The Sun. — London, England, 1840-04-16 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) BILLINGSGATE MARKET. Supplies plentiful, and prices continue steady—trade not very good. Turbot, Bi. to 20s. ; Cod, 33. to 10s. ; Salmon , Is. 4d. to 2 s . err lb. ; Mackerel, 4d. to Bd. ; Whitings, 3d. t° ; Haddocks, 6d. to ls.:; Soles 9d. to 3s. ; and Lobsters, Is. to 4s. HAY MARKETS. Supplies rather large , but the demand was limited. Ha y , 50 s. to 90 s . ; Clover, 80s. to 115 s. ; Straw, 325. and 42!. per load. COLONIAL MARKET. :lieu was but little business done, and prices continue much • they w ere . B r i t i s h Pl an t a tion Sugar sold slowly at the prices last quoted. Refined Standard Lumps SI s. 2,134 bags Bengal Sugar so ld at 50 s . to 655. ; 400 bags India Rice went at 2s. to 10s. for rather low quality ; and 1,031 bags Bengal at 13s. 6d. for gcod quality ; 6UO bags Pimento sold mostly at 3d. for good quality. TEA MARKET. Very little done, and that for cash only. The nearest. price for (.ornpany's COD , OII, money down, is 9 s. sd. to 2s. 6d. Free trade, Money down, _25._4, 1 7d,t0 2s. sd. INDIGO SALE.—TIIIRD DAY. The attendance w•as but moderate. The 53. 1 6 very dull, and Prices continue 3d. per lb. lower than those of last sale. LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G-(T HIS DAY.) FaLstourn, APRIL 14.—Arrived the Royal Adelaide, isteamer), Batty, from Gib:a.tar, le 2d inst., Cadiz, 3(1, : tsbon 6th, Oporto, Bth, Vigo, 10th, with damage to machinery. Off port the N,stor, Sampson, New Or leans ; Mary Jane, Faro. GLOUCESTER, APRIL 14.—Arri , ed the Dundee, Eman, from ; Mo n t e Vid eo Persi in, Fisher, Odessa ; Lix, Perry , ditto ; Fid es , Crathorn, ditto ; Atric F,rtim.i, Foster, ditto. SALCOMBE, APRIL 13.—0 X pal t th^ Mt sscnger, Di x bury, from Boston. MARYPoriT Arita. 13.—Sailed the St. Gc)rge, Poolr, for Quebec. CORK., APRIL 13.—Arried the Richmord, from New Orleans. Sailed the Isadore, for St. John's, N. B. THE OLD HEAD OF KINSALE, APRIL 12.—Off, the Hv railla, from Demerara. DEAL, APRIL 15.—Wind S. S. W.—Arrived the Sa rtmel Enderby, Lisle, from South Seas ; Ed:yard, Phila elPhia ; Sostre, Denmark. Sailed the Emily Jane, bay; Reliance, for China ; Northumberland, Guthrie, Born- Patullo, Madras ; Restitution, Stevenson, Quebec ; Resolution, Carter, ditto. LIVERPOOL, Aran, 15. Wind N. Arrived the watts, Watts, from New Orleans ; Harkaway, Paval, t it tc'; Argo, S a vannah ; Arabian, Charleston ; Virgb.ian, H arris, New Y or k ; Horatio, Howland, ditto, sailed 26th t. ; Peruvian, ditto; Stirling, Mobile. Sailed the "es°}' Robertson, Christie, for Rio Janeiro; Chas. Ha- Merton, Davies, Trinidad; Apollo, Hodgson, Porto Rico; Tul lio, Beauchamp, New York ; Donegal, Thompson, Ne wfoundland. Off port the Queen Charlotte, Bombay ; Diadem, New Orleans; Dorothea, Mobile ; Gulnare, Baltimore •, Cmur de Lion, Ch at:stun ; Anne Laing, Odessa. S UNDERLAND, APRIL 14.—Sailed the Constant, Potts, for Quebec • Voyager,Richardson, ditto ; Jona, Dodds, Miramiehi. HULL, APRIL 15.—. Wind N.—Sailed the Thetis, Gre ve], fur Barcelona. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Arrivals this morning—French and Ostend mails, ship letters by the Horatio and Virginia, both arrived at Liver pool from New York ; also a Lisbon mail by the Royal Aielaide, sailed from Gibraltar April 2, Cadiz April 3, Lisbon April (3, Oporto April 8, Vigo April 10. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKF,T, WEDNESDAY.-The sales of this day arc 3,500 bales, at yesterday's prices. rorn the American Papers received this morning to the Marc.) The wh o l e commercial) affairs h of the United States arc at a stand because the United States Bulk and the Girard Bank will neither resume themselves nor allow others to do so, The country was never in a better situation in r egard to its external commercial relations than now, Foreign Exchanges indicate in all the ports, with the exception of Baltimore and Philadelphia, that the balance is in our favour. The importations thus far have been scarcely larger than the exportations, and an immense cotton crop, and other produce, remain to settle for these goods, which will be imported for con sumption during the coming year. The low state of Prices is a guarantee that the imports will be small , and t he exports large. There is, therefore, very little pros- Peet of an external demand for specie for many months. The domestic exchanges are in a most disordered con dition, in all the states within the influence of the sus pended banks. These comprise the producing and ins. porting states ; while in New York and New England the manufacturing and importing states, the banks all pay specie, and exchange is at par. The whole business of the country is at a stand-,till, although in all sections there is a large stock of produce and merchandize. In the Eastern States there is, Merchandize, .50,0005. S outh —Cotton, Tobacco, &c., 30,0005. In the West, produce of all kinds, 150,0005. _ This v as t amount i s now l y i ng per f ect l y d ea d , arid suf fering daily depreciation ; the labouring and manufacturing classes entisely out of employment, and the merchants and traders d a il y t a ili ng—t h e currency at a po i nt lower than for many years, and the specie-paying banks running Within their shells, because the Philadelphia institutions say they owe New York and Boston 4,600,0005., which they cannot pay immediately. Another batch of packet ships arrived on the 20th inst., they have all passed through bad weather, and most of them erper: enced the same severe hurricane which lashed the Britis! - : Queen so hard on the 13th and 14th inst. There are now only two, the Independent and West minster, which are over due. They will arrive in a (by or two. _ The intelligence received by the Lisbon mail this morn ing mostly relates to the returns of the elections; but toe most important information is with respect to the p - cunia r y ciaims brought forward by Lord Palmerston on behalf of some English subjects. It is stated that the Portuguese Government will not pay these of Sir John Dole and General Bacon ; that of the Duke o ) Wellington and Lord Beresford claims they will admi t to part. We have received the Antwerp Journal of yesterday's date. Accounts from Pesth of the 31st March, state that fresh troubles have broken out in several parts of the country in the assemblies of the Comitats. In that of Szathmar (Elungary) blood was shed. BOURSE OF ANISTERDAM, APRIL 13.—The multiplicity of business in the Integrales gave great firmness to the national fu n d s ; t h ere were a l so severa l purc h ases i n t h e v tve per Cents. The receding at Paris and Antwerp in ~ I rdoin ' s S panish caused the price to fall to 2-1, 1 ,, ; Dutch "Yo-and. a- Half per Cents., 53 ; Five per Cents"., 991. _ 0-- - -or chief arrivals this morning arc from the United State s and Lisbon. We had a report of the arrival of the British Queei, B . tea nT', at Po r t smou th, b u t t o th e present hour we cannot ' r ace it t o any authentic source. TILE FUNDS. Consol s arc a shade lower than they left off yesterday, a n n d, may be q uo t e d at 90 - 3 -' 91 for Money, and for the Account 'lt 4, with little doing as yet; Exchequer Bills 21 26 P r ein• ; Bank Stock, 1741 1751 ; India Bonds, 2 4 prem. ; India Stock, 249} 25q. We have received the Dutch mail of th e 15th April, bringing the Amsterdam prices of the 14th April. No Two-and-a- Half per Cents., 52 13-16ths to ; Five v er Cents., 99 1-16th; Ardoin's Spanish 24 1 1 -16th to In the Foreign Market Spanish Active same as they left Off, 284-; Deferred, 14i g ; Passive, 74 ; Portuguese, 3 51 ; Three per Cents., 241 1 25 ; Colombian, 251 ; Bra zilian, Thi 76,1 ; Mexican, 274 281 ; Danish, 77 78 ; Dutch Ticl-and-a-Half per Cents. 531 ; Five per Cents., 99i I CO. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCIN-. Bank Stock - - - - - - - ---- 17514 t India Stock - - --- - - Et per Cent. Red. It per Cents. Con 9l 90 1 t i Smith Sea Stock - 3?..i, per Cent 9 8 3{,1 Old Annuities 577.;, Ditto Red. 983ii30, , New Ditto - New 34i per Cent ( 9>v%%! 3 per Cent. Annuities, 07:1 - New 5 per Cent. .... ........ ... -1 Exch. Bills, £l,OOO ... 20 '2 I pm Bank Long Annuities toexpire I alto 500... 24 ...6 pm. Jan 5, 181;0 l3 9-Itl%, Ditto Small 24 2ci pm. Oct. 10, 1859 - Ditto Commercial die. J.n. 5, 1860 l3h ; Ditto Advertised ...... - - pm. Jan. 5, IMO - Batik Stock for Account.... - April 5, 1880 - India Stock for Account .. - Jan. 5.1870 -, Consuls for Account 91 ~ ,s t / i 1 ,4 PRICES OF FOREIGN FU NDS Tills DAY AT ONE O CLOCK ' Austrian Bonds -1 Peruvi:n Bonds Belgian Bonds - Ditto Account - Ditto Account - , Portuguese Bonds - Brazil's n Bonds - i Ditto New Bonds ... 36% tis Ditto Account - Ditto Account.... ....... 357,.., (i! Buenos Ayres Bonds - I Ditto, 3 per Cent. ........2.5 5 Ditto Aezo•lnt - i Ditto Account - C.Thilian 3oad s - • Prussian Bonds - Ditto Az;;, et - , Russian Bends, 1824 11 3 14 Cci=" , trnt ian Bc nd • .-; Ditto Account - Ditto toc:::,•, lit - Ditto Metallic - C olumbian 3: - d 5,1024 - Spanish itonds D ltto kcca.itt Larlis'n Bonds D itto Acts •. nt -' Dcforred Gr eek Bond. -!, French, 5 per cent. -1. -c. Ditto Bonds, 1025 -.---- 4 per cent. ..Ditto Account - - 3 per cent. f. -c. ai l e ,), x i i t o t a o %l3 c ri c i o l u d n s, t s per Cent -- Exchange. -t. -c. - Dutch, 214 per cent. u3:P , ,, ¢ 34 ti o D“ a ii , t > t o t to ' :; t A:c: ) c ( o .r ut ( i . t elit• - • Ditto Account - ,Ditto, 5 per cent ..."91i% - Ditto Acc0unt........ PRICES OF SHABEi THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Ilir , Per Share, ii -rn allthaM and Glou ester Railway Company €l9 tiSyi Nat Western liAnway Company ns 77 80 Di tto New ..... 