The Sun. — London, England, 1840-06-02 00:00:00

•-r ,4 Y)ty r 7 . 1 0 ' O'N t": 4 s EVENING EDITION. LATEST FROM AMERICA. By the arrival at Liverpool of the packet ship Ste phen Whitney, in 18 days from New York, we have received New York Papers of the 13th ult. inclusive, being two days later than the last arrivals. The British Queen had not then arrived out, but she was hourly expected. There is not much political news in the American Papers. On the 10th ult., Amos Kendall, for several years P o stmaster-General of the United States, an unced his resignation in the Washington Globe. He stat ea that this step Las been forced upon him by ill health, having had no difference whatever with the President or any Member of the Cabinet. Having, however, acoumukited little or no property in a public station, Mr. Kendall feelingly announces that to support a large family he has accepted an editorial engagement on the Washington Globe, the profits of the extra-sheet of which are to be allowed him by the proprietors, Messrs. Blair and Rives. Few public men quit office so empty•handed, and to us, with our aristocratical notions of Cabinets, the spectacle of an invalided Post master -general exchanging his official station for the se vere and incessant drudgery to which the editor of a newspaper is hopelessly doomed', is suggestive of feel- ines painfully commiserative. Mr. Kendall's retirement was followed by count legs rumours of the breaking-up of the Washington Cabinet, but they proved to be all equally groundless. The slavery abolitionists had assembled by depu.a tioa in New York, where several meetings were held, and the reports from different States read. The aboli tionists, we are happy to state, are rapidly increasing in numbers and inthence in the United States. The aotion and re-action of con.rnercial upon political affairs, and vice versa, is more immediately felt in the United States than in any other country in the world. This is accounted for by the absence of old established institutions, which set ve as breakwaters stemming the first impetuous rush of the tide of public opinion. We therefore think that the view which is taken of the prospects of the United States in the following extract from the City article of the New York Morning Herald of the 13th ult. ought not to be lost sight of by those interested in the political and financial affairs of our transaiglantie neighbours : Tile political horizon in all quarters shows signs of an approaching change in the administration of affairs. For the last ten years the politics of this country have turned upon the financial pe,tioa. The present party in power have ever been decidedly an I avowedly opposed to a Na tional Bank, Without having any definite line of action marked out for their guidance, after the destruction of the United States Bank, taev recklessly adopted that measure. The result was an immediate commencement of the wildest speulatioa. When the U. S. Bank ceased to act as a national institution, it stood in the highest credit. The States, individually and collectively, enjoyed the most unbounded credit abroad ; and in Eurepe, the Ameri can business was contended for among capitalists on account of the lucrativeness of its nature. The distri bution of the surplus revenue at this juncture, the creation of $200,000,000 of Bank capital, and the removal of the restraint over the local banks be fore exercised by the U. S. Bank through its branches, all conspired to form a most powerful stimulus to specula tion. The result was a degree of apparent prosperity before unequalled in history ; prices of produce and mer chandise rose, and all classes were on the road to wealth. This state of things was by the masses ascribed to the policy of the General Government; at least so far, no evil consequences bad practically grown out of their mea sures. It was, therefore, not to be supposed that the clamours of political partisans would bias public opinion in the face of facts. " In process of time the bubble burst, and the banks and merchants stopped payment. They promptly rallied, however, paid their debts, and credit was restored—not so, however, the power to recover the former tone of the markets. Prices continued to depreciate untii the reduc tion has reached every class of productions. The U. S. Bank which was the great engine of recovery from the former revulsion lies crushed beneath the mass of depreci ating values. The stimulus applied formerly is reacting now is its full force. Labour is idle, credit is prostrate, the productions of the earth are almost valueless. This state of things is operating strongly on the politics of the country. The administration was sustained, while their measures were apparently successful ; but the indications now are, that the opposition party will be successful at the coming election. As a candidate to represent that party, General W. H. Harrison, has been selected, and the poli tico-financiera of Philadelphia have rallied around him in the anticipation that on his election! the U. S. Bank will be restored to its former standing and emoluments as a national bank. " A change in the administration:of the Federal Govern ment, accompanied by the reorganization of a National Bank on the former system, would again be the source of another season of speculation and inflation of prices, which would relieve a great many banks and individuals from the unavailable securities they now hold, by making the market active ; but would also lead to the creation of additional large quantities. These would stagger on for a short time, and again burst. At the commencement of the speculation which burst in 1936, the ground was firm, the market comparatively clear of fancy securities, the number of banks, railroads, and other companies small, and the institutions and com munity at large in good credit. Tie structure which was built on this foundation lasted but a few years. We arc now lost amidst its ruins. The market is overloaded with fancy stocks. Railroads and speculative companies cover the country. There is one third more banking com panies than are stteful, and the credit of the United States Bank, which was then undoubted, is now nearly gone, and that of many of the States nearly so. A National Bank would not only have to stimulate business, but to resusci tate old securities, unless the intervention of a general bankrupt law, embracing institutions, prepares the way for its action." From Canada and the South American States we have no intelligence of any moment, except a paragraph which will be found in our City article. The following extracts, in which the capture of two slavers is commu nicated, will he read with interest. We likewise sub join the latest account of the State of the New York Money Market : Tax SLAVE TRADE.—The Brighton, at Boston, spoke on the sth of March, a Portuguese slave brig with 600 slaves on board, a prize to a British sloop-of-war, captured off Mozambique. HIGHLY IMPORTANT.—A SLAVER CAPTURED DY A U. S. ScnooNea.—The slave schooner Sarah Ann, ar rived here yesterday from Sierra Leone, in charge of Lieut. J. C. Williamscra of the United States Navy. She was seized on the coast of Africa for dabbling in the slave trade. This slaver was owned in New Orleans, and commanded by Capt. Raymond. She was seized in one of the small rivers or creeks on the coast by the English brig of war Bonita, and delivered to Lieut. Corn, Payne, of the U. S. schooner Grampus, on the 12th of March last. He imme diately placed her in charge of Lieut. Williarnson,with a prize crew of eight men, and ordered her home for trial. She sailed under American colours, and had all the implements for a slave expedition, such ns irons, large water tanks and slave decks ; but no slaves were on board when cap tured. Her mate has arrived in her for examination. Most of her crew, however, are on board the Grampus, and will be brought home by Lieut. Com. Payne next month. The Captain died on the Bth cf April. The Sarah Ann is a beautiful vessel of about one hun dred tons burthen, and a remarkable fast sailer. Lieut. Williamson states that four or five just such looking clip. pets and the same number of brigs had been eaptured and taken to Sierra Leone—the Spanish schooner Wasp, Capt. Weems, among the number, and condemned. Letter bags from the Grampus have been brought home by Lieut. Williamson. MBLANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—A pleasure boat, containing four young men anu one lady ,in returning to the city fro Hoboken, last Sunday, capsized, and the five were dro 'med. Mr. Morand and John Plunkett, who kept a cigar store in Nassau -street, were among the number. NEW YORK MONEY MARKET. TUESDAY, MAY I'2, 6 p. m.