The Sun. — London, England, 1840-04-27 00:00:00

• LONDON: MONDAY, APRIL 27, 140. Well, did we not correctly anticipate the pro , ceeditip of LlN's auxiliaries at the anti-opium gathering at the Freemasons' Tavern on Friday last In our columns of Friday night and Saturday morning; we gave the fullest report of the meeting of any of the London Journals ; and if we did not accompany that report with an invitation to our readers to allow their disappointment at its perusal to provoke no other indication of annoyance than a laugh, it was because such an intimation ap peared to us altogether unnecessary. There was one point only upon which LIN'S friends might claim to be impartial. If they approached the dis cussion of an important international • question under strong prejudices against exciting stimu lants, they . proved, by their speeches, that they kiltw nothing of the facts on either side. Probably, as none of them conld read Chinese, they magnanimously resolved not to listen to the exiyarte statements of Captain ELL lOT, and his interpreters, Ailonntsozi and GUTZLAFF. Now therois a stimulant quite as destructive of the rational exercise of the. powers of the mind as the fumes of spirituous liquors, or the inhaled intoxicat ing essence of opium. That stimulant is prejudice, having ignorance for its basis ; and we regret to observe that the. teetotallers, and other over righteous persons of: : that stamp, labour as much under its pernicious influence as the most unre. claimed gin-drinkers under the excitement of that beverage. Lord STA NIIOPE, soul-destroying al beit a Peer of - Parliament, and a member of the highest judicial tribunal in the kingdom, could not perceive that there would be anything at,all extra ordinary in our enforcing our Custom-house laws against the French, in the same way that the Chinese, have done against us. Neither could the Ncible• lord understand upon what just plea France could feel tffended at such a vindication of the. sacredness of our laws a. 3 the starvation of all the Frenchmen-In London, unless brandy stnug,glers - off Itam.;gate would freely deliver up their contra band cargoes. Lord .STANIIOPE'S youth was evidently not spent in the profound study of the, law of nations, and as book authorities may have little weight with him now, we recommend him,' just by way of learning what the civilized world 'thinks up.un these p6ints, to hint to the French and American Ambassadois our right and our determi. nation tx) vlopt Lis s mode of enforcin g Cu s t om . house laws- How .M. GUIZOT wou:d elevat e hi s eyebrows, to itinthri;;.how long his n o bl e v i s i tor had escved froin Hanivel; . STEVENSON, mor e credulous, you'd acct..nt the communication as a covert ticclai ation of war, and in six months we I. should have General SCOTT marching at the heed Of a' Republican army to lay- waste the - Canadas. • , But the modesty of ',lN's auxiliaries was equal to the little acquaintance which they appeared to. have of the question which they assembled to proyounce judiment upon. They did not pro -130-sp the impeachment . of her MAJESTY'S • Ministers, nor • d ... 'id thy recommend to the rtatiob the pCirchaSe of a piece of• plate to be • . • , • .• presented 'to : the , High, Commissioner for his inhOinan treatment :of the red-bristled bar barians. They were Content to address her MA prohibit the • JEsTr t 9 e opium traffic, and to charge herself with the due and rigorous execution of the Crtis'tOrn-hons'e laws of a Government that. scorns to hold any communication with her or any other European SOvereign, or to permit a subject of her sex so' much as to touch the soil of China ! While her MAJESTY allows opium to be, served as a ration to her Oriental troops, on the same, principle that a certain quantity of beer and spirits is allowed to British soldiers and sailors, she. is to watch so carefully over the morals of the Chinese as not to Suffer .an ounce of the drug to find its way. into any part .of the Celestial Em pire ! The modesty of asking her MAJESTY to do for the Chinese* what,she ha.4 . never thouaht' of doing for her own subjects--,-what, however, willing, she has not the - power of doing and what the bare attempt:to do would cost this country more than the value of our whole trade with the Celesial altogether so Hibernian that we cannot imagine how it could have pervaded a meeting of sober-minded. Englishmen. But did it did not occur to the sage oracles of tee-totalism that LIN might not approve of •Queen VrcrontA's Protec torship of the morals ' , of the Celestial Empire ? Could they not suppose' it possible even for the vir tuous Emperor of CHINA to prefer our opium to the presence in the Chinese Seas . of a British fleet, prepared to cooperate with him in enforcing the laws against smugglers? At an expense of from thirty-five to fifty millions sterling the Government might transfer the 'traffic in opium to Burmah, Siam, Bagdad, Egypt, and 'other 'States unconnected with Great Britain, but without maintaining a strong fleet in the Chinese waters, not an oun e of Opium the less would be smuggled. Now the Emperor of CHINA does not want our aimed co-operation under any pretext whatever. He would not accept of it,. and . to force it upon him would be regarded by him as a declaration of war. The extravagance of men in. their cups is proverbial, but proceedings more ex travagant than those of the water-drinking abettors of Chinese' tyranny at the meeting at the .Free masons"lavern, on Friday last, are only, to be sought at the dinners of the BRA.DsHA WITE wassailers of Canterbury: But Lord STANHOPE is to bring the question before the House of Lords I Well, the sooner the better. We shall then have something more to say about it. The Times on Friday inserted sortie extracts from a pamphlet, by Sir T. (COCHRANE, entitled Proposal, for the more Efficient Manning of her Majesty's Elect." ,The interest We take in . this subject will not allow us to pass by even the extracts, though we have tot seen the pamphlet. A short'passage froai the Times howevei; make out readers acquainted with what Sir THo- EVEN ING EDITION. SPORTING IN IRELAND AND SCOTLAND: ' Immediately, in 2 vols. post Svo., with Must, ations, . THE SPORTSMAN IN IRELAND, and in the HIGHLANDS of SCOTLAND. . Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great liirlbOrptigll:itrct. • * A I' Orders received by all Booksellers. IS AUSTRIA MAJESTY having i ll , r e O E R , I N S I E P D E EMPEROR GuA o f RAN TEED several DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY PREMIUMS, .which (though they,are NO LOTTERIES) 'G I . many possibilities of obtaining LARGE 'FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, are NOW SELLI NG. SHARES for the said DISTRIBU TIONS. 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After which will be repeated, the entirely New and Original Grand Comic, Romfintit, Operatic, Melodramatic, Fairy Extravaganza, in Three Parts, entitled end founded on that popular Nursers Tale, THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD. The Principal Characters by .51r. Harley, Mr: S. Vining, 5. Bland, Madame Vestris, Miss Rainforth, Mrs.: C. Jane., Sze. Sze. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second Ci:ldes, ss. ; Second Price, 25. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price, 2S. -, ]s. Mors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to • r., , 3rarrience at Seven o'Clock. Tickets and plat es for the Boxes to . be taken at the Box-of ce, from Ten till Four; where Season Tickets may be had cpon application. • • Private Boxes to.be had solely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller, • 167, New Bond-street. • ROYAL' OLYMPIC THEATRE. - ONDER. THE MANAGEMENT OF MR. BUTLER. The members of the Ladies' Club,. bonourea s by the success of thou undertakieg, and anxious to keep pare with (or rather to Anton ) the spirit of the ag.., have petitioned Fancy to so- Ecit Time 1.6 ai ow them to•sladoi the Public the HOUSE OF LADIES ; Intended to be chartered in 1e45.. TH IS EVENING, .Avan 27, Will hir pre'Sented; for'tbe Forty-seventh time,- . " THE LADIES' CLUB. Mrs. Fitzsanyth ( ,h e t e Challir owed besismauyV lies ;Stirling. fo THE HOUSE. OF LADIES. Fit zsvnyth (Member for . Chatterton)—Nlrs. Mrs. Morton (Member fur Saiallborongh)—Miss Atkinson. Ars. 1 e >kby 010.1 bet for E c hiondshury-LMls4 Treble. Mrs. Derbi (MeMber for Melton)—Miss Fitzwalter. • :`.its. O'Donnell (Member fer Donnybrook)Miss Ayres. Bustle (Secretary for jh,e Fashionable Department)— Miss Stephens. ' Mrs. Twankay',(Speat,er).-41rs. Garrick. Fancy, Miss Beachamp. - Time, Mr: Edmonds. After which, __ A ROYAL COMMISSION FROM PARIS. IfOnsieur Millet, - Mr. F. Viring; Alexii Kerbout, Mr. Baker; Madame Jollivet,..Miss Pitzwalter; Caus.ette, Miss }res. o conclude with the New anA Original Drama (b) the author of The Ladies' Club"), called . • GWYNNETA VAUGHAN. ' - Gwyunetli.Vaughan,' Mrs. Stirling ; o'7loll Williams. Mr: Baker ; Erin Pritchard, lir. Eon; • ti ugh r:Frirwtri.: . Air. G. Wilt. Boxes, 4s. Pit, 29. Gallery, Is; • ',OYAt. SORREY THEATRE. The' Theitre beery ere irely - Re-Deearated, and embellished •in a no-: el and tageful style, during, the Heusi: The Three New Piece* hare met , with.tumultuous alprobaticir from crowded auditncei. and will be repeat( d every evening. . 'l' BIS" EVENING, Arert 27,• Will be acted 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 Dratna, called THE WET NURSE:- .-- - To conclude vt:th an entirely Nets Romance, entitled THE VENETIAN ; OR, THE COUNCIL OF TEN. The Scenery comprising some of the must splendid Views in . . Venice. NEW STRAND THEATRE. CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC. There are DI POSTOHS in the field.—The great approba liou; and , consequent patronage acquired. by the Great WIZARD of the NORTH has given existence to a host of I 11ITATORS, of whom the WIZARD says BEWARE ! Would 3.0 u see :,i.ecromancy in perfection, in addition to splen did apparatus? If yOu would, visit the WIZARD of the NORTH,whoseeye-deceiving and inquiry,bailling arcanl are tobo exhibited on THIS EVENING, and every evening dur ing the weok,cenchulinz with his celebrated and original GUN DELUSION. wonder- striking in its detail ; and perft.ctly divested of the slightest danger, and cannot be iniiteed or comprehended by itinerants. There is but one Wizard 'of Necromantic fame—the GREAT ORIGINAL WIZARD of the•NORTH—J. H. Aroitosox. TO CORRESPONDENTS. . t We :than look. for a remittance in the next Bd. unpaid comma nica6on from our unknown correspondent in Piccadilly., - - HIOH ATER AT LONDON IIitIDOIL 10.1101111.0 W. miuutes after 10 t Evening.-- '26 minutes after 11. P übli eat ion of the Evenini Edition of Too SUN com menced at mit.utes after Three. ... r ~,, -",, x , . - .. 1 ,,,. 4 -, E z,•.7- t i 1 ,...„. ~.....471.,, : „, . ....,„,1 , ..-: , 0/../... .; _ ~.."...., ,, ..,0 7, - -, - ,,.:‘,_.,.,,,4 —., -- -jipe , •=t7..W..,,, , .... ~r.:_-_-,,:',....4*--t1,',..,„,mL7,4...r-:,..._.,,-_, „ e • mAs aims at : " The matters chiefly insisted on by the gallant author, relatirely to the existing arrangements of the service, are —that the short period during which each man-of-war is left in commission, namely, three years, deprives the country of her service as an efficient ship during too.targe a propor tion of that period, inasmuch as a man-of-war • seldom arrives at a thorough state of efficiency in discipline and practice before the lapse of eighteen months from the day on which she has been commissioned, which state of for rnidable_es)ravlateness and ust fulners c on ti n ues for a t el% c_ month, or a little more, when the prospect of paying uff conics in view, and their discipline, gun exercise, &c , 13-gin to relax ; and, if at bailie, the ship is paid off at the end of three years, and all belontiing to her dispersed.' " Re-commission this ship the.next day, and she is per fectly a new creation, and the sante routine to be repeated already stated to your Lordship. The men who were lately in her have no more inducement to return to .that ship than any other, as she is but the shell they formerly inhabited ; and, although a crew may be co:le..