The Sun. — London, England, 1840-03-21 00:00:00

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Increasing success of the City Apprentice, which continues to attract crowded and delighted audiences. First week of an entirely new Drama, replete with powerfully impressive and interesting situations. THIS EVENING, 31. tacit 21. Will be acted, an entirely new Dra.na, entit:ed THE POCKET BOOK ; OR, THE TWO FAMII lES. Supported by the entire strength of the Company. After which, a Historical Drama, depicting England in 1664, Baibsdoes in 166ri, 0 d London in 1r , 66, with a representa tion of the Great Fire of London, entitled THE CITY APPRENTL E; or, THE THREE LILIES. To conclude with THE FALLS OF THE CLYDE. NEW STRAND THEATRE. SEVENTH WEEK. The GREAT 11 IZ ARD has already exhibited his incon ceivable Delusions to 50,000 admiring and astonished Specta tors, and hundreds are nightly compelled to leave the doors, in consequence of not being able to obtain admission. CHANGE OF I'ERFoRMANCE. Novel, interesti - g, and philosophical Transformations. Vegetation imbued with Animal Life. The WIZARD will change an ORANGE to a LADY. On MONDAY, Moacn `2.3, And every Evening during the Week, he will open his Necro mantic Cabinet of Natural and Artificial Magic, Ceneluding with the acme of invulnerability, viz. the astounding GUN DELUSION. Boxes, 21. 6d., Sec mil Price, Is. 6d. ; Pit, Is. 6d., Second Price Is. ; Gallery, Is. No Second Price. NOW RE '1)1 7 A ALL THE LIBRARIE S, la vols., with Twenty-one humorous Illustratioi.s ty- R. W. Buss, R. A. :JUTS. TROLLOPE'S " WIDOW MAR RIED," A SEQUEL TO " WIDOW BARNABY." OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. " A most excellent seq lel to Widow Barnaby.' The illus trations are most admirably executed by one of the most inge nious and humorous artists extant."—John Bull. " We look upon the ' Widow Married' as one of the best and truest portraits in the whole range of modern fiction."—Sun. " Decidedly the most amusing of all Mrs. Trollope's stories." —Parthenon. "This sparkling, amusing, and most instructive work stamps Mrs. Trollope as a first-rate artist in this walk of literature. The sketches by Buss are capital."—Caledonian Mercury. " This capital continuation to Widow Barnaby' is rich in amusement and drollery."—Dublin Evening Post. " A most biting, observant, and humorous work."—Age. " The ' Widow Married' displays a deep knowledge of human nature. It is the best production of this highly-gifted writer." —Dublin Evening Packet. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborouilh...trcet. LYRA UR3AiNICA. N ow r eady, in 2 vole. post Bvo., With portrait of Captain Morris, THE SOCIAL EFFUSIONS of the CELEBRATED CAPTAIN CHARLES MORRIS, of the late Life Guards, Member of the Beef-steak Club, Bge• Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. IS 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 HAAIBURGH, are NOW SELLING SHARES for the said DISTRIBU TIONS. Persons slesirous to purchase. may receive, PRE VIOUS to giving anv order, the PROSPECTUS and PAR TICULARS, upon addressing WITHOUT DELAY, a line to HEINE, BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH. F. B.—TEE NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains Portions •f 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, ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY, ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY, ONE HUN DRED AND TEN, and ONE HUNDRED POUNDS, &c. &c., ansonnting t• .£134,990 Sterling. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. TINDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, MARCH 21. Will be repeated Colley Cibber'e Comedy of THE DOUBLE GALLANT ;OR, THE SICK LADY'S CURE. Sir Solomon Sadlife, Mr. W. Farren ; Atall, sir. Chas. Mathews ; Careless, Mr. G. Vandenhoff; Clerimont, Mr. J, Vinink - ; Lady Dainty, Mr.?. Walter Lacy ; Lady Sadlife, Mrs, Nisbett ; Clarinda, Madame Vestris ; IVishwell, Mrs. Orger. To conclude with HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d. ; First and Second Circles, Ls. ; Second Price, 2s. 641. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price, 2s. ; Gallery, 13. Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to commence at Seven s'Clock. Ticked and plat 33 for the Boxes to be taken at the Box-of dee from Ten till Four, whore Season Tielets may be had upon applicatton. Private Boxes to be had y,lely of Mr. An ?rows, bookseller, 167, New Bond-street. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE, UNDER THE MANAGEMENT BUTLER. THIS EVENING the Entertainments will commence with THE MUSE AND THE MERCHANT. Edmund Bian. Mr. Roll ; Rosa, Miss Fitzwaltcr. THE LADIES' CLUB, Open every night at Half-past Seven. Mrs. Stirling in the Chair. Immediately after the Business of the Club, the New Barletta, by the Author of " His Last Legs," entitled THE HAPPIEST MAN ALIVE. Charles Euston, Mr. F. Vining (his first appearance at this Theatre). To be followed by ANGELINE. Angeline Le Lis, Mrs. Stirling. To conclude with THE GENTLEMAN IN BLACK. Pet...sr Punctilio, Mr. Jones. Boxes, 4s. Pit, 2s. Gallery, Is. Second Price immediately after the Ladies' Club. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The letter of M. T. has been unavoidably postponed, but we will endeavour to find room for it, and for others which have been given out for composition, on Monday or Tuesday. MOH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning ;62 minutes alter 4 f Evening 39 minutes after 4 As t k . t rre f ) 4 7: 41 14:0* tfit gun. LONDON: SATURDAY, MARCH 41, 1640. The Peers met as usual and presented a few petitions. A. brief discussion took place on the Corn-laws, on the Earl of ROSEBERY presenting a petition from Stirling, for abolition, which the Noble Earl, for sundry reasons, could not support. H e a d vocate d a lower scale of duties. The speech of Lord ASHBURTON we have else whero noticed. Their Lordships rose before 6 o'clock. In the Commons, after a great number of petitions had been presented, .Mr. MACKI NNON gave notice that he will move for papers relative to the Hill Coolies. Mr. ORD, from the Committee on Election Petitions, reported that Mr. CoPpocK, the agent for one party in the Ludlow disputed election, had protested against the proceedings of the Committee on the ground of illegality. It seems doubtful whether Sir ROBERT PEEL'S Bill will work well. On Lord JOHN RUSSELL moving the order of the day for the third reading of the Printed Papers Bill, Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from Mr. JOSEPH STOCKDALE, praying to be heard at the bar. Lord JOHN RUSSELL objected to the petition being received, as it was an insult to the House. A short debate ensued, in which the conduct of Mr. STOCK DALE was approved of, because it wrs according to law, and condemned because it was insulting to privi lege. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE deened to withdraw the peti. lion, and on a division the House refused to receive it by 196 to 25 votes. Sir R. INGLis =Ted an additional clause to the Printed Papers Bill, the object of which was to give protection t o a ll th e propr i etors of newspapers regis tered at the St,:mp-office for publishing any Parliamen tary papers. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL opposed the clauic, he cause they were not reviewing the Law of Libel. He observed (and we quote his words, thAt they may be known and remembered} —" He hop,!,i the time would anon come when that law would be reviewed and dis cussed and altered--(ll,,ar)—wben truth should not be deemad to be a libel, and when it would be a sufficient defence to any proceedings to say that the allegations contained in the libel were true." The clause was withdrawn, on the suggestion of Sir E. SUDDEN. / The Right Hon. Gentleman then moved that the se cond clause of the Bill, putting an end to all action s I which have hitherto been brought, should be omitted. On this question the House divided, and the clause was retained by 110 to 40. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL, Mr, WARBURTON, Mr. HUME, and others, declaring their objections to the measure were as strong as ever, and protesting against it. On the motion for going into a Committee of Supply, Captain BOLDERO called the attention of the House to the discip ine of the Academy of Cadets at Woolwich, and complained that several young men had been dis missed, oral their prospects in life blasted, for offences which he thought might have been less severely pu nished. Sir HUSSEY VIvIAN entered into a long vindication of his conduct in the government of the Academy, and explained ,the several cases of dismissal, from which it would appear that the young men had not been particu larly obedient and well behaved. Fifteen, Si had been dismissed, one of vvhoin h a d been restor h ed. , Sir HussitY also vindicated hirnselt from sundry ch irges of serv.ng the purposes of Mr. O'CONNELL, en d uioe: his patronage to szrve bis political friends. We arc not sorry to see the Gailaet Officer noticin the accusations of the Press, because he had a most ,gcellent defence, and because it only served to con firm the character now universally given to the Tory j ourna ls of caring nothing for truth, so they can wound dA oppowalt. The Committee on the Flour Importation (Ireland) Bill was postponed till after Easter. The Tithe Commutation Act Amendment Bill was passed. Colonel SIBTHOLIP, the econonomist or Joseph Hume of the Tories, gave notice that on the intro duction of the Canada Bills, he should call attention to the expenses incurred by the Earl of DURHAM and MR. POULETT THomsoN. The House adjourned at a quarter past ten o'clock. Lord ASHBURTON is generally considered to be the most appropriate representative now alive of the breeches