30 33 6 n righ tot, n:,,i,.,, 'l5 2.3 i, sq, Condon and Birmingham Railway Company ... 90 163 5 „ m'"'ttto New t• hares ' r th ‘ l, oland ii-ilw- ) • Company Di tto vex.;' 4 " 10 19 , An glo Mexican Mint Par -.PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN , AP RIL 14 I.ctCurt. Consols Per Cent. St oc k tto Rettuced n!.4 Ditto New, ltk3o „, „,„ 98% City of Dublin Steam Comp. 1 8 3:0 4 o ds r coa e en n ka t l .1: t e e b e e k ntures... 112 t.',, ) National Insurance Com Pal 1 81! City Debentures, 4 per cent. 4 Ballast Office Debentures, Royal Canal Stock lIALF-PAS7' ONE. We have n ow an official announcement , by tele g ra p h, of the arrival of the British Queen at Portsmouth. No Papers have been received as yet. er onsols have rath e r i m p rove d , ow i n g to a good money tri l Ni o _ k et, and may be quoted 911 f o r the 26th May ; for ~ ?e Y 9 1 to i-; •Exchequer Bills lower, 26 24 pieinium ; in u r i a Bends 4 premium ; Bank Stock 175:1-. " the Foreign Market Spanish Active 28i1-; Portu tele 35 i ;361 ; Three per Cents. 25+ ; Colombian 25; 3 / 4 -; wit.ch Two-aid. a- Half per Cents. 531 ; Five per Cents, T he Right Hon. Thomas Grenville will g iv e hi s Pext grand dinner, in Hamilton. place, on M on d ay , t h e 27th Inst. The Right Hon. Gentleman will leave town to-morrow asa vi s i t to Lady Grenville, at Dropmore, where a party will mble during the holidays. AMERICAN PAPERS. By the Horatio, Captain Howland, and the Vir ginian, Captain Harris, which arrived at Liverpool yesterday, we have received New York Papers to the 27th of March. The.) , bring no news of much inte rest. An Act of the Legislature of Virginia, passed on the 18th of March, suspends till the end of next Session, so much of the Bank Act as declares the re fusal to pay specie a forfeiture of Bank Charters. Per mission is also granted to the Banks of that State to issue five and ten dollar notes to the Ist of April, 1841. To provide against the abuse of this indulgence the Banks are forbidden to declare a dividend of more than six per cent., without having one month previously re sumed specie payments. SOUTH AMERICA. (From the Washington Globe.) The treaty of indemnity for claim s of citizens of the United States against Mexico has be en ratified. General Santa Anna, is is said, had obtained his passports with the intention of travelling, but whether in the United States or in Europe was not known. The pension granted by a former Congress to the widow and family of the late Emperor Iturbidc has been discussed in Congress and confirmed by them. Extracts of a letter, dated Monte Video, Jan. 11. 1 S4O. We have great pleasure to inform you of the defeat and complete dispersion of the Entre Rios forces, by our President, in a general action which took place on the 29th ult. If the Government forces are only successful in preventing their making head again, and driving them en. tirely out of the' province, we hope to see an improve ment in business, as soon as the country gets more settled, and an active demand for imports generally. . " In respect to the removal of the blockade, or rather the prospects, we scarcely know what to say ; but have no doubt that the victory gained by our President will have some influence in bringing its period nearer ; it may also happen suddenly, when we least expect it; but, at any rate, we do not think it can last over three months more, when the term of General Rosas expires, if he is permitted even to serve it out." FROM RIO JANEIRO. " Baltimore, March 25. " The brig Montezuma, arrived here yesterday, in 45 Ways from Riu Janeiro, having left that place on the sth ult. The stock of Flour at Rio, in first hands, was ex hausted on the Ist ult., and in second hands it was esti mated there might be B,sooibs. The receipts during the month of January were only 3,229 barrels. In conse quence of this Flour advanced very rapidly. • Early in the month, a parcel of Baltimore was sold at 15$ ; a parcel of Richmond City mills was afarwards sold at 21$; and, within a few days of the Ist of February, a cargo of Bal timore at 245. A letter dated on the Ist of February says :—" The future course of our market must of course depend upon our supplies; but, unless peace be shortly re-established in countries bordering on the River Plate (so that they might be enabled to gather in their crops), or those countries should be supplied by direct importations, the demand for broad stuffs will probably be large at this place through out the preent year ; and, as we can scarcely 1(4,:k for any importations from Europe, we shall depend entirely on the United States, unless the crops in Chili should be such as to encourage exportations to this coast." The Oxford packet to Liverp 01, of the 19th, would not :sail until the 27th ; the Roscius packet, of the 25th, was intended to sail on the 30th ; the Sampson, for Lon don, sailed on the 23 , 1. The following ships had arrived at New York :—The Stephen Whitney, from Liverpool, on the 23d ; the St. James, from London, on the 25th; the Westminster, from London, on the 22d ; the President, from London, on the 22 , 1 ; the Cambridge, from Liverpool, on the 22d ; the In dependence, from Liverpool, on: the 22d. NEW YORK COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25. A moderate business has been done in Stocks today, with but little variation in rates. Nothing whatever has transpired in Foreign Exchanges. Inland are very dull, at previous rates. The sales of Cotton are to the extent of some 6()0 bales, and have been made at the reduced prices of last week. The Flour Market is still very inanimate. RATE OF SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE. 52 Shares United States Bank lO ds 74 15 do. American Exchange Bank . l5l 440 do. Delaware and Hudson 20 do. Dry Dock . . 46 80 do. Commercial Bank 62 ds 80 150 do. Bank of Commerce Scrip 125 do. North American Trust Company .. 60 ds 52 15 do. Kentucky p and c 50 do. Washington Marine 109 do. Harlem Railroad 49 do. Utica ...... . . 25 do. Auburn and Syracuse 30 do. Canton Co TOTNES ELECTION. (From the Western Luminary.) MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 13.—This day Mr. Barry Baldwin, the Conservative candidate, made his public entry into the town. lie arrived from Torquay in a car riage and four, accompanied by his son and Mr. Stewart (one of his Counsel on the late petition befo.a: the House of Commons), and was received at the entrance of the town by a numerous and highly respectable body of elec tors, with bands of music, banners, ribbons, &c. He then proceeded through the town, accompanied by several car riages and four, and a long procession of the most respect able inhabitants. He was everywhere received with the greatest enthusiasm. The writ for the election was directed to be issued on Wednesday last, but the returning officer, although he arrived in London on Thursday morning, and knew the fact, only returned to the borough last night. This is a Whig trick to delay the election, and give time to that party to find a candidate, but none has yet appeared. It may, however, lead to the most serious results, and the return ing officer may have to repent of his conduct in thus al lowing his official duties to be turned to party purposes. Mr. Jardine, a great opium dealer, has refused to conic forward, and Mr. Gibson, the rejected of Ipswich and Cambridge, is spoken of. If he comes, we shall add ano ther place to his titles. The Conservative party are in the highest spirits, and unless through the most determined bribery, must be triumphant. The procession baying returned to the Seven Stars Inn, Mr. CHARLES MICIIELMORE, before Mr. Barry Baldwin presented himself, requested the electors to give three cheers for Mr. Richard Soper, who had kindly promised his support on the present occasion.—( Loud cheers.) Mr. BARRY BALDWIN then addressed the assembled meeting from one of the windows of the inn, when he was received with the most enthusiastic cheers. He said he must be pardoned for noticing the ladies first, but he should be ungrateful indeed, after their condescend ing smiles, if he did not take that opportunity of thanking them for this kind reception..—(Loud and con tinued cheers.) He congratulated himself on being amongst them on the present occasion, and although he had incurred considerable expense in the late struggle, and . before the House of Comnions, he was determined to fight to the last in their cause.—(Long-continued cheering ) No notice had yet been given of the day of election. The Whig party were at the last gasp, if not actually dead. They applied to an opium merchant with a great purse, but he after a few days' reflection refused to make his ap pearance. His late opponent did not dare to present him. self on this occasion.—( Cheers.) A dissolution was al most certain, and he must soon expect again to be obli g ed to solicit their suffrages. Mr. Baldwin then alluded to the administration with their majority of nine composed of the Cabinet Ministers. The country was too apathetic, otherwise they would not have been so long in power, but they (the Ministers) must soon go into that oblivion from which they sprung.—( Loud cheers.) He (Mr. Baldwin) avowed himself a Conservative. He spoke out ; did the Ministers do so ? Were they Whigs, or were they Ra dicals ? He for one could not tell.—( Cheers.) The electors had no notion of the exertions made by the Minis ters to get up thi it last majority—their paltry majority of nine I And if Totnes, Ludlow, and Fermanagh, had been represented, as no doubt they would be,by true Conservatives, how contemptible would ties Ministers have looked on that occasion ? They talked of their friends being absent on the late division, but he could assure the electors that they were so absentees because they refused their support to the Ministers. The Whigs could get no man to come for ward for Totnes.