The Sun. — London, England, 1840-05-06 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION T! , 1E.1-TRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. . THIS EVENING, MAY 5, FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. BCTLRR, Will be presented, THE AVENGER. Waicier (the Avenger), Mr. Butler; Agnes, Mrs. Stirling. After whit.,, THE LADIES' CLUB. Mrs. Fitzsrnyth (the Chairwoman), Mrs. Stirling. 'Jo be followed by THE HOUSE OF LADIES. Mrs Fitzsnr,th-(Member for Chatterton)—Mrs. Stirling,. Mrs Morton (Member for Smallborough)—Miss Atkinson. Mrs. Rookby (Member fcr Edmondsbury—Mis s 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. Twanloy (Speaker)—Mrs. Garrick. Fan", Miss Beachamp. Time, Mr. Edmonds. To conclude with, . . BAMBOOZLING. Captain Bamboozle, \ir. Butler. Boxes 4s. Pit, 2s. Gallery, Is. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Increasing Popularity and immense success of Haine's New Village Tragedy, " The Life of a Woman," in which the realization of 1 1 10 ga rth's celebrated " Harlot's Pry-Jess," ni.thtly elicits the ai . nrobati,n of crowd e d au di ences; roars of laughter a t " The Wet Nurse." and universal admiratioh of . the magnificent scer.ery and effects in " The Venetian." THIS EVENING, MAY 6, W'ill be acted the New Village Tragedy, entitled THE LIFE OF A WOMAN ; OR, THE CURATE'S DAUGHTER. After which, .a New Comic Drama, called THE WET NURSE. To conclude with an entirely New Romance, entitled • THE VENETIAN ; OR, THE COUNCIL OF TEN. e Scenery comprising some of the most splendid Views in Venice. The two last pieces must be withdrawn afte r Clio week, for entirely new l'ragic Play, in which Mr. Elton will perform. TIIE STRAND THEATR.E CLONES iIUMEDIATELY. H. ANDERSON (the GREAT WIZARD of the NORTH) begs to inform the Nobility and Gentry of the .lletropoli, that in consequence of a sudden an'augement hay ing been ma& opening the Strand Theatre for its Theatrical Season, 11,! is prematurely etmpelled to dose his SEASON of WONDER.. He i':, fully aware, from the crowded state of the Theatre nightly, wlien his close is thus suddenly announced, that the Theatre will be incap.ible of containing the number that will visit him during the few nights he will have the pleasure of per foeming in the Strand Theatre ; he has, at the particular request of a number of Fashionabh4Pa , lies, consented to give THREE Grand Fashionable MORNINt - i PERFORMANCES, on 31.eNnw-v 4th, W - onxEsnar btu, and FRIDAY Bth May, 1840, when he will display ail his Peculiar and Extraordinary Won ders of Ancient and Modern Necromancy, introducing new and splendid Feats a is Magitine. GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCES. Doors qeo at One o'clock. Performances commence at Two. 'Carriages in attendance at Four. Illdstr. - 17!.; Pit 2s. Juveniles under 10, Half-price. Lex.o.ffice.open from Eleven till moor, where places can be secured. Private Boxes to in' had at all the Agents in London. EV v ENINGY. NTERTAINAIENT AS USUAL. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. ERUPTIOS OF HECLA ! FIRST TI\IE THIS SEASON! THURSDAY NEXT, 'May 7. The first display of this magnificent mimicry of nature's most grand and terrible convulsions, wi,h a variety of new and highly effective introductions, will take place on Thursday next, at diok. The extraordinary pictorial representation of Mcunt Hecla, reproduced by Danson on a more vast and splendid scale than ever, may be seen daily from ten till dusk, with the whole o: e unequalled Menagerie. Feeding 11Jur, 5 o'clock. Admission One Shilling. 111(;!-1 IV ATE!: Al' LONDON TIRID6E TO-MORROW .I%lntn!rit- ; 1 i rn!nices after ri t Evening si, ininutes after 6. — --- The Publication of the Eveninc Editimn of THE SUN com. menced at W .T.l..utes after Three. ' 1, s ,• —~•r • .4)A, LONDON: WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1840. Lord STANLEY'S motion for this evening on the Irish Registrcion Bid will be postponed, in consequence of the lanientxd death of Lord WIL MANI RUSSELL. . • The petitions yesterday presented to the Peers were of a various and miscellaneous character, some on the Corn-laws, sonic for and some against Church Exten sion, some more ciffectualiy t o put down Sunday trne ing„tnil some against the ntrusion of iNliaisters into the Kirk. From n'eon'versation between Lord ASHBURTON and Lord MELBOURNE, it appears that Admiral ELr.ior, who is tii . coaraand toe fleet sent against China, will also conduct the negotiations, but that the whole ma nagernent-Oftbe expedition will be under the Governor- General orlndin. O'n Earl FITZWILLIAM presenting petitions against the Corn-laws, the Marquis of SALISBURY deprecated the discussion of th a t ques ti on ever y evening. Their Lordships feel the force of the petitions, and but for the modern practice of the House of Commons, of not allowing discussion on petitions except after notice, the Anti-Corn-law advocates would be able to make an impression on that House, and more speedily rescue the country from the present legislative calamity. t_ The great b us i ness of the evening with the Lords was at Earl °} very sore subject, the intrusion of Ministers. The AftItDERN on the table his Bill for correct ing the evils which have arisen, and introduced it by a long speech. The Noble Earl began by re his opinion th a t t h e Mi nisters ought to have I,roeu3Tshtfseinrwgalrd a measure . osa th e subject. He pronounced alo borate, and' just e u l og i um on the Church of Scotl ng, d. e al an t was composed e xc l us i ve l y of active labourers in the vine yard ;in it pluralities and non-residents were unknown • Tory and all these virt ues were traced by the Tor Ear', speaking for once unde r th e i n fl uence of correct and unbiassed observation, to the fact that in Scotland the Reformation was accomplished by the people, and accom plished in spite of the Court. The reverse was the case with the Church of England, the hybrid daughter of HENRY VIII. The consequence of having such a Church, so different from the Church of England, the Noble Earl made out to be that Scotland is " the bast conditioned country on the face of the earth." The Noble Earl spoke •with regret -of the intolerance and bigotry that bad in latter times showed themselves in the Kirk ; he ATON'S FLOWERS OF PENMAN p_. ' SHIP (consisting - of fourteen pages exhibitingthe prinepal Beauties . of Penmanship, with a Miniature Por trait of the Author (in the centre of the title-page), exqui sitely engraved by Thomson, are now completed, and will be published be Subscription about the. middle of this mouth. In announcing this Work, the Author thinks it proper to state that, for several years past, he has been solicited by many eminent penmen and engravers in this country, as well as on the Continent, to publish a New Work on Orramental Pen manship ; he has therefore compied with their wishes, in the hope that the improvement and more general practice of the art may thereby be promoted. Something might be said in reference to the merits of a faitheoming work ; but, from the simple fact of Mr. Paton's name, in connexion with the Art of Penmanship, having been before the Public for a very long period, he considers any farther to ement unnecessary, than that he has bestowed his best ability up ni it—that he has carefully studied the composition of every page—that the whole of the closign; have been finished in a man ner equal, if nit superior, to the impsAant Ornamental Writings the lk al twenty-th ree years, f or t h e executed by him ;during City of Lon - don, and the Royal Academy—and that nearly all the Plates have been engraved by Mr. Beckett in a way that must render that Artist's name famous in the annals of En graving. When the author, in 126, published a Tribute to the Memory of the iamsnted Princess Charlotte, one thousand co . L sies, at One Guinea each, were subscribed for, within the abort space of six weeks-_a circumstance unparalleled in the history of Penmanship; the List of Subscribers (obtained by to other influence than a mere inspection of the original Manu script), exhibited the namls of the King, almost ail the Mem bers of the Royal Family, Prince. Leopold, all the Ambassadors then in London, the Lord Mayor, and the most distinguished Members of the Honourable Corporation of London ; Sir Tito- Lawreace, who subscribed twice; many L'ilembers of the IfsYal Academy, and other eminent Artists in Painting, Sculp ture, & . I graving, ozc. The Flowers of Penmanship, beautifully printed by M'Queen, and handsomely half-bound, Rate Paper, will be Onr Guinea. On India Paper, As Proofe, IL 103. Thne who desire to secure early impressions, will please ad rest (post paid), to Mr. Walter Paton, No. 3, York-buildings, cad. London, May 4, 1840. Now ready, in 2 vols. small Bco., LADY MOItGAN'S NEW WORK, " WOMAN AND HER MASTER." `• Lady Morgan has imparted to history the charm of no. mance. We have read her cries of rapid but brilliant sketches with an interest wbieh many a novel fails to excite."—Weekly Chronicle. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great 3rariborou,sh-street. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, MAY 6, Will be pc: formed the New Original flay, in Five Act!, written by James Sheridan Knowles, called LOVE. _ _ . Duke of Carinthia, Mr. •47o;pez 7 ; Sir Rupert of Lorch, Mr. J. Viainz ; Bunn, Mr. Anderson; the Countes3 of Eppen stein,..Miss Ellen Tree ; Katherine, Madame Vestris. To conclude with th e N ew Grand Comic, Romantic, Operatic, • Melodramatic, Fairy Extravazanza, in Three Parts, entitled 'end founded on that popular Nursery Tale, THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD. The Principal Characters by Mr. Harley, Mr. J. Vining, Mr.. J. island, Madame Vestris, Miss Vainforth, Mrs. C. Jones, 81. e. &e. Pr;s3 lin;e;, 7•. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Seccnd Circles, ss. ; Second Price, 23. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price, 2s; ; Gallery. 13. Doors to be. opened at half-past Six—the performances to commence at Seven o'Clock. Tickets cnd'plac e 4 for the Bo :es to be taken at the Box-of ce, from Ten till Fcur, where Season Tickets may be had upon application. Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andrews bookseller _167, New Bond-street. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. UNDER THE 111 ANAGEMENT OF PIR. BUTLER. THE HOUSE OF LADIES having been received with unanitnouse applause by crowded houses, will be repeated (to gether with " The Ladies' Club") every Evening until the end of the Season. Sir W. SIOLESWORTH submitted his motion for the abolition of the punishment of transporation, and the forestalling the revenues of the colonies to promote emigration. This is Sir W. MOLEswoaTit's hobby, which he rides every year, and now seems to ride no other. He is more anxious to transport the people than make them happy at home. He repeated a long eut-and-dry speech on the subject, and condemned both the modified system of transportation for punishment, receativ proposed by the Governiwnt, and the old sys tem. motion gave rise to a consid e rable discus sion. It was opposed by Lord JOHN RUSSELL, and was, in the end, negatived - without a rirision. Mr. LABOUCHERE obtiirrd leave to bring in a Bill 1 to amend the Pilotage laws. Mr. HUME'S motion fora Committee to inquire into Import Duties, was agreed to. Sir G. GREY'S motion to hare the Act of the Legieiature of Upper Canada, relative to public land, printed, was also agreed to. The Importation of Flour (Ireland) Bill went through a Committee. At Half-past Eleven the House adjourned. -- The Morning Post has suddenly become ma thematical ; it has long been scurriions. Like another morning jackass of the press it, sometime ago, concluded it could be great like the Times, by im;tating that journal, and it assumed the lion's skin ; but no human being ever mistakes the hi deous bray of either for the roar of the monarch of the Tory journals. Of the new art of the Post this is its yesterday's specimen : Because Mr. Manners Sutton is the grandson of an Archbishop, and his seat at Csmdridge has been forfeited for bribery, of which no one has dared to say that he was cognisant, it is assumed that a direct connection is esta blished between bribery and the Church ! ! Again, beeanee there has been bribery in the ;own of Cambridge, and there is a great University in that town; and the Church is closely connected with the Universities, it is triumphantly concluded that the Church must pa tronize bribery I I Do not these fools see how easily their logic is reduced ad absurdum. From 1832 to 1840 the town of Cambridge always returned two Whig-Radical Members. But there is a great University in the town, and tin University is closely connected with the Church, therefore (according to the bribery logic) the Church for eight ye .ra returned two Whig-Radical Members. But the Church hates Whig-Radicalism, and never does return Whig- Ra&cal Members, therefore the Church did not for eight years re turn the Whig. Radii al Members for Cambridge ; but the previous argument shows that they did, therefore the Church at one ar.d the same time did and did not do one and the same thing E. D. This reductio ad absurdum overlooks some facts, and, with all deference to the mathematical genius of the Port, we opine that even demonstration, particularly a long deduction, resting as all mathe matical evidence ultimately does (pace Cambridge University) on facts, must give way to facts. Taking facts into consideration, mixed mathema tics would afford a happier solution of the problem. For eight years the University of Cambridge, and the high Churchmen who derive their morality from it, tried to keep out two Whig-Radical Mem berv, and return two Tory corrupt Members. For eight years the impetus - of the Reform enthusiasm, generated in the year 1830, overcame the load the corruptionists compelled it to carry and resist. The never-lessening weight gradually became more powerful than the impetus, checked it, stopped it, and placed, by bribery, a Tory in the representa tion of Cambridge, to be turned cut whenever ihe means were investigated by vi hick he obtained his seat. Our reasoning is not so formal as that of cur Contemporary, but it is a much better represen tr, don of the facts. Mr. SUTTON was elected by bribery and corruption ; the men who bribed and the men who were corrupted were Churchmen ; they derive their morality from the Chinch, and therefore the Church teaches bribery and corrup, Lion. We are by no means sorry to be called on by the article of the Post to • say a few words more on this - subject. The friends anti advocates of the Church claim as her offspring all that is virtuous in the empire. She is the teacher of the people and the mother of their morality. She monopolizes education and lays down rules of conduct for all. We affirm, then, that she is equally responsible for the national vices and the national crimes. She can not take credit for all that is good in the national manners without being justly chargeable also with all that is bad. It is assumed that she has power to make virtuous, and she is, on that favourite supposition of the Tories, to blame for all the vice in the empire. The particular circumstance which called forth the remarks is the corruption of electors and candi dates, as exemplified at Cambridge. Now the great majority of the candidates who corrupt the electors are educated by the clergy. Almost all the Peers who, in their several counties, exercise a sinister and corrupt influence over their tenants, are educated by the clergy. We know that the clergy, as titheovulers and landowners, exercise themselves a similar corrupt influence, and induce or com pel their tenants and other dependent s to give an unconscientious vote flora pecuniary motives. That sort of corruption is the root of all the bribery and treating at eiections ; the great authors of that are the pupils of the priesthood, or the priesthood them selves; and the Church, therefore (as the priest hood call themselves the Chinch), is really the. author of the greater portion of all the electoral corruption in the empire. Moreover, it is practised in nine- cases out of ten, for behoof of the Church, and what occurred at Cambridge is only a specimen of what the Church causes in every part of the empire. What complaint does the bulk of the people make of tile Legislature ? It is charged, in the case of the Corn-laws—openly and distinctly charged, with inflicting hunger, disease, anti d eat h en large large portions of the conimunity to enrich its members. It cuts down the population, as Lord ASHBURTON affirms. It curtails the supply of food, it limits the demand for and the wages of labour. It plunders the working-classes to put wealth in the pockets of the aristocracy. All these things are the very re verse of its duties. It holds power to cherish and protect the people, and is highly criminal if it shorten a life unnecessarily one day, or inisappro 7 priate one stick of the property of the obedient people. In its conduct we have proof of griev ous and deep-seated corruption, in the Legislature. Of that Legislature the leading priests form a part, and the Church claims the merit of modelling the winds and hearts of nearly all the Peers and a great majority of the Coinmons. They are college-bred men. The Church, then, is the great parent of that corruptio n in the Legislature which has in flicted on the people the starvation-law. That this is mainly due to the Church, and to the morality it teaches, is confirmed, by observing that the Church profits by the bread -tax, and that, partly for its advantage, the bread-tax - is maintained. Among the lay Peers, and lay land owners, we find here and there a FITZWILLIAM, a RADNOR, a WESTMINSTER, and a CHILDE RS , who are sensible of t h e i niquity of the Corn-laws They h ave emanci ! oinfedthea t c o c r r a u m p . t , and denounce it accordi ng l y . pate d t h emse l ves from theatshreaxltelornmpl and cotruptaig morality, bridge, inculcated by the Church. But, as far as we know, not a single Bishop, not even the g oo d Bishop of NORWICH, not a Dean, nor an Arch deacon, nor a Prebendary, nor a Rector —though so extremely busy in other political q uest i ons, continually ta ki ng the lead over th e h ea d s of laymen—not one beneficed clergyman, that we are aware of, has denounced that scandalous violation of all honour and honesty, and a ll true religion—the starvation-law. Nay, unless th e cler gy are much b e li e d , a great portion of the peti tions which have. been sent.to Parliament to main tain that iniquitous enactment, has been got up by their instrumentality. A • more thoroughly selfish class of men, therefore, does