The Sun. — London, England, 1840-04-25 00:00:00

, TO WELSH TOURISTS. On Monday, May 4, in 1 thick vol. Bvo., 203., cloth lettered, ICHOLSON'S CAMBRIAN TRAVEL LER'S GUIDE, in every direction; containing Re marks made during many Excursions in the Principality of Wales. Third Edition, revised and corrected by his Son, the Rev. EMILIUS NICHOLSON, Perpetual Curate of Min i sterley, Salop. • ____ London : Longman, Orme, and Co. 1 TIPS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA having AUTHORISED and GUA RANTEED several DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY PREMIUMS, which (though they are NO LOTTERIES) )ffer many possibilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, are NOW SELLING SHARES for the said DISTRIBU TIONS. Persons desirous to purchase, may receive, PRE VIOUS to giving any order , the PROSPECTUS and PAR TICULARS, upon addressing WITHOUT DELAY, a line HEINE, BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH. P. S.—THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains Portions of TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND, FIVE THOUSAND, TWO THOUSAND, ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED, SIX HUNDRED, FIVE HUN DRED, THREE HUNDRED, TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY, TWO HUNDRED, ONF.: HUNDRED AND FIFTY, ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY, ONE HUN DRED AND TEN, and ONE HUNDRED POUNDS, &c. &c., amounting to £13.1,990 Sterling. TTIEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MADAME VEST RIS: THIS EVENING, APRIL 25, Will be repeated Murphy's Comedy of KNOW YOUR OWN MIND. Millamour, Mr. Anderson; Dashwould, Mr. C. Mathews; Malvil, Mr. Cooper ; Captain Bygrove, Mr. J. Vining ; Lady Bell, Madame Vestris ; Mrs. Bromley, Mrs. Orger ; Miss Neville, Miss Emmeline Montague. After which will be repeated, the entirely New and Original Grand Comic, Romantic, Operatic, Melodramatic, Fairy Extras aganza, in Three Parts, entitled rnd founded on that popular Nursery Tale, THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD. The Principal Characters by Mr. Harley, Mr. J. Vining, Mr. J. Bland, Madame Vestris, Miss Rainforth, Mrs. C. Jones, &c. &c. Dress Boxes, is. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second Circles, 3s. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Doors to be opened at . .-:alf-past Six—the performances to commence at Seven o'Clock._ . . Tickets and placts for the Boxes to be taken at the Box-of ee, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had upon application. Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller, 167, New Bond-street. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. UNDER THE MANAGE\!ENT OF MR. BUTLER. 'MILS EVENING, APRIL 245, 7 7 Will be presented, for the sixth time, A ROYAL COMMISSION FROM PARIS. Monsieur Jollivet, Mr. F. Vining; Alexis Kerbout, Mr. Baker; Madame Jollivet, Miss Fitzwalter; Causette, Miss Ayres (from the Natonal Theatre, New York) her first ap pearance here. After Which, Forty-sixth Night, THE LADIES' CLUB. Open every night at half-past 7. and close proceedings at 9. Mrs. Fitzsmith (the Chairwoman), 3lrs. Stirling. To be followed by Immediately after the Business of the Club, the New Burletta, by the Author of " His Last Legs," entitled THE HAPPIEST MAN ALIVE. Charles Euston, Mr. F. Vining. To conclude with (first time at this Theatre) the Burletta of THE BUDGET OF BLUNDERS. Dr. Snue - face, Alr. Wild ; Dr. Dablaneour, Mr. M. Barnett ; Bridget, Miss Ayres. Boxes, 4s. Pit, 2s. Gallery, Is. • Second Price immediately after the Ladies' Club. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. The Theatre bal;;;;;e;iirel;Re-lieCo;.iedCand embellished in a novel and tasteful style, during the Recess. Extraordinary and extensive Novelty. Three entirely New Pieces, with splendid Scenery Costumes, and Appointments. THIS EVENING, Avazt:2s, Will be a'ted an entirely New Village Tragedy, illustrating Hogarth's celebrated " Harlot's Progress," entitled THE LIFE OF A WOMAN ; OR, THE CURATE'S DAUGHTER. After which, a New Comic Drama, called TILE WET NURSE. To conclude with an entirely New Romance, entitled THE VENETIAN; OR, THE COUNCIL OF TEN. The Scenery comprising some of the most splendid Views in Venice. NEW STRAND THEATRE. CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC. There are im posTo its in the field.—The great approba tion, and consevent patronage acquired by the Great WIZARD of the NORTH has given existence to a host of IMITATORS, of whom the WIZARD says BEWARE Would you see Necromancy in perfection, in addition to splen did apparatus? It' you would, visit the WIZARD of the NORTH,whose eye-deceiving and inquiry-baffling arcana are telia exhibited no MONDAY, April 27th, and every evening dur.ng the week, concluding with his celebrated and original GUN DELUSION, wonder striking in its detail, and perfectly divested of the slightest danger, ard cannot be imita'ed or comprehended by itinerants. There is but one Wizard of Necromantic fame—the GREAT ORIGINAL WIZARD of the NORTH—J. H. ANDERSON. TO CORRESPONDENTS. ThP communication from Pembroke is an electioneering ad ertistment. An Old Officer" should send in his name confidentially, and his communication shall then appear. HIGli W ATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TOMORROW. mr‘rninz fii minutes after 8 Evening `25 minutes aticr 9. Tito Pi - ilication of the Evening Edition of TnE Sus' com menced at ma.utes after Three. LONDON: SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1840. The Colonial Gazette, in an article on New Zealand, has let us, very unwittingly we presume, into the secret of the animosity felt by the New Zea land Land Company to the Governmmt. It quotes a portion of a despatch, sent by Lord JOHN Rus- SELL to Sir GEORGE GIPPS, of which this is the essential part : " I have to inform you, that since the date of the in structions addressed to you by the Marquis of Normanby respecting New Zealand, a large body of persons have embarked for those Islands. " However unjustifiable may the course taken by the New Zealand Land Company,' the persons who have em barked, being for the most part ignorant of th e re l a ti ons between this co un t r y an d the New Zealanders, and not aware of the distinction between New Zealand and any of her Majessty's possessions in Australia, are to be regarded with consideration and kindness. " At this distance from the scene of their destination, I and it impossible to fetter the discretion of Captain Hob son by any instructions from wh.ch he cannot depart with out reference to this country. " I therefore authorise you to set Captain Hobson at liberty withrespect to certain parts of his instructions, which be may feel it impracticable, or highly inexpedient, to execute. " In particular, with regard to the sale of land, it may be found impossible to realise the price of 12s. an acre, while that price is not demanded either at Sydney or in Western Australia, or in Van Diemen's Land. He may, therefore, reduce the price to Sc., until the higher price is the usual upset price in the Australian settlements." The Colonial Gazelle remarks on this passage— " It is plain from this that Captain Hobson had been d'reled to dispose of no land which should be ceded to the Crown at a lower price than 12s. per acre. He is suddenly instructed to "reduce the price" to Sc. And wherefore? Because " a large body of persons have em barked for those islands." This alleged reason is•utteriv irrational, since the greater the number of emigrants to Net'v Zealand the more easy will it be to obtain a high price for waste land. The emigrants, moreover, have cal•I 203. per acre for their land, and may be very rnuca injured if the Government should sell fresh lied at so low a price as 55." The Company is angry, therefore, and its organ growl s out its anger because the Government would not seize the whole of New Zealand, and make every person who wishes to settle there, pay, like the dupes of the Company-, 20s. per acre for their land. If the Government would have done that, and to enriched the Company, by allowing it to sell land at 20s. per acre, no complaint whatever, we would have been made against Lord JOHN R USSEL L. W e would not be understood, at the same time, to defend the Government for Appropriatin g any part of Nov Zealand, and selling it at ss. an acre. We repeat that we look with suspicion on the Go vernment disposing of land at the antipodes, to which it can have only a doubtful title. We do not blame the Government for not seizing the whole island, and preventing the French from establishing a penal colony, thi..t being the bait by which the Com pany now fishes for popular support ; our blame is rather directed against its appropriating any part of New Zealand, and authorising Captain H OBSON to disp ose o f i t at any pric e . A t the same time, we can conjecture other motive s in the Colonial Minister forautliorising Captain HOBSO N t ose ll l an d , for as. an acre far more honourable than a wish, the Colo n i a l Gazette says, t o ta k e vengeancest, how. on the as New Z ea l an d L an d Company. We mu ever' quote the p assage f rom