pocket policy. His arguments, how ever specious, may always be traced to his own interest. In 1828 he was a great merchant, and was then, as he stated last night, "by no means favourable to the Corn-laws." Now he has left trade—he is a great landed proprietor, and he finds that the Corn-laws have worked better " than the proposers of them could possibly have supposed." He finds that they prevent fluctuation—that they did not cause the difficulties as co the currency, and that it is " not possible to conceive any artificial system that could work more perfectly." Here we see, as distinctly as if our consciousness were that of Lord ASHBURTON, the influence of the breeches pocket. The sensorium of the Noble Lord is situated in the neighbourhood of the right thigh, and the low position of his mental organs accounts for the limited extent of his vision. He used this argument : " When Gentlemen talked of the dangers of fluctuation, they seemed to have forgotten that the price of food, above all other articles, was that in which there was necessarily great fluctuation, and it was matter of surprise to him to see bow little fluctuation bad taken place. When the law was introduced, it was expected the average price woulc' be 605., and if they looked carefully to the prices at dir_ ferent periods, it would be found that it frequently had not amounted to that, while in seasons of the greatest scarcity the whole extent of the advance had been from 60s. to 665. If they looked at other parts of the world they would find that the fluctuation had been still more considerable—on the shores of the Mediter ranean, for instance—while those which m;ght be more particularly called the Low Countries of the world__ he meant the plains of the Ukraine.—had, only two years ago, suffered from the most fear. ful famine ; and yet these persons expected, notwith standing the fluctuations of the seasons, which were con stantly occurring, that the articles of human food—of all articles the most liable to fluctuation —should not fluctuate at all.—( Hear, hear.) But let them compare the fluctua tions in the price of corn with the fluctuations which had 'aken place in the prices of other articles of commerce. In the price of iron, of wool, and of cotton ; fluctuations in tritely more extensive bad taken place than in the price of It was, therefore, a fallacy to say that the Corn ws were in fault, or that they had riot worked well." Why, we ask Lord ASHBURTON, the landowner, should there necessarily be great fluctuations in the price of food above all other things ? He will re ply, "Variations in the season." Mr. A. BARING, the merchant will respond, " I live to correct these inequalities. It is the business of my life to buy commodities when and where they are cheap, and sell them when and where they are dear. Food is the production of every spot where man lives. Cot ton, silk, iron, wool, are the productions of com paratively narrow spaces—food is universally created. Only allow me free and unlimited scope for my exertions ; stop me not from going where like, and when I like, for a supply, and you may rely on my always bringing you abundance, and always equalizing the prices both from year to year, and from country to country." Such would be the reply of the industrious self-sustained breeches pocket BARING, the merchant, to breeches-poc ket BARING, the landowner and bread-tax eater. The landowner's sphere of vision being limited, from his eye being so near the ground, he asserts that the whole extent of the advance of the price of wheat in seasons of scarcity had been from 60s. to 665. In 1838 the price was 88s. A large por tion of wheat was introduced into the country at a no minal duty, when the average price must have been above 735. In 1836 the price was down to 365. These are fluctuations which may be equalled in the records of the middle ages, or in the Steppes of the Ukraine, but could not exist in any community where trade was free, and where there were any of those energetic equalisers of prices, such as was ALEXANDER BARING, the merchant. The difference between 665. and 60s. is 10 per cent.,the amount of fluctuation,according to breeches pocket BARING, the landowner. Now we re ceived yesterday from the House of Commons a return, No. 127, "of the prices of victualling stores for her MAJESTY'S Navy, in the year 1840, and the amount per cent. by which the prices of those stores in 1840 exceeded the average price of the three years pre ceeding 1839. Also a return of the amount per cent. by which the prices of 1840 exceeded the prices of 1839 ;" and we beg the attention of the reasoner from the pocket to the following items : In 1840 the excess of price, above the average of the three years preceeding 1839, was--of wheat per cent. 28.86, of oats 22.15, of malt 36.62, of biscuit 20,38, of flour 40,66, of beer 50, of spirits 38,55, of fresh meat 11.18, of salt beef 12 55, and of salt pork 18.19. In the whole list there is not a single article, the produce of our own soil, except vinegar, the price of which is not above 10 per cent, excess, while the average of ten articles we have quoted is 27 per cent. higher in 1840 than the average priCes of 1836, 1837, and 1838. The price of 1840 exceeded the average prices of 1839 by--wheat per cen!. 8.36, malt 18.7, flour 3,30, beer 17,39, salt beef 13.77, and silt pork 13.05. The fluctuation, then, between one year and the average of three, was nearly three times as great as the man who sees with his thigh described it, and would probably be six times as great were the year 1836 alone compared with 1840. So much for the correctness of the most profound and skilful of all the reasoners from the breeches pocket. The landowner, however, goes on in his endea vour to make the nation admire the wisdom of the The letter on the Church of Scotland, which appears in another part of the paper, will convey some useful information to our readers, Scotch as well as English. We have repeatedly stated that the great object of the Clerical Non-Intrusionists is to grasp the whole patronage of the Church of Scotland, and in this we are fully borne out, not only by this letter and by several others which we have received from Scotland, but by one who knew well the character of the clerical body—the late Sir HARRY MONCRIEFF, for many years the leader of the party that now cry out so lustily against pa tronage. Adverting to some unprinted Acts of As sembly in 1645, and to one in particular to " allow Presbyteries to plant Churches," be describes with perfect truth the grasping disposition of the CH A L NIERS4S and CA NDLISIIES "f the present day. " These acts," he says, " show the solieitude of the clergy to get into their, own hands the com mand of as many patronages as possible." The son of this venerable clergyman introduced into the General Assembly the very Act that has made such a commotion in Scotland, and which, if carried into effect, would, in the words of his father, " give the clergy the command of all the patronages in the Church." From what we can learn, many of the people of Scotland con nected with :he Establishment, and the Dissenters to a man, begin to view the question in this light ; and we therefore anticipate that the clerical usurpers will ultimately be defeated. There are other points of the letter to which we might wish to call attention, but must defer any notice of them till another oppor tunity. We may merely add, that the balance in the Assembly was turned by the Burgh Elders elected to the General Assembly under the Munici pal Reform Bill. corn. There is no coin which so readily passes curre t among well-meaning men, of little knowledge and contracted views, as a spurious humanity. Unable to look beyond the iminedieie consequeeces of any act, they are ehocked at whatever appears to them to wear the semblance of undue severity. This is already pretty generally manifested in the conduct of those who, from conscientious motives, are doing all in their power to represent the hostile policy of the Government against China as fraught with cruelty and injustice. Not one of these people, we would venture to affirm, took the trouble to examine our peculiar positio in the Eist ; or to ie quire whether an over-strained delicacy towards the Government of the Celestial Empire might not be the means of deluging the plains of India with the blood of hundreds of thousands of British subjects. It sounds mighty fine to talk about us seeking the Chinese, and not the Chinese seeking us ; and that if we do not like the conditions upon which the Celestial Government is disposed to sanction a trade with us, we are at liberty to let it alone. The dolts who affect to take this view of the question either know, or ought to know, that were we thus to abandon the trade, it would be proclaimed from Pain to St. Pctersburgh that we were ignominiously expelled forever from the Chinese waters —that one of our " Ambassadors," as they would be stvied, wa s p u t t o d eat h ; t h e other, with all the " 'English foreign Anvils," imprisoned and forced to p li tion the clemency of the Great Emperor for their lives. and that the g ods of the " Barbarians" were destroyed, and their ships forced to fly before the guns of Celestials, " makite; a noise like a thunderbolt." Now what would be the first effect of such a proclamation in India, in A ff4l) anistan, and e yen in Persia ? A universal rising in the East utterly to abolish the power of Great thitain in Asia. When the Burmese were before in arms against England, it is well kr.aan that the Emperor of CHINA, of whose pacific policy we now hear so much, had actually ordered them a powerful reinforcement of native troops, and that this Chinese army was on its march against the English, when a courier stopped it by