The Sun. — London, England, 1840-05-09 00:00:00

EVEN' Nt; EDITION. Bbl could L ueto a g reat extent, to repeat the fatal error 0 0829." :fire : ,- tandard co pies the article. Its sentiments coincide with what Mr. STOWELL and Mr. AI`NEILE preach, and what well dressed ladies tad gentlemen cheer. The ultra bigots, headed by L'Ord STANLEY, urged forward by an ultra press, are Ilact endeavouring to re-enact restrictions on t he Catholics, because they are Catholics. A new cligions war is begun. The penal laws, if Lord STANLEY succeed, must all be re-enacted; the fatal concession" of 1829 must he taken back, and the community must be again divided into two religious sects contending for political power The people will be inclined to say, " A plague on both your sects, we will not submit to be longer kept in tur 'coil by the rabid rancour of either." Lord STANLEY'S Bill, looked at in this comes very appropriately before Sir ROBERT "GLls' s m otion, to convince the public of the mischievous character of that priesthood on whom he proposes, by his Church Extension vote, to con fer more power and more wealth. I; is in consequence of th e envenomed hatred of the Catholics which they t each, it is for their behoof, that Lord STANLEY iS killing. in these times of domestic peril, to stir up contention and invite revolution. Let the reader bark well the character of this bigoted and arro gant party. They are for passing laws to enslave the Catholics ; they uphold with all their might the laws which " cut do non the population" by linger ing disease and famine, and they are to propose that more wealth and more power shal l be g iven to the priests of their own sect for teaching obedience to their wicked laws. A more mischievous and 79otic, not to say cruel and diabolical, set of poli ticians, never cursed a community nor Convulsed an empire. We are glad, however, to believe that their Power is on the wane. The Duke of WEL LINGTON and Sir ROBERT PEEL cannot go with them. The latter is at present one of th e special objects of their abuse, and 11 the former gives them any support it is from for getfulness. Sir ROBERT PEEL does, indeed, go h W ith his party in voting for Loid STANL EY ' S Biil ; far foolish]) forgets his own principles, and P i aYa the second part to his more bigoted and m ore energetic rival, but he will not lend his aid in re-ena c ti ng the penal laws. The ultra -doctrines of t ca b party 'frighten moderate men. E v e n the Times, seein g it3elf completely outdone in the bullyiog line by the stern and relentless bigots of the Protestant hpatty, gives them no other countenance than Sup porting Lord STANLEY. It cannot compete with the virulence of the sincere men ; and it appears to have resigned the task of defending them to the Mornin g Herald. The split is decided. The l u mp has separated itself from t he head, and tas chosen its own leaders, and has its own press. It cannot, however, in this age, make up by reli gious rancour what it wants in power, and will be signally defeated. On the 30th ult., the date of the latest Matir4l Papers, Count ToRENO was on his defence berme tne Cortes. The Government had refused to allow General SEOANE to prove his accusation of the Count at the Bar of the Senate, but in other re spects the Ministry took no steps to screen the Count from the attacks of his enemies. On the contrary, the Ministers of War and Justice openly s Ympathized with his accusers, and lost no oppor tunity of manifesting a conviction that, although Committee of the Chamber had reported that there was not sufficient ground for charging the ex- Minister with malversation, there was enough for believing that he did not appear with clean hands. That such was the impression of the Chamber was obvious, from the fact that a motion to postpone the discussion of the report was rejected, and that B evvral Members enrolled their names to speak against him. ToRENO was himself allowed to open the debate on the 30th, which he did in a long speech, which sounded like the echo of the report, and which produced a far from favourable impres sion. When the Count sat down Senor I,Auortim followed, and spoke against the report. His speech was not concluded when the mails left for London. This gentleman was to be followed on the same side by General San MIGUEL and Senor OLOEAGA, so that TOR ENO will not escape with °ta a proper grilling. He, however , com m a nded the respect of the galleries by his calm self °Bs4sion. He must, indeed, be a bold rma n voluntarily to meet such a charge in s uch an Assembly; but we suspect that at the untset he had not the remotest suspicion of being deserted by the . Government. Still the Ministers preventingto the appearance of General SEOA NE at the bar as tlie Count's accuser, have saved him the probable chance of another compulsory expatriation. On the 30th EsPARTERO was still at Monroyo. Every d a y brings some account of Carlist losses and desertions, but they are on too small a scale to Occu the attention of an En g lish reader. The following extracts are from the frontier Journals: — The EN de Aragon of the 2d contains the following bulletin, descriptive of the entrance of the Christinos into Mora del Ebro : " Our troops entered yLsierday, at noon, Mora del Ebro, NT E'ich was abandoned by the enemy, who took his artillery „ a nd passage boats to Mirabet. Five large boats which we bad at Tibisa were immediately carried to Mora. " The towns of Hix and Ribarroya have been deserted by the inhabitants, who passed to the left of the Ebro." The Perpignan Journal of the ill instant says The Only fact of interett we hare t.) relate respecting the war to Catalonia is the revictualling of Solsona. The convoy l eft Cervera and reached the place entire, after two days' fighting with the Carlists, who attempted to stop it, ( - T eo- PYing Advantsgcons and ,trongly fortified poitions armed 1 , 41 !h krtillery. The enemy, however , was drive n front the 41 e f ights he occupied, and completely route d, with the loss 0 : 1141 "Y killed and wounded. Cannon , muskets, anthill hi ilon, and baggage, feel into the hands of the Queen's troop s . .roo t' Among the woo nied are the Commander-in- Chief, Goner_ Segarra, and El Bep del Olit, whose ntrid s are said to be murtal. It is reported that the Chief Buijo and his son are killed." The Extraordinary Express from Paris, received 3esterday in time for our afternoon edition, deprives t he Paris Journals of Thursday of all interest. 4 cnnsiderable quantity of rain had fallen in Paris ? 11 Wednesday night,to the great delight of the mar _" gardeners in the vicinity of that city. A s erious c orn riot took place at Chateaumillant on v Ist inst., and a tax riot on the same day at alloc, in the Cotes-du-Nord, which were not suppressed without a contest, in which many per -20113 were dangerously wounded. In a state of so ciety where the law is thus constantly set at defi ance by mobs, it is clear that there is someth;ng radically wrong. Had the masses in France any share in the elective franchise, they would not thus seek, to convey to their rulers a sense of the inten sity of their sufferings. But the many-headed monster upon whose brawny shoulders the whole social system rests—whose blood and sweat is the aliment, and whose neck is the footstool of Kings, Peers, Deputies, Prefects, and all who live by the labour of others—can only give utterance to his grievances by turning round npon his oppressors, and at-the musket's muzzle and the cannon's mouth them a momentary defiance I This is not tberty, nor the ghost of liberty. The Sugar Bill was still under discussion, but the debate continued uninteresting to a foreign reader. We have pleasure in stating that the Duchess of ORLEANS is gradually recovering from the measles. On Thursday her Royal Highness was pronounced out of danger. A letter from Toulon has the following sentences:— " According to letters from the Levant the situation of the squadron was as follov,s on the 19:h of April : ," Admiral Lalande is still in the vicinity of 'Penedos, With his sever, s hips of the line a nd one steam-boat ; he has lent the Lavoisicr to the Prince of Orange, Ss ho is gone to Constantinople o n board the Rhine frigate, which i , "e Commands. r: ,_" The E n glish Admiral L ouis is at Smyrna with the ` l4l lges Hawg n s and Asia. The Talavcra and the 1, +lleislr have atri; d at Ourlac; the other ships are at Malta and Naples. 4 ` Rtar Admiral Bandiera I s at Smyrna. with the Aus.. . rl,arl squadron, except the Guerricre frigate, en board Whi c h i s the Archduke Frederick, an d vrb ieh is said to have gone to CnnQtantinople."— Le Commerce. ~,, 'OULON, MAY 3. The Duk e de Montebello was to e mbark on board - the Ocean ; hut on the ariiv;il of a Ministerial despatch he hastily embarked in the Vautour Iteamer, which immediately welhed anchor to p roceed to r Naples. The Ebna had .already departed with des p atches the French Charge d'Affaires. The Duke de Montebello set off so precipitately that he • er iuld not take his wife or the persons compo..ing his suite. .„ tte. Duchess and the persons attached to the legation em barked this morning en ba,ird the Ocean. If the favour able wind which now blows continues this vessel will reach Its destination abut the 10th. We shall have three ships of th e line at Naple, as the Marengo and the Genereux a rrived there on the 29. h April. (The Coeyte had carried Order s to the se two ships of the line to return home, but it s eems j they will remain at Naples , as the Vautour takes "gaietie s for thern.)