•:ted, men lately serving in a man-or-war, yet y oil have the s'me complain from the present as frOM her former cap tain, as to their inefficiency and want of union, and the same discontent will for an equal period exist, and the ship be in a similar state cf inefficiency for a similir length of time. " I have always considered that a peace establishment was as much a preliminary preparation for war as for any other service; that consequently your ships thus employed should be manned with picked men, and that they should be in that state of training and efficiency that each ship, on a rupture taking place, could turn over one watch to form the groundwork ff another vessel to be fitted out, To ac complish this much•desired end, allow me to suggest to your Lordship the following plan ' " That when a ship is commissioned she should never be entirely paid off—that if the ship herself become unservice able, that tit whole he transferred to another of equal size—let the captain and officers be appointed for the period they arc now kept in employment, and the men be entered for a period not under five years, and as much longer as they please; and, instead of paying off alto gether, the captain, officers, and men, be discharged re ' spectively as their period of service expires ; and that if the ship be employed on a foreign station, the men whose time is up,. and who wish their discharge, to be sent home in the first man-of-war; or allowed ' N o find their own I way." We agree with the Times that there are many go0;1 • suggestions in this passage, and the first sentence, which we have printed in italics, so en tirely accords with what we have said in The Sun, thr t we cannot do otherwise than give it an un qualified approval.• We quite agree, too, with',the suggestion that officers and men be discharged re spectively as their period of service expires, and not altogether, as at present. We must also say, that if the present rascally system of stealing the seamen, and plundering them of their labour and their wages, is to be longer continued, 'or any re liance is ever again to be placed on it to get men for the fleet, we must approve of Sir T. COCH RANE'S suggestion to enter the men for a period not less than five years, and as much longer as they please. That will serve undoubtedly to palliate some of the evils of the rascally system, but it is hostile to the principle of a corn- - pletely voluntary service such as the Navy ought to be made. Under that, the seamen should be allowed .to enter for six months, twelve months, three years, or five years, as they pleased ; and the means of spreading through th e whole community a knowledge, however imperfect, of the discipline and service of the Navy should not be shortened by the limitation of not allowing any man to serve unless he engage for a period of five years. We know that naval officers, particularly young sprigs of nobility, will object to the continual changes such a mode of entering seamen will make in their crews, and exclaim loudly against the inconveni ence and trouble to which it will put them. We beg to say that their trouble and inconvenience corms no part of our consideration. They are largely paid, and rewarded with honour for their trouble, and we insist on their submitting to this inconve nience with a good grace, if it be for the benefit of the service, or the country will find substitutes for them, who will cheerfully perfotni this necessary ( hay. We shall proceed show that entering men for short periods, if they liked, would be beneficial to the. public. One part of Sir THOMAS COCHRANE'S scheme is to have picked men in the ships during peace. But if they be allowed only to enter fo r fi ve years the power of picking will be much curtailed. 'Where one seaman would enter positively for five years , twenty would offer themselves to serve for a twelve, month. Our principal reason, however, for allow ing men to enter for short periods is to diffuse through the community a knowledge of the disci. pline and service of the Navy. A boy who lives at the water-sid e and plays in boats is much sooner made into a good sailor than one who has been amused by swinging on gates, or gathering daisies and strawberries. To the latter, everything about a ship is strange ; to the former it is familiar. A lad who sees carpenters daily at work, and handles their tools, on the same principle, does not need near half as much instruction to become a "carpenter as a youth- who has never seen a. saw or a plane. Now if all the vile trertment to which seamen are, or have'been exposed, were done away ; : if the sailors were : as well paid as they ought to be, and persons could enter for short periods, it is our opinion that an immense mass of the community would voluntarily go through the Navy, and make themselves so . fa : . miliar with the service, that whenever war arose an abundance of men, even to_pick from, 'might then be obtained. We would put no obstacle in the way of nersons entering, and would. not, terrify them from trying, by making it a condition that they could only try for a period not less than five years. • But Sir THOMAS COCIIRANE must be, re minded that at present there is an increasing tie . mand for knowledge of machinery in seamen. Steam-engines are coming more'and more into use every year for propelling vessels. In a fature: war, steam-ships will play an important part, . Tow the men confined for five years to a man-of-war' will not 'have an opportunity of fainiliarising them Selves with steam , navigation. Whereas, if they be en-, tered for sh ort periods, many of those who go on board her MAJESTY'S ships May also, for a change, go on board steam-vessels, .and so fami liarise themselves, which is much to be desired, with both. Moreover, no inconsiderable - num. ber, probably, of young men, bred up to working engineers, might like to go to, sea for a trip, and ,would choose a man-of-war if the seamen were well treated, well paid, and could return, on shore at the end . of six or twelve months. To encourage such men to become acquainted with the discipline of a man-of-war; allow them to enter for six 'months. That such changes, in the crews would interfere with the system of discipline established we have not the smallest apprehenSion. The men would, in fact, conform to it whatever it was, and it 'would not be altered to please them. ,If, indeed, the Navy . is hereafter, as heretofore, to be sacrificed to . the aristocracy, the services of the men for five, years, or for their lives, should, if possible, be obtained and insisted on . ; if, however, the Navy is to be kept on foot wholly for the public benefit—if it is to be managed as cheaply as possible in prace;and be as efficient as possible in war, the whOle popu lation of the empire should be, by all feasible means, invited to enter men. of-war, and no restriction whatever, not strictly necessary to the ',discipline of the fleet, should' be imposed on those who .rnight desire to go to sea. The opinion of Dr. LUSHINGTON and Mr. RI CHARDS in favour of the validity of the Duke :of SUSSEX'S first marriage has already appeared in . The Sun. This is high SuOtirity. As a . civilian no man in England is superior to the former of thcse Learned Gentlemen, , and, as an equity lawyer, , the latter is too well-known to require any culogy frOm us. It is not to he supposed that men of great'erni nence in the profession of the la4y would express themselves so confidently, and thus commit their reJ potation, unless the case submitted 'to their consi chration were clear and strong. On. this ground alone it might be contended that sufficient cause has been shown for at least a formal investigation of the claims of Sir AUGUSTUS D'ESTE. Weighty, however, as is the authority to which we have alluded, its value is; greatly enhanced by the concurring opinion of one whose legal abilities have never been questioned—even by those who differ most widely from him in political sentiment—we mean Mr. O'CONNELL. It will 'be' seen from a , document inserted in another part of our Paper, that, in the opinion of Mr.' O'CONNELL, the 'Royal Marriage Act s as it is erroneously called, is of no force in Ireland ; that the marriage contracted at Rome by his Royal Highness the Duke of SUSSEX, was one of " unquestionable validity" in Iraland ; that , the rank of Sir AUGUSTUS D'ESTE, in that kingdom, is that of a Prince of the BlOad Royal, the grandson 'of the King of Iteelnd ; and that, were he to die intestate, pos sessed of land in Ireland, the land, Instead of being escheated to the Crown, as in cases of illegitimacy, would go to liis sister, as: heiress-at-law. Mr. O'CONNELL has no misgivings as to the law of the ease. He says expressly that his opi nion is " free from any doubt." What, then, must the public think of the treatment which Sir A UGUSTUS D'ESTE has so long endured ? Can they shut either their eyes or their hearts to that injustice, that cruel oppression, by which he has not only been deprived of his rights hitherto, but even denied the means of recording the evidence that might assist in subs . tantiating his claims at a future time, when their investigation can no longer be warded off ? But w•e are anticipating. All that we meant to do at present, was to draw the attention of our readers to the state of this important case, as re gards Ireland. To-morrow we shall lay before them the opinions of German jurists on the Hanoverian branch of the question. The Madrid Papers received are of the 18th inst. Their contents are unimportant. A new project of an Election Law appears in the Gazelle, in which a Deputy is assigned to 50,000 souls, and a Senator to 85,000. An insurrectionary plot was discovered at Grenada, which the Government has given orders to suppress with unusual rigour. General COUCLIA was proceeding to Cuenca and Guadalajara, which he is to pacify. He is to have at his disposal eighteen pieces of artillery, 4vith which he is to reduce the Carlist forts of Caneta and Belita. Colonel MITCHELL, the English Commissioner attached to the Catalonian Army cf Occupation, and acting in that capacity with the Duke de la VITTORIA, disembarked on the 12th of April rat Port Vendres, and arrived the follow ing day at Perpignan. To be able to reach his destination he was obliged to travel on French ground as far as Oleron, in order to pass by Saragossa. Colonel .MITCHELL is accompanied by Lieutenant DICKSON of the Royal Artillery. The Paris Journals of Friday and Saturday have all been received. The Rentes Conversion Bill was voted on Thursday by a majority of 208 votes against 163. The holders of the Rentes feel con fident that, as the KING is opposed to the Bill, the Chamber of Peers will !eject it. In Galignani's Messenger of Saturday we find the following announcement A telegraphic despatch announces that the Princess Victoria entered the French territory this morning. Her Highness was received on the frontier by General Duros nelt aide-de.camp to the King, by the Preftct of the Nord, and by the commandant of the 16th military divi sion. In connection with this subject, the Independent of Bru;sels states that King Leopold set out for 3t. Ci oti d on Thursday morning, and that the Duke Ferdinand and Princess Victoria of Saxe- Coburg left for Compiegne at h half-past 12 the fAtme day. His Majesty was t o reac h S t . Cloud yesterday evenings SLllcirerene Highnesses are to stop t.-Ao days at Compiegne, and arc to a-t put on Monday morning for St. Cloud, where the marl iaga of the Ninacs;; to the Puke de Nemours is to be celebrated the same evening. Brigadier-GericrAl 74i,TABA NO has obtained another victory over the CarlisPt3 ? The 191 lowing is the telegraphic despatch, communieatiog the ip telligence to the Minister of the Tottaior, copied from the Moniteur of Saturday BAYONNE, APRIL 24. " Til E SUB-PREFECT OF a,t‘e,wpot TO THE MINISTER CV THE INTERIOR. " On the 19th, at Becuite, Brigadier Zurbal;lP P 2 P4 I. pletely routed the first battalion of Aragon. Three hun dred rebels were killed or taken. A 'groat quantity of arms and ammunition fell into the hands of Zurbano." In the Chamber of Deputies, on Friday, the Conservative Deputy, M. DE REM ILLY, brought for:lard his motion for excluding pail functionaries i from the Chamber. Alter an interesting debate, upon which we may make some observations in t►h course of a day Or two, the measure was racrred to a Committee to report upon its practicabilitY. The l_ctiers from Naples Of tiie 14th, pubished in the Sud, an t iotinced, as our • eciers,kuow. a•report that Pa, !mu° was blockaded by English men of war. This repert is likeuise given by the Genoa Gazette of the 18th, which -says that . according to . accounts b roug h t b y t h e Pl iaramon d, the British squadron had already arrived on the coasts of Sicily. _ • . All these reports are contradicted by the following lines of the GL'ettc du Mdi of the 21st of this mon'.ll:- 4 ! On: Saturday we. heard of a letter from Palermo, which annotinera that that city was blockaded by the English, This is an error. There is a line of telegraphs between Palermn and Naples, by which news is transmitted in three hours. _ Now at the departure of the Pharamond, Palermo ,was so far from being blockaded, that the King was going to send thither the Maria Christina steamboat with ammunition." It is 'aMrased that the Genereux of the line is again to sail from Toulon for Naples.