The Sun. — London, England, 1840-05-02 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. ) UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MADAME YE ST BIS, THIS EVENING, MAY 2, Will be presented, THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. Captain Macheath, Mr. W. Harrison ; Peachum, Mr. W. Fa:Ten ; Lockit, Mr. Bartley ' • Filch, Mr. Harley ; Mrs. Peachum, Mrs C. J ones ; Polly Peachum, Miss Rainforth; ; Lucy Lockit, 3.ladame Vestris. After which will be revided, THE YOUTHFUL QUEEN. a teinF,erg, Mr. Charles Mathews; Christine (the Youthful ~ '' "" T ..), Miss Ellen Tree. „,` ' o conclude with the New Grand Comic, Romantic, Operatic, Melodramatic, Fairy Extravaganza, in Three Parts, entitled end founded on that popular Nursery Tale, i THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD. I The Principal Characters by Mr. Harley, Mr. J. Vining, Mr. J. Bland, Madame Vestris, Miss Rainforth, Mrs. C. Jones, &c. &c. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 33. 6d.; First and Second Circles. ss. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Doors to - be opened at half-past Six—the performances to commence at Seven o'Clock. Tickets and plat es for the Boxes to be taken at the Bex-of ee, from Ten till Four, where Season 'rickets may be had upon application. Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andrews bookseller 267, New Bond-street. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. UNDER THE NIANAGENIENT OF AIR. BUTLER. THE HOUSE OF LADIES having been received with unanimouse applause by crowded houses, will be repeated (to gether with " The Ladies' Club") every Evening until the end of the Season. THIS EVENING, MAY 2, Will be presented, for the Fifty-first time, THE LADIES' CLUB. Mrs. Fitzsm)th (the Chairwoman), Mrs. Stirling. To be followed by THE HOUSE OF LADIES. Mrs. Fitzsmtl- (Member for Chatterton)—Mrs. Mrs. Morton (Member fur Smallborough)—Miss Atkinson. Mrs. Rookbv (Member fer Edmondsbury—Miss Treble. Mrs. Derby (Member for Melton)—Miss Fitzwalter. Mrs. O'Donnell (Member fer Donnybrook)—Miss Ayres. Mrs. Bustle (Secretary for the Fashionable Department)— Miss Stephens. Mrs. Twankly (Speaker)—Mrs. Garrick. Fancy, Miss Beachamp. Time, Mr. Edmonds. After which, THE BUDGET OF BLUNDERS. Dr. Snugface, Mr. Wild ; Dr. Dablancour, Mr. M. Barnett ; Bridget, Miss Ayres. To onclude with the New and Original Drama (b) the author of " The Ladies' Club"), called GWYNNETH VAUGHAN. Gwynneth Vaughan, Mrs. Stirling ; Owen Williams, Mr. Baker ; Evan Pritchard, Mr. Holl ; Hugh Morgan, Mr. G. Wild. Boxes, 4s. Pit, 2s. Gallery, Is. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. The Theatre has been entirely Re-Decorated. and embellished in a novel and tasteful style, during the Recess. The Three New Pieces have met with tumultuous a,:probaticn from crowdeft audiences. and will be repeat , d every evenir: g. THIS EVENING, MAY 2, Will be acted an entirely New Village Tragedy, illustrating Hogarth's celebrated " Harlot's Progress," entitled THE LIFE OF A WOMAN ; OR, THE CURATE'S DAUGHTER. After which, a New Comic Drama, called THE WET NURSE. To conclude with In entirely New Romance, entitled THE VENETIAN ; OR, THE COUNCIL OF TEN. The Scenery comprising some of the most splendid Views in Venize. ) THE STRAND THEATRE CLOSES I3INIEDIATELY. J Mr. .1. H. ANDERSON (the GREAT WIZARD of the NORTH) begs to inform the Nobility and Gentry of the Aietropolis, that in consequence of a sudden arrangement hav ing been made for openin.4 the Strand Theatre for its Theatrical Season, he is prematurely compelled to close his SEASON of 1: WONDER. He is fully aware, from the crowded state of the Theatre nightly, when his close is thus suddenly announced, that the Theatre will be incap,ble of containing the number that will visit him during the few nights he will have the pleasure of per forming in the Strand Theatre ; he has, at the particular request 1 of a number of Fashionable Parties, consented to give THREE i Grand Fashionable MORNING PERFORMANCES, on 1 Mosaialr 4th, WEDNESDAY 6th, and FRIDAY Bth May, 1840, when he will display all his Peculiar and Extraordinary Won ders of Ancient and Modern Necromancy, introducing new and splendid Feats a la 3lagique. GRAND 31ORNING PERFORMANCES. Doors open at One o'clock. Performances commence at Two. Carriages in attendance at Four. Boxes 3s. ; Pit. 2s. Juveniles under 10, Half-price. Box-office open from Eleven till Four, where places can be secured. Private Boxes to be had at all the Agents in London. , i EVENING ENTERTAINMENT AS USUAL. EVENING EDITION. THE NEW NOVEL. Just ready, in 3 vols. post Bvo.. R N E S TI Or, the CHILD of 111YSTERY. N E; By A LADY of FASHION. nry Colburn, Publi,her, 13, Great Marlborough-street. To be had at all the Libraries. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDPE TO-NIOR ROW. ti minutes atter 3 i Evening 23 minutes after 3 he Publication of the Evening Edition of Tits SON nom meneed at 10 mi. ntes alter Three. - ':-,....,* . '''' ,-.",.. . "al ) .1a . .. r .......:2cirkzxs, -41 ' '` --'-'• -') Zr)",..4 ~,.."...:^0.4,.4.4, 1 0 , i: P 2.,.., ' ,7 .11 ,'• ! c o o (....-,...._ ~,, ~,,..., ~.. . . ::„......‘ 4 ., ~„...„,....„„ .....„,,......-, :. , .Qi.b.c a.r.ix. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1840 LONDON: SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1840. In the House of Peers last night Lord LYNPHURST was present, and was warmly congratulated on his reco very by several of his Noble Friends. The Noble Lord presented petitions from Sligo, praying for the exclusion of that borough from Schedule A., if the Irish Municipal Reform Bill should pass into a law ; and the Noble Lord gave notice that in Committee he should move to exclude Sligo from Schedule A., and insert it in Schedule B. The Noble and Learned Baron also adverted to the Neapolitan dispute, and stated, that by what he said in March relative to settling the dispute, by sending a man-of-war to Naples, he never meant to sanction such proceedings as have been adopted by her Majesty's Ministers. Viscount MELBOURNE, in answer, said that it was the intention of the Government to lay the Treaty, which Mr. - AVGREGOR had concluded, before Parlia ment, and while he admitted the correctness of the ver sion which the Noble Baron now gave of his March S peech, he doubted whether it would not sanction all the proceedings of the Ministers. The Marquis of LANsuowNE presented petition s from proprietors of land in the neighbourhood of muni_ cipal towns, to be included within their liberties. A short conversation took place on the Bill for this pur pose, of which Lord REDESDALE complained that it did not contain the provision to which their Lordships had previously agreed. Earl FcrzwaLlam, in moving for a return of 1 . the fiar prices of corn in Scotland for several years, stated that his object was to illustrate by them the ctTect of the averages of the Corn-law in keepng up a high duty here because corn was bad, not because it was plentiful. The Noble Earl explained that there was a great deal of bad corn in the market, which being sold for pigs' meat at a low price and yet bein g classed as wheat, lowered the averages, land enhanced the duty f ar b eyon d t h at sum which was ustified by the price of that wheat Wilie!l was fit for the , f ood of man . The suite corn, if it s u it th e speculators, I is probably bought and sold several times, so that the averages are nearly what the said speculators please to make them, not what the fair price of wheat should make thtm. A short con versation ensued with the Marquis of SALISBURY, in which a little personality passed, and in which the Earl • RADNOR positively denied that he had ever said he voxliad the English labourer to fall down to oat bread. Evl FITZ W ILL! AMI presented sever4l petitio ns f or I the alto ition of the Corn-law s , ineluoing one front n er i chants at Liverpool and one from Hull. ! The E..rl of MOUNTCASIIEL presented petitions from Ireland for retainiwz the Corn-lawS,Wh'ell set forth the disasters which would on Ireland it the people were allowed to cat untaxed corn. The origin of s uc h petitions may b , . easily guessed. Lord SEATON'S Annuity Bill was read a first time. , The Members of the House of Co:nmons, many o f whom have, we believe, wisely remained in thc country to enjoy the fine weather, assembled last night in sufficient numbers to form a House. We cannot say that we look on their labours as so advantageous that they could not be spared for a few d.iys longer ; how ever, they assembled, and a great many petitions were presented. Mr. VILLIEks postponed his motion on the Corn laws from the 12th to the 14th. Mr. O'BRIEN fixed a motion concerning emigration for the 14th. Mr. litratit