---Le Constitutionnel. THURSDAY, MAY 7. ISO U RS E.--PAKIst irzt liighcst Lowest Last Price Price. Price. Price e "eh 3 per cents ll4 ... 114 13 90 4 per Cents 8 4 3 per Cents B4 40 84 50 ... 84 33 ... 84 35 ~ " I ' O trauce CaKi ..r1.130 ...;LtA) Lat!Ate Bank 1,0001. Sh llOO —1)00 ...11i;0 _II 0 5,0001. Sri— 501 ...5 - 2CO _5.200 ..5-01l Belgian Bank 99 50 ... 9 05 ... 902 51 ... 9 5 50 5 ver Cent. , 3 per Cents 74 ... 74 .1 ... 71 ... 74 5 Spanish Ac 'Ye Passive lil-, ... " . i , i, ... 7!,i ... 74 Neanolicni Roman lll2l. ... 102:-I : ... 10'..1';. ... 14,‘2 , ,4 RAILWAY SHARES, 75i ... 7:)5 ... 750 ... 751 97 50 9! 2, 91 :1911 Orleans .. %loorpellier to Cette qulhausen to 1 hann 7:tra.sbutg LO flak, Get 11131'. I% I; L. I', EXTRAORDINARY CURES OF THE DEAF AND DUMB. Dr. Turnbull's mode of restoring or developing the senses of Bearing and sight, is undoubtedly the most wonderful discovery of the age. On more than one occiision we have laid before the public accounts of the miraculous cures of which v‘ c have actually witnessed the performance, and which, we hesitate not to confess, had we net seen we could scarcely have believed. How ever, as too much publicity cannot be given to a dis covery calculated to confer upon many human beings blessings scarcely inferior to existence itself, blessings without which life lacks its chief value, a discovery by which those excluded by the absence of sight or hearing from the most desirab'e intimacy and communion with the external world are admitted to enjoyments pre viously unknown to them, to receive the light of Heaven with all delighting - revelations, and hold free converse with their kind—as too much publicity cannot be given to such a discovery as this, we unhesitatingly lay be fore the public the wondrous facts which we witnessed on last Wednesday. Two patients, recommended to D . Turnbull's care by the Rev. Dr. M'Kinley, of Kilmar nock—one named Margaret Shields, aged nine years, whose parents thought she had lost her hearing when as nfant by fever—the other named Mary Wilson, aged thir teen years, of Templeton Burn, Kilmarnock, whose pa rents say she was born deaf and dumb—were introduced into the room where we attended to witness Dr. Turn- bull's operations. Into the ears of each of these chi!- dren the - operator poured a few drops of white liquid and added a small bit of lint to prevent its escapa. They were then allowed to sit quietly for about half an hour, when the Doctor slowly and silently approached first the one and then the other, with his watch in his hand ; and in both cases, no sooner did he come within two or three yards of the patient than her eye indicated a feeling of surprise, and a moment after, as the ticking of the watch became more dis tinctly heard, she uttered an exclamat'on of delight and assumed an attitude of most anxious attention, appr 'Truly desirous thoroughly to enjoy the new sensation. Some simple souads were next uttered by the Doctor's assistant, and were immediately repeated by the child upon whom the experiment was tried. Words were next spoken in a simihar manner, and ttith a similar re- stilt, and even whole sentences, after being; pro_ nounemi by Dr. Turnbull's assistant, were repeated by the patient, %Oto, only half an hour before, wts both deaf and dumb. The child, of course, evinced no con sciousness of the meaning of th.: words, but seemed to utter them from the delight of exercising a new faculty. Such a wonderful result astounded us. As language would altogether fad to convey an adequate idea of the emotions we experienced, we state the sim ple fact, which, indeed, needs not any extraneous em bellishments to heighten its interest. We have given the name and address of the Rev- Gentleman who recommended the children, in order that the sceptical may have an opportunity of ascer taining their condition previous to the operation we have just described.—Morning Advertiser. [We have great pleasure in bearing testimony to the above well-merited observations of our liberal Contem porary, who has omitted to add that people afflicted are flocking from all quarters, and many from the Conti nent, to Dr. Turnbull, and departing in gratitude and joyfolucis of heart at their happy relief. We think the Goverament ought to step forward and purchase this invaluable discovery, for the general benefit of mankind. If the man who caused a blade of grass to grow where none ever grew before was deemed a public benefactor, how much greater is the glory of him who unveils the beauty of day to the blind, bestows the charm of speech on the dumb, and wakens the harmony of sweet sounds to the deaf ? ED. SUN.] OPENING OF RAILWAY. Monday next will be a memorable day in the an nals of Railway enterprise. The Southampton will be opened the whole distance ; the North Mhfland be opened all the way to Sheffield and York ; the London and Brighton, in a state of great forwardness, will open its branch to Shoreham. We witnessed an experimental trip on this branch the other day, when the distance, six miles, was accomplished in about ten minutes. The fires on this line are very low, and we have no doubt the Proprietors will reap the advan ttge of this wise dee;sion on the part of the Directors. If the fares on other lines were more moderate, I,‘ _ the number of passengers would soon be doubled. Extortion is a blind calculator, nhich eventually defeats its purpo - ic by stirring,' up competition. The Directors of Railways should look to this, and they will find their reward in the gratitude of the public. We lately took occasion to introduce to our readers a little'velume from the pen of Mr. Shoberl, the well known Editor of " The Fo..get- me-Not," entitled " Prince Albert and the House of Saxony." So highly has this produc tiers been appreciated by his Royal Htgliness's uncle, the King of Belgium, that his Majesty has transmitted to the author a valuable gold snuff-box, "in token of his high satisfaction and Royal favour"— En temoiynage de sa haute satisfaction, et de sa royale bienveillance, to use the very words of the official let ter from the intent:ant of the King's Civil List, which accom• panied this present. The lid of the box has a border of richly enchased arabesque scrollwork, within which is another border of diamonds, enclosing his Majest)'s cipher, surmounted by a crown, both set in diamonds. Mrs. Peel and her daughters are still suffering from their bruises, which, Ise are happy to say, are not so seri ous as was at first conjectured. Sir George Rubinson's frac ture is a bad one ; the wound and swelling are both large, and until the latter is reduced the leg cannot be se t . Lady Robin son arrived in town, by mail, on Monday night; Sir George is attended by Mr. Co rtes; his spirits a re g ood, and, although ex periencing much pain, his general health has not suffered. The coachman and guard are doing well. DINNER AT THE MANSION HOUSE.—A grand ent,rtainment was given by the Lord Mayor in the Egyptian Hall, on 'Thursday, to celebrate the anniversary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. There were present on the occasion, the Archbishops of Can terbury and Armagh, fourteen Bishops, five Venerable Arch deacons, six Re , erend Doctors in Divinity, besides a number of other clergy, the Duke of Buccleuch, Sir Robert Inglis, ' several Aldermen, and the two Sheriffs. The dinner was on a grand scale, and a number of speeches were made in praise of the Society. The on'y speech worth quoting is the following, by the Rector of the parish of Bishopsgate Without Rev. Dr. Russell took occasion to state that he had not vio lated the secret with which he had been intrusted—the dona tion of the 5,0001. to the Society. He had received strict in junctions not to state that fact, which was intended to have been communicated in the usual course; but as some other individual had acted prematurely in giving the information, he, as one of the Committee, thought it necessary to allude to the circum stance. It was true that five notes of 1,0001. each had passed through his hands to the Society. It was also true that in one week donations to the amount of 8,0001. had been re ceived, and that on that day there had been put into his hands 1,0001. for the benefit of the Society.—(Loud cheers.) MURDER OF JOHN TEMPLEMAN.—We ex tract the following from the Gazette of last evening :—" White hall, May 7, 1540. —Whereas i' hath been kumbly represented auto the Queen that, on the night of Monday the 16th, or morn ing of Tuesday, the 17th day of March 1840, Mr. John Tern pleman, of Pocock's-fields, Islington, in the county of Middle sex, was barbarously murdered at his residence, by some evil disposed person or persons unknown. —Her Majesty, for the better apprehending and bringing to justice the persons concerned in the murder before-mentioned, is hereby pleased to pro mise her most gracious pardon to any one of them (except the person who actually committed the same) who shall discover his accomplice or accomplices therein, so that he, she, or they may be a pprehended and convicted thereof. And, as a fur ther encoeragement, a reward of Two Hundred Pounds is hereby cffered by the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasure, to any P erson (except as aforesaid) who shall dis cover the said offender or offenders, so that he, she, or they may be apprehended and convicted of the said tffence.