—The financial horizon shows no indication of any improvement. The abuse of the credit system is fast producing its opposite ex treme, and business is confingd, to the limited circle of those who possess a cash capital. The business of 'Wall-street is in the hands of a few individuals, who find full and lucrative employmer.t for their funds. The licen tious course of the insolent banks and merchants is fast p utting an end to the emnant -- of that ereqit which, b ut few years since, wds enjoyed a l most universally ; trade is consequently decaying, and the interest of mon , ..y falling. A :anal' degree of aetivity is with difficulty kept up s n the fancy stock market. This is done only through the movements of two or three 1ar . , 4 0 0 " eratorg, whose design is " to keep the market active." The lame movements in this stock are accompani e d b y trifling transactions in other fancies. y amountsabl which change hands are scaroely instance, t to The est shares ish only al price.i l'Nltyis r e th ; In United States Bank, for fifty sold at an improvement of per cent. on e yesterda)s r a large amount would have sent theprie down. American Trust and Banking declined 14 Tpehre.rce were sales Stonington per cent. ; Harlem :J . ; . per cent. sales of Illinois six per cents. at 70. Old 9 o a rri , ... lon. Bonds at par. Bills on Philadelphia sold at on Baltimore 5 a 5.1 dis. The rates of sterlinr:_: - dis. , remain nominally the same; the transactions are try small.: The cotton market evinces small operatior,s without change. r ., In flour the market is dull, ".., $4,87i per barrel, for western brands. The receipt the repairs of the canal, b, t the price is drooping. There :. have not been large since are large orders in 11-.. e city and some !rench . on English account at $4,75, 'i.ders have been filled at g-1,87}, the present pr.,-e. Ile rate of freight is rather declining, which fav°v.is the market. NEW YORK RATE OE FAT THE STOCK EXCHANGE., MAI 12. .060 Illinois Sixes .......................................... 70 50 United States Bank .................. pany ......... 74 50 do. N. A. T. • and Bant:ing, Com ...... 40 150 do. Delaware and Hudson a3O days 72i 40 do. Manhattan Bank ........................ ..• 81 50 do. Phcenix Bank .............................. 77 150 do. Seventh Ward Bank .......... ......... ..• 80 15(3 do. Bank of Commcrct .................. ierip os 21 do. Merchants! Exchange Co ................. 40 25 do. North River Inns Co ............... 91 0 5 do. Stonington Railroad .. b6O rig 16/ 50 do. Harlaem Railroad b3o day s 45 60 do. New Jersey Railroad , 823- We perceive the wood pavement, which has been partially laid down in Oxford-street, is now being further ex tended. A number of workmen are employed opposite the new and elegant Silk and Drapery Establishment of Messrs. Wills and an', which is certainly one of the most magnificent in #llll /1 11 rt• i TO BE SOLD, pursuant to a DECREE of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made is a Catke of TYLER versus LEA, with the approbation of Sir GIFFIN WILSON, Knight, one of the Masters of the said Court, at the Auction Mart, Bartholemew-lane, London, some time in the month of August, of which due notice will be given, in Lots—A FREEHOLD ESTATE, situate at FINCHLEY, in the county of Middlesex; consisting of a House, called Cold Harbour House, and Land, and also two small Plots of Leasehold Ground adjacent thereto ; a LEASEHOLD DWELLING-HOUSE, being No. 75, in EAST-STREET , MARY LEBONE, in the County of Middlesex, held for a term of which 32 years are unexpired, at an Annual Rent of 451. A Leasehold-house, No. 1, Richard-street, Islington, held for a term of which 31 years arc unexpired; eight small Leasehold Houses, in Goulden-place, Bethnal Green-road, in the said county of Middlesex, held for a term of which 46 years are unexpired ; two Leasehold Houses, in Redman's-rosy. Stepney green, in the county of Middlesex ; two Leasehold Houses, in East-street, Paddington ; two Leasehold Houses, Nos. 1 and 2, in Castle-street, Falcon-square, in the city of London, held for a term of which 16 years are unexpired ; the undivided moiety of a Freehold Dwelling-house, No. 103, Lower Thames street, in the City of London. A Freehold Messuageor Dwel ling-house, Garden, and premises at Thames Ditton, in the County of Surrey, known by the name of High House, with a piece of Land adjacent thereto, a close of Freehold Pasture Land, called the Shoulder of Mutton Close, situate at Whitley, in the City of Coventry, and one undivided eighth part of two Freehold Dwelling-houses, in Little Park-street, Coventry. Printed particulars xnd conditions of Sale are preparing, and may shortly be hail (gratis) at the said Master's Chambers, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London ; of Messrs. Weeks and Gilbertson, s olicitors, Cook's- court,Lincoln's-inn : of Messrs. Austen and Hobson, solicitors, 4, Raymond-buildings, Gray's-inn ;of Messrs. Pocock and Wilson, solicitors, Bar tholOmew-close, Smithfield ; of Messrs. Carter, Son, and Kerr, solicitors, Coventry ; of Messrs. Troughten and Lea, soli citors, Coventry, and of Messrs. Dewes and Sons, solicitors, Coventry. WEEKS and GILBERTSON, Cook's-court, Lincoln's-inn, Plaintiff's Solicitors. THE most novel and slendid selection of BRITISH and FOREIGN GOODS is now on SALE at Messrs. WILLS and DAVY'S new aad elegant Es tablishment, Nos. 43 and 44, Oxford-street. The proprietors respectfully invi'e the attention of Ladies to their rich and beautiful Stock, consisting of the most fashion able styles, in Mousseline de LaMe, Mousseline Organdi, Chine, Poult de Soies, Velours Epingle, Armures and Sati netts, Pompadours, Montmorency Brocades, Reps, Plain Gros de Naples, rich and Whit eand Coloured Satins, &c. For BONNETS, a vast assemblage of the most splendid fabrics, amongst which are the following :—Rich Cordes Chine, Cordes a Poil, Dugazine de Pois, Cordes a Couronnes, Constantines, &c., the whole of which have been selected with great care and judgment, and will be offered considerably under the usual prices, in consequence of their having been pur chased under peculiar circumstances. A very choice and endless variety of Mantalettes and Shawls, in all the latest and most recherche designs. A very extensive stock of Irish Cloths and Table Linen, which Messrs. Wills and Davy will feel a pleasure in recom mending to families. The Hosiery department contains an excellent assortment of Silk, Cotton, and Worsted Hose. A very large stock of British and Foreign Lace, and Haber dashery of every description ; likewise an immense quantity of splendid French Flowers, just imported, which will be found worthy of attention. WILLS and DAVY, 43 and 44, Oxford-street. EPSOM RACES—THE DERBY DAY. LIFE IN LONDON, Nos. 1,2, and 3, the Best Penny Newspaper. A MAGNIFICENT ENGRAVING of this popula- and CELEBRATED RACE, is presented GRATIS with No. 3 of the above Paper, OUT TO-DAY. CONTENTS or No. s—All the Sporting Intelligence of the Week—Shooting, Hunting, Riding, Boating, Running, Wrest ling, Yachting, Driving, Fishing, Jumping, Steeple-chasing, Bathing, Swimming, Training, &c. Also, awful Pictures of Real Life in the Madhouse, Gambling-houses, Gaols, Prisons, Gin Palaces, Station-houses, Harems, Nunneries, Magdalens, and Penitentiaries ; with Lives of Housebreakers, Smugglers, Convicts, Paupers, Outlaws, Bandits, Pirates, Traitors, Beg gars, Assassins, Murderers, and Blacklegs. CONSUMPTION CURABLE, by Dr. J. P. HOLMES, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, and author of a Treatise on Consumption. 10 be had of the Author ; Holdsworth, publisher ; and all Booksellers. His method of treating this disease in the various stages of bron chitis, hemorrhage from the lungs, hooping cough, asthma, and rheumatic affections of the chest and heart, is fully de scribed in his work, and reference to individuals cured is there given. His peculiar treatment impos-s no confinement or ces sation from ordinary occupations. The author may be con sulted, from 10 to 2 daily, at his own house, 21, Old Fish street, Doctors'-commons. Application made by letter, de scribing the present state of the patient, will meet with imme diate attention, and the remedy will be forwarded to any part of the country. SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH, &c. This day is published, in 10 vols. foolscap Svo., price 31. bound in cloth, lettered, THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND. By Sir JAMES MACINTOSH, WILLIAM \VAL: LACE, Esq., and ROBERT BELL, Esq. London : Longman, Orme, and Co. This day, with Portrait, price I6s. sloth, lettered, THE LIFE of THOMAS BURGESS, BISHOP of SALISBURY including a Selection of Letters addressed to him by T. Tyrwhitt, Esq., Lord Monboddo, Right Hon. W. Windham, Bishop Barrington, Bishop Hunting ford, Dr. Burney, Han na h More, G. Marriott, Esq., Rev. C. Simeon, &e., &c. By J. S. HARFORD, Esq., D. C. L., F. R. S. London : Longman, Orme, and Co. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. PROMENADE MUSICALE, KONIAPHOSTIC, AND ERUPTION OF HECLA! The Second Grand Promenade Musicale et Thampetre, by the unrivalled Band of this Establishment, conducted by Mr. Godfrey, will take place on THURSDAY, June 4th. Grand Instrumental Concert ; Eruption of a Suit-marine Vol cano ; Breaking up of the Ice : Fir s t Exhibition of Mr. H. Carter's astonishing " Lime Light ;" Panorama al Fresco of Iceland ; Eruption of Mount Hecla, &c. Admission, One Shilling. Feeding Hour of the Carnivora. Five o'clock. LONDON: TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1840. COCKERMOUTH ELECTION. Mr. HORSNIAN has been returned for the 80. rough of Cockermouth by a majority of Twenty five.