not exist in tile com munity ; a class of men who more continually grasp give a short history of the present controversy. The Noble Earl adverted to the s_veral plans which had been suggested to put a stop to the dispute, and then" detailed his own. As far as we can make that out— but we reserve it for a more careful examination—the Noble Earl would place the power of rejecting in the hands of the Presbytery on any one or more of the com municants objecting to the presentee, or of placing him in the Church in spite of the communicants, if it consi dered their objections not sustained, and it approve of the presentee. From the decision of the Presbytery the presentee has an appeal to the superior Ecclesi astical authority. The Noble Earl expressed himself sanguine of success, and said the Bill would secure the independence of the Church. After some observations from the Duke of Buc- CLEUGII, the Duke of ARGYLE, the Earl of GALLO WAY, the Earl of HADDINGTON, and the Marquis of BITE, all approving of the Bill ; and a few words from Viscount MELBOURNE, reserving his opinion, the Bill was read a first time, and their Lordships adjourned. In the House of Commons, after a considerable num ber of petitions had been presented as usual, Mr. F. KELLY gave notice of a motion on the 14th of May for the abolition of the punishment of death for all crimes except murder. THE SUN, LONDON. WI 4 IDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1840, :tier wealth and inorc continually violate' bf their praptios the doctrines they teach ; and if by the term Church .we understand the priesthood, we shall not err when.we assert that they are responsible for nine-tenths of the vices and the immorality of the nation. The bitterest mortifications overwhelm in relent less succession the unfortunate Tory faction. Turn what way they will they are sure to encounter dis grace. It is not quite three weeks since they, through their venal organs, expressed their detesta tion at the conduct of the Government in making any distinction between the seizure of opium by means of the imprisonment of British merchants in Canton, and the seizure of the same drug by Chinese Custom-house officers in the manner re cognised by the law of nations. They abhorred quibbling equivocations, and the pettifogging trick of holding men guiltl ess , 'of whose gu ilt no m o ra l _ doubt could .be entertained, merely because they contrived to have the letter of the statute law in their favour. Could there be any doubts, they asked, with an air of - virtuous triumph, as to the intended dest;nation•of the seized opium? Was there a person in the kingdom so stupid as. not to know that the British residents at Canton were cer nizant of the destination of the opium, and that they would have profited by its iilicitsala? Was it not, then, an insult to the high moral and Christian feeling of the people of England to talk of acquitting. such men of the guilt of smuggling, because not personally caught in the fact? Unfortunately for the - Tory scribes, bet jre half their virtuous indignation was expended, a Committee of the Hotise of Commons decided that, in consequence of gross bribery and corruption, Mr. MANNERS SUTTON, the son of a Speaker of the House of Commons, and the grand . - son of an Archbishop, was disqualified to sit as the Representative of that depot of State piety, Cam bridge ! It became all at once incenvenient to say a word more about the moral sense of the British people, and the legal screen afforded by the vote of a Com mittee of the House of Commons was eagerly grasped at to shelter the High Tory and High Church delinquent. The common sense of tire people of England would easily tell them that no constituency was ever bribed in favour of any candidate without hi, knowledge and con sent ; but this very obvious fact the sanctimonious Standard, and the hypocritical Times, and the canting Herald, did all they could to keep out of sight. Would they have us believe that two re moves from a Bishop is too much to suspect hu man nature of such an infraction of divine - and hu man laws ? Do they claim for the Church the undivided glory of having bribed Cambridge to an extent capable of disgusting the-not over-and-above delicately moral sense of. a Committee of the House of Commons ? Now, bad as may be smuggling, it is a venial offence when compared with the direful criminality of deliberate bribery and perjury. To rob the re venue by the evasion of a law which twenty in twenty thousand have never undertaken to fulfil, may be very pernicious . ; but who .will undertake to place it in the same category of guilt with the cold-blooded wickedness of tempting a poor man to blacken his soul with perjury, and afterwards to participate with him in the commission Of that heinous crime? To smoke opium may be morally and physically very injurious ; but what true Chris tian will compare it with the enormity of taking GOD and the mystery of man's redemption to wit ness the truth of that which the perjured wretch kno ors to be false ? In the case of Cambridge, the real ctiminal—ohe individual who lent Ins purse to purchase souls for SA TA N, as if he held a commission in the service of the great Dragon— is known to cv2rylrOdy ; and yet with what delicacy and tenderness the Committee of the House of Commons dealt with him 1 So tender were the Members of the- feelings of the real delinquent, that they only acted under the coinpulsion of the statute in naming anybody I And yet, neither in doors nor Out, has this proceeding attracted the slightest attention of either the Tory Or the saintly . anti-opium mongers. Lord STANHoPR calls no meeting to iepudiate it ; JoSEpH STURGE does not make it ~ t be ~.•suojeet of an • address to the Christian •people of Great Britain ; nor have the citizens of Edinburgh given the slightest indication of a determination t o make it. the subject of petitions to the Legisla ture, as they have recently done in the case of the opium quarrel. Bribery and perjury are regarded as mere matters of course—disgraceful when found out, but still vices too common to call for any pars tictiler reprehension. Again, they are English vices ; and in the good old' days of rotten borough mongering, were part and parcel of our glorious Constitution, in Church and State. It is even doubtful but that, at common law, a judgment might be obtained for their continuance, on the ground of immemorial usage ! And yet m en , w i t h the Wile in one hand, ,a bribe:in the other, and .a falsehood upon their. lips, coolly elevate their eyes in holy horror at the contemplation of the enormous crime of opium smuggling. LIN'S anti-opi um auxili ar i es put us i n mind of an anecdote of an Irish priest, no:orious for his par iiality to the bottle, who took it into his head to preach a sermon against the vice of intemperance. Having selected a text, which excluded all drunk I ards fro the kingdom of H earen , t h e zea l ous divine began his sermon after t!ee following fashion : " My children, we Cannot too much abhor a vice which Gon punishes with eternal perdition. To avoid drunkenness, therefore, you ought all to know how much you cen drink comfottably. It' a pint of whisky make any of you tipsy, l e t that person drink o n ly h a lf a pi nt; and if half a pint be too much ; let him content himself with a glass; but for my part, my children, I con swallow a gal lon .1 of it and be all the better for it." Nova the hypocritical anti-opiumites, like the tippling cede tsiastic, see no harm in the Government leaving it o themselves to regulate their own appetites for bribery, perjury, oe spirit-drinkin g , provided the liberty of so tranBgressing be denied to clic: inex perienced inhabitants of China. Hew amiable tl!at charity which appropriates vice rather than suffer it to contaminate the innocent ! " Hurrah for hypocrisy 1 Humbug for ever I" The news from China, winch is to the 25th of January, is highly important. The EmPEuort's entire approbation of the conduct .of LIN; the praises bestowed by his Celestial MAJESTY upon the Admiral KwAN and the crews of the war junks which attacked the Volage and Hyacinth at' Chumpee in November ; and the confirmation of the edict proclaiming the English outlaws, and ex cluding for ever themselves aed their produce from the " central flowery land," are suffiCient to satisfy us that the expulsion of the English from China was long determined upon by the Chinese Government. It is clear from the whole proceedings that an ex cuse only was wanted, and likewise that the Go- Verninent at Pekin had calculated the consequences of its own acts. The promise of the EMPEROR to raise KWAN and his fellow-warriors six steps in rant' on condition they obtain five snore victories over the English (for, as we predicted, the Chum pee affair is trumpeted as a glorious victory in all the Imperial edicts), demonstrates that hostilities with the English on a more extensive scale were expected, and that the .EMPEROR had no idea of patching up the quarrel. Of course, no English ships of war but the Hyacinth and Volage were i 4; the Chinese waters on the 25th of January, and Captain ELLIOT was then waiting for instructions from England. The Supreme Court of Bengal decided on the 17th of last March, that the British Government was not bound by the contract of Captain ELLIOT to pay for the seized opium, he being at the time a prisoner,- and acting - under the constraint of a Fo reign Powei. Should an - appeal be made to the Pricy Council here we have no doubt that the de.