The Sun. — London, England, 1840-04-06 00:00:00

EVEN IN G EDITION NEWS FROM INDIA. We have received interesting intelligence from Bombay to the 29th of February, from Calcutta to the 17th of the same month, and from Canton to the 4th of Januar:, inclu sive. At Calcutta troop-ships were prepa!foag to convey 10,000 men to China. The prevai. l ;ing impression was that, on the arrival iet the trorps, immediate possession would be taken of the Island of Formosa, which would be held till the Emperor should pay an indemnity in full for the whole of the illegally seized opium. The Island of Formosa a one of t'ee most salubrious and fertile on the Chinese coast, an "a has long served for a rice granary to the province of Queeig Tong, or Canton. According to Wilde's recently 1 puhr.shed Map, the inhabitants do not quite amount to half a million, of which the majority are fishermen and agricultural labourer... This step, of which we highly ap prove, would not involve an unnecessary loss of either life or property, and would make a much more lively impression on the Court of Pekin than the destruction of the city of Cantos,.beoause it would indicate a determination to form a permanent establishment on the frontier. The trade with China continued suspended on the 4th of Januar:, Captain Elliot bad in vain made overtures to the High Commissioner for re-opening the trade as before. Lir's answer was, that the Emperor had commanded the trade with England t o b e f or ever stoppe d,' an d an e dict Ihad appeared, addressed chiefly to the Ame:lcan and Dutch merchants, commanding them to sign a bond not to bring British goods of any description lien) that country. In act, our cottons are now as much an article of contraband as our opium. In addition to this, the native authorities are forbidden, under penalty of death, to hold any inter course with the " English barbarians." Superintenden t Elliot's cond uc t i n p ro p os i ng th e r e-opening of the trade pending t'Ae preparations of the Government here to exact oomneersation4 is wholly inexplicable. In fact, since the day e his forcible detention at Canton, the Superintendent ims exhibited in his conduct symptoms of having suffered in his intellect by the insult then offered to him. Before that time he behaved with great firmness, temper, arid de cision on the most trying occasions ; but, from the date o f his being made a prieorer, his vacillations cannot be ac counted for on any re.ional principle. Another ineide'et had occurred, of which the result was locked forward to with some anxiety. The Captains o f two Englis)e vessels having signed the ooiurn bond, were permittee to pass up the river. A British merchant, to %%hone one of them was consigned, attempting to folio , / her in -a boat, was seized by the revenue officers, and sent a pr I.:x.ller to Canton. Superintendent Elliot lost no time in demanding his release from the High Comrniesioner, but no answer was received up to the date of these adviees. In British India the greatest political tranquillity pre vailed. THE EXPEDITION TO CHINA We base jr,st lourned that the expedition to he sent to China t 5 consist of the following troops :—From Bengal her Mak:st3's 21st and 24th regiments : and two regiments f u , &ve infantry ;—from Madras, one regiment of Queen's tr' ups, four of nataire infantry, one regiment of artillery, ar d one of engineers ; from Ceylon, ono regiment tt iQueen's troops, total 10 regiments, General Sir R. Arbuthnot, Commander-in-Chief at Ceylon, is to com mand the above-mentioned force ; and Generals Oglander srd W alker ar e to have divisions.--Bombay Times, Feb. 1. (Frei"-, the Singapore Free Press, January 16th.) By t ) ..e arrival of Vile Isabella Robertson on Tuesday lasr.f , OM Macao the 6th instant, we are put in possession 1 of t'.e Canton Press from 21st December to 4th January. The Commissioner had been pursuin g hi s measures 'mill further for the total exclusi on o f E ng li s h t ra d e ; and among our extracts from the Canton Press will be found an edict prohibiting the transshipment of British goods into any other foreign vessel for the Purposes of importation into Cantrin, and ordaining that a bond be reTaired from every such vessel entering the port, certifying that they do not contain any property ( transshipped from a British vessel, and consenting to the I conixer.tion of ship and carg o , s h ou ld anyt hi ng o f t h e ki n d I be. !ovoid ou board. ()Lir private advices of the 7th January contain inforrna• 1 this of a still more important and decisive nature en this 1 subject I t appears that an edict had been received from the E . .nperor, embodying the Imperial fit in regard to the entice exclusion of the English trade, and confirmatory Gf all Lia a measures in that and other respects. So far, '.nerefore, from being under the displtaiure of the Emperor, degraded several steps in his rank , and on the eve of being superseded, there is unr:4oubteci. evidence of the Commis sioner being still hig)., in h;_s Imperial master's favour, re ceiving new honours at ha ms hand, and likely to continue in the undisturbed poasersion of the same ultimated powers VIM be was intruAtter : a with when he first appearad upon the scene t slr , , Captain - Alliot has made another feeble attempt to induce the . Commissioner to authorize the continuance of our 'legal trade : assuring his Excellency that peace is the desire of his heart, that he feels anxiety and sorro w for " the state of complete cmfusien and dir- i ore.ex matters have come to;" and reminding him that fi x two hundred years " England has enjoyed inter course with the heavenly Dynasty," This is the only fet put forward by Captain Elliot that the Com missionY: admita to be true—and he shows very little . mercy, in his anr,wer, to ille Superintendent's professions of sincerity, an' fixes the • blame of all the confusion and disorder that has ensued upon that functionary himself. But Captain Elliot courts humiliation, and nothing is more cool eon seK-possessed than the manner in which Lin pays him in the, coin he seems to have opened his hand to re- , ceive. If Captain Elliot has been insulted by his impri. Pora . r.ent in the factories, why does he again and again force his entreaties and supplications upon the Commissioner, as, it nothing at all had happened, to be as often repelled 'with contemptuous upbraidings ? Who ever before heard i fof any person in the situation of a national representative, ( coming forward with proposal after proposal to treat with those to whom he was deputed, after he had himself com plained of being imprisonce,, his life threatened, and other injurious treatment? The reports regard'.ng the Commissioner's bad health aro, it seems, no bett er founded than those regarding his alleged degradation. of rank, &c. He was seen by Captain Greig, of the Sunda, and the surviving ship's company of that unfortu.natt 'vessel who had been conveyed to Canton, iu much roo . ge.od health. He treated them to abundance of roasted pig, and other savoury viands, was courteous and 1 affable,, lane. even condescended to laugh on b e i ng t o ld the repora tat had been circulated about his being ill. THE AFFGHANISTAN EXPEDITION. FORT WILLIAM, FEB. 15.—POLITICAL DEPARTMENT.-- The Right Honourable the Governor-General of India in Council is pleased to direct that the subjoined extracts fiom a despatch from Major-General Sir W. Cotton, K. C. 8., dated the 22d ult., of the result of an attack made on the 18th ultimo, by the detachment under his command . on the fortress of Peshoot, shall be published for gcneral'dformation. I b'sd the honour to acquaint your Lordship, in my despatch of the 10th instant, that in consequence of a re gl•.lsition from the Envoy and Minister, I had detached— i - 3 9-Pounders. 1 1 Troop 2d Cavalry. 1 Wing 39th N. I. F.,oth European Regiment. 110 Sappers. A Regiment Shah's Infantry. 1 1 Regiment Shah's Cavalry, 700 strong, under C. N. Christie. Lieutenant-Colonel Orchard, C. 8., of the European regiment, with the force named above, to reduce the firtress of Peshoot, distant about 50 miles N. N.E., and endeavour to capture or dislodge a refractory chief, who had, with a body of armed followers, established himself th,ereir. I big leave to forward for your Lordship's perusal a desp -, tcit I yeserday received from Lieut.-Colonel Orchard, by woieh I am sorry to observe that, notwithstanding 4 lorg and steally attack upon the gateweer, which was repre sented to the 'Lieut.-Colonel as the only assailable point, yet, owing to the inelenacney of the weather (though the outer gate: was demolished by the fire of the nine-pounders, and the bags of powder were twice laid against the inner one), yet from the heavy rain they totally failed in the object received, awl the troops were obliged to be r:•cailed ( ny the Lieut.-Colonel, whc,, I regret to state, suffered a 4 severe loss, having .had 65 killed and wounded ; and amongst the latter, Lieutenants Coalmen of the 37th, and Hi c k s , Mei regiment. Akin, tl. attack was unfortunately not successful against the gate, yet the effect showed itself by the enemy evacuating the fort of Peshoot, and also that of Kelake on ; he o'her side of the river, a short time after the troops had retired. HERAT. —Letters from Candabar assure us that an ex pedition against Herat is 1 meditated, li and that preparations are making to take the field in . . ren. An accessi on o f stren'th is locked fur from the Bombay provlnces.