—Morning Post. In the Lords, on petitions being presented against the Earl of ABERDEEN'S Bill for regulating the Kirk of Scotland, Lord BROUGHAM took an opportunity of pronouncing a strong opinion against those who refused to obey the law, and to state that he wished to see the existi.ig laws enforced before new ones were enacted. * The Earl of CHARLEVILLE and the Marquis of LON DONDERRY asked some questions about the appoint ments under the Poor-law (Ireland), and were proceed ing to trespass on the Royal prerogative by questioning those appointments, when they were rebuked by Lord ELLENBOROUGH, who, looking forward, probably, to a time when he may be called on to exercise it, thought it necessary to check the impertinences of his friends. On the Order of the Day tor going into Committee on the Administration of Justice Bill, Lord BROUGHAM stated that he was opposed to any increase in the power of Chancery. The Noble and Learned Lord stated, at considerable length, his reasons for thinking that the present Judges might, with proper regulations, get through the business. When lie was Lord Chancellor, he had been applied to for an increase of the number of Judges in the Common Law Courts ; and if he had a=sented to :he request there would now have been more Judges than were required. The Noble and Learned Lord also stated his views on the Ai r ; pellate Jurisdiction, which he seems inclined io place in the Privy Council, at the head of WLich he would place the head of the Law, on of mi Lo A l fter a very short " ) ,iscussion, whi c h ensued when 1311 ,. ° ,"""' 'h finished, ti Jill was, on the m ot any obi , I mitt 1- '"a I,l , : t nitt:tuVr,a and on account of the ~..ctons made to it, referred to a Select Com. e. This is the month of June, and we apprehend, (acrefore, th at the Bill will not s tand muc h c h ance of being converted into a law this Session. Their Lordships then adjourned. In answer to Mr. H. HINDE, Mr. F M AtT ans would soon b said the Rep or t o f the Commissioners . orTurniVe Lo presented, isu throughtlledid notexp p ect to carry any measure on thesubject Parliament this Session. to Mr, tH ASTOrE, M r . Ft ox Matm sta l te n d r t elY h p at he had writte n to Mr. NlfoeNtAtN, Rho,in committing ~ATltstrik L. CAvt gaOl On hearsa e idencc, : l ad acted qto.e accordin g to law. Wd alw a. s said 'no had. The law was made lbr therieb, and placed in their hands As an Inat!qunent to punish and harass the poor, tkntl the Rev. Mr. MOUNTAIN has acted a , cut -ititr s to law. NATHANIEL:CAVL has in the mean time been cited peremptorily to appear before Lord A SINGER, and show cause why he should not p a y double costs in the cause CANE v. MOUNTAIN. It would be more merciful to hang than so to worry C AvE ; but he has committed the worse than treasonable offe nce of bringing an action against a Magistrate. Mr. O'C ONNELL ' S 1110 Ii011 to a ppoint a Committ ee t o h who ^d l a id out money conside r th e case o f M r . 11 E 11(51.Es 131tAostiaw, in erecting sugar mills , and whose manufactu re o f sugar f rom b ee t roo t had been put a stop to, was negatived by 90 to 71. The debate on this motion had been adjourned on account of the ab sence of the President of the Board of Trade who was last night present, and pronounced Mr. BEADSHAw's claim the most groundless one he had ever heard of. On the motion for ooinz into a Committee on • EU )11:11. THE SUN, LONDON. TUESDAY. JUNE 2, 1840. surprise, which we believe was generally shared, that the Canada Bill was passed through the Committee so rapidly on Friday. Part of that was due to his absence, for he has objections to the Bill, which he means to state. Mr. HUME objected to the Bill, as it levied addi tional taxes ; and inquired of Lord PALMERSTON whe ther any propesiti2n had been made by France to pro mote peace betw&n Egypt and Turkey. The lion. Member complained of the expense which our foreign policy entailed on the country. Lord PALMERSTON showed that the necessity for more taxes resulted from the postage reform, from the state of affairs in Canada, and from the war with China, and not from our foreign policy ; but. the Noble Lord declined to enter, as the Hon. Member wished, into any lengthened discussion on the subject. On the motion for the SPEAKER to leave the Chair, Mr. CHRISTOPHER moved that it is the opinion of the House, as Ireland pays no assessed taxes, that it would be unjust to impose any new tax exclusively on the people of Great Britain, such as the assessed taxes. Mr. Sergeant JACKSON opposed his Hon. Friend's motion, and complained of the increase of the duty on Irish spirits, which was 14i per cent., while that on Bri tish spirits was only 4i per cent. Mr. O'CONNELL also opposed the motion, and dwelt on the disadvantage Ireland suffered. He called on the Hon. Member to do justice to Ireland in other respects before increasing the inequality of taxation. Colonel SIBTFIORP proposed a tax on salaries above 800/. a-year. After a brief conversation the House di vided and Mr.CHRISTOPHER . S motion was negatived by 86 to 11. The House then went into Committee. On clause 16, providing for an increase on the duty on spirits, the Irish Members objected to it as unjust and likely to promote s muggling. The Committee divided, and the blank was filled up, as the Chancellor of the Exchequer proposed, by 57 to 26. Another division took place on the assessed taxes clause, which was carried by 83 to 36 ; and still another, on a proposition of Mr. GILLON to abolish the duty on all carriages let for hire, which was lost by 69 to 58. The Bill went through a Committee. The Grand Jury Cess (Ireland) Bill, meeting with some opposition, was postponed, and the House ad ourned. Whether the English be more priest-ridden or lawyer-ridden we will not undertake to decide, but certainly they are very hard ridden by both these learned professions. Law yercraft and priestcraft seem in these piping times of peace and commercial restriction to absorb all the youthful ambition of society, which, in other times, sought distinction in the army and navy, or in extending trade, and which now labours to subdue, not the foreign enemies of the people, but the people themselves. The two crafts seem the only unrestricted trades, and each keeps the other in countenance as they march, pari passu, t 9 their common goal. The patient people are extremely submissive, and, like the camel, come at their master's call and kneel down for a fresh burden. That they will always be less sensible than the animal is hard to believe, for he being over loaded will refuse to rise, and it may be hoped that the long enduring people, staggering along under an almost insupportable weight, will at length, like the camel, refuse to carry the burden any further. The additional load called Church Extension, and the additional Judges to be appointed by the LORD CHANCELLOR'S BM, if they be not the actual last straw which makes the burden unbearable, are very like it. We must admit that lawyercraft has in legisla tive craft a powerful auxiliary, which priestcraft wants. The Commons, at least, look a little askance at the priests, and cannot well add an• nually to the profitable mysteries they possess. But though the laws be so numerous that a life devoted to the study cannot master them, and so contradic tory that the most commanding genius cannot unravel them, yet the Legislature goes on heap ing law on law, sesssion after session, and so making the mass more voluminous and mure con tradictory, and so giving annually more extension to the craft of the lawyer. To this we must add, that there is less distrust in society of this craft than the other, and it seems likely, therefore, to last longer, and to throw on us heavier burdens. The Bill for the improvement of the administra tion of Equity, discussed last night in the House of Lords, has for its object to create two new Judges, who, of course, must each have all the accessories of a Court, registrars, masters, clerks, beadles, porters, counsel, solicitors, &c., &c., not only constituting so many more lawyers to pay out of the funds of the people, but creating more business for themselves and their brethren, and calling into existence an additional batch of Judges, counsel, clerks, solicitors, and beadles. This is a consequence which the public should well consider. To establish new Courts promotes litigation. They do not encourage individuals to go to law, but they stimulate solicitors to carry the business of those who are unfortunate enough to confide in them into Court. Such undoubtedly was the consequence of the Reform in Equity in 1813, when a Vice-Chancellor was created. The number of suits which the solicitors carried into,_ and kept in Court was doubled by the appointment of a Vice-Chancellor. At the same time as the number of causes was increased the number of years each cause had to wait for a decision was prolonged. The LORD CHANCEL LOR expressly stated when the Bill was read a se cond time, on May 11, that he expected that its results would be to augment business, and he de fended the proposition to create two new Judges by asserting that they were likely to cause a great in crease in the number of causes brought before them. Thus the lawyers ate a most procreative tribe, and require only a little room rapidly to double their numbers. A new Court is a bounty on their fecun dity, and no person can be surprised that nu merous bodies of solicitors have petitioned for the LORD CHANCELLOR'S It is true that the Loth) CHANCELLOR said there would be no occasion to take any portion of the taxes to pay for the new Court, and that the ex pense might be taken out of the suitor's fund. We are astounded at the assertion. The Court of Chancery then, has a quasi power of taxing the unfortunate persons whose property falls under its control. The proposed expense will, in fact, be as much taken from the people as if it were the pro duce of a tax, and it has this to aggravate it, that it is taken in large sums from a small class, instead of being taken in small sums from the whole