—(Loud cheering.) He (Mr. Baldwin) would explain to the electors at a proper time what had conic to his knowledge on this subject. The town, after so much excitement, now wanted quiet and tranquillity Formerly, when a victory like the last was gained, the victor was allowed to reap the fruits of his conquest ; but he (Mr. Baldwin) was prosecuted to the last by the Whigs. Was this like Englishmen ? There was no paltry trick to which that party would not always resent. They would, however, now be defeated.—( Loud cheer ing.) He would assure the electors that his principles were unchanged and unchangeable—everything had made him more steadfast in those principles, which he had held from his youth upwards. The day was most propitious, and he had no doubt the result would end in a glorious victory.—( Loud cheers.) Let them all now give their anxious exertions to secure that result. Mr. Baldwin again thanked the electors in the warmest manner, and said he would immediately commence his canvass.— ( Great cheering.) Mr. J. G. TEED, being loudly called for, came forward and addressed the electors very shortly. He said he could not but express the gratification he felt on being again there, and at being witness to the approaching triumph of the Conservative cause in Totnes by the election of Mr. Baldwin.--(Loud cheers.) That Mr. Baldwin would be elected he felt certain, and the unwarrantable manner in which the proceedings towards an election have, since the writ was issued, been kept in suspense by the Mayor, is in itself proof that the Radical party can make no substantial opposition to Mr. Baldwin, and that they know it.—(Loud cheers.) Last year the election was hastened most un warrantably to take the borough by surprise, and thereby procure the return of Mr. I3lount. That unwarrantable conduct has for a time deprived the country of Mr. Bald win's vote in the House of Commons. Now evasion and delay were resorted to ; for this evasion, and this delay, the parties to it may have to answer at the bar of the House of Commons, but that cause which for the last eight years has been steadil:' increasing amongst them, would suffer nothing by it, Mr. Blount had withdrawn from any further contest—( Cheers)—he well knew the weakness of his party and the utter hopelessness of his cause ; and even if his party should, by delaying the elec tion, procure any other person to become a candidate in his stead, the independent electors indignant at their pur poses would be only more earnest in their support of Mr. Baldwin, and would show to their odponents, that though they may retard his election, to defeat it is impossible. (Great cheering ) Mr. CIIARLES MICIIELMORE was loudly called for, and forward, said be addressed thorn as brother j a n i g id brother Protestants , for he was determined to o e l n eo o et support reos i the Protestant religio n as long as he bad a vote. onservatve party were fully He was happy to say the Conservative prepared to meet any antagonist that might come into the field; he had opposed Mr. Blount at the last election, THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 18401 t along with a great body of electors, on two grounds— t first, because he was a Papist, and a Papist ought not to represent a Protestant constituency; accord, because Mr. Blount was a son-in-law of the Duke of Somerset — and one near relative was enough in all conscience to re present their borough. These arguments had their effect, for at least a dozen voters had immediately come forward and tendered their support to -Mr. Baldwin. This must not be made a nomination borough ; even Mr. Watson felt and admitted the force of these objections at the last election. The Whigs had now applied to an opium merchant ; no doubt they wanted to send them to sleep, but their adversaries would find them wide awake.—( Loud cheers and laughter.) The opium merchant had however found, on examining Mr. Blount's books, that Mr. Baldwin had such a majority that he declined the contest. Their opponents then applied to Mr. Blount, but let him come when he liked, he would only meet with certain defeat. — (Loud cheers.) Mr. Baldwin had been known to the censtituency for the last twenty years. He had fought their battle manfully,—ay, and bled freely.—(Loud laughter.) Mr. Baldwin's conduct through life had al ways been honourable. He would have appealed to a learned gentleman if he had been present—(He alluded to Mr. Taunton)—who would no doubt be ready to speak to Mr. Baldwin's character from long knowledge.— ( Hear, hear, and cheers.) The Whigs know it is absurd to talk of returning any one but Mr. Baldwin. For his part, he liked a contested election, it tended to stir up the spirits of the voters. If Totnes was once made a close borough, everything would become dull and stupid. This was not a question between Tories and Radicals ; it was between freedom and slavery. He was confident of the result, and entreated the electors to unite heart and hand to secure the return of Mr. Baldwin.—(Loud and continued cheering.) The proceedings then terminated, but the enthusiasm of the electors knows no bounds. Ducal coercion, boroughmongering, and low Radicalism have received their death-blow in this town. ELI VF.N O'CLOCK, MONDAY Nit - MT.—Up to this hour no Whig candidate has appeared. The party state that a brother of Mr. Gisborne, M. P., will arrive in the course of the night with Mr. Blount. Mr. Baldwin's canvass to-day has been most successfal. The nomination has been fixed to take place on Monday next, and the polling, should there be any opposition, will take place on Tuesday. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM TIIE MORNING PAPERS OF TIIIS DAY. ( From the Morning Advertiser.) In their proceedings on the China question, the Tories have attained a climax of political depravity which com pletely throws into the shade all their manifold minor de linquencies. By the motion of Sir James Graham they attempted to censure the Government for the outrages committed by the Chinese ; and, failing in this, they now propose, through Mr. G. Palmer, to justify still further these outrages, by ;Affirming that " the refusal of the Chinese Government to make compensation for the loss sustained by British merc h ants i n t h e se izure of opium, is not a justifiable gro un d f or go i ng to war with that country." By this proposition the infamy of the party appears in yet more /is relief than by that of Sir James Graham. (From the Morning Post.) The Corn-law question is not only a question in which different classes of producers arc pitted against each other, but it has become a political party question. The Whig. Radicals are divided upon it, but tide Tories arc almost to a man in fivour of protecting. British agriculture against the competition of fo re i gn agr i cu l ture . The Dissenting preachers are very generally opposed to the Tories, and unfortunately but too much addicted to the mixing up of politics with religion, even from the pulpit. Taking ad vantage of this, the anti-Corn-law agitators, with a flat tering show of respect to the influence of these preachers over their hearers, propose to them the advocacy of a po litical measure which the Tories are well known to oppose with all their might and main. The preachers are, for the most part, ready enoug h we f ear to catc h at the bait, and on party grounds merely to venture upon the excitement of the people against the existing law. (From the Morning Herald.) It is amusing to note with what commendable assiduity Colonel Butler would seem to have followed the foot steps of his great master. As Daniel s ystematically jobs the Popish votes at his disposal, Colonel Butler would appear to have conceived the lofty scheme of doing a little business on hi s own accoun t, a nd of placing . in his proper pocket, not in Daniel's, the equivalent of his aid in securing " justice to Ireland"—in other words, of keep ing the Whigs in office. He, accordingly, opened a ne gotiation with the Government on his own account—and tailed in the attempt to break down Daniel's monopoly. Daniel became, in due time, of course, apprised of the circumstance ; and not since Jonathan Wild undertook to open Fireblood's eyes to the beauty of virtue, has there been poured out a more instructive homily on the atroci ties of venality than that which the bloated mendicant has levelled at the head of his half-emancipated serf. (From the Morning Chronicle.) The same fatality sterns to have attended the predic tions of the Tories abroad as at home. When Mr. Thom son embark , d for Canada, they called out to " stop the Pique." Is there a single man, woman, or child now in the British empire, who thinks that it would have been better for the peace of Canada and the connection be tween the mother country and her North American co lonies, if the Pique had been stopped? When our Indian army boldly advanced through the untried mountain passes of Affghanistan, the Tories predicted failure and misfortune. flow have their predictions been realized ? When the intelligence of the gal lant capture of Uhuznee reached this country, they sneered at it as an achievement of little moment. What do they think of it now ? When hostilities broke out in the East between the Sultan and his Egyptian vassal, the Tories predicted a general Euro pean war, the annihilation of Turkey as an independent power, and the destruction of English influence in the Mediterranean. Is England less respected, the