the Gazette as specimen of unreason i ng a choi ce g mali ce : th re_ me clizinge i n C apta i n Hobson's instructions wi .zr; o te, • 4p44,- ••• 2111+ area to the price of land is merely a piece of Colonial office vengeance. The despatch which we have quoted, wms manifestly written in a pet. It was a mean spite which induced Lord John Russell, or the writer of the despatch, which he sighed, to direct a reduction in the nain:naum price of land from I 2s. to ss. -But injury from this change will not be confined to :he emigrants, whom Mr. Mother -country wants to punish for having set him at defiance. The principal sufferers from the great cheap ness of land in New Zealand, as we have more than once pointed out before, will be the landowners and capitalists of the Australian colonies. One result of this paltry trick will be to check the sales of public land in New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, and South Australia—perhaps to stop them altogether for a time. We have already heard of cases in which capital, destined for the pur e iase of waste land at Port Philip and in South Australia, has been transferred to New Zealand, in order to be in vested at the rate of ss. per acre, according to Lord John Russell's last direction to Captain Hobson. So long as capitalists can obtain land for ss. per acre in New Zea land, they will not hesitate to pay for the emigration of labourers from the neighbouring settlements ; and thus, while the Emigration Funds of the Australian Colonies are diminished, their existing stock of labour will also be decreased. In order to ruin the emigrants to New Zea land,from a motive of revenge, Lord John Russell seems determined to ruin other colonists who have given him no offence." Now, can any person believe, always except the penholder for this Company, that Lord J. RUSSELL or the Colonial-office would inflict an injury on the other Australian colonies, because Mr. G. F. YOUNG, Mr. SOMES, and Mr. MoTTE had written one or two impertinent letters ? But a complete answer to the groundless assertion is, that the de spatches are directed to Sir GEORGE GIPPS, the Governor of New South Wales, and he it is who is authorised, if he think fit, to set Captain HOB SON at liberty as to this part of his instructions. It is not, therefore, the Colonial Minister who ruins these other colonists in order to take vengeance on the New Zealand Land Company, but the Chief Governor of those Colonies, who is merely autho rised by the Colonial Minister to ruin them if he think fit. Is it likely, then, that Sir G. GIPPS, having no such motives as are ascribed to Lord J. RUSSELL, in the teeth of the remonstrating colo nists, would inflict such an injury on them ? To us the accusation seems equally groundless and ma licious. We suppose that the Colonial Minister was in fluenced to send these despatches by very different motives from a " mean spite," or a desire " to take vengeance," or " ruin the emigrants," as the the Colonial Gazette avers. The fact is, that the Colonial-office felt itself compelled to in terfere, by the number of English who settled in New Zealand. It sent out Captain HOB SON to endeavour to keep order amongst those settlers. Now, it is doubtful, though scme advan tages might be obtained by their congregating round him, and colonizing under his authority, whether those advantages would be equivalent to giving 12s. an acre for land, particularly when it might be in many places appropriated almost for nothing by the consent of the Chiefs. The Ministers were, no doubt, sensible of this, and they sanctioned the reduction, we presume, with a view of inducing those settlers, as far as possible, to place them selves under his authority. When such a motive lies on the surface, the hungry spite must be great which leads the writer in the Colonial Gazette to attribute to a Minister of the Crown such very vile and base motives as that Joutnal attributes to Lord JOHN RUSSELL. If, he or any public officer, were influenced by such motives as the Colonial Gazette ascribes to him—if he mischievously and out of spite to a Company here, injured our Australian Colonies—if he issued a despatch to ruin any emigrants going to so dis tant a place, and going too, whatever may have been the designs of the parties selling the land at 20s. the acre, with the most honourable motives— he would deserve to be impeached. If such a crime were proved against him, we will further affirm that he would deserve, if ever Minister de served, to be hanged. Any thing more completely criminal than injuring distant colonists and ruining confiding emigrants, to gratify a personal spite, we cannot conceive in a Minister of the Crown. The Colonial Gazette cannot allow such an accusation to rest there—it must convict Lord JOHN RUSSELL of the crime it charges him Kith, or it must itself stand convicted of diabolical malice. We must express our unfeigned surprise at see ing those charges copied, without one word of refu tation or remark into the Morning Chronicle. Does the Chronicle believe that Lord JOHN RUS SELL is guilty of this conduct ? If it do, it is bound to use all its exertions to turn so mischievous and malignant a Minister out of office. If it do not, why does it circulate such very serious charges by its authority, and make the world believe, by their being inserted in the Morning Chronicle, that they are true? To be inserted in the limes, the Post, or the Herald, would at once have made the public suspect the assertions ; but to see them in the Ministerial organ gives them the sanc tion and authority of the Ministers themselves. To find them unreproved in the Morning. Chro nicle is tantamount to Lord JOHN RUSSELL ad mitting the truth of every assertion of the Colonial Gazette. A Morning Journal says, "on Wednesday the Conservative s made the most powerful display of their strength ever witnessed in Lewes." W e shouLl be glad to know in what sense our Contemporary uses this very ambiguous word " strength." If he means numerical " strength," then he is most egre giously in error, for the gathering together of one or two hundred hungry Tories, who have been collected with incredible difficulty, and not till after repeated summonses from their local leaders, can no more be called a proof of Tory " strength," than Sir JAMES GRAHAM'S late Chinese motion can be called a proof of Tory sagacity. If, on the contrary, our Contemporary means intellectual " strength," then he is equally mistaken ; for speeches more perfectly unadulterated with any infusion of common sense or political foresight, were never yet delivered, than those which were spoken to order at Lewes. Viewed in either sense, our Contemporary's use of the word " strength" is so truly unfortunate—so exquisitely inapposite—that we should not be surprised in his Journal of this day to read this erratum—" In our account of the Lewes dinner yesterday, for strength,' read weakness r " The Rev. Mr. SHIFFNER, as a high Tory parson, of course led the van at this notable Lewes dinner ; and after indulging in some small sentimen tality, touching the disconsolate condition of that superAnnuated gentlewoman, Mother Church, ob served that he now "stood forward in opposition to atheis m and infidelity ; and he would say that if the Church and State were to be dissevered, the power of the Monarchy would no longer exist." atheism and infidelity are hard words, and were once formidable, but—thanks to the improved spirit of the their terrors. age—th e y h ave l ong s i nce l ost al l W e once trembled—w e can now af- ford to laugh at them. And why Because we know their import, and can app-recite the spirit that suggests them. Rendered into plain like English, they mean —not disbelief in Coolebbdcotct: ptieism on the sub trines of Christianity, but — see yet of tithes ; hostility to Church exactions ; hereti cal notions of pluraliti es; s h rewd doubts of episco_ pal integrity, so far as ecc l es i ast i cal reforms are concerned. These are th e things, and not mere ' differences of doctrine, that constit u t e at h e i sm and infidelity in the eyes of your high Tory Church man. He is tolerant enough of Dissent, as a mere matter of religious opinion, but let it once threaten his temporalities— ma k e a significant movement towards his pockets —and from that moment it degenerates into rank atheism and infidelity I As regards Mr. SHIFFNER'S re. mark, that the Monarchy will be endangered by the severance of the Chuich from the State, our prompt, unhesitating reply is, that such separation is the one thing needful to confirm the stability of the Throne. GOD help it, if it had no other sup port than that which it may derive from its con nection with an effete and decayed Church Esta blishment I Long ere this, it would have been in a condition to justify the most serious apprehen sions of all who cherish the monarchical principle. Sir A. DALRYMPLE—who, though a great orator at Lewes, is a very minute one at St. Ste phen's—spoke warmly in praise of Sir ROBERT PEEL, as the acknowledged leader of the Tories. How is this ? Is there another mutiny in the camp ? We thought Lord STANLEY had been the leader. He was virtually recognised