• vision of the Supreme Court will be confirmed. It is the Chinese Government, and not the British, that. is responsible for the opium ; and in exact ing payment for it Great • Britain will only enforce the right of her injured subjects. The non-responsi bility of England does not in the least weaken the claim of the merchants, whose opium was de livered up, as appears to be the view of the ques tion taken by the Bengal Journals. On the con trary, Great Britain holds China responsible, and deservedly so, for every ounce of opium obtained under a threat of starving a helpless community or British merchants, and imprisoning the Representa e tive of our gracious Sovereign. TO admit the principle that Great Britain could be bound by the act of a coerced Agent would soon open a door fur a demand upon the Imperial diadem itself. To obtain on e o f our co l on i es i t would be only requisite to compel any one Of, our Consuls to yield it up in the name of Great Britain. • Th .e Morning Post, in a second edition, pub_ .sties the folio•Ain g intelligenc e from Paris, re ceived by extraordinary express TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCH. Bayonne, May 3, Three p.m. " On the 27th the sth CarliNt battalion of Valencia. was completely beaten by General Ayerbe, at Alitella. "Oa the 2firlt General Leon took possession of Mora del Ebro, from wbenee Cabrera en theeve hati•fled. 1 " BAYONNR, MAY 4. " I have th e h est news f rom the promicvs. 6uv c ral Carlist bends have been overtaken, and in p a rt d cs t r oyefl. The spirit of th e popu l at i on i s excellent The . Moniteur of Tuesday - has the following :—" It has been already said that the mediation of France had been accopted by Naples; it is now further k:i9 7 :11 that the embargo on En4iish vesAels bad been taken off, and that all acts of hostility on the part of the British squad. ron had ceased." The Levant Mail had arrived at Marseilles with dates from Constantinople of the 17th; AlQxandria, the 16th ; and Smyrna, the 19th, The Petcha's warlike preparations were- more active than ever. FURTHER PARTICULARS: The Duke of Bedford, and several members of the de cease,i's family are at • present at • his late resi dence in Norfolk -street, and ';',lr. Maine, one of the Chief Commissioners of Police, is engved in instituting. a 'rigorous , and searching inquiry into al; the circumstances relating to this horrible affair. The in vestigation is strictly private, and nothing has as yet been suffered to transpire. There are many rumours afloat as to the person supposed to be concerned in the perpetration of this horrible affair, but we shalt abstain froth noticing them at present, as such notice might tend to defeat the ends of justice. The India mail had arrived at Marseilles. Letters from Madrid of the 28th announce that General Clonard, the '.'vlinister of War, was seriously indisposcd, and the official Gazette reinstates tl a Under Secret:Jy, General Nezzagary, in that office ad interim. The - French Journals of Monday contain very tittle domestic news of interest. The following from Naples is from the corresponde n t c f the Se-- Piaphore of Marseilles at that capita! : " All is finished. The mediation ;:f N F a ra p n le e s e , l A 's p a r c i e l e 2 p 4 te . d. it I t i s agreed on both sides that the embargo shall be raised, and the ships taken be released. Mr. Temple has even otferei at once to give up those taken by the English squadron. " Amica'cic relations are restored between the Neapoli tan Government and the British Ambassador. The nego tiations are speedily to be opened af,Paris. " The Kit g of Naples hesitated a long time to give his consent to the mediation of France, but be gave wily et last to public opinion •` It is probable that France, profiting by this circum stance, wilt induce the Neapolitan Government to admit, on the footing of ttse most favoured nation, into the port of Naples, its Levant steam-packets." The Courrier de Lyon states that the Austrian Legation was off;.niled at the ICING for accepting, .. the mediation of France, as the intervention of Austria had been promised. The Augsburg Ga zette tells us quit e anot h er story. According to er 1 that journal Austria neither offered, nor intended to -liar If we want a striking exemplification of the dis- I offer, her tnediation ; and we ore quite sure that proportion between laborious efforts and th e n , r e - she was equally averse to a rupture with England. The Duchess of Orl eans i s so ser i ously indisposed, that stilt, We shall pas s over t h e mounta i n i n labour producing the ridi c ul ous mou se) an d quote in future' it has been jud ge d necessary to strew the street of Itisoli Lord .ABERDEEN a n d hi s • N oo- i ntrus i on Bill. •d with sand t o eaden the neisit of the c a r r i ages as t h ey pass the pavilienMarsan, id wlrich she reside. 3. . Here has the Noble L or d b een two bl esse d months, A cf.urter'who has initialled in six d a y s an d a h alf from to the neglect of all his other duties and avoca- Petershttrgb to Vienna, has brought word that the Em_ perer Nicholas wilt acco m p an y the Empress to E mr. I t tions, hatching hi s f avourite measure, and cacklina• about it as if it c on t a i ne d some miraculous t" seent3 that the arrival of their Miijesties will no t b e l ong , power .d e i,,,,,d . or influence, which mould astonish the world by its A'vietory was gained on the 23. h of April, near Boix, by operations on the minds of . Intitts:bnists and Non- Gerken' Van listen over the Catalonian faction, consisting intrusionists, and behold, when it pierces the shell, of twenty-one battelions. Ail the positions occupied by it ie found t o b e a m i sera bl e a b ort i on—a thin which the Cart were carried, but th e victory was dearly p ut - e; e.haserl. General Aspiroz, one of the bravest defenders of is not only a subject of derision itself, but which the Constitutional cause, ' was killed. A Carlist des • ter cannot fail to bring derision upon its auth or . B ut effirms thst Segarra was wounded, but Gene:al Van Hiarkn . let the Noble. Lord's plan .'neak for itself : in lilt ;report sty. s too much credit must not be given to " The preamble recited the • varioua acts by which the this account, foie° know by experir nee that deserters are - right and duty of collation in the hands of the Presbytery apt to make statements which they know will be agreeable had been recognised e and it showed in what respects it to those whom they address._Jse Commerce. :,ni t . it be advisable to alter those enactments, It then The Semaphore of Marseilles has the following letter the ‘‘ qt. c :t lc d n e Y D o a t ro l' a 'r s ' is cl e i went cn to provide, that after p presentee came to a from Constantinoele, April 7:— parish on the presentation of an undoubted patron, th e Presbytery should direct such presentee to preach in the Church ; and that after the presentee's having so to set out for Trebisond to proceed to Persia, where M. I preached, the Presbytery, or the Committee appointed de Sercy has made the French name beloved ; be has in and Siiirez, and endeavours to bring him for the purpose, should meet; acid after giving .notice deced the Shah to renounce his cirpeeitien to Isoahan, capital, ar.d is shortly o o w tfi i c u er t s h , is at the head of which is have any objection to that if any one or more persons in regular communion derstanding with with the Church, and of full age, urge to the presentee, or against the fitness of his settle- consolidate the harmony between the two great Western w a h g ic o h od ,A ii i n i - i mcnt in that parish, they were ready to receive the same Powers. in writing, in the form and manner in wr:ie i such comma- M. Thevenin, a French officer, is sent by the Porte to nican's might require, should, without delay, orocsed to Bagdad, to organise there a corps of regular troops; .he the E utensil Government t , o inquire into and dispose of such objections, or refer them to the Supreme Court for decision'. If it should appe ar ammunition in that Cay.......L e Constitutionnet. 'has orders to stop some days at Dirtrbekir to examine the to the Presbytery that there were any reasons u VrEsere, APRIL 25 —We learn from good authority p on which they thought the present ee ought. not to b e pie., that his Majesty, the E m p eror , h as consent ed to the pre sented to such parish, they . should in titeir r e p ort set forth longation of the Hungarian Di et f ora fortnight, so that the grounds upon which they came t o t h at conclusion to it will close en the 16th o r 18 t h o f May. Count Figuel the Supreme Court. It was also to be in the power of r) kesch • the presentee or the patron to appeal against the decision this morniug to return to his post, and B.: on iro , of the Presbytery to the .Supretne Ecclesiastical Court. our Ambassador to Greece, leaves this evening. moat, Austrian Ambassador at Peterscurgh, left_ Vienna But if the Presbytery, after considering all the. ob jections urged against the gifts end qualifications of Conts,,lol . i; Three per Cents, 82i; Bank Snares, .18 Zia. AUSTRIAN FUNDS. —Five per Cent , 1C 19 ,; —Allyciveine Zeiiung. the presentee, or the propriety of his settlement in the Four per particular parish, should be satisfied that there was no good Tce Illoniteur of Monday announces the Court of Cassa ground for time cbjectioes against his appointment, the M. Jacquinot God.rd to be Judge of the . !lion, in lieu of M. Trifler. This is the appointment that should repel the same, subject, of course, to appeal, an 3 cl 7 should appoint the presentee to the church if they thoughtappointment of proper. otLosvuei AaresEaßtDEaElllosscanto ex x n p o ec w t from m at s e u a e r n tl - ii t i measure as this good Dupont de l'Eure was to have bad, and would have had, , not Godard - presided over several of time political trials since bit; be- the grave objections to his liberalism. AI. Jacqui e ,_ i 1830, and always with a partiality revolting in a Judge. .