indepen dence of Turkey less secure, and the prospect of a general war less remote now, than they were fourteen years ago under a Tory Government, when a Russian fleet was blockading the Dardanelles, and a Russian army was en camped under the walls of Adrianople ? What predic tion can the Tories point to which has been accomplished? What advice of theirs which ought to have been acted upon ? What principle or measure which the force of circumstances has compelled their opponents to adopt ? was very different when they were in power. (From the Times.) The Ministers and their Journals have thought proper .o talk big, because the Conservatives have not yet actually turned them out of office during the three months which have scarcely yet elapsed since the present Session of Parliament was opened by a speech from the Throne. At this we arc by no means astonished. It is natural for a man without any sense of honour to be ignorant of what it is that constitutes disgrace, and indeed to plume himself with especial arrogance on tho.se amongst the proceedings and transactions of his life v, hide are beyond all others the most shameful. The most signal stain upon these Ministers, col lectively and individually, is, that they are still in office. For what is their history during the last three months ? They, boasting that they have ever been a " Re form" Government, and that, being a Reform Govern ment, they are bound to stand upon public opinion or to retire when it deserts them—these Reform " Ministers, we say, have experienced stronger proofs of contempt and execration from the country than any, the weakest and most abandoned, Government that has ex isted within the last 200 years. Instead of abiding by public opinion, they seem to found their only title to uffice on the general wonder at their stubborn impudence in re taining it. CAMBRIDGE ELECTION COM- MITTEE. (Continued from our Paper of yesterday.) Mr. George Fisher—l am a banker at Cambridge, and an elector. I usually vote for the Conservative Membei s. On the first election after the Reform Bill, however, I plumped for 'Air. Pryme. I remember Mr. Sutton came to Cambridge in 1837 ; he came in May last to canvass the electors in consequence of a report that Mr. Spring Rice was about to be raised to the Peerage. He completed his canvass at that time about the Ist June. Mitchell, who keeps the Red Lion, is brother of Mitchell who kept the Eagle. There was no Committee held at the Eagle, but several friends of Mr. Sutton met there three or four times. lam al luding to what took place in May. A canvass took place at that time, and I believe I canvassed some electors. Mr. Twiss was the legal agent, and paid the bills. In the month of May it was not certain there would be a vacancy. If they were going to canvass a certain part of the town, gentlemen connected with that part would be present. These gentlemen always met at the Eagle. I was present on three or four occasions. Mr. Sutton was pre sent then. At those meetings canvassing arrangements were made. I saw some returns of a canvass in May. After Mr. Sutton left in June he came down again in August, about a fortnight before the election, and re mained till after the election. He was chaired. He then left the Red Lion and went to Trinity College. He was invited in consequence of the other candidate having been invited. He did not sleep at the Eagle. There was no organized Committee. All the electors and friends of Mr. M. Sutton met daily at the Eagle, their head-quarters. I should say there was nobody calling themselves the Com mittee of Mr. Sutton. The circular you read was done without my knowledge or consent. It is dated " Eagle Inn, Sept. 3, 1839." Of course that referred to the whole body which met at the inn. There was another circular sent in my name. There was another body ma naging the election. On several occasions I took the chair of the larger body. Other gentlemen did the same. I was not Chairman of the smaller body. Mr. Twins and several clerks managed it. I was there with Mr. Sutton and Mr. Twiss on the business of the election. I remember Mr. Marshall and many others being there. I have had consul tations with Mr. Sutton about managing the election. I think he spoke to me in the yard. I have had conversa tions with Mr. Twiss about managing the election. I re member a letter addressed to me about the hustings by the Town-Clerk. I saw Mr. Gunning about it, and made some observations as a friend of Mr. Sutton. i3esides the large room at the Eagle there is a small one up stairs. In neither of those rooms did I see Mr. fiedley or Mr. W. Swan. I have seen Mr. Marshall, Mr. Deighton, Mr. Barker, and Mr. Twiss there, and I have seen Mr. Sutton go in and out. There were writing materials, and I have no doubt there were canvassing and unbound register books. I gave orders for register books being interleaved and hound. I think Lawrence did five or six copies. Mr. Hatt has occasionally bound for me, but I do not recollect his binding for me at the election. The registers I saw in the room, and should say were not those Lawrence bound. I think I have seen writing materials in the room down stairs, and the clerks at work there. I think they occupied the room above most frequently. I should say the business done was making returns. I think Mr. Barker had a book, but I am not quite certain. I cannot answer whether that is the book they were casting up the returns in. Mr. Twiss kept the re turns. They were filling up the book with the names of those who promised.—[An objection was taken to this line of examination, and the witness was ordered to witlidnw on his return he stated] —Having looked at the book, it was one in which they entered the returns of the canvass. I don't know who has that book. There were copies of the register present on that occasion. The book they were making the returns in was there. The promisers were marked off on the side. I have seen Mr. Parker, Mr. Twiss, and, I think, Mr. Winter, write in it. I never wrote in it myself. I have no doubt I have seen Mr. Deighton looking over it. Occasionally observations were made about the canvass. I can't say if Mr. Sutton was present on those occasions— think it very probable. I have no doubt he was. I can't answer sihcther the result of the canvass was com municated to him. I had information front Mr. Barker az to the result, andl have talked with Mr. Sutton about it ; he seemed to have a knowledge of the numbers. It was ;Own we were walking about the streets. I have occa sionally canvassed with Mr. Sutton, and so has Mr. Barker. I have no recollection of seeing Mr. Deighton canvass with him. I have seen Mr. Fossett go out on a canvassing party with him, and I have seen Mr. Bishop canvass with him. I have not seen Mr. Edward Clarke. I Lave seen Mr. NV. Swann, the younger, canvassing with him at Barnwell, in the month of August. I think Mr. Michael Hedle) was one of the party. I never saw Long but once during the election. He did not to my know ledge speak to any of my party. I was out on two occasions canvassing at Barnwell. I might have been on the first occasion two hours or three hours. We started from the Eagle. Mr. Swann and Mr. Hedley were among us. I can't say whether I was there before them. I think it probable Mr. Sutton and I went toge ther. Certainly he was acquainted with Mr. W. Sw«nn and Mr. Hedley. lam not aware there were instruc tions for the canvassers. The party had canvas sing books. Mr. W. Swann had them at the Barn well canvass. I should say the entries were made i❑ pencil, by Mr. Swann. A great many houses were canvassed on that occasion. Mr. Sutton went in, Mr. W. Swann was by when Mr. Sutton asked for the votes. He introduced Mr. Sutton to the voters. If the answer was favourable to take it accordingly in his book, and so if it was not. I understood there were many canvassers at Barwall. I have seen Mr. Swann, jun., accompany Mr. Sutton to canvass Barnwell on other occasion; than those. I was present at the canvass. I think Mr. I3arker was also with them. I have also heard from Mr. Twiss that be was gone with Mr. Sutton there for that purpose. I have seen a return of the whole canvas. A calculate was made as to the numbers. Mr. Barker gave me a return, and I talked to Mr. Sutton about it. He was ❑ot much at the Eagle. He would then enter into conversa tion. Mr. Barber and Mr. Deighton were present on those occasions. I never saw 'Mr. W. Swann in the room up-stairs. I believe some portion of the real business of the election was carried on in the large room. I recollect Mr. Parker being there with his book some days previous to this elec tion. Most undoubtedly the real substantial business of the election was cArried on in both rooms. I have heard arrangements made in the room down stairs for canvassing. I have no recollection of conversations taking place at other places respecting the canvasses. I know Mr. Swann the elder—he lives in Hobson-street. I think I have been at his house during the election. We canvassed from there one day. Mr. W. Swann did not go that day. I recollect being with Mr. Sutton onco or twice at Mr: Swann's making arrangements for canvassing. Mr. Sutton took part in the discussions. Ido not remember his asking Mr. W. Swann to go out canvassing ; I have done so in his presence, he agreeing to it. I do not recollect on those occasions the opinions of individual electors being discussed. I have not seen Long there. His shop is opposite to Mr. Swann's. I have been active in the registration of late. I have known Long for se veral years. The SPEAKER was then announced to be at prayers, and the Committee adjourned until to-morr ,, w (this day.) GREAT EIGHT-OARED CUTTER