--Le Commerce. We have letters from Saragossa of the 19th ; they speak only of the preparations making by Espartero for the siege of Morclla. They even say that he has already advanced with forty or forty-five battalions to within a leigue of the place, while Q'Donnell, with forces almost as numerous, has taken the road to Car.tavieja. Every.: thing seems; therefore, to announce events of some iiii portanCe. Cabrera is still at Mara, on,the Ebro, from -which place be transmits his instructions to the several :cotnmtftelania-of-the army. The illness of this illustrious chief is undoubtedly the most signal piece of success that •Espartero has ever obtained. But his great courage strugg4cs with his b o dily suffer A i T n t g yrt s, DAT: A st r il a t i a t, n 2 im s. atcs his generals and his troops.—La Gazette de France. BO UR S E.—PARIs, s Trice j i ir r ilc s 4 t e,oi ....... 11 .. 11.: 1 18r g 1.34i4 h c e e 450 : 0 : .1.7: irt4Bl L0we5t i:33,.49.05 ......... PI 0 1 : • 344i n c 5 4e4 : 000 • 4 Creech 5 per Cents ' -•- 4 per Cents .. 3 per.Ccnts 3snl; ct , lance 3400 ...:110; _339 3 _ 3 , 93 Lattitte Hank I,o(Xii. Sh l9's ...0* 4 5 ...!.(85 . ..I 83 5,0001. -sh 5197 50 ...52t1) ...5!97 50 —5200 . :Belgian Mull , 9 . ,5 ... 907 50 ... 900 ... ui 0 s.l;er Cents New York ... - ... 99 .., 9 I ... 90 i on 6 State of New York 5,....:sti Ac. ,ve . Portngitese 3 per Cents 24?4' ... ... In% ... 24% 1(3 7C 103 JO ... 113 65 103 65 • - • • • RAILWAY SHARES. 'it. Gcrmai Versaillm R, l 3 607 50 607 50 ... 007 50 6' 7 50 L B a9o •167 5) ... Ode tiAMBURG BOINENII . ALLE, APUIL 24. Bills. Monet Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank 6flares An lo.ltussian Loan lt SI /itt,!si4rit) per Cent: Ist semi', Certificate 101 103 /i Inscription, Ist Series 1U.1% .. .Russian 5 per Cent. Hop.: and Co. 3d and 4th - . Se, L.s — Ditto in Certificates ' Pt) 'hitch ctual Debt, Nye Cent -52 Ditto ...... ....... a per Cell' 9B Eoli..h Bowl.. New ; icket an ; Anglo.san 3 per Cent ._ih Lo 75 Not wegi an, Loan, 1034, 4 per Cent lt2 Scantih, New .1 per Cents. 2lj4 . ' EXCHANGES ON: LONDON. flAmauno, APRIL ..-13. tit/—Two months, 13 4.i. STotAnot.m, Amur. 16.—Seventy-five days. 12 0. PET , rtsnumnt, APRIL 14. .I.Two months, 38% pence. BREMEN, APRIL ,3--'l'.o months,. n 2 '. VILNINA. APRIL 10.—Three months, P. 50. '7414 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK New York papers to the 7th inst. have,been received by ,he packet-ship Roseius, arrived LiVeipool in nine ,een days: - Her MHjesty's ship, Cleopatra, Captain Lushington, on the 3d January, off the south-side of Cuba, captured a slavi•r with 379 slaves on board. They were lculded at Long Island on the . north-side of Jamaica. Exchange '8 to 84 ; .United States Bank Shares 75. We refer our re; - akrs for further extracts prom the Amc ican papers, to another part of our paper. We have received the Hamburgh mail of the 24th April. exchange on London 13 64 ; Short Gold 429 ; Metal., 108 ; Bank Shares 1802. From Central America, by the brig Blount, advices have been received of the 29th February, that General Guzman, at the head of GOO Liberals, had been "routed by General Caneva. The British .have got,a foothold on the 11los.tplito coast, to cut,mahogany. The Republic of Central America is virtually broken up, and all the provinces are fighting among themselves. Ge neral:Montt:ran had defeated 4,000 rebels in San Domingo. The British Consul at Belize has been treated Kith - • - Since writing the above we have received New York papers one day later, to the Bth April, by the packet-ship North America See extracts in another part of the paper. . . . Our chief arrivals this morning arc two packets from New York, the Ruseitts and the North America—the latter is a day later, to the Sth inst. They do not bring any news of •importance respecting the Maine question. Congress was to atijouth in the mouth of May. The feature of most importance in the paper of the 7th is as follows :—.-'• We are sorry to add that a consider_ able — number of dry goods houses, of high standing hitherto, I.lve been protested since Friday last." The Exchange comes the same as received by the R.Acius :—United S:ates Bank Shares 751- '.-t. THE FUNDS. Consols opened :his morning a shade h'ghcr than they 1, ft tiff on Saturday, and may be quoted-90i 91 fur the Account ; Money 90i i, with littiu doing to the present time ; Exchequer anti 21 23 prem. a shade lower ; Bank .St , ek 1744 1754; l u dia Bonds 3 5 prem. ; India Siock 2494 250 c. ~ In the Foreign Market there is also a slight improve ment in Spanish Active, which may be quoted at . 29 E ' T .; D they kr, off on Saturday, 351 ; > t ; Three per Cents. 24 c : r i r - e4 ;.C1(4,1 l. b -P4s6ive 7/ - . 1 ; P ortuguese the sam e in. .Columbian 25 i; Mexican 28 A. 751. 761; Dutch Two -Half-1 - I.lf per - ; Br/a:llan Cents. 53i i ; Ft vs 3 per Cents. 104 . Railroad Shares h-ve improved. .r ult . Ls uk 5T0C14.,. Ti iis im S AT ONE O'CLOCK. 'auk Stock 3 per Cent. lied. f'per Cents. con.. - 9,.?6 I - South Sea Stock — 3 , a tier Cent - Old Annuities — iiitfo lied. 4 89=d% New Ditto New 3%.per cent 99; , ,i i's . 3 per Cent. Annuities. 17,1 New 5 per Cent. Bank Long Annuities toexpire Ditto 500 .. :21 :3 pin. Jan 5, ISM "lq 5 4 ' Ditto Sinai; - 2l :13 ; ,TM. Oct. le, 4359. 13% 7-:6' Ditto Commercial din. Jot. 5, 154;0 . •• Ditto Advertised Jan. 5, .ISSO - Bank Stock for Account .. April 5, ISSO. ' - India Stock for Account .. Jan. 5.1870 - -7 Consols for Account .. . ... .. IP M I , PRICES OF FOREIGN FUN DS THIS DA] AT ONE 0 -CLOt i., Austrian Bonds —, Peruvian Boni.ls — __. B 3 : D a l g z i i t i a t t i n c a > .AB:cgioiotdnsitst i , Ditto Account. - - , t'ortuguee Bonds —; Dii to New Bonds ... Ditto ter,kount Ditto Account...— ......... . 35 3uenos byres Bonds Ditto I,cco:Lnt — Dato Account .. Chillan .30a3 t :',8,,, ' Prussmn Bonds Ditto lctc. la — Russian Bends, 182,1 —.._ llj Cohnratian Et !,)ds —. Ditto Account DiM Icz, of — Ditto Metallic — Columbian 3. ' d5,15'.2.1 Dtt.l laTra ,..251% ' ' Ditto Account. ~. ...: :anisli Bonds 7S Passive , 714 Ditto i.:.:.: , lat — Del,rreil $ l4 Greek Bonds.— — French, 5 per cent....... —f. —c, Ditto Bonds, 15'2.3 — ' 4 per cent. -f. —c. Ditto Account — 3 pci- cent. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent. —; ------ Exchange. 2sf. 40::. Ditto Account — 1 Dutch, d'-., per cult. intro, ti per Cent. Dittci Account Neapolitan I - Ditto Acc0unt........ ...... t'lliCES OF SHAREi THIS DAY AT ONE O'CIAICK, Paid, Per NI are, rol.ire Copper. Great North of England Railway Company r;:1 s`.:', 3 (treat WeAtern Itlaiway Company 65 S:l yy Ditto New • .. al .38h Biignion Railway 1, , n00n and Black wall Railway 2O L L , 19 London and South Western ... Loia , ow mid Croydon Railway Company l4/. 18s. 6d. Ditto Scrip ' nehestvr and Birmingham Railway ....... ,25 Midland Counties RaUway Company. lc 0 smite Ea,terii and Hover liailway Company iS I .,lndon and WoAminster Bank a/ hasam Company 15% :2 5 6 • 9.3 HALF-PAST ONE. Extract of a private letter received from New York, be the North American packet of the 7th instant:—" A Resumption Bill has been passed by both [lenses of the Legislature, and has received the signature of the Go vernor, making it incumbent on all the Banks in the State to pay their notes in specie on or before the 15th of January, 1841. There are mans pointe in this Bin which are considered very favourable to the United States Bank ; she is allowed to declare a dividend not exceedina 6 per cent. during the suspension, and is relieved from the necessity of marking her notes, when called upon to do so, which at the expiration of ninety days had to be paid in specie, with interest, at the rate of 12 per cent , As a bonus for legalizing their suspension. All the banks have to unite in a loan 0f.53,000,000, to be psid to the State in proportion to their capital, and a proportion of the said loan to be appropriated towards the completion of in ternal improveme: ts. Indeed, of such imporaece was the Bill considered by the Bank, that a friend of this institution (a Mr. Thomas Fla)es), as soon as it was signed, started from Hairisbourg by express to Philadelphia, from whence be proctre'cleti.to Ne v and is now a passenger on board the British Queen, as bearer of the news to Mr Jaudon. Among the well-in , formed it is confidently stated that the Bank will psy a dividend in July ; this is doubted, but I must nevettheless admit the cotnpletion of her affairs has materially changed for the better, and it must have a corresponding effect on your side on the securities. From the Quebec Mercury, which gives a report of the proceedings of the meeting held at the Exchange, on Fri. day 27th March The objects of this meeting arc threefold :- Ist. The opening of an uninterrupted navigation for large vesspis from sea to the great lakes in the upper parts of the valley of the St. Lawrence. 2d. The opening the n avigation of the River Ruholca or Chambly, for vessels fit for the navig-tion of the St. Lawrence and'Lake Champlain. 3. The effecting a ship navigation by the canal from the GuiNh of at. LawrPTIPP tP Or Pay Pf The Liverpool papers received this morning slate : " Leicester Trade.—We have nothing favourable to report this week, and we are still without any improvement. Workmen continue to be thrown:. out of employment. have been two or three London buyers during the week, nnle,s;; ppor4 coujd VbFl atA releoes •ceduption, there was little inelinatiOn to'purcliase.P Consols have improved this morning, and the market appeanz firm at 91 to 91i for the . Account. The chief feature this morning is in the Share Market, which has been very lively to the present time, and a good deal done iN them. Consols or Money, 90i 91; Bank Shares, 175 ExchequeF Bills, 21 21 23 prem. ; India Bonds, 3 5 prem. ; India Stock '240 ; OPi ll l l O ; Deferred, l 4;; Portuguese' 521'; Three peruents. : 2i • Colombian improved, 254 ; Mexican, 28 . 4-; Puteh and-a- Pall per Cents., nothing done ; F:veper Cents, 11; . QUEEN'6 DA II - (Sittings in Btoco.) POSTPONEMENT OF .it'IMMP',NT IN THE CASE OF MR FEARGUS O'CONNOR. THE QUEEN V. FEARGUS O'CONNOR The Court was croaded nt en early our this morning in cense queace of its havicg been understued that Mr. Feargus O'Connor was to have been called up for judg- Ir. will be in the recollection of our readers that Mr. Feargus O'Connor was convicted at the last York Assizes before Mr. Justice Coleridge, of the publication of a seditious libel contained in a report of one of his speeches in the .Nerthern Star. At the sitting of the Court, Mr. Feargus O'Connor, who looked.exceedingly ill, appeared on the floor, and said that perhaps their Lordships would, as he was now suffering from severe illness, and in the hands of his phy sician, postpone judgment until this day week. lie could nut at present cloak without severe torture, as he was suffering from inflammation of the chest, and, if necessary, be could shortly procure an affidavit of his physician to that effect. He was ready to go on if required ; but he knew be could not now do that justice to himself which he felt he should be able to do if his application were granted. The Attorney-General was aware that lie was under no reeognizances to appear in Court to-day, and that lie need not have done so, but might have sent down the affidavit of his physician, which he dounied not their Lord-hr pa would have thought sufficient. He trusted, under all the circumstances, the - Cohn would grant the application. Mi. O'Connor was proceeding with his argument, when he was interrupted by, •. Lord DENMAN, who said—You are showing cause against yourself by speaking at such length. .The best Way would be to read the affidavits and the notes of the tr:al new, "ar.d postpone any further p rocee d ings to. this day veek ; and if Mr. O'Conn-r is not then able to speak for himself. he must procure some assistance. The ATTORNEY- GENERAL acquiesced, and said he had been about to propose a similar course. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE then proceeded to read his notes of the trial, at the conclusion of which the Clerk of the Court read several affidavits on the part of the defen dant. Tire first was a very long affidavit made by the de fendant bireself, in which he stated that he had .been for eighteen years a ppblic man, and durirg the whole period of his career had been an advocate of mural, as.coutradis tinguished from physical, force. That he had always en deavoured to expose the folly of any attempt, on the part of the people, to obtain a redress of wrongs by physical force ; and that, as proprietor of the Northern Star, he had invariably given orders to the sub-editor, and other persons connected with that paper, never to insert any article calculated to excite the people to a breach of the peace. The affidavit then proceeded to set forth, several extracts from the I.2ading articles of the Northern Star; also from the speeches of the defeadantdelivered at various public meetings in support of