intelligence that the war was over. 1 That TiteeewADDEE only awaits an opportunity of agein declaring against us, we have had som , humiliatinc proof's within toe last two years. That srveral other native Princes would fly to pin his standard, we require no better evidence than 11,s been furnished by the con spiracies recently discovered in the very heart of our own territory. It would be ridiculous to pretend to deceive the Asiatics by setting forth an account of a voluntary renunci a ti on o f the Chinese trade ; and thus were our Government silly eno'sgh to listen to the ad vices we have mentioned, instead of the probable loss of a few lives hill the Bocca Tigris, or sonic other part of the Chinese waters, we should have to encounter all the horrors of a bloody and protracted war for exis tence as a power in the very territory which we now possess in India A good deal has been said about the unwarlike character of the Chinese by those who are for submitting to the caprices of their rulers. Now, as our demands era clear and explicit, the less warlike they are the greater is the probability that they will yield at the a p. the tnere for an appeal to anti-warlikepearance of force, and therefore the sympathies o f the the less o ccas i on i s nation. It is not blood but freedom of trade, official redress for wrong, and pecuniary compensaton for mint. We cannot afford either silently to despise, o r pe cuniary injury, that is sought by the British d Govern magnanimously to forgive, the insults and oppre,,sions of any people s o - near our Indian Empire as the inhabi tants of China ; and as our policy i 4 purely dc fens:ve, we ought to have less scruples to .. force, or rather a necessary display of it, than in by seeming timidity, the repetition of wrongs, whose ti c n t g ;urttne', a in resor example might prove fatal, by provoking the infliction of wounds in a more vulnerable quarter. Those who contend that the Chinese Government has given us no just. provccation for resorting to hostilities, have either not made themselves acquainted with the plain and simpl e facts of the case, or they are parsons of intellect so obtuse as to be incapable of compirehending the plainest statements. It is well obEerved by a Mr. ' bread taxers, and submit with patience to their de creed, by telling it to look to the shores of the Me diterranean, and the plains of the Ukraine, and there out People would see great distress and fearful tectin g f amine, owing t o th e fl uc tuations of the seasonc af food, the most liable, he repeats, of all ar ti sto fluctuate, We again call on BARING, the merchant, to reply to BARING the land owner. ~ S o I . ' • " ' BARING, thew admit it is, says ALEXANDER world, and a: who has agents all over the cotton-manufacturers o a f t w w , hose demand for mote goods the iron -masters •erhampton, and the of ' Manchester, would call into d ou bl e activity thosenever lP)roductive agents that are never tired, and are on s in li . I mite , price of fo o d i s li a bl e to arr.reaet e fiwni—" So I admit the spaces, but I commandh t e world cars send cottons, an d woo ll ens, and iron, anywhich our cx . ingenious peopl e can manufacture to almost ' tent, to almost every k nown part of the gi e b e and I can buy wheat at Od essa , at New fork, Dantzic. The harvests nev er f a il at all and at l these places in the same year. Toe skill -less .1 - ess agri. culturists of the Ukraine, who have nothin g but agriculture to subsist by, w h o have no other trade than that of exporting agricultural produce, and who must consequently depend on their own soil ; or the poor inhabitants of the shores of the Mediterranean, an agricultural or vine-growin.„Y people, wh:) have no t - leans of buying food, to anv extent from other con:arms, whose trade is compa ratively limited-.--WilLiC ships are certainly not found in every sea—l:Jule people must be exposed Sir H. HARDINGE approved entirely of Sir. H. I to great privations when their harvests fail ; hut the i VIVIAN'S conduct towards the Cadets and the Col ege, harvest of Manchester never fails ; the spinning y hut heard him vindi cate hi mse lf f rom t h e attac k s o f n vv- mules and the p o . ver -l ooms are alwa s fruitful ; papers in that House with regret. He thought those Heaven never mocks the hopes of our skilful arti attacks should b e p asse d unnot i ce d . Mr. NV/muttTort and Sir DE L ACY E VANS comp li mented S i r H USSEY tans and manuf acturers, if they do not fail thein i VIVIAN fo r hi s con d uct and h i s explanation. . se.ves. NS:lth their h arvests , suscept ibl e o f a l most Sir THOMAS COCHRANE made himself look a little ri- f indefinite increase, I can buy food for them, if you diculous by quoti ng th e United Service Gazelle and the I will allow me, in any and every part of the world, Asiatic Journal as auth or iti es f or a comp l a i nt h e ma d e shielding them against those terrible distresses to ' that passengers were not sati s fied w ith th e treatment in which the mere agriculturalists of the shores of ' the Medit eranean, an d of the plains of the Ukraine, her Mesty's packet. however f ert il e t h e i r fi e l ds, are continually exposed. In the Committee of Supply several votes for the Ordnanc e E st i mates were agreed to, Mr. HUMS ex- pressing his re gre t th a t t h ey were so large. You must ha ve a sin i ster i nterest to serve, Brother The principal discu ss i on w hich followed referred to BARING, or you ne ver cou ld h ave compare d our the dismissal of Mr. FooT, and Sir H. VIVIAN cx. country, which, from the great abundance of its plained, as we have already stated, that the O r d nance mineral and manufacturing wealth, and the great had nothing to do with his dismissal. The Solicitor of skill of its people, whose commerce visits every the Ordnance a pp o inted hi s own agen t s i n th e country, shore, and is able to purchase food from all the el and he mi4ht have cut his connection with Mr. FooT, vilised world, to the shores of the Mediterranean, for his activity at the Devonport election. That the inhabited by the destitute, poor, and skill-less Tories should interest themselves so w:rmly in favour L . - azzaroni, and to the plains of the Ukraine, ju:t of freedom of election, was a subject of rejoicing and mirth to Lord PALMERSTON. A good deal of conversation brought into tillage by a motley race of Malo took place on this point, but no further information was Russians and Germans." elicited. The Tories are angry that they have not all The merchant, were he not somewhat disgusted things their own way, and their anger makes them for at the bad faith of the landowner, and could he the time patriotic. We so like their patriotism, that spare time from looking after his ledger, might, we shall do all in our power to keep alive their anger. perhaps, go on to observe—" I notice that you After voting a sum tor the Commissariat, the House gentlemen land owners d o not comprehend the resumed, and went into a Committ ee o f W ays and effects of trade in reventing fkctuationsy Means, in which a sum of 8,000,0001. was vote d out of p ,and our the Consolidated Fund, for the service of the year comparison of the prices of corn since 1828 with 1840. prices in former periods—for exa lie, Is 1" _inp ietween 1772 and 1792—are fallacious, unless you take into ac count the tendency of trade and the progress of so ciety to prevent fluctuations, so that they ought to be in the ten years ending 1840 less than in the ten years ending 1790, and less when our trade is extended over the whole globe than when it was confined to our own island, and the shores of Europe. You know, Brother BA RING, if the records of prices, as quoted by ADAM SMITH, can be at all relied on, that the price of the quarter of wheat varied in this country in the thirteenth and fourteenth century from 6s. per quar ter to 21. Bs., to 31. 125., and even to 161. You know that as commerce has extended, and skill has unproved, that there have been no such gluts and famines in any part of the civilized world as were frequent in the middle ages ; you know that this equalization of prices, neutralizing the variations of the seasons, has been caused by the increase of those watchful men all over the world, whose bu siness it is to buy when and where commodities are cheap, and sell them when and where they are dear ; and you must know, as this class of men is continu ally increasing, that the process of equalization is for ever extending, and that fluctuations ought to have been less in the ten years ending with 1840, which have been years of profound peace, and of commerce, as-extensive as your Corn-laws would allow it to be, than in any previous ten years of the world's existence. The fact, however, is, that the fluctuations have been very great—that we have almost returned, owing to your limiting us as far as you can to our own islands for a supply of food, to the terrific fluctuations, the overabundance, and the famines of the middle ages. This is the consequence of your execrable breeches-pocket legislation, which contravenes the order of nature, and causes fluctuations, distress, and starvation, where Providence has provided for stability, pros perity, and abundance." So the ALEXANDER BARING of 1828 might be expected to speak to the ALEXANDER BARING of 1840, exemplifying, at long intervals that characteristic of self-con tradiction which always marked every speech, and almost sentence, of Lord ASHBURTON. GRAHA m, in a pamphlet on this question, that " The immediate objects of the ulterior measures adopted by t':e Chinese authorities—vi z , the surrendering of all opium consigned to the imprisoned residents at Canton, whether lying in the deposit ships anchored ia the nearer offings of ere outer waters, or on board the