as such at the commencement of the Session, when, speak ing in the name of his party, he proclaimed, amid their unanimous cheers, " war to the knife" against Ministers. The real truth is, the Tories have no formally-acknowledged leader, for they have no fixed principles of action. They are a vacillating, ill-cemented faction. One day they incline to a STANLEY—the next, they coquette with a PEEL. Now, they are all storm and bluster —now, they are as sluggish as a Dutch canal. A hesitating, capricious party like this, not knowing its own mind for a week together, and halting between two leaders, unable to make a decided choice of either, must necessarily in the course of.time fall to pieces, as wanting that principle of coherence that can alone give it efficiency. Mr. GEAR, who followed Sir A. DALRYMPLE, condemned Ministers for not resigning, when the Tory influence was so strong throughout the country, and in the House of Commons ; adding that, "if they possessed but a hundredth part of the honour which regulated the late Mr. PITT, they would long since have resigned the reins of office. The speaker is here strangely oblivious of the most important passage in Mr. PITT'S life That great orator, but misguided Statesman, not only stuck fast to place when Whig influence was predominant throughout the country; but even when the majorities in the Commons -we speak of the period of Lord NORTH'S coalition with Fox— were upwards of six to one against him ! And yet Mr. GEAR talks of the meanness of the present Ministers in not resigning, when they have a good working majority in their favour ; and worse than this, has actually the infatuation to contrast their ' tenacity of office with that of the late disinterested PITT ! "The force of folly can no further go." We see in Mr. STANLEY'S able and eloquent speeches at Stockport on Wednesday, full and suf ficient reason why the Courier and the Standard should assail him with vulgar abuse. The Hon. Gentleman, by merely recapitulating the history of the Tories, sketching their prospects, pointing out their disputes with one another, referring to their de structiveness, gave them aseries of blows under which they will reel for some time. The Hon. Gentleman, on responding to the toast of her Majesty's Minis ters, reminded the company that most of them once formed part of that band of patriots who unceasingly advocated those amendments in our laws which they have since carried into execution. The party which now asserts that the Ministers are incapable was then in power. They had, said Mr. STANLEY, as we find his speech reported in the Stockport Chronicle:— " For forty years an unlimited sway in Parliament having the command both of the House of Lords and of the Sovereign, and having no opposition in the House of Commons which could prevent them passing any mea sures which they thought fit—and yet, I can confidently ask you, to what page of the Statute Bo' k will you turn to find one good deed which they have done, to discover one enactment which they have passed for the amelioration cf the institutions of the country, for the promotion of civil or religious liberty, for reforming the abuses, or4improving the condition of the country ?—(Loud, applause-) ~,This, then, is the party, who, when in powei, did nothing 'fur: the people's good, and who now, when in opposition., pro,. pose no meas ures f or t h e b etter governMent of the country, I do not promise to do anything for the nation's good, who Iclaim no advantage over those possessed by the present Government, have no wiser measures to propose, or wiser plans to pursue ; but who seem to rest contented in the belief that it is the duty, the only duty of the opposition to obstruct the march of the Government, and to impede the progress of the affAirs of the nation. That justly characterises the Tories, who having done nothing beneficial for the community when in office, are now engaged in the statesmanlike wish of excit:ng contempt abroad for the power of Britain, and provoking, by their oppression, rebellion at home. After pointing out the vicious desin of the Tories in introducing Lord STANLEY'S Disfran chising Bill, Mr. STANLEY observed— The ouestion which Sir R. Peel emphatically mentioned during the last summer, on the occasion when he was c lied to the Government in May last, was, " Ireland is my real difficulty."—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) Is that difficulty diminished or increased ? Is Ireland I, ss likely to ty.r sourers of trouble, and more likely to be a means of sup ; port to a Tory Government now than then? Are the eight millions of Irishmen, who have been tr.troted and insulted by beieg called ' aliens,' and savages, worse than the barbarians of Isew Zaintid, whos.• priests have been sty led sur pliced ruffians, win se religion has been insulted by every dorignity whist it was passible to heap upon it, and who have themselves been treated in the rno.t wanton and in sulting manner, and their rights and franchise as not en. titled to respect.—( Lt•ud app ause.) Is it likely that non who have been so insulted anti ahu-ed, will come to Sir Robett Peel, like the Jew in the Merchant of Venice, and say, " F. it Sir, you sprat upon us last Monday, and therefore take our money ?"--( Prolong. d cheers.) I, it likely that we should again see that country pouring out regiment after regiment, troop after troop, and soldier after soldier, to protect the lives and properties of the loyal and peaceable of this country.—( Continued ap pLiuse ) Is it likely that such an event would again occur, or is it not likely, is it not more probable, that instead of aiding us in our victories, we should find it necessary to send troops to them, to prevent them from breaking into open rebellion ?—(Applause. ) War, and rumours of wars, are said to be impcnaing over U 5. For my part, Ido not believe that we shall be com pelled to have resort to that last and most to be deprecated necessity for the protection of our commercial interests, and vindicating the honour pf our country.—(Cheers.) I believe and trust that the existing differences will he fwirly and peaceably adjusted—( Great applause)—the chief dif ficulty wlrch I see, the chief doubt which I entertain, depend upon the conduct of the party who are opposed to the Government, and who seem to seek every opportunity of sanctioning the conduct of the nation's enemies, encouragihg them by their arguments and t:ieir assistance, and who seem to paralyse and cripple the exertions of the Govern ment in obtaining redress for the most grievous injuries, and the vindication of the national honour." These are plain-spoken home truths, and the puny exertions of the Tory press will be unable either to hoodwink the public, or cleanse the cha racter of their leaders. In returning thanks for his own health, Mr, STANLEY explained, at considerable length, his views as to the Corn-laws ; and one part of his speech, refuting an accusation made against the the Ministers, we must quote. He said— " I know that many people express much dissatisfaction because Government have not taken this question up as a Government question, and proposed on their own respon sibility some measure to Parliament. So far from being of that opinion, I think that of all ot h ers the Corn -law ques tion ought not to be made a party or a Government question it . is a question involving such mighty interest, and one on which so much ignorance exi s t s , an d so many an made ad y e. ou a every party prejudices prevail, that nothing car. enable us to pass a law abolishing the present one but the enlighteni ng t h e public rniad and the promulgation of sound opi n i ons on the subject....—( Applause.) For these reaso ns i t i s that dleir t once e te befogenlist sist against ci l u should es t c n most . You deeply would man of the Tory party ; no matter what his opinion s m i ght be, you would have him pledged to the . support o f t h e present Corn-laws ; and at the same tine putting th e question forward on the credit of the Government, would not give it the slightest aitclittonal chance o. passi ng . Already we have ,a proof of the advantage of its not being so introduced ; we hate had the declaration of Sir R. Peel, which I take to be a most valuable one, and well worth all the tune and energy that has been spent on this question, that the maintenance of our position in the scale of nations depends upon our manufacturing pros. PeritY_.'—( Applause.) A n d h e adds, if I were only a friend to the agricultural ioserest, I would say the manu facturers are your bust friends.'