„' sse o ...r p e o i I on 11. 0.1, BOURSE--Pasts, Moevas, MAY 4. Last reenacting or what necessity can exist for re•enacting the law of the Church of Scotland. fir:A Highest price l4,, !! 2 t ,La,s, s t In no respect does this form of procedure differ - s Per cents ...... ~.... T4 '.1 2 5 5..... 11' 8 11 :25 e. .....itl3l 7: •.: :: i :: i : : : 1 from t perhaps in n pr t a h c eis t r i i ce o before . the veto Act, c x- wank r moth:, pet Cents... ......... tefstoir two men 4 per Cent 5 , . ,....,..., 1114 tio ... .C 4 20 ... HA ". I " of erance efses ...WV.) Latfitte nai,,li. i"Of: SF 10:10 ... 1091 ...P!) litigation. Where there ' i c s now—or vvas—orie case . , that it will give rise to greater :),I;t1tlf ~...h 5LO') ...52;',0 ...52p0 ..stxu ; , onda°eicaEt- ilL'os—r—tighlet'.eQruUe:h-:S1-['n7.hjelnboirileciall , ' ileigian Tl:ink..... ......... , 9 5 ... 005 ... 902 50 ... 905 (Pearson and Fox) . who were killed on Saturday by the over. of appeal to a so . s.er Ctnr : suer Cents 10:3 ... 10 1g ... /03,6 lirP , 6 turning of h r 74 40 ... 74 40 ... 74 ""' 74 20 tee Le cotter and Nottingham coach. The iavesti ati „, ~ gon lasted the wholeria.v •d t the conclusion the Jury re . , a i a this plan d . a opted, be p r ourt, there would, were , perha 8 , New York .. p twenty or thirty. 5 i ,,,,,e Sc !ve t2,34 0.74 ...• j!,, ,i ... soli . turned a verdict Of " Aceidsnial Death," with a deodanci of By the ant of A Passave........ • n the coach. It appeared from the evidence that the ssembly, 164.5, .whieh set forth the . form of Church go i Neanolitn ic3 uo ... jot ... jo3 iv ~. 103 ter road is in a very insecure state at the spot where the accident vernment, "no man is to be or- i nmia " lO5 ... 105 ... IC S .., I (' s ' occurred. It is reported that when the body was first discovered, the face was covered with a towel. 'lbis circumstance, if true, is most important, as it may be the means of affording a clue to the discovery of the villain who perpetrated this atrocious crime. Norfolk-street Was crowqed during the whale morning, and several of the Nobility called the deceased li‘duleman's re,idence, for the purpose of making enquiries as to the truth of the rumours current concerning the murder. FLOWERS OF PENMANSHIP. Under this title, Mr. WALTER PATON is about to publiOi a work which will place his name at the very head of the profession in this beautiful art. Indeed, the came of Paton has been long familiar to the public, for its eXcelicnce in penmanship ; but it has been reserved for Mr Waiter Paton to take his stand far above all competitors. For many years past the City of London has honoured Mr. Paton with its pa tronage ; and the number of his works distributed in the metropolis wiJ best attest the high reputation which he has so well attained. In . order, how ever, to place his acquirements upon a more secure and lakting foundation, Air. Paton has produced the present work which may be said to be a combina tion of every style of penmanship, in about twenty pates, which differ from each other, not only in the beauty of their composition, but in the exquisite taste of their variety. Surge of them have all the appear ance of pictures—the lines of beauty and of grace blending together in the very richness of tasteful sim plicity,'. The eye wanders over the page doubtful of its purpose, so much is the attention diverted by the ever-varying combination of light and shade, so delicately spread over the work. To have produced such a master piece of Penmanship must have cost long time and much Labour, but, once accomplished, the secret exilultation and honest pride at his achievement must be great in proportion. Sweet is the labour of one's own hands," was never more beautifully realised Hum in the pictur esque grouping before us. It is a model for all those who desire to excel ;—and one which every pro. lessor of penmanship cannot be long without if he wish to obtain celebrity or character in the performance of his duty, by teaching from the most perfect specimen,. of the art. The engraving seems to he executed in a very superior style—in a truly congenial spirit with the writing—and the cost of the work is exceediegly mode rate for the admirabl e m a nner i n which it is finished. Great Brit ain has been long celebrated for proficiency in penmanship, but to perpetuate its fame a work of this kind was wanting, and Mr. Paton has nobly per formed the task. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS From a henry press of Parliamentary and other matters. we must confine ourselves to-day to a mere brief summary of the leading articles of the Morning Journals.—The Morning aro:4We, speaking of Lord Stanley's Irish Re gisra'i"u Bill, says :—" there is nothing like a bold stroke of tyranny, such as this Tory attack on the franchise, tt gather anti cortibinc the elements of public strength. II Lord Stanley has but little skill in promoting union among his friends, he ta quite a master at cstablishiag it among his enemios "—The Times rerotqks, with reference to Lord Stanley's Registration Biil, " If this bill be rej:cted, th whole world will accuse the Houie. of Commons of a• amount of profligacy and moral degradation uncx7moleti by any assembly of 'modern times."—The Morniny Post contains a lend7ng• article in praise of Lord Stanley's Irish Registration Biil.—The Morning Advertiser remarks e follows, in allusion to the cliff ri?nce between Whig an Tory systems of Government—" The Whig Government reforms, and does rot dragoon. The Tory Government dragoons, and does not reform." M dained a minister for a congregation, if they of tleit congregation can shorn jast cause of excepiion against hint." Such w as , an d such i s, the law This morning, a b out h a lf -past seven o'clock, the in. of the Church. A n d w h at i s the practice ? A presentee (if n o t a l rea d y ordained) is ap- habitant s residing in the n e i g hb our h ood of Grosvenor pointed by the P res b ytery to preach in the square were placed i n a state of great excitement in church of the va can t par i s h . Public noCce is consequence of a rum our t h at an atrocious murder had . been perpetrated thi s morn i ng on the person of Lord then given of the day on w hi c h the call is to take place, between which notice mid call ten days must William Russell, uncle to Lord John Rus . seil, at No. elapse. The call haring been retarded and sus- 1 14, Norfolk-street, Park-lane. The report first ob tained circulation from the ci r c umstance of some of the ob tained by the Presbyt ery , t h e presentee is taken domestics of th e esta bl ie h mebt being seen leaving the on his ordination trial s , an d if these have proved late Noble Lord's m.insion in a very excited manner, and wbo, to the inquiries made,.etated that such we- the satisfactory to the Presbytery, notice is again pith hely given that the settlement will take place on case. Information was given to the parochial autho a certain day, again allowing an interval of ten free risks and the police immediately, upon which Baldwin days before the settlement. When this latter day and Cmil, officers of the parish of St. George's. Harm has arrived, and the Presbytery has met, proclaim- cc;.-square, p!oceeded to the house. Tney were soon f l allowed by M keg, of the C divi r. Sup er i nten d ent B a Lion is made at the ch urc h d oor, that if there be any vas accompa n i e d b y I nspector B eresford, and objection to the pr esentee , or to his settlement as sion, who minister of the pari s h, t h e o bj ector shall come for- several ser jeants and .men attached t o th e same di v i s i on. B this tim e a great crowd bad gathered-in front of it is the province of the Presbytery ward and state his reasons, of t h e va lidi ty of which the .. mansion, an d as the report had become widely to jud g e. From circulated, s eve r a l N o bl emen had called to ascertain the that judgment th ere i s an appeal by an y of. the truth of e port wth dased's rela- parties who may think himself aggrieved by the ties had th also re arrive , d, hil an e d some of who were pl etie unged in most sentence. poignant gr i e f upon l earn i ng the fact. Now we should lik e t o k no W i n what respect The folloWin g are t h e particulars hitherto ascertained Lord ABERDE EN ' S plan &Re's from that al rea dy of the h orr ibl e transact i on: - established. He may we ll ant i c i pate that it will " At a quarter past seve n o'clock this mo rn i ng , on t h e housemaid getting up and reaching the passage, s h e be not give satisfaction. It w ill b e scouted by all came alarmed upon observing several packages