the above allegations. The next was an affidavit from le-eph Chilton, who stated that he was a reporter to the Northern Star newspaper, of which the defendant was proprietor—that the• deponent had attended the meeting at which the defendant had de livered the speech which was the subject of the present prosecution, but which speech Ire -had' nut been chic to report accurately, in coasequence of the rapidity with which the defendant had spoken on that occasion ; and that cons. quently the deponent had only been enabled to furnish a condensed statement of the speech, the object of the defendant in the delivery of which seemed to the deponent to be, not a recommendation to the use of physical force, but dissuasion from it. Another affidavit from a I gentleman who w,is a professional shorthand-writer, and TNho had been connected with the Northern Star from 1837 to March 1839, stated that the deponent had fre qui:ntly been in the habit of attending pttlidic meetings with the deft n trait far the purpose of reporting his speeches, and that from the rapidity with which the de fendant spoke it was impossible to report him accurately; that no two reports of the Fpeeebes of the defendant in diff,reot publications were ever precisely alike, and depo nent gave it as his opinion, that in the present state of short baud writing it was impossible toreport verbatim such speeches. as the def, n,lant we in the habit of making. Several affida vit; were also read from persons residing in different parts o the kinploin, all of v,horn had been in' the habit of hear •iog the defendant address public meetings, and viho all testified that he had invariably dissuaded the people from the employment of physical force. The reading of the rffidavits having been concluded ; the further consideration of the case was postponed to this day week, and -Mr-O'Con nor having bowed to the Court, withdrew: COURT OF EXCfIEQUEP.. (THIS DAY.) The Court postponed the Special Riper till Wednes day in order to teko motions for new trials heard before the Lord Chief Baron. The cases argued involved. no point . but of tho most tech nical na ure, therefore of no interest to the, public. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, APRIL 26.—Wind E —Arrived the Comet, front St. Ander. Sailed the John Garrow. for Bombay ; Cassandra. Falcon. St. Domingo ;. l-kbel Ruse, Havannah ; Ann and Mary, Cunningham. Maltreat; Thames, Wells, South Seas ; 'Latta Rbokh, Kern,...- South Australia. 'Llvitroeer-Avart)2l3!'....l.Wind N-W', moderate.—Ar rived the Richtnorid, Andrews, SlOttilv • Lady Harvey, Leader, St. Aiider'i.. - A;in' `Ann, dhiek;Simannah ; 'Charlotte, Abbenett, - - Ri za, E:na, ditto ; H;,rding,, St. Michael's; koseius, - Collins, New York, sailed the OW inst. ;' North America, ditto ; Lyolen, Snow, N-w Orleans; Lagoda, Foster, ditto; Indcpen, denee, M'Alpin, ditto; James, Acoin, ditto; Robert Sayers, Luna, Porto Cabello ; 31i1;e Branch, Savannah ; Leopold, M'Donald, St. JoSepli's; Leike, Higgins, Bain_ mon , . Sailed the John Campbell, White, for Bombay ; Isabel, Green, Valparaiso ; Permian, Smith, New 0: ; Sarah Porker, Davi4, N , w Yoik ; Cab ditto; Telernache, Chad( n, Havannall; Bet Fey Black, Joro.s, Trinid:d ; Teesdale, Sterling, 'Halifax ; Ap AL, Jackson, Newfound:4Ni ; Panope, Candler. Odessa; For mosa, New Orleans ; Harmony, Que'bec ; Chatham, Africa. The Mutidison, from City Point to this port, put into Norfolk, Virginia, in distress, having eight feet water in her hold ; had been on her beam-ends, 'and thrown over. bOard a quv.ntity of flour. The Samuel, from Hamburgh to Newfoundland, was spoken with on the 19;l1 inst , had dismasted on the 14th inst., in lat 47, long. 34, but required no' assistance, by the North American, arrived here. The Mogul, Gallagher, Apalachicola to this port, was putting into Bermuda on the 29,1), with loss of sails, bulwarks, &c., having experienced a hurricane. The 014VP11, from this port, was on the b.:r of Mississippi on the 26th ult. CORK, APRIL 23.—The Robert Bruce, Tilley, from Liverpo s ol to St. John's, New Brunswick, has put in here, having grounded inside of Luskar, and will be docked. Apart, 25.—The 13,11, Simpson. from Riga to this port, was totally lost in the Gulf. of Riga, on the breaking up of the ice. TILE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of all de.criptions of English Grain last week were moderate, but of Fmeign Wheat and Barley considerable. The fresh supplies small, but the weather being remarkably fine, caused all buyers to hesitate about doing business. The quality of the runs of Wheat being . chiefly indifferent, they sold very slowly, while the few tine samples obtained Is. uer qr. advance. Barley very dull, and Is. to 2s. per qr. lower. Beans and Pease unaltered. Good Oats rather dearer, and other qualities firm in value. I The duty on Foreign Wheat is day next, and will probably go fe the Flour trade no ululation. likely to be 13s. 81 on Thurs still lower. ritloEB ON B o Wheat, Red (old) -White (old) Red 18;39) sfis. -- Fine t; Is. (;ti:. Superfine t:Ss. 70, White (18311)....fi 2s. (ids. -- Fine t';Ets. 7.2 s --Superfine 71s --Foreign free Ms EO,. ttyr .365. 411 s. Barley 104 - Grinding '5), 345. - Malting 43 ,1 Nlatt - Fine New 13 is. 7)s . 'Alt") OF SFIP SOlali knew) 44, 4151 (old) Tick (new) 36: 38. (old) . . .... 42,44 i harrow (uew) 4os ------- Bran k Oats, Feed ------ New - Poland -- New 2f;,. 2s Potatoe 29. 325. vtnv - Scoters 2O 325. lriih ..205. 14 ..2flt ['ease, Grey, New 36. ,T,',. Flour Town ,per hack).— 5Ss 62,. Maple New , e.. 4'2 , Seconds 54-.58s -- White 3Ss. 40s.i ----.,.-- N.irth Country .... 50 -52., —. Boilers .40s. 41i , 1 Ban lO 114. ARRIVALS OF G:I.AIN IN LONDON DURING LAST WEEK. v% heat. harley. ~A. n, hi... r. Enlist) lrish F. reign - - SMITHFIELD. A pleasant trade, and in some instances an advance hi prices, the supply of Cattle being moderate. Beef had a fair demand at former quotations. The coarse sorts of Mutton advanced 4d. per stone, other descriptions unaltered. Fine young Lambs sold steady at 7id per stone—Park unaltered. Beef, 3s. 2d. to 45., 4d. ; Mutton, 3s. 10d., to 4s. Bd. ; Veal, 4s. Bcl., to ss. 6d. ; Pork, 4s. 4d. to 3s. 2d. ; Lamb, 6s. 2d. to 7s. 4d. Beasts. 2,442; Sheep and ,Lamhs, 20,(130; Pigs, 480; Calves, 86. • , . . BILLINGSGATE , MARKET. The supplies were conside-able, and tie demand fair; price steady. TurLot, ss. to 21s. ; Cod, 2s, 64.