—(Great applause.) That is our position ; we di&r with Sir R. Peel only in this, we think that the present Corn laws have been, are, and will be, prejudicial to the best interests of the country." Sir K. PEEL requires an immense deal of con viction, and sa],s, according to Mr. STANLEY, " First show me you arc ruined ; And then I will alter the laws." On this point the bulk of the manufacturers and of the Liberal party differ from Sir R. PEEL, and would prefer being saved from ruin, by the laws being repealed, to going through that process in order to produce a perfect convic tion in his doubting mind. A meagre report of Mr. STANLEY'S speech win be found in another part of our Paper, which was unfortunately in print before we received the Stock port Chronicle. We have endeavoured by these one or two quotations partially to remedy the im perfection, but we have still to apologize to our readers for the incompleteness of the report. The Moniteur of Thursday, rec,-tred with the other Paris Journals of the same date, contains the following telegraphic despatch OULON APRIL 22 THE MARITIME PREFECT T O THE M T INI,TER , OF MARINE,. The Princes left Algiers on the 17th at noon. They were to sleep at night at Douera, nod proceed afterw&ds to Bouffarick, where his Royal Highness thz: Duke of Or leans was to assume the command of his division. The Marshal left on the 18th for Fendouck. He escorts a convoy, and was to return to Algi rs on the 21st, and rejoin the Prince, to commence operations. . The Prince's presence has revived the hopes of the settlers. The army received him enthusiastically. It :s animated with the most ardent desire to fight under his auspices. On learning the arrival of the Duke of OR LEANS at Algiers, ABD-EL-KADER addressed a letter to Marshal VALLEE, which contains the following characteristic passage ; " Hitherto I have been able to conceive that the ad vanced age of your Sovereign preventi ng him from quitting his domi n i ons , an d cr o s si ng t h e sea, to come and measure his arms with me, should defer the task of conquering me to some of his generals, to whom the Riles of consistency and my own dignity have induced me to oppose my gene rats; but now that the importance of the war compels your infirm King to send his eldest son to represent him at the head of his army, I place myself at the bead of mine, and we shall sec who will be triumphant." The .illarscilles journals continue to represent a war between England and Naples as inevitable. A letter, dated the 14th instant, from Naples, states that the Sardinian Ambassador had offered his mediation, which was refused by the King. The Hydra steamer, which sailed with instructions to Admiral SToPFoRD on the 7th, returned on the 12th ; but she was ordered by the Neapolitan authorities net to approach the port, upon which she anchored in Baie. Mr. TEMPLE stated that she had brought fresh instructions for an amicable arrangement, but this was not believed by the po- ' pulace, among whom a rumour was circulated that the Bri ish had no ships at Malta that could be spared for such a service as the blockade of Sicily. ii It is stated," says the Neapolitan corresponden t of the Courrier Francais, " that some influential mediators of the French sulphur monopolists both asked and received very heavy douceurs. Awt 11. known General, it is affirmed, has received as his portion 15,000 ducats (2,6401), a Minister and a Duke, who figured conspicuously, 45,000 ducats (7,9200 ; in short, 1,000,000 ducats (175,0000 is the present stated to have been made to a still higher personage. If the contract is annulled, what has been received must be returned, and there are few people at Naples disposed to submit to such an extremity." It is here only necessary to observe, that in Paris the conviction that the Sulphur question will be amicably settled is universally entertained. The powerful mediation of France was not known at Naples on the 14th, and hence the warlike tune of the correspondence. Of the Reines Conversion Bill twelve articles or clauses were adopted on Thursday. The only important amendment introduced in the draught of the Bill, which has already appeared in our co lumns, is one limiting the conversion into Four.and a-Half -per. cent. stock at par. The Government wished to recognise two descriptions of stock— Three-and-a-Half and Four-and-a-Half, but the Chamber decided otherwise. The King, of the FRENCH and the members of the Royal Family at present in France, set out on Thursday afternoon for Compiegne, to meet the Princess VICTORIA, bride elect of the Duke de NEmoußs, and her father, the Duke of SAXE COBOURG. The Moni!cur of Thursday contradicts the statements of the legitimist organs about corn riots in different parts of France. Though bread is dear•the people are said to be everywhere, tranquil. A mixed' Cotrivalision, English and Freucla: has Ocen ionised to examine the differences which have arisen be-, terema.the English and th e F renc h on the subject of the gum trade at Portendic. The English Commissioners are Mr. H. L. Bulwer, Secretary to the Legation at Pa. lie, and Mr. Rothery. The Commission is to sit at Paris, and to commence its proceedings in a fortnight. Mr. Ro thery was to leave London yesterday.—Le Commerce. The Moniteur of the 23d publishes in its official part the) law by which 80,000 men of the class of 1839 are to be called out to recruit the army and navy; and the law granting a credit of 890,000 francs for the execution of paintings and sculptures for the palace of the Chamber of Peers. These laws are dated the 19th of April. An ordinance of the 15th directs the publication of the preliminary treaty of friendship, trade, and navigation, concluded on the 3d of April. 1836, between France and the Oriental Republic of the Utuguay. The King and the Royal Family set out yesterday for Compiegne, where the Prince and Pi incess of Coburg are expected. The 1:co de Aragon has the following letter from head quarters, dated the 15th April : — " The impatience of our troops to march againt Morella increases every day. The day before yesterday e:e were informed that the garrison of that place had been rein forced by a battalion of Grenadiers, by the sth Arragon ese Regiment, and by Bosque with his band. The chief Garcia is intrusted with the command of the place. It is believed that this new commander will atten.pt to make some resi.tance, hut it will avail him nothing. Esparti ro ha% sent to S iragossa for a train of heavy artillery, to be employed ag4iost Morella."—Le Consti bOURSE.—Paais, THURSDAY, APRIL 23. irsi ti, rest Price Price Prico. Price icor!) pet , etas ;l2 81 ... II? 60 .. 112 5 ... 1 2.20 4 nor 104 75 ... 1I!4 75 114 75 3 pert erns BO Si) .8 t 95 63 ;0 S 3 7. 3.111: of rrance Latta, B an k ;011!f. 5 / 1 lO-5 ...1115 1 95 ...I 65 5,11000. Sl)._ 5197 50 _5107 50 ...5 97 50 7 50 . 'elgian Rank ... 80 , ... 84 . / 50 90 5 , er Cents New York hio .. lO2 75 ... 1(2 75 Ito' 75 ... Ito? 75 S. : tate of New Yo r k - 29 ... ... zB .l l, Passive 7 14 7 1 4 ... 7s •ls New I .rferre Near olitmi Reman 11 '4 ... 11 1 41 2 ... 111414 RAILWAY SHARES. t. Cermai- ... 70 • _lO5 ... 710 ... 712 50 Versailles, It. B OO5 ... 605 f l O5 015 L.8., 911 710 290 Orleans ......... 6; rishurg to Bale 4B 75 ... 4 . 8 75 ... 415 ... 115 ASPEIAL'rF.S AND Br. U.viENs. l'arn (Maberly's) The Three Estimates for the Miscellaneous Servie , s for 1840, 184 8 z., o C ar 2 e l9 a , s 9 f 3 .° 1 11 ., °' l v es :"— s hFyolrii.36l/. Public than ßu in ildirig' l 4 B3 P 9 a , Pa laces, fbr Salaries a nd Expe nses of Houses of Parli ament , Commissions, Prisons, &c., 629,5201., 6,124/. less than in 1839, exclusive, however, of Postages, 84,0001. ; for Superannuated and Retired Allowances, &c., 112,447/, more than in 1839, by 5,1321. The total of the Miscellaneous Estimates for 1840, is, therefore, 961,910/. A return has also been laid on the table of the House of Commons, of the increase and diminution of persons employed in the Public Departments in 1839, and the increase is 661. t t e e decrease decrease , 16 3 . 3,5 ' , F 4 h e inc t r i e le as s e a i m n e pSaclarrioieds,isPe7n2s,iloln7si„.ctired Allowances,,.,, in It must be remarked, that of this large increase in public servants, 484 arc in the Post Office, 45 in the of P em b ro k e , is in the field ready to redeem Customs, an d 5 5 const i tu t e the whole establishme n t created und er t h e R eg i s t ra tion of Births' Act. We are gl a d t o see that a Mr. James M. Child, a burgess that bo roug h , w h en occas i on server, from thraldom to the O wen i tes. The can did a t e , in an address to the electors, ac quainted swithsays_" s‘ Having thecircumstance this moment oft e been made arrivalee at , re nby of a gentleman named Graham, an alien and a stranger, ono to whom your righitu and privileges have been so suspiciously handed over, without the slightest com pliment b e i ng pa id you o f a llowieg you to exercise your tree choice in the selection of your representative, I h:isten to re-assure you of my sincerity in offering my humble endeavour s to redeem you tram the stigma and entbrArnent you lie under, and repeat that no ex rtion on my part shall be wanting, short of involving myself and distressing my family." who h ave v i s i ted this national esta bli s h men t d ur i n g th e wee k SUDD EN BRITISH M USEU M.—The noinhcr of persons terminating yesterday, was ')0.120. On Monday there we re no le ss th an 1 3,133; on Tues d ay. 1,735 ; W e dnesday . 2,762 ; Thurst!ay, 536 ; and yesterday, 1,954. The greatest ord er an d decorum pre'va,led, an d t he visitors throughout the week have been principally ar ti zans. THEATRE. —Great surprise, was erei‘td in the neighbourh. ill by the sudden elosino. of the above theatre on Thursday even- CLOSING OF THE VICTORIA ing. Vario us reasons have been ass i gne d, b u t th e t rue one i s, that the l an dl ord has put in an execut i on f or 139/ . f ur rent. ELGI N COUNTY ELECTION .