trading craft at a distance from the Chinese coast . ; as well as the subscription by all foreign residents of joint bonds to abstain in future, under penalty of death all for each other, from all dealings in opium —were such as the Government of no country had a right to demand from the subjects of another. Although opium was certainly a contraband article, and the Chinese authorities were entitled to go and seize The drug wherever it could be found within their Custom-house jurisdiction, it by no means follows that they were entitled to require gener ally that all opium which might possibly be on board the deposit ships in the offings of the outer waters, or else where, should be delivered to them. Still less were they entitled to make such a demand upon all foreigners, not only for themselves individually, but also as held responsible for each, without any regard to their actual connection or disconnection with the trade —or to their distinction from each other as sub jects of different nations." This Is so evident that it hardly requires illustration. Most certainly, were any European Government to attempt to supply the ineffi ciency of its Custom-house force, by a promiscuous seizure of all foreigners within its territory, offering them the agreeable alternative of death or the delivery of a fixed quantity of goods at sea, an instant would not be lost by the Sovereigns of subjects so coerced in Inakit.g war upon the Government so offending. Th. , act in the case of China was the more unjustifiable and atro cious as the Superintendent, Captain ELLIOT, had ful minated a proclamation against the opium traffic, jointly with that of the Govet nor LIN ; and as the merchants at Canton, only seven days after LIN'S edict, had pledged themselves in writing to abstain from all further dealing in the prohibited drug. " The foreign merchants of all nations resident at Canton," said they in nn address to LIN, " beg to represent, that being now made fully aware of the Imperial command for the entire abolition of the traffic in opium, hereby pledge themselves not to deal in opium. to attempt to introduce it into the Ce lestial Empire " This was all that the merchants could reaso ably promise --all that the Chinese Go vernment could lawfully demand The Chinese are a Their comm erce w i t h S i am, Cochin trading p eo ple. China, Burmeh, Muscat, and nearly ail the States of Western India. is very extensive. They are not there fore an isolated race, claiming to be exempt front all the advantages of the law of nations—a s some of our coun trymen ignorantly suppose—and therefore it would be little less than to hand over our countrymen to every species of torture practised upon natives, to admit the principle implied in the toleration of the Governor's conduct towards the merchants resident in Canton. A correspondent calls our attention to what he deno minates the " high encomiums" passed by the Times on a very common-place memorandum of the Duke of WELLINGTON on the subject of our relations with China, forming a part of the correspondence just laid before Parliament. Our correspondent completely mis takes the drift of the Time:, by whom the Duke of WELLINGTON is intensely hated. The Times knows quite as well as does our correspondent, that it was the adoption of the policy of the Duke's memorandum by the present Government that really led to our present rupture with China ; and in publishing that memoran dum, with its recommendation of leaving our trade with China to be protected by the presence of a single " fri gate"—(ilie Volage, for example)—our apostate con temporery had no other wish than to render the Illus trous Duke as contemptible for his statesmanship as the world knows him to be matchless for his heroism in the field of battle. The praises which the Times has claimed for the unfortunate policy of the Duke with re gard to Turkey, Portugal, and Spain since his Grace exchanged the sword of the warrior for the pen of the statesman and diplomatist, ought ere this to have re moved every doubt from the public mind as to the real design of that Journal. But the Times, like MACHIA, VEL, has the misfortune to address dull satires to a dull age, and; not unfrequently has to witness what is in tended for keen invective regarded as fulsome panegyric. The celebrated Florentine wrote his " Prince" with a view to ridicule the policy of Kings ; but as he himself, in his correspondence, says, he beheld with horror the greatest statesmen combining to understand him lite rally, and that the maxims he seemed to ridicule were really recommended by him. The Times is not a jot more fortunate. Of this our correspondent nosy rest assured, that he does not look with more contempt upon the boasted memorandum than does the writer in the Times; and what is more, that had it been calculated to redound to the gioiy of the Duke of WELLINGTON, not a line of it would have appeared in the Times. Madrid papers of the 12th inst. have reached us, but their contents are unimportant. The election rt.- turns, which threaten to consume the whole time of the Session, still occupied the Chamber of Deputies. In the Senate, on the 11th, the Address to the QUEEN REGENT, in answer to the speech from the Throne, was under discussion. Tnc funds had considerably im proved ; the Five per Cents. were at 29 1-16 for cash, and 291 for sixty days. There is no news of general interest in the Paris Journals of Thursday. After a world of intrigues, the prime mover of which was no other than King Louis PHILIPPE, a section of the " 221 " have consented to support the Secret Service Bill, and thus keep TRIERS in office during the present Session of the Chambers. From Saturday last till Wednesday evening, the KING left no stone unturned to oust TRIERS, but neither Count MOLE nor M. DUCHATEL, the present props of the Court, could be prevailed upon to take office. See ing there was no help for it, the KING yielded, charging the courtiers, however, to keep secret from the Premier negotiations already known to every person in Paris. The Legitimi s t s , too, are said t o h ave j o i ne d THIERS'S standard, so that the little Premier is quite safe, and in a condition to look abroad at what it is his boast to contemplate, and his pride to comprehend— the external relations of flit, Great Powers of Europe. It is reported that General BUGEAUD, who, a few days ago in the Chamber of Deputies, preferred the honours of war to free trade and cheap beef, is to supersede Marshal VALLEE in the Government of French Africa. Can there be nobody found but the concocter of the Treaty of Tafna to undertake the command in Africa ? The following extracts include the only paragraphs, in the way of news, in the French Journals : Lieutenant-General Count Guilleminot died at Baden, on Sunday last, in the 66P.6 year of his age. HErioEs OF MAZAORAN.—The Minister of War has just decided that one of our most esteemed artists shall be sent to Mazagran, with a commission to execute, at the expense of the War Department, a picture representing the new triumph which illustrates our military history. The picture will be placed in the Museum of Versailles, vtith those glorious records which our occupation of Al giers, has enabled us to add to so many others. —lllnniteur AFRICA.—We have received a letter from Aigicrs, dated the 11th. Marshal Vallee set out on the 10th with his staff, escorted by a strong detachment of gendarmes. On the 9th and 10th, almost all the disposable troops reached the plain; a convey is gone to Bouffarick ; there were no fewer than 600 waggons laden with provisions and ammunition. It it from Bouffarick that the expedition was to set out on the 12th, to proceed in the first place to Blidah, then to Kole;,h, and lastly to Cherchell. The eapeditioc consists of 12,000 men, and is well provided with artillery. T‘to steam boats were to depart in the night to attack Cherchell by sea, while the army under the command of Marshal Vallee will attw k it by land. It appears certain that the town will be completely destroyed. It is affirmed that the place is deserted, and that our troops will take possession of it without firing a shot. Alter hiving destroyed Cherchell the army will go to revictual at Koleah, thence to Blidah, and lastly, it is said, against the tribe of the Iladjouites, in order to destroy every thing, and if possible to take from these bol- robbers a part of their flocks. —Le C'onstitutionnel. SPAIN, —The Eec de Aragon of the 14th states that Espartern marched trom Oh. to on the loih for Aleorisa. The first division occupied Lis Olmos and the second E. Mas, preparing to march to attack Castenote. The third division was at Egalve and its vicinity. The Ero has letters from Alcorisa of the 11th, stating that the Carlists had retreated from Molinos and occupied Seno, Dit Torres, Santa Olca, Ladrunesu, and Luco. The Ciri•z , ttn, s Were a t 13erg Los Olmns. lids de las Matt, Ju:v,., and La Mal ta , Z rlmno at. Cahi a and Pamm , r. tedlote, it is in7cncleci, will he the next Ca. t fort to be attack, d. CONSTANTINOPI E ' Fan 28 —lt is stated that Lord Ponsonby h as just' received accounts from London, which are unfavourable to the propositions of Russia on the Eastern question. During rho last month four English couriers have left for Tabriz, and accounts arc anxiously expected. A l e - ter !Tom T re bi soß d o f th e 19th, states that the Russi a n s h ave been de f eate d on th e f ron tiers of Kliiva ; but nothing agents of E ng l an d . The Ch arge d'Aff a i res o f the unitedhas bee n published on this subject by the States has just concluded a treaty of commerce with the Porte, ba se d on t h at of the 16th o f A ugust , 1838. The fi man, authorising the rajas to wear tho Fez, is daily looked for.' BO UR S E.