MATCH, BETWEEN OXFORD AND CAM BRIDGE. The long talked of cutter match between eight gentle men of the University of Oxford, and a similar num bor of the University of Cambridge, wls decided yesterday afternoon. Shortly after one o'clock, and at high-water, the cutters were started, the distance to row being from Westminster-bridge to Putney. At i,tarting the Oxonians took the lead, and kept it till they arrived off the Red House at Battersea, when the Can tabs went a-head, and maintained the advantage to the win ning boat,when they were declared to be the victors. Ihe match was won by about a length. The distance was per formed in about thirty minutes. At starting the odds were in favour of Cambridge, the odds being five to four, and in some instances seven to four; and it is said that come thousands will exchange hands by this contest. Most of the crack clubs were out, and the river was crowded with steamers, eight, six, and four-oared cutters, randans, and wager boats. The bridges, wharfs, and banks of the river were also crowded with spectators, who appeared to be deeply interested in the result of the match, and nu contest ever excited so much attention in the sporting world, especially among the gentlemen of the river. IRELAND. GREAT MEETING —Shortly after two o'clock on Tues day, there was a numerous and highly respectable meet ing at the Corn Exchange, Dublin. It was called by Mr. O'Connell, in order that arrangements might be made "for an aggregate meeting of the Citizens of Dublin. en Easter Monday, in order to petition against Lord Stanley's Bill, intended for the destruction of the constituency of Ireland." Mr. O'Connell addressed the meeting at great length, on the subject of the subjoined Resolutions which were unanimously adopted : — Resolved—That it is now admitted, even by Lord Stanley himself, that the object of his Bill is the profligate one of destroying the franchise in Ireland, and placing the repre sentation in the hands of the landlord , , thus repealing for Ireland, not only the Reform Act directly, but by inevitable consequence, the Emancipation Act—and that under the peculiar circumstances in which that active and able enemy of Ireland has taken up the subject, it is imperatively ne cessary that all the Liberal portion of Ireland should, without any delay, rouse itself into legal and constitu tional opposition, and prepare and present petitions to Parliament, in the strongest terms consistent with respect, deprecating and denouncing the scorpion attempt to injure and degrade Ireland. Resolved—That we do therefore recommend the hold ing of provincial meetings, one in each of the four pro vinces of Ireland, on as early a day as may be convenient, and that the meeting for the province of . Leins.ter be held in Dublin on Monday next. Resolved—That we also strongly recommend meetings in every county, city, town, and parish in Ireland to pre pare and present petitions to oppose and denounce the scorpion Bill now before the House of Commons ; and We recommend that each district should adopt a form of petition for itself, respectful in terms, but strong and firm in sentiment. ..... Resolved—That the increased experience of the mode of working the registration in Ireland has practically shown to those who have heretofore concurred in some of the alterations suggested by the Scorpion Bill, that it would be impossible to prevent the destruction of the constituency by any such measure; we, therefore, emphati cally call for an unanimous and universal expression of dis approbation of that Bill. Resolved—That a Committee be appointed to find a proper plate, and make arrangement for the aggregate meeting of the province of Lcinster, on Monday next, and to send out circulars and take all other necessary means to facilitate accommodation and attendance. Resolved—That we do also recommend that an aggre gate meeting of the Liberals in Ireland be held in Dub lin, on or about May 1, or upon some other day before May 4 ; such day to be fixed by the provincial meetings, in order to send over to London a sufficient number of persons to reuse the attention of the English Reformers to the envenomed blow made upon Irish franchises by Stan ley's Bill, and to concert the best means of procuring its defeat. Mr. DRUNINIOND. —We have to state, and with deep re. Bret, that Mr. Drummond, the Under Secretary, lies yer dangerously ill at his Lodge, in the Park.—Dublin Even. illy Post of Tuesday. THE REV. Mn. NPCAUL.—The extraordinary circum stances connected with the prosecution of this Rev. Gen tleman, who is a Catholic curate in the county of Fer managh, must be fresh in the recollection of our readers. His conviction afforded a very remarkable illustration of the Jury system in Fermanagh. A Jury of that county, despite of the entire weight of probability in the evidence —despite of the authority of the almanack bearing upon that evidence—and, we may add also, of the charge of the presiding Judge, Baron Penuefather—found him guilty of a totally unprovoked assault, and the Rev. Gen tleman was, in consequence, sentenced to a term of im prisonment, and the payment of a fine of 501. So far as incarceration was concerned, the Rev. Mr. M'Caul has suffered the full penalty of his sentence; but we are happy to announce that the Lord Lieutenant has comstuted the fine from 501. to 405., and the Rev. Gen tleman has been, in consequence, released from the gaol of Enniskillen, where, if the pecuniary penalty had not been remitted, his imprisonment might have extended to the end of the year. —1 bid. Inisit DESERTERS.—REPEAL.—In the Dublin Evening Post of Tuesday, after some not very complimentary com ments on Sir Wm. Brabazon and the defence that Hon, Gentleman has put forth, the following remarks are found:— " But Major Macnamara has been also absent—and no apology has been offered. On looking through the lifts we find other defaulters, whose names we are very much distressed to find there. We shall not name them. We do not wish to be personal in regard to gentlemen with whom we have an acquaintance. But this ne will say, that if such lapses be repeated, the sooner they make up their minds to retire from Parliament the better it will be for their own peace of mind and their respectability as gen tlemen. 6' We arc on the eve, we apprehend, of a very fierce, if • not protracted, struggle—certainly, on the threshold of a very lively and embarrassing Agitation. We regret the necessity which forces the people on this course. We arc not blind to its inconveniences, nor deaf to the arguments of those who deprecate it. But, really, ac can not conceal from ourselves that, deserted as the people of Ireland have been by their Representatives, they are left without an alternative. They cannot lie down to be trampled upon by Lord Stanley, the Irish Orangemen, and the English Tories. Mr. O'Connell threatens to raise the Repeal Cry—we regret this dotermination of the lion. Gentleman, sse need not say; but, we should de ceive our readers, particularly in England, if we under• rated the importance of this movement, or pretended to describe it as a mere temporary expedient." Loki) STANLEY'S BlLL.—Great meeting's have already been held in several parts of the country, for the purpose of petitioning Parliament on Lord Stanley's Bill. Others arc in progress . In the City of Cork the petition adopted against th pernicious I reposition of my Lord's Bill has already received 7,000 signatures. Despite Colonel Gere,,Mayo will meet. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER HALL. The Messiah, with the additional accompaniments for the wind instruments, written by Mozart . , I.N as last night performed by this Society with their accustomed strength in the orchestra and chorus, but with less than their usual amount of telent in the singers, who were Miss Birch, Miss Lucombe, Miss Hawes, Mr. Harr:son, Mr. Leffler, and Mr. Novelle', Although this best and greatest of all Hendel's works is the musical text-book of the numerous members of the Sacred Harmonic Society, by whom every one of its bars is as well known as the alphabet of their own lan guage, its performance last night was anything but per fect. The conductor's baton was continually at work upon the desk, and both he and the leader had frequently great difficulty in keeping the mass well together. When Saul was produced, a great part o , ! which was entirely new to both ' singers and orchestra, its execution was faultless; but, on the present occasion, an oratorio which ought absolutely to be known by heart, in consequence of its frequent per formance, was, in many instances, executed in a slovenly manner, for which there cannot be theshadow of an excuse. This was particularly perceptible in the first chorus, " And the glory," which at one time was in danger of ending in confusion. Many of the other choruses were, how ever , given pith the necessary precision, both in taking up tho points and keeping steady time ; but the public arc now too well accustomed to the superior performances of this Society to be satisfied with any thing short of perfection in the Messiah. We hardly know what to say to some of the singers. Mr. Harrison and Miss Lucombe were both most deservedly hissed for the same odious fault of attaching unmeaning codas to the terminations of Handers airs, which they and some others arc in the habit of dignifying with the name of cadences. We are sorry that a young lady poisesdng so many na tural gifts should foolishly call down upon herself the disapprobation of an audience especially critical in the matter of keeping strictly to what Handel wrote ; but we hope she will take the hint in good part, and profit by it. Mr. Harrison amused himself by winding up " E very valley " with one of the most approved up. and-down runs from the Covent Garden performance of the 13,g -y ar's Opera, an importation which the audience received with unqualified disapprobation. Mr. Harrison has much to learn before he can ever hope to take honours in the field of sterling sacred music, and the first thing he must do is to banish pseudo ornament. Whether Miss Birch took w arning by the fate of those we have ju s t named, or w h e ther she allowed her own excellent taste t o govern her singing last night, we do not know ; but cer tain it is that she abstained from all embellishment, and the result was a most satisfactory and delightfully pure performance. Mr. Novella and Mr. Leffler ware respect able, and Miss Hawes was everything which the moat en thusiastic admirer of Hasidel's music and sternest advocate for its correct reading could wish. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. - (From the Brighton Gazette.) PORTSMOUTH —Sir William Symonds, Surveyor of the Navy, has been here, on his return from Plymouth and Milford dockyards, and having in'pected the new three decker, Queen, 110, preparing for the Mediterranean flag, has again left for the Admiralty. Rear-Admiral the Hon. Duncombe Bouverie has re turned from attending her Majesty's Levee, and relieved Capt. Loch in the Superintenden c y of the Dockyard duties. The Tweed, 20, at this port, and Persian, 16, at Ply mouth, are preparing for commission. No orders have yet arrived to hoist the pendant in the Madagascar, 46. It is reported that Captain the Hon. Maurice Berkeley, is to hoist a broad pendant as Commodore of the let class, at the Cape of Good Hope, and that Captain Sir Joshua Rowley is to have the Thunderer, B'4, now fitting out at Plymouth. The Dolphin, 3, Li , !utenant Littlehalcs, will be at Spit head from Chatham about the 2 9 d instant, on her way to the Cape and West African station. Mr. Edward Rowe, second master, to join the Andromache, 26, and Mr. Bat ten, second master, for the Brisk, 10, will take a passage in the Dolphin. By letters from the Samarang, 26, of the 25th January, that ship was at San Bias, and expected to be in England in July. Captain Scott, of the President flag-ship, had exchanged is ith Captain Broughton, of the Samaran ,, , and brings her home. The Fly, 18, Commander Loch, left San Bias for Callao, on her homeward voyage with specie, on the 18th January. The Magieb'nne, 24, Captain Burnett, has been re moved alongside her hulk, and will leave the harbour for Spithead about the 20th inst., reported for the Mediterra nean. Her esteemed Captain has been labouring under severe indisposition for some time. The new brigs bittern and Albatross will be launched at this yard, the former on the 18!It inst., and the latter in the month of June, to mount 16 guns each. The Carvsfort, 26, Captain Byam Martin, is on her way home from the Mediterranean, to be paid off at Sheer ness, having been three years and a half in commission. Her arrival may be looked for about the Bth May. The Rattlesnake, 28, with troops on board for Ceylon, reached Simon's Bay, Cap of Good Hope, on the 14th January, and quitted for her destination on the 25th of that month. The Jupiter troop-ship is re-commissioned and refit ting in the harbour, reported to take troops to the Medi terranean. . . . The Pantaloon, 10, Lieutenant Tryon, is still cruising off the eastern coast, for the protection of the fishery. The Harlequin, 18, Commander Lord Francis Russell, and Wolverine, 18, Commander Tucker, arc ordered home from the coast of Africa, to be paid off. At Spitliead.—Pearl 20, for the Brazils. In Harbour.—Britannia, Victory, Vanguard, Jupiter, Excellent, Royal George, Magicienne, Victor, Messenger, and flag tenders. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (LLOYD'S.) VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. —Warrior, from Plymouth to South Australia, Jan. 12, lat. 5 N., lon. 19 W., by the Vi gilante, Brazil to Honduras, Columbine, arrived Sierra Leone, Jan. 29 ; Royal Tar, of Exeter,lst inst., lat. 48, lon. 17 ; Ambassador, Liverpool to Prince Ed ward's Is land, Bth, lat. 49, lon. 10, by the Christiana, Purdy, arrived off Plymouth ; Star, Boston to Leghorn, 30th ult., lat. 38, lon. 35 ; Gulnare, Baltimore to Liverpool, 6th inst., lat. 40, lon. 26 ; Splendid, New Orleans to Bremen, out 45 da) s ; City of Waterford, Waterford to Quebec, lat. 50, lon. 9, Ly the Flora, arrived off Falmouth ; Charleston, Charleston to Havre, Ist inst., lat. 43, lon. 40; Man chester, Philadelphia to Liverpool, 9:11, lat. 51, lon. 13, by the Isabel, Cape, arrived at Cork ; Romeo, London to Bombay, out forty days, lat. 12 S., lon. 31 W., by the b y to the Antigua, n N t i i g o u r d a arrived sth in , Ganges, arrived at Falmouth ; Sylvie de Grasse, of New York, 4th inst., tat. 46,t0n., in the Downs ; Dennison, Liverpool t., lat. 41, and Hope, bound to Quebec, same day, by the Odessa, arrived at Warren's Point ; Cara, Milford to New off CapcClear. York, 10q) NOTICE TO MARINERS. }our letter The following has been received at Lloyd's Trinity House, Lundo;, c A ei p p r t il of ls 3o , " SIR-I have to acknoilledge the of the Bth instant, trausmitt!ng, by direction of the Com mittee for managing the affairs of Lloyd's, extracts of a let ter from their agent at Cove of Cork, relative to the danger to which vessels passing . up or down St. George's Channel are exposed, by the position of the wreck of a vessel called the Havre; and the Elder . Brethren having thereupon im mediately communicated with the Corporation for preserv ing and improving the port of Dublin, wlthin whose juris diction the said wreck is situate, I have the satisfaction to transmit to you the inclosed copy of a letter, which bas been received in reply from the Secretary to that Board ' stating that measures ha ve been taken fur denotin g the situation of that dw,ger. I a m, Sir, your most humble servant, (Signed) J. HERBERT." " To Wm. Dobson, Esq., Scc." Ballast Office, Dublin, April 11, 1840. SIR—I beg to acknowle d g e the receipt of your letter of the 9th instant, inclosing copy , of a communication re ceived from the Agent for Lloyds at Cove, relative to an American vessel which now lies sunk off Poor Head, near Cork Harbour. I will lay these doeuments b e f ore th e Board at their next meeting, bir.in the meantime I may observe that this circumstance has been already re p or ted to the Board by Mr. King. A caution to mariners is in progress of being printed, and a buoy has been ordered to Le placed on the wreck as far as possible to prevent ace' dents. " I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, (Signed) " Fl. l I EREKER, Sec." T o J. Herbert, Esq., &c." STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian. ) MANCHESTER.—'fnere was a better feeling in the market yesterday ; and though we cannot quote any positive advance of prices, sales were more easy to effect at current rates. People seem at length to have satis fied themselves that no further decline in prices is to be , apprehended ; and, therefore, they have ceased to talk about it, and supply the necessities of their trade, whether in goods or yarns, without hesitation. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, APRIL 13.—We have had again a very dull market, and there seems to he no prospect of any speedy improvement. The prices offered for flannels to-day have been extremely low, and many have kept their goods rather than submit to such a reduction. Last week many of the manufacturers reduced wages as much as 2s. or 2s. 6d. in the pound. To-day the streets are extensively posted with an ad dress of the woollen weavers and spinners, calling upon masters, in the name of common humanity, not to re duce their already too scanty wages, and appealing to the inhabitants for aid, or they shall be compelled to resort to their respective townships, in order to preserve their wives and children from starvation. HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, APRIL 14.—There was a better mar ket to-day than for some weeks past, although prices have not much improved ; but the prospect of a rise seems to be more clear. One good symptom is in the system of working to order, a nd orders are daily increasing ; consequently better prices for orders can he obtained. There was a little more animation in the light fancy trade , wh ich has been unusually dull heretc fore. Prices in this d e p artment are improving. Wools arc on the advance. On the whole, a decided change for the better has taken place, and a hope is entertained that trade will once more take a profitable turn. Mr. Drummond the Under Secretary, is suffer ing under a severe attack of illness. PRIZE FIGIIT.—On Thursday afternoon, about three o'clock, a prize fight took place at the Point House, oi,posite Govan, betwixt an Englishman and an Irishman, for 22. a side. The Englishman stood firm, while the Irishman danced rostnd about him eager to get a hit. At length the Englishman broke out a nd dealt some tremendo us hit s on poor Paddy. After fighting for an hour, the Irishman was de clared the victor. A few other battles took place in the same ring between some Irish labourers, but they only lasted a short time and ended in nothing.— Glasgow Chronicle. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. (From the Globe.) While we fully concur in the feeling which appeared last night to prevail in the House, as to the impropriety of measuring punishment rather by the rank o f con victs than by the quality of crimes, and while we agree also with Mr. Warburton, that if Sir Francis Burdett had continued a Chartist, and had, in these days, transferred his Chartism to the Bull-ring, instead of confining it to its old and classic arena of Covent garden, he would not have been stripped naked on committal to Warwick Jail, and perhaps would not even have had his coat turned right again—we can not assent to some of the distinctions set up by Members on both sides between crimes by word and action, and between political and other offences. There is no doubt that rash words have often been visited too severely, and that political justice has often been the worst of injustice. But it does not follow that words may not be used with as direct cri minality of intention and effect as any other instru ments ; and that political opinions may not form the pretext of schemes directly aimed at spoliation and vio lenee. Whether words have been, or have not been, used with such intentions—whether politics have been or have not been made such pretexts—are questions which cannot be answered by such distinctions as those above adverted to. They are questions for the good men and true who serve upon juries, and who, as Mr. Warburton stated, " define the crime, and declare the criminality at the same time." They have answered them in the recent trials for treason and sedition, by convicting 232 persons out of 290 committed. (From the Standard.) The case of Lovett and Collins, prisoners in Warwick gaol, led to a discussion of the scale of punishment suited to various classes of offences and offenders, from many of the principles propounded in which we must dissent. Seditious offences, it is argued, ought to be punished with peculiar tenderness, and, as it were, in a respectful manner. This seems to us to be very absurd doctrine. Whether we look to the motives or to the consequences of seditious offences, or to the proper adaptation of punishments so as to produce the most terror with the least infliction of actual injury to the individual, seditious offences are most suitably repressed by severe and by degrading punishments. In our time the motives of the seditious are thoroughly sordid—as sordid as those of the thief; we never knew an agitator, from Daniel O'Connell downward, whose eye was not rivetted upon somebody's breeches pocket, though false pride or cowardice might deter the criminal from a more direct mode of stealing. (From the Courier.) Last night Mr. Warburton introduced his motion on the treatment of Messrs. Lovett and Collins, who were convicted of seditious libel at Warwick. We refer to the debates for the particulars of the indignities which are inflicted upon men whose offence may, after all, have proceeded from a warmth of imagination or an error of judgment. They are convicted of having used violent language, and violent language, it is well known, is often more attributable to an irritable than to a vicious disposition. We have no right to suppose, nor as far as we remember, is there anything in the evidence addu ced against them to warrant a belief that they were actuated by other feelings than those which were, we believe, pretty generally entertained, and which were the natural consequence of the riots at Birmingham. As it is now perfectly understood by the country that these riots were originated indirectly by the seditious language and viler doctrines of those who are unfor tunately the advisers of the Crown, we are precluded from those reflections which such disgraceful occur rences suggest. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, APEIL 15. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'Clock. On the motion of Sir THOMAS TROUBRIDGE the Dean and Waliner Waterworks Bill was read a second time and refered to a committee. The report on the Rochester and Derby Junction Road Bill was brought up, and the Bill ordered to be read a second time after Easter. Mr. GODSON presented petitions from Chester, Staines, and other places, for the repeal of the Private Carriage and Post-horse Duties. Mr. J. ROUND presented a petition against alte ration of the Corn-laws Admiral ADAM presented a petition from Clack mannan for the repeal of the Corn-laws. Mr. HUME presented petitions from places' in the counties of Dumbarton and Fife, praying for extension of the franchise, and for the ballot. The Hen Mem ber presented also a petition from Dumbarton, praying for a mitigation of the punishment of Frost, 'Williams, and Jones. -- - On the motion of Mr. IL HODGSON, the New castle•upon-Tyne and North-Shields Railway 13i11 was read a third time and passed. Tne ATTORNEY-GENERAL presented a peti tion from the Chamber of Commerce of Edinburgh, in favour of the Inland Warehousing Bill. Mr. T. DU NCOMBE presented a petition from a gentleman in Edinburgh, against the Dublin and Drogheda Railway Bill ; also a petition from fourteen individuals in London, complaining of the removal of Vincent from the Monmouth gaol to the Milbank Penitentiary. Lord OSSULSTON presented a petition from a place in Northumberland, against any alteration in the Corn-laws. Mr. PARKER brought up the Imprisonment for Debt Bill ( Ireland), which was read a first time. Captain GORDON presented several petitions from , places in Aberdeenshire, praying the House to take into its consideration the present distracted state of the Scottish Church. Mr. WAKLEY presented a petition from upwards of 5,000 inhabitants of Greenock, i❑ favour of Annual Parliaments and Vote by Ballot ; also a petition from a surgeon in Stowe Market in favour of Medical Re form ; and two other petitions to the same effect from surgeons in Bridgnorth, and the medical practitioners of Carlisle. The Hon. Gentleman then presented a peti tion from Troubridgc,complaining of the manner in which the trial of three men named Roberts, Potts, and Car rier had been conducted. The petitioners stated that Hale, the principal witness on the occasion, had noto riously prevaricated. They complained of the conduct of the Magistrate, Mr. Saunders, in putting down mi nutes and suggesting evidence to a witness a month after the occurrence. He hoped her Majesty's Ministers would give their attention to the subject, and that Mr. Saunders would be able to give them some explana tion of his conduct. Mr. W. ELLIS presented a petition from Market Harborough against the opium trade. Sir R. H. INGLIS presented petitions from places in Cheshire, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, and other coun ties, praying for Church Extension. The Hon. Baronet also presented a petition from Chester against the Clergy Reserves Bill (Canada). Mr. B. SMITH presented a petition from Norwich against Church Extension ; also a petition, signed by 4,500 rate-payers of Norwich against the Norwich Improvement Bill. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET presented se veral petitions in favour of Church Extension. Lord MORPETII presented various petitions from places in the county of York, for and against Church Extension, and one against the Copyright Bill; various petitions from placess — in the North - or Ireland, against Church Intrusion in Scotland ; and one from certain medical men of Ireland, for the support of Medical Charitable Institutions, which the petitioners appre hended might suffer from the operation of the Poor-law Act. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Lord. J. RUSSELL, in moving that the House do adjourn to Wednesday the 29th of April, would take that opportunity of stating what arrangement it was his intention to propose with regard to the busi.- ness of the House after Easter. He believed that on the 29th of April it was the intention of his Hon. and Learned Friend the Member for Reading to bring forward his Copyright Bill. On Friday, the Ist of May, and on the 4th of May. it was his intention to propose proceeding with the Committee of Supply, and on the Bth of May his Hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer would bring forward his financial statement. He proposed to proceed with the Canada Bill on Mon day, the 11th of May, and he would postpone the til of i Eccle siastical Duties Revenue Bill till Monda y the 18 of May. The Noble Lord concluded by moving the adjournment of th e House till W ednesday, tlie29th of April. SULPHUR TRADE. Lord MAHON said, that before the House agreed to the adjournment proposed by the Noble Lord, there was a subject on which he wished to put a question to her Majesty's Gorernment. He wished to ask the Noble Lord opposite (Lord J. Rus se ll), in the absence of his colleague, the Noble Lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, whether any directions had been given by the Government for co m m enc i ng a blockade, or for enter ins; into any hostile operations against the kingdom of Naples. Lord .JOHN RUSSELL said certain instructions had been giv en b y t h e G overnment w i t h respec t to the sulphur monopoly to the British Ambassador at Naples. That functionary had been further instructed —that in case a sufficient answer should not be made t o him within a given time by the Neapolitan Government, the Admiral commanding in the Mediterranean should have orders to detain ships sailing under the Nea politan flag. The last account which had been received from Naples stated that the reply re ceived by the British Ambassador was entirely evasive and unsatisfactory. The British Government was now in communication with the Ambassador as to the fur titer measures they should adopt. Lord MAHON wished to ask whether a paper pub. lisped on the subject were authentic or not. Mr. HUME hero read the paper to whih the Nohic Lord was adverting, but the title of whcich We could not seize on. Tim Hon. Member proceeded to say • that he thought Parliament should not adjourn before EVENING EDITION. receiving some further information on so important a subject as that to which they were referring. Lord JOHN RUSSELL—He had not seen the document the Hon. Gentleman had just read, but he was aware the Minister at Naples had given instructions with respect to the commercial treaty—he presumed from their nature they were those read by the Hon. Gentleman—with respect to this sulphur monopoly, the treaty had not been complied with by the Neapolitan Government. The question had excited great atten- tion, and probably the Lion. Gentleman was aware there had been a discussion on the subject in the other House of Parliament, and the Government had been censured for not taking steps upon the subject. Mr. HUME said two years had passed since the sulphur monopoly had commenced, and the House ought to have the correspondence on the subject. He did not say there was any culpable neg lect on the part of the Foreign-office, but they ought not to separate without having the papers before the House. He thought it would be better to move an adjournment until to-morrow for tha7P;posc. -- - Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that the Hon. Gen tleman had better make up his mind whether he would blame the Government for being tardy, or too hasty and intemperate for what they had done.