— The writ for Vie electi on o f a Member of Parliament for the comb i ned coun ties of El g i n and Nairn, in the room of Colonel the Honour. ab:e F. W. Grant, of Grant, resigned, was re ceiv. d by the sheriff on TLIVSday mornint , ' • and Saturday. the 2 3 th ea rent (this clay), has been fixeeftir p ro ceeding to the election a t Forret:4. It is thought- that Major Cumming Bruce wilt be elected without oppition.—Caledonlail Mercury. - - 1: SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 25, IR4O. THE MA P.: TS. -( T HIS DAY.) COVENT -GARDEN. Supplies of all kinds showed the operation of the recent fine weather. Brocoli of all descriptions trere partieulat,ly Of Foreign Fruit there tliHs little, and very little Of Chei rict rtnd Peat:dies. Peas are becoming fine. There was a very large attendance, and an excellent trade. Plants, - 4s. to 6s. per dozen ; Celery, Is. to 3s. per bundle; Onions, 3s. to ss. 6d. per sieve; Carrots, 4s. to ss. 6d., per cozen; Brocoli, is. to 3s. per bundle; Turnips, 2d. per bunch; Oranges, ss. to 12s. per 100; Lemons, 4s. to Os.perloo ; Apples, Ss. to 30a. per bushel ; Cuturnhert, to 4s. a brace ; Cab haeili 13. to ls. 6tl. per dozen; Spinage 2s. 6d. per sieve : Peas, 7s. 6d. to 10.4. per half sieve ; French Beans, 2s. to 35., per sieve; New Potatoes, 2s. to 35. per lb. ; Pine Apples, Bs. to 10s. per lb. ; Hothouse Grapes 10s. to 20s. per lb. ; :Strawberries, Bd. to Is. per ounce ; Foreign Grapes, Is. to 3s. per lb. ; Natural Asparagus, 10s. to 16s. pe: bundle ; Old potatoes, Yorks, 70s. ; Devons, 655. ; Whites, 60s. to 655. ; Scotch, 654. ; Blues, 655. ; Rhubarb, 4s. to 12s. per dozen. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supply fair; trade was dull, and Lamb rather scarce. Beef 2s. ed. to 3a. 6d. Mutton 2s. 10d. to 3s. lod. Pork 2s. 10d. to 41. 6d. Veal 3s. 8 , 1. to 4s Bd. Lamb ss. to 6s. 6d. per stoke of 81los. Poult yin good supply, but languid demand; prices lower. Fowls 35. to 4s. Ducks Is. to ls. Od. Capons 6s. to Bs. Tel 3d. to 9d. Guinea Fowls 3s. to 4s. Goslings 4s. 6d. to ss. 6d. Leverets 2s. to 4s. Cock Turkeys ss. to 9s. Raobits Is. to Is. 6d. each. Eggs 4s. 9d. to ss. 9d. per 120. WHITECHAPEL MEAT MARKET. The supply pretty good, but little spirit in purchasers ge nerally. Mutton, 3s. 4d. to 3s 10d. ; Beef, 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. ; Veal, 3s. Ld. to 5s ; Pork, 34. 4d. to 4s: 8d: - GA. Supplies plentiful, and tr BIL LINGSaHe li TEvel MARKET y prices much as before. Turbot ss. t o 20 s. C c . d 2s. 6d. to 6s. Sa;mnn 25. to 25. 611. per lb. Lobsters Is. to 4s. ; Whitings, 3d. 6d. ; Haddocks, 6d. to Is. HAY MRKTS. Supplie s l arge and the demand E slack ; prices on the decline. Flay, 555. to 88s. ; Clover, 60s. to 112 s. ; Straw, 325. to 425. per load. TALLOW MARKET. This market quiet still, and the price of P.Y.C. 525. 6d. 7EA MARKET. There was very littl e done in any description of this article, and the market wore a flat aspect. The price of Company's Corigous was 2s. sd. to 2s. sid. cash, which is rather lower than they were at the beginning of the week. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, APRIL 24.—Wind E.—Arrived the John, Carda, from the Cape of Good Hope. Sailed the Au gustus, Purchuse, for Matanzas; Magnet, Spark, Bar. bddoes ; Wilton, Wilson, Grenada; Clifton, Wareham, St. Kitt's; Reform, Knight, Tenetiffe ; Ann and Mary, Cunningham, Montreal; Agenoria, Jobson, and John and Hannah, Gibson, Quebec ; Beatrice, Harry, St. Vincent. LIFERPoOL, APRIL 24.—Wind variable.—Arrived the Active, Band, from Baltimore ; Essex, Jones, Virginia ; Carthagena, Garrett, Savan:lla ; Commerce, Julius, and Eliza Bruce, Johnston, New Orleans; Tallahassee, Mr. bile. Salle/ the Cabatia, Ashton, for Bahia ; Th e ti s , Beacon, and B ranc h es, G rey, St. ' John's, New Bruns. wick ; George, Fenvviek, Montreal ; Lady Dougla?, Lo gan ; Salem, Milford ; and Thomas Worthington, Wake ham, Queb c ; Breakwater, Pearce, Pugwash ; Eliza Saunders, Ball, Odessa. The Robert Pulsford, Prince, arrived at this port from New Orleans, experienced a hur ricane on the 13th ult., in lat. 35. long. 63 , and cut away fore topmast, topsails, boats, bulwarks, &c. On the 3d io lat. 40. long. 17., spoke :ha Ark, from Charleston to 13n.men, which had also suffered by the hurricane. FALMOUTH. AkEIL 23 —The Lady Flora Hastings, Brown, which a.rived here 21st inst. from Jacmel, has been surveyed, and commenced discharging. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERYooL COTTON MARKET, FRIDAY.—The trans. actions of the week are lug-, the (;renter pint bring e?rri , rl into eff,'Ct front the commencement to the close of Tuesday, since which, although n good extent of bus;ness is doing, there is not the same degree of spirit it, the demand as there was the three first days of the week. The market closed steadily at to per lb. advance, upon our List quotations for Arm r,can de,criptions, and very full rates for Brazil and Egypt iaos, India going otisteadily at former prices. The saks to-day are 5,000 bales ; 8 500 ktieric , ,n, and 150 Surat have bee taken on speculation, and 1,000 American, for export. 1.700 bags of Sealand Cotton ate declared for auction on Friday next. The arrivals this morning are a French mail, and ship letters from Western Africa, Ba:badoes and Nassau, N. I'. Letters from Algiers by the last packet, complain of the great dearness there of provisions, .ahich had got up con siderably. Beef was three francs the kilog. ; this was owing to the providing for the expeditionary army. A mixed Commission has been appointed of English and French to examine the differences which have arisen bt:tween the above parties, on the subject of the treaty of Gum at Portendic. We have a very great scarcity of arrivals this morning from all quarters, which causes a dulness in the city both in news and commercial affairs; but the deficiency is re lieved by the fineness of the weather; and a great number of the members of the Stock Exchange will retire at an early hour into the country, enjoying themselves until Monday, when in all probability we shall have a number of arrivals to report. The Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon were much the same as last post day. This day being the continuation of the Hebrew Pass over, few of .the persuasion will attend the Stock Exchange or Foreign Marketi,pnasequently it is expected that very little business will be done. ' There,does .not appear the least spirit for speculation in.ei . .ber of the markets. Consols Opened this morning at th e l eav i ng o ff pr i ces Of yesterday, 90f i for 'Money ; and 90i 91 for the Ac count ; Exchequer Bills 21 23 prem. ; India Bonds. 3 5 prem. ; Bank Stock 1754 ; India, 249} 50. The Foreign Market is also in a very inactive state, and the prices are nominal at present. Spinish Active 28i ir ; Deferred, 14i 5 ; Passi ve 7 4 i ; Portuguese 35-k ..± ; Three per Cents. 24i i , Colombian 25: 1 2 - ; Mexican, 25k; Brazilian, 754 764.; Belgian, 104 fr 105 A-; Dutch Two-and.a-Half per Cents. 53i if. PRICES OE STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE trcLocw. Ban!: Stock 1755 India Stock 3 per Cent, Heel. 3 per Cents. Con 9 , is % South Sea Stock lO ., 31 s per Cent qS,i's Old Annuities - Ditto Red. 98 . 4 3 ,4 New Ditto - New 3% pet Cent 9914% 3 per Cent. Annuities, 171, I - New 5 per Cent. - Exch. Bills, .El,OOll ... 22 24 pm Bank LongAnnuitiestoexttirc 1 Ditto 500 22 e 4 pm. Jan 5, ISO i l3 11-16% Ditto Small 22 25pin. Oct. In, 1859 13%, Ditto Commercial die. .I.n. 5, 18(51 - ' Ditto Advertised - - pm. Lai. 5, WO - Batik Stock for Account ... - Aprils, 18811 - India Stock for Account .. Jan. 5.1870 - Consols for Account tot It s PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DA 1 AT ONE 0 CLOCK A ii,trian Bonds •-•-• Peruvian Bonds Belgian Bonds - Ditto Account Ditto Account - Portuguese Bond, 3razilis .1 Londs Ditto Iccomit - , Ditto Account ......... ~... 3514 luenits tyres Bones :Millen 101 l t - P russian Bonds - - Dit3 1 .,:•.f.c. ut - Rutsian Bands, 182) - - . s eLinitian B. ids -, Ditto Account Dirt tcz; nt - Ditto s.l‘tallic.. Columbian i d 5,1824 25 BpaitiA i;onds,.. I:l*.is 1. - ..:1 »t - Ditto Accinuit :a is; , Bonds Ditto .. . - nt - ' Ikl. rrod Ditto Bonds, 1825 - --- 4 per cent...... -f. -r. • Ditto Account - --- 1 per cent. -f, -c Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cant - ---- Exchange. _i. -c. Ditto Account ......... - ii-utcli, 2 , ,', per cent. 5 1 704 Ditto, 0 tier .i cut. ... Ditto Account t4eapolitan - Ditto Account.... ...... - i',lCt..., tie St-tABE ; 'ems DA i' A - I oNE ott;LOt:K. Cheltenham and Great Western Pad. P,is- ' , hare, .sr Hallway ..... 45 l2 Pli ,t ‘vesterti t...utway comp.:ray ... -..-- •-• 65 t I IN 2 13 , ign i on - ttailw iv London and •otith Western ... .. 119/. i 7s. 9d. 4fil4 7,, yi, Midland Counties Railway Company. Ito 95 5 ~,, ~;•‘ 1 . 41.ts Railway C (imp:soy Ito) 11';' Ditto New • lO 22145.. 