—PARIS, THURSDAY, MARCH 19. cirst Highest Lowest /.ast Pelee l'rice. Price. Pr ic e I tench 5 per Cents 'l3 5 ... 113 111 ... 113 ... 113 4 per Cents I"G 25 ... ti ) ' 25 ... 101 .15 ... toi 25 4 per Cents l O, I 'n 10 1 02 ". In 2 10 3 per Cents B3 40 . 83 40 ... 8 3 33 ••• 83 3 3 Bank of trance -in . -, ...3; , ,, , ...3175 —3150 Lattizte Balk 1,0001. sh L'ilited States Bank Loan . h.i,g,an Mink........8.45' ::. 8 , 5 .•• c,•.' •..• '''''.l 5 ~ ,r cent lo' Ai l ' • 1°34 ... 1°5 n 141 .. 11 ).) Dutch 24 per Cents 5.1 '....<, ..." 53 1 , ••• 5 -- ••• 53 9. S,n4nlst) Av. ire .. -'9% ... ' 2134 *** 291 ' 4 ... °.:li Passive P.ortngucse 3 per Cent; 2374 Ramat! Nea, olit,in ...................... 101 85 ... 104 83 ... IDB 8 5 ... 1 0 4 85 11. 1 33,i •.. 104 ...103% ..194 RAILWAY SHABES. Ver , rniles, R. B ... f , 5 0 55ri 5.50 ... 550 L.B. ...................... ;4 , 5 366 25 365 ... Orleans ''''''''' 4r:2 50 462 50 462 50 4.6:: 50 .......... tra!buri; to Bale ........ 361 25 261 25 ... 557 50 357 50 David Dundas, th e 'REPRE SENTATION OF S U THERLAND.--Mr. English barrister, has published an Ad dress to the electo rs of Sutheriandslure, on t h e un d ers t an di ng that Mr. Howard, th e present Tory M em b er , i s a b o ut to re ti re from Parliament. Mr. Dundas is a well-known Reformer, and will, if returned, giv e bis cordial support to the pre. cent (3(tvernment."—Gtaspopo Chronicle. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY). DEAL, MARCH 20.—Wind N N. E.—Arrived the Me teor, Walker, from Singapore; Vere, Pocock, Jamaica; and Harlequin, Rio Janeiro. Sailed the Great Br twin, Swiaburne, for Montreal ; Alexander Robertson, Brown, Cape of Good Hope ; Caroline, Rood, Antigua ; Pallas, Newfoundland ; Guineanian, Jackson, Cape Coast Castle; and Royal Adelaide steamer, Batty. Lisbon, Sze. LIVERPOOL. MARCH 20.—Wind N. N. W.—Arrived the Reliance, from Ceara; Ann, Brown, Berbiee ; Lord Cochrane, Pernambuco; David Adair, Maracaibo; Nor man, Jamaica; Cordova, Owen, New Orleans ; Grace, Reid, Charleston; Chicorah, Halsey, ditto; Caspian, Potter, Philadelphia; and Concord, Cobb, Gergenti. Sailed the Scutt► America, Bailey, for New York ; and Howard, Mills, Savannah. FALMOUTH. MARCH 19.—Wind N. E. to E. N. E.-- Arrived the Ospray, from Gergenti. T►SCAR, MARCH 19.—Off port the Morgan, Charleston COWES, MARCH 20.—Arrived the Andrew Scott, Hart. ley, from Charleston. DARTMOUTH, MARCH 19.—Arrived tho Jams, Ford, from Figuera. BRISTOL, MARCH 20. —Sailed the Mars, Bird, for New, foun-iland. DUBLIN, MARCH 18.—Arrived the Atalanta, Clark, from A lmeira. CORK. MARCH 18.—Arrived the Augusta, Snow, from New Orleans. CROOKHAVEN, MARCH 17.—Arrived the Cic:ly, Nor mm, from Cadiz, for Newfoundland, with part of cargo washed out, and with loss of sails, bulwarks, &c. SHIELDS, MARCH 20.—Sailed the Westmorland, Emery, for Bombay. HULL, MARCH 20 —Arrived the Ellen and Mary, from Port Madre. SUNDERLAND, MARCH 19. —The Effort, of this port, got on shore behind the South Pier, and received considerable damage. SCARBOROUGH, MARCH 19.—Ninety fathoms of inch chain has been recovered from the wreck of the Little Sammy, run down in Felby Bay the Bth tilt, MONEY and 0,0 111 ERCIAL Nh'ITS CITY, WELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERrOOL COTTON MARKET, FRIDAY —The la.ge that we have had this week, in conjunction wnh the limited demand from the trade, has had the t tt•ct of in flueneing prices downward, particularly for American, be low fair quality, which may now be had at id. to id. under the closing rates of last week, and there appears a disposi tion on the part of the importers of the lower qualities to meet the market freely, but less so for better qualities, our supply of which, by the recent arrivals, is small in prapor tion with that of the inferior. The sales to-day are about 3,500 bales of all kinds, the market closing heavily ; 500 Sea Island arc declared for auction on Friday next. Spe culators have taken 1,200 bales of American, and exporters 850 American, and 30 Bengal. Arrivals this morning —French and Hamburg mail, ship letters from Pernambuco and Charleston. There is an article in the French Papers stating that in a proposition for the conclusion of a treaty o: Commerce be. tween France arid Holland, the latter promises some advan tages to the Freneb commerce in the Dutch possessions in the East Indies, that is in Java and Sumatra, where the French importations will be favoured in these two colonies by importing in French ships. The Mexican Papers, the Diario and the Cosmopolita contain the debates in the Mexican Congress to the 17th o January, upon the projected invasion of Texas. The principal question debated was that of ways and means ; a proposition had been submitted, requiring every man in the Republic to pay a medio real (six cents) every month, to constitute the means for carrying on the Texian war. A Member of Congress proposed to amend this proposi tion, by enacting that whoever would pay a larger sum monthly, should be declared to have deserved well of his country._ The w Government Journal states that tranquillity reigns in all the departments, with the exception of Mowery. It is certain that Chipuahua is invaded by the Indians, and no aid has been sent to that department. Durango is also invaded by the Indians, which is unprotected. New Mexico seems to have been blotted out from the catalogue of the territories : that department also suffers from incur sions of the Indians. Yuxatan is nuw the theatre of a bloody civil war. Our condition is an aggravated one, and complicated in its relations, yet the Government think the question of Texas paramount. There are now due three Wcst India mails, and fmo N-w York packet ships, besides a great number from other quarters. THE FUNDS. Up to the present hour, a great dullness prevails in the city. In the transactions of the Foreign Exchanges yesterda,) afternoon, that of Hamburg was rather better, in con sequence of a good supply of paper in the market. Paris also beater. Dutch rather lower. Antwerp Letter ; and Portuguese lower. Consols opened this morning at the same quotations they left cff 91 for the Account ; for Meney 9011 i ; Exche quer iiills, 16 18 prem. ; Bank Stock for the opening 177 179 ; India Stock, 247 249 ; India Bonds, 1 3 prem. In the Foreign Market the prices are nominal —same as they left off. Spanish Active, 281 i, shade better ; De ferred, 131 141 ; Passive, 71 II ; Portuguese, 331 341 ; Three per Cents., 231 241; Colombian, 24/ 251; Mexi can, 281 291; 13,z I , an 78i ; Dutch Two and a Half per Cents., 521 it; Five per Cents. 1001 1011. PtacE.', :it syt tub, , 7'ktls DAS Al' i. , NE o'CLoCK. stank Stock —: India Stock 3 per Cent. Rect. — Ditto Bonds 3 per Cents. C0n..........90% m i t % South Sea Stock — .3 9 tier Cent — Old Atiiiuitie, :)itio Red. —. New Ditto gew :i3 pet Cent (../9!. 3 per Cent. Annuities, 17)1 Nlew 5 per Cent. Bank Long An unities toexpire 1 Ditto 500 is Is pm Jan 5, 1860 — Ditto Small lB 16 1,11 , Oct. 10, 1859 —. Ditto Commercial C s . Jxn. 5, 11130 — Ditto Advertised ... —pm Jan. 5, 1850 Bank Stock for Account ... 177 4, Aprils, 1880. — India Stock for Account .. !Ai Jan. 5.1870 ---, Consols for Account Pi PRICES OF FOREIGN FU Si DS THIS DAY AT ONE 0 CLOCK Austrian Bonds lll% Peruvian llonib; Belgian Bonds Ditto Account _ :ortugliese Bonds 3razilis .1 Bonds Ditto Iccount - — 30enos 'tyres Bonds Cent. .... Ditto Iccaltnt L:h i .lizn 3ond I — Prussian Bonds Data tece. lit o!zur.: lan II; ids — Ditto Account — Ditt:77 Iczt3 - . nt Columbian 3: ri5,1824 E rt.:. 1r..:.3..nt anisic Bonds Ditto ALL: ,n t — Deferred l3k Greek Bonds —' French, 5 per cent, —f. --cs Ditto Bonds, 1825 —l ----- 4 per cent. —l. —c. Ditto Account -- 3 per cent Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent. —, ----- Exchange. —l', —c. Ditto Account —! Dutch, 2 5t per cent. Ditto, 0 per Cent. Ditto Account `4espolitan — . t Ditto Account — PRICES OF SHARES THIS DA.'i AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Sh,rc Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Company 70 fiS treat Western tiailway Company B ighton Railway ,, , 5 24- 5 :.% Llncton and Madman Railway ii.... mion and Birmingham Rsilway carnpstny Ditto 4 Shares :25 N rth Midland Railway Comp:my ~ ICO Ditto New, Union Bank of Australia ....... Ditto of London 17?,4 34 17Y4 5 COURSE O EXCH. Amsterdam ...... 12 4% )itto, at sight Rotterdam .2 U. 12 5 12 5 HAintnag. M.E. 13 :3 N F. Y . R 1 ..... 4 P ........ 53 ........ 75 Klidrl. • . w ....... ..,._...». Venice I:Aj kt r o i s n , a 3 days'Aight 25 40 Ditto— ............3 Ms l5 70 Marseilles. •lourueitux N.•plex 00000 40 Fatorn,o —..............per oz. Ltsuor, • ••,,, Riu Janeir , ,—............ ..... Frankfort on Maine, Ev..111 - 1&5% '-trrnbutgh, Ua. 37;, Berlin Vienna, effective f1...3 M ln 6 Trieste ditto ....... In 7 •vlAtirtd 26% 36* ..„ rceic,n 2. Ile, 3B Runic; Ayres New Yon. '4l philatit...puta tt) PRIC 4 ..* Uk Bt LJ.It h,poto Portuea. ugh, Joni 1 . o^,gn .-• nate., e. 17 t. Nc On.tb !' t; 4 1 Sifrey . tar. (, 5 (1, lIALF-PAST ONE. Pernambuco papers received to the sth January. They in not contain any news of consequence. To the present hour, we continue in the same situation: la in the early part of the day, without any arrivals, on the least spirit in speculation, either in the British or Fo. reign Markets Consequently we have not a feature to report in either of them ; the fineness of the weather causing a number of the members to retire to their homes until Monday next. Money is easy in the House Consols for the 14th of April ~.,Nl9ncy 90i; Exchequer Bills, 15 18 15 17, preen,; India Bonds, 3 prem.; Bank Stock for the opening, 177 i. India Stock, ditto, ditto, 248. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active 29-; Porte allege nothing done ; Austrian, 111 ; Dutch Two-ane .. Half per Cents. 