—(A laugh.) Sir JAMES GRAHAM asked whether an Order in Council had passed that vessels should be detained 'r Lord JOHN RUSSELL said it seas not necessary. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that he understood the British Admiral was ordered to detain vessels, for the purpose of obtaining reparation for British mer chants. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said his belief was, that instructions were given to the British Admiral in the Mediterranean to that effect ; but if, as he trusted, the Neapolitan Government agreed to give satisfaction on this subject, any vessels that might be taken would be released. Mr. MARK PHILLIPS begged to ask the Noble Lord whether the negociation for a commercial treaty with France was in a satisfactory state? Lord J. RUSSELL said that the negociations were still going on. Mr. HUME said that great complaints were made in Paris of the delay on the part of the British Govern ment in not sending over a Commissioner. Lord J. RUSSELL said that the Commissioner was now on the eve of his departure for Paris. DISTRESS IN THE HIGHLANDS—EMIGRA- TION. Sir R. INGLIS begged to call the attention of the Noble Lord to the extreme distress which prevaied in the islands and north of Scotland. In a great part of that country the people had taken a pledge of tempe rance, confining themselves to one meal a day.—(Hear.) They were most anxious to have the means of emigrating to the North American Colonies and he begged to ask the Noble Lord if her 'Majesty's Ministers were pre pared with any plan for enabling them to do so. Lord JOHN RUSSELL replied that all he could state at present was that he had given a great deal of attention to the subject—he had looked for informa tion to two quarters, one was to the Emigration Commissioners and the companies engaged in promotieg emigration—the other was to the Governor-General of Canada, from whom he had received a communication, giving at great length his opinions on the subject. As soon after Easter as he (Lord John Russell) should have fully considered the information afforded in those communications he would state his views to the House. TURKEY. Mr. HUME, seeing the Noble Lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs in his place, begged to ask whether the Noble Lord could state what was the real gosition of Eritish merchants in Turkey ? Lord PALMERSTON replied that he had just laid on the table the papers which would give the in formation desired by the Hon. Member for Kilkenny. Lord PALMERSTON, in answer to Mr. Hume, stated that no Order in Council had been issued for re prisals on the Neapolitan Government. The motion for the adjournment was then agreed to. AMENDMENT OF THE REFORM ACT. Lord JOHN RUSSELL gave notice that on the 30th of April he should move for leave to bring in a Bill for the Registration of Parliamentary Electors, and also a Bill to make further provisions respecting the right of voting for Members of Parliament. TRANSPORTATION. Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTH gave notice that, on the sth of May, he should call the attention of the House to the Report of the Transportation Com mittee, and move that the punishment of transportation ought to be abolished. CHURCH EXTENSION. Sir ROBERT INGLIS gave notice that, on the 7th of May he should bring forward a measure on the subject of Church Extension. MR. CH ATMAN'S REPORT. An HON. MEmnEn on the Opposition side gave notice that on the sth of May he should move for an address to her Majesty, praying that she would be pleased to order to be laid before the House the further evidence taken before the Hand loom Commissioners, more particularly the evidence taken before Mr. Chap man, and his Report thereon. CANADA WASTE LANDS. Sir C. GREY gave notice that, on the 30th of April, he should move that there should be laid before the House copies of all Colonial enactments respecting the sale and management of waste lands in Upper and Lower Canada ; also a copy of the charter of the Hudson's Bay Company, and of all leases by which that Company hold lands either in Up per or Lower Canada ; also a copy of all correspondence which had taken place upon that subject between the Company and the authorities in Canada or the Secretary of State during the last five years. IMPORT DUTIES. Mr. HUME gave notice that on the 30th he should move for a Committee to inquire into the nature and amount of the present duties levied on the importation of goods ; also that on the 7th of May he should move for an address for copies of the correspondence relating to Turkey and Egypt. CORN-LAWS. _ _ --- - Mr. VILLIERS gave notice that on the 12th of May he should move that the House resolve itself into Committee to take into consideration the present Corn laws. Mr. WALLACE moved that an order made on the 10th instant be discharged, as he found those Returns had already been made. Mr. lIUNIE moved that certain papers which had been laid on the table relative to persons imprisoned for high treason in Canada, be printed. He also moved an exeldtess for copies of certain Orders of Council in Lower Canada, relating to the confiscation and forfei ture of property in that Colony ; also certain returns relating to the Scotch fisheries. HILL COOLIES. Mr. MACKINNON gave notice, that on the 3th of May he should move for a Select Committee on the Emigration Bill, to investigate the subject of the emi gration of Hill Coolies. ROYAL BURGHS (SCOTLAND) BILL. The LORD ADVOCATE brought in the Royal Burghs (Scotland) Bid, which was read a first time. TWINES ELECTION. Sir T. FREMANTLE said he had that day re ceived a communication from Devonshire, stating that the writ which had been received by the Under-Sheriff he had in vain attempted to serve en the Friday and Saturday, but that he had since been able to do so on the Monday, and as that was within the time allowed by the Act of Parliament, and as the Mayor had given notice of Lhe election, he trusted that the delay which had. occurred would not lead to any in convenience, and he should not, therefore, bring forward the motion for inquiry of which he bad given notice. Mr. CRESSWELL wished to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if there had been any report from the Commission appointed to investigate the Danish claims ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was not aware that there was any. On the LORD er S of E A t h r e f O D N a ' y S for the U tl l ti T rd Y' reading of Lord Seaton's Annuity Bill, u H a U ble M E sum said wh h i s ch wished it wa t s o p r o m p i o n s St h t e o H g roaunsta to the valuable Lord Seaton. The grant, he believed, was worth about 150,000/. ; and he wished to ask the House if they were prepared in the present state of the country to grant so large a sum to one who had departed in many instances from all the principles on which Englishmen should act ? Ha thought the Noble Lord was in no way entitled to a reward for his services, and he therefore proposed to reject the Bill altogether. Lord J. RUSSELL said he had but one answer to make to the charges against Lord Seaton, and that was, that he was sure those charges made no Impres sion upon the public mind. Peopleeor merits so all partiestt hatN were, oble on the contrary, agreed a s to the m Lord. Mr. HUME then moved that the Bill should be read a third time on that day six months. Mr. WARD said he would vote against the principle of a g rant for three lives. He would not, however, enter into a discussion on the conduct of Lord Seaton, but lie should say that he entirely disapproved of the extent of the g rant, and the attempt to create what h o should call dpauper Peerege. (in these grounds he should vote for the measure of his Hon. Friend the Member for Kilkenny. Th e House then divided, when there appeared-- For the third reading Against it 7 Majority — 60 The Bill was then read a third time and passed. The C • .ttofC wl) mee Supply, the ,oramittee on the Settled Estates Drainage Bill, and the second reading of the. Borough Watch-Rate Bill were postponed to the 2 9thinstant. The amendments to the Insolvent Debtors (Ireland) Bill were agreed to, and the Bill was ordered to be r ead a third time on the 0 9th. The LeRD ADVOCATE -moved the third reading of the Law of EAdence (Scotland) Bill. Mr. G, HOPE said it was the opinion of the most eminent men in the profession in Scotland, except that of the Learned Lord himself, that the Bill I t