community. The amount of the fund which the Court of Equity now has to administer was stated by the LORD CHANCELLOR, on May 11, to be 41,000,0001., " Besides," says the Woolsack, a new and spirited fellow-labourer in the field, " holding in abeyance the right to other personal and real estates of much greater and unknown value." The Court of Equity taxes the suitors to a great amount every year, and out of this tax—not out of any tax levied by the House of Commons, and therefore under the control of the public — the LORD CHANCELLOR proposes to pay the ex pense of his new Court of Equity, which will taz the people still further, and still further extend the influence. of the lawyer tribe. The Lotto CitAieegt.t.mtt, on concluding his speech h on May 11, Equity,referred to the practices of the but left them for future revision. They ought to be the first reformed. It is in vain to hope while there are two large armies the banisters and the sclicitorm—who demand, and generally receive, the implicit confidence of their clients, who have a strong interest in protracting suits, and who have the power, and the art, for they draw up all l ega l writings to occasion suits,—it is in vain to hope that any increase in the number of Judges will serve any other purpose than that sesl ofitto Court, enal)lnig andtlie these two i classes to carry more causes property au d byo f au th i e m ir p e r l o ln ui ts e . ut T h l rt y he re p qu ra i c re . to b more e t checked, he which is within be th c e he L ck o e tt d p ; and till they are checked, till they oreCticieisANOCfELLhLeOßCu.os power, we r, they made to lose instead of gaining by protracte d litigation, to mul tiply Courts will only be to mult i p l y their means of sweating every property which they can car r y Into Court. The last debate on this Bill supp lied an excel lent illustration of the conduct bot h of solicitors and barristers. It was then stated , and admitted by all the Noble Lords present, that causes arc disposed of, in the Equity side of the Court of Exchequer, in as many hours as they are kept months T and her e even e n oneyearsappeal iii the less Court of too, from th e d ec i s i ons o f the Court of Exchequer in Equity, tha n from those of the Master of th e R o ll s or o f th e Vice-Chancellor. , In all respects, the decisions of the Court of Ex chequer are as valid and satisfactory as those of the Court of Chancery. Notwithstanding these ad vantages, the Court of Exchequer, as an Equity Court, he'! comparatively little business, while the Courts of Chancery are overwhelmed with it. In oc,d, calwar Q lltc 1n Eauitv in the Court of Exchequer, than in any year since 1794. While a cause, said the LORD CHAN CELLOR, on May 11, might wait from three to six years in the Court of Chancery, in the Court of Exchequer there are no arrears whatever. At the same time, the fees in the Court of Exchequer are 10 per cent, higher than in the Court of Chancery, but solicitors will not carry their clients' causes into that Court, nor will barristers practise there. NN by is this ? The answer deeply concerns the public, ' and we shall give it on a much higher authority than our own. On May 11th Lord ABINGER stated that causes were delayed in the Court of Chancery, and that this was the reason why solicitors carried them into that Court. The term-fees alone he said amounted on arrear causes to 20,0001. a-year. What a nice spoil It is clear that double, treble, and quadruple fees are ob tained, by sweating the estate by delay, in the Court of Chancery more than could be obtained were the ca use carried into the Court of Exchequer. The class of suitors, said Lord ABINGER, who come into the Court of Exchequer, are those whose I property will not afford to pay the expense of the Court of Chancery arising from delay. If the property be very rich—if the funds very large—the suit found its way into the Court of Chancery." We do not charge the solicitors on our own autho rity—we charge them on the authority of Lord ABINGER—Oi unjustly fleecing their clients by carrying causes into the Court of Chancery, where they are hung up for years, instead of carrying them into the Court of Exchequer, where they could be speedily decided. Having stated this fact on such high authority, those who are unfortunate enough to have Equity suits will not be just towards them selves it they do not insist on their solicitors car rying their causes into the Exchequer. But the LORD CHANCELLOR will not allow them. One part of his Bill is intended to abolish the Equity side of the Court of Exchequer, and transfer its business to Chancery. He falls in, then, with the views of the solicitors and barristers, and because they will not, for the sinister interest we have stated, go into the Court of Exchequer, he wishes to create, for their especial advantage, two additional Courts of Chancery, where a still greater number of causes may be hung up. We are far from sup posing that the Noble and Learned Lord is not actuated by the purest motives, hut his mind, like the mind of the community, is enslaved by lawyer craft. Pure, upright, intelligent, one of the best and wisest Judges who ever sat on the Wool sack, Lord COTTENHAM proves by his advocacy of this species of re-form, which means—re-create abuses, that, like the most ignorant and vulgar, he is domineered over by the sinister interests of solicitors and barristers. On the first day after the coming recess, which is the first day on which the motion can be made, Mr, HumE will move for the appointment of a Select Committee, to inquire respecting the effects of the Corn-laws on the wages and condition of the working people. The Metropolitan Anti-Corn-law Association have appointed a Committee to make inquiries, and to carry out some which have not been completed, in various parts of the nation in reference to the subject, and for the purpose of aiding Mr. HUME and his friends in the House, who wish to show more at length, as well as more particularly, the several consequences on the working people,of these laws. Though the people will see from this that there are still some men in the House of Commons who take an interest in their welfare, we are afraid that all such motions, however well intended, come too late, and fall much too short of their wishes and hopes now to render it possible to reconcile them to the House of Commons. The Moniteur of Sunday is silent respecting the death of the King of PitussiA. Of the fact, how ever, no doubt was entertained in Paris. On Saturday M. REMUSAT, Minister for the Home Department, presented to the Chamber of Deputies the amended Bill for removing to France the remains of Napoleon. M. REMUSAT stated that a million of francs would not defray the expense of the removal, and that the Government would be obliged again to ask the Chamber for an additional grant. We exceedingly regret that M. THIERs did not advise the KING to advance tile other million out of his own pocket ; and thus have left the Deputies to enjoy the glory of having refused supplies adequate to the removal of NAPOLEON'S ashes to his beloved France. Such a measure would have crowned the popularity of the KlNG—would have for ever united to him the strong affections of the veterans of the empire. The Madrid Papers received are of the 24th ult. The Chamber of Deputies had agreed to take into consideration the Report of the Minority of the Committee on the new Loan Bill. The substance of this Report of the Finance Minister has already appeared in our columns. We have received the following letter - " Algiers, May 24. " Yesterday we witnessed the arrival of the Marshal and the Dukes of Orleans and Aumale, with a strong di vision of the army employed in the expedition. The whole population went out to meet them. M. Guizot, Director of the Interior, congratulated the Princes on their conduct. The following is the answer of the Duke of Orleans " lam proud, as well as my brother, of having paid my debt in the first period of the great struggle which is commencittg. The intention is fully formed to found in this country a peeple and a great empire. This will be followed up with vigour and perseverance, and, believe me, it will be comprehended at Paris as well as in Africa.' " This speech was received with cries of Vive le Roi,' ' Viva le Due d'Orlcans," Vive le Due d'Aumale.' " At preget±t Ite are re-organizing the column that had arrived with the Ilr::'?ne; these troops, with Marshal Valea a that ll t t a n possession, they and t at their head, will set out tO ret urn to Medeah in a week. From ke r Mlreine(: Miliana, of which the : till the hot season sets in. One thing Is is now certain my will • r rieration will continue is that Medea': and Miliana will be retained." that The Guardia National of Barcelona announces . . the Carlist Chiefs have ordered a general disbanding of their troops. It is said that there arc above 830 men re maining at Berga.—Le Constitutionnel. The National says_" The subscriptions opened by the Journals of M. Tniers on the one hand, and by the Buona partist Journals on the other have reached the following sums:— THIERS. Le Siecle 17,237f. 50c. Le Courrier 3,716f. 50c. Le Constitu -1,1351. —c. tionnel LOUIS BUONAPARTE. Le Capitole 2,089 f. 80c. ,Le Commerce.. 1,491 f. —c. 22,489 f. The amount of M. Louis is tl as 3to 12. This argues ill. were concerned in this affdi have given loo,ooor. The subscriptions for Gene in the first week, the sum of France. 