-- , Englishman, Feb. 8. --- INDIAN COMMERCIAL AND SHIPPING IN TELLIGENCE. CouncilE o..,FamTbau.r—gh The Bombay Price Current of February 29 says— OBSERVANCE . 0 ----- CZ " Our market presents a more discouraging asp-ct than at irle in the ToWn 7Tii any farmer period. The scarcity of homey which is now In , I,k.formporotihoinbitwinags felt tervis to add to the depressiun. There is, however, all funerals on Sundays, excepting for one hour, between so little variation in the state of m-oi v articles from that I one and two o'clock. The motion wa3, - -nerly re t. escribed in our last month's report, that we have rcprinte I jetted, by a majority of thirteen to e1a , ..;.,. . In the several of them, as the remarks equally applV t() tile pist cou rse of the discussion, one of th e members of the state of our mark e t as t h ey did to that of the b• 2 period they Council gave an admirable illustration of the religion of first described. W e must wait a long time, we fear, be- some of these Pharisees, who think they m ay b rea k a ll fore the trade with China is resumed, and so iocg will i commandments—even the most sacred, the :h . d OUr general trade su ff er." The following arcfurther the co u• the second. —Mr. if they only observe i i quotations:— " he had been informed by the gravediggers that they COUNTRY PRODUCE COTTON.—The new crop is c om i ng • ' cared very little for going to church, and were quite in in small parcels. We learn some purchases of atDholerawilling to work on Sundays, provided they had additional 98 to 100 and of Broach at 110. There is, however, payment. In the course of one of his conversations more to meet the wants of vessels waiting for cargo. Recorder came up, and, accosting one Orton.—Owing to the high prices ruling cotta sale, prices here have advanced per e , at the Cal- of to about. 660 ro ~ • with the men, the them, said , chest. Shipments are in progress Pearl. pe" the Sabbath . quantity now remaining in the place is per The 7,626 chests. 'd 6 D—n you, Jock, would ye desecrate ro' This was a fact." ' Howard pa Mr. Philip . , . aired off on Friday• night for an inquiry into the opera- THE PRODUCE OF SCINDE. in favour of Mr. Villiers motion ' h Mr. Wadham Wyndham, M.P., tion of the Corn-laws, wit WooL. —Owing to the high rate of freight to England or Salisbury. • • d the ISuffolk wool has been accumu . la*in. , ' in im or - ers' r : . . P - hands. and I Prince Albert, last week, visited prices have undergone, : e considerthic decline, the inquiry ' street Gallery, purchased one of Mr. J. Allen's Landscapes. y, and F fiiE S"TiVI LONDON. MONJIA y, APRIL 6, 1840. for Meekran being limited at 120 rupees to 125 rupees NAVAL AND MILITABY COMMISSION. per candy. UNITED SERVICE GAZETTE • 'sumo (Scinde).-ladigo continues in fair inquiry, , EXTRAORDINARY. and the advance lately established has been maintained. The The ENTIRP REPORT ef the 1 . /A - VAL 'arid W CHINA AND STRAITS' PRO M " farNMiSSION preaented on FRIDAY NIGHT to the 1. • CARDAMOMS.-We have no e artin"e I. ' L 0 not,ce h l HOUSE of COMMONS, is this day published in a Supple s rnent to the United Service Gazette, price 7d: prices of either the sh . e . - „t t s a Orders received by all Booksellers and Newsmen; and at and 27 rupees, per tolun s , the office of the United Service Gazette; No: 1; Craneseottet; i'rrn e E of - European market 3 w is h : ga ip s ; :c i n o lno n l F rawtee Vieet-street. SUGAR.- No China sugar, excepting a small 'quantity - q a u to o e l l e a of at the 3B of PiagfA, has vet come into market. Two cargoes have arrived from Manilla, which are reported to have teen sold at 4 6 and 4 rupees per maund, Several considerable ina portations of Siam have also taken place w ithin the month, the market having opened at 6 4 rupeetiaer maund, and afterwards declined to 5 15 1 rerrees, which was rather down the 'present currency. erigal is held at 22 to 26 rupasza per bag, with a Vabderate stock. EUROPEAN GOCiDS.-PIECE GooDS.--StOcks the place are considerable, and there is every appearance of a large accumulation before the monsoon. ),PETALS Stocks of the various kinds arc by no means heavy, and the imports have been on a moderate sc i ale; yet, owing to the scarcity of money, prices in general Atete given way. THE MONEY MARKNT.--EXCHANGE..-- tillE On London to some amount have been sold at to per rupee. FREIGHTS. -Very little is ta been done in freights lately, Rates seemed stationary:at Si. We., till within the Int two days, when engae'ments to London have be:l . :a entered into at 4/, 10a, 1 traing principally to flee Lircession of ton nage and u 0 great quantity of else hew crop of cotton yet having tone to market. The following shiom - sere loading : -Atalanta, a ttentYter, BuckinghamstdoC, ornwall, Lady East, Geteral Palmer, Reliance, ti . rania, Rothchild, Lancaster, Progress, Han nah, Sir W. Willem Pearl, Cersais, Puthool Vuhab, Sir H. Compton, Fort Wittiarn. The following were the arrivals since February 12 :- Hannah, John William Dare. Ganges, Het!. Company's suraeying - brig Palinurus, Kate, Colsetel Newell, Agnes packet, Singapore packet. Th e f a llowing were the `tSpartures :-lion. Company's cutter Margaret, Futenh Salem, Hon. Company's cselter Nsrbuddah, HOO, 'Company's steamer Vienslits, Company's iteala steamer Comet. The rKeeunts from Madras to the 19th of February. The Cotton market wee 'still bare, and the transactions in avl.igo had been re) a small extent. For European articles there was a great wa:t. of dernand. Bills on London were in request, and freight had advanced in consequence of the dsinarel for tonnage on the part of Government to transport troops to England. For the 13th Dragoons passage had been engaged at 26/. per head. From Calcutta the date is the 17th of February. Freight had also risen there from the same cause, In cotton little was doing, but some business had ta.h place in raw silk, which was previously very Inactive. Much speculaticti was going on in opium, owing to the favour able account cf the sales on the e 'niece had risen 150 rupees 9 :,t coast of China , and per chest. Ot exchange optratiena it is stated. `;,tat as soon as it t•ras understood the Company ‘. , iere• about to 4t out an expedition against China, it was feareal they would stop advanc ing . rAt goods, consevartilly every person sent whatever produce they had to the warehouse, to profit by the Company's kw rate before such au event took place. Prtvetu exchange during this paniC was as high as 2. 2/ for undoubted hills, with and without security, but, contrary to expectation, 3 peco rata;,ctatinn,(t.hz,ooo,) Company i did not discontinue, and even a to the original sum, which would he sufficient till the end of the " commercial year," there fare the exchange had again declined, and the quotation for ;Igency bibs at ten months was 2. 1 to 2. 14. The following vessels had arrived at Calcutta from the 10th of Januery to the 15th of February :-January 14, the Lady l's; January, 18, the Atrevida, the Edinburgh, and the croon ; January 20, the Mountstuart Elphinstone and the Marius ; January 21, the John Calvin ; January 22, the Bouthsook, the Eugenia, and the John Hayes; Jan. 23, the Seymour; January 25, the St. George, the Sir Robert Peel, the Indus, and Le Gauge; January 27, the Earl Grey ; January 29, the Cambria, the Frederick Warren, the Viscount Melbourne, and the Richmond ; January 30, the Repulse ; January 31, the Exmouth and the Walmer Castle; February 1, the Zenobia, the Bland, and the Telegraph ; February 3, the Elvira ; February 5, the Shep herdess and the Sabine ; February 7, the Defiance; Februara 8, the Thomas Granville, the Marian, - the Ma tilda, and the Mass; February 9, the Lady of the Lake; February 10, the Windermere ; Febru-sy 11, the Pondi- Cherry, the Robert Surccuf, the Theseus, and the Glen swilly ; February 12, the Superbe. The following were the departures within the same pe riod :•-January 10, the Sumatra; January 11, the Endora and the Samuel Baker; January 13, the Duke of Bedford and the Petite Nancy ; January 15, the Pilote, the Co lombo, and Mobile: January 16, the Jessie Logan; Ja ntury 19, the Madagascar, the William Jardine, and the Dauntless ; January 24, the Maidstone and the Eari of Hardwicke; January 25, the Cato ; January 26, the Lord Hungerford ; January 29, the Imogcn and the Intrepid ; January 31. the Duke of Lancaster; Februrry 2, the Lord Lowther; February 3, the Edward Robinson and the Ro salind ; February 5, the London and the Robert Small ; February 7, the Scotia ; February 8, the Balguerie ; February 9, the Mo,gol ; February 10, the Diane and the Ceres. TO THE ARMY AND NAVY. THE ENTIRE REP' )RT of the NAVAL and 'MILITARY COMMISSION presented on Fri day night to the House of Commons, will he published To moxitow as a SUPPLEMENT to the UNITED SERVICE JOURNAL for APRIL. The Report occupies nearly one hundred closely-printed pages. Price 2s. henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Orders received by all Booksellers. IRELAND awl ITS CIVIL WARS 1 By CAPTAIN ROCK. N'oVs Publishing in " CLEAVE'S PENNY GAZETTE," I rhe History of the Civil Wars in Ireland, from the Invasion under Henry Plantagenet till her Union with Great Britain, including a number of interesting Biographical Sketches, with Notes, satirleal and historical. Irishmen, and all interested its tht Me of Ireland, are earnestly invited to read the history bf our " Sister Island." London : Cleave, Shoe-lane, Fleet-street ; and all Book. sellers and Newsmen. II AUSTRIA MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA having AUTHORISED arid GUA RANTEED several DISTRIBUTIONS a acid, PREMIUMS, which (thouah thq it* NO LOTTERIES) 7frer many possibilities of übt;lnl t v, 1 ...,;LRGEF017T1.7.1 , Eq, HEINE BROTHER.S, PAM BUlldii, are NOW SELLING SHArtES for Said DISTRIBU T lONS. Persons desirous tO \int chase, mv, e i 1 PP IL. VIO US to giving art:v order; the,PPOPtU i uS and PAR TICULARS, upon iddr99i4 WITHOUT DELAY, a line HEINE, BROTHERS, at HANIBURGH , - O,—THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains Portions bt TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND, FIVE THOUSAND, TWO THOUSAND, ®NE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND , EIGHT FIUNDRED, SIX HUNDRED , FI VE HUN DRED, THREE HUNDRED, TWO HUNDRED AND mrty, TWO HUNDRED, ONF, HUNDRED AND FIF'T'Y, ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY, ONE HUN DRED AND TEN, and ONE HUNDRED POUNDS, &c. &a., amounting to £134,990 Sterling. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MADAME VEST RI& THIS EVENING, APHID 6. Will be repeated Colley Cibber's Comedy of THE DOUBLE GALLANT; OR, THE SICK LADY'S CURE. Sir Solomon Sadlife, Mr. W. Farren ; Atall, Mr. Chas. Mathews ; Careless, Mr. G. Vandenhoff; Clerimont, Mr. J. Vining ; Lady Dainty, Mrs. Walter Lacy ; Lady Sadlife, Mrs. Nisbett ; Clarinda, Madame Vestris; Wishwell, Mrs. Orger. After which, the New Divertisement, entitled LEE CHAMPS ELYSEES. The Characters by Master W. Smith (pupil of Mr. Oscar Byrne), Miss Fairbrother, Miss Ryalls, Mrs. Gibson, Miss S Kendal, NE' E. Kendal, Messrs. C. J. Smyth , Ridgway, Gib son, &e. &e. To conclude with THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. Captain Macheath, Mr. W. Harrison ; Peachum, Mr. W. Farren ; Lockit, Mr. Bartley ; Filch, Mr. Harley ; Mrs. Peachum, Mrs C. Jones ; Polly Peachum, Miss Rainforth; Lucy Lockit, Madame Vestris. Dress Boxes, is. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d. ; First and Second Circles, ss. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price, 25. • Gallery, Is. Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to commence at Seven o'Clock. Tickets and pia( s 3 for the Boxes to be taken at the Box-of ce, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had upon application. Private Boxes to be had ssolely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller, 167, New Bond-street. Open every night at half-past 7. and close proceedings at 9. Mrs. Fitasmith (the Chairwoman), Mrs. Stirling. 7o be followed by THE TWO GREENS. J. Green, Esq., 11r. F. Vining ; J. Grecn,lEsq., Mr. Wild, After which, (fifth time), the New and Original Drama (b: the author of the Ladies' Club), called GW YNNETH VA UGH AN. Gwynneth Vaughan, Mrs. Stirling ; Owen Williams, Mr. Baker ; Evan Pritchard, Mr. Hell. Boxes, 4s. Pit, 2s. Gallery, Is. Second. Price immediately after the Ladies Club. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY DEAL, APRIL 4.—Wind N • R.—Sailed the Chieftain, Clark, for Swan River ; Asia, Patterson, Calcutta ; King William, Thomas, Sydney ; St. George, Heaton, ditto ; Ti acle, Plewes, Quebec Coriolanus, Smith, ditto ; V olusia, Finlayson, ditto ; and Beaufort, Brown, ditto. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL b.—Wind N. to W.N.W.--Arrived the Ceres, Scudder; from New York ; and Ace of Trumps, Lidstone, St. Michael's. Sailed the Wellington, Chadwick, for New York; and Equivalent, Miller, Quebec. PLYMOUTH, APRIL s.—Wind N.N. E.—Sailed the Town ley. for Quebec; and Nestor, Smith, ditto. WEYMOUTH, APRIL s.—Sailed the George Welsford, Fow ler, for Quebec. DARTMOUTH, APRIL 4.—Arrived the Harriet Nash , Sto kes, from St. Michael's. Sailed the Emerald, Irons, for Miramichi ; Amethyst, ditto, Buckingham, Quebec; and Active, Wilcox, Newfoundland. FALMOUH, APRIL 4.—Wind N.N.E., fresh breezPs.— Arrived the Ann, Murray, from Bombay ; Royal Tar steamer, Brooks, Gibraltar, left the 26th ult., Cadiz the 27th, Lisbon the 30th, Oporto the 31st, and Vigo the Ist inst. Sailed the Crane packet, for the West Indies; and Skylark packet, Hali fax. Off port the Childe Harold, Willis, from Bombay. • BRISTOL, APRIL s.—Arived the Union, Jenkinson, from Odessa. Sailed the Albion, Hick, Robert Watson, Elliot, and Bolivar, Taylor, for Quebec. BRISTOL CHATTEL—Arrived the Terrific, from New York. GLOUCESTER, APRIL s.—Sailed the Speculation, Pope fer Quebec. CARDIFF, APRIL 4.—Sailed the Cora, Griffiths, for New York ; Harmony, Robins, Palermo. DUBLIN, APRIL 4.—Sailed the Cousi„s, Bengal, Quebec. KINGSTOWN, APRIL 4.—Arrived the] Lady Gordon, Tur ner, for Sierra Leone. Cosa, APRIL 3.—Off port the Java,'Pickering, from Ma nilla. Sailed the Cleofred, Robertson, for St. John's, New Brunswick ; Clifton, Besson, for Now York. SUNDERLAND, Aram 3.—Sailed the Mazeppa, Middleton, for Miramiclai ; Veracity, Quebec. SHIELDS, APRIL 4.—Sailed the Scio, Donaldson, Don, Thomson, Ajax, --, Caves, Venus, Symmetry, Dale, Fair Isle, Mills, Ann, Sharp, Britannia, Dale, Marjorey, Brothers, Davidson, Woolsington, Pearson, and Xenophon, Tate, all fer Quebec. Hutt, APRIL 4.—Sailed the William and Ann, Pearson for Quebec; Harmony, Willis, ew York; Sir E. Hamilton Sundy, ditto ; Zephyr, May, liramichi. k4- 1 1 ' )Og LONDON: MONDAY, APRIL 6, 1849. tenth of the opium at Lintin whole principle of th e law. Had the number fiSecl upon amounted :only to the whole-tramaction would have OSSOtte%l the appear abc'e' of a Conifiranthie tas litlPfietie4 to be exceggivg, placing it out of the power set the iieritn6 cure such a quantity of op ium, without pledging thii credit of a foreign Government, it can only be viewed ih the light nt an attempt upon the lives of the unfortu nate persons then in the poWer or thf= Clovernor, For suppose that instead of the twenty thousand and tfil'e wards chests of opium demanded not half that number could be obtained, is it to be doubted that the whole of the foreigners at Canton would have suffered the hor rors of a lingering death ? Most assuredly every man of them would have perished. The very circumstance of lAN having fixed upon ti,c delivery of a certain quantity of opium, is clearly fatal to all that is assumed here about the right of en forcing custom-house regulations. From the instant the number of chests was named the whole affair was one of piracy. If he was entitled to seize a single catty be was equally entitled, and it was his duty, to have seized every ounce of opium within the entire extent of his juris diction. The hostages Wbuld hare been held only to gna rantee to his officers the safe right of search, and seizure of the contraband comm odit y . But Lig did not so miteh as insist upon any search. He merely fixed the fillantity or Optiiti to be delivered up, and appointed a place at a distance from the smuggling craft for its de fiver), to Chinese dicers: He even consented to give ?eceipis for it, and o!ercd to compound the seizure by giving a few pounds of tea in exchange for every chest ci opiumNost'i With these facts staring him in the theie a that in the noise of Commons who has the hardihood to assert that this is a question of simple de/ claim the right of doing ? CetittiPand, and that the Chinese Government only did rance, for ex ample, seizing upon the what Only u m r i7 p i e n a e n n F a persons of all foreigners in Paris, with the Earl of GitAaithlt, British Ambassador, at their head, and confining thorn Vilibutit settrinte, food, or water till the Government would have &Mitred up to it so many elialitrons of British stntiggled coals=--ittittgine Lord GRANVILLE purchasing the teittifed torantity of coals to obtain the personal liberty o f the foreigners and himself-- and imagine, in conclusion, a Member of the House of Commons defending the conduct of France as eri,irelY justifiable, and a perfect idea will be formed of the con duct of China and the patriotism of Sir Lute Grua- HAM and his friends. In the case we have supposed the analogy is perfect, both as regards China and as re= lates to the Tories. I But, as a last resource, the Tories invoke what they I have ever been the foremost to trample upon, the claims of humanity. The Chinese, they assert, are not a war like people, and to make war upon them is only to but cher the defenceless. If the Chinese be not a warlike people, it is not for want of abundance of fighting. Tracy who know not this have yet to open their history. Perhaps in no empire in the world has there been more blond shed. But if they be not now a warlike people. it will be all the better both for themselves and for us. Our squadrons have not been sent to their waters to shed blood, but to enforce regard to the rights of other nations, and to obtain redress for wrongs wantonly in. flitted upon British subjects. No blood will be de manded, and we are confident that not a drop will be stied if due reparation be promptly offered to the offended dignity of Great Britain. Not content with slandering Ministers, the Tories assail with envenomed calumMes the characters of our soldiery, naval and military. Be fore a shot is fired, their organs try to rob our breve troops of the prospective glory of conquest, by repre s.,nting the enemy as weak and defenceless. We defy the greatest enemy of England to have recourse to a calumny more injurious to the public service, or more calculated to destroy the spirit of our troops than to anticipate the consequences of a war at the eve of its commencement, by representing victory as inglorious and defeat as infamous. When the Duke of WEL LINGTON so confidently prophesied the failure of the Cabool expedition from the combined effects of Seikh valour, and the difficulties of an unexplored route in a hostile country, the prophecy of so great a warrior, added, by its failure, to the glory of the gallant army commanded by Sir JOHN KEANE. But so gencro es an opposition as this, which gives men prepared to shed their blood at the command of their country, a chance at least of cove-ing themselves with wkat the soldier calls glory, and which is ever his most agreeable reward, is not congenial to the base nature of Toryism. To get up a paltry opposition to the Government, they scruple riot, by implication, to represent our army as at once cowardly and cruel—for only the cowardly and the cruel could be supposed capable of butchering a naked and defenceless people. The people of England will know how to appreciate at its proper worth a line of conduct so infarneus. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MR. BUTLER. THIS EVENING the Entertainments will commence with THE GENTLEMAN IN BLACK. Peter Punctilio, Mr. Jones ; Mr. Frank Forage, Mr. Wild. Sixth Week of THE LADIES' CLUB, established at this ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Last Week of the Season. THIS EVENING, APRIL 6, Will be presented Row•e's Tragedy of JANE SHORE. Lord Hastings, Mr. Saville ; Dumont, Mr. H. Hughes; loster, Mr. Neville; Jane Shore, Miss Grant ; Alicia, Mrs. Vining. • To conclude with, ALICE GRAY, THE SUSPECTED ONE. The Charaoters by Messrs. Saville, .Smith, Suter, Ileslop, Johnson, Mrs. Vining, Miss Martin, &c. The Revenue Account's for the quarter and the year will be found in another place. Notwith standing the Corn-laws, the nation has happily not yet commenced a downward career. The whole . increase, of the: year, however, is only 243,9091., sbowing,'when the rapid increase in previous years 1 is remembered, which enabled• successive Chancel lors of the Exchequer to reduce taxation, a de creasing power, we are afraid, in the spring of ma- NRW STRAND THEATRE. SHOOT the WIZARD of the NORTH, Impossible ! ! Public patronage is the great proof of merit, and if this be admitted, then the patronage received by the Wizard of the North stamps his exertions with an identity that proclaims to the world his wonderful Necromantic powers—he is the ONLY INVULNERABLE WIZARD. On MONDAY, and every evening during the week, he will exhibit his Cabalistic Wonders of seeming-supernature, concluding with his original and indefinable DELUSION, which will prove his apparent Invulnerability, without danger to himself or his audience. Doors open at Half-past Six ; commence at Hall-past Seven ; and terminate at Eleven. Boxes, 2s. 6d. ; Second Price, Is. 6d. Pit, is. 6d. ; Se. eond Price, Is. ional prosperity. The principal source of increase in the year is n the Customs—the Excise, the test of the welfare ne people, having only increased 40,9651. HAM WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TIP-MORROW. 31erning 27, minutes atter 5 1 Evening 55 minutes after 5. The Publication of the Evening Edition of Tnz Sul( com menced at 20 minutes after Three. 74..4 ? . „„ The Jesuits are not the only description of persons obnoxious to the charge of inculcating the detestable maxim that " the end justifies the means." The op ponents of the Government upon the Chinese question, and particularly the Tories, not only inculcate it with respect to themselves, but impudently assume it as a de fensible maxim of Chinese policy. Thus, when it is urged against the Chinese authorities that they violated by forcible arrest the sacred person of an Ambassador — for Superintendent ELLIOT appeared at Canton in that capacity—that they had recourse, in enforcing Custom. house regulations, to the barbarous and inhuman expe dient of seizing and threatening to starve a community of foreigners of all nations without respect to actual guilt or innocence ; that they fixed the exact amount of property which must be delivered up to save the lives of the persons seized—thus, in one case dooming them to inevitable death in the event of an equal quantity not being to be found, and in the other falling short of the actual execution of their own interpretation of the laws, had an hundred times the quamity of opium demanded been on board the receiving-ships at Lintin—when these grave charges, we repeat, are urged against the Chinese, the Tories in the true spirit of the Jesuitical maxim, cry nut, " Shall not the Chinese be allowed to enforce :he law against smuggling ? Is it for us to presume to dic tate to an independent nation what branches of coin t merce it must encourage, and what only it must pro hibit ? The Chinese Government has a right to pro hibit the importation of any commodity it chooses. It has thought fit to prohibit the traffic in opium ; of that prohibition our merchants have had due notice ; and shall we go to war with China for en forcing a law which we must admit her clear right to enact and which was . known to all the world ?" Now the British Government does not quarrel with China for prohibiting the opium traffic. Lord PALMERSTON stated in the House of Commons—Super intendent ELLIOT proclaimed at Canton, the perfect right of the Emperor of CHINA to declare the imports. tion of any article of foreign growth or manufacture contraband, and of course to enforce under the usual penalties any law regularly promulgated to that effect. But to establish such a right it would be incumbent on the Emperor to be in a condition legally and regularly to enforce it. No nation would suffer him to take hostages to supply the want of a coast guard. No nation having the least respect for its own dignity would submit to have the Representative of its Sovereign forcibly made one of such hostages. Neither would any nation having the slightest regard to the principles of international justice tolerate the monstrous assumption that such hostages might be legally starved to death in the event of a breach of custom-house laws which his Celestial MAJESTY had no other means of enforcing. These grando p t 0 to otbs e s a i rbi j e A t m o E c a GompirteArnmd, and and y t e he tthToe they y ri a s af r ea . - thousand times more obvious, a thousand times more important in a mercantile and international point of view, than any which induced that crzy l ag bigot GEORGE 111. to carry on a thirty years' a ar ainst France. Let us examine more nearly the monstrosities of the single enormity of the opium seizure. When Governor LIN had the whole European community in his power did he threaten to starve them to death unless the whole of the opium was delivered up? By no means. The Governor settled the precise number of chests of opium upon the delivery o f which they would be restored to liberty. His duty clearly was, in having recourse to such a babarous means of enforcing the law aga inst smuggling, to insist upon every chest being given up, whether they amounted to one hundred and one hundred 1 millions. By fixing a number he at once abandoned the we de not intend to dissect all Sir ROBERT'S fallacies, we shall at once offer some remarks on his speech. 1 1 , attemnted to refute the assertion that the '7' i 4 the derangement of the ffr,fnzirt‘,mt 'IRO caner M oney yirnt.k6ii tt showing tn... . , at other times, f and according to the OPinOti 4. other ge,:_.lemen, other causes had produced a similaf effect; No -1;;;Ily before him, surely, ever supposed, beaddte the Bank of England had , in 1837 and 1838, caused derangement by its bad management, that the positive fact of a large exportation of gold in 1838 and 1839 to buy corn could be doubted, or was not injurious ? That fact is cer tain ; and if a bad season in 1825 and 1826 had then made a similar exportation necessary, it would have aggravated all the evils the Bank then ex , perienced, and brought about that stoppage the Bank then only dreaded. A more miserable attempt to disguise the truth, so far as the in fluence of the Corn-laws on the Currency goes , we I never witnessed. On two points we think, and so does the Morning Herald (which is consistent in its errors) on one, that Sir ROBERT completely threw the landlords overboard. Ile expatiated on the advan tage of trade and manufactures, and declared that this country owed her rank amongst the nations to li r commerce and manufactures. Against that doc trine the Herald protests, and declares that the country would be greater without foreign trade than with it. Sir ROBERT PEEL said that the best friend the landowner had was the manufac turer, Such language is gall and w o rmwood to I those who have defended the extortion of the land lords on the ground of the superior utility and pre-eminent importance of the landed interest. Those who have mustered long columns of figures, to demonstrate that agriculture was alone deserving. of national protection, were outraged by Sir Ito- BERT PEEL embracing the philosophical doctrine that the empire is maintained in its high station, a„:1 great Value given to its land, by commerce and Ma,;).llaCi Ureg. M A it eta: still More unkind in'him to expatiate on the vaitie and u::.!its,' of free trade. 'rile prin- Ciple of A total repeal be he perfectly under stood. 