3( COURSE 01. EXCtinNbr: 1 c.. - ..k.RDAI Amiierd.,ii. - ;)itto, at sight .. ..... .....„..-......113 b 0 Rott(.rintin 0 1.1. 12 5 , tseut, ~....,,„........, , 4- 75 Antwerp... 1 - 14mIturg. 51.8. !3 :I% Ventre ............ ..... ............ 47 Altona .... ...... 41 Paris, 3 days'sight......... 25 40 i 1 stereo ...............per oz. ,•,..4 Ditto.... ........... 3 Ms. 25 70 La50cr........ ...... .......: 34 ti Marseilles. Bouravaux Frankfort on Mains, Ett.M 1:444' -i a1 tt, .............i.......... ..... ..,.. I'6 o-tiirmitligh, rultle...:i Us. 37y,,, ,i3iiis,,,,, ~,,t e i, ..., _,..... Berlin Vienna, effective t1...3 M In 5 Pltilli-it. orla ..... ......... It rri,,te ditto •, 6 1 - tii ':: tit et ;....;...iL •N, per OZ.. Madrid "64 eorti.i•a 1...!1, Z`gil ~..af oit Cadiz..... 3 r ,74 1 i - ,r^ign (-to,: ,•• teats.... 17 9 Gilboa.... . 2li? , s, I Nr , w 1 1 iU,0,E,...,..., If 0 ii II -reelona 'Si N21.9 I) , 'n3t, ..,.., .•....., ti 4I N 3eville 38 Stftter - Bars ..,, -( 1 5 , PRICES OF HUSH STOCKS, DUBLIN, frP:i IL 43 3 per Cent. Consols l per Ceti!. Stock - Ditto Reduced - Hibernian Bank - Ditto New, 1830 ...... .. 98% , City of Dublin St eam Comp, 3 par CentDebenturec... 91 , -4, , National Insurance Company -- flank Stock ... - Grand Canal Stock Royal Canal Stock -i per cent HALF_ PAST ONE. We copy the following from a Sydney commercial pa. per, lately received :—" The frequent frauds which are practised by persons getting into extensive credit, and ab sconding from their creditors, have at length aroused the rn- rchanta, and they are about to form themselves into a society for the protection of commerce, to be called the Sydney Association, for the protection of trade, and a public meeting is in contemplation for the purpose of deli berating upon the best means to protect the merchants and trades from such imposition, and more particularly with a view to prevent debtors from leaving the colony clan destinely." Three American packet ships are now due, the 2d, 4'l], and 7th inst., which we ma) expect in the course of next week. For these few days past very little has been doing in the British Fouls, which, we ate informed, is attribtited to an o 1 inion among the monied interest that, in the course of neat w.ck. the Chancellor of the Exchequer will send down ano i..e for a lo , tn. This appears very probable, as money will Ise rc quircd for various purposes. The amount Is mit f X oily known ; report says four or five millions. Li tons qu.lice of tie above report, some sales have n tfEteted in ConsolQ, and at present they may he voted 1,,a r ; they have r e ce d e d front the leaving o ff pr i ce o y s'e r d ay. 'I to 4, to 00l for the Account; Money, 9 4; Exchequer B 22 24 orem I.: better; India Bonds, 3 5 prem. ; Bank St wk, 17.51 ; S'ock, - I r the F. re ' gn Mai Set Spinish frock, 28& ; Portti atiese 351 ; D utc h T:ro•a . . ,4 •v- per C ents , P"r ;• Mexican lower, 28 ; 'Man, 25; Brsz ham 76g. Rep( rt sa)s ',Jot a p goon is in with the price of the Stinish at Paris. which conies rattier higher. No further rrivals at present. GA nEN POTS.—A patent has been taken nut common one, b ut i fur a gar d en pot. In appearance it is like a it has an outer or second side, by w hi c h an ntermediate space, , formed for the supply of miter ; which, on :,ccount of the I ,o rous Itatu , e Os nia.erial used io the manufacture, gradual y t;lters through th 3 inne.• pat, and yields . to the fl owers or :hruA ihtre in pl ante d, a cont.tiv.e.l a.id unf,rm suptly. COURT OF EXCiIIEQUEIP.. (THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco. ) bORNWALL V. FOWKE. Mr Baron Paftit gave judgment in this case at the sitting of the Court. He Said inO atti!Tr+ was brought upon an egreernsmt by the defendant to take ti hone , : of the plaintiff for a term of years. The defendant pleaded that the agreement was void on the ground of fraud, covin, and nrsrepresentation of the plaintiff and others in collu sion him, which plea the defendant had to prove. The alleged fraud Consisted in an untrue representation made by a house agent employed to let the house in ques tion, in answer to a question put to him by ihd defendant. The question was whether there was any objection td the house—the answer, that there was none; and it appeared that the house next door was occupied as a brothel, and that the plaintiff knew of it Eder., but the agent did not. The Lord Chief Baron thought the pla'ntiff was hound by the representation of the agent, and left it to the Jury to say whether the representation was intended to rel,te to intrinsic objeetions only. or applied to extrin• sic oojcctions aiso. 'he Jury found it was meant and understood to refer to both find to the mode in which that question was l e ft to the dory or their finding upon it, no objection was made. But it was said, and be thought truly, that it was necesstry to go further, and prove that the representation had been fraudu lently made. As the representation was not embodied in the contract, the contract could not be effected unless the representation were fraudulent. That was tie principle upon which the plea was framed. He held that the simple Ica that the plaintiff was aware of the existence of the nuisance, and that the agent did not, and represented re cording to li;s belief, not enough to constitute fraud. Each person was innocent: the pfaltitiff made no false re presentation, and the agent, though he made , one, did not know it to be false. Now it seemed to him to be an un tenable proposition that if each be innocent, the act of either, or both, could be a fratnl. No case could be found is which such a principle was laid down, as was admitted by counsel during the argument. He must concede that if any one employ an agent to make a contract, and he, though the principle were perfectly guiltless, knowingly comwiitted a fraud in making the contract, not only would such con tract be void, but the principal would be liable to an action. That was laid down by Lord Halt in Salkeld 289. In the present case the agent acted without any fraudulent intent, and, therefore, his act alone neither rendered the plaintiff liable to an action, nor vitiated the contract. He felt bound to admit that if the plaintiff, knowing of the exist ence of the nuisance, and fearing such a question might be asked, employed an agent who could not know of it, in; the hope and with the intention that the question should be answered in the begative, they would unquestionably be guilty of fraud, and the contract would be avoided, for that would make the representation of the agent his own. But whether the facts of the present case would warrant such an inference, it was unnecessary to inquire, as if they would, the question ought to be left to the jury. His opinion was that the case had not been properly consi dered, and that there ought to be a new trial. Mr. Baron Alderson, and Mr. Baron Rolfe, took the same view of the case as Mr. Baron Parke. Lord ABINGER held to the opinion given by him at the trial, and cited various cases in order to show that it had invariably been laid down that a principal was bound by the act or representation of his agent. The rule for a new trial was made absolute. PHILIPS AND OTHERS V. HVITH AND OTHERS. The CoVRT also gave judgment in this case, which arose out of the bankruptcy of Messrs. Warwick and Claggett. These genticra ,, n were the consignees of a large quantity of tobacco, the property of the plamtiff , . The bilis of lading fur tie goods ought to have been given over to the pig iff,' agent in this country ; but, is place of doing 5 hey pledged them to the defendants for large advances money. Toe Court, after going through the cases in the books relatirg to the le,w of corisignees and agents, said they crc dissAtified with the verdict, and the rule for a new trhtlmu , t be made i,bsolute. The Court afterwards head motions for new trials frf.m the Tate Circuits; none of th , ..in presented sty feature of public interest. IRELANIJ. THE NATIONAL A SSCCIATION.-0,1 Thursday there was a full mt-eting of the Association, O'Neile D a unt. E:q., in the chair. After tt c admission as memo, rs of the Rev. Dr. Doyle, of St. Michael and John's Chapel, of four other gentlemen, as well as of Mr. Smith, a ho, with his four sons, each having paid his shilling, were en rolled as R. p-alcrs, Mr. O'Connell aliuckl to certain errors in the reports of the Irish press, owing to the ra pidity of publication. The Hon, G,•ntleman then ad dressed the meeting on the injustice that Ireland was twf ferlig from the way the ecclesiastical revenues of the coup try were appropriated. LEINSTER AGGREGATE MEETING. -- The aggregate meeting of this province, to petition against Lord Stanley's ll , sfranchisement Bill, will be held on Tuesday or Wed. nesday nuxt. Already there arc upwards 4,f 200 names to the requisition, comprising a coasiderable number of IVlen3- hers of the House of Commons, and the principal Liberal gentry of the province. The Dublin Evening Post affirms that all sections of Reformers .:re thoroughly united to resist the monstrous attempt of Lord Stanley to extirpate the franchise in Ice land. NEW ASSISTANT- BARRISTER. —The vacant Chairman ship has been filled by the appointment of Mr. Nelson, of the North-East Bar, whose professional qualifications are of the highest order. Mr. Nelson has been a consistent and energetic friend of Reform, and has rendered good service to the cause in Ulster.—Dublin E ven i ng P ost . THE UNDER- SECRETART SHIP. -We rather believe tha nothing definitive has yet taken place in regard to the im portant office become vacant by Mr. Drummond's death. It will, indeed, be very difficult to find a successor co well qualified by zeal, talent, experience, and station in the country to succeed him. Ability there may be had, no doubt, and Mr. Buller, of Liskeard—the only gentleman whose name we have heard confidently mentioned—is a man of great talents, and of a political integrity tho roughly unimpeachable. It may be questioned, how ever, if one whose reputation is principally parliamen tary would abandon his seat in an assembly where he is rapidly rising into importance, and for an office, too, however important and honourable, which may be temporary, and which, at all events, no political man, that has a regard to his character, could hold on a change of Administration. Other persons hold ing office in Ireland have been also mentioned; but it is not likely that the individuals in question would resign a substantial and competent certainty for an office from which they would be removed at pleasure. There is only one rri.,n, we imagine, so circumstanced—that is to say, one who holds an honourAle and permanent appointment, ready to resign it, and take the Under-Secretary's Office, wilt) all its risks. The gentleman to whom we refer is Mr. Al. xander Macdonnell, for some years Chief Clerk in the Chief S-cretar)'s Offiee, and now Commissioner of Education —Aid THE CHURCH EDUCATION SOCIETY.-Dr. Sadlicr, Provost of Trir.il College, refused the use of the exami nation hall of the Univer4y for the first meeting of this Soci,•ty, which took place on Thursday in the round room tlo• li , ,tunda. This inciting vy,s into nd. das u grand demorktration against the National Board of Education. THE LATE .IR. DUUMM , PED.—Proofs nt the deservedly high estimation in %hien thy late Under-Secretary was held continue to p ur in front all quarters, ALLEGED MUtt DER AT VA UX HALL BRIDGE. Some excitement 11,s been caused in the Vauxhall idge-road, in consequence of the reported murder of a coa:heaver. named Crow, who re=i , Ld at Paitnees- village, Westminster, whose body was found on Ft iday morning at the loot of the stairs oil the Westminster side of Vauxhall_ bridge, lying in the mud, about six feet from the wall of the bridge. There was just sufficient water to cover him. There was blood upon the first landing of the stairs. There were three wounds on the head, two in front, and one be hind. Friday night an inquest was held, when Mr. Pearce, n surgeon, said that he had examined the body of the deceased. On the right side of the head there was a scalp wound, extending backwards four inches ; the skull was fractured. On the left side was another wound two inches and a half in length, which had also fractured the skull. The skin was off the knuckles of the left hand. These wounds on the head were sufficient to have caused death.—The inquest, which lasted till midnight, was ad journed until Monday. The dinner to Henry Handley, Esq., M.P. at Boston, on Tuesday next, will, we doubt not, prove the high estimation in which that indefatigable representative is held by a large number of the influential and independent yeo manry of thiscounty. We are glad to find that Lord Worsley, M.P., Sir John 'I horold, Sir E. L. Bulwer, 111. P., Sir James Duke, M.P., the Hon. C. Clifford, and other pub lic men, have engaged to be p resent on the occasion.—Stam ford Mercury. The Mayfly will make its appearance in a few days, to the great delight of the anglers for trout. It is the most short-lived insect known ; it makes its appearance at sun rise, and dies at sunset the same day. .‘ Yesterday evening," says the Commerce, " as M. Thiera's carriage was coming out of the Tuileries into the Rue de Rivoli, the front axle -tree broke. No further acci dent occurred, sinee the horses were instantly stopped, but the Pre . sident of the Council had to take a cabriolet to go home." —Galignani. COVENT-GA RDEN.—A S You Like It was performed at this theatre last night, and with so strong a caste as to afford the highest gratification to a very numerous audierce. Miss E. Tree was the Rosalind of the evening. Her delicacy, grace, and spirit'were never better brought out. Mrs. Humby's Audrey is a thing to the life. Mr. Anderson's Orlando was manly and energetic. Mr. Cooper was the me lancholy Jaques. Harley's Touchstone was sprightly and viva cious. B art l ey ' s Ad am was played with feeling. Meadows played William. The play went off with the best spirit. The scenery and appointments, as usual, were b , :autiful and appro. priate. At the conclusion of the play Miss Tree, in due obe dience to a foolish custom, al pared to receive the plaudits of the audience. Tory. Whig. „, IHE WAR IN FRENCH AnucA—The Al- Out Liberty giers correspond nt of the Toulorinais states that A bd-el- Kader, Bishop's Liberty 932 Marsh Liberty 499 on learning- that the arrival of the Duke of Orleans was ex- Prince's Liberty __,-- pected, had addressed a letter to Marshal Vallee, in which the _ 3,52 5 following passage occurs :—" Eithertu I have been able to con -2,404 canvassing ceive that the advanced age of your Sovereign, preventing him . 514 ......... ..... 1.t , i7 ,5 ! from quitting li.s domin oils, and crossing the sea, to come and era) months in anticipation of an election, whilst zee, measure his arms %%jil t me, should defer the task of eomiuer.ng for s u se c y cessful party, too confident of their continuance 1 ent re me to sums of his generals, to whom the rules of consistency arid It is understood that the Tories have been actively can the neglected to make similar prepaiations. A very differ I.l F j o i x il t il l I P a YII-15 e9 r eg.Yia my own dignity have induced me to oppose my generals ; but st H er on C . cult is anticipated at the next election. weePe r , s . now that the importance of the war compels your infirm King A &potation of tl , e to send his eldest son to repre,ent him at the h , :ad of his army. I place myself at the head of mine, and we shall see who will the Bill which the Hon. Gentleman has introduced c° had an audience on Friday with the be triumphant." At Cherched tour block-houses have boon I Plliament relating to the regulations of the trade of chimney oomph ted, redoubts have been thrown up at every point, and sweepirg. • • being the art Wei •y planted; so that tne place is not onlysecure against A JAMAICA LEG/SLATUR.....A. bill any coup-de-main, but able 'o resist a furrnidab e attack Th • mila , iag more than brought in to the House of Assembly of Jamaica for re t ., a ., , Inhabitants do not appear anxious to return, as mot t I. v. wharfingers, Mr. Paul Phipps a distinguished member, en twenty have come to demand restitution of their property. Speaker, I , wbar to the east of 6 , 31 r. very much approve of the bill. The , several Kab)les, from Chenona, a numerous tribe years' r ten gers are all a act of knalT2. I was one myself f" Chercheli, had brought in some cattle. EVENINTG EDI ploN. COURT CIRCULAR. Wixnsoa, FRIDAY. —Her Majesty and his Royal High ness Prince Albert left the Castle this morning, in a pony phaeton, and rode through Windsor and Eton, to Drop more. A tarp party from the Castle followed in phaetons, her Ro3al Highness the Duchess of Kent and the Heredi tAry Prince of Saxe Cobtirg Gotha occupying the car riage next her Majesty. Viscount Melbourne rode with the Ladies Eleanor and ConstancilPaget in the third car riage. Lord Byron and the other visitors and suite occu pied three other carriages. The Royal Party will return to the Castle to dinner. Baron Stockmar took his departure from the Castle this morning, for town. The — Countess of Uxbridze and Lord and Lady Kin n ird rode to Cumberland Lodge th;s morning. Her Majesty the Quern Dowag,er and her Serene High ness the Duchess rla of Saxe ‘Veimar took an airing to the parka yest Trlay afternoon in a pony phaeton and four. The Duke of Cambridge visited her Majesty and her Serene Highness yestt relay at Marlborough House. The Queen Dowager and the Duchess Ida cf Saxe Weimar honoured the Italian Opera House with their presence on Thursday evening. The Duke of Cam bridge honoured the performance of the Sacred Harmonic Society. " The Messiah," Hail last ev en i ng w i t h hi s presence. Prince Ge o r ge o f C am b r id ge h as arr i ve d at S tra thfielt: . saye. Hant s , f rom B r i g h ton, on a v i sit to t h e D u ke 2f r Wellingt on . The Netherland s ' Mi n i ster and Madame D o dd bad the honour of dinin g w i t h h er M a j esty the Queen D o wager at Marlborough -h ouse yester d ay. at Exeter The Duke of Cambridge visited the Princess Augusta yesterday, at Clarence-house, St. James's. Despatches from Sir Colin Campbell, Governor of Nova Scotia, and also from the Governor of New Bruns' wick, were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE' ARRIVALS. Lord Frederick Beauclerk, at his town residence, Kist street, St. James's, from Cassbiobu; Mr. and Mrs. Bentley, in Park-l a n e , f rom Birch House, L a ncashire; the Hon. Mrs. Stapl e t on , a t F enton ' s Hotel ; the Duchess of Gordon, at Grillon's Hotel, Albemarle-street ; the Hon. Captain Frederick De Roos, ; Lady and the .Misses Shaw Stewart, Mr. H. Vivian, Mr. Fort, M.P., and Mrs. Fort, at Fenton's Hotel ; Viscount Curzon, Lady Boynton, Capt. Langton, at ditto; Mr. and Mrs. Hase ll ' at ditto ; Mr. Montague Parker, M. P., at ditto; Horace Hamond, Esq., at the Carlton Hotel, Regent-street, from Hanover; -_Chad, Esq., an d Mi ss Tomlinson, from Norfolk ; M r ., M rs ., an d Mi ss Nightinga l e, a t ditto, from Hants ; M r . an d M rs . Ni c h olson and fam il y , at ditto, front Warnley Abbey. at ditto, DEPARTURES. Byam Martin, Esq., from the Carlton Hotel, Regen t ' street, for Sussex ; Captain Evan Lloyd, from ditto, fo r Salop; Count and Countess Potoski from ditto, for Paris; Mr. Charles S. Stokes, from the Sackville Hotel, Saekci ville-street, on a tour th roug h S cot l an d ; the finn• an d Rev. Frederick Powys, for Fetcham Rectory. Stare,' ; for of and M rs . L'E s t range , f or D u bl in ; the Sl:e r of the House of Cornnions and Mrs. Shaw Lefevret Brighton ; Captain and the Hon. Mrs. Ramsdell, FL:stings; Mr. Lynch, M.P., and famly, for St. L eo. nard's-on_ Sea; Lady and the Misses Shelley, for Brigh ton ' the Countess Beauch am p, f or ditto; Colonel for ditto ; Mr. Ord, M. P., and Mrs. Ord, foe Sussex,' ,\lr. Bell, M P., and Mrs. Bell, for Cheltenham; Hon. Thomas Coventry, for ditto; Mr. and Mrs. Jo' Dundas, for Leamington Spa; Lady and Miss Ihbo tson. for dirto ; Sir W a l ter James, Bart., M.P., for Bedege" bury Park ; the Earl of Clare, for ditto ; the Hon. LT tleton Powys, for Leamington Spa; Sir Wm. and Lady Geary, fur ditto ; Captain Hotha-n, R. N., for ditto. ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES AT THE CULVERLEY PARK HOTEL, TONI3RIDG". WELLS. ARRIVALS —Lord mid Lady William Fitzroy; M r * Hogg, M. P. ; Mrs Hogg an d F am il y ; t h e Lord Advn eJte, and Mrs. Rutherford; Mr. and Mrs. York Nigh ti°- gale; Mrs. and Miss Comberbatch; Mrs. and Miss Hatt hall ; Mr. and MN. Jlhn Smith and f a mily, from Odle Park; Lieuten.int-Coknel Gasenigne; Mr. A. Du nlo p ; Mrs. and Miss Alexander; Mr. and Mrs. Goddard ; Mr. W. I'. i3rande; and Mr. and Mrs. G. Hanson. DEPARTURE?.—AdmiraI Sir Philip Durham. and L ady a Henderson Durivm ; Colo ne l Si r J o h n M. Wilson; and Mrs. George Di r k S e w e ll ; M r . G. S. Troyer ; Au t. ' and the Hon. Mrs. ErAine; Mr. and Mr. Ford Wilson; W. E. C. Tulnell; Mr. an d M rs . Wilb e rforce Pears on; and Mr. John Carry Moore. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland purpnr, moat : ' givingwhen haesplendid s t f y et t e h the t Q S u their Graces with their company. • t e a e ff n or a d nd fl, F iu r s t e n i e n e the Alb e e n r s t u vv in i i ii hono , The Duke of Devonshire intends entert aining e t n it : the. Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, at Devon' shire House, immediately after his return from the Continee _ We understand some alterations will shortly be made at De above mansion for the fete. ROYal STRATIIFIELDSAYE, THURSDAY.--H k — - h e Highness the Duke of Cambridge took his departure for the metropolis this morning, having previously engaged to take , p ss the Chair at a public charity dinner. Her Royal ' Big" n l Duchess of Cambridge and the Princesses Augusta leave on Saturday next for Cambridge House, attended bi Baron Knesebeck. His Excellency Baron Brunow, with C o _,u n t Nesselrode, is understood to go to town to-morrow.. The I:' ai i and Countess of Wilton, accompanied by the youthful La. Grey de Wilton and Lady Elizabeth Egerton, leave on Satur. and 3 all day morning for Grosvenor-square. His Excellency Baron Niemann leaves for Chandos House to-morrow or Saturday. The Marquis of Salisbury and Ladies Cecil, Viscount air , Viscountess Mahon, Marquis and Marchioness of Douro, Wil l ! stay until Monday. in all probability, ;,.. i HYDE PARK. —Although the weather was e x " tremely fine yeste r d a y, th e d r i ve was not so full of carriais—Ai'ss , 1 , on former occasions, owing, p ro b a bl y , t o t h e a b sen ce of,r, - 9ueen and Court at Windsor during the recess. g er . 1e jesty the Queen D owager , w i t h h er S erene High ear ' f ciage Duchess of Saxe Wei mar , was i n t h e r i ng i n a pony 1 and four, with tw o p os tili ons an d two outriders. T he P( 1 1 6- 5 were of a dark bay, and were grea tl y a d m i re d f or the gra ce ness of their action. and y, w a hat s ' MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—On Thursday' at St. Mary's, Leamington Spa, Mr. William Charles Eranj Freke, fourth son of the Hon. Percy Freke, and neplieW ir Lord Carbery, to Lady Sophia Wichcote, widow of the lat.e,!' Thomas Wieheote, Bart., and third sister of the Earl of oa r. borough. Her Ladyship is in her 45th year. ost The Countess of Builington has been ill a 1 11 ,, at precarious state since Thursday morning until six o'cin e ;;ay evening, when a change for the better took place in her •jj : - .. ship's disorder, but she is, nevertheless, in great danger. le Chambers, Sir James Clark, and four other medical ge nt men were in attendance yesterday at Wimbledon. tO DEATH OF LADY CAMERON.—We ho pe h w record the death of this highly-respected lady, which melan f eW.. event took place at Invarailort, N. 13., on Friday. He r ''' a " ship was the wife of Major-General Sir Alexander Cantor"' K. C. 8., and Deputy Governor of St. Alawes. Prince Low Napoleon is passing the holidays at his mansion in Carlton-gardens, taken by his 1 - fig hne t s ; - r i e Lord Ripon. The Prince and his uncle, Count Survi-i'%i joint co-heirs of the late Cardinal Pesch, intend to diV,rent the splendid gallery of paintings at Rome, bequeathed t° " by h.s Eminence. vo that DovER, APRIL 24.—1 beg to inform J - -t1 h v hill his Exce lency the Prince de Castelcieala, accompani eu rifor secretar and suite. landed here this afternoon, ab n ..,% st erri o'clock,' from Boulogne, under a salute from the ! M o tel heights; and after partaking of refreshment at the ShIP - proceeded for London. 'file fashionable world will learn with plesatn e . ' bs t o h et a r, t ,oi t ft h b e hei s isn pi r r i the intention friends n t t t h o e e n t t r i i eo l g t l, - le y ow a f rttdhheea jousts au a rs b lt s o o about to tno lastber yreeavri 1 he 511! selected tor the amweinent is the ground adjoining the be Hotel at Norwood, which, we understand, will be talon by t Noble Earl for the head-quarters of the tourney. ' 71st The Duke of Weilinuton will coin I te his p e year on Friday next, theist of May. 21 THE LATE LORD HEADLEY.---The f us er, of this estimable Nobleman took place on T i h n u t i n d u a ° mortal remains were deposited in a vault at the new Protests ; the church, Aghadoe. A large concourse of persons attendee oe , ohs. quies, including the principal inhabitants for manY le ter year. thispseaarx: round. The Hon. and Very Reverend Archdeacon Fo rs officiated as minister, assisted by the Rev. J. Willis. ui Losa MARRIAGE IN HIGH Ll FE .—Lady -- o f Cadogan, sister of the Earl of Cadogan and Marchi o ness h, Anglesey, wa s marr i e d on T ues d ay last to the Rev. Wtn• Mao D. D. Her Ladyship is in her 53d year. ~1 has We understand th a t th e R ev. Dr. ANT—fr been appointed Vice-President of the African Institutionaine Paris, of which m an y of the most eminent men in Fr ance members. arrived Lady Ward an d t h e H on. Mi ss Ward °f a F t r . Mivart's H o t e l, on 'I h ursday, from a tour in the so uth vice and Italy. H er ladyshi and d h r have be en 3 1) ,, ndaughter te sent nearly twefve months. The Duchess n, of Gordon has returned to t °vlr od from visits to the Duke and Duchess of Richmond , at i ? e ,; - wood Park, and the Countess of Newburgh, Sildon .• °-se ' at Bright°. Sussex. Her Grace has been staying a short time at , f DEATH OF " CHIEF BARON O'GRADY. Viscount Guillainore,raY , died better known as Chief Baron at his residence, in the county of Limerick, on 'Tuesday His Lordship held the office of Chief Baron of :he Irish fix_ chequer for several years, and on his retirement from the bend was created Viscount Guillamore of Caher Guillarnor e ' a ife Baron O'G d ra y of Roekbarton, in the peerage of Ireland; ast i e .. town, a daughter of John Thomas Waller, Esq.. of ' in own, and leaves a very numerous issue; and is succeeded e. his title and estates by Colonel 0 Grady, formerly the reprut sentative of the county Limerick in Peidement, now Vi'e i l„ t Guillamore, who married, in 1828, Gertrude Jane, the e ' --- daughter of the Hon. Berk , P b whom he has al' e.ey aget, y his heir s merous family, the two eldest being daughters, an d also called Standish, is in his eighth year. evening at PARISH OF LAMBETll.—Yesterday eve" at five o'clock the election of churchwardens, overseers , and t _ surveyors of highways of this extensive parish, termi n ated nun.: favour of the Tory party. At the close of the poll the bees were as follow: