled. the latter, as one of the witnesses kr the plaintiff said, "slapped away into Davison, right and left, and gave him two or three nasty pokes." Oa being questioned as to the sobriety of the plaintiff, tho witness said be could walk " straight as a tailor." Mr. Platt and Mr. Miller appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Thesiger and Mr. Cockburn fur the defendant. Mr. TIMMER, in addressing the Jury for the defendant, said that it was evident, es was the phrase in another place, that the " ayes and noes had it," that his client certainly was a stout square man, and the plaintiff, a thin, long man, but he would prove that the plaintiff used most insulting language towards the defendant, and besides, struck him first with an umbrella. He would prove also that the defendant was intoxicated, and in freak took a brace of pheasants from the Rainbow that were intended for a customer, and returned them the next day with a nate, stating that they were " taken by mistake." Mr. Simpson, the landlord of the King and Keys, was called, and said that Mr. Davison was very violent on the evening of the disturbance, and he understood from Mr. Davison that he took the pheasants for a " (Great laughter.) The landlord of the Rainbow was then called, and said, that Mr. Davison was rather elevated on the afternoon in question. Mr. COCKHURN.—He must have been elevated to reach the Rainbow. The Jury found their verdict for the pLintiff. —Da mages 201. THE IVIARRETS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. This !%teek's arrivals have been good of both E ng li s h an d Poreign Wheat an d B ar l ey, but of other Grain small. Wheat more firm than on Monday, at that day's prices. In other Grain no alteration, with a slack trade. Flour very dull sale, at former prices. The London average for Wheat is Is. 4d. higher than the preceding week. SMITHFIEI D MARKET. Supply moderate, and trade dull ; prices have declined Id. to 2d. per stone since last week. Bed, 3s. to 4s. 2d. ; Mutton, 3s. 10d. to ss. ; Veal, ss. to ss. Bd. ; Pork, 4s. to ss. ; Lamb, 6s. to 7s. per stone. Beas's, 654 ; Sheep and Lambs, 8,263 ; Pigs, 515 ; Calves, 245. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. Supplies good, and a fair trade; prices steady. Turbot, ss. to 18s. ; Cod, 2s. ed. to Bs. ; 801(1., ( . d. to 3s. 6d. per pair ; Lobsters, lOsl. to 4s ; Salmon, I Id. to 2s. 6d. per lb. ; Mac kerel, 4d. to &t. ; Whitings, 3d. to 6d. ; Haddock s 6d. to Is. TEA MARKET. , Owing to the public monthly sale of Tea on Monday, con sisting of about one million of pounds of different kinds, the Tea market was very dull indeed. COLONIAL MARKET. Little done by public sale, and by private treaty nothing worth notice. B. P. Sugar sold steadily, at 595. 6d. for brown, 635. 61. for middling, and 71s. 6d. to 7'2s. for the best. 5,400 bags Mauritius sold in part at 555. and 70s. 1,200 bags Ben_ g: , l Sugar at 535. to 725. West India Molasses, 30s. to 335. 6d. P I IIVIINACGOURT-(THIS DAY OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Sergeant A R ABIN. ) STEALING LETTERS FROM THE POST 'OFFICE. Thomas Ditehfiehl, e Poet-office Clerk, was indicted for stealing, while employed in that capacity, two letters containing large sums of money. The prisoner pleaded guilty. There w2s another indietment of a similar character to which the prisoner pleaded not guilty. There was a third iniietment t') which it was not consi dered necessary that the prisoner should plead. The COURT sentenced the prisoner to be transpot ted for fourteen years. John Enenden, 21, a letter -sorter, was indicted for cm. bezzlirig and stealing a letter, containing money, from the General Post-oflice. The case was clearly proved, and the Jury returned a verdict of guilty. The same prisoner uas then charged upon another in dictment with a similar offence. The prosecution in all the cases was conducted by Mr, Shepherd and Mr. ActolphuA, on behalf of the Earl of Lichfield, the Postmaster-General. The Jury returned a verdict of guilty. The prisoner was sentenced to be transported for life. ATTEMPT ATE 4 SCAPE FROM PRI SON' HY CASEY, CONVICTED AND SEN TENCED FOR THE MURDER OE POLICE SERGEANT LAWLOR. (PROM A CORRIMONDENT.) Cont, MAY 1 2.—Yesterdaylimorning one of the most daring attempts at escape from prison, which has come to our knowledge, was undertaken by the unfortunate convict Casey in our city gaol. When he had received the fatal intelligence that he was to die on the 13th of this month, he did not exhibit any signs of despondency, nor was his usual reserved and silent manner at all diaurhed; but it is reported that since the day the decision of Govern. ment was announced to him, he refused to see his spiritual attendant, the Rev. Mr, O'Sullivan, chaplain of the gaol. From this circumstance it is thought that he then medi tated the act, in which he was so near succeeding, as a dernier resort. Whilst the Governor and officers were at tending divine service on Sunday, he effected one of the objects which his sagacity pointed out to him as mainly auxiliary to his purpose. It should here be stated, that on the previous day his wife had liberty to visit him, and stayed a long time in the cell with him. She pas pre viously examined by one of the female searchers, and nothing interdicted by the rules of the prison was disco vered upon her. The fact, however, was, despite the acuteness of her searcher, she had effectually concealed between the in-sole and our-sole of her shoe the file, upon which the whole scheme of her husband's liberation was to depend. His cell door, or rather half doors, were partially closed during the day, for the purpose of ventilation, and the outside bar, one of great thickness, was placed across. By the position of those doors, a small portion of this transverse bar was exposed to the prisoner inside. Upon this tie operated with his file, and succeeded in reducing it full three parts of its thickness in that side exposed to him. He next directed his attention to a thick bar at the end of his stretcher-bed, which he succeeded in breaking, and at night he placed this under his door, and soon burst the bolt, the reduction in which being inside, had not been observed by the turnkey when locking him up for the night. He soon found himself in the corridor of the ward, and proceeded to break the lock of his comrade's ( Hartnett) cell, which he effected. His next proceeding was to wrench one of the smaller bars at the side of the corridor window, in doing which he was assisted by Hartnett, who is a strong, athletic man. A space was afforded him to get through, he being a slight person, but was too circum scribed to permit his companion to follow. I should state that, at this period, the leg-bolts had been filed off both prisoners. This window through which he' came looked out into the dog yard, about five feet from the ground. Having jumped down, he was next to ascend a high wall, which he effected, and gained the circular passage or walk, which is divided by a check- tote with chevaux de "rise, upon which he had to get to approach another wall of about six feet, from which he dropped twenty feet into a yard, called the Stone-yard, in which the prisoners seetcnced to labour, were placed to break stones. He broke the lock of the Stone-house, and brought out some implements or matters necessary for his purpose. Having attached some of these things to his. blankets (which he brought with him through all the peril of his dangerous descent), he succeeded in fastening the continuation of the shreds upon the top of the main wall, and ascended within a few feet of it, when the bell rang six o'clock, the h our f or a ll t h e pri soners to rise. Whether fear made him tug more strongly, or that his frail support yielded to the continued strain upon it. it gave way, and he fell from a considerable height to the ground, materially injuring one of his legs, and re ceiving. several bruises. He had, however, strength suffi cient to return to the Stone-house, and conceal his blankets and other matters. He then, knowing that a search would be instantly made, hid himself in a house of office adja cent, to which a woman of the establishment having occa sion to com-, discoy, red him, flB something white below, and, as she conceived, possessed of motion. She told he. husband, who was one of the turnkeys, and he procured an iron scraper, with which he several times struck the prisoner before he applied to him to desist, and so exposed his concealment. When subsequently questioned, he said ha shot d do exactly the same if ;mother opportunity were afforded, and related the whole proceeding of his attempt, as I heve described it. The news created a great excite ment in the city. There was a Board of Gaol Committee held shortly after his arrest, and, after due examination, the officers of the establishment were fully acquitted of any neglect of duty. OALS.