— INORMANISY• This morning, the following notice was exhibited at all the Police Stations in the Metropolis :—"Man Docs. All persons allowing any ferocious dog to be in the public streets unmuzzled, are liable to a penalty of five pounds ; and all constables have strict orders to destroy all dogs found not properly secured, and the owners to be prosecuted. By order of the Commissioners of Police." Fideiio was repeated last night at the Princes Thew re. There is a difference of opinion by no means un common in the critical by profession on the merits of Sehwzrtz bock's Leonora. i his lady, though iniertor of course to Ala libran, is generally rated as equal, or very nearly so, to the celebrated Devrient. A SMALL SKIN.—It is stated that there has been recently presented to the Musuem of the Asiatic Society of I3engal, the skin of a boa, which measured twenty feet in When shot, the boa measured twenty-one feet ! " It tiad swallowed a spotted deer, which was taken out Of the inside not too much d e composed for the spots in the skin to be Where the deer was the skin measured three quite distinct. F,'•et one inch across." The obsequies of the lamented Lord William Russell svill take place at the au m soleum of the Russell family, at Chenics, in Bucks, of which place his Lordship's nephew I Lord Wriothesley Rufieil, is ItCet9r, THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1840. THE MAR,KETS-(TiliS DAY.) COVENT-GAROEN. The supply was good of all kinds, but not any particular no velty; the demand lively. Plants, 3s. 6d. to 4s. per dozen; Celery, Is. to 2s. 6d. per bundle; Onions, 3s. to 3s. 61 per sieve ; Carrots, 3s. 6d. to ss. per dozen ; Brocoli, ls. 6d. to 3s. 6,1. per bundle; Asparagus, 2s. 6d. to 6s. per bundle; •Oranges, 4s. to 10s. per 100 ; Lemons, 3s. to 14, ; Apples, ss. to Iss. per bushel ; Cherries, 2.15. per lb. ; Cucumbers, 2s. to ss. per brace ; Cabbages, Oil. to Is. 2d. per dozen ; Spinach, Is. per sieve ; Peas, 50s. per sieve; French Beans, 2s. to 2s. 6.1. per 100 ; new Potatoes, 2s. to 3s. per lb. ; Goose berries, 55. per sieve; Peaches, 30s. per dozen; Strawberries , 4s. t.d. to 6s. per oz., ; Ilot-house Grapes, 6s. to 12s. per lb ; Pine Apples, Os. to 12s. per lb. ; Pears, 4s. to Bs. per dozen ; York's old Potatoes, 60s. to 05s. ; Devons, 60s. ; Scotch, 60s. to 655.; Whites, 60s. to Oos. NEWGATE AND LEADENIIALL. The supply was large, but the demand was not equal to it, and prices were with difficulty maintained. Beef, 2s. Bd. to :3s. 6d. ; Veal, Bd. to 4s. Bd. ; Mutton, 3s. to 4s. ; Pork, 3s. 2d. to 4s. Bd. ; Lamb, ss. 9d. to Gs. 9d. per stone. Fair supplies of Game and Poultry, with an improved demand, and priers rather higher. Fowls, 3s. to ss. ; Chickens, Is. 6d. to 2s. Gd. ; Surrey Capons, 6s. to 9s. ; Guinea Fowls, 45. to ; Pigeons, 4d. to 9d. ; Ducklings, 3s. to 4s. ; Goslings, 4s. to Gs. ; Turkeys, 4s. to is. ; Leverets, 35. to 55. ; Tame Rabbits, Is. to I.:. Gd.; Eggs, 4s. 9d. per 120 : Plover Eggs, 3s. per dozen. HUNG ER FORD MARKET. Good supplies and a fair trade. Turbot 5s to 18s each ; Cod, 3s to 5s and 8s ; Soles 10d to 3s 6d per pair ; Lobsters, Is to 4s Salmon, is 6d to 3s per lb. Beef 7d. to Sid. ; Mutton to 81,1. ; Lamb, 9d. to 10d ; Veal, Bd. to 9d. ; Pork, 711. to BLd. per lb. Prices of Vegetables much the same as at Covent Garden. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. Fair supplies, and a good demand, prices steady. Turbot, ss. to 18s.; Cod, 2s. 6d. to Bs. ; Lobsters, Is. to 4s. ; Soles, 6(1. to 3s. 6d. per pair; Mackarel, 4d. to Bd. ; Whitings, 4d. to Sd. ; Haddocks, 6d, to Is. ; Halibut plentiful and cheap ; Salmon, Is. to th. 61. per lb. TEA:MARKEL Very little hing in any kind of Tea. The only description securing business was Company's Congous, which were 2s. sd. per lb. cash. HAY MARKETS. The supplies were moderate, and prices steady ; the demand not quite so good. Hay, 50s. to 925. ; Clover, 60s. to 1 13s. ; Straw, 325. to 425. per load. TALLOW MARKET. Very little dope, and the price of I'. V. C. was 495. LLOYD'S SHIPPIN ix -(THIS DAY.) DEAL, MAY B.—Wind W. S. W.—Arrived ti•e Briton's PrPe, Scott, from Barcelona. _ _ _ Ltvntlroot. MAY B.—Wind variable, and light breezes. —Arrived the William Large, from Jamaica. Sailed the Bang, Stewart, for Manilla ; Oxford, Rathbone, New ; York ; Harriett, Philips, Baltimore; Leila, Higgins, New Orleans; Simons, Montreal. C port the Nightingale, from Pernambuco. The Josephine, Scott, arrived here from Barbadoes, experienced a severe gale on the 11th and 12th ult,, in lat. 36, long. 46. It commenced from the N. W., veering to N. N. E. and E., with a heavy sea running ; she laid-too under a reefed main spenser, with the sea-rail under water. PORTSMOUTH, MAY B.—Wind S. S. W.—An iced the Alexander - Baring, HI:11, from Chins. sailed Dee. 21 ; Aurora, Vanden, St. Michael's. Off port the Earl of Hardwicke. Henning, from Calcutta ; Falcon, Mauritius; Frederick Keith, Toby, Cape of Good Hope. FALMOUTH, MAY 7.—Wend S.W., fresh breezes.—Ar rived the Swift packet, from Halifax, sailed the 16th ult.; Agenoria, Odessa, leaky, and cargo damaged; Five, Red head, ditto ; Julie, Lind, ditto ; James Bayles, Bayley, ditto; Rether, Hail, ditto ; and Sophia, Domaille, St. Michael's. Off port the Amalia, Miller, from Batavia, wiled the 29:,h December; Amelia, Mulholland, Cape of Good Hope ; Archimede, Clrtellano, Gallipoli , Eleven, Morrison, Odessa; and Tat - dray, Butcher, Palermo. Dom, MAY B.—Off prt the Carnarvon, Koch, from Rio Janeiro. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, 7'WELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL. CoTTON MARKET, FRIDAY. —A good extent of business has been done this week. The trade is now regular and steady ; buyers, and both exporters and spe culators continuing their operations. Tne result of each day's transactions has produced an average sale of 6,000 bales. For American descriptions prices are, if any thing, rather higher than last week. In Brazil, su little doing they are nominal, with a tendency to decline. India, no change worth notice. Exporters have taken 1,100 bales of American, and 100 Surat ; and speculators 3,soolArne rican. The !sales to-day arc at least [6,000 bales of all kinds, with a steady market. We have received New Brunswick Papers to the 12th April. FREDERICTON, MARCH 21.—This day his Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor came in the usual state to the Council Chamber, and having given his assent to the ap propriation bill, and a number of other important enact ments, his Majesty wt s pleved to close the session in a speech, from which the fallowing is an extract : " The prospect of any further disturbances with the neighbouring States appear to have greatly diminished, if not wholly to have vanished, in consequence of the prudent course adopted by our more immediate neighbours of the Maine, in having placed the conduct of the boubdary dis pute wholly in the bands of the General Government of the United States, thereby affording to both countries the most satisfactory gteirentee that the peace and friendship now happily existing between two of the greatest and most enlightened nations in the world, and in the mainte nance of which their best interests are acknowledged mu tually to consist, will not be suffered to be disturbed or in terrupted on light or insufficient grounds. " I now take my leave of you ; therefore, I do so in the confident hope that nothing may occur during the recess calculated to impair the prosperous and satisfactory state of public affairs under which we separate." BOUNDARY.—Extract of a letter from Fredericton, dat,d April:—" Four companies of American artillery arrived at Houlton last week. These companies complete a regiment, a part of which are to march to Port Fairfield, and some are expected to move to Lake Tamisgaiota. MILITARY MOVEMENTS.— Brigadier- General Custis has been ordered to the command of the United States troops at Houlton in Maine. The force there will not exceed 500 regulars, but their presence, and that of so discreet and intelligent an officer as Genera Custis will, it may be anticipated, have the effect of keeping things quiet. TOE FUNDS. Consols opened this morning at the leaving off quota tations of yesterday, 91i for Money, and 91i f for the Account 1 Exchequer Bills 22 24 premium ; - India Bonds, 2 to 4 prcm. ; Bank Stock, 1751 ;:lndia Stock 2491 2504. In the Fozeign market scarce a bargain doing as yet, and the prices arc nominal :—Spanish Active, as they left off, at 28i 291; Deferred 1441; Passive, 7+ 4-; Portu guese, as they closed , 53 1 1 ; Colombian, - 251 26+ ; Mexican, 2SZ 29; Brazilian, 751 76; Belgian, 1024 1034; Dutch Trro•and-a- Half per Cents., 63 54i ; nve per • Cents. 100+ i. PRICES W' STOCKS THIS DAY AT 01.:E O'CLOCR. ;lank Stock l7s 'x i•N India Stock 3 per Cent. Red, .........90 SUN 00 Ditto Bonds 3 per LIAiLS. COll 1)134 South Sea Stock — 3 , 4 ner Cent — Old Annuities — Ditto Red. ...........98%% New Ditto - New 3% per Cent... ....... ....9inA 3 per Cent. Annuities, 175 1 New 5 per 1 Cent. Bank Long Annuities toc-cpire l Ditto 500... 24 22 pm. Jan. 5, 15641 13 1 i-16%' 1 Ditto Small 24 2 - 2 pm. Oct. 10, 1851) l4 9-16 1 Ditto Commercial dis • Jan. 5, Win ...... Ditto Advertised ...... pin. Jan. 5, 15..40 — Bank Stock for Account .. prils A, 1880 - India Stock for Account .. Jan. %1970 — Consols for Account aiiiil4 PRICES OF FOREIGN Fl) N DS THIS DAI AT ONE 0 CLOCK Austrian Bonds -.. Peruvian Minis — i Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian B on d s Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds — Ditto, 3 per Cent......... Cent.........— Ditto Account —l 1 Ditto Account 24% Chilian 3ond s —, Prussian Bonds Ditto Acco's nt —; Russian Bends, 1822. ..... .... Coktmt ian B c ids —; Ditto Account — Ditto kczos. nt — Ditto Metallic — Columbian 3:7 d 5,1824 D it:o Accouit vanish Bonds Ditto I.sti :nt —l Deferred 1 ,04 Greek Bonds. — French, 5 per cent. f. c. Ditto Bonds, 1825. —l —.. 4 per cent. —f. —c. Ditto Account ....... ........ —3 per cent. —f.—c. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent. , . --- Exchange. —l. —C. Ditto Account •-•• Dutch, 2y4 per cent. s3h, Ditto, 6 per Cent. Ditto Account Neapolitan — Ditto Account......- PIUCEs or SHARES THIS DA le AT aid ONE O'CLOCK. P. Per Share Eastern Counties Railway 2l 11 tilreat Western Railway Company 65 B.'s zi • Ditto New „. 4 40% B r i g hton Railway 135 V,8 5 04 381. 17s. 9d. 51% London and South Western ...... N.irth Midland Railway Company .100 Ditto New 2) South Eastern and Dover Railway Company 16 COURSE OF EXCHANGE YES/1 EP.DAY, Amsterdam C.F. 12 4 \ (11bratta........ ....... , .... 48 Ditto, at sight Rotterdam 0 U l2 434 benoa...s.. ...... , . .............. 25 75 Antwerp... Hamburg.......... ..... N.B l3 11% Venice, ..... OW. li•••••••••••••• et 4 47 A1t0na...... l3 12 Naples 1.11113114•010•11.••••• • • , 1 Paris, 3 days'sight 25 40 Palcrmo ..................per oz. :at % Ditto... •• •• ........... 3Ms '2s 65 Lisbon ...... ...•••••••••604.4/1.01. 54% Marseilles. Bourdeaux 25 65 ' oJaneirri.,...• ....•••••••••••• 18 Frankfort on Maine, Ex. Al. 151% 8ahia.......... ................... 26 Petersbutgh, ruble... 3 Us. 3734 Buenos Ay r Berlin Vienna, effective 0...3 M 10 5 Philadc. . i Trieste......ditto .... ... Madrid. ............. 4 37% eon •; Cadiz.• 37 % 1 e" Bilbea 37 ' • Barcelona 3654 Seville 36% PRICES OF IRISH 3 per Cent. Consols ......... • 0W per Cent. Stock Ditto Reduced 33% Re 4% 5 ~5,~~..M.~.....K~~rN ;91 days'siiiii; 4614, 4n1a.......••••••••••11 • 4u e tc! i: i g g :n a o l u G °4 b o it : 6 ll 3B , ti st; i s fl LL . L . :r i i :" :: : e l : Per l (l l, 7 l t) : ) 9 )74 0 7. 4 1‘..% 13_7_14, O . 1 cHC C S' i ' i l iDt K t i b 2 yy vw :S i e r to,D , t7 l : e D; b4n U c l u li d np u bß r eti a s ui L i.nnr . c ll ske N ' tn ;, : i . : :: " p f AY . 0 5 " - Grand Canal Debs. 6 percent. 91 National Insurance Co e C m: c p:a n P n . t y . ......‘'...."' .......• .-- Ballast HALF -PAST ONE The per cent The British Quo° (steamer) was spoken with by th e Alexander Baring o the 3d inst. in long. 10 W. It is now reporte alit the Chancellor of the Exche quer will only wan three millions in his budget, to L e raised on Exchequer bills, but this requires confirmation as we do not believe that any thing is known at present .on the subject. During the whole of the morning very little business las been done in t e British market, which is generally the case on Satur ays, consequently we have nothing worthy of remark to e present time in the market. Consols m y be quote d at the o p enin g p rices 91 1 i for the Account Money 911; Exchequer Bills receded, 2s. 24 2 prom, Bank Stock 1751 :,-. ; India Stock, 2501. The For ign Market is also inactive. Spanish Active 281, has ..en 29 ; Deferred 14,} ; Colombian, 26 ; Bra zilian, 7 - 4 ; Mexicsn, 301 ; Dutch Two-and-a-H a lf per Cents., 531; Five per Cent s., 1001 ; Portuguese Three per Ce ts, 241 ; Five per Cents, 1001. No urther arrivals at present. Ditto New, 1830 ...... • ni per Cent. Debentures Bank Stock .....•.......•••.....Grand Canal Stock Royal Canal Stock ....... k Or C t' T 7 dinn the/' SpO Ale Marquis of Normanby will g ive a grand ron the lath inst., to the wh ole of the Judges, including Lord Chancellor, the Lord Advocate of Scotl and, the Aker, the Judge of the High Court of Admiralty. ~ /~+%', l ~( CATHOLIC INSTITUTE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIMERICK STANDARD. Sie,—A paragraph, professing to be taken from your Paper, has been going the round of the Conservative or Tory Press, asserting that the Phanix Nev:spaper, pub lished at Edinburgh, is " under the government of the Catholic Institute of England" (Great Britain). Per haps you will allow me to say, for the information of your readers, that there is no truth whatever in that statement. 'The Phcenix is not under the government of the Catholic Institute, and the Institute has no connexion whatever with that journal. I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, J. A. SMITH. Secretary. Catholic Institute, 14, Soho•square, May 7, 1840. CHANCERY COURT-(THIS DAY.) JONES V. THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. This ease stood on the paper to be spoken to-day. The matter came before his Lordship a few days since upon motion for an injunction to restrain the defendants, the Company of Proprietors Ef the Great Western Rail way, from proceeding with certain works on the lands of the plaintiff until they had given sufficient com pensation. It appeared that some time since, the defend ar.ts entered into an agreement to purchase certain por tions of land belonging to the plaintiff, situated in Berk shire. By the works which the defendants were now carrying on they were making entirely useless another portion of the plaintiff's land, for which he claimed com pensation, which the defendants refused to give. Mr. TORNEft to-day, upon the case being called on, stated that the Company would undertake to give such compensation as a Jury might award. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that the Company under taking to go before a J ur y t o ascerta i n t h e damage to the plaintiff, he would abstain from granting the injunction at present ; but the Company must understand, if they did not act upon their undertaking, he should consider the in junction as granted on the present day. SECOND EDITION- THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES.) BRITISII FUNDS Bank Stock 175 N! India St Deli 3per Cent. Ned 3 per Cent Ccoc 01 1 ,[ 3 1 Ditto Old Annuities — 'i per Cent Iled 953,4 Ditto New Annuities New :t per Cent 91.11 Ex. Bills, 1,000/ Pd ` , 9. pm New 5 Der Cent — Ditto 53!!! .--,, pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small , 2 prn Jan. 1860 Oct. 1559 Jan 1560 , I Consols Ibr Acct 9l k FollEltiN FUNDS Austrian, 5 per cent Portuguese Bonds, sper cent. 6O Belgian, 5 per cent 103 1 Ditto, New Ditto Brazilian Bonds 753 , Prussian, 5 per cent Buenos A yrcs, 6 per cent — i Russian Bond!, 5 per cent.... Chilian, 6 per cent — i Ditto, Metallic Colomb.an, 6 er cent — , Spanish,s per cent — Ditto, 1R24 — i Ditto, Deferred Danish, 3 per cent ......... ...... French, 5 per cent Greek Bonds, Iti2s, 5 per ct. Exchange f. —c Mexican, 5 per cent — i French, :I per cent -r. —c, Ditto, 6 per cent.. 1525 t:8" , ,,• ,; Dutch, IN percent. Peruvian,lB2s,6 per cent..." 7:. _' Ditto, 5 per cent. 100% IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, MAY 8. Their Lordships met at Five o'clock; A message from the House of Commons brought up tirelackmvnan and Perth Road Bill, and the lubolvent Debtors' Bill (Ireland), which were read a first time. Lord RE DE SDAL;E presented a petition from a place in the county of Derby against any further grant to the College of Maynooth. Lord PRUDHOE presented petitions from Northum berland in favour of Medical Reform and against altera tion of the Corn-laws. Earl STANHOPE presented a number of petitions against the war with China. The Duke of BUC CL EUC H presented petitions from various parts of Scotland, relative to the Church Intrusion question. SHAIIF;S: Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Bristol and Exeter Railway 27 Eastern Counties Railway tircat Western Railway Ditto New Share - Hull and Selby 161, London and Brighton Railway 28% London and Blackwall Railway in London and Greenwich Railway lO London and South NVestern Railway slli North Midland Railway lOl% Ditto New Shares 33% South Eastern and Dover ssy MURDER OF LORD W. RUSSELL. LATEST PARTICULARS. Norfolk-street, half-past Two o'Clock. Up to this hour Caurvoisier still remains at the resi dence of his late master. He is not in actual custody, although strictly watched. Nothing further has trans pired, but the inquiry still continues, the strictest se crecy being observed as to every thing that is elicited. MARLBOROUGH-STREET POLICE COURT, FOUR O'CLOCK. Up to this hour no person has been brought before the Magistrate, charged with being concerned in the mur der of Lord William Russell, although a report was very prevalent during the morning that Courvoisier would be broughtto the office during the course of the day. It is reported that certain articles of jewellery, supposed to have belonged to the ill-fated Nobleman, have been found in Courvoisier's possession, and that Ellis, the late valet, has been sent for to ascertain if he can identify the property. The watch has not yet been discovered. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FRON THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAL. (From the Globe.) That Irishmen should be temperate in their language, as well as their cups, and disappoint the broad-sheet under Mr. O'Connell, as well as starve the revenue under Father Matthew, is surely asking from mortal men too much at once. Nothing less, however, will satisfy the Times of this morning. In its virtuous horror of violent language, or in revenge of poaching on its own manor, the Tnnec pounces upon some ex• pressions of Mr. O'Brien Dillon, in Tipperary, which contain something about muskets and bayonets, and Repeal of the Union. We are quite of the opinion of the Ghost in Hamlet, that speaking daggers is much less indiscreet than using them. Our readers may re member that we rather discountenanced the cries of " treason" by some of our contemporaries against the and Robys. When people talk sedition on the scene of its actual occurrence, or when there is any direct connection between talk and action on such occasions, it may be necessary to punish words as deeds.. Or when a public functionary toasts the triumphs of civil war, it may be due to the public feeling to remove him. But these are nowise parallel cases to this of Mr. O'Brien Dillon, which the Times labours so hard to invest with prodigious importance. We look upon such sallies as of about equal practical moment to Mr. Bradshaw's declaration that he (Bradshaw) would re sist the Queen's Government. It is quite understood that these are figures of speech at Canterbury and in Tipperary. Besides, even on the Times showing, Mr. Dillon's recurrence to the old arguments of the Irish proposed hyp o th e ti c ally, and as Volunteers was only the hypothesis is not likely to be realised, the more harmless is the menace. (From the Standard.) We arc informed that a majority of the gentlemen connected with the provincial press have made ar rangements for the purpose of addressing to Parliament a petition for a revision of the unjust and mischievous law of libel. We rejoice that the subject has been taken up by the provincial press, because, for reasons which we shall presently explain, the provincial press is entitled generally to more consideration upon such a question, than the aggregate press of the metropolis, However, it is the duty of all of us who are sensible of the danger and degradation to which we are all exposed in the present state of the law, and who feel that it is unmerited in our own several cases, to join heartily in the pursuit of justice opened by our provincial brethren. Of one thing we may be well assured, that if we do not urge our own cause, it will not, whatever they may promise, be urged by others. Peers and Members of Parliament, judges and lawyers, will not protect us if they can help it ; they all impartially , y, hate us, and.alLwi t h to retain us in that state of sub jection and debasement to Which we' aro condemned by the present state of the law. This is a point upon which all ranks of public men, and all parties, are agreed : they feel that the press has some power in spite of them, and they prefer to check the increase of that power, by degrading laws, to giving it a right direction, by placing us in our proper position. The public may not know this, but we who are behind the scenes see it every day. The very men who almost crawl to us in private would not deign to recognise one of us in public, still less to render a kindness which could be detected ; while a gentleman who even offers an ordinary civility to one of our proscribed order is denotmeed by his equals as a person who descends to " toady the press." (From the courier.) A numerous meeting of the solicitors and attornies of the metropolis, which was held yesterday at the Law Society's-rooms in Chancery-lane, was with reference to an objcet of peculiar interest, not in respect of legal practitioners only as a class apart, hut of the public at large ; that is, for the expression of an opinion very ge nerally entertained privately in favour of the removal of the Courts of Law and Equity from Westminster Hall, where at present located, to some central situation in the vicinity of Lincoln's Inn. For those conversant with Courts as now held at Westminster, we mean suitors, jurors, auditors, as well as the legal profession, t here needs no description to recall or impress upon their senses the exceedingly inconvenient, ill-arranged small, and therefore crowded state of the offices on business days. Their narrow and huddled accommoda tions, if accommodations they can be called, are really derogatory to the dignity of the administration of justice. Some notion may be formed indeed of the way in which Judges are disposed of into all sorts of holes and corners, when wanted', by one specimen cited by Mr. Vizard in the course of his very effective speech at the meeting—" It was found necessary," said he, " that the Master of the Rolls should sit in the morning at Westminster, instead of the evening in Chancery-lane. He was first put into a Committee room in the House of Commons, and afterwards up stairs in a room the ceiling of which any man might almost reach with his hand, and the approach to which was a disgrace to a Court of Justice." The in convenience or disagreeableness to the Judge is not, however, the worst feature in the case, for the cause of the suitor may be damaged from the hindrances thrown in the way of free communications with his counsel and solicitors. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON. (THIS DAY.) The annual meeting of the members of the Royal Yacht Squadron took place at the Thatched House Tavern, St. James-street. The Right Hon. the Earl of YARBOROUGH, Commodore, in the Chair. The following members were present :—Vice- Admiral Sir G. E. Hamond, G. C. 8., Joseph Wild, Esq., Joseph Reynolds, Esq., the Earl of Ilchester, John Moore, Esq., Captain Thomas Garth, R.N., Charles Pratt, Esq., William Delafield, Esq., Captain A. L. Corry, R.N., Sir Hyde Parker, Bart., the Earl of Wilton, Menon Hall, E-q., Edward B. Beaumont, Esq., S. D. Horsey, Esq., M. P., John Bayley, Esq., Sir B. Graham, Bart., R. W. Cooper, Esq., George Tomline, Esq., William Hanhane, Esq., John Beardmore, Esq., Viscount Exmouth, and Petre, Esq. The following Noblemen ann Gentlemen were elected members :—Benjamin Boyd, Wanderer, 141 tons; Vis count Powcrscourt, Antelope, 90 tons; Lord Lovainc, Turquois, 78 tons ; Captain W. B. Ponsonby, Heron, 46 tons. The following were elected honorary members :—Copt. C. B. Swinburne, R.N. ; Commander J. C. Par'i.er, lI.N. ; Commander H. E. Coffin, R.N. ; Commander Charles C. Dent, R.N. ; Commander John Henry Wind barn, R.N. ; his Majesty the King of Naples; John Cos pin, Esq., her Majesty's Consul at Corunna ; General fr for 9 0 t on o In gels, First Minister of the llaytian Republic. a theltliwtlaisAaurgraunsgt?dhythyaatethhtes of fuethee 6t n'sC h up cl be class, sailed om 115 tons. That the Annual Ball do take place on Tuesday the 18th August. That the Club Cup, value 100 guineas, be sailed f or on Wednesday, the 19th August, by yachts of the 4th class, from 55 to 70 tons ; and That the Annual Dinner do take place on Thursday, th e 20th August. Thanks having been voted to the Noble Chairman, the meeting broke up. Mrs. Wyndham entertained a fashionable circle on Thursday evening, in Grosvenor-place. and Lady William Keith Douglas left the Burlington Hotel on Thursday, en route for C ar l s b a d . Lady William 13entinek has left Vernon Douse, park-place, for Paris. ROLLS' uOUßT._crins DAY.) ROBINSON V. ADDISGN. The arguments of Counsel in this case occupied the Court the whole of the day. The question was, whether certain shares in the Leeds and L;vcrpool Canal. be queathed by the testator in the cause John Robinson, Vicar of Alstone, in Essex, were specific or general legacies. The case was not concluded when the Court rose. VICE-CHANCERY-(THIS DAY.) COMBER. V. SOWTON. The arguments in this part-heard case, which came be. fore the Court upon exceptions to the AlAster's Report, occupied the Court the whole morning. EXCHEQUER COURT-THIS DAY. LEWIS V. GOMPERT?. This was an action upon a Bill of Exchange for 2501., which:was tried before Mr. Baron Gurney a few days ago, when a verdict was found for the Plaintiff. Mr. KELLY DON mot, for a Rule Nisi, for a Nonsuit, on the ground of the insufficiency of the notice of dis honour. The notice was thus " Sir, the Bill for 250/. drawn by J. Trendall and indorsed by you has been pre sented to the acceptor for payment, and dishonoured, and now lies with me overdue as above, of which I hereby give you notice." His first objection was that it did not appear either expressly or by implication, that the Bill was due, and secondly, it did not appear that the holder l oo k e d to the defendant for payment. The notice did not claim any payment. It was laid down in the books that it was essential that any notice to an indorser should explicitly state and inform him that the Bill had been presented after it became due, and in proper time after; also it was essential that it should distinctly convey to the mind of the party that the person sending the notice looked t o t h e other for payment. In the present notice all these thi ngs were wanting—the date of the bill was not given, neith er did it state when it became due, nor did the plaintiff say that he held the defendant liable for the payment of the bill. This was laid down in the case of Solarti v. Palmer, and in Strange v. Price, 2d Percy and Davison, 278. Mr. Baron PARKE said, if the argument were carried to its full extent, it would be necessary for a merchant to have an attorney constantly at his elbow, otherwis e h e would never be able to have security i n giving a notice of dishonour. With such a notice it was impossible for any reasonable man to doubt that he was held liable for the payment of the bill, otherwise where was the use of giving the notice at all ? It was not likely that there would be two bills of the same date, drawn by the same person, having the same acceptor and the same indorser. He thought the notice quite sufficient. No mercantile man of business could fail to come to the conclusion upon the re ceipt of- such notice, that the bill had been regularly pre sented to the acceptor, had been dishonoured, and that be was held liable for it as an acceptor by reason of the notice. He thought there ought to be no rule. The other Judges concurred.—Role refused. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert took an airing yesterday afternoon, in a pony phaeton. Viscount Melbouriw, had an audience yesterday of her Majesty, The Royal dinner party at the Palace, last evening, in cluded her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anne Maria Dawson, Viscount Melbourne, Baron Stockmaar, Baron de Lowenfels, Right Hon. George Stevens Byng, and Mr. George Edward Anson. The band of the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards attended at the Palace during the evening. The Hereditary Prince of Saxe Cobourg Gotha, at tended by Baron de Lowenfels, visited the Queen Dowager and the Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar yesterday, at Marl borough House, to take leave of her Majesty and her Se lene Highness, previous to his departure (this morning) for the Continent. The Hereditary Prince also paid visits yesterday to the Duchess of Kent, at Ingestrie House, Belgrave-square ; to the Princess Augusta, at Clarence House, St. James's ; the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House; and the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge, at Cambridge House. The Duke of Cambridge and Prince George visited his Serene Highness yesterday, at Buckingham Palau. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, the Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar, and the Princesses of Saxe Weimar, drove in the Parks yesterday afternoon in pony barouches and four. Her Majesty. on her return to Marlborough House, paid a visit to the Princess Augusta at Clarence House, St. James's. The Duchess of Cambridge visited the Duchess o Gloucester yesterday at Gloucester House. The Duke of Cambridge visited the Princess Augusta yesterday. A deputation from the Metropolitcn Anti-Bridge Toll Association for securing the means of throwing open Wa tcrloc, Southwark, and Vauxhall bridges free of toll, consisting of Sir M. Wood, Bart., M. P., Mr. G. Bynv, - , M. p., Right Hon. Tennyson D'Evncourt, M. P., Mr. B Hawes, jun., M. P., and the follos - ving merchants, &c. —Messrs. J. Quince) , Harris, JaMes Shears, Thomas Green, Thomas Saunders, H. Byron, Thomas Pocock, Thomas Bish, Thomas A. Hankcy, and Apsley Pellatt, and Mr. Henry Cope, jun., lion. Secretary to the Asso ciation, had an interview with the Marquis of Normanby yesterday, at the Home-office. A deputation, conisting of Sir M. Wood, Mr. Jones, Mr. Johnson, the City Remernbrancer, and the City Soli citor, bad an interview with Mr. Labouchero yesterday, at the Board of Trade. Lord Hill, Mr. Dawson, Mr. Nichol], and Mr. Wl braham, had interviews with the Marquis of Normanby, yesterday at the Home-office. NEW TORY CLUB.—The Conservative Journal of this day expresses great delight that " a new Conserva tive Club is about to he called into existence" (Can ning's magniloquent phrase). It calls it an off-shoot from the Carlton, and adduces it as a proof of the " spread of Conservatism." Wo should call it a proof rather of a " split," judging from the names on the Committee of Management. " All Conservative agriculturists," adds this Journal, " will rejoice to learn that the Duke of Buc!cingham and Chandos has consented to act as Chairman of the Committee; and that the names of Lord Normanton, Canterbury, De Lisle, &c.,—et Messrs. Neeld, M.P., Blackstone, M.P., Fitzroy, M.P., Mathew, M.P., and of other Conservatives not less influential, will be found enrolled in the Committee list." DIED.—At Mazagon, Bombay, WmaleCallum, Esq., merchant, proprietor and editor of the Bombay Gazette. His death was awfully sudden. He had but recently married Miss AD-J=44lle youngest sister of the lady of Mr. Northhouse, Faniamentary agent, who had been shortly before his death prematurely con fined, and being weak, it was p ro p osed to take a drive in their carriage, when Mr. McCallum was seized with sickness , and from a state of perfect health, in the bloom of life , he wa s a cor p se in three hours. This gentl eman was greatly respected from the variety and depth of his learn ing, the soundness of his views, and the kindness of his dis position— gentle—with affection mild, i He had peculiar claims on the sympathy of the people of InWw7iittharnmaanLerssimplcity a child." Bombay. Having inserted a letter in his Journal on cer t a i n practices in the navy , which were thought to reflect upon Sir John Malcolm, ho was tried for libel ; arid though it. was proved that he had struck out the offensive expretsions before inser tion, a stratagem was used to see the letter in its ori g i na l state by a pretended ' friend, who had accepted an invitation to dine with him, and from this Judas-like treachery he was found * guilty and sentenced to a very large tine and impris onmen t , having been tried by y a Specia/ Jury. The people of B om b ay were so indignant at th e circumstances, that the prosecu or t - s and their friends were publicly pelted. To such an extent does arbitrary power prevail in India, that the very Counsel wh o de • fended him was deprived of a situation he held for having dared to do so. Such is the independence of the Oriental bar. MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.—A young gentleman, about 21 years of a g e, of the middle stature, rather good-looking, with a florid com p lexion, dark e yes, a sli g h t o bli_ quity of vision, and a very per ce p tible scar on the right cheek bone, has suddenly disappeared from his home within the last few days. He was last seen at the top of Portland-road, M ary - lebone, on Saturday evening , the 2d inst., and a ppeared in ex cellent spirits. He was d ressed in an invisible green frock coat, rather worn, black s atin lon g stock, and dark t rousers. His hat has probably the word Golgotha written wi t hi n . Any information respect in g him will be most thankfully re ceived by his anxious relations, addressed to Mrs. Tapster, Si, Dean-street, Soho. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager will g i ve a grand fete at Marlborough House, on Tuesday afternoon, to her Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Cambridge. It is a juvenile party, but the cards issued invite a large circle of the nobility, with their families from three to fourteen years of age. The entertainment is from three to eight o'clock, The Earl and Countess of Jersey's dinner par ties and soirees are given up for a few w eeki , in consequence of the lamentable death of Lord William Russell. SPANISH LEGION. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY wished to put a question to the Noble Viscount opposite relative to the claims of the Spanish Legion. He had seen that Sir De Lacy Evans had set out for Madrid, and he (the Marquis of Londonderry) wished to know if he had been commis sioned to act for the Government? Lord MELBOURNE said that Sir De Lacy Evans bad gone to Spain to urge his own claims and those of the Legion, but he had no special commission from the Go vernment. 'Lie Marquis of LONDONDERRY asked tf the ne gotiations with the Spanish Government were yet brought to a close, or whether they were still going on? Lord MELBOUNE said the negotiations had not yet been brought to a definite conclusion. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY said that he would take an early opportunity of moving an Address to her ➢Majesty on the subject. IRISH MUNIIPAL CORPORATION BILL. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY presented a peti tion from the Guild of St. Bartholomew's, in Dublin, against the Irish Municipal Corporation Bill. The Noble Marquis expressed his conviction that the Bill would never pass their Lordships' House. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE laid upon the, table the Report of the Select Committee on Tithe Commuta tion, which was ordered to be printed. Also a petition from the Baptist Ministers of London and Westminster against the growth of opium in India. - The Earl of GALLOWAY presented a petition from the borough of Woodstock, against the repeal of the Corn- laws. The Marquis of WESTMEATH moved that the evi dence last night laid before the House in reference to the Corporations of Dublin be printed. The Marquis of NORM ANBY said that he would not object to the printing of the evidence, if the Noble Mar quis pressed his motion. At the same time be did not see what good purpose it would serve; and the Noble Mar quis ought to bear in mind that the reform of the Irish Corporations did not depend upon the conduct of the Cor poration of Dublin alone. The Marquis of W E TM EA T I-I said that the evidence would show the party feeling of the Commissioners. It would show that they were all, except those that were dead—(Laughter)—partisans of the Government. In fact, Ministers had provided well for every one of them. The Earl of MOUNTCAS[IEL moved for a return of the Address of the House of Assembly of Upper Ca nada, imploring her Majesty to encourage emigration to that colony from the United Kingdom. The Noble Lord at the same time presented a petition from the Ca nada Land Company, praying that a sum of 6,0004 which that corporation owed the Government, mien be expended upon the encouragement of emigration. The Marquis of LAN SDO WNE said the paper re ferred to by the Noble Earl had been already produced. Lord MOUNTCASIIEL said if such were the case his motion would be of course unnecessary, but be had been informed such was riot the case. EMIGRATION FROM SCOTLAND. The Earl of ABERDEEN presented petitions from the Isle of Sky, and other places, but to what effect we were unable to learn. The Noble Earl also asked whe ther it was the intention of the Government to introduce any measure to afford facilities for emigration from the Highlands of Scotland to Canada. Lord MELBOURNE was understood to answer in the negative. The Bishop of L OND 0 N presented petitions for Church Extension from Prince Edward's Island, Nova Scotia, and from Hereford, and other places in England, SCOTCH ENTAILS. The Earl of ROSEBERY said in rising, to move the second reading of a Bill for " Feuing of Entailed Es tates for Churches," &c. (Scotland), he hoped the title would alone be such an explanation of its principal object as to entitle it to acceptance. It was known that for some years past large contributions had been made by individuals for the purpose of constructing churches in that country, and that from the severity of the law of entails in Scotland it was impossible in many cases to find a proper site for them.—( Hear, hear.) It was for the purpose •f removing the obstructions which the law of entails in Scotland presented, in the alienation of small plots of land in that country, and in order to facilitate, as much as possible, the desirable object of raising churches and chapels where they were really required, that he took the liberty of introducing the Bill to the House, and of asking their Lordships' sanction for it. A similar observation would apply to schools and school-houses, and he had introduced them within the operation of his Bill. He would, therefore, also add a clause to empower heirs in possession to alienate lands for an adequate consideration for the last-named purpose, and for that purpose only. In order to prevent abuses the whole arrangements should bo referred to the Sheriff of the county were the estate was situated, and he was to judge of the justice of the expediency of the agreement into which .parties might enter. The first heir to the estate could appear before the Sheriff either personally or through his representatives. He would give the power allowed by the Bill, to all sorts of Dissenting establish ments. He had guarded expressly against the possibility of abusing or extending the power given by the Act, and be would confidently submit the Bill to their Lordships for its second reading. After a few words from the Earl of Roseberry, the Mar quis of Bute, the Earl of Haddiugton, and the Earl of Galloway, the Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Tuesday next. Their Lordships then adjourned to Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MAY 8. The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour. Alderman WOOD presented a petition, complaining o the uuneceseary expense of the Assistant Poor-law Com. missioners. Mr. NN , ALL ACE presented petitions, complaining of the present mode of taxing carriers. Also twenty peti tions for the repeal of the Corn-laws. Sir R. HILL presented six petitions in favour of Church Extension. Captain 11 IN NINGT 0 N presented petitions against Church Extension, against Church -rates, and against the Ecclesiastical Courts. Sir E. FILMER presented a petition from Gravesend, complaining of the operation of the Municipal Corporation Act, as far as respected the appointment of Magistrates. Mr. HODGES presented a petition from the Dissent ing Congregation of that town against Church Extension, signed (said the Hon. Member) by the Mayor, some of the late Churchwardens, and many others, members of the Established Church. Also similar petitions from Rams gate and Margate. Mr. BAIN ES presented a number of petitions against Church Extension. Mr. ELLIS presented petitions against Church Ex ension. Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition from Sal_ Ford, against the Constabulary Act ; also eleven petitions From places in Lancashire, against Church Extension. Sir E. WILNIOT presented a petition from Lichfield, in favour of the Grammar School Bill. Petitions, in favour of Church Extension, were pre sented, from Berkshire, by Lord BARINGTON ; and, from Lancashire, by Mr. R. B. WILBRAHAM. Mr. E WART presented a petition, signed by 15,000 inhabitants of Liverpool, against Lord Stanley's Bill for the registration of Irish voters. Sir RONALD FERGUSON presented a petition from Nottingham. praying for the repeal of the Corn-laws. Mr. JOHN PARKER presented a petition from Not tingham against Church Extension. On the motion of Admiral ADAM, the Clackmannan and Perth Road Bill was read a third time and passed. Colonel BAILEY presented a petition from the isle of Skye in favour of a general system of emigration. Mr. FORT presented a petition from Clitheroe against Church Extension. Mr., CORR Y presented a petition from a place in the North of Ireland, in favour of the Irish Registration Acts' Amendment Bill. Sir CHARLES COOTE presented petitions from places in the, county of Cavan, in favour of the Irish Re gistration Bill. Sir C. STYLES presented several pet;tions from the counties of Donegal and Antrim, against Lord StEn ley's Bill for the alteration of the Irish Registration Act. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL presented a petition against the Edinburgh Local Police Bill. Mr. STRUT T presented petitions against any grant for Church Extension, from parishes in Derby. Sir G. STAUNTON presented similar petitions from Portsmouth, also petitions against Sunday trading. Sir H. VIVIAN presented petitions from different parts of Cornwall against any grant for Church Extension. Captain MACNAMARA presented petitions from parishes in Ennii in favour of the repeal of the Corn-laws. Mr: Sergeant CURRY presented petitions from Ar magh against the Irish Registration Bill. Sir B. HALL presented a petition from Marylebone in favour of a repeal of the Corn-laws. Mr. "GREG presented sevens p e titi ons f rom diffe:ent parts ol ? Manchester to the same effect. Mr. WA RBURTON presented a petition from the Town Council of the borough of Bridport against the Bill for consolidating the county and borough police; also petitions against Church Extension ; and petitions against the Copyright Bill. Mr. T. DUNDAS presented fifteen petitions, signed by 2,454 persons, against the Corn-laws. Mr. R. CURRIE presented eleven petitions against any grant of public money for purposes of Church Exter sion ; four from different congregations in Northampton ; from Roade, Creaton, Brington, Kingsthorpe, Hackletor, Long Buckby, in Northamptonshire, and from Bicester, Oxon. Mr. BOLTON CLIVE presented a petition, signed by 500 inhabitants of Hereford, against Church Extension, and a petition against the Constabulary . 13111. Mr. PATTISON presented petitions from different wards in the City of London against the Corn-laws. Mr. L ANG DA LE presented a petition from the Pro testant Dissenters of Windsor-lane Chapel, Knaresbo rough, against Church Extension. Mr. WILLIAMS presented similar petitions from two parishes in Warwickshire. Mr. ARCHBOLD presented a petition from the county of, Carlow, signed by 2,b00 persons, against the Bill for the importation of foreign flour into Ireland. Mr. MiKINNON had a singular petition to present, it EVENING EDITION. was from the female inhabitants of Marylebone, agains t the Anatomy Bill. Col. THOMAS presented a petition frcm Kinsale against the repeal of the Corn-lawn. Sir R. INGLIS presented a petition from Mortlake and its neighbourhood, praying for Church Extension. Mr. HA WE S presented petitions from Faversham and the Dissenters of Wisberotigh, Sussex, against Church Extension. Mr. C. LUSHINGTON presented a petition from the Dissenters of West Headley to the same effect. Mr. HUNIE presented several petitions to the same effect. Lord C. HAMILTON presented a petition from the Grand Jury of the county of Tyrone, against the importa tion of foreign flour into Ireland. Mr. WARBURTON presented seventeen petitions, praying for the repeal of the Corn-laws ; also two peti tions from the county of Antrim, against Lord Stanley's Registration Bill ; and petitions from Bloomsbury, lox ton, Red Lion Square, the workmen at Fenning's Wharf, and several bodies of operatives, praying for the immediate repeal of the Corn-laws. THE BUDGET. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, in consequence ot the late melancholy event that had taken place, he felt it necessary to postpone his financial state ment from Monday next to Friday. Sir R. PEE L said that co one more deeply regretted than himself the cause which had occasioned the post ponement of the public business ; at the. same time he thought that the financial statement was business of such a nature that it might be brought forward in the ab sence of the Noble Lord the Secretary for the Colonies. He merely threw that out as it might induce the Right Hon. Gentleman to alter his determination of postponing his financial statement. He wished to know whether the House might:calculate upon its coming on on Friday next, because the Hon. Member for Wolverhampton had given notice of a motion on the subject of the Corn-laws for Thursday.—: ( Hear, hear, from Mr. Hume.) He would be very glad if they csuld calculate upon the debate on the Corn•laws closing in one night. The House would bear in mind that they had had three nights' debate on the subject already, lend supposing it did not close on Friday night, they should also bear in mind that his Noble Friend (Lord Stanley) had fixed Monday for the Irish Registration Bill. It appeared to hilt), therefore, that Tuesday week was the earliest day in which the Hun. Gentleman could bring forward his motion, and he must express his regret that the Right Hon. Gentleman had postponed a statement in which the country felt so deep an interest. Mr. WA EB'URTON said his Hon. Friend the Member for Wolverhampton had anticipated that the debate would take two nights. The CHANCELLOR of the 'EXCHEQUER equally regretted with the Light Hon. Baronet that the public business should be postponed ; but as the state ment which he intended to make was likely to lead to a debate, ho felt that be would not be justified in bringing it forward in the absence of his Noble Friend. He had fixed his statement for the very first day on which his Noble Friend would probably be able to at tend; but he begged to state, that, if the Corn-law de . bate should run over the second night, on Friday it was his intention to propose that his financial statements should take precedence. Mr. HUNIE submitted that that would be a very un fair way of treating a question, which had occupied three nights--( Hear and a latigh)--without the House coming to any decision. in fact they might as well take the di vision without any discussion.—( Loud cries of Hear, from the Opposition benches.) He submitted to the Right Hon. Gentleman that he was not acting fairly, and he hoped he would re-consider the matter. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ob served that perhaps the Hon. Member for Wolverhampton would deem it advisable to postpone his motion. The conversation then dropped. Lord SANDON, after some observations which, in con sequence of the noise in the House, did not reach us, moved that Mr. Laboucherc should be added to the Liver. pool Dock Committee. Mr. LABO UCHERE said he was already on five public Committees, and feared he could not possibly have time to attend ; if, however, it was generally desircd, be would do his best, though he could not promise to attend. LUDLOW ELECTION. The Earl of DARLINGTON gave notice that on Monday next he should move for a new writ for the Borough of Ludlow. Mr. GISBORN gave notice that he should move that the name of Major Chctwynd should be substituted for that of Mr. Ainsworth, on toe Committee on the Gram mar Schools Bill. RATES ON STOCK IN TRADE. Sir ROBERT PEEL gave notice that on Monday next he should ask the Under Secretary of State or the Attorney-General a question respecting the state—not of the law, for he believed that was clear—but respecting the practical embarrassment arising from its promulgation in respect of the rating of stock in trade. He wished to know whether it was contemplated to bring forward any measure for removing those embarrassments which might tend to vitiate any rate. CAMBRIDGE ELECTION. Sir JOHN WALSH saki that the evidence ON the Cambridge election having been printed and in the hands of Members, he wished to ask the Hon. Member for Corn. wall if it was his intention to move for a new writ fer that borough, aud, if so, when he would bring forward that motion? Sir CHARLES LEMON said that the Corn. mittee having reported, he considered they had nothing further to do with the subject, and that be was not called upon more than any other independent Member to move that the Speaker should issue a new writ for the borough of Cambridge, and it certainly was not his intention to make any such motion.—( Hear.) At the same time, if such a motion were to be made by any other Hon. Member, he certainly did not intend to offer any opposition to it— ( Hear)—as Le saw in this case nothing to furnish any grounds for longer delaying the issuing of the writ. Sir JOHN WALSH would give notice that on Monday next he should move that the speaker do issue a new writ for the borough of Cambridge. Mr. WARBU RTON would give notice that it was his intention on that occasion to move as an addition to the mo tion of the Right Hon. Baronet, that the votes be taken by Ballot.—( Cheers and laughter.) Mr. E. J. STANLEY would suggest to tire Hon. Baro net the propriety of postponing his motion to some future day, as he knew it was the intention of his Noble Friend to offer some observations on the subject, and to bring for • ward some measure to prevent the recurrence of such prac tices for the future. Mr. PROT HEROE did not know what length of time the blue book containing this long and laborious investi gation had been in the hands of Members. He had only seen it that morning, and he wished to have a little more time to consider the evidence : he would, therefore, rug gest that the motion should be postponed. Measures ought to be be taken to prevent the system of bribery at present prevalent in the borough , but be did not think that it existed in a greater degree in the borough of Cambridge than in many other boroughs. in the country. He should support the motion of the Hon. Member for Bridport, as he would every motion cal culated to introduce the Ballot. Sir JOHN WAL SH said that notwithstanding what had fallen from the lion. Members it was not his intention to postpone his motion, as he thought there was no case to justify the suspension of the writ—in fact, the borough had already been subjected to more than sufficient punish ment, and he should, therefore, proceed with his motion on Monday. DR. BOWRING'S MISSION. Colonel SIBTHORP had moved a short time since for some returns— Mr. HUME and Mr. HAWES rose to order, amidst loud cries of " Chair, chair," from all parts of the House. The SPEAKER—There was no question before the House, and the Hon. and Gallant Officer had first caught his cyc. Colonel SIBTHORP would then proceed tith his question. He was under the necessity of complaining that sonic time ago he moved for a return of the expenses attending the mission of Dr. ,Bowring, which, however. had not yet• been laid on the table. He wished to ask the: Hon. Secretary to the Treasury, the Member for Windsor, when such returns would be laid on the table., Mr. R. GORDON had hoped that the return would have been laid before the House before this, but be had been obliged to refer for certain information to the Com missioners of Customs, which had occasioned some delay; he, however, hoped that on an early day the Hon. and Gallant Officer would be put in possession of the informa tion required. BUENOS AYRES BLOCKADE. In answer to Mr. COLQUHOUN, Lord PALMERSTON said a mistake had gone abroad that when any country enforced a blockade on the ports of another, that any third power was bound to declare whether it acquiesced in or objected to such blockade. In fact. the right of blockade was one attached to an in dependent State, and all that any other third State had to do was to notify the fact to its own subjects that they might not incur injury through ignorance of it. Now as to Buenos Ayres, to which the question particularly referred, in June, 1838, the French Admiral bad notified to our Ambassador there the fact of the blockade which had since been enforced. There had been no actual declaration of war between the two coun tries, but there bad been virtually hostilities between France and Buenos Ayres since ; indeed the very blockade was really war, though there had been no previous war, and the block ade could not be binding on a neutral State, unless it wero founded on the principles of war. Mr. COLQUHOUN having asked as to the blockade having been lately rendered more stringent as to commu nications between British merchants and the agents at Buenos Ayres, N ind s i a v i i d dua it ls, m b ig u h t g h e a n v e e ral be l; si the s e pheadrLhobarpedesnPansAotLeo:PainEagrgteicSufoTiar?some time in the b loc kade, unless in regard to some coasting trade, which the French wished to prevent. CHINA. Mr. W. GLADSTONE wished to put a question to the Noble Lord opposite (Palmerston), with respect to Chi na . The House was aware, a most important motion on the subject was fixed for Tuesday next; and, as be um. d ersto od an overland mail had recently arrived from China, what ho wished to know was whethor the Noble Lord intended to lay any additional papers on the table of the Houso before that day. Lord PALM ERS - TON said he had no additional papers to lay on the table, with the exception of one from the China Association. POST-OFFICE COVERS AND STAMPS. Mr. BA RN EB Y wished to put a question to the Chan cellor of the Exchequer with respect to the postage stamps and covers. The Orders in Council with respect to them stated that the stamps would be sold to the public at a penny each, and the covers at a penny farthing . Now the fact was, that the stamp dis tributors at the west cud of the town were charging one shilling and twopence a dozen for the stamps , and q ty 1 refused to sell covers under three-halfpence. WAWA. he wished to know was, whether the Chancellor of th! Exg) chequer was aware of this, Gad, if Slot, whether- wiNF .w.- - s — mii-r„,cr.... 'N 0 .--,,,, › i i:':-.1 - ;:' .4. / 1: ;: - „ 4 1 4. 1 fp . c liqq A l / 4 ; 0 14; 1 r : ', X.4 ' l. - fol. .fig 1 I r~ •