is on Tuesday next to move fora Committee to inquire into import duties. Mr. WARD is to bring forward a motion relative to the Emigration Board, when the House is moved t o go i nto a Committee of ;;apply on the miscellaneous estimates. The Hon. promoter of expatriaticn to New Zealand is no doubt going to bow up the Government. In a short conversation between Colonel WOOD and the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, the latter stated that rating stock in trade to the Poor-law was not a new law nor a new practice, it was only the enforceme nt of the of ELIZABETH. r ? p:y to Mr, FRESHFIELD, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated that Government had appeinted gentlemen to inquire into the best port for the depar ture of the mails ; their instructions would be laid before the House. Falmouth, Devonport, Pl3mouth, South ampton, and Portsmouth, are the ports to which the inquiry is limited. Some Hon. Member having seen a letter by Lord WESTERN in the Herald, giving a lucid account of an improvement in the mode of making chain bridges, in which the Menai bridge is said to require repair, asked if the statement were correct. Mr. Fox M AULE re plied that he never read the Herald, but would make inquiry into the subject. In answer to Lord MAHON, Lord PALMERSTON stated that he bad received a letter from Naples, dated 17th of April, and that reprisals had then commenced. Lord JOHN RUSSELL then, in answer to Mr. HUME, gave an account of our dispute with Maine relative to the boundary between that State and New Brunswick. We do not see from it that any blame is to be attached to the Governors of the Provinces, but there was a mis understanding as to the meaning of the agreement entered into between General SCOTT and General HARVEY. The Noble Lord said that there was no probability of any collision taking place between the adverse parties. In order to avoid it, however, instructions had been sent out to ascertain the exact position of the adverse parties, which is to be made the foundation of a fresh agreement. A proposal to this effect has been made to the Ameri can Government, and also to appoint Commissioners on both sides to see the agreement fairly carried into effect. We hope it will be successful—undoubtedly the propo sal seems reasonable. No remarks were made on the Noble Lord's clear statement. There being no business before the House, the Com mittee of Supply which stood for the night being in. formal, the House, after providing for the dropped orders, adjourned at Twenty Minutes past S'lc. It seems to us very natural that the Rev. H. STOWELL and the Rev. H. M'NEILE, and other Reverends of the firebrand species, should treat Sir R. PEEL with some contempt. At a meeting of the Lancaster Protestant Association noticed in our Paper yesterday, the Rev. H. STOWELL said, " that the Christian public could not again put the ark of God in the keeping of Sir R. PEEL, and they must never rest satisfied till they had obtained the repeal of the Emancipation Act." At the same meeting the Rev. Mr. M'NEILE openly advocated a persecution of the Roman Catholics, whom Sir R. PEEL has endeavoured to conciliate. "He was one of those," he said, who warred for peace." For. bearance he described as indifference, and he would treat the Roman Catholics as parents treated theii children—flog them into what they suppose to be righteousness. Mr. M'NEILE sets up his own sweet, dear, delightful self as the true criterion of all excellence, and would make every Roman Ca tholic model himself thereby. Sir ROBERT PEEL makes no such pretension ; but, as a politician, he is the creature of the priesthood. He is their ser vant, or he is nothing. He is great by their power, and if he obey not their bidding, why should they not cast him aside like a rotten stick to be burnt ? He has no system of policy but to serve and obey the Church ; and the priests will not be content, know ing that they are his masters, and hold him fast bound in their chains, to take directions from him how they are to follow out their evangelical prin ciples. Mr. APNEILE is evidently no common man. He has marked out a path for himself, and means to follow it out to greatness. In Mr. °TON.' NELL he has an example of what eloquence, aided by the Catholic priesthood, can accomplish, and he means to try what can be done by an eloquent priest, He is ambitious of reigning over the minds of Churchmen. He has all the elements which Mr. O'CONNELL has, of success, and he adds to them a power of 'wielding supernatural terror. Why should such a man, who i s master over h i s congregation, master over the multitude--who sways them both by his writings and his spoken words, submit to be less than Mr. O'CONNELL? Why should he kindle the religious enthusiasm of the nation merely to place Sir R. PEEL in office, who, however complacently he may now smile on the v.Gentleman's exertions, would frown down all, a2,itation, and encourage indifference the instant he is in possession of place ? Mr. NPNEILE and Hs friends are right. Si r R. PEEL iS a mere poEtic;an—he is a decided 1 enemy to enthusiasm of every kind, and would not enter into a compact with Mr. IVPNELLE, were he in office. The Reverend Firebrands are become aware of this ; at the same time they have been made sensible of their own power ; and they are now agitating for :heir own purposes, and on their own principles. Hence they denounce Sir ROBERT as untrustworthy, and petition against measures which have long had his support, or of which he is the author. He is not "to be trusted with their ark." They are, by Tory authority, the true representatives of CHRIST, the true ambassadors of GOD ; they are the embodyment of that Church which is of Divine origin, which is above ail human contrivance, and to which States owe their power, and it would be unworthy of their high call , ing and dignity to submit to Sir R. PEEL or any other politician. They have been sustained b) him and his fiends against the public ; they have been flattered by the submission of the Tories into the belief that the Church is superior to the State, and the Rev. Mr. APNELLE and his friends are very consistently acting on that doctrine. This will effect one good. The Reverend Fire brands are, probably, now at least sincere. They will cast aside much conventional humbug, and principles will be brought face to face. The Church, which the Tories say is the keeper of men's souls, the only means of moulding them to virtue and goodness, the only depositary of all good educa tion, will not be contented with any subordinate place. The priesthood of the Anglican Church do and will insist on possessing that high place the Tory theory assigns them, and we may expect the good cause of Voluntaryism will be promoted by the quarrel between the priests and Tory politicians, of which the language of the Rev. Gentlemen at Lancaster is I he commencement. It is quite plain, from the proceedings in Ireland, that the agitation against Lord STANLEY'S Re gistration Bill needs no fanning. It burns brightly, and sheds light over the whole empire. It is un necessary for us, therefore, to do more than record the proceedings of the active agitators on the other side of the water. The Tories are quite in a different position. They feel the ground sliding from under them, and they call lustily for help. " The most pressing subject," sa)s the Standard, and in relation to all other subjects, practically the most important, is Lord SA N The Tim es uses similar lanr , Ua uP T ;hU L t E i Y f the evils that Bill i s t o remedy be ' soinonst rous , and the grievance it is to remove so enormous, how come these faithful guardians of the public not to have found this out before ? Why did they leave the public mind entirely unprepared to brave the results of a rebellion in Ireland as of far less consequence than the continuance of the present registration or the loss of Lord STANLEY'S Bill? How short-sighted it was of them not to have con vinced the empire that its safety depended on disfranchising a few Irishmen before Lord STAN LEY brought in his Bill to accomplish it. Their nice sense of morality is hurt by a little Perjury the poll-booth, though it revels in it at college: and at the custom-house. They cannot abide a false oath, taken by an Irishman ; but it is a venial offenc e in their eye to " cut down the population" to enrich the landlords. The people have too much good sense to be taken in by this detestable hypo crisy, and If the Times and Standard were to write o n the subject daily till the month of May, 1850— if Lord STANLEY were to bring in a Bill every Session to alter the law—and if all the Tory orators were to advocate it, they would not convince the public that the disfranchisement of a few Irishmen is of vital importance, or that the Tories have any other than factious motives for the outcry they are making. As far as we have heard, few or no persons have been called before the Committee for investigating the issue of Bank paper, or are likely to be called before it, but merchants and bankers. Now, with all respect for their judgment in matters which concern their business, giving them credit both for intelli gence and integrity, we cannot conclude that they are the safest guides for the Legislature. They will enable it perhaps to avoid making a law which would be injurious to them ; they may instruct it how to pass an enactment greatly to their advantage ; but the merchants, though respectable and wealthy, and the bankers, though opulent and ingenious, are by no means the whole community, and there is no reason whatever to suppose that what they consider their advantage is co►ncident with the public good. For example, one of the great evils of bank-notes, when generally circulated, is the liability to be in excess, and to cause fluc tuations in value. The merchant is no mo - e inte rested in that evil than any other part of the com munity ; and as his business is more affected by bills of a large amount than by small bank -notes, he has probably less interest in keeping the value of the small note steady than many other classes of persons. The banker has no interest in suggesting what is due to the public ; he will suggest only what is advantageous to himself. Now one of the things most required to give security to the holders of small notes, or the public at large, is a good law to make those who issue them responsible for the redemption. The notes bear on their face a pro mise to pay on demand, or after a certain date, and means should be devised to make those who issue the promises redeem them. Every shareholder in a joint-stock bank, or partner in a private bank, should be made liable, (he is at present,) to the whole extent of his pro perty, for every promise to pay, issued in his name or by his authority. Having once given a bank the support of his name, he should not be allowed, by a mere sale of his shares, to shirk the responsibility ; nor should he be relieved from it till he had, by publications in the Gazette, by notice fixed up at the bank counter, and by other means, conveyed a full intimation to the public that he was no longer concerned in it. Besides making the individual shareholders res ponsible the law should give the holders of their promises to pay on demand a summary means of recovering payment. They might be authorized, for example, to seize on any property of any share holder or partner, wherever it might be found. Were such a summary process united with such responsibility, paper promises to pay on demand would be perfectly safe currency, and the issue might be left to the uncontrolled discretion of the bankers. But it is not at all likely that regulations like these, which are just, and are tequired in the interest of the public, will be sug gested by the banker who has an interest in avoid ing them, or by the merchant who is at least indif ferent on the subject, if he have not a fellow-feeling with the banker. We affirm, then, that it is due to the public, since the Committee seek advice of merchants and bankers, also to seek advice of various other classes. The interest of one or two classes is not that public interest for which the Legislature has to provide. We are apprehensive, we own, that the whole inquiry proceeds on an error. What business has Parliament, or can it have, with the credit of merchants or monied men, on which their promises to pay are based ? If it may interfere with promises to pay on demand, why may it not interfere with promises to pay at two months or twelvemonths ? Such hills affect the value of the currency, and give wings to speculation, quite as much as small promises to pay on demand. The Legislature has, we know, al ready interfered with the credit—already given a monopoly of it to one body, but we cannot see, in that false step, any justification of continu ing a false career. Let the Legislature rather re trace its steps, and set credit entirely free. Bank notes are not money, they are promises to pay money ; and when the State exerts its authority to enforce the payment, it performs its whole duty. We are for a perfectly free trade in money, in credit, and in corn ; and should rejoice did we see any hope of the Legislature adopting sound principles as to either, which would be the certain means . of compelling it to_ adopt sound principles as to both the others. A pamphlet just published by RIDGWAY, written by J. W. CHILDERS, Esq., M.P., is an other evidence of the force of truth. Mr. CHIL DERS says he is one of those, comparatively few, who advocate free trade, unconnected with the ma nufacturing interest ; but in proportion to the smallness of their numbers is the efficacy of their exertions. One landed gentleman, who cannot be suspected of a design to rub the landlords, taking such a view, is of an immense advantage to the cause. His very appearance, on our side, drsAipalcs at once a host of prejudic ,, s, and opens minds for the reception of sound opinions which are herme tically sealed against the strongest argument of the manufacturers, or of the Liberal Press. Mr. CHILDERS, though one of few, is by no means the only landowner who hai taken our part, and taken it from the same cause—a conviction that in the long run the abolition will essentially benefit both the occupier and proprietor of land. Mr. CHILDEns gives several enlightened rea sons for wishing to see the Corn-laws done away, of which we shall now quote only two : " My next reason for desiring the abolition of the Corn laws. is a wish to see an end put to the jealousy between the manufacturing and agricultural classes. Let us do away with these law", and we do away with those bitter feelings which, for the last eighteen months, have arrayed one half of the population against the other—Yorkshire and Lancashire against Bucks and Lincoln. Peace and good-a ill aro worth many sacrifices. Let us, if possible, put a stop to a state of things where the agriculturist be lieves that the manufacturer wants to make enormous pro fits, by causing his ruin, and the manufac•turer believes that the landlord is starving him, in order to live in riotous profusion. But there is another point which I have seen very little adverted to, hut a hich is in my opinion one of the strong est arguments fur putting an end to the humbug of pr o _ tection—it is the effect on the agriculturist himself. We all know the evil effects c f monopoly o:: any trade. We can all remember the wretched state of the bilk manufac• cure until free trade, or at !vast an approach to it, induced the silk manufacturers to improve their machinery and in crease their capital. We see nos% the flourishing condition of that trade in Manchester and Macclesfield. In the same manner I believe that the agriculturist is at present buoyed up by the belief that he enjoys a monopoly, that he is saved from competition, and he is consequently unwilling to embark machinery, skill, and capital in his business ns he would do, if he felt that he had nothing to rely upon but his own exertions and the capabilities of the soil he cultivates. I do not mean to say th,it there arc not spirited individual', nay, districts of country, where a diff,:rent feeling exists, hut I speak of the majority of the farmers of England. They think that protection is all in all to them, that without it they arc ruined, that with it they cannot be ruined. They are therefore unwilling to lay out capital, even though they sae it would make a profit able return." When even a few landowners espouse such opi nions, we must conclude that our cause is much nearer a successful issue than those imagine who are not thoroughly impressed with the conviction that it is the cause of truth and justice, and must I triumph. We shall perhaps return to Mr. Cult,- • DER'S small but useful production. Madrid Papers of the 23d ult. have reached us. Count DE CLONARb had accepted the War Ministry, and was succeeded, as Captain-General of Arragon, by General iVIENDEz VIGO. General ESPARTERO had written to the Government that he would celebrate the QUEEN REGENT'S birth day on the 27th ult. by the capture of either Mo rella or Cantavieja—the last strongholds of Car lism in Spain. The garrison of Morella consists of thirty-six Arragonese battalions and four picked companies. In the citadel there are twelve pieces of artillery, and upon the walls of the city eight pieces, with 100 artillerymen. I n C an t av i e j a on l y the inhabitants remain, who are determined to de fend the place. The Paris Journals of Thursday bring very little news from Naples, and nothing of a later date than the 22d ult. An English brig and picket then in the Bay of Naples had captured and seat to Malta, seven Neapolitan and Sicilian vessels freighted by French merchants, but it was still confidently believed that the question would be settled without actual hostilities. Letters from Constantinople of the Bth and 9th ult., state that the Pacha of EGYPT is seriously bent upon giving what annoy ance he can to Eng land. He pretends to consider the warlike prepa rations against China as directed against him, and has ordered 15,000 men to be concentrated near Suez to guard the approaches from the Red Sea. At that date 120 pieces of cannon were ready to be mounted at Cairo, and upwards of 200 pieces of heavy artillery were mounted at Acre. An Egyptian army, 80,000 strong, was in Syria ; and in Egypt the whole force of the PACHA under arms amounted to seventy-five thousand, including National Guards. The support o f so immense a body of troops was fast draining all the resources of the country. The French Journals quote from the Augsburgh Gazette the following paragraph, relative to this question, upon which some stress is laid :—. England disputes not only the possession of Syria to Mehemet Ali, but allows him no acquired rights of any kind, saying that he ought to be happy to keep even Egypt. The Viceroy declared he would restore nothing of what he possessed. The English Consul, accompanied by Mr. Alison, who speaks Turkish, had long conferences with the Pacha. M Cochelet had also long conferences, in which he urged the Peel's, on the part of M. Thiers, to be more humble, and to abandon even a part of Syria, provided France would secure him the teat. What is most important in this is, that the French Cabinet is ap proximating to the policy of England. Of domestic news there is little or nothing in the papers. The KING'S fele was to be celebrated on Friday, but no apprehension of an oneute was entertained. On Wednesday the Chamber of Deputies passed the Salt Monopoly Abolition Bill by a majority of 205 against 56. This shows that M. THIERS is not losing one inch of ground in the Chamber, though opposed as hotly ever by the Court organs. The Ewancipation (a Toulon journal) of the 27rh of April, has the following paragraph :—" We learn that M. Lobo, the Spanish Vice-Consul at Foix, has received a despatch from the Governor of the Seu d'Urgel, art nouncing that Cabrera is at length dead. He died op the 2:41 of April at Mora, on the Ebro." Charles Edward ummond, Prelate at the Court of Ro me and Apostolical Prothonotary, fifth Duke of Mil fort, Count de Lussan in France, Earl of Melfort and Perth in Scotland, Baron Cleworth in 1-eland, the thirtieth male head of the house of Drummond, died at RoMe on th 9ih of April, 1840. at the age of eighty-ei g ht years. He is succeeded by his nephew Mr. George Drummond, of Mitten- Perth, who becomes Duke of Milfort, &e. The title of Earl of Milfort. Peer of Scotland, was proscrit.ed in 1695, and that of Earl of Perth has been suspended ever since 1716, on account of the proscription, in 1715, of Lord Drummond, who was the son of the 4th Earl of Perth, and who, on that account, could not legally succeed his father. The titles of all the other persons proscribed on account of their attachment to the Stuarts, continue tu be borne by their heirs in the direct line—Lord Airlie, Lord Wemyss, Lord Kilmore, &c. Lord Brougham is expected at Paris, where, however, he will not stay more than three days, his Parliamentary duties requiring his presence at London.—Le Consti tutinnnet The correspondent of the Constitutionnel at Constairi nopla writes on the Bth inst. The Minister of Fi nances, with the sole object of consolidating credit and assisting our merchants and agriculturists, is contemplating a measure which will afford every requisite guarantee to European capitalists. It will be commenced with a capital of 15,000,000 or 20,000,000 piastres, D. O. s., and, in a country where the interest of money is so enormotudy high, this measure will at once put a•stop to ugury, which is a public calamity, and the first results cannot fail to encourage the Government to embark a much greater capital. The advantages to be derived by the State, as well as by individuals, from a national bank, are evident." The Leipsic Gazette gives the following from Constan tinople, the Bth inst.:—" The French fleet, which has passed the winter at Smyrna, has opened the spring cam paign rather ridiculously. Admiral Lalonde left with seven ships of the line, and had hardly lost sight of the port of Smyrna when two vessels ran foul of each other and lost their masts. They were not cleared until they had been much injured, and one of the other ships got ashore. The steamer Stamboul, which arrived yesterday f rom Smyrna, saw the French ship still aground, end great efforts making to get her off." ROLLS COURT. 7 -(THIS DAY.) JOHNSTON V. TODD. The rep?), in this case was not concluded Rhen we went to press. The case has now been on three days. QUEEN'S Bk:ISCI-1;-:-----('EHIS (Sittings in Banco.) The Court was occupied this morning in hearing cases in the Crown Paper, none of which were of any interest except to the parties immediately concerned. BAIL.UOUIIT-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice Maw's.) THE 4th'etv V. THE JUSTICES OF GLOUCESTER. Mr. kFt.a.r applied for a rule nii for a certiorari to quash an order for quashing a rate made at the last Quar ter Sessions for the county of Gloucester. It appeared that on the 7th J.inuare, 1840, the Corn-, mis , ioners of the town of Cheltenham made a rate under the Act of Parliament for the improvement of that town. Political feeling being there, as in other places, extremely strong, an opposition had from this cause been made against the rate, and a wholesale system of appeal against it commenced. Hind-bills were circuatA, con taining various grounds of appeal, and the rate-payers were invited to avail themselves of them, and to rpp:,al. The Commissi oners h av i ng, i n pursuance of the Act of Parliament, as-;ambled to hear the appeals, adopt.d the cus tomary practice of reserving their do c sion until they had heard the cases of the appellants indiviktually ; which being done, and while the Commissioners were deli bera ing on their decision, a crowd of persons, among whom was Strickland and other appellants, burst into the room, overpowering the policemen, and commencing a disturbance, in consequence of which the Commissioners were complied to adjourn without coming to any decision, upon which Strickland appealed to the Court of Quarter Sessions, on a section of the Act which gave the rate payers the power of doing so upon the neglect of the Com missioner. The Chairman of the Sessions gave his opi nion against the power of appeal, on the ground that that could not be said to be the neglect of the Commissioners, which was occasioned by the misconduct of the appellant ; but other Justices on the bench (many of whom were rate payers and inhabitants of Cheltenham) differing from him, they retired for consultation, and the opinion of the Chair man was ultimately everruled, and a decision given in fa. your of the appellant, and to quash the rate. The Learned Counsel now contended that the Court of Quarter Sessions had no jurisdiction, as that state of things did not exist on which the Act of Parliament gave a power of appeal to them from the Commissioners. Should this ground not be thought sufficient to support his applica tion, there was another on which he submitted the appeal could not be maintained. namely. that the Court of Quar ter Sessions, if they had jurisdiction in this case, had no power to quash the rate, but merely to relieve the appel lant in case of over or under-rating. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS asked if by the 136th section of the Act the certiorari was not taken away ? Mr. KELLY—Yes; but if the Court of Quarter Ses sions had no jurisdiction, that section would not apply in the present case. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS—You may take a rule. THE QUEEN V. lIASLEM. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS gave his ar,swer on this case, which we reported yesterday, and which was an application for a certiorari, to remove an indictment for publication of a blasphemous libel on the Bible, from the Quarter Ses sions to the Assizes. The Learned Judge said, that no special grounds being stated in the affidavit, he must re fuse the application. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) Several cases occurred (and it was stated that they were becoming too numerous), in which the interposition of the Court was called fur, to remedy the attempts made to ob tain possession of property after it had been parted with and repaired by the new owner, or judgments pretended to have been signed on declarations of ejectment which had never been served, Mr. Sergeant MANNING obtained a rule to show cause why there should not be a virit of prohibition against the Judge of thej Prerogative Court, Canterbwy, to forbid his granting administration of the will of a Mrs. Lanai:, made during her coverture. The Long CHIEF JUSTICE—CouId nut a caveat be written out? Mr. Serqoant MANNING replied that it was considered (and he quoted cases for it) that in such a case the Eecle aitical Court had no authority or jurisdiction. Rule granted. TIIE SERGEANTS V. THE BAR. Mr. Sergeant CHANNEL!, having moved to make a rule absolu e, said no Sergeant had been instructed to show cane againA it, but he iv:dot-stood his Learned Friend, Mr. Hehton, had been—to his being hcard, however, he objected. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE—Has the who'e matter arisen since the Court was clos , .d to all but the Sergeants ? Mr. Sergeant CUANNELL—Yes. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE—Then we cannot hear you, Mr. Heaton. Mr. HEATON begged, at least, to say a word in support of his right to he hear,l. And he would first urge that the actiwn had been tried where no Sergeants could be ex pected to go, in the Sheriffs' Court—in which the Courts did not permit even the fee of one counsel to be allowed with costs. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE-Aye. that accounts for their not being there—but you must Deetounk for your being here. —( Loud laughter.) Mr. HEATON said he thought the action having been tried where no Sergeant went, they could not claim ex clusive right to be heard upon the case now. The LORD CHIEF JfISTICE—Why, that would equally apply to every case in which a Seigeant had not originally been heard. Mr. thAToN—It certainly would, lie had, however, another point, specially applicable to this case. Tip action had arisen under the authority of a recent Act of Parliament, and could not, therefore, be included in the immemorial right of the Sergeants. The 1,01tI) CHIEF .JUSTICE—That, again, would apply to almost every ac ion—for the greater part of them must have arisen under Acts passed since the privilege of the SergeaLts was first established. You cannot be heard. Air. Sergeant CHANNELL said he thought it was, at all events, a case in which time should be given fur the other side to instruct a Sergeant. The cue stood over accordingly. EXCHEQUER COURT-THIS DAY. (Sittings in Banco.) HUNTER V. PARKER. This was an action of trover, brought to recover the sum of 2,180/., the value of a vessel named the Pruv sian. It was tried before Mr. Baron Gurney last tear, when a verdict was found for the defendants A rule for a new trial having been obtained by Mr. Cresswell, on the part of the plaintiff last term, cause against such rule was shown by Sir WILLIAM FOLLETT, with whom WaS RICUARDS The vessel was built at Sunderland, and became the prrperty of the plaintiff, who sent it out to New Brunswick. She met with very had weather, and was stranded at Mirimacbi in the early part of the winter— she lay upon the b,ach until the June in the following year. The Captain had frequently written to the plaintiff during that period for instructions, but received none. He, held a survey upon the ship, and it was decided that it would be best to sell the hull, as it was almost impossible to g,t her off, in consequence of the lownes, of the tide. Acc,rding he gave i , istiuctions , to an .uctioneer, and the ship was sold to Messrs. Cunard and Co. for 7001. The captain came home, and, havitz reported the c7reumsitaticcss to the plaintiff, he said it wds a good sale. He settled the accounts and received the balance which was due to him. Sc far the whole matter seemed settled. Messrs. Cunard and Co. having many iumberers in their employment, set them to work upon ihe Prussian, and, after great labour got it off; they fi'ti.d her out and sent her to Liverpool, where she was sold to a Mr. Briggs, from whom she passed to the defendants. The plaintiff now repu diated the sale made by the captain, on the ground that the instructions given to the auctioneer, and the bill of sale given by him were, neither of them, under seal, and that the new registry given to the vessel by the Custom. house Officers at Mirimichi was informal, and claimed the ship as she now stood. Toe Learned COUNSEL, said there were some startling facts in this case. The plaintiff had approved of the sale made in New Brunswick—had passed the accounts ; and at this moment he had the money—the value of the ship when on the strand—in his pocket. He was perfectly aware of the ships sale to Briggs, for he actually signed the bill of 'tale to him. He was cognizant of the sale to the defon.. dant, for he supplied nearly 2001. of furniture for the ship, for which he was paid by the defendant ; yet, now he claimed the ship as she now stood, because in the meantime he had found out, as he thought that there was some informality in the sale of the %reeked ship, and the registry obtained by her at Mira michi. They contended that the Registry Acts did not apply to this ship, as she was sold not as a ship but as a wreck, and she might not under such circumstances be entitled to the p•ivileges of a British ship, but having been so so:d, and her registry cancelled, the sale was valid, and the plaintiff had now no right to claim her. It was a cas e of necessity for the Captain to sell the hull in the state she was in, and that necessity' gave him power to sell legally, and to convey the property to another. The Coma. interrupted Sir W. Follett in his address, as they had to meet the other Judges at one o'clock.--To be resumed aglin on Tuesday. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.- (THIS DAY.) IMPORTANT APPLICATION.—TN RE HORATIO HASTINGS. The insolvent, a tailor in High-street, Poplar, vas dis charged some time blek on bail. The case was fixed for hearing yesterday, but the insolvent did not make his ap_ pearance, neither was he in attendance this morning. Mr. COOKE, who aply.arid for Mr. Prow, a tailor in Leadehhall-street, appiied for a warrant for the appreben • ion of the insolvent, absolute in the first instance, and for a rule calliog on the bail to show cause why a distress warrant should not is,ue on the recognizance signed by 'hem. This was the first application under the Act, and it was of some importance. After some conversation between the Commissioners and Counsel, NV ,, onitoppE said, among the many defects in the Act was this, that the hail I al no power , o render the in. s,dvent, although ho was at out to leave the country. The COURT ultimately ordered a warrant to issue to the bail for the apprehension of the intiJiveilt and a rule on the bail to show cause why the reeogoiz trice which they en tered into fur 1641. should not be put in ~e tc The warrant Wig grant..d in the course of the m. ruing. Prince Livven and pritwe Soltikotr took their rat lure last night fur St. Petersburg direct. MONEY and COMUERCIAE NEWS. ---- -- --4. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK, Arrivals this morning —French mill, also mails from ‘ 7 ,2ra Cruz ; by the Delight, sailed March 5, from Tarn p!t,'o; March 10. from H - o , mi.):;i1), March 27 ; mail from Ja:taica, by the Express, sailed kith Wit. Thomas:s on the 17th of March, and Cape Henri on the 25th of March. LIVERPOeL COTTON MARKET, FRIDAY,—There have been some variations in the diepositloii of our market this week, from the close of our report of Friday last until yes terday. There was but little animation, and a tendency in prices to give way, particularly on American descriptions of fair quality, and uudersellers of which were content zo realize at per cent, decline. The demand improved again yesterday, and to-day we have a good business (Nog, with a more steady market, and buyers cannot do qui.e 90 well, particularly in fair and the better qualities, which are gain offered less freely. Speculators have taken 4,500 bales of American, and exporters 900 Ame rican and 100 Sdrat. 4 900 American, 100 Egyptian, 290 Surat, forwarded into the country last month unsold. The sales to-day are 6,000 bales, of a.. kinds. There is litth2 change in prices of India this week, if anything rather easier. According to Jamaica Papers to the 21st of March, it appears that the 1 - I , use of Assembly resumed its sittings on Tuesday, the 17th. W e regret to perceive by a letter per post, that in the parish of Westmorland the crops were bad. TOBAGO. —SICKNESS AT THE GA R MS O N.—In conse quence of the increising siekn , si of the troop , in garrison here, says the Gazette of the 14th January, the Fort Ad jutant, accompanied by tour gunners and a non-commis sioned officer of the Royal Artillery, attended by carts containing planking, &c,, have repaired to Montpelier pas ture, to make preparations for a temporary encampment. ST. LUCIA —There is not much to notice as having occurred in this. island. The papers arc silent in respect to the working system. The 58th Regiment embarked this morning, and will sail on Sunday for Quebec. A meeting of the Kingston Anti. Slavery Society, for the purpose of appointing delegates to meet the Conven tion to be held in England and America, in May and June next, was held yesterday at the Court House. The meeting was fully attended. A despatch states that a disturbance had taken place at Carthagena, andlapplication was intended to be made to the Commodore and the Governor for vessels of war to protect British interests. The intelligence by the Jamaica mails altogether is not favourable as regards the, crops in some of the islands, The Mexican packet brings $250,000. THE FLINIA. Consols opened this morning at for Mone ;Ind fur the Account, 90i 91. To the pre,ent hour tbs.o 7 li not a feature in the British market worth attention. 'E chequer Bills, 25 27 premium ; Bank Stock, 1741 1754. Money continues plentiful. In the Foreign market Spanish Active rather improved —may be quoted 294 ; Deferred, 14 ; Passive 71 ; Portuguese, 355 6; Three per Cents., 245 25 ; Co lombian, 261 ; Mexican, 28} I; Dutch Two.and-a-Half per Cents., 53.1 54 ; Five per Cents. 1004 i. PRICES 01 STOCKS TH IS DAY Al ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 1754 • India Stock 3 per Cent. Bed. La% 34 Ditto Bonds 3 per Cents, Con 90%%? , , ,, ,4 South Sea Stock — 34 tier Cent 964 Old Annuities 884 7N t iitio Red. 08 kii % New Dittd New 34 pet Cent 99i%%. 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 New 5 per Cent. - Each, Bills, XI,oOll ... 23 27 pm Bank Long Annuities toextiire I Ditto 500.. 25 . t 7 pm. Jan 5, 1860 l3 t-16% Ditto Small 25 27 pm. Oct. 11), 1859 —, Ditto Commercial dis. .I.n. 5, 1860 ---j Ditto Advertised ...... pin. Jan, 5, IS.O --; Bank Stock for Account .. April 5, 188(4. —l India Stock for Account .. Jan. 4.1870 --, Consols for Account 9l PRICES OF FOREIGN FL) NOS THIS DA 1 AT ONE 0 CLOCK Austrian Bonds :11941 Peruvian Bowls — Belgian Bonds Ditto Account lrazilis yi - 4oirls I)itto Account 3UM103 Ayres Bonds Ditto Iccount - 'allian le. - t3 f - f Prussian Bonds I)itta ;:',-...e, rt . alarr.tian 2 ids —, Ditto Account Ditt: I.:a. in Columbian i. (1 , 0824 L: 3 . ..:1 le:: lit Tams 7 . 1 Bonds Ditto .I.:;. - :nt •.; reek Bonds — I' rcpt.!), 5 per rent , ...., —t. —c, Ditto Bonds, 1525 — -- 4 per cent. Ditto Account ... — --- 3 per cent. —l. —c. ..'.exican Bonds, 5 per Cent, ---.-- ExcParige. Ditto .accouni Ditto, 6 tier Cent. Ditto Account s' , oapolitaii — Ditto Acc0unt........ ...... Ine% , 9 14 _ PRICES OF SHARES TRIS DAY A'! ONE O'CI,0: - K, Paid. Per Share Bristol and Exeter Railway Company 4O 16 Eastern t ()MAIN; ::.;:iiw. : y 2l 1114 11 fireat orth of England it: Company CS 54 tlroat IN ',tern 7,Ulway Company Ditto New Br giitoo Railway ... . ,5 vli4 14 Loooon And Mir /mall Railway London and South Western ..... . ...... ...... 38/. 17a 9d 51% owu.. and Croydon Railway Conwany ll/. 18s. 6d. 11 Midland Counties Railway Company. IDI 95 Northern and Eastern Railway Company N rth ‘lnlland Railway Company. ICU 107 Ditto New... lO 21 3% 4% South Ea,.tern and Dover Railway Company IS .“,.. 5 c3irmial Bank Landon and Westminster Bank £0 23),i COURSE OF' EX.CiI A Amsterclarn C.Y. 12 4 Ditto, atitight Itotterdarn U. 12 41 Antwerp... Itl. P.. 13 12 Attona ........... ......... 11.! 12% Paris, 3 Artys' sight... ...... <5 40 Ditto .......... Ms 'l& 65 25 65 timirLteaux Frankfort on Mame, Ex. M. If:1 1 4 ",..tersbutgh, ruble... 3 Us. 37 Berlin Vienna, effective fl..s M 11: 5 rticqu 'fain '6 6 11a,Irld l7 57 Nt F•; V e:;•.; RDA y . t Le7`..in 45 ....... 2,;., 75 Venire . . ...... • ..... 41 as. :25. Lisocn ..... 545,i Oporto ..• woe. •a. z z Flit, Jarieirr • : 7 6 flnet.os Apes New York, . 1134 nnia lb l'It1(''1: UL SL.L.LiIt , . pet 02. portupa .11!1, Z 911: te 1.1 t! l or^it4 , lGn.d ...vats,. .7 17 9 New r PI ircelona ~ eville "iii , Sils , el ... ,iars •,,.... ,f's ( % Nu(' Es OF IRISH STOCKS. DUBLIN, APRIL :lo .1 par Cent. Consols - Grant Canal Debs. ti - percent. 884 ~er Con , . Stock Ditto Bernice,' - i Hibernian Bank Ditt o N ew Is3o ..... SISI,i; City of D u bli n St eam Comp. sk, par Cent:Debentures... llll , ii ,; NationAllnsuranceCompany - Bank Stock - , ;rand Canal stock - Ballast Office Debentures, 4 - Royal Canal Stock - lIALF-PAST ONE. The Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon were a shade lower. Mils ;were in demand. Private accounts received from Ilambro' state that the discounts there were getting up from 2 per cent to 3 per cent, and likely to be higher. The chief feature of speculation during the morning is still the mania for shares, owing to the house being great Bears of them. Those which are particularly in de in ind are Btighton, sa hick are at 6 discount. Blackwall 1, at one prem. ; South Eastern Five Pound per share; in Great Western, as well as in other shares, the market is stillOmpriving; money continues in abundance in the house at 1 to 2pi r cent, at the Bankers from 3to 4 per cent. Vie United States Bank Shares have improved to 161 10s. per share. In the course of the ensuing week we may expect an overland express from India; and the prevailing opinion is that it will convey some important intelligence from China. The merchants and tea speculators are anxiously waiting its arrival. Consols may be o,noted at present 91 for the Account, Money 90k, have been at 901 ; Exchequer ails 25- 8..5.7 preen. ; India Bonds 6 prem. ; Bank Stock 17bi India Sock 2494. In the Forj , gn Market Spanish Active, 29k -4-; Deferred, 14 . :1; Portuguese, ; Three ver Cents. 24g ; Colombian 261 ; Brazilian 761 ; Nlexit , n 30 ; Dutch T-Ao-and.a-Half per Cents. nothing d.•ne ; FR..; per Cents. 1001. Railway Shares :—Great Western, ; Brighton 28 4 1 Blackwall 201. NEWS FROU PORTUGAL. ( From a S'cond Edition of the Morning Post.) LIsUON, APRIL 23, FoUR P.M. The departure for England of the steam ship United Kingdom, last from Gib:altar, in three days, affords me the °ppm turrity ofaddreas;ng 3ou. The Tagus landed the London ruin! of the 18( h at Oporto, at 7 a.m. this morn ing, so that we may expect her here by daylight to-morrow. The opposition of the majority of the Chartist party to the existing Administration continues to develop itself. Letters received from Oporto yesterday describe the dis cipline among the troops of that garrison as absolutely impaired, and the arrival of Count das Antas, to assume the military command, has been hailed as a blessing. Th Gallant Count had hardly arrived in time to prevent some disgraceful scene cf riot and attempt at murder; the son of General Schaulbaek and two other office's, having escaped with their lives, but very badly wounded by others of their colleagues of the Municipal Guard.! assisted by many rioters. Eighty ar robas, say 2.5601b5. of gunpowder had been captured by the police in the very act of being clandestinely introduced into the town of Avein, where, as well as in other places, forge portions are supposed to be concealed. A disagreeable occurrence took place the other morning in one of our principal streets, between Captain Ximiner, a gallant A. D. C. of Marshal Saldanha, during the late civil war, and the Deputy for Angola, M. Meneses, pre prietor and editor of the " Paquete de Ultramer," in c-n -quence of a paragraph in said journal which censured the Marshal's appointment as first A. D.C. o f t h e K ing, Don Fernando, tie Queen a consort. Blows were exchanged, and the Hon. Deputy had the worst of it. We have received accounts from Angola to the 29th January, stating that the Portuguese corvette Urania, under the command of Captain Amanal, a gallant one arm officer, had captured on the 18th, at the very mouth of the river, the Brazilian brig, under Portuguese colours, Nymphia, belonging to A. P. Corton Sarnion, of Rio Janeiro, while in the act of receiving from nine large boats 268 slaves, which had been safely lodged in the castle of St. Michail : the number of slaves lately rescued in this manner by the Portuguese cruz-rs, amounted to 932, which were all at Angola The Isabel Maria cor v,.tte had arrived on the 17th January from Benguela. Considerable discontent prevailed in the colony. The following is said to be the census o f t h e cont i nent of Portug a l tor 1831, viz.