—The total quantity of coals exported from the United Kingdom last year was 1,431,861 tons, the declared value 5 27,5271., and the duty 8,7131. Of this amount about one-fourth (339,938 tons) tvag ex ported to France ; 177,997 tons to Holland ; 125.,462 tons to Denmark ; 73,968 tons to Russia ; 52,1589 tons to the United States, and 114,850 tons to the British Colonies in North America and the West :In dies. The total quantity of coals brought coastwi Lys into the Port of London last year was 2,625,323 to ns, and by inland navigation 12,933 tons. In 1838' :not more than 1,653 ton were brought to London by in land navigation. As we understand that some persons have taken , off the postage label stamps from letters which have passe d through the Post-office, and made use of such stamp% • OERIOUS Loss —A few days ago a gentle on letters a second time, we think it right to apprize rmn, with 450/, in his pockets, chiefly in gold, was so indiscreet the public, that by so doi ng p art i es ar e guilty of felony, I as to perambulate the streets of Manchester in the eveuing, and liable to transportation. bilst in a state of intoxication. The result may be readily aiti ficipated, for sornewhe:-..e between Market-street and Desnsgaees. . .he was completely robbed of his treasure, but so insensible do M. Doniz4tti has had the honour of oelng pre- is seem to have been that he has no idea of the particular spot is rented to the Queen, who, aft er h ar ing cemplimented him on at which the robbery was effected. Fifty pounds reward t his last composition, Les Martyrs, deiVled to receive from him offered No complaint was made at the police-office in the most gracious manner the dgclicatlon of that fine opera. time after. some The - Consol market has improved, and Consols may be quoted at 9l for the Account ; for Money, 91a. Exchequer Bills 21 19 21 premium ; India Bonds 2 4 prem. ; Mink Stock 174. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active rather better, 28 ; D , ferred, 131 ; Portuguese, ; Three per Cents., nothing done; Colombian, nothng done; Maxi can, 2.di- ; Dutch Two•and-a-Half per Cents., 54 1 1 ; Five per Cents , 1001. The British Queen was spoken by the Ilighbury on the 3d inst., at noon, in lat. 49 30 N., long. 13 W., out forty three hours. COUNTRY MARKETS. Wheat. j Barley. I Oats. 4 1 PP•I Per Quarter.l s. to s. Rath Illandthrd 80 Bridport liS tlhard '5B 71 Gloucester ...... 04 72 Exe er ..... 70 60 Guildford .., Newbury 41 82 Reading 50 83 Salisbury Wi 76 Sht.rborne -.0 78 Sneptoil Mallet 52 76 Uxbridge ' WArminster 152 77 _ Winchester 64 t r eovil .......... 61 70 32 42 124 32 134 38 LEEDS CORN MARKET.—May 13 Wheat, Nairfolk and Slifka, 6015. Barley, Norf o lk an d Suffolk 375. to 414 Yorkshire and Lincoln s hi re - . i. c Grinding Beans 335. to 355. 4 Oats, Pot a t ce 295. to 325. For. —d. to d . Eng, 16d. to 17d. per st on y Shelling 92i. to 40s. per low' GUILDFORD MARKET. Wheat, Old (Per Load) 1114 to 201. 164 to 211. Os. Bailey (Per Qr.) Oa ts 2O Ry e 4O Grey Pease, 425. to 445. DEVIZES CORN MARKET. Pcr Sack, s. d. s. d. Per Quarter. s. d. a. r 3 ir,t WI: eat '36 0 to :N 0 Oats 23 0 to 34 0 Second 32 0 34. 6 Bean, (per sack)... 20 0 2- 0 .bird Barley 27 0 36 1 , Bread (per ga11.)... J 5 0 a. 11. 2 6 46 30 40 s. to 8. 26 35 :d 99 S. to s. s. 41 55 48 N 32 4'2 42 46 27 34 40 td 42 32 4 3.. 