4 , it vas a magnificent b :heme for intro countries ducing into otlf itAefebu i rst with foreip: that principle which otiglh ttel inguenee us in w ir dealings with our neighbours, and With private fa mines, and which ought to direct the itileicoutse . of a Feat country within he own dominions." 50 aid the Right Hon: Baronet speak of free trade, wilier; is the aversion and teircrr of the great bulk of his Corn-law friends. But thtti he went on, with a most infirm judgment, to question the wisdom of applying that principle to this country in its , ar. tificial relations. The principle would he tin ,, deserving the name were it not established by the universal testimon) of men through a long period. He acknowledged that principle, and then he set up against it his own petty fears and doubts. What, if he were to say, "1 am eon vinced of the great criminality of theft ; I admire the magnificent scheme of allowing every man to enjoy his own ; t aclinit the duty of the Legisla ture to protect him in its enjoythent ' s but we have been so long accustomed to plunder - tse another, our artificial relations are in eonsequened Fyteome so peculiar and so numerous, the interest of the thieves is so great, that I doubt the wisdom of en forcing the principle of honesty." In truth, that is what the Right Hon. Baronet did express, He did homage to th' magnificent principle of eiith man having his own, and doing what he likes with his own—the principle of free trade amongst indivi duals, but he refused to enforce it on the landlords, of whom he is one. Now, when we find Sir R. PEEL so divided against himself, and divided from his Corn-law friends and supporters, and when they acknowledge, and we know, that without his aid they afc power less, that he alone can muster any show of argu ments in the House of Commons to make their cause look respectable--for the peevish non sense and angry vituperation of Messrs. GALLY KNIGHT, ORMSBY GORE, HARCOURT, VER NON, and Co. would degrade a good cause, and ruin a bad one—when Sir R. PEEL is proved to be both morally and statistically in error, we quite agree with the Delegates, that their cause has gained much by the debate, and must triumph at o distant' day. A pamphlet, entitled ‘-‘ Christian Reasons Qf a Member of the Church of England for being a .liVormer, has been lately published by LONG MAN and Co. It is from the pert of Mr. Ross D. MANGLES, Esq., a gentleman of whotti know nothing but this, that he has done some ser vice to the Church of which he is a member, as well as to the cause of Reform, by the liberal prin ciples which he sets forth and inculcates on his fellow-Churchmen in this brochure. One of the main causes of the great and increasing unpopu larity of the Church of England is the rooted hostility to improvement, of every description anti degree, which she uniformly manifests. She acts as if she were under the conviction that her safety depends upon an unprogressive state of society, as if she felt that every advance in knowledge—every step in civilization, and every consequent amelioration in the national institutions, rendered her position more and more dangerous. She is therefore hated by the bulk of the people exactly in proportion to the spread of intelligence, and the desire of improve ment among them. They find her standing in their way wherever they turn. If the Government of the country, in the faithful discharge of its duty, proposes a plan for the education of the people, the Church interferes and defeats it. If the people of Ireland demand equal rights and privileges with those of England and Scotland, it is the Church atone that refuses them justice; and if money is to be abstracted from the pockets of a half-starved and miserable population, the Church is sure to have her fingers in before all others. The opprobrium which is thus brought upon the State religion, the author of the pamphlet before us feels, and strives to convince those who " sup port the Church" in her present course of action, that they are neither her friends, nor the friends of that Gospel which she professes to teach. The views which he holds are sound, and he unfolds them with a moderation of language, and in a chastened tone of remonstrance, which add greatly to the effect on the mind of the reader. . _ ,s, however, satisfactory to observe that the increase in the last quarter is 88,4851., there having been a considerable decrease in the quarter ending sth January. The decrease in the Post.office for the year is 301,000/., of which 272,0001. is on the last quarter, and 29,0001. on the three preceding quarters. It will be seen, by referring to the Tables, that there was, in each of those quarters, a falling-off in the Postage revenue—so that it had begun to decline before the late alteration. This circumstance, as well as the general slackness of business, and necessary want of enterprise caused by our deranged currency and our hampered trade, should be taken into consideration to form a correct opinion of the success of the scheme. Moreover, it ought not to be forgotten that the in complete manner in which it has, as yet, been carried into effect, interferes much with its success. There is yet a want of envelopes, the Post-office is shut up an hour earlier than formerly, and means to facilitate sorting and delivery are yet much required. When these shall be established, as no doubt they will be, the postage will not be a declining part of the revenue, and we wish we could augur as much for branches of it which are much more important. On the whole, we cannot say that we see any indication in these Revenue returns of that rapidly growing prosperity which ought to be the result of the never-ending toils, and increasing skill and knowledge, of the people. The Government, how ever, is not to blame for the slowness of the national progress, and the smallness of the rewards received by enterprise and toil. The fault lies with that re strictive legislation, mis-called protective, which, like so many ligatures round the limbs and the body of man, cause unsightly swellings in one place, wastings in another, and general debility and general disease in the system. It appears by a letter inserted elsewhere in our paper that persecution is doing its work on poor JOHN THOROGOOD. He is sinking fast under the effects of a rigid confinement in a pestilential dungeon, and will in all probability soon cease to be a living monument of the rapacity, the cruelty, the more than Pagan spirit of intolerance which, it is now impossible to deny, characterize the Anglican Church. The sacrifice of the life of this martyr for conscience sake is 'what his clerical tormentors have all along been aiming at. They know that he will not recant. They know that he will not acknowledge their impious claim to interpose be tween man and his Maker in matters of religion, They are well persuaded that as long as he lives he will set them and all their attempts to overbear the dictates of his conscience at utter defiance, and therefore it is that they are, above all things, an I xious to have him out of the way. For while life remains to him he is a standing evidence of their iniquity—a witness testifying to all the world against the State-established corruption of Christi anity which calls itself the Church of England. But what a picture does the writer of the letter give of the moral feelings of the High Church party in the locality where this scene of lingering torture, worthy of the Inquisition in its palmiest days, is going on I So venomous is the hostility, so deadly the hatred entertained by the parson of Chelmsford and the Tories of that town towards the man whom they have injured, that were the money which has been raised to make some sort of compensation to his Wilily for the ruin of his business to he laid out in stocking, a shoo with goods in his name, every human being that went into that shup to purchase Would be marked fur persecution in some shape or other ! Such is Church-of-England Christianity in the eighteen hundred and fortieth year of the Christian era. The derision given by Mr. GREGORIE, on Thursday last, at Queen-square Police-office, a s reported in The Sun on Friday, appears to us a very extraordinary one. To the consumers of coals in the metropolis and its neighbourhood, the consequences of this decision must be of consider able importance, and their immediate attention to the subject may be expected. The merits of the case lie in a nutshell. mi. TUCK, a coal tiler ' chant, was summoned by Lord LISTOWEL for having sent coals defic►ent in we►ght, and the fact THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY CORN EXCHANGE. The past week's arrivals of all sorts of English Grain were moderate, of Irish Oats good, and of Flour fair. The fresh supply moderate. The finest parcels of Wheat readily obtained last week's rates, and other sorts sold slowly at former prices. Fine Barley scarce, and rather dearer ; middling qualities dull in sale. In Beans and Peas no alteration. Oats of good quality supported their value, tender descriptions met a dull sale. In the Flour trade no variation. PRICES ON BOARD or SPIV Wheat, Red (old) 60s. 745. Beane, 5ma11(new).........441.411s White (old) 66s. 82s. (old) --Red l&39) 56e. 63s - Tick (new) 36s 38.. Fine C Is. 6474. -- (old) ... 425.44 s ---- Superfine CB5. 736. ---- Harrow (new)......3£35.404. --- White (1839) 62s. 60s. ------ Fine 68s. '72s. Brank --5....-5. -- Superfine 745. 7S. Oats, Feed ...•• --e.--s. ----- Foreign free 60a. 846. ----- New As.27s Ryr 465. 40s. - Poland -5.--s. Barley 305.38. - New 266.288. --- Grinding 305. 565. - Potatoe 295.325. ---- Malting 38. 46e. -- -- xrd , iw Malt 565. 65s Scotch 3 0 ,.325. ---- Fine New lids. 745. - Irish .208. ...248.261. Pease, Grey, New 365. 336. Flour Town (per sac k).... 586.615„ -- Maple New . ::.iis. 425. -- Seconds 545.565. -. White 28s. 40s. - North Country.... 505 52!„ -. Boilers 405. 42,.. Bran 12:.13e. 2,F51 qrs.' 5,31 0 'I r , . ARRIVALS OF GZIAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST WEKK. English ..• ..... Wheat. Barley. ~at.. , 1 . 7 ,•,. I. 2e2:831531 Ire. i t 6,.82 sack. Irish .....•••••••• 11 . 40 B,fsi2 4,116 1 6,556 . tic F. reign ..... ..... ,- SMITHFIELD. Trade dull, and the supply large, prices gave way consider ably-Beef 2d. to 4d. per stone, Mutton 4d. and 6d., and. Pork pork, 452 d. to ss. Cattle at 2d. Beef, 3 s. 4d. to 45. Po Bd. : Veal, 55. to a nd 6d Mut ton, 3s. 6d. to 4 s. 10d. . c BIL LINGSGATE MARKE T. market-Beasts, 2,875 ; Shee p , 21,410; alves, 72 ; Pigs. 617. Salmon, 2s. 6d. lsot, 6s. C, 25. 6d. to ICis. ; . Mack 'good, and prices were reasonable ; trade fair. Tur lb. ; Lobsters, Is toos. ; Soles, 10d. to 4s. per pair ; \ erel, 4,1. to Sd. ; and Halibut 2s. 6d. to 105. t BERMONDSEY WATERSIDE POTATO MARKET. A large supply and a dull trade, particularly for the inferior 6orts. Prices the same as last week. Trade firmt HOP MARKET. , kit little business doing, and that chiefl y confined to the ch o i ce d escriptions. Prices the same as l a st week. Little done i n t h e S s E e E eI D IN A Tar IA k R et K . EcTlover Seed was agai n offered on terms. Arrivals-806 qrs. tares; reduced 1,272 Linseed; and 1,601 Rape Seed. TALLOW MARKET. This market very quiet, and the price ofPYC 525 • P. . . • , The Stock, 14,800. The Anti-Corn-Law Delegates very propel resolved, on Saturday, that " they are not dis , couraged by the result of the late debate, that they derive new determination, as they find new motives for exertion in all that has occurred—that they feel their various arguments are unanswered, their cause strengthened, and their confidence in ultimate triumph unabated." They accordingly " pledge themselves to one another, and to the nation, not to r e l a x until the mighty g rievance be removed." For both these conclusions we see, and shall state, we think, sufficient reasons. The D e l e gates, who are not so familiar as we are with t h e proceedings of the House of Commons, may not be aware that almost as much may be inferred from the tone and m anner o f Sir ROBERT PEEL as from his matter. Now all who heard him, and who are ac quainted with Parliament, remarked that his tone and manner on Saturday had lost much of that con fidence with which he in general addresses the House. He said indeed, and it was obvious he felt, that the Corn-law question is environtd with difficulties. Few a nd far between, compared to the speech of l ast year, wer e the cheers wh ich he re ceived fro m the Corn-law men. They were as well convinced as we are that he made out no case for them, that, i n fact, he half gave up their cause, and their yells were as much the off spring of a beginning despair as an achieved triumph. In the distinct proof that his speech gave that the present Corn-laws are indefensible, and that he is not, despite his words, heartily disposed to defend them, the Anti. Corn-law men have ample reason to ju s tify t h e i r cont i nue d exertions and their confi dence i n u l t i mate succes s. To a cons id era bl e e xtent the fallacies of Sir R. PE EL ' S speec h were a bly pointed out on Satur day by Mr. E. BAINES, and th at ou g ht now to be frequ ent l y Corn-la w press, t i l l t h e m otion be again brought done by the De le g ates and the Anti _ forward b y M r. V ILLIER S. To show up Sir ROBERT' S ignorance or bad faith, and to harp upon the great fact that the " tyrant majority" (we thank the Tory journals for the phrase) of land owners suppressed the discussion by negativing an adjournment of the debate, should now engage the attention of the "Anti-Corn-law party. Though was proved - by his Lordship's servant, together with 1 MONEY and other facts, implying a consciousness of guilt on the part of the carman, when the case was all at once dismissed by the Magistrate on the ground that a servant is not a witness within the meaning of the Act 1 If this be the law, no time should be lost in altering it ; for unless servants are compe 'ent witnesses in such cases, the public are Almost r I th-o y pt the . mercy of a class of dealers 1/71)0,. ff e riulity streaking, are not distinguished by the fas ''tidiousne3g tiff their morality. The decision it) the case referred to is the more unaccountable, inas- , much as a deficiert;7f of measure was proved by the defendant's own witness. Lisbon Papers of the 30th ult. have arrived, but their contents are unimportant. Nothing was thought of but the elections, which were only to commence on the sth inst. Appearances were in favour of the Mi nisters, who anticipated on the whole returns a consi derable majority. Of the virulence of tbe pro-slavery faction same idea may be formed by the fol lowing address to the electors of Santarem, which was extensively circulated, and placarded on the walls of thAt town : " Portuguese, Setembrists, and Royalists ! The English wish to lay bands upon our as well as their own slaves They ask our lands, and some there are who would give them. He who has any love for his country be on the alert. " Setembrists and Royalists, let us go to the urn ; let us elect men who are Portuguese, who are lovers of the people, and of the good of their country. Our nationality is in danger. War to the overbearing proud English, who send our vessels carrying the ensigns with the five wounds of Christ to the bottom of the sea, and who wish now to sell us to England, and who have robbed us of our money. ni?.tembrists and Royalist., eternal hatred to the c haniarros Jacobins, who have robbed us of the silver and gold of our churches and convents, and it it for this that we pay every day decimas upon decimas I Take care of the ragam 1 ffins of the charter. Vote not with such people; vote for honourable men, who will make laws, who will bring us peace and daily bread." Mosen Renet was renowned for the murders and crimes he had committed. If it is true that this wretch has at la! expired in the very rank.; of his old associates, it is but a dispensation from Providence to place him on a par with the Dount d'Espagne. Letters from Saragossa, of the 28th of March, state— " It is confidently stated that the army is to march upon Mora, in order to blcck up the passage from Catalonia, and thence upon Cantavieja and Morella." Private letters from Osija, frontiers of Catalonia, state that Cabrera had arrested and brought before a Council of War several members of the janta, suspected of having assisted at the assassination of the Count d'Espagne. THIVA, MARCH 16.—Five rebels of Balmaseda's band, seho aeb iarted from Montano, have announced that that • , 0 03 horse and 80 foot soldiess, most of them g 4, et . ,r , 041tu ... , wiaorit arms, vr ,; .. e advancing upon Castile. They stated -ebels vvere carrying on the fortifica. that at %man° the . The leaders . were doing their . tions with much stcsivity. with fresh vigour, but it utmost to inspire the soldiers more than fifty rebels was to vain, for on that day even were on the point of deserting. Such appeals to the worst prejudices PI an ignorant, ferocious mob, we have no baht the Portng;:ese Go vcrnMent will do all in its power to discoowtoOnce• They are far more prejudicial to the Portuguese tltern : selves than they can possibly be to us ; and in trutt: i they are less our enemies than the enemies of Portugal, who either make or countenance them. The Paris Journals of Friday and Saturday have Leen duly received. They publish a mass of local in tehigence, but nothing whatever of the slightest in terest to any English reader. On Friday the Dukes of OaLEAris and D'AUMALE set out for Algiers, to gather the ripe laurels at present within the grasp of the veteran officers who have served for years under the seorehing suns of Africa, their life-blood daily in danger of being drunk by the swords of the Arabs. On the '2 &d inst. the marriage of the Duke de NE tiottO with the Princess of SAXE COBURG GOTHA l!'iM be celebrated at St. Cloud. We have not yet learned how many of the Deputies who refused the dotation ate to be invited to the nuptials. A letter from Algiers, of the 23d of March, contains tie following news—.. • 1, We can no longer depend on the least security beyond the incetediate vicinity of Algiers. Some horsemen who had lately arrived from France, and who had been a cohort ort time from Bledah, had gone, without precaution, toll wood; they were at tacked by about two hundred Ar abs, Vho massacred several of them. " /In equally unhApPY e vent bas just occurred at Dotl6/0. There too Chasseurs, Who bad lately arrived from France, hiving imprudently left the Carnp, were attacked by a nu merous body of Arabs. The g endarmes and the when alley i mme diately hastened to their assistin:ce, but reached the spot, the enem y had carried off a dozen of the Chasseurs. These Arabs were taken on this occasion, and have been brought to the prison at Algiers,' ' A journal says that, according to letters received yer•ter. day at Paris, a part of the French cavalry had been carried off by the Arabs at the distance of four leagues from Algiers, and that at Komba (one league from Algiers) a part of the Foreign Legion, consisting of 67 men, most of them Spania7ds, bad massac red their officers, and deserted to the enemy. , . - - .; ~ . - 130 URSE.—Pwars, SATURDAY, APRIL 4. L first . Hghest Lowest Last Price Price. Price. Price F,eoch 5 per Cents ll3 : - .0 ... 113 :Al ... 113 30 ... 1.3 45 4 per Cents lO2 5,) ... ,c 2 50 ... 10. L rv) ... IN 50 3 per Cents B3 55 . 83 70 ... 83 55 ... 83 03 .::11-A St trance 3175 _3177 cO —317.5 -.3177 50 ! a ffitti jOnk I,ooof. Sll , 1065 —1063 ...1163 -.1 65 5p of. SO 5190 ...5190 —5190 _519,1 B , Igian Bank „„ 5 per Cents ~,,,,,,,,,, 102; ... 10'3 ... 10.2% .., 103 3 per Cents 74 75 ... 74 75 ... 74 75 ... 74 75 01110 .. .. , New Yorit B9 73 ... 89 90 ... 69 7, - ) „, 89 90 outch 2% per Cents 54 ... 544 ... 51 ... 544 pans 2t;.Z ... i'B', ... 2sN „, ~856 Passive 7 N 1 ,. 7 % ••• 7% ... •-, % Portuguese 3 per Cents N .„ 24 ... 24 ... 24 !4ca,litan 11,anati 10414 ... Mna ;,. 104', ... 1444 nt RAILWAY SHAREs . . ,t. Germaltl .. ....... ......, Versailles, ft. B 570 ... 57i ... 506 .., a" 1.13. 1 ,5 „, 2.,11 ... 1 , 55 ... 7447 50 Orleans . !'trasbore to Bale 433 .„ 410 ... 430 ... 425 ttiontpellier to Cette __.......--- "".7! ,---- Madrid Papers of the 28th ult. have reached us. The Address bad been adopted after a well-fought bat tle on the part of the Opposition, in which nothing was gained but the consciousness of having fearlessly done their duty. As for the Ministers they gave themselves very little trouble, relying wholly upon the votes of a packed majority', It was stated that they had agreed to borrow another loan of ten millions of francs, to be sup plied by the House of ROTILSCIIILDS on a new to bacco monopoly contract. The following is the latest news from the Spanish 1 provinces : The prisoners taken at Castellote entered Alcoriza as •he Eco de Aragon; states, on the 27th ale. They were 287 soldiers, 15 officers, one surgeon, one monk, the chap lain, and three women. They were followed shortly slier by 60 wounded. The Governor was Pedro Marco, for• merly a petty shopkeeper at Alcoriza. The courageous defence of the fort excited universal admiration, even among the Queen's troops. Tristany was not the chief of a party, he was only a fe rocious, narrow-minded, sanguinary scoundrel. He was the art ry type of a Spanish monk in the worst sense of the term --viz., as belonging to a Catalonian party which is noted for its cruelty. THE CORN-LAW Divistorc—Many Members paired off on Friday evening from a conviction that no divi sion would take place. Many others stayed away on the same conviction. In fact, there Was a general impres sion amongst the Members, which was justified by the number of persons who intended to speak, that there would be no division on Friday evening. The Tories and the Corn-law men, however, were so eager to put down further discussion, that they departed from the ordinary usage of Parliament, and violated one of those general understandings, without which business cannot be carried on, to put an end to the debate. Colonel Gore Langton paired off with Mr. Cartwright, M.P., for Northamptonshire, on Friday night, in favour of Mr. Villiers's motion on the Corn-laws. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, APRIL 3.—A considerable number of the late imports of Mauritius sugar have been disposed of since our last, principally to the refiners. The great flatness of the London market, and difficulty of snaking sales, induced our merchants to meet the buyers more readily, which led to a tolerably fair business being transacted. Of other descriptions of sugar we have no supply. DESTRUCTIVE FlRE.—This morning, about one o'clock, a fire broke out in the White Hart public house, kept by Mr. Darker, Milbank. The policeman on duty gave the alarm, and roused the inmates, who escaped with great difficulty. Two men, it is said, leaped from a window on the pavement, and received serious injury, but no lives were lost. About four o'clock the walls of the premises of Mr. parker fell with a tremendous crash, and several of the firemen narrowly escaped with their lives, one of them, however, named William Pross, of the Chandos-street station, not so fortunate as the others, was buried in the ruins : he was quickly extricated, when it was ascertained that he had sustained seme serious injuries. He was conveyed to a surgeon's, and from thence to the fire-station in Chandos-street, where he lies in a very precarious state. __ A zeorrisu HOSPITAL.--TheAnniversary Fes tival of this very excellent national charity was celebrated on Saturday, according to long custom, at the Freemasons' Ta vern, Great Queen-street. His Grace the Duke of Sutherland took the chair. The Noble Duke was supported by the Duke of Roxburgh, the Hon. F. Motile, the Hcn. Admiral Mackey, and nearly 100 gentlemen more immediately connected with Scotland, After several toasts were drank, the Secretary real the report of the proceedings of the evening, from which it ap pears that upwards of 5001. had been added to the funds of the Society. Her Majesty the Queen was announced as a sub scriber of 1051. ; the Queen Dowager as a subscriber of 501. annually; and the Noble Duke in the Chair as a subscriber of 501. The funds of this institution are in a flourishing state; there are, however, so many applicants for relief, that without increased exertions on the part of the benevolent, its sphere of utility cannot be carried on to its full extent. WOODSTOCK.---This town, which has for so many years presented so dull a prospect to visitors, is about to resume its former attractions. Elenheim Palace is being thoroughly repaired, and Fair Rosamond's well, with the mo foments in the park, have already been cleaned, and recovered from the dirty state they were in. The town on Thursday__ presented a gayer a pp earance th an i s h as d one for years. The, Duke of Marlb oroug h, accompan i e d b y t h e Duchess, arrived the course of the day. Th e h ouses wer e decorated with laurels and evergreens, in church, Whose and evergreen s flags flying from the tower of the bells sent forth, during the day, merry peals , and cannon were . fired at intervals; the g ate, ;it. the ..ntre in" " was kit a triumphal arch eie cieti at the en trance to the town. ~,f -- WI • IAL NEB wet. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. • 'nl The usual foreign mails ha ve arrived ; also a mail in Lisbon, but the most important one is an overland expre 13 from India, by which intelligence is received from Bon 1 - bay, to the 29th of February. Particulars will be foun d in another part of the paper. We have received the liamburgb mail, of the 34 0 f of April. Exchange on London 13-5, and s i,Aort 13.61; gold 430 i; Me alliques 108 i; Bank Shares IEO4. THE FUND!. Consols opened this morning at the leaving off (plots c•R,es of Saturday, 9041 Money, and 90+ 91 f*r the Ac count, with scarce a bargain doing. As yet the into si s •• gence from China has not had the least effect on Ilta ,0 British Market. Exchequer Bills 21 23 pre nium ; Ini Bonds, 1 3 prerniuo ; Bank Stack 178 9 ; India Stoe. 249+ 250 i. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active left off on Saturday at 27+ 8+ ; at present, 281, A trifling improve ment ; Deferred, 13i 14i; Passive, ;II; Portuguese closed at 341 i ; opened with a slight ih loovernent, 341'- 35 ; Three per Cents., 241 1; Colom1;1. , n. 24 4 5 1; Mexican, 28+; Brazilian, 751- ; Dutch Two-and -a - Half per Cents., 53} ; Five per Cents. , 98} . 9 ci-div* 15th of We have received Launceston p a p ers to the sovember, and Hobart Town to the 13th of Novreria.her• of The Launceston papers giv e ver y favourable acaomitB the Oveather and crops. Barley harve st was about to 4:011" mence. The following ere extracts : " Yesteeday afternoon the American squadron sto re -ship. arrived in cite - port, and the spodron may shortly be ex pnted, with the exception of one vessel. " Emigration from Scotland.—NYithin the present week we have had two large vessels, each having a full equip ment of passengers from the " land er' cakes." Although e may feel sorry that a gre ater number of these have not thought proper to remain and settle a.IIC it ng us, i ns tead of going to the neighbou rin g colonies, yet is grat ifying to. see that the people of :Scotland are begi.nuing. to see the advantages which these Colonies hold out to' emigrants. IlonaaT TOWN MARKET'.—The inteh igcnce from , Sydney of the fill of Flour has c aused no 1, ill here, nor ne d any at present be looked for. The rema ;ning quan tity of Wheat in holders' hands is very small. C )21 Monday a small parcel was sold at 20s. 61. ; fine F i our 50/. ; second 481. ; and third, 421. per ton. SOUTH AUSTRALIA MARKET.—FIour, best, 55/. to 601. per ton ; Oats 12s. per bushel ; Bran 4s. 61. to i 3. per bushel, rice 3d. per lb. ; four p ound loaf 3s. ; toter pressed Hay 18/ per ton. Moat—Beef 10d. to ls.. per lb. ; Mutton Is. to is. 2d. per lb. ; Pork and Veal lit. 3d• per Toe j;:ed revenue of Van Diernen's Land for the rea LPL,rs 1824, 182,5, and 1826, was respectively, 16,866/. 25,6 and 34,6551. The items, however, art not separately sic' turned. The total rev,:e'we for the same period was, iespeetivol; 32,126/.., 42,345/1, ar,d 53,872/. of, respecCvely, included leans for the ComtO In these years are ssarie t 86 . o/. 13s. 10d., 9,533/:. 6s. Bd. 9 19,2171. 93. 41., 19,369, ;43. lid., and 20,500/.. (From the Sydney Papers to the 17th Octobcr.) We are glad to learn that the accounts relative• to the the crop in the sister colony , and also new settlements to. the southward, Port Philip and So encouraging. promising harvests befor-e unprecedented, par- • qt :t Australia, are very ticularly in Van Diemen's Land. Alto.gether the prospect of this little kingdom may be said to ,`)e on the werge of improvement; through a bountiful Provide.nce. WAYS AND MEANS FOR 1840. Expen dituer, 3 0,05/. 17s. 9d. ;_ Ways and Means, 320,226 i. 17s • ~ We her, received Hobart Town Papers to. the •13th November, N;bich give a most favourable account from every quarter et ... i ,e crops. Extract of a letter front Port Phillip, dated Sept.. 'The Caledonia, from Leith, has just arrived, with largo. of merchandise and passengers, who ,are highly deliet eu with our town and country. She same assurance of a regular trade and emigra lion to the p er' . ship also bring' • 113 . direct from Scotland. The price el lanai is running el!_ enormou-ly ; and if the Government ahem' plan and throw much into the market, threk'e will b e 91 ,, ‘ would sell awful crush. Furniture of every description well here. • d FoeTtetcaTioNs.—Orders have at length been r eee lve d alter the ir from home to put Port Jackson in a state of defent sz:.,„ PRICES 01 STOCKS TinS DAY AT ONE LYCLI ‘,"".......... Bank Stock 174% 5% I India Stock .................. ... „se II per Cent. Red. '9l y„ Ditto Bonds .............. ."....„`.... 3 per Cents. Con 3 tier Cent --- i 011 i; Annuities ........ . ..... ... 0 .. 907iN i i scut', Sea Stock ................ . i si Ditfoßed. ---1 New Ditto ..................... New 3% pet Cent... ...... 98 1 ,fi 7% 8; 3 per Ont. Annuities. 1751 ••••-••_ New 5 per Cent. Bank Long Annuities toarnire ' Ditto ........ . ...... 500.. 2.2 .24 po o l.' Jan 5, 18€0............ 13k, 9-16 Ditto Smai ' ............... 2 2 21 p ii i i . , Oct. 10, 105 9 . ............ 13 15-16% Ditto Comm v rcial ...... ..... VP Jan. 5, 1860 - Ditto Advert Ised •••... -- ... gg, Jan. 3, 18% - Bank Stock for Account...lo" Aprils, 18130. ............... - India Stock for Account ... „, Jan. 5.1870................... -- Consols for Ace oust „..„... _'._! PRICES OF FOREIGN ,FU NOS THis DAY AT k`)NE 0_CL0G....1. Austrian Boi.ds - Peruvian Bonds... ......... ... ~..• utteetn Bonds - ' Ditto Account.. ........... „..., Ditto Account ... - ' Portuguese Bonds . ...... ..... .... Brazilis n Bonds .......... - ' Ditto New Bonds , ...... ..: ~ri Ditto Account „,,,, ..... 1 Ditto Account...3lA I'm.; Buenos Ayres Bonds ......... - Ditto, 3 per Cent. ... •••• .... Ditto Account CRlllan Bond r -.) rn,'ssian Bonds . .... .........' ... Ditt3 Acce. at - . Ituft'an Bands, 1822. .... .... ... Coltmtian Bc Ads _ Letx o Account ..... ....... -- -- Ditto tc.::a. Sit - Ditto _ Dom Metallic ....... ....le:si • Columbian B:7 d5,16:24 motto Acco - ..ilt nsli Bonds ~,,,, ' French, 5 p DM° Attt tot - Deferrer ••••••••• .......... f,... - a, ccount. ............. 7 vi 3 Greek Bonds Ditto I3onds, 5825 -'—4 p e r Cent . .. w• .- - f , „„„,e„. ex cent...... 4 ,e•• Ditto Aced ... .... . . ... -' cent. ...... ..". f Mexican Bonds, 5 per ....... • - , Excl.& e-••••••"" - ,4' . u. 14, Mit° Account...« ...... ~.... -« Dutch, 2%, p er , v a nt.........0 , ,,1 Ditto 6 per Cent - • Ditto Account ....., OCR. - Ditto, 5 per sets 1..••••-•-•... 7 . Neapolitao....... ......... - Ditto Account... .... • PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE 0 'CL Paid. ,f., er Share. (treat Western Railway Company 65 313(1Ditto New lo 1 f ~,nuon and Birminßh am RailuayS-: Olll PanY... 90 57 6 42011., London and South Western .... ... 3Bl. 17s. Scl. 76 Midland Counties Railway Compatly.., 9O 9: N rth ',lldiand Railway Company .. i 100 Ditto New lO ,52Y '2 16 3 6 • York and North Midland Rail wa y .. ..........•• 4O Union Rank of Australia •O g ' 3M Ditto of London • .... Assam Company PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS. DUBLIN, A PRIL er ca , ' :` 8 3 3 per Cent. Consols il4 per Cent. Stock ...... Ditto Reduced Ditto New, 1030 .. 9836 City of Dublin Stean - n C Comp ~...- ~..-• 3% par Cent. Debentures... 9114 i National Insurance oraPanY . Bank Stockcent. • .... City Debentures, 4 l'er 4 . Grand Canal Stock --1 Ballast Office Deientiro, .... Royal Canal Stock HAMBURG BORSENHALLE, Apt , ar 3. Bills . .‘fOnri' AUStriOn i.' per Cents. Bank hnittes.... An lo.RuSSIan t..:3An ., 1094 1 ." lu 4,!" Russian 5 per Cent, Ist series, Cart iti ca te ...... 101% 10' jy Inscription, Ist SerreSeries.... , and Co. 3d and 4 th 9g Russian 5 per Cent. ops Se: H 994 . ~ Ditto in Certificates Dutch Actual Debt, 2% pc. Cent... 52 Ditto..) per Cent...-. ..... - Polish Bonds New ticket Anglo- i;anish Loan, 3 per Cent 75'4 Norwegian Loan, 1634, 4 per Cent... .,,,, 102 '- Spanish. New 3 per Cents. EXCHANGES a-1I 6 _ O T :01 month s, o N I.) O N l3 . 5. 11X' -- HAMBURG, APRIL 1 STOCKHOLM, Menai •27.-Seventy-five days , 1. . CHRISTIANIA. AI ARCM 25-Three months, 4 108 PETERSBURGII, MARCH 24.-Two months, 311 3 4 pence 2 0 ' Y s HALF-PAST a da , We have received the Journal of Ant wer p , of ye a day : c eos e AMSTERDAM EXCHANGE, APRIL 3.—Owing to - to , sales., of little importance, our Na t ional Funds had 0 1 vol y favourable tendency, and the prices in general gave, t he a little ; this ma; b e at t ributed to ssneral letters er . Society of Commerc e Actions, which fell to 1801. , ',I In Foreign Funds tiore was little al i ; , l, e ration, ite s - them maintained th ;ir prices; some purchOscs in .A.rfle , Spanish caused the price to remain firm. er e - C ets'i Dutch Prices , April 3.—Two.and-a-Half P 52 11-16 ; Five per Cents., 98i. ri W e Since our twelve o'clock article, Sydney p. IP e- n o ffee• been received at the North and South America I ,,_`' ~, 61• house to the Bth December. Flour had risen w e ' to tati per ton since the last advices. The average prices S i l ds , at the mills are 36/. 6 00. , o f • 30/.., and 281. for firsts ; and ration. The crops have recovered from the effe C o t' il. .g blight ; the hsy crops are heavy. Beef is scarce, o.o*l to a quantity of live stock being sent to Adelitide. Wit'of the flock holders will not shear until after 13 . 19 04 Labour is e v ery high, and fears are ente rtained of the /I shedding before men can be procured to cut it. br ig: The Rev. Mr. Williams, of the Missionsl b e te and a Mr. Harris, wh o had taken passage, b a l k the killed in endeavouring . to hold a communication wit natives of Tana, one of i`he new Hebride Islands. the n ew From New Zealand the bvilding allotments ill 110tMeet town of Victoria were sold from 241. to 65 1 . for Bps r G r ay of 68 feet front by 1 00 feet c locp. Mr. Alexareie died on the 11th November of apo olexy. dar eng tile The British market has been v'e,"y inactive TO whole of the morning, with scarce st.usargain doing. fro, speculators do not attach much ' to the news Inter eu China. s yet be The private letters and pa Hers ta have' l - . received. ~,, 90i 911 : Consols at present 91 for the A • %leu- ' le . Account ; i A 1 pre • Exchequer Bills 23 24 2 India 13 1. ''` j - Y prom. ; 0 Bank Stock 179 Bi.. O h SP a a • In the Foreign Markot very little doing. ' ~ 3.4,' Active, 28. ; Deferred, 15i 14 ; Portugue I 'v 531' Danish 771 ; Dutch Two-antra- Half per Cent " lire per Cents., 98i i• No further arrivals. • - ....—,---........ is not arrived in town on Friday evening ii"l I TIrE OPERA.—Madame Gr;si, th e P r t ob. Is nehatre • pas no si t e , n expected to appear at her Majesty week. Theatre The German Opera at the Prine 's n oo vill commences on ;Monday, April 20, and the openi'v "Pehigbest Majesty be Der F., eischutz. We are enabled to state that She er . 61°4 fren Daveuro,roe, patronage will be extended to these performancd; her 0 her Gracious Majesty haying ordered a private box, actionwt' riviate entrance is now erecting at the house adjoining the thea tre ' . _ . A . 1.. 1 the Queen Dowager, for whose accommod sP THE OPERA. —Her Majesty h 0 the bert honoured this theatre on Saturday nig ht ' ‘ ; l 5 -4 . l eSs °° ' Sonnambula was performed for the fitlt time til., T ion iva , Madame Persiani appeared in her favourite past T, the fall 1 Signor Riechiardi was the Elvino of the n iht". i''',„ pro' The other t eerie of the curtain Persiani was called forth. minent characters in the piece were supported by M ade° Grisi and Signor F. Lablache. .1 drailla' ADELFHI THEATRE.—A nautic.— , n . be en under the attractive title of Nelson, En land's GlOrg' 4 .7";"•ece revived at this theatre, and has served as g an amosini."; of a . fa dtirring the course of the last week. Its object is to . r i e, r n sf ogar , English audience the life ot:thealloroficul ttiOi' li mi ,: c c a th r o b e so t e t e celebrate , rate usalydaracbmi.aetvieedf.ormc,fo,EnonoGf v t . le ... al .A. an t Y , : itt. , tch,.. THE PHYSICAL-FORCE gloI:iol A Ott n a ar t y e meeting of the Presbytery of Newcastle -upon"' Y . 4 8 1• t he i t oth h & Presbyterian Church, North Shields, on r rtte'' -", late t., it was unanimously resolved •• that th:', 0 ,,, 82 ,t ' t , i . • -•` ' -' • ,• (~,:l .: ,:" --, ,:• ,: ~.:•:',t Tr , t " . . Ural suliiii.ttLi even, Lu but it, tk Li , s obeyeti and resisted y l ut every.s_,..eL i , i i ,.'. means, if neeessm, un to blood."- - D er t _ EA