—there were 827,947 dwellings, with 3,334,747 inhabitants, of whom 513,017 were under seven yeas of age—the births had beer. 99,097, the mar riages 23 598, and the deaths 67.541. The religious feelinns acid projudices of the Lisbon in habitants were put to the leq on I ist Saturday, being the last day in Lent, by the Dot Carlos Trwarre's be rig c a verted into a masqu-rade f,r theevening. It was likewise on that d,. % that a resoce'abl" British resident here aba n d oned the doetrinrs or the Church of kngland and embraced those of Rom,, an event which has caused some sensation lire. The ste,m frigate Cyclops, from Pik mouth, with Lady Charlotte ilei keley and other pasietigc Is on ar med the 15tti. an d orocee d e n on t h e 17th. Gretrat.raa.—The Orrto steamer, in i" 4B h irs f .. em arrived on the 18th. boa. (1 EVEN ING EDII I IO N. THE NIARKETS-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN. Good supplies of most kinds, but the want of rain is begin neut.; tiwf to show itself. There was a good attendance, and a brisk dematA Gooseberries and Apricots were the only novelties. Plants, 4s. to Os. per dozen ; Celery, 6d. to 2s. 6st. I per bundle ; Onions, Is. 6d. to 2s. 6d. per sieve ; Carrots, 43. to Os. per dozen; Sea Kale, Is. to 2s. per punnet; Brocoli, Is. to 3s. per bundle ; Asparagus, 3s. 6d. to 6s. 6d. per 100; t Turnips, 2 1 / 2 d. per bunch ; Apples, 6s. to 155. per bushel ; Cherries, 155. to 20s. per lb. ; Cucumbers, 2s. to ss. per brace ; Cabbages 6d. to Is, per dozen ; Spinach Is. pee sieve ; French Beans Is. 6d. to 2s. 6d. per hundred ; New Potatoes Bd. to 3s. per lb. ; Gooseberries 4d. per pottle ; Peaches 30s. per dozen ; Apricots, green, 3s. to 3s. 6d. per pottle ; Pine Apples Bs. to 12s. per lb. ; Hothouse Grapes 10s. to 15s per lb. ; Strawberries Bd. to 2s. per ounce ; Potatoes, York, 70s. ; Scotch tills. ; White 60s. ; Devon. 60s to 655. per ton. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Supplies moderate, trade dull, and prices stationary. Beef, 2s. 4d. to 3s. Bd. ; Mutton, 2s. 10d. to 3s. 10(1. ; Veal, . 9 .5. Bd. to 4s. Bd. ; Pork, 3s. to 4s. Bd. • Lamb, 6s. 6d. t o 7s. per stone. Poultry was in better demand, and the supplies were but moderwe ; prices as before. Guinea Fowls, 35. 6(1. to 4s. ; Chickens, 3s. to 45.; Widgeons, 6d. to 9d. ; Surrey Capons, 7s. to 9s. ; Wild Ducks, Is. to Is. 6d.; Ducklings , 3s. to 4g. ; Turkeys, ss. to 10s. ; Leverets, 4s. to ss. ; Gos lings, ss. to Os. ; Hares, is. to 2s. Eggs plentiful, 4s. 6d. to ss. 9d. per 120. HUNGERFORD MARKET. Fair supplies and a good attendance, with a fair trade. Tur bot, Os. to lbs. ; Cod, 2s. 6d. to 10s. ; Soles, 10d. to 49. Per pair; Lobsters, 10d. to 4s. ; Salmon, 2s. 6d. to 3s. pe r lb, Beef 7 cl. to 81 2 ,1. ; Muttoce 7id. to Ad. ; Veal, Bd. to 9d. ; Lamb, 9,1. to 101 ; Pork, 7d. to Bid per lb. Vegetables in fair supply and demand, and sold at Covent-garden prices. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. Good supplies, and the prices of good Fish were as follow -Turbot, 4s. to 183. ; Cod, 23. to es. ; Lobsters, 6d. to 3s. 6d. ; Salmon, 2s. to 2s. 3d. per lb. ; Mackerel, 4d. to Bd. ; Whiting, 3d. to 6d. ; Haddocks, 6d. to Is. each. HAY MARKETS. The supplies and demand good, prices steady. Hay, 60e. to 935. ; Clover, 70s. to 115 s. ; Straw, 325. to 425. per load. _ _ TALLOW MARKET. This market is very flat, and prices uncertain ; 51s. ask ed for P. Y. C. Town Tallow, 51s. TEA MARKET. So little done that no certain prices can be named ; 2s. 2d. for Company's Congou is as near as can be given. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY•, DEAL, MAY I.—Wind, E. N. E. moderate..—Sail ed the Manchester, Salmon, for Calcutta ; Walla ° Harris, 'Ferry, Sydney, New South Wales; Eleanor, Mossmann, ditto; Dr. Wheeler, Bomb, St. Vincent; Ann, White, Prince Edward Island ; Mary, Wheelwright, St. Domingo ; Ceylon, Cox, Honduras ; Emma, ditto ; Honesta, Andrews, Barcelona ; Lima, Douglas, Isl o ° - treat ; Somerset, Cleft, Bilbao. LIVERYOOL, May I.—Wind, S. S. E., moderate.-- Off port, the Alliance, Halsey, from Mobile. Sailed the Athena, Ashbridge, for Singapore ; Henrietta, Fell, Lima, St. Vincent, Lingard, Demerara ; Alexander Grant, Thornton, New York ; Queen Victoria, Cooper, ditto; Athenian, Webster, Charleston; Gulnare, Burnham , pal timore. HOLYHEAD, May I.—Arrived off port, the Warsaw Minde, from New Orleans, Iris, Santander. COWES, May I.—Arrived the Elise Andreasen, from Rio Janeiro. SALCOMBE, May I.—Arrived off port, the Symvnettlt Butler, from Singapore. FALMOUTH. May 30. —Wind East.—Arrived, the De light packet, from Vera Cruz, sailed March 5, Tampico 10, and Havanna 27, with 250,000 dollars on freight; Express packet, West Indies, sailed from Barba does March 2, Tobago 4, Trinidad 11, Grenada 13, St. Kitts 113, Tortola and St. Thomas's 17, Porto Rico 1 9, Cape Haytien 25 ; Anne Johnstone, Corbin, Pernambuco. Off port, the Shepherd. Jardine, Swan River, sailed Jan. 1 ; Royal George, Richards, Sydney, New South Wolef' sailed December 11, and Bahia 7th ult. ; Herefordshire, Chapman, Bombay. BOURSE.—PAkIb, THURSDAY, APRIL 30. • 1 irst Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price Price rench 5 per Cent` I1) 61... 113 80 ... 113 6 ) ... 1.3 70 44 per Cents 1 0 ,4 50 .., lus !,0 ... RH 50 ... 108 ,i 0 3 per Cents .......... :lank of r - rance i.:ittitte Bank ~5,000 f. S 4 5203 ...521,0 —.5,00 —5200 fluig,aii Rank 9 , 'i ... WO ... 900 ... win 5 per Cents 103% ... 10 N ... i0:34( ... 1011 3 per Cents 74 4(1 ... 74 40 ... 74 t.i.) ... 74 30 t!liio New York ... 1032 ... 102 Spanish Ac. ive . New Deferred Neapolitan an 7c ... 103 SO ... 14,3 70 ... 103 80 Homan RAILWAY SHARES. czt. Germai., ........... Versailles, It. 13 595 ... 6(4) ... 51)5 . 600 L.B. 390 ... :'9O ... ::90 ... 290 Orleans . 5OO ... 512 50 ...51,) ... 511 25 Strasburg to Bale 4lO ... 415 ... 410 ... 415 MARY LEBONE ELECTION OF VESTRYNIEN.—A severe contest is expected, we understand, in Marylebone, on occasion of electing the vestrymen. These gentlemen exercise some political influence, and, were the Tories to succeed in the parochial elections, they would have a much better chance of success in electing the Mi.albers for the borotiab. We hope that no Reformer will be idle or negligent on the occasion, and that all will exert themselves to secure the return of those gentlemen recommended by the parochial committee. The day of nomination is on Monday, when no private par tialities or animosities ought to stand in tha way of the public good. Every Reformer should exert bimsel , resolved to conquer in parish matters, that he may afterwards be the conqueror in the contests for legilative power. The Elected Vestry having been grossly attacked by the Tories, have put tbrth an elabo rate and complete refutation of the charges. In seven years the Soleet Vestry expended 1,015,824/. In seven years the Elected Vestry expended 847,9571., reducing the expenditure in seven years 167,867/. Between 1832 and 1838 the expenditure for the relief of . the poor was reduced more than one halt, while the poor were better taken care of. Time Elected Vestry invite their constituents to a full investigation of their conduct, which is the only means of enabling the parishioners to conic to a correct decision. CHANCERY COURT-(THIS DAY.) CLAPTON V. BULMEII.-JUDGMENT. The LORD CHANCELLOR give judgment to-day in this case, which was argued before his ,Lordship a few days since. His Lordship said that being desirous of examin ing the authorities on the s u bject before he decided what appeared to him to be the undoubted intention of the party, he had delayed giving judgment till to-day. The testator in the cause havin an only daughter, after giving several legacies, gave the g residue of his personal estate to tar tees, on trust to pay the income, after providing for seve ral annual Sums, for the separate use of the dau g hter . That incom e was to be secured against any future covert use, and atter her death the income was to go to her children. After this there was a proviso in the will, to the etiset that in case his daughter should happen to die wifnout issue, the trustees, upon her decease, were to raise and pay the sum of 3.0001. to such person as she should appoint, hut in case his wife should survive his daughter then he directed that the trustees should also raise and pay 2.0001. to her, and the residue was to go to the nearest of kin of his own family for ever. In this state of things the con te-t was bet. , cen those who claimed through the dais ght , r, who was the sole next of kin at the death e f the testator, and those persons who were next e f kit at the date of the daughter's death, and who were also the present next of kin. The question was whether the testator intended the daughter, who was the sole next of kin at his own death, should take the whole of the residue, or whether those who filed the double. cha racter of next of km at the d lighter's d,ath, and also of the present next of kin, were to take. Upon the case corning before the Vi . e Chat-cellos, his Honour was of opinion that it was not intended by the testator that the daughter should take, but that those who filled the character either of her next o f ki n a t h e r death, or those w ho were t he present next of kin were entitled to the residue. d4meTheirwith. nt Lordships were c l ear ly o f opinion that his Honour the Vice-Chancellor's j u dg men t was correct , an d he must therefore dismiss th e a pp ea l against his ju costs. The Court then proceeded to bear causes. VICE-CIAINCELI.OR'S COURT. (THIS DAY.) METFORD V PETERS. The arguments in a's case, which came before the C ,, Urt Upon exception to the Master's report. occupied His Honour the whole day. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert honoured the exhibition of the Royal Academy in Trafalgar-square, yesterday afternoon with a visit. Her Majesty and His Royal High ness arrived at two o'clock in an open carriage, accomPli nied by the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Coburg Gotha, and attended by the Marchioness of Normanby, The Royal Suite occupied four carriages, and consisted of t he lion. Mias Pitt, Hon. Miss Spring Rice, Earl of Albe marle, Earl of Uxbridge, Lord Byron, Lord Rolgr t Grosvenor, Baron de Lowenfels, Sir Frederick Stoviot Hon. Colonel Cavendish, Colonel Wylde, and Mr Francis Seymour. Sir Martin Archer Shee, President of the Royal ": demy,accompanied by the officers of the institution, received the Royal party and conducted the Queen and Prince! Albert through the different Schools. Her Majesty and His Royal Highness remained an hour at the Academy. and then returned to Buckingham Palace. Viscount Melbourne had an audience yesterday of the Queen. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, honoured the German Opera at the Prince's Theatre, last evening, with their_ presence. In attendance on her Majesty an d his Royal Highness were the Marchioness of Normanby, Hon. Miss Pitt, Lord Byron, Sir Frederick Stovin, Hon , Col, Grey, Col. Wylde, and Mr. Francis Seymour. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, and their Serene Highnesses the Duchess Ida. and the Princes and Prig- ceases of Saxe Weimar, visited the Exhibition of the Royal Academy yesterday morning, and were attended by Sir Martin Archer Shee, the President of the Academy, during their inspection of the several rooms. In her Majesty's suite were Frances Lady Clinton, Hon. Miss Hudson, Earl Howe, Sir Horace Seymour, Rev. J. R. Wood, and Capt. Curzon. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge also honoured the Royal Academy with a vi s it y ester d a y morn i ng . The Hereditary Prince of S RXe C o b urg G o tha. .13Jtrge de Lowenfels, Baron de Gruben, dined w ith Duchess of Kent l as t even i ng a t I ngestr i e H ouse , e i g rav square, and a f terwar d s accompan i e d h er R o yal nigh"se; to the German Opera. Prince George o f Cambridge visited her Majestyebtebsei Queen Dowager and her Serene Highness the Du e Ida of Saxe Weimar, yesterday, at Marlborough ous f His Royal Highness also visited the Hereditary Prince ° Saxe Coburg Gotha at Buckingham Palace. The Princess Augusta took an airing yesterdayin: carriage, and visited the Duchess of Gloucester, t Gloucester House. th 110 0 Lord Hill had au interview with Viscount Nle. -°- yesterday in Downing-street. i A deputation from the several congregations t he Jew g • London, consisting of J. H. Henriques, Esq., t Prescr dent of the Board of D e puti es o f B r iti s h Je;s; Baro n e c Rothschild ; Sir Moses Montefiore ; and Messrs. 13" E; Lyon Goldrunid, A. A. Goldsmid, D. Salomons, i s ti c° Montefiore, J. H. Goldsmid, and Sampson Samuel , 11°- norary Secretary to the Board, had an interview with Vi s ; count Palmerston on Thursday, at the Foreign-office, °° the subject of the recent persecutions of the Jews in the East. The Solicitor-General, and the Lord Advocate biladt interviews with the Mi , rquis of ,Normanby yesterday, the Home-office. had Mr. Anderson, from the Mauritius, and Mr. J°Y,i,"; - interviews with Lard John Russell yesterday at the u°"9" nial Office. Mr. Marjoribanks and Mr. Morison had interviews with Mr. Labouchere yesterday at the Board of Trafie. The City Remcmbrane e r and Mr. Charles Pearson b2d an interview with the Marquis of Normanby yesterday at the Home Office. MARLBOROUGH HOUSE.—Her Maicsty t he Queen Dowager will give a series of musical soirees and even ing parties on Friday everings. Nau. the prima donna of the Aeadamie Royal, wh o i s i n t own en conge , assisted at her Illajesty's last concert. The Duke of Cambridge will direct the Ancien Concert, on Wednesday text, for the King of Hanover. The Duke has engaged Tamburini, L a bl ac h e , and Grisi ; and a"?' we believe, Mille. Nau, the prima donna of the Aca deMte Royale. The Queen Dowager will honour the concert with he r presence. COMBE BANK, SEVENOAKS.—Lady TetriP le° more has broken up her establishment at this delightful vil la d which was adorned at a great expense by the late L. rd. Templemore has gone to the University, and his brother. t h e Hon. Augustus Chi c h es t e r, h as en t ere d on hi s duties as P a g e of honour in waiting to the Queen. Tlt i s DEATH OF GENERAL HORSFORD.--- - gallant and highly-respected veteran, whose services to th e country are so well known, died at Pari‘, on Tuesday; t' t age of 72. He h as l e ft a w id ow , f our da ughters,- and one hi s 3o? in the Rifle Brigad e . Th e d ecease d G enera l rec eived in last moments, the sacrament from Bishop Luscombe, arid Wa s wish pets vatvote, but tbu tp perfectly sensible to the la -t, haying drawn up his will with re markableasyel Lord f theself-possession. last e ln s orn; honoursnd l o i t h e t r o f r u En t h en e rga d ili :p hw a ma r se te nt d ob re signed Christian. DEATH OF LORD C. Si Z;NCF.R CHURCHIL L . —We regret to announce the itemise of the above respee—, Nobleman, which took place on IV ednesday l after a s h g i r " illness. The Deceased Lord was born Dec as e t m , ber 3, 1 ":"; and in August, 182?, his Lordship married 111iss Cathenn" Benett, daughter of John Benett, Esq. , , died a f fi eb v weeks since, •P•- who by whom he leases a fo f five children. pe f ami y was second son of the late, and brother of the resent Duke 0 , warrior a b d e es expressed c ra ! e t n l s y sde the ft°Y B " Marlborough, and Lord John Churchill, Capta in Navy. DEATH OF CAPTAIN SIR THOMAS C.ARE' Cr ' R.N.—This Gallant Officer died at his seat, near Southat u rd ton, on Tuesday l as t, i n the prime of life. He had serve d with distinction d ur i ng t h e last war, and was promot ed t° ° . rank of Captain, March I, 1833. NEWSPAPER PRESS BENEVOLENT ASS°CI; ATION.—The Annual G enera l M ee ti ng o f the members o f this Associatio n f or th e e l ec ti on o f o ffi cers t oo k place on Mon,. day last, Vincent George Dowling in the Chair. Mr. IC.:lf e the Hon. Secretary, read the Report of the transactions _ Soci,ty during the last year, from which it appeared thnitaat much larger number of members had joined the A s that h the the last quarterly election than at any former period; t Di largest grant permitted by its rules had been given by t he of the rectors to the widows of two late members in the course past year, and that the affairs o f the institution were in a . satisfactory state. The annual dinner of the mem bers and friends of the association will take place in June. THE STRAND THEA.I RE AND THE WIZ ARD ' —lt will be seen from an advertisement in The Sun, that this little elegant theatre will be opened in a short time fur t hew trical performnices, and that Mr. Anderson, properly d• ,s tl noted the Great Wizard of the North, will, in consequeoce,iou, e compelled to close prematu , eiy his season of witchcraft a wonder. He is determined , therefore, in order t o g rata, t h e public., and, no doubt; to put,ftioney in his pocket, to won , su ccess. double tides for the ensitingfisieek. We ; t hey are . lii, performances are of thiymost extraordinary ki ex , :c.ited with great neatness :aid dexterity, and leave the spece t o or iii ab-olute wonder how sleight-of-hand can so blind the eyes of the most attentive observer. There are no unseemly' allows tricks. no swal'owipt - Kewords, or arsenic ; he. only hi mse lf to be shot at; but as he has undergone the opera tion so me thousand times the audi ence are satisfied that he is rr fectly s ecure against all dander. It is fortunate for this est . ,!: ordinary juggler that did r not live in thou?) d ays when 14 7 vriscii.re of ~ur a , cestors adjidged all wizards and witches 1 1 be hal,g(el or bend. ~% WI