3,550 f. 80e. .herefore to that of M. Thiers If the memory of Napoleon ir e Paris alone would already , ra l Foy had reached at Paris, / 3,000 francs.—Gazette de Canada, CANADA CLERGY RES.ERVE .--Frolll a return laid before the H ouse o f Commons it a pp ears that the total number of acres s et apart for relig ious p urposes in Upper been disposed o f a t the average p rice of 13s 6W. per acre. There remaia disposable 1 was 2,354,669 ; of t hese 500,43:3 acres have Captain Pringle states, may be reckoned worth ,828,290 acres , which, 1,000,0001. sterling, with great safety, .-7....—5e5er.....— V OLUNTARY PRINCIPLE. The Eng lish Baptist Chapel at Cardiff, under the pastoral care of the Re v. William Jones, has long been too sma ll for the increasing. con gregation. An enl ar gement has consequently been determined on, and scarcely determined on, when it was vigorously acom menced. Th e o ld ves t r y is thrown i n nto the chapel, are andalre a sdy pa cious new vestry and school-room, o a larger scale, erected and carried in. The cost is estimated at something less than 1,000/., of which 600/. have already been collected from the members and hearers.— Welshman. WATERING GA RDENS.---lt is doubtful whe ther artificial watering is not often m ore p roductive of disad• vantage than of rea l se rvice to plants. hen plants are wa tered naturally, the whole air is satur ated with humidity at the same time as the so il i s pene t r ated by the rain ; and in this case Vs the aqu eous p ar ti c l es mingled with the earth are gradually in trt•tliteed into th e c i rcu l a ti n g system ; f or the moisture of the air prevents a rapid perspir..tion. Not so when plants in the open air are artificially watered. CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE SCHOOLNIAS— TErts---A serious endeavour is to be made in th;s county to ruin the Schoolmasters; for which, we are very sorry to say they are indebted to some of the Clergy, aided by the Tories. The facts are these :—lt will be remembered that a great outcry was made so me t i me ago a b ou t Diocesan Education; a Societ) was formed f or th e purpose o f e stablishing D iocesan Schools in places where th e means o f e ducation for the p oor were defi cient. Such a purpose could not bu t meet the approval of all the friends of was sectarian and exc l us i ve , y e t any educati on is better than none, popular education, fo r, though the avowed plan and it is certain that the knowledge would prove inure than an antidote for the sect ar i an i s m. But it see ms that the Tories, b y whom this scheme was concocted,- ro t satisfied with educa ting the poor, have resolved to grasp at a monopoly of the edu cation of the middle classes. They have announced schools for the middle classes, on terms with which no private establish ment can compete. One of these cheap shops is to be opened forthwith in the deanery of Frome, and the unhappy school masters of that district are to he starved out. The plan is to be pursued as speedily as possible in the other deaneries, anti the schoolmasters of I Aunton, Bridgewater, Wells, &c. &c. &e., are to be served in like manner, as fast as their amiable Tory rivals can accQinTlisli it.— Somers , :t Om/nick. THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.) CITY FISH MARKET. Trade was good with a fair supply, which, however, chiefly consists of inferior sorts. Salmon Is. to 4s. per lb. ; Turbot, 45. to 20s. ; Lobsters, Sd. to 3s. 6d. ; Mackerel, 6d. to 9d. ; Soles 4d. to 3s. per pair. SMITHFIELD AND WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET. A very good supply, but the demand was languid. Clover Hay 51. to Si. 10s. ; ,Meadow Hay 50s. 6d. to 80s. ; Straw 325. to 345. per load. TEA MARKET. The Public Sales progressed heavily, but prices wero not low—a small portion only was sold, consisting chiefly of Fine Congou, which went at 2s. 3d. to 2s. 3id. per lb. ; Company's Congou very dull of sale at 2s. lid. per lb. COLONIAL MARKET. The prices of Colonial produce did not undergo any variation, though the tendency was evidently for a fall. The public sales were small, and went off without spirit, and a part only sold. In West India Sugar the purchases were trivial, but the impor ters continue to show firmness, and full prices were paid. The Mauritius was all sold at 625. to 695. The Coffee was very dull, and but iw lots were sold. Jamaica middling 114 s. to 115 s. per cwt. Bice was inquired after, and 12s. to 13s. was paid for Bengal. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE, O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, INIONDAY.—The sales ol this day arc 3,500 bales ; very flat market at the prices ol Saturday. Arrivals this morning—French mail, ship letters from Newfoundland, Calcutta, Jan. 28, New York, May 13. We Lave receivod a Montreal paper one day later, the 9th of May. The steamer Lady Colborne arrived in port on Thurs day evening, having on board about 280 immigrants, brought from Limerick to Quebec by the Borneo; they are the first immigrants who have arrived this season, and arc of a much more respectable class of persons than the ni , jority of immigrants from the Emerald Isle. The only arrival this morning of moment is that from New Yurk, by the packet ship Stephen Whitney, to the 14th of May. The intelligence by the above conveyance states that the financial horizon shows no indication of any im prove. The abuse of the credit system was fast producing its opposite extreme, and business was confined to the limited circle of those who possess cash. THE FUNDS. Consols may be quoted rather better than they left off yesterday, 93i 1 for the Account; Money, 921 1; Ex chequer Bills, 25 27 prem. ; India Bonds, 2 4 prem. ; Bank Stock, 176 k 177 k; India Stock, 2531 2541. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active, which left off yesterday at 27} i-, have receded to 271 1, owing to the issuing of the New Bond at Madrid ; Deferred, 123 i; Passive, 641 7 ; Portuguese, also lower, left off 35/ ;1,- ; at present, 351 1 ; Three per Cents., 241- 1 ; Brazilian, 76177 ; Colombian, 354 36/ ; Mexican, 314 32/ ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 54i il- ; Five per Cents., 1011 ,i. In Shares—Real del Monte, 4} b. ; Great Western, 32} 334- prem.; London and Brighton, 5 to 41 dis; Blackwall, 2 to 24 prem. ; Birmingham, 87 89 prem. ; Southampton, 52 to 53 ; Croydon, 114 124 per share. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 1761 71 India Stock ... ...... ... 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cents. Con. 94i South Sea Stock 3i per Cent. Ditto Red ... ......... New 31 per Cent. ...1001E_ 1 3 per Cent. Ana. 1751 New 5 per Cent. Bank Long Annuities to expire Ditto ...... 5001. 26 28 pm. Jan. 5, 1860... 13 11-164 Ditto Small Oct. 10, 1859. ... 13 9-16 Ditto Commercial Jan. 5, 1860. .. ... Ditto Advertised Jan. 5, 1880. April 5, 1880. ... Jan. 5, 1870. FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds .— Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds — Brazilian Bonds ... ...... Ditto New Bonds Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Ditto Account — Chilian Bonds — Prussian Bonds ..... ... Ditto Account Columbian Bonds Ditto,Account. Colombian Bonds, 1824 25,7 i Spanish Bonds .. ...... Ditto Account Ditto Account 27}i3' Danish Bonds ...... ... .. Passive Ditto Account . Deferrod I2U Greek Bonds Ditto Bonds, 1825 Ditto Account — -- 3 per cent... —f. —c. Mexicanßond3,s per cent Exchange... —f. —c. Ditto Account ...... ... Dutch, 21- per cent ... 54i Ditto,6 per Cent...... Ditto Account Ditto .Account ...... ... Ditto, 5 per cent — Neapolitan • Ditto Account PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. £. s. d. s. d. £. s. d. Paid. Per Share. RAILAVAI'S. London and Brighton London and South Western 3B; Manchester and Leeds South Eastern and Dover HALF-PAST ONE. We hear that an express has arrived this morning, with an account that one of the forts before Morella has been t iken by the army of Espartero, and it was expected that the place would be soon in his possession. This intelli gence has caused a rise in the Spanish Active. Consols have also improved, and may be quoted for the Account 93i -; Money, 92i 1. Exchequer Bills im proved, 26 28 prem. ; India Bonds, 2 prem. ; Bank Stock, 1761 177. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active 27i ; Passive, ; Colombian 2.5 i ; Portuguese, 359 ; Three per Cents., 244; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 54. a. Little doing in the above market, with the exception of Spanish. No further arrivals. Very little doing in Shares. London and Brighton lower, 291. i ; Manchester and Leeds higher, 83i; South Western, 524. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red 9 ll ' Ditto Bonds ...... ...... 2pm 3 per Cent Cons ...... 31 per Cent Red 99; Ditto New Annuities... 90-1 New 31 per Cent New 5 per Cent ... Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small Jan. 1860 Oct. 1859 ... ...... 13 9-16 India Stock for Acct... Jan. 1860 l4 Consols for Acct 931 FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent Ditto, New Ditto Brazilian Bonds .. ...... Prussian, 5 per cent.... Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent Chilian, 6 per cent Colombian, 6 per cent — Ditto, 1824 2si Danish, 3 per cent. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent. Mexican, 5 per cent — Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825 — Peruvian, 1825, 6 per ct — Russian, 5 per cent. — Ditto, Metallic Spanish, 5 per cent 27/ Ditto, Deferred ... 