•t9 Bs.; Soles, 94. to 3s. per pair ; Lobsters 104. to 3s. 6J. ; Whitings, 31 t., 61; Salmon 2s. to 2s. 64. per lb. ; Mackerel, 44. to bd. ; Halibut plentiful and cheap; Haddocks, 64. to Is. • - • 13EIBIONDSEY WATER-SIDE POTATOE MARKET. Trade dull ; prices stationary. Suffolk, Kent, and Essex, 555. to 655. ; Devons, 555. to 60s. ; .Seotith Reds, 555. to 655. ; York Reds, 58s. to 68s. tin Wi•beach. SEED MARKET. • The business done was very trivial, except in Linseed. Price for crushing, 445. to 465. ; and for sowing, 40s. to 475. Rape, 375. Prices of other kinds nominal. Arrivals--Linseed, 5,811 qrs. ; Rape Seed, 675 qrs. ; .nd Tares, 688 qrs. HOP MARKET. ,This market remains very quiet, and inferior qualities wire slightly lower. TALLOW MARKET. This market quiet, the season being nearly over ; the price of P.Y.C. 51s. 6d. to 525. ; Town Tallow 52. The stock is 16,500. TEA MARKET. Nothing done but in Company's Congou, at N. 4 1 /l. each. Until the arrival of the next overland mail from Canton, which is expecten ahnut the 10th of Abv. there will not be zny pulse. Free Trade Congou, 2s. 7 1 / 2 d. COLONIAL MARAgt, Yothing done worth public notice. A curious case is about to be'pleaded before the Tribunal of Commerce at Bordeaux. A person of that city gave a promissory note, payable at sight. When it wag pre, sented the debtor had an enormoui pair of green spectacles on his priv = apcl, haying informed the huissier that his sight w as very bad, asked him the nature of the bill. The huissier re. plied that it was payable at sight. '• In that case," 'aid the debtor, " I cannot pay it until my eyes get better ; for I do not see it !" The holder of the bill not being' satisfied with this view of the question, has commenced his action. Lord Stanley will leave Lath= House * the, seat of Lord Skelmersdale,•at Ormikirk, to-day (Monday) for. Knowsley, to visit the Earl of Derby, who is going on well,. To-morrow the Noble Lord v, ill Vrneed .11) , rajiway 6 Chiaei• races, where" he has several horses to run, and on Wednesday or , Thursday he will - return to town with Lady Stanley for the season. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL '27, 1840. LATEST NEWS FBO3I AMEUICA. the arral at Liverpool yesierd,y r.fternym of plcket.ship North Americi, Capios,iu Lowlier, we h, l ve reeivcd, N-w York rapers of the 7; h irist.,mt, being seven days later than -the arrivals by the British Roscius, Giptain Co ;arrived a Liverpool yesterday morning iaith New York Papers,the 6th instant. The news brought by these journals, is not of much importance. The House of Representatives at Washington having voted a resolu tion for the adjournment of Congr ess on th e 18 t h of ,May, the proposal of its adoptio❑ by the Senate gave rise to some important re:nark - s an the Boundary Ques• tion. • Mr. Buchanan, Chairman of the Committer on Foreiam Affairs, addressed the Senate to the following effect : As to this question of the North-Eastern boundary, which had been spoken of, the President had informed us that the British Government last July off:l.A a convention fur its adjustment. This - was not satisfactory in its terms, and a counter project was off.red by our Government. Ho was very glad to learn frOm the - commurycation of the British Minister, which`Was read in this body on Thursday last, though he did,not like the temper displayed in, that paper, that an answer might he shortly expected. When . the .expected answer to our counter project is received, we shall see day-light on this question. We shall then be informed.T.vhether the British Government accedes to the .proposition, and is disposed to settle it amicably, or whether she refuses, and in that event we shall know what we have to do. He was not willing to vote fur fixing ' the 18th of May as.the day of adjournment, but he thought that in all human probability the reply of the British Go vernment would be received - before the• I,t of June. Should that answer. be unpropitious, which Heaven for bid, we can postpone it until such measures can be passed as we may deem necessary for.the protection of the country." Mr. BENTON, who likewise opposed the vote for ,ad journment, took a still more decided view of the clues. Lion. He said—. " It was a wellascertained fact that extensive prepara tions were going. on along the whole line of our froet:er from Lake SUperior to Passamaquoddy &ay. Not only were the .British erecting permanent- fortifications, but were construe ing field works which implied approaching operations, and under the. law of nations we had a right to demand their object. Look .to the mouth of Columbia Riverealso. • Not only there, but in the Bermudas, warlike ,preparations were being made. -• Look, also, to the Baha mas, and the increased - comMuoicatinn between England and Halifax—to the concentration of troops in the pro vinces, which gave note, as 'clearly as anything could do, of a settled purpose to drive ds to extremity." We have berore expressed our disapprobation' of the arrogant agate of • Mr. Fox's last note, end are not sur prised to learn that it has been very unpalatable to a taro - body' of public men in every part of the United States. That Lord PALMEESToN does not approve of such a stile of corresponding with the United States Government, is, we trust, already well known to our Ambassador at Washington. The adoption of the re soiution for adjournment on the 18th of May was car ried by 23 vote! against 17. The following extracts include ail the news, political, local, and commercial in these papers : BRITISH AIMED VESSELS ON 'THE LAKEs.—The papers on this subject, submitted to Congress by the President, in compliance with a resolution of the House, show that at the close of navigatien last fall, two steamers (owned or hired .by the. British authorities), one schooner, and a number of barges, were employed on Lake Ontario and the river St. Lawrence, as a security against the appre hended renewal of the troubles of the preceding year and from the annexed communication of Mr. Forsyth there'is reason to expect that even this small force, or at least a part of it, will be soon withdrawn. " Department of State, Washington, " March 13, 1840. " The Secretary of State, to whom has been referred a resolution cf . the Hotue of Representatives of the 9:h inst., requesting the President to communicate to that body, " if compatible with the public service, whether the Govcrr.mcnt of Great Britain heve ex pressed to the Government of