52i 53. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.—On Thursday Colley Cibber's comedy of The Double Gallant ; or. The Sic'', Lady's Cure, was revived at this theatre, considerably cur tailed in portions characteristic of " the spirit of the ago" it. Cibber's time, and consequently very much improved in refe rence to our own. It still retains, perhaps, too much of gal lantry, but we can conceive the difficulty under which the ma nager was placed in this respect, for if that very striking fua ture were completely amputated, there would be little or nothing left either of plot or performance. However, Madame Vestris appears to have done the best that could be accom• plished under the circumstances—distributed the characters ad mirably, and dressed them to perf-ction in the height of the fashion of the days of Queen Anne. I DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT MURDER.—SIN GULAR CAsn.—Last Wednesday night, a man named Coker, apparently driven mad by destitution, whilst speaking quietly to the woman (Guvett) in who ,, e house he and his wife lodged, suddenly snatched up a knife, which was lying on the table, and, seizing her, attempted to cut her throat. Mrs. 0., how ever, seized his arm, while he was aiss at the same time seized from behind by another female, who was in the room, when, finding himself foiled in reaching her throat, he began plung ing- the knife at her stomach, wit n'the intention of stabbing her. 'file two women, although dreadfully alarmed, however suc ceeded in getting him into a corner of the room, and eventu ally into the court, where they were rescued from his grasp. Yesterday he was too ill to be brought up. On examining his person the surgeon, from his exceedingly-emaciated condition, was of opinion that he had been, by illness and starvation, re duced to a mere skeleton. _Nothing could be got dow❑ his throat but warm brandy and water by means of a tea-spoo n , and that with great difficulty. Serjeant Kelly also said that the prisoner's wife had told him he had for a long time been out of work ; that she ha. done her best to support him ; but that lat terly they had been reduc,d to the greatest distress. On the previous day Coker had pawned something for 6d., which was all expended, they haying only one halfpenny in the world left. l'he prisoner also muttered something about Mrs. Guyett having spoken disrespectfully of him and his wife, which, with distress, had driven him to desperation. Last evening he still continued in much the same state, and Mrs. Guyett was in such a precarious condition that her recovery is doubtful. The Dublin Teetctallers had a " grand tempe rance procession" on St. Fatriek'c day. CHANCERY UOURT_(TI•IIS DAY.) CASBORNE r. 11AR511,1,31. The Loan CHANCELLOL gave judgment in this ease, in which the only question was, whethcr an issue which a party had been directed by the Court to try, and which he bad ne glected to do, because the Judge before whom it was to be tried doubted if it should be taken pro confesso, or whether the party should have liberty to try it at the present Assizes. On the case coming on before the Master of the Rolls, his Lordship gave the party liberty to try the issue, and the case came before tha Court upon appeal from that decision. His Lordship was clearly of opinion, after having referred back to the authorities upon the point for the last hundred and forty years, that the party was not entitled to the indulgence granted him by the Master of the Rolls, arid he therefore must direct the issue to be taken pro confesso agams thim. ROLLS COURT. -...('PHIS DAY COLLINGVVORTII V. LLOYD. The MASTER OF THE RoLLS gave judgment in this case this morning, which was heard in Michaelmas Term last. The object of the bill was to declared that a mortgage, given by the plaintiff to the defendants, Messrs. Lloyd, the bankers, was not properly obtained, and to have the mortgage estate re conveyed, or the value thereof paid by the defendants to the plaintiff. It appeared that, in the year 1830, the plaintiff and his partner, Charles Addy, carried on the business of calico printers at Alanchester. !h ey h a d an account w i t h M essrs. Lloyds, the bankers. The plaintiff was entitled to certain real estates, called the West Moor Estate, in the county of Dur ham, and in June 1830 he deposited with Messrs. Lloyds the title-deeds of that estate, as a security for any balance which might be due to them from t he firm of Addy and Collingworth. Towards the end of the year 1.?30, the plaintiff and Addy, being considerably indebted and embarrassed, determined to wind up their affairs, and they executed a power of attorney, whereby they empowered a Mr. Edmund Grundy to act for them. Before this power was executed, 111 r. Edmund Grundy ca ll e d on M essrs. L loy d s, the princi pal creditors, and asked their advice as to a composi tion. Mr. Edward Lloyd stated that his house would accept a dividend equally with the other creditors, requirieg, however, at the same time the West Moor estate as a security for the balance which might be due after the dividends had been re ceived. To this demand Grundy, acting for the plaintiff, agreed, and suggested that for the purpose of making the se curity more effectively available, it would be better to convert the equitable into a legal mortgage, with power of sale. His Lordship was of opinion that the legal mortgage was not im properly obtained. Whether the defendants were, under the circumstances which afterwards occurred, entitled to the bale tit of that mortgage, was the next question to be considered. The composition was executed, and the power of attorney to Grundy given in the month of December, 1830. The mort gage deed and the power of sale attached in the following month of September. What was done by Grundy in the mean time for winding up the partnership business, or promoting the composition, no furtherappeared than,that he caused a deed of release to be prepared. . hat deed recited that Addy and Collingworth had agreed to give 10s. in the pound, and that the creditors had released them from the debts owing, and from all securities given by Addy and Collingworth, or either of them, for securing payment of such debts; but it provided that any creditor might be at liberty to execute the deed without prejudice to any other lien or security he might have against. other persons. In the months of September and October, Is3l, advertisements were published, giving notice to the creditors that they might receive a dividend uf ten shillings in the pound" upon their debts, on deducting the release, and several creditors executed that deed accordingly. It did not apuear there had been any general meeting of the creditors. The advertisement, however, was a proposition to the creditors at large to pay them all the composition on cer tain terms ; and although every creditor was at liberty to re fuse to accept the composition, yet it had been established by a series of decisions that a crenitor could not ostensibly accept such a composition and sign a deed of release, and at the same time stipulate for and secure to himself a peculiar advantage not stated in the deed. In Esther v Rose it was stated by Mr. Justice Le Blanc, that in the consideration of cases of this de • scription it was not material whether the deed be entered into at a meeting of creditors for the purpose, or whether they affixed their signatures to it separately on its being carried round to them. Some time after the publication of the advertisement in De cember, 1831, Mr. Edward Lloyd received from Edmund Grundy the sum of 1,0121., being the amount of composition of 10,. in the pound for the debt due to the defendant. The deed was not executed by them, and it was agreed between Edward Lloyd and Edmund Grundy, who represented the plaintiff, that the defendants should have the benefit of the security for the remaining moiety of the debt. Shortly after • wards Mr. Edward Lloyd proceeded, under the power he hail, to sell the estate, which sale was made under circum stances that gave rise to another question in the case. Lord Howden became the purchaser for 800/. The purchase - vas completed and the purchase-money received by the defendants, on the Ist of May, 1832, which was applied in reduction of the debt that remained due to the de fendants after they had received the composition. On the 29th of June, 1832, Mr. Lloyd executed the de, d, and thereby, for the first time, brought himself into community with the other creditors, who had execu t e d, or m i g h t a f terwar d s execute, the deed. He had, in fact, received the same dividends as the other creditors, and had besides availed himself of the security given to him by the plaintiff. Considering that no notice was given in the deed that Mr. Lloyd had received both the composition and the produce of the security, it appeared to his Lordship that the same principle of public policy which had governed other cases would deprive Mr. Lloyd of the right of availing himself of that security in discharge of the residue of his debt; end in that respect, though by no means for all purposes, the execution of the deed must in equity have the same effect as if he had executed it on the same day on which he received the dividend. Under all the circum stances, his Lordsh.p was of opinion that having received the dividends and executed the deed, Messrs. Lloyd had no right to retain the benefit of the money which arose from the security. The next question w. .s whether the defendants ought to be charged with more money, or the value of the estate, than the amount of the purchase money they received from Lord Howden. It appeared that as between the plaintiff and Messrs. Lloyds, how e ver unw illi