44 30 44 30 46 37 43 24 46 21 82 31 38 21 29 '2 34 24 34 6 35 22 30 22 28 26 32 23 32 27 33 34 45 li 0 4S 50 37 40 44 - :8 48 - 45 50 38 40 50 - 42 45 48 52 48 52 MONEY and COMMERCIAL. NEWS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL. COTTON MARKET, TIR7ESDAY. —The Wei of this day are 3,500 bales, 500 for export, at a decline of id. per lb. since Friday. Arrivals this Morning French and Ostend mails. Also a mail from Rio Janeiro, by the Alert, sailed on the 28th February, from Bahia, 17th, and from Pernambuco 12th. By the above arrival we have received the Rio Janeiro Price Current of the 23d March. Observations.—Th e exchange since our last circular of the 15th ult., hag varied between 30i and 31, and ruled chiefly at 304. Some accounts were pissed both on Satur day and this morning, at 31 and 30i, but the greater par? of the business tc-day was effected at 304, prem., at whic! rate it closed rather flat. The transactions since the depar ture of last packet have been considerable, today exceeding 50,0001. It is reported that the deficit for the next finan cial year will be less than that of the current, and no fur ther emission of paper money will be resorted to, provided the Legislature coincide with the opinion of Government. The exports in February were 116,563 bags of coffee ; the amount in February last year was 68,120 bags. Coffee—Prices have not experienced any material alter ation except a decline of 50 rs, since the beginning of last week. Business during these last few days has not been vary brisk, as the dealers have firmly declined to submit to a further reduction of about 50 rs. Uprards of 5,000 bags of all descriptions have been disposed of to-day. The stock on hand does not amount to more than 14,000 bags. Sugar—. The sales during the month amounted to about 1,560 cases. Stocks—There has been little activity since our last, the price having declined from 75i and 76 to 74; it is now again firm at 74i- to 75, but little doing. P. S. Tuesday, March 24 .—Exchangc—A fair business has been done this morning at 309, at which rate it left off pretty steady. Coffee—No alteration, and rather dull. Socks—Butincss to some extent has been done at 75 and it looks at present very firm. A Hamburg mail has arrived of the 12th May, bringing Papers of the same date. Exchange on London, 13 6 short; Gold 429-; Mc. tal., 1081 ; 1330 k Shares, 1830 for hills ; Money, 1828. We have received the Journal of Antwerp of yester. day's date. - 13ouRsiz OF AMETERDAU, MAY 11.—The tendency of the market was unfavour,,ble, and the prices were lower, and business less animated. The project of a loan was presented the day before yes. terday— . Leopold—Oa the proposition of our Minister of Finance, and the advice of our Cabinet of Ministers, we decree that our Minister of Finance is charged to present in our name the project of the following law :—lst. That the Government is authorized to make a loan at present or at various periods for 90,000,000 of francs." The accounts from Monte Video state that the French Dupotet, lately arrived at Buenos Ayres, was negociating, in junction with the British and French Charge d'Affaires, for the final settlement of the differences between the two Governments. THE FUNDS. Consols opened at the leaving off quotations of yester day, 91ii Money ; 911 a for the Account ; E xc h equer Bills, 19 21 p rem . ; India Bonds, 2 4 prem. ; Bank Stock, 175 176 ; India Stock, 249 2501. This is settling day in the Foreign Market. The most heavy account to settle is the Spanish. We do not hear of any mischief having occurred as yet. Spanish Active, at present, 2841 ; Deferred, 13a ; Passive, 7hi ; Por tuguese, 341- 35 ; Three per Cents. 241 ; Colombian, 251 261; Mexican, 29 1 304; Brazilian. 75u; Dutch Two.and.a. Half per Cents., 53i 54; Five per Cents., 100:} 101. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Bank Stock 1754 India Stock ... ...... ... 3 per Cent. Red.... 3 per Cents. Con. 3/ J per Cent. . Ditto Red .. .... Nev 34 per Cent. New 5 per Cent. Bank Long Annuities to expire Ditto .... 5001. 19 21 pin. Jan. 5, 1860. .. 13 11-161 Ditto Small Oct. 10, 1859. Jan. 5, le6o. Jan. 5, 18t'.0. April 5, 1880. ... Jan. 5, 1870. FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Austrian Bonds Belgian Bonds 1034 Ditto Account Ditto Account — Portuguese Bonds Brazilian Bonds ... ...... Ditto New Bonds 344 5 4 Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account — Ditto Account Chilian Bonds — Prussian Bonds ..... ... Ditto Account Columbian Bonds Ditto Account. Columbian Bonds, 1824 Spanish Bonds .. ...... 284. Ditto Account — Ditto Account Danish Bonds — Passive Ditto Account — Deferred l3; Greek Bonds Ditto Bonds, 1825 —— 4 per cent... --f. —c Ditto A ccount illexiran 130nd5,5 per cent Exchange... 25f. 40a, Ditto Account ...... .., 264 Dutch, 24 per cent —.531 4Z Ditto,6 per Cent__ 304 Ditto Account Ditto Account ...... ... Ditto, 5 per cent 1014 1002 Neapolitan . Ditto Account PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. £. s. d. X. s. d. X. 3. d. RAILwAYS. Paid. Per Share. Cheltenham and Great Western. 50 Eastern Counties Great North of England •. 65 - to Great Western Ditto New London and Brighton London and Blackwall London and Birmingham 9O ...... 172 South Eastern and Dover lB .... 64 to 7 MINES. British Iron 50 ...... HALF-PAST ONE. The Cordelia has arrived at Liverpool, from China, left Jan. 17 ; but by the overland express, a few days since, we have dates from China of Jan. 20. The letters by the above vctsel have not yet been received. We had no letters from China by the overland express, consequently they g ill be ten days later than previously received, which were only of Jan. 7. The only fcature worth attention is the settling of the Account in the Foreign Market, wbicb, to the present time is going off well. The brokers and jobbers are busy in adjusting their various balances, as well as paying and receiving the differences. Nothing has as yet transpired respecting the Budget, which continues to be anxiously looked for. Treasury Bills in circulation at Buenos Ayres, on the Ist February, .1,355,600 dollars. The pnekt't from the Brazils has brought a freight of 19,0001. sterlinm. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR --I hear a great deal about the Budget, new taxes, &c. If there must be a new tax, let it be on tobacco— tax the smoking puppies, but spare the poor man's salt. Yours, &c. A ROD IN PICKLE. EVIWING EAITION NEW TAXES. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Ti:e performances here on Thursday night were Lucia di Laumermuir, La Prora d'un Opera Seria, and a n :sv ballet called Le Lac des Fees. We bqd Persiaki, Rubini, Colleti, and Lablache in the opera, who all sang with tie r wonted excellence. Colleti has improved—the acting and singing of the others is perfect—susceptible cf no improve ment. In La Prova, Pasta's pup►l, Mademoiselle Tosi, was clever. She sang too with much sweetness, and went through the part ('‘ having undertaken it at a very shcFt notice") very creditably. The quality of her voice Is somewhat thin, but ts Ah guardate the figure I" sung by her and Lablache was capital, and drew down the loudest applause. The new ballet is the best we remember to have seen for some time. It is founded on Auber's Lac de Fees. A German student, in hunting, reaches the shores of a serius,tered lake, haunted by fairies. He conceals himself, witnesses their sports, and steals the magic veil belonging' S's to the fairest of the bevy. Scared by the sound of the hunters approachin g , th e f a i r i es ta k e fli g h t, a ll b ut t h e sin s. fortunat e individual who has lost her veil, and with it her fairy attributes. Thus reduced to the condition of a simple 44 mortal, she assumes a humble disguise, and becomes a 4n servant in the family of a lady to whom the young hunter is about to be married. During the rejoicings preceding 'he marriage Arthur recognizes in the person of the ger. 40 want girl the fairy whom lie loved. He offers, notwitb - qanding his engagement, ta make ler his wife. Arthur restores the veil, by the help of which she takes her flight to rejoin her companions, and we are left in doubt whether lie accompanies her, or concludes his unwilling nuptials with the other fair one. Mademoiselle Cerito, who per sonated the fairy, danced with a delicacy and grace truly beautiful. Signor and Madame Guerra, with Cerito, danced a pas de trois admirably. The scenery was mag nificent, and the general getting up of the ballet cannot be too highly extolled. It cannot fail to be popular. The house was everywhere full. ILLOYD'S SHIPPIN'G-(THIS DAY ) DEAL, MAY 14. —Wind, W. S. W,_. Sailed, the General Williams, Dare, for Madeira. Li vzzuon, MAY I.4.— Wind variable, —Sailed the Chises Ritchie, for Bahia ; Luna, Newby, Brazil ; Ann, Whin field, Maranham ; Thomas Lee, Wolf, Calcutta; Sand bach, Bispham, Demerara; Christina, Agenaga, and Iberia, from Havannah ; Active, Beard, Baltimore ; Al mir, Weeks, New York ; John and Robert, M Kechnie, Quebec. Off port, Cordelia, from China. Fat.morint, MAY 13.—Wind variable.—Arrived the Alert packet, from Rio Janeiro;; sailed 25th March. BRISTOL, MAY 14.—Sailed, Jane and Barbara, Cole man, Quel:c ; Mary Dugdale, Buckland, Australia. SWANSEA, MAY 13.—Arrived, John Colk, Tilson, Val paraiso. DuBLIN, Ilex 13.—Sailed, Hugh, Smallman, Trinidad. CORK, MAY 12.—Arrived,: England, Gardner, Mobile. BRIDLINGTON, MAY 13. The Catimina, England, from Wells to Newcastle, on shore near Flatnborough Head, will be sold as a wreck. SPNDERLAND, MAY 73.--The Cesias, Price, from Me mel to London, was lost on the Omer Sand, on.the 11th instant, crew saved. h DREADFUL LIFE. LATEST FAUTICVLARS. The firemen succeeded in discovering the mutilate d re mains of on e o f th e su ff erers, whose body' is supposed to be that of Mr. Marr, the Chief Clerk at the United Kingdom Life Assurance Office, but it is so much burnt that it is impossible at present to speak positively as to its identity. It was conveyed to the workhouse in Vine street, Piccadilly. The firemen will recommence their researches to-morrow morning (this day) after the other body, which is that of a Mr. Cowley, a' clerk a; Mess"' Stultz, tailors, &c. • IRELAND: (From the Pilot.) THE SCORPION BILL.---.Clan meets to morrow, and will du its duty. Every locality in frelani should meet this week. Let not our King's County friends be (lir couraged by their local causes of complaint. • Stan'ey must be beaten, or else !----and the King's County should :mre the honour. Cork wants leaders, but has spirit. Let the people and clergy lead themselves. Arrot . NTl:tErvs.—Nicholas Comyn, Esq., has been P' pointed Clerk to the Crown for the county Roscommon. It is now understood that Sergeant Curry is to be the Master in Chancery. LONDON MISSIONARY MEETING• The annual meeting of this important Society took place yesterday at Exeter Hall. At till early hour of seven in the morning the doors were opened, and the Hall. before eight, was crowded wi:h congregated thou sands. At half-past nine Sir George Grey took the chair, amidst the cordial cheering of the vast multitude, presenting, as it did, a most striking and imposing ap pearance, every corner the noble edifice being full to overflowing—hundreds turned away ; and when the immense audience rose and sung the hymn with which the proceedings commenced, the effect was over-power ingly grand. Sir George made a most effective speech in opening the business, alluding, in beautiful and inr pressive terms, t o th e martyrdom of the Rev. Wil liams and J. Harris, the Society's missionaries is P° I .Y" nesia. Sev era l e l oquent spea k ers then addresse d the meeting with great effect. The Right Honourable Baronet was succeeded in the chair by Mr. T. Wilson. the treasurer o f th e S oc i ety . Th e f o ll ow i ng i s the sub stance of the Rep or t rea d by t h e S ecretar y :--The number of the So c i e ty' s m i ss i onary stat i ons i s at Pre" sent 361, the numb e r o f Mi ss i onar i es 156, and the number of assist a nt s ( na ti ve an d E ng li s h) i n foreign parts 451. During th e p as t y ear t wen ty e ight new Missionaries have b een sen t ou t, w i t h th e i r wives and families. The number of the Society's churches i 3 at present 101. The number of communicant!, 9,966 ; and the number of scholars 41,752. The receipts for the year have been 91,1191. 12s. lad. and the expenditure 82,197/. 03.4 d. It was announco . ! by Mr. Garthwait that 10,0001. had been made over and placed in trust for the society by a resident in the manufacturing districts, who gave this anonymously; and that two farms in Lancashire had been made over to. the society, the annual proceeds amounting to 2001. Two of the directors present gave 100/. each, and the treasurer the like sum. The boxes were handed round during the meeting, and a very large sum of money col lected. One individual put 26/. in the box. THE MURDER OF LORD WILLIAM RUSSELL. In consequence of the discovery of his Lordship's watch. yesterday morning, by police constable Cronin, 158 E, Inspector Tcdman and Sergeant Pullin have since been engaged in making further search about the premises, wit h the view of discovering the instrument with which the horrid deed was perpetrated, but hitherto without success. As however it is considered improbable, under all the cir cumstances that have come to light, that it could have been removed entirely away, tl a search will be continued in detail with the strictest possible scrutiny of the house, ex ternal of the roof, and those of- the adjoining houses, the yard, cellars, &c. S evera l art i cles of virtu, c ollected by his Lordship, and a l arge collection of paintings w ere packed up this morning, preparatory to their removal, te ' his Lordship's relatives. Crowds of persons are at inter vals still attracted about the how. The watch was found in the sink after it was removed into the yard. After it was thrown into the yard it nt tracted the attention of a sergeant of the C division, wh°, began exami n i ng it, and eventually t urne d back the lea d from the wood en frame, tvliich discovered the watch artfu ll y placed in between. The lead had evidently been beaten down after the watch had been introduced, and the glass the watch was broken, which was apparently all the inl e tt lY o it had received. There was no 'chain or seals attached to the watch, and what makes its preservation most remark' able is the fact that the sink having four wooden legs ' i n t been repeatedly, since its removal, used as a stool, r ., pos it° I out a suspicion being entertained that it was the ro of a portion of the property. Sir St. Vincent CAton has had a severe attack I • (frir ,nliswisa,s fanodrmist:rliy in tae hers, , linoth i a Le s rL r d s. angerous state. Sir The Mess of • her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at -Arms dined together last evening (the second meeting this season) at the Thatched House. It was stated in the Committee on the Taaffe Railroad Bill, in the House_ of Commons on Monday , t hat in the event of th a t measure becoming law, coals would be brought to London, and sold to the public at the rate of 19s. per ton. BRITISH AND FOREIGN SOCIETY FOR 111 1 SUPPRESSION OF IN TEMPERANCE .—L as t n i g ht the an nual general meeting o f t h e mem b ers and fr i en d s of the Ab evae Society was held in the large room, Exeter Hall, the Hon. Earl Stanh o p e i n t h e chair. - Mr. Green, the secretary, r". the report, w hi c h gave a most favourable accoun t of the pro" gress of th e association, and stated that the cause of tempera!'ce had made rapid strides throughout the kingdom. Sir Culling Eardley Smith, Bart., ar.d rev ral other gentlemen, advocated the obj ec t s o f t h e S oc i ety i n speec h- s o f cons id er able length . THE BARK SEASON —The present has prove: the most favourable season for bark-stripping ever remembered, and it is unusually forward. Owing to the late warm weat.P n. the sap ascended rapidly, and greatly facilitated the operation. The price has been fixed at 5/. 10s. per ton, which is ss. less than last year.— Worcester Journal. .Mr. Alexander Lee, the composer, and grE. Waylett, the ballad singer, have become the lessees of the The atre loyal, Chester, for the term of three years. GOLD WATCHES, £B. Bs. each. Highly finished Horizontal Gold Watcher, Jewelled in four holes, with enamel dial, hand to mark the seconds, &c. Eight Guineas each. These elegant little Watches will be found excellent t i me .keepers, and a printed warranty is given with fixed terms! on which they will always receive r_ry attention required. T. COX SAVORY, Watchmaker, Jeweller, and Silversmith, 47, Cornhill (Sirfen Doors from Grauecharch-street), London. N. B. —Second-hand Watchc! : - .urchased in exchange. - - - London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNa i No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Offi ce , N o . 112, St r and n tho county of bliddlesez.--Friday, May lb, 1840.