12/ French, 5 per cent... —f. —c. Exchange .. French, 3 per cent —f. —c. Dutch, 2} per cent s4j Ditto, 5 per cent SHARES. Bristol and Exeter Railway 3O Cheltenham and Great Western Railway Great Western Railway Ditto New Shares London and Brighton Railway 3oi London and Blackwall Railway London and South Western Railway ... . . •iehester and Leeds Railway " I ° - "tlland Railway North ui._ 4, hare Ditto New ..... I 'nver ...... . ... 10 South Eastern and 5... The Lord Lieutenant of Iretoi.9d has approved of Lord Ashtown being appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Galway. irt Wnow-Tax.—The proposition of the CL!in cellor of the Exchequer, for the purpose of increasing the as• sessed taxes, has caused much anxiety among several persons as to the effect of the statute 4 and 5 William IV., c. 54, so far as the window-tax is a subject of that act. The object of the statute was to continue for five years , from the sth of April, 1835, compositions for the assessed taxes, made by virtue of several previous acts, the contracts for which compositions ex pired on the sth of April. 1835, subject to certain terms, condi tions, and exceptions. On Mr. Bernal asking the Chancellor of the Exchequer last Vriday whether it was his intention to proceed with the increased tax of 10 per cent. in the case of windows which had been opened on the confidence of former transactions, the Chancellor of the Exchequer stated that the provisions of the 4th and sth William IV. on this subject would be " religiously observed, and that there was no intention to repeal it." The act has, in fact, already expired, the five years for which it was to continue baving ended on the sth of last April ; but from the words of the Chancellor of the Exchequer the intention must be to levy that tax merely on the existing rate, and not on the additional windows, if the force of these provisions in the cited act is to be revived. DEATH FROM SUFFOCATION BY A FISH BONE.—On Tuesday an inquest was held on view of the body of a female child, of about one year and nine months old, named Dolman, at the house of her parents. It appeared that on the afternoon of Monday the deceased was standing in a chair when she suddenly became black in the face. She was immediately taken to a druggist in the neighbourhood, and afterwards to the Northern Hospital, but died in about a quarter of an hour afterwards. The deceased had eaten a little ray fish at her breakfast in the morning, and had potatoes and gravy for her dinner. On a post nv-,rtem examination by Dr. Arnot, who had previously attempted to restore animation without avail—a fish-bone was found sticking in the upper part of the windpipe, which was the cause of death. Verdict accordingly.—Ltver pool Chronicle. NAPOLEONS REM A INS.—lmmediately after the rejection by the Chamber of Deputies of the recommenda tion of the Committee on the Bill for the translation of the remains of Napoleon to grant another million of francs, sub scriptions were opened towards the completion f the required sums at the offices of the Siecle, Capitole, Courrier Francais, and C,,mneree. These journals have new published the sub scription lists of two days, amounting for the three lists to a total of rather more than 9,000 f. Siecle, 4,840 f. ; Courrier, 2,394 f. ; Capitols, I,Bllf. In the list of the Sleds we find the proprietors of the journal for 1,000 f., 111. Las Cases, sen., and members of his family, for 2,000 f., with an engagement to quadruple that sum if the subscriptions should not ex ceed a million. The second day's list of the Siecle con tains about 200 names, and the amount is 1,146 f. In the list of the Courrier, we find that journal down foi 500 f. ; 30 members of the family of M. Boulay de la Meurthe for 505 f. ; M. Vatry, the Deputy, for 500 f. ; and Count Eu g ene Ne y for 40f. The C a pitole list contains th e name of Colonel Va udrey , who was implicated in the affairs o f Strasbur g , for 50f. ; that of M. Parquin for 30f. ,• the Viscountess de Querelles nee Beauhainais for 25f. ; and the proprietors of the Capitole for 600 f. The Constitutionnel says, on the subject of this demon stration—“ A committee is about to be formed which is to ma nage the national subscription for the translation of the remains of Napoleon. It will be composed of persons devoted to the institutions of the monarchy ; so that this grand national act may not, in any degree, assume the character of a demonstra tion of party. It is reported that Marshal Gerard has accepted the presidency." The Capitole states that N. Las Cases, sen., is likely to be the vice-president. COUP LAR Her Majesty and Prince Albert honoured the Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby with their company last evening at their residence in Hill-street. The Queen and Prince Albert were accompanied by the Prince of Leinin gen, and were attended by Lady Portman, Hon. Miss Cocks, Hon. Miss Cavendish, Marquis of Headfort, Lord George Lennox, Sir William Lumley, Sir George Anson, Colonel Buckley, and Sir Edward Bowater. The Earl of Albemarle and Viscount Melbourne had audiences yesterday of the Queen. Her Majesty and Prince Albert took an airing yesterday in an open carriage. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Lord Robert Grosvenor, Mr. George Edward Anson, Earl of Morley, Lord George Lennox, Sir Edward Bowater, and Mr. Francis Seymour, went yesterday to Exeter Hall to preside at the meeting of the Society for the Extinction of the Slave Trade, and for the Civilization of Africa. Colonel Buckley has relieved the Hon. Colonel Grey in the duty of Equerry in Waiting on the Queen. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager attended by her suite rode on horseback, in the Parks yesterday. The Duke of Sussex paid a visit to her Majesty at Marlborough House. The Duchess of Gloucester and the Duke of Cambridge visited the Princess Augusta yesterday at Clarence House, St. James's. The Princess Augusta of Cambridge, also visited her Royal Highness on Satnrday. ' The Duchess Ida, with the Princesses of Saxe Weimar, took an airing yesterday afternoon in an open carriage and four. . . His Excellency, Andrew Stevenson, the American Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign and Colonial Office, and with the Chancellor of the Ex chequer. Mr. Oswald, M. P., had an interview with the Chancel lor of the Exchequer yesterday on the subject of Sugars. Lord Poltimore, Mr. E. B. Clive, and Mr. T. Dun - combe, had interviews with the Marquis of Normanby yesterday at the Home Office. Mr. Dean, Chairman of the Customs, bad an interview yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Despatches from Major-General Napier, Governor of the Cape of Good Elope, and from Sir Howard Douglas, the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, were eceived yesterday at the Colonial Office. QUEEN'S BENCII.-(TIIIS DAY ( Sittings in Banco.) The Court was occupied the whole morning in hearing New Trials, none of which, however, presented any features of public interest. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY. GRAND SURREY CANAL COMPANY V. HOLL. This was an action of trespass against the defendant for crossing a bridge over the Surrey canal with a horse and chaise. The defendant pleaded a right of carriage-way for all subjects at every time of the year. In 1804, it appeared there was some private land be longing to Mr. Bowles, which land was purchased by the Grand Surrey Canal Company, for the purposes of the canal ; and it appeared that the bridge in question was erected for the convenience of the tenants of Mr. Bowles. The public, it appeared had passed over the bridge without any interruption from 1822 to 1833. The case was tried before Lord Chief Justice Denman at the Surrey Assizes. His Lordship directed the jury to give their verdict for the defendant, if they thought an idea had sprung up in the public mind of an intention in the Company to dedicate the bridge to the use of the public. The Jury accordingly gave their verdict for the de fendant. Mr. Sergeant CHANNELL and Mr. CHAMBERS showed cause yesterday against a rule obtained by Mr. Thesiger for a new trial, and contended that the direction of Lord Chief Justice Denman was right, and that a right of way had arisen to the public in consequence of the usage from 1822 and 1832. Mr. THESIGER and Mr. Sergeant SHEA now appeared in support of the rule, and urged that the Lord Chief Justice ought to have left it precisely to the Jury to say whether there was an intention of the Company to dedicate, and not whether an idea had sprung up in the public mind of an intention to dedicate. Another argument against any intention to dedicate was, that the bridge was a swivel bridge, and need not be closed after a vessel had passed through, as the public bridges were, or otherwise the Company were subject to indictment, and it appeared that they had never been compelled to close the bridge by the public. Another argument against an intention to dedi cate was, a toll had been levied on the public, and not upon the tenants of Mr. Bowles. The COURT thought that there was an intention to de dicate, and that it was impossible not to understand the direction of the Learned Judge, as implying whether the Surrey Canal Company intended to dedicate. The rule for a new trial was therefore discharged. BOW-STREET-(THIS DAY.) John Harding, Frederick Bridge, Job Bath°, by trade smiths, were brought before Mr. Hall, charged with wil fully breaking down and