ng t h e p l a i n tiff might have been th a t a * rule should be effected, it had been agreed that Messrs. Lloyds should have the power to sell, and their intention to do so. if their claim was not satisfied, had been avowed from the first. There had been no precipitation, And no desire to sell without ascertaining the correct value. Looking at all the circumstances, and even considering Messrs. Lloyds as trustees for the plaintiff, which in one sense they were, there was nothing in their conduct respecting the sale of which the plaintiff had a just right to complain. As to the value of the estate, estimates of its great worth had been produced on behalf of the plaintiff; and evidence had been adduced that its value had been trreatly increased by the formation of a railway in the neighbourhood ; but his Lordship thought that the speculative value from possible improvements in consequence of railways, could not be considered in deciding that point. The value of the land to be sold at the time must be looke 1 at ; and having given the best at tention in his power to the evidence, it did not appear to him that more than the sum of. 800/. given by Lord Howd.:n would have been obtained. Consequently, his Lordship's opinion was that the defendants ought not to be charged with more than the 800/. It must, therefore, be declared that the defendants, Messrs. Lloyds, having executed the deed of October, 1831, were not, :n respect of the debt of 2,024/. due to them from Addy and Collingworth, having received thecomposition of 10s. in tie pound, entitled to retain and apply, in Further satis !action of that debt, the purchase money or sum arising from the sale of the estate; and, therefore, the defendants must pay to the plaintiff the whole amount of such purchase. money and interest thereon at 4 per cent. from the time the sale was effected. Then with respect to costs. Having regard to the many unfounded charges of fraud in the plaintiff's bill, and having regard also to the defence, which had failed, in re spect of which the defendant was liable to pay to the plaintiff a considerable amount of costs, it appeared to his Lordship that the justice of the case would be best satisfied by making a de cree without giving costs to either side. THE MARKE'T'S.--(THIS DAY.) COVENT GARDEN. The supplies fair, and trade dull. There did not appear to be any want of anything or of trade. The only novelty was Hot house Grapes, which were 4s. to 4s. 6(1. per lb. ; Asparagus, Bs. to 15s. per bundle ; Sea Kale, 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. per punnet. ; Strawberries, 2s 3d. per ounce ; Pines, His. to 245. per lb. ; Old Potatoes-Scotch, 60s. to ; Devons, 655. ; Yorks, 70s. ; Whites, 603. ; Blues, 655. per ton. New Po tatoes, 2s. 6d. to 3s. per lb. French Beans, 3s. to 4s. per 100 ; Spinach, Is. tid. to 2s. 6d. per sieve ; Savoy Cab bages, bd. to Is. 3d. per dozen ; Cucumbers, 6s. to 12s. per brace ; Lemons, 6s. to 10s. per 100 ; Turnips, 2d. per bunch ; Brocoli, 4s. to Bs. per bundle ; Carrots, 4s. to ss. 6d. per dozen ; Onions, 3s. (id. to 4s. Os. per sieve : Celery, 6d. to Is. 6d. per huddle ; Plants, 3s. to ss. per dozen. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. A good demand this day, ;but the supply was rather small, and prices had a tendency upwards. Beef 3s. to 3s. 10d. ; llutton 2s. 10d. to 3s. 10d. ; Veal 3s. 10d. to 4s. 10(1. ; Pork from 3s. Bd. to 4s. 10d. ; Irish from 3s. 2d. to 3s. Gd. A small quantity of lamb, price 7s. to Ss: per stone of eight lbs. Game and Poultry in good supply. Pen Fowls, Is. to Is. 6(1; Goslings, Os. Bs., ; Pea Fowls, Ss. to 12s. ; Cock Turkeys, 6s. to Ps. ; Hens. 4s. Gd. to 6s. 6(1. ; Fowls, 2s. to 3s. ; Chickens, 2s. to 3s. ; Rabbits, Wild, 91 to Is. ; Tame, Is. to Is. 6d.: Ducklings, Si. 6d. to ss. 6(1. ; Snipes, Bd. to Is. 3d. ; Pigeons, Gd. to 10(1. each ; Black Game, 3s. 6d. to 4s. ; Eggs, 4s. 6d. to ss. Gd. per 120. HUNGERFORD MARKET. Supplies fair, and a steady business done. Turbot, Vs. to 20s. ; Cod, 4s. to 10s. , Solos, 10(1. to 4s. 6d. per pair ; Lob .tors, ls. 6d. to ss. Beef, 7),(1. to 80. ; Mutton, 7id. to 80. Veal, Std. to Pd. ; and Pork, 70. to 81(1. per lb. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. Supplies good, and prices stationary ; trade good. Cod, 3s. to 12s; Salmon, 2s. tid. to 3s. per lb. ; Lobsters, Is. to 4s. ; Oysters, 245. to 60s. per bushel ; Turbot, Os. to 20s. ; Macke rel, 6d. to ls. ;,Whitiligs. 4d. to Bd. ; and Haddocks, Bd. to Is. HAY MARKETS. Supplies moderate, anti demand good—prices firm. Hay 6ns. to 935. ; Clo,cr 60s to 115 s. ; Straw 34e. to 425. per load. TALLOW MARKET. P. Y. C. very• quiet, but firm at 525. • TEA MARKET. The market was very quiet, and there was scarcely anything Tha advance of . 4(1. to 2d. per lb. was fully maintained. The Duke and Duchess of Montrose now reside in Belgtave-square, his Grace having sold his mansion in Gros venor-square last season. The Duke a n d D uc h ess of Roxburgh have also taken a house :n the former square, which is now considered AS fashionable a quarter as any in the metropolis. ST. PAUL'S, DEPTFORD—HER MAJESTY'S DOCK-YARD.—Since the year 1835 the parishioners of the above parish have had to pay an enormous sum (near 1,700/. a year), in the shape of land tax, in consequence of the refusal to pay the annual amount (1881.) charged on her Majesty's victualling -yard, nor has any poor-rate been paid in respect of the same establishment since 1805; since which period no less a sum than 50,000/. of the poor-rates have been expended in the relief of men, and the families of men, who formerly worked in the dock and victualling yards. At a very numerous vestry meeting recently held, it was unanimously agreed to present a petition forthwith to the House of Commons, pray ing for a Bill to enable them to assess the Government esta blishments. PETITION FOR THE REPEAL OF THE CORN LA WS. —Every man in the country—nay, we would say, every woman also, should endeavour to record their disapprobation of the starvation laws made by the old boroughmougers, for their own aggrandizement, at the expense of others. By this day week no individual, who has a head to think or a heart to feel, should go to sleep without having sent off his signature to Lon don as his record at least against this cruel species of oppres sion. If differences of opinion as to the pre-eminence of the Corn-laws or of the Charter should exist in the minds of any individual or of any party, unless they consider the starvation of the poor proper, and the Corn-laws a blessing to the country, they ought to forward a petition on the subject ; and, if they please, let their petition state whate,er other grievance they may conceive worse, or which ought to be removed in pre ference to th e C orn -l aws, b ut at a ll events let them petition against these laws—let them claim to be heard in the House of Commons, for free trade and cheap bread, at the present im portant crisic—Renfrewshire Reformer. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE• WARWICK SPRING MEETING.—WEDNESDAY. Match for 2001, p.p. Two miles, list each. Sir C. Moe' tyn's gr g Tobacconist (Chesawar), beat Mr. Bradley's Tartar easily. Match for 200 sovs, p.p. Two miles. I Ist 71h each.--Mr. Bradley's bl m Emma (Mr. W. Sadler, jun. ) beat Mr. Wights b g Claxton easily. Royal Leamington Handicap of 20 toys each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, &c., with 50 added by the town of Leamington ; Gent. riders. Two miles. Six subs, two of whom declared, and one did not name. Lord Warwick's b c Melodrame, 5 yrs, 10st 71b...(P0we11) 1 Mr. Maley's ch m B e lli ss i ma , 5 yrs (h b) li st 21b........... 2 Mr. Treen's br c Fitzambo, 4 37rs, lOst 71b .................... 3 Won cleverly. The Trial Stakes of 10 soya each, with 50 added for two and three-year-olds. One mile. (15 subs ). Mr. Etwall's b c by Mulatto, out of Melody, 2 yrs, 6st 121 b Mr. Rawlinson's b c Chilson, 3 yrs, 9st ...... Mr. Flintoffs ch c bro to Dulcimer, 2 yrs, 6st !21b.........• 3, The following also started, b u t were not placed : Lord Warss itik's br c by Giovanni, out of Petty Larceny's dam, 2 yrs, 6st 121 b; Mr. Collins's ch c Springfield, 3 YI P 9st ; Mr. W. Sadler nd br c Pr o t ec t or , 2 yrs , E s t 121 b ; Day's b c Mulciber, 2 yrs, Ost 121 b ; Mr. Rol's eh f Darkness, 2 yrs, ist ; Mr. Treen's rh c Fitzroy, 2 yrs, 6st 121 b; Die. Buckley's ch c Cbarley, 3 y rs , 9 s t ; an d M r. W. H er vey's b t Kate Nickleby, 2 yrs, Est 121 b. Won easy by two lengths ; Chilson beating the others by the same distance. The Debaale Stakes of 5 soya each, with 25 added, for hors" not thorough-bred ; gent. riders; 2 miles. Six subs. Mr. George Cowley's b g Spangle, 4 yrs, 10st 41b. (Mr. T. 1 H. Cowley) Sir F. L. H. Goodricke nd b m Maid.of. Allwork, aged, 12st 71b The following were not placed :—Mr. Robertson's Humbug , aged, I2st 71b ; Mr. S. Parker's d m Duenna, aged, 13st ; and Mr. C. Brookes's br g President, b yrs, 11 st 2 1 b. Won easy. The hu rdle Race Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, and 25 added; 12st 31b each, half-bred horses allowed 101bs ; gentlem en riders ; 6 leaps ; the winner to be sold for 1501(5 subscribers); was won by Mr. H. Robins's b g Single Peeper, 5 yrs, (M r ' Powell 1, beating Mr. Robertson's Humbug, and two others, after a fine race, easily. The Earmers' Plate of 501 and 101 to the second ; two mile heats ;—was won in two heats by Mr. Lucas's b g Spri n g Gun, out of Ellen's dam, 3 yrs, lOst 21bs (Hughes), beating Cross's Billy the Beau, 5 yrs, 1 lst 91bs ; Mr. F. Robins's Eva, 5 yrs, I Ist 91bs, and four others. A Forced Handicap Stake of 10 sovs each ; once round said a distance ; was won by Mr. Robins's Single Peeper, 9st 31bs ( Marlow), beating Mr. J.J.Davis's Zethus, lOst 4lbs, and Mr. Collins's Springfield, 9st 31b, after a fine race, by half a bead. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. The Brighton harriers Monday, at Patcham ; Wednesday , at the Race• course ; Friday, at tae Dyke—at a quarter• past ten. The Brookside harriers Monday, at Newmarket-hill ; Thurs day, at Telscornbe-tye—at half-past ten. • The Essex Union foxhounds Wednesday, at Wickford Castle; Saturday, at Ashingdon Wantz—at half-past ten. Mr. W. Horlock's hounds Tuesday, at Compton Bassett; Saturday, at New Park. Mr Drax's hounds Monday, at Bloxworth-down Wednes' day, at the Windmill Inn, North Cheriton. The B. V. H. Wednesday, at Burton-common ; Friday, a t Pulham—at half-past eleven. Mr. Tudway's hounds Tuesday, at Gear-hill; Friday, a t Berkeley Lodge, Sanderwick. The Marquis of Hastings' hounds Monday, at Blackfordby Village ; Wednesday, at Bunny Park ; Saturday, at Rol' wood-gate. 31r.Thleynell's hounds Monday, at Rolleston ; Thursday► a Ednaston Lodge ; Saturday, at Chartley. THE MURDER AT ISLINGTON. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) The unfortunate man, Templeman, who fell a prey to the assassin's hand at Islington last week, passed the early and middle part of his life at Lincoln. About 4 0 , ears ago he was a warm Jacobin, and in the course et discussing some political matter he damned the King; f or this offence he vvr.s imprisoned tw e l vemont h s in toe Lincoln city gaol. It was here where he first became se quainted with his deceased wife, whose name was Tuke , and daughter of the gaoler. On his liberation ho Wee appointed Master of the New Jersey School, then in existence, for the purpose of teaching th e c hild ren o f th e poor the art of weaving. This situation he held a number of years, and at length fell into needy circumstance s. Having a grandson in a prosperous business as a solicitor ie London, old Mr. Templeman was sent for by him, wo o made a provision for his grandfather to keep him in cell' fort during his life. The unfortunate man left Lincoln about twelve years ago. FLANDERS MAIL. COPENHAGEN, MARCH 7.—The Journal Krobenhains posttn was seized on Thursday. This, therefore, confirms the conjecture which was lately expressed, that it Was seriously is contemplation to restrict the press. 49nr journals make bitter complaints of this and preceding W s ' sures against the liberty of the press. COPENHAGEN, MARCH 10.—The royal proclamation, e 0 1 . 1" yoking the Estates o f t h e D an i s h I s l an d s an d t h e Duel of Holstein, appoint C oun t Ri venttero C r i m i na l Roil Commissioner of the latter. The Estates are not to re main assembled 4,bove two months at the utmost. , It is reported that, by a R o y a l reso l ut i on , a ll t h e prn°lll. I mations and official noti ces i ssue d i n t h e d uc hi es , s h a ll, n conformity with a proposal of the Estates, be no longe r presented in Danish and German, but in German only' One of the first and most important reductions in the expenditure will be in the appanages of the Royal Family' Krobenhainsposten has been able to give a pretty corre ct account of the amount of appanages, and showX t h a t the annual averages from 1829 to 1833 was 1,251,000 rix lars, which is about the fourth part of the revenue of the kingdom. To this, however, must be added a number of gratuities to the servants of the Court, and the expense of the Royal palaces and gardens, so that the total sun) has amounted to at least a million and a half. With re-' spect to one large item in those expenses—namely, that d the palace at Christiansburg, the same paper says, is When ibis enormously expensive building is finished, the expense sill be diminished, but still a large sum will be required to keep it in repair." It is indeed melancholy to reflect how many millions have been added to the National Debt without obtaining anything but a place where the Court can give fetes on particular occasions. HANOVER, MARCH 10. —The Government seems to bo more anxious than ever to put an end to the existing dif ferences. It is reported that the state of the revenue, ss the budget, which has hitherto been prolonged, is no longer sufficient, is the cause of the earnest wish of the Govern' mint for a speedy arrangement ; but complete arrange ments cannot be expected, and while the most important Corporations of the kingdom refuse their co-operation. HAMBURG BORSENHALLE, MARCH 17, Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents. Rank Share., An, 10-Russian Loan 109% 109 Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Cortificate Russian 5 per Cent. Hop! and Co. 3d and 4th Series 98% 91% Ditto in Certificates Dutch Actual Debt, 2!4 pe Cent 51% 51 ) v Ditto 5 per Cent 9B - Pe)i'h Bonds 145 144 New i icket Anglo.tiaiiish Loan, 3 per Cent 74% Its, Norwegian Loan, th 34, 4 per Cent... Spanish, New 3 per Cents, 23 EXCHANGES OK LONDON. HAMBURG, MARCH 17.-13. 73f—Two months, 13 3!4. STOCKHOLM, MARCH 1 0 .—Seventy.tive slays, 12, 2. LElPsic, MAHun 13.—Two MO ths, f , 1t , 4,. LlERcira, MARCH I L —Three months, tC. 21 COLONEL LIGHT.—With extreme regret we have this week to record the death of Colonel Light, late Sur veyor-General of South Australia. The Colonel died on the sth October, at Adelaide, after a severe and protracted illness , in the fifty-first year of his age. Colonel Light was a man of the finest feelings, and the most refined sentiments of honour. Hence the ill usage he has received -had a most injurious effect upon his mind and constitution, and in a great measure hastened his death. He was buried on the 10th. His funeral was at' tended by nearly a thousand individuals to the church, a n d on the return of the procession to Light-square there could n ot have been less than from 3,000 to 4,000 persons assembled t° pay their last tribute of respect to his memory.— South Aus tralian Record. We do not recollect having ever witnessed an expression of more deep and general regret, mingled with sur prise, than was diffused over this place on Wednesday evening, by the intelligence that our county Meniber, F. W. Grant, Esq., yr. of Grant, had expired that morning at Cullen House. The lion. Gentleman had arrived in the north, from London, the previous evening, accompanied by his brother (now Master of Grant), in order to make preparations for the interment of his mother, whose remains were conveyed from London by the North Star steamer, and left at Rurghead on Friday last. He retired to rest, somewhat fatigued by his journey, and depressed by the sad bereavement, which has caused such sincere lamen tations over the North of Scotland. Next morning, when his servant entered his apartment, Mr. Grant was found ilead . , The cause o f thi s me l anc h o l y event i s said to be an affection ot the heart. Mr. Grant was in the very morning of life—in his twenty-sixth year. He was of a diffident, retiring disposition, but much b e l ove d b y t h ose who knew his genuine and un affected worth. Amidst the sorrow that nas been called forth by this sudden d e p r i va ti on , a f ee li ng of painful interest and sympathY has been manifested with respect the situation of the surviv ing parent, the Hon. Colonel Grant. The effect of this double calamity—the loss of his wife and eldest son —cannot but be most severe and heart-rending, and will call for all the conso lations of religion, and the soothing attentions of kindred and friends. Colonel Grant would receive intelligence of his ge l death at Fdinburgh, on his way north from London, and it is easy to conceive how his sensitive and domestic nature me! t have been grieved and shocked by such an unlooked-for an d melancholy communication.— Inverness Courier. SUICIDE OF A LADY.--On Friday morning an inquest was held before Mr. Wakley. 11. P., at the York and Albany H o t e l , R egent ' s Park, on the body of the lady f R. E. Smith, Esq., chief of the military department in the East India House. The deceased was in the habit of daily walking in the Regent's Park, and on Tuesday morning, abo ut ten o'clock, l e ft. h er res id ence, 1 8, Park-village, West, to her accustomed promenade, accompanied by her child, t" 1,0 years' old, and h er nurse . O n return i ng homewards by' . back road she stopped on the bridge over the Regent's Canal, and leant o ver th e p ara p e t. H er li tt l e c hild was running in , advance, an d th e nurse wen t to b r i ng i t b ack. H av i ng taken up the child, a n d tu rne d roun d , s h e saw h er m i stress dart through the gate that leads to the towing path, which having attained, she plunged into the can a l, D ecease d was got 0 , re the water haring been submerged in it fifteen minutes. pros-co to be extinct. It appear e d th a t d ecease d an d her g ilt, band lived on the best terms. V er di c t—T empora ry 1 11 11 ``` derangement. TITHE ON Flstr.—We und ers t an d that gentleman connected with this county h ave l a t e ly broughtso some e with subject a vier- h t i o s tithets being under broughtthe attention tioti as that now in progress with regard to tith es i n general; 4 'L would certainly be satisfactory to all p ar ti es if this could " effected.— Cornwall Advertiser. n so n m o e f s t u li c e h r o r s a • eu r g n ea n iiul e; ni e t ; The new Boards of Guardians will be elected throughout the country on Thursday next. We earnestly re. commend the rate-payers, as fa r as pract i ca bl e, to e l ec t hon es t , intelligent men, to this important office, who arc embued with a humane consideration for the poor. TEL EGRA PII.—A considerable extension of the system of telegraphs at this port is about to take place. station is to be fixed at Flamborough Head, which well be in readiness for the spring ships !rem the Baltic. Observer —Hull N, ONDON, SATURDA Y, MARCH 21, 1840 EVENING EDITION.