there She parties, and most of all by those whom he is most hastened to the attic, where the valet slept, and called anxious to conciliate—the Vetoists. him up, as well as her other female servant, W 730 slept in an adjoining room. The valet instantly arose, and on discovering that, frog, the appeatance of the packages in the passage, there had been some thieves in the house, he instantly went up to the room where his late and ltmented master slept. Upon his entering the room, his supicions were then more strongly excited that there had been thieves in the house,. and he pro. ceeded towards the bed, where he was horrorstruck upon finding the lifeless corpse of the Noble Lord. do hod but a slight view of the body, as his feelings were over. but he observed that there was a most dreadful gash aci.oss the throat. Lie hurried out of the room, and acquainted his fellow -servant with what he had witnessed, who at once ran to the house of Mr. Elsgood, a medical gentleman residing in the neighbour. hood,. Two of Mr. ' Elsgood's sons promptly at tended. They examined the nature of the wound, which they found to extend from ear to car. It was evidently done with a rezer, or some sharp instrument. Immediate search was made for it, but none could be found. The decAised, we arc informed, lay upon his back, and the ap pearance of the position he was in would lead to the in ference that when the frightful deed was committed no struggle took place. The deceased bad been dead - some hours. 17u11);11 ap wiLt !AM RUSSELL, AI. P. FOR TAVISTOCK. Upon the arrival of Superintendent Baker and Inspector Beresfofd, they instituted the most diligent inquiries, and made an examination of the premises. They endea voured to find the instrument 4ith which the horrid deed was done, but witheut success. They then searched the room (the front on the second floor), when a gold watch was missing. At that time, ten o'clock, they had not dis covered that Any property was taken away. They pelt en. devoured to fiud out by what means au entrance had been obtained. When they reached the back kitchen they found that the staple in which a bolt lied been fixed on a door ' had been w renched off by a jemmy ; but there was doubt - whether that had been done for the purpose of ef fectitig an entrance or for making . an escape. There were marls, of footsteps at that door. It was thought possible - that the villainy had been in the house previous to the fa. mily retiring to rest. No noise was heard during the night, nor can there be any cause assigned for the thieves leaving the premises in the way they did, unless they had been disturbed. No clue is at present obtained of any person being im plicated in the transaction. Mr. ll,kcr is most unremit ting in his exertions, and several policemen were in readi. - Doss to proceed against any suspected parties. Baldwin waited upon the Coroner, Mr. Higgs, to acquaint him of the horrid affeir. The house continued to be visited throughout the morn ing by the noble relatives of the deceased and some of his most intimate friends. The Noble Lord was born on the 20th of August, 1767, and was the posthumous son of John, fourth Duke of Bedford, by Elizabeth, daughter of William, second Earl of Albemarle. He was brother of Francis the fifth Duke, and also of John the sixth Duke of Bedford, mar ried Charlotte-Anne, daughter of the Earl of Jersey, and had issue a son, George, and a daughter, Gertrude_ Frances, married to the late Hon. Henry Grey Bennett. He was, British Minister Er some years at the Court of Lisboa, and for several sessions represented the Borough of Tevistock in Parliament. - (ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.) The man servant, on opening the shutters and seeing some blond upon the pillow, fled in alarm to thestreet, with. out satisfying liimse!f as to what had reallymccurred, and at once called in the police. Toe servant states that deceased retired to rest between twelve and one o'clock, and that he (the servant), after setting up the rushlight, also went to be;!. Tee probability is that the murder was committed is early as two or three o'clock, as a very small portion o! the rushlight, which had been extinguished, was con. sumed. His Lordship's jewel-box, which was on tin dressing-tablo, had been riflid of all its valuable contents. Kith the exception of fiv, mourning rings ; and the gold watch, which els Lordship had, on going to bed, placed on the same table, was also stolen. No plated good,. have been , carried off, the sanguinary party having care fully selected the more costly articles. A quantity of plate which was intended to have been removed, wai , packed up in paper, and it is most likely that the murderer was disturbed while engaged in the work - of plunder; there does not appear to have been any - forcible entry Made ; into the premises, and up to the present period of writing, the affair i 3 involved in the greatest Inyster) imaginable. • CIA.A.NCERY u4l HIS DAY.) PLAYFAIR V. THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY COMPANY. This case stood in the Peper tc-day for the purpose of giving an opportunity to the plaintiff of determining whe ther he would pay the amount claimed by the defendants fur calls into Court, and have the injunction restraining the action continued, or have ;he injunction dissolved, thereby allowing the defendants to prqceed with their action. Mr. BaTIIELL, upon the Cas t ' beil;f4 called on, stated that, .after consideration, be had thought it the best course to advise his client not to pay the money into Court, lent to r:.st u;:mn his defence at law. ThCLORD CHANCELLOR—Then the injunction must be dissolved.-I,junction VICE:-CHANCERY-(THIS DAY.) cfibi. His Honour the VICE-CtiANCELLoR, after disposing of several causes of no public interest, proceeded to hear the cause of Baggott v. Baggott, in his private room, which occupiei the Cwrt the remainder of the morning. QUEEN'o BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) The Court was occupied the whole morning in hearing cases in the Crown Paper, which %Acre of no interest ea cqpt to the parties immediately concerned, EAST IN WA HOUSE. (THIS DAY.) A Special General Court of the Proprietors of Indi Stock was held this morning, pursuant to a requisition sin nod by Sir C. Forbes, end other Proprietors, for the purpose of considering the conduct of the Court of D:- rectors and the Board of Control, respecting the deposition of the Rjah of Smtarih. (Particulars in our Second Edition.) _ THE MA - 4KEITS-(TqtS DAY CORN EXCHANGE. The supplies of Grain have been moderate this week. Wheat as reported on Monday. For Oats, more money was again demanded, en account of the short supply, and dry wea. ther. Flour met a slack demand. Tire duty will be 16s. Bd. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. A fair supply, and a moderate demand. Lamb, tis to 7e. per stone; Veal, ?is. 63. to 4s. Bd. ; Pork, 3s. 2d. to 4s. Bd. ; Mutton, 3s. to 4s. ; Beef, 2s. 61 to 3s. 6d. Short supply of Game and Poultry, but in improved demand. Guinea Fowls, 4s. to 53. ' • Fowls, 3s. to s s . ; Chi c k ens, Is. 6:1. to 2s. dA. ; Surrey Capons, 63. to 9s. ; Ducklings, as. to 4s. ; Pigeons, 43. to 93. ; Tame Rabbits, Is. to ls. 63.; Cock Turkeys, ss. to is. and Hens, 4s. to ss. ; Gosling 3, 4s. to 6s. Eggs, :ts. 63. per 120: Plover Eggs, 3s per dozen. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. Good supplies, and prices much as they were. The de mand fair. Turbot, 4s. to 15s. ; Cod, 2s. to ss. and Bs. ; Salmon, ls. Dd. to 2s. per lb. ; Mackerel, 63. to 103. ; Whitings, 3d. to 6d. ; Haddocks, 51 to 10d. ; Soles, 6d. to 3s. 6d. per pair; Lobster 103. to 4d. TALLOW MARKET. • A variety of prices were offered for Tallow; the neares, real price about 50a. for P. Y. C. TEA MARKET. Scarcely any excitement in the market, although it appears that things with the Chinese and the English remain much as they were. Company's Congou at 2c. 6d., about Id. per lb. advance. 'the stock of Tea in London on the Ist instant was 35,472,60/A.7., against 40,289,:.001b5. at the sam e period in 1839. COLONIAL MARKET. But little business done. B. P. Sugar sold slowly, but firm at 595. to 703. No other public sale of Sugar. Thum was a sale of about 700 bags Ceylon Coffee, and 14 bales of Mocha, w!iieh went at firm pre: s. 499 bags of Java Bice sold at 7s. 61 to 9s. and 2,000 of Bengal at about 12s. 6d. for fair quality. 600 bags Sal l etre sold at 9.33. LLOYD'S SHIPP' G-( THIS DAY D EAL , M AY 5 —Wind E , modorate.—S a il e d the Minerva, Wainwi igbt, and Eden, Noble, for Sydney, New South Wales ; Cecilia, Waddell, Hobart Town ; Achilles, Duncan, Ceylon ; Claremont, Maxwell, .Deme ,rara • ' Florence, Davies. M a d e i ra ; Albi on, Q uebec, LIVERPOOL, MAY S. —Wn.d S. S. E —Arrived the Rival ; Sutik.rlat.d. trout Nassau--sailed March 2S ; Rigs, New Orleans; Orpheus, Cole, Mobile. Sailed t tae Po mona, Purssy, for Rio Janeiro ; Betbice, Grayson, Ber. hicc ; Kensington, and Galon, Bruce, New Grleans ; Aurelius, Crowell, Savannah ; La.:oda, Foster, Virginia ; Tiinidai packet, Jefferson, Carthagena ; Hargaway, Crawell, New York ; Wakefield, Young, - St. John'J, New Brunswick ; Clementina, Wootton, Malaga. Off port, the Lady Campbell, from Demerara ; Francis, Savanna b. . MONEY and CO.l-ii-SildielAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, TUESDAY.