removing certain iron railings at the bottom of George-street, York-buildings, Adelphi, for the purpose of making a floating pier thereon, the pro perty of George Dakin Midgeley, and other trustees of the York-buildings estate, and Thomas James Bottomly, a coal merchant, was charged with aiding, abetting, and directing the other defendants in so doing. Mr. Stafford, the solicitor, appeared for the trustees, and Mr. noggins, the barrister, appeared on behalf cf the defendants. The statements on both sides related entirely to the claim the parties set up to the property which is bounded by the railings in question, and contained nothing of public interest. Mr. HALL said it was quite unnecessary to enter into questions of property, with which he could not interfere, as an interrupted enjoyment of it had existed for such a num ber of years; but if the parties, who were respectable, would enter into a pledge to let the question which was raised be decided by an injunction, or an action in one of the superior Courts, he would have no objection, if no breach of the peace should be committed in the meantime. Mr. Hoggins offered to draw up an agreement to restore the right when the question could be decided in another Court, but as some delay might attend such proceeding, he contended that the other party had no right to interfere. Mr. HALL said that he could express no opinion upon the subject, his enly duty on behalf of the public being to prevent a breach of the peace being repeated. After a lengthened discussion upon the subject, it was agreed upon that the charge of assault should for the Present be abandoned, and the parties left the Court ex pressing their determination to establish their respective rights by legal means. A great novelty has been introduced at Court. Her Majesty sat at the last Drawing-room; the seat employed was a sort of music stool, exactly suited to her Majesty's height, and being completely concealed by her train, the Queen seemed to be standing just as usual. A Correspondent who writes a very illegible hand, informs us of a horrible transaction which took place to day, about half-past twelve. It appears that a man and his wife, residing in Compton-street, Clerkenwell, had some words, when the husband, in a furious manner attacked his wife, cut her throat, and immediately afterwards his own. They both died instantly, and the bodies were carried to the church by the police. The correspondent gives his name and address. STORM.—On Monday forenoon Edinburgh was visited with a heavy gale from the westward, but we have heard of no other damage from it than the blowing down the erection in the Zoological Garden which contained the skeleton of the whale. Scotsman. The editor of the United Service Gazette is „ . '!ed on to appear to receive the judgment of the Court of Queens Bench on Thursday next for a libel upon Admiral Om manney, fm- which he has submitted to a conviction by default. The present is, .we understand, the third notice to appear for judgment which thb. defendant has received. The offence is the republication of a pa :agraph which originally appeared in a politics with the provincial Journal on the sa.-..1e side o f statement complained of prose cutor, against which Journal n.: proceedings have been insti tuted. On the discovery that the was inaccurate; the United Servic e Ga.:ette lost no time in giving the suitable correction. We do n ot t::ink it necessary to add a word of comment to this, which we believe' to be a collect outline of the facts of the case.—Morning Post. Monday Captain Evelyne J. Gascoigne, or the Hon. East India Company's service, was charged at the Ket.a ingtonPetty Sessions, before Mr. Pilkington, the sitting Ma gistrate, under the following circumstances : — Police constable Robert M'Gregor, V 170, stated that about nine o'clock on Sunday evening he was called to the house of a lady named Lane, residing at Fulham, who stated that the defendant ' had met her about seven o'clock in the Bishop's Walk, and had attempted to force his attentions uion her, to avoid which she returned home. The defendant, how ever, followed her, and remained outside the gate, continually ringing the bell for admittance until he (the constable) was fetched, when, seeing him repeat the annoyance, he was taken into custody. The defendant was exceedingly violent, and on searching him at the station-house, a gold watch, four 5/. Bank of England notes and a knife were found in his possession, the latter of which was taken from him, it being evident that he was insane. In answer to questions by the Worthy Magistrates, the defendant, who was considerably excited, admitted that he had been an inmate o f a private luna tic asvlnm at Hackney, from whence he had been removed by his friend General Marshall, of Sussex-square, Brighton. He had friends in all parts of the world, but none in London. For the last three months he had resided at No. 4, Hornton street, Kensington, a person from which house stated that they knew nothing of his connections, and that at times he exhibited much nervous excitement while residing there. The defendant here became very violent, contending that he had a right to ring the bell, and denying the power of the bench to interfere in th e matter, and Mr. Pilkington having been informed that the defendant had acted in rather an extraordinary manner in some shops in Kensington, directed him to find bail, in the hope that some of the unfortunate gentleman's friends would come for ward and take charge of him. The defendant, who demanded the return of his knife, was with great difficulty removed from the bar. FATAL ACCIDENT AT WOOLWICH.—Mon day morning an inquest was held at the Gun Tavern, Wool wich, upon the body of William Clift, a gunner, in the rocket troop of the Royal horse Artillery, who met his death by a fall from his horse during the usual parade on the Common on Friday last. William Dickson, gunner in the rocket troops, knew deceased, who was 21 years of age. Was exercising or. Friday last, at what is termed gun drill, under the command of the officers, on the common. Rode on the left of Clift. Deceased was on horseback, cantering past the commanding officer, when his horse stumbled and made a somerset, t -ow ing him on his head. In half a minute they pulled a up s z a e nd , halted, the gun with four horses passed on andbie t w o as s e ve p m i lie d d the horse lying on the ground. It was impossible .. h Corrotio p rative up M time to prevent . the fatal oocurreno" evidence having been adduced, a verdict of e Accidental death" w as returned. On Saturday , wh ile the. Ben was on its way froth Dundee to Granton Pier, 1 female p 3ssenger was suddenly ledi taken in labour and safely delivered. Fortunately a medical . gentleman happened to be on board, 'who was readily instru mental in bringing to the world " the ocean child, which, with the mother, we arc Hied to hear,i doing well. E rEN . TNG 'MI ON. VARLIAibIEiS TAN, DI JI,IOL. From the Pates and Proceedings of the House of Comwont.) MONDAY, JUNE 1. BEET ROUT SUGAR_ Motion made and Qat stion put, " That the Petition of Her cules Bradshaw, complain..n,g, of the imposition of a Duty on Sugar manufactured from Beet Root since he commenced the manufacture thereof, be referred to a Select Committee, to examine the matter thereof, and to report the same, with their observations thereupon to the. House :"—The House divided : NORITY—AYES, 71. Haves, Sir E. , IPacke, C. W Hill, Lord A. M. C. Palmer, Robert Hillsborough, Earl Praed, W. T Hogg, J. W. Ilawdon.:J. P. Hope, Hon. C. ' Roche, W. Hope, G. W. liolleston, L. Houldsworth, T. Soatlet, J. Y. Houston, Geopyr ' Shaw, Frederick' Howard, F. J. I Sheppard, T. Hughes, W. B. Sibthorp, Colonel L I: 1111C, J. Someriet, Lord i i . Hint, Francis Somerville, Sir W. Jackson, Serjeant Stuart, Villiers Jones, Th.,obald Style, Sir Charles Kemble fienry Talbot, J. H. Lefroy, Dc. T. Thornhill, George Lincoln, Eat 1 of Vere, Sir C B. Litton, Ethvai'd Vigors, N. A. Lucas, E. Waddington. H. S. MacKenzie, W.,E. Wood, It. Maunsell, T. P. Yates, J. A. Meynell, H. Norreys, Lord O'Brien, W. Smith I O'Connell, M. J. I A s;lionby, Major Archdall, General Bagge, W. Bailey, Josclah, jun. Bellew, R. M. Blackstone, W. S. Brooke, sir A B. Bruce, Lord E Canning, Sir S. - - Castlereagh, Viscount Cavendigh, G. H. Christopher, R. A. Corry, Right Hon. H. De Horsey, S. H. D'lsn.eli, Benjamin Douglas, Sir C. Dunnar, George Farnham, E. B. Feilden, W. Gore, 0. J. R. Gore, 0. W. TELLER 9. O'Connell, 'ferment, J. Y. MAJORITY-NOES, Gladstone, W. E. ' Gouiburn, Henry Graham, Sir James Greig, D. Grey, Sir G. Grote, G. Hawes, B. Hawkins, J. H. Hodges, T. L. Holmes, W. A'Court Hoskins, K. Howard, I'. H. Hnwick, Lord Hutton, R. Inglis, Sir K. H. Irton, S. James, William Labouchere, H. Lennox, Lord A. Loch, James Lushington, C. Lygon, Hon. Gen. Macauley, T. B. Marsland, H. Maule, Hon, Fox Morpeth, Viscount Murray A. Noel, Wm, M. Palmerston, Viset. Peel, Hon. Sir It. Philips, M. 91, Phili,notts, J. Frotheroe, Edward l'i•yme, 6. R.ch, Henry Round, John Ru.ldle, J. sel!, Lord John Rut herfurcl, A. Seyt nour, Lord Shea, It. L. Smith, R. Vernon Stanley, Hon. W. Stanstield. W. R. G. Steuart, R. Stewart, John Strutt, Edward Sturt, C. Thornel Thom" 'rulnell,' H. Turner, 'William Wall, C. B. White, A. Williams, W. A. Wilshere, W. Witmineton, Sir T. Wood, C. Wood, G. W Wood, Colonel T. TELLERS. Stanley. E, J. Parker, J. .JORITY-NOES, Grey, Sir G. Hayter, NVJG. Hobhouse, Sir J. C. Hohhouse, T. B. Hodges, T. L. Hodgson, R. Hoskins, K. Howard, P. H. Hume, Joseph Inglis, Sir H. H. James, W. .Jervis, J. Labouchere, H. Langdale, Hon. C. Macaulay, 'l'. B. Maher, John Martin, John Maule, Hon. Ica Martin, 'l'. B. Melgund, Lord Morpeth, Viscount Muskets, G. A O'Fcrrall, More Ord, W. Parnell, Sir H. Pendarves,lE. - W. Philips, Mark Pigct, D. IL Plumptre, J. P. 83. Ponsonby, C. F. A. Price, Sir R. Protheroe, E. Pryme. Rawdon, J. D. Rcddington, T. N. Russell, Lord Jobe Rutherford, A.B. Sandon, Lord Scholefield, J. Seymour, Lord Sheppard, Thomas' Smith, Vernon Stanley, W 0. Steuart, R. Strutt, E. Style, Sir Charles Talbot, C. R. M. Tancred, H. W. Thornely, Thomo Tufnell, Henry White, Andrew Williams, W. A. Winnington, Wood, Benjamin TELLERS. Stanley, E. J. Parker, John Grimsditch, Thomas Hamilton. Lord C. Ilardinge, Sir H. Hastie, A. Ainsworth, Peter Nldon, Rowland Ashley, Lord .3aring, F. T. Baring, W. B. Barnard, E. G. Barneby, J. Benett, John Berkeley, lion. H. .wes, T. Blackett, C. Bowes, J. Broadley, H. Brocklehurst, J. Brotherton, J. Busfeild, William Byng, George Calcraft, J. H. Childors, J. W. Clay, W. Clive, E. B. Cochrane, Sir T. Cowper, Hon. W. F. Craig, W G. Divett, E. Duncan, Viscount Dundas, David Edwards, Sir J. Egerton, W.T. Ellice, itt. Hon. E. Ferguson, Sir Robert Fleetwood, H. CUSTOMS, 6-c. DUTIES BILL. (In Committee.) Eigh , Clause (An additional Duty of ten per cent. on the Duties of Assessed Taxes) :-1 3 . 4, 1. 41, Amendment pro posed, after the word " force," to insert the words " save and except any such Assessment on Windows :"—Question puts " That the proposed words be there inserted:"—The Commit tee divided : Aglionby, Major kttwood,:W._ :NORITY-AYES, Hector, C. J. Hindley, C. Hol ond,'Robert Hughes, W. - B. Lockhart, A. M. Lushington, S. Mackenzie, W. F. Marsland. H. Maunsell, T. P. Morris, David Neeld, Joseph Parker, M. Rolleston, Colonel 36. Round J . Batesori, Sir Robert Berkeley, C. Rundle, John Rushout, 13owlee Saiwey, Colonel Sibthorp, Colonel Sotheron, T. E. Vigors, N A. Vivian, John Ennif Wakley, Thomas Williams, W. 9oldero, - Henry G. Bruges, W. H. L. Codrington, G. W. Huncombe, T. S. Farnham, E. B. Fector, J. M. Gaskell, J. M. Godson, Richard Hall, B. TEiLEIIIi. Pechell, Captain Berkeley, F. H. Acland, Sir Thomas Adam, Admiral Sir C. Bainbridge, E. T. Baring, F. T. Barnard, E. G. Hewes, T. Blake, M. J. Blake, W. J. Bodkin, J. J. 7 Bridgeman, H. Broadley, Henry Brodie, W. B. Brotherten, J. d,yan, George Buller, E. Busfield, W. Clay, W. dive, R. H. Collier, J. Dundas, C. W. D. Egerton, Sir I'. G. Eliot, Lord 1 7 .11i0t. Hon J. E. Easton, Earl c f Fleetwood, Sir H. tort, John Dillon, W. 0. Gordon, R. Grey, Sir C E. L LOYD'S S HIPPIN6.-(THIS DAY*) DEAL, JUN E I.—Wind S. S. W.—Arrived the Lord ad Hungand. erford, from Calcutta. Arrived from the River' a sailed, the Jamaica, for the West Indies; Elizabe th Sarah, Robson, Miramichi; Hector, Crisp, Con gtanti. _ nople ; Emerald, Hargrave, Odessa ; Triumvirate, nun t ' Lisbon ; Ulysses, Falwell, Malaga. PLYMOUTH, JUNE I.—Wind variable.—Arrived the Devonshire steamer, from Dublin, for London ; Lee steamer, from Cork, for London ; Thames steamer, from London, to Dublin ; Jupiter steamer, from London, to Cork. Sailed the Captain Cook, for London. Off port, York, Lake, St. John's, New Brunswick—sailed 14th tilt. FALMOUTII, MAY 31.—Wind S.—Arrived the Royal Adelaide, Batty, from London, for Vigo. HASTINGS, JUNE I.—Arrived off, the Apollo, Mil ne ' from GrenaLla. DOVER, MAY 29.—Arrived off, the William, StilWray, from Gottenburg, for Cadiz. LIVERPOOL, JUNE I.—Wind S.W , fresh..—Arrived the Isabella, Thorpe, from Trinidad ; Stephen Whitney, Thompson, New York, sailed 13th ult. ; gess, New York ; Maranham, do.; Susan, Collings, Calcutta. Cephalonia; Duke of Lancaster, Hargreaves, Sailed, the Merlin, Richards, for Gibraltar ; Horatio, Howland, China ; Mysie, Ward, Singapore ; Clydesdale, Bennett, North Wales; Kestrel, Faucett, Valparaiso; Über, Lamb, Bahia; Temperance, Trinidad; Grace Franklin, Bur. Byron, Duff, Virginia; John-a-Lancaster, Rogers, Rich.. mond ; Kosato, Murray, New - York ; Frankfort, Russell, do ; Isaac Hicks, Peters, do. ; Maria, Hechin, do. ; Skip ton, Place, Quebec; Clarence, Bell, St. John's, New Brunswick; Sophia, Laguna, Palermo. Off port, the Cornubia, from Bombay. BRISTOL, MAY 31.—Arrived the Treasurer, Laurie, from Odessa; Luna, Tulloch, do. CORK, MAY 30.—Sailed, the Ray, for Quebec. OVERLAND MAILS. ADMIRALTY, MAY 30, 1840. , Sir,—Having laid before my Lords Commissioners 0' the Admiralty your letter of the 29th instant, I a m cosy manded by their Lordships to acquaint you that directions are given for her Majesty's packets, which will convey the mails of July 4 and August 4, next, to Alexandria, to pr° - ceed to Beyrout before returning to Malta, to take on board the Bombay mails at that place, which will be de.; spatched by the Government of Bombay, on June (0" and July (23d), next, by way of the; Persian Gulf. - - - - -' I im, &c, JOAN BARROW . John Stikeman, Esq., Secretary to the London. East India, and Chinese Associations. MUSICAL BOXES of high quality, the ni3m beautifully finished, conveying the idea of the CoPIP witl. surprising perfection and accuracy. nd A Catalogue of the various Airs, Overtures, &c., & be 1,01 the prices of the Boxes is now published, and may L:a gratis, or will be forwarded, post free, in ausiser to a post r application. T. COX SAVORY, Goldsmith and Silversmith, 47, Cornhill ( Seven doors Prop Graccchurch-street), London. SUPERIOR LONDON-MADE WATCH' —A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Watcmakers, No. 99 C °l.l ; hill. London (opposite the Bank of England), submit for 80' lection a very large STOCK of Highly-finished London-Ina; WATCHES, the whole of which being manufactured uto their own inspection, on their own premises, they can aff ord , sell at least 251. per cent. below tic usual trade price for An 5 title of the same quality. A primed warranty is give° ic each Watch. PRICES MOUNTED IN SILVER CASES. Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, with double b acked engine-turned cases, warranted £4 , Patent detached Lever Watch: r. jewelled in four holes, maintaining power, with seconds' „hands, 6 and double-backed cases, warrnted . Either of the above in silver hunting cases, lbs. 6d, eivq f A large variety of second-banal Silver Watches, which no been carefully examined, and can be warranted at £2 29. es GOLD CASES, SIZE FOR LADIES. Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, in engine -turned 6 gold cases, and gold dials, warranted Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, with double-backed n 0 engine-turned gold cases and gold dials, warranted 12 Patent. detached Lever Watches, jewelled in four _ _ _ _ holes with double-backed gold cases and gold dials, 0 warranted GOLD CASES, SIZE FOR GENTLEMEN. Patent detached Lever Watcnes, jewelled in four holes, seconds, and double-backed gold cases, war -14 14 ranted Patent detached Lever Watches, caved, jewelled in s;x holes, seconds, double-bae.imit gold cases and 17 17 enamel dials, warranted Patent. detached Lever Watches, ..armed, jewelled in six holes, seconds, double-barged gold cases and 0 0 21 gold dials, warranted Either of the Gentlemen's Watche• may be had in g old cases, for 31.:3 is. each extral . N.B. Second-hand Watchef :nu-chased in TlFLtsvge* _,---- __ BIRTHS. - Lady of On the 30th ult., at Svetchley , Worcestershir e, the -- Robert Berkeley, Jan., Lsq„ of a son. On the 29th ult., at East Sheen, the lady of Lieutenant" Co Onel Hankey of a dauter. of 1 n the 30th , ult., at gh Hammersmith, Mrs. Lovei es6 daughter. On the 30th ult., at Ed inbur g h, the lady of A. Gerard, Esq.' of Rochsoles, late of the 92d Highlanders. of a son and heir. On the Ist inst. , in Crooked- l an e , Mrs. W. B. Mathews, of a son. ------------------------------. MARRIED. On the 20th ult., at St. Par.eras church, London, T. Star e man, Esq., of Tenby, to Caroline Louise, only daughter of t late Captain W. E. Edwards, of Calcutta. f On the 30th ult., at Bath, S. Afootat, Esq. eldest son ro • N a l b o a i Esq., sq late e G o f f Madras, s he t e o n Frances, sey. only daughter of •P On the sth l of April, at the island of St. Lucia, • Park n, Esq., of her Majesty's Ordnance, and of Bochnin, Cor• a" wall, to Sarah, daughter of Captain Spence, of the F°°, On the 28th ult , at Chesh D unt, H er ta, Mr. W. B. B ennett. On the 30th ult:, in Great Ormond:street W. L; Nana Esq. . On the 30th ult. ,J. Bellamy, ,on. of J. T. Pratt, Esq. ez. • 1 On the 30th ult., F. Greases, Esq„ of Woodford, Ess , On the 31st ult., at Lang,harn-place, Arabella , Colliagwood, Esq., w ife of r'• Ou the 31st ult., at Cart-11)6,1:TP, lkft-pged 90. of Dissington Hall, Northumberland. London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOU No. 112, Strand, at The. Sun Oifiee, No. 112, String, >n th e county of Altddlesex.— Tuesday, June 2,114 h. COMPLETE ENCYCLOPIEDIA OF SPORTING. This day is published, in I very thick vol. Bvo., illustrated with 600 beautifully-exeented Engravings on Wood, price 60s. handsomely bound in fancy cloth, lettered, AN ENCYCLOPIEDIA. OF RURAL SPORTS ; or, a Complete Account, Historical, Practical, and Descriptive, of Hunting, Shooting, Fishing, Racing, and other Field Sports and Athletic Amusements of the present Day. By DEL ABERE P. BLAINE, Esq., Author of Outlines of the Veterinary Art," " Canine Pathology," &c. London : Longman, Orme, and Co. I I I I 1 I I