—The sales o , this day are 4,500 bales, of which 1,100 bales are or specu. lation, 300 for export. tioldcrs very stiff in setlio 4r. Our only inteiligenee this morning of importe.nee is from the East Indies, Naples, and China. The portico !ars of which will be found in another part of the Paper. THE FU , DS. The -news from China has bad no effect on the British market as yet. Consols .opmad,-tiris morning, at the-leaving Off prices of . yesterday. sq. 91 Money.; for the Account, 91k. Scarce A bargs.in doing as yet. Exchequer Bills irtyrov.td one shilling, 26 28 premium ; Bank Stock, 1754 ; India Bonds 4 6 premium ; li,di,t S toc k 249: 2504-. In the Foreign market Spanish Active is a sha4le lower —2BH, owing to their coming Litter from Paris ; De terred, 141- i ; Passive. 7- 4 1 if ; Portuguese, lower, 3.54- i; Three per Cents... 241 i • t.;olonibi oi, 251 26t ?; Alex , - 'an, 2:31`293 ;, Duten Two.anti-a-lEit per C e nts,, 531 54 ; Five per Cents. 100-1-;,. c'Ar..c. kit' .-,T0t.:. ,. ..., .:•..t 1., DAY AT ONE o'cLy.it3;-.. ... 17 , 1„.. ' , ' , f , ', '''."'• . ~., 9'. 8 per Cent. Reif. ......... ..... 4 pi t i .'l ,11,s, , : Ijlilll.ll .1,4 0LUC.....5. ;., ner Cent.... ... l Old Annuities iitio Red. .... ..-- acv; 314 rer Cert 9•.i4; 3'7 4 1 Li per Cert., Annuities, 1751 41.(v 5 per Cent. 3 .i:iii I.ollgAllilUitieg to . rCt,i re I Ditto 500 .. t!(' •.S pm. Jan 5, 1860 13,4 11-16 i Ditto 8:nai1.... .......... `....:6 0, ;4 pm. Oct. 10, 1559 --- Ditto Cornm:i.rcial dis. .I . m. 3, 156.1 13 15-.:6; , (litto Advertised ..... -•— nu). Jar!. 5, 11'.'..'. — Bank Stock i'or Account, ... 1i3•.., Aprils, 15.3 , 1 — India Stock :or Accrma, - . „ Jan. 5.18'70 ....... .... ..... PRICES 01- Ft,aEIDN Fur; t)S THIS DA 1 AT ONE. t.', •CLOCh. Austrian Bond- — l'ertlvian "Lnio., Belgian Bonds Ditto Account :razilis.: Rondo is .......... ..Dito Account 3tiene, ASLCS .Lr.CS ...... -.: Ditto, ;; . per Cent. .... , ...._ Ditto Aecount ;liilian 3::(1.1 i — Prussian I;(quis —.. • Ditto l.e.tm.. rt — Itu,shri Bsnds, 182' — :'era ni-iian 1. 7 < leis — is — Ditto Account , M:: It7.c, at Columbian Ti c 15,15.2-1 I.`.i'it. 2 Sr: o lit tuffs :1 Bonds Ditto Att.:: nt — 1),..1 , rr .. 1 . 1414, Greek Bonds —, French, 51)er cent.... —f. —c. Ditto Bonds, 1`.. , "5 — • ---- 4 per cent. Ditto Account —l ----- :I per cent. -- t. —c. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent — , ---- Exel'ange. Dot° Account — Dutch, ' 3 ., per cent. 54 ihtto, (i per Cent. nitro Account !Ceanolitan — Ditto Acc0unt........ ii.,(.......,s iii. ,t3i-I.AI:Ei Tills D .4 . 1. , A , i ) ', r., ." i ~.,; K . Paid. Per Shire (heat Western Railway Company ~,., , ~. 65 S 73€ G!, 5,„ Brigntini ltadwav 20 70; 1 81i % % ~ (,-. and Birmit,hain llzilua f7orrpany,.. ,:. 1. 5 Lontion and South Western ... ;., ctiestc,r anti Birmingham Railway 10 1‘..z.E1 4 Midland Counties Railway Comp an y. 1(0 55 l rth ~Ildlano Rizilway ii.oinp.-.•,; 1(1(5 107 5 -nut(, Eastern and i)over Railway Company.., ;4 1 1 4 5 London and Westminster Bank 2O 2'.3, % CO,_ , . , til'• Of. '....ci-5,, v :: 1'; Y V... lins!.erdaili ........ .. C. 1 .. lt! 4 ; , it . ,l:.:L, „ ~.... „„ , ,„.• „. -n. 'itto, .it :fight ............... IQ 1 ' -• . • .41; ..,.........,......... a , 45 rt - ..t,rditin ~ u. :2 4% •• ..•...,... ~ '••.• 75 .I•ltiverp... I.lnburg. ILE id 1.2 ,iltona ?Ali's, 3 1i5y5'5:A11t...,...., .2,1'; in Ditto.. .... l l ,ls. :25 63 Marseille .. l'i (15 3115/Juana Frankfort on Mani,, E..t. ill. Cl 4 ° •.; . ( o, niali,rublii....:l tie. S 7 Berlin Vienna, effective 11_1 ,M, 11: 5 Fri -ste ditto 'e. ti Madrid 7; Clcilz..., ), Ali ...... Venice ..... 47 Notice as 1. 0 .'1 • ..... ••••••• . 41 ..„•• OZ. ~•..e. •I••••• ••• ();4011%.4, ...... • I 111, :•••••••••• "O. \frl 1 42 Janettr vz 6 .. • • • J.• • ..... 6 Ayt es NEW York, Li ira.V..ifs.,t ut.iill.t. )43 8L.14,1• ;tet , . ?orttli,a ttr• .t.c , a 0 t sr.:lg') Gu ..• 17 9 Blboa 8 irceion2 Ncv ft N:sw .1)•!!'st . U 4 1 i _ •• - , ..... •..,.. , 44 Seville `lfl :Silver .. .Isrs ,-•......., 05. ( 3 ' .- OUTCLI FUNDS.—AnsTcalmx, Afar I‘, 6 Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 2. 1 ,ii per Cent Ditto, ditto L pcx cent. Amu, t Syndic,4 l ,4 per re»t...... ............ Ditto, ditto, 3V, per cent 754 7L I Commercial Company, 4=; per c,nt ;8! 4 1 8114 Ditto (lea! and 1b3:1) 5 per cent. Dv,. 1 , 37. 5 per cent. Loan 1K;37, ::, , -er cmt. ... 11714 A 4 Exchange on London, ore numt I, -i 1 9114 Two mon tba —Dutch Papers, May S. HALF- PAST ONE. We have this morning received a New York Paper of the Bth of April, by the Vllle de 1,v4-irK', arrived at Havre , . IMPORTANT. —TEXAS. A letter from Galverston of the 23ki Mach, says that Mexco has recognised the indepe n d en e e o f T exas. FALL RIVER,' MASSACIII/SETS, APRIL 4. —The manu facturing business is still dull here; the mills have not been in full operation for some time. Flour sold at Cincinnati, Ohio, 'On Tues.lay week, at 2 dollars 50 cents. per barrel, sc hid is lower than it has been before for the. last thirteen yeas. In consequence of the intelligence received from China, Company's Congou Teas have improved this morning to 2s. 7d,, and a good deal of business was done. We have an arrival from New York this morning, one day later, by the Havre packet, of the Bth April, by which it appears there has been an improvement in the - Money Market, United States Bank Shares, as well as in the good condition of the Banks since the last dates rece=ived. AIoNLY MARKET.—There was quite a spirited business done in the Stock Exchange. this morning, April.7th. United States Bask sold at 761, Cash, 77, buyers ten days, being an ddvance of : 1- per cent. About 2,300 shares of the North American 'fruit Company wcre sold, opening at 441, closed at 46, being an advance of 21 per cent, on the closing price of yesterday. We have heard of no sale. Sterling bills of exchange on Philadelphia were sold at the Board at 05 a 9-4. The operation of the, Suspen sion Law is not favourable to holders of Philadelphia funds in this city. Corporation Minds sold at 100 i-. Ti,e Senate f Pennsylvania .have passed a Bill allow tog the banks to issue sniall bills. In the British market there is no feature worth observa tion, and Consols have remained during the whole of the f ;)orni'T at the opening prices 90i 91 for Money, ; and 91 to for the Account. Speculator s are still waiting to ascertain the particulars of the c'jvar.cellor of ti; ? Exchequer's 14v3,r.Tet. Exchequer Bills 26 28 prem. ; 13onds lower, 4 premium ; Bank S:ock, 1751; Sock 250. In the F welzii Market 6 - rv,liKh Awive rAtitor re ceded, 28 ; Deft.rrrd 141; Portuguese, lower. 35 :1 1 ; Mexican Improved to 30; fir.zilian 76 Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents., 531 ; Fir per Cents. 1001. No arrivals as yet of the papers and letters from ndia. EV. N ING EDI rioN. COURT CLECULAR The Queen and Prince Albert took a drive in a pony phaeton, yesterday afternoon. The Hereditary Prince of Saxe Cobourg Gotha, drove out at the same time in as open carriage. Viscount Melbourne had an audience "yesterday of the Queen. Her Mkjesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Cobourg Gotha, honoured she Italian Opera with their presence last evening. The Royal Suite included the Marchioness of Normanby, Miss Pitt, Lord Byron, Baron de Lovienfels, Hon. Charles A. Murray, Sir Frederick Stovin, Hon. Colonel Caveinkh, Colonel Wylde, and Mr. Francis Seyrnout. Her Royal Highness the Duchesa of Kent, attended by Lady Anne Maria Dawson, also honoured the Italiru Opera last evening with her presence. His R, , yal Highness Prince Albert did Mr. Hayter the honour to sit to him for the picture of the Royal Marriage, yesterday. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager and the Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar took an airing yesterday afternoon in a pony barouche. The Princesses of Saxe Weimar also took a drive in an open barouche and four. The Princess Augusta visited tho Duchess of Glouces• ter yesterday. P. ince George of Cambridge was admitted to the freedom of the Goldsmiths' Company on Friday last, at the dinner given at Goldsmiths' Hall in celebration , of his Royal Highness's election, which was honoured with the presence of the Duke of Cambridge and many of the no bility. Sir James Graham was admitted to the freedoin of the Company at the same time. Mr. Field had an interview with Viscount Melbouil!. yesterday, in Downing -street. Sir J. Edwards and Mr. T. Duncombe, M.P., he'l ter;iews with the Marquis of Norrnanby yesterday, at the Home Office. Mr. W. Attwoo'l, M. P., and Mr. C. Wood, had inter views with M r . L a b ouc h cre yesterday, at the Boar d 4 1 Trade. Despatches from Sir Howard Douglas, the Lord H Commissioner of the lonian Islands, and also from the Gov( rnor of Malta, were received yesterday at the Colo. nial Office. CALEDONIAN ASYLUM. A :Honer took place — a tue Freemason's TuVe ll4 last evening, to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniverserl of this institution. The Duke of Cali:bridge was in the chair. M l ° 4 the company present were Col. Sir Augustus D'Es s te ' the Chi s h o l m o f t h at Ilk , Si r David Wilkie, the H" ' Leslie Melville, Sir J. Clarke, Bart., M.D., 110 11 '1 'Wile, Esq., M.P., Sir James Hope, Colonel sir • Macdougall, George Bain, Esq., and Col. Forbelk About one hundred and forty persons . sat down dinner. Altogether the company was the most lir spectable that we have seen assembled foi many YO' to encourage and support this benevolent institotiOf the object of which is to maintain and educate al' children of soldiers, sailors, and mariners, who lo ° died, or been disabled, in the service of their coneir3:l and of i n di gent parents res i dent in London not entitle, to p: , rochial relief. After the cloth was removed his Royal Hightlel gave the first t oas t, " t h e Q ueen, " which was dap"' with great enthusiasm. His Royal Highness then P i !: `° Prince Alb er t," w hi c h was respondeTi. to with 17, most rapturous applause. Wh en t h e Queen's bett't; was proposed, " G o d save t h e Q ueen " was sung b Y. l3roadhurst's company. Miss Steele, the well-kne: concert singer, wh o was in the ga ll ery , sang on e et. the stanzas, which elicited the most rapturous applaus e. No one present appeared more delighted than t. illustrious Chairman, who joined cordially 141 . this noble anthem. The next toast was, 1 1 Queen Dowager and the rest of the 4 . 10 -Y , 9 4 Family," whi c h was we ll rece i ved. The A I6Y Chairman, after the toast of the ". Navy and Arinyi. had been given, proposed the health of the Duke p!' Sussex, the President of the Institution, which vt° rg '!, ceived with the most cordial applause. Colonel D'EsTe said he felt great satisfactio s t in returning thanks for the honourable me ntiosi: made by the R o y a l B rot h er o f his illustrious father' c hef The present sce ne b roug h t to m i nd old times, a nd chef bore w it ness to t h e f act that the Royal Fa i l were never backw ar d i n t h e cause of charity. The ° al, scenes were revived by t h e presence o f his 14 1 g Highness in supp o rt o f an I nst i tut i on the object , which wa s t o prov id e f or the children ofille!. brave men, wh o di e d i n d e f ence of their eountxq. .„ was proud to say that hi s ill ustr i ous f at h er h a d a ll aloelt; been one o f th e truest fri en d s o f this 'institution',ution7, (Great cheeri n g.) • .• The DUKE of C AMBRIDGE t h en gave t h e " CAWO • nian Asylum, and may the offspring of the braie OeYef' want a protector," which was responded to by.theolet . , : . cordial applause. The boys then marched round the ball, with the: pipers pipers of the Duk e o f S ussex , an d o f the Highlarif'. Society, at their head, to the great delight of -the as.;' sembly. It would be difficult to find the•same number.' of boys in London, with the same appearancti of gOod health. The Rev. JOHN LEES, the excellent GOl;eitiOr of this Institution, who has now conducted it for 15 years,., then read the li s t o f t h e su b scriptions :—The Duke ot:-. Cambridge, 25/. ; Duke of R ox b urg h , .50/. ; Mr. Chit " c h o e l o m rg , e 13121.1, rsq Be nj 1 . 7 1 i d a BondlOs. John Ch e 1 , M; E w s p q t . e , g l o 0 r 1 ; 1/. Is. ; T. P ratt, E sq., I/. Is. ; a ,,.+ all the -Stew's -10/. 10s. each, making a!toze;l er about 5001. - The meeting alt oget h er was one of th e most reSP t e f . • able we h ave seen i n support of this excellent instlt * lion, and almost every one present bore cordial testitnenl,. to the admirable manner in which it is conducted. Il i° Royal Highness did not leave till near twelve o'clock.. :~ tArds were issued yesterday from the Lord aim' . berlain's-offiee for, a grand state-ball at Buckingham palace Monday evening next, the first since the royal marriage- His Royal Highness Prince Albert displayeS yesterday a fine m an l y f ee li ng at the review at Woolwich, caused him to be loudly and enthusiastically cheered. Durio t the evolution of dismounting previous to firing the pas in i t ha tery, a gu nner j umpe d off the limber before the instant of , word " halt," and was precipitated to the ground with , tiolence, and the wheel passed obliquely across the, arm, lag; was generally beli e v e d t o h ave b een torn from the ' body ; happily it proved only a slight graze, and the poor fellow instant ' , in' ly resumed his d u t y . Th e P rince observed the acc ident, a • immediately g a ll ope d t owards the spot, and most anxiously . quired of the man if he had sustained any serieus injury. Y n his Royal Hi g h ness b e i ng i nformed to thecontrary, he express ed great satisfaction, an d comp li mented the man on his zeal and h i s: fortunate escape, at the same time giving some orders to one : 11 his staff, w hi c h, no d ou b t, pertained to the affair. His 11°Y Highness and his brother viewed with amazement the astonislte:' ing rapidity with which the guns *ere unlimbered, the mega it rest, relimbered, loaded, and brought into action, being all done in the almost incredible time of one minute. The illu itrious• Prince remarked to his brother, the Hereditary Prince of GrAba' " An Englishman can be taught anything, and he is the ration of the world." A very general feeling of disay . tpoi o ; . ' ment has b een expressed by Woolwich and its vicinity, as we , as the pr o p r i e t ors o f the steam-boat companies, at time secrecy of the Prince's visit, it not having been known even to the ga r " rison, until late the preceding evening. • • THE. TURF IN FRANCE.—Major r— has, bean! Lord S— '5OO louis that he will ride to horseback times round the Bois de 3oulogne in a day T or th r e4• tve days. The distance is about 75 leagur 3 or 160roVett• day for the match is not fixed definitely. EXTRAORDINARY FISII._.Art eXtratadinatlr fish of the dolphin kind, was picked ttr, last week on thellurake r pottery, It. is three--•fect' Bank, nea r M r . B e l l ' s tots inches in length, and the thickest 'part of the head eight inehe s ',.. It is Icing for the inspection of fie naturali s t a t th e hour! t Mr. N - Villiatn Woodm anc y, s i gn of the Greenland Fis:aerls S c " -- coates. —Leeds Intelligenee r ... I)ied, at Rome, on the 9ch of April, aged SS' Charles EdWard Drummond, fifth Due de Alelford, 'Comte de, Lussau in Fran ce , E ar l of Perth and Melfort im Scctland, a"a Baron Clenorth in Ireland, a 'Prelate of the Court of Rome and Apostoli ca l P rot h o n otary, 30th chief male of ti'e House o f Drummond. H e is sum - W e d by his only nephr:x and 'he i r, George Ltrummond, Esq l / 4 ., of Mellon, Perth.. "the Earldom of Perth is legally dortrant sinec 1716, on atteount tainder of Lord Drum%trend in 1715, and the 'Earldom of 'M ei : fort was forfeited in, 1695 ; but, us these titles were dropped, the pretent heir will continue to. bear tholn• has been gerierailysione by the lineal desm,ndants of the.- tainted persons, a.. g., Weuayss, Airly, Keernure, ze. In addi:itr i to the Friedland, of 120 g.ti_ns; laueehea at Ci•erbourg a few weeks sinee the Preneh of the ,sr now on the stocks in the dockyard there What, if , ne d ,c ‘ e sstYt I c odd he completed in- three months ;—The Somme, In k' s' the . 94 guns ; t Frte, 90 elm • • the At- ctetVz , guns ; the; Aili ste , 50 g ut ,; and :'• h Fourt tne Kii% Henry, t 100 guns. .„ AIkII3URINI AND L'i!"oRTE, A frieria4', ne :, o irz f re L e o d rd t h Loa;Lowther e sandtio nCoofutnctrlin'. G . :1 . y_ , , - ; h a o n u d l d i t b - a v o t o , A t gotiation was carried on during ;':londay , through the In ewu iy f the sr bitriti in of those l e Tata' amateurs. of tas. , hion, and aeco:dirt;-., ; a l buriiii conserted to appear at her Majesty's Theatre last 11 '1. 1 w!.en her Majesty and Prince Albert, and a lar g o proportion o the rank and teshion in teiwn, were nre nt.. L A D 701tintate, __ft - ` _ , _ _,... IBS GOLD NECK CilAii f f , S ' sovereigns, may be selected frora of several natterlis, price, wcib" )f II ,: Five r, ..iuiness ; vvc;ght of five soveri;igob il l , Guineas : weight of six sf;vereigns, Seven Guineas. s - weight is gi/ev. by comparison with the weight of sovei vigil . , The quality ot b:iiig more ea',ily referred to than if stated in ounces and itIV 9 :, the Gold is warranted equal to any that isw e rg " into articl es o f t hi s description. T. COX SAVORY, r r nbil Goldsmith," Silversmith, Watkhrnrker, ix., 47, '-'` )'- .(S'even Doors from Gracechurch-street), London—q ip,.. Drair:aigs of the newest Fiterns will be sent post free, ~, r plication le made post paid. r !rt.l,lqe - .3 .•. On tilt , ins!.. at Isiirgton C'oureli. Mr. John tut +Ong', to _Anne Doan - tett, of Tolliugton. :Park: fourth daupliter 0 the late William Domrnett, Plicertitr. Hall, Frome, in the ciounti of Somerset, Esq. Ed. On the 4th lost, a t Stamford, by the Per. W. Harts, ward Maynel3, B3rris'ir-at-Law, second son of fhowas KilvingtoraTalt aril the Fryerago, nest Yar in r ! Yorkshire, to .'tKatharine, second daughter of the late Josep h Michael, Esq , of St. /Wallin's, stamfo - rd. On tho2t./ inst., at St.. .James's, Clerknwell, Mr. N. Marton , of Artille , ..y-place-Wes:., to Elizabeth Fenner, eldest datightsr of Willi; m lowlands, Esq., of Northampton-siquare. DiRD. On the 28th nit., at the Island of Madeira,. Harriot, eldest daughter of Mr. R. Alarshall, jun., aged 2. On the 24th ult., at the Hill, near Carlisle, Fri flees, the w ilt ' of Sir J. R. Grant, K. H. and K. St. A. On the 29th ult., in Lincoln's-inn -hall, P. La. Monypetrib youngest son of the late R. Monypenny, Esq., (of Merringt.3° place, Itdvenden, Kent, aged 28. tna London: Printed and Published by MIJR1)0 YOVNG, 43 ' No. 112, Strand, at The Sten Office, No. 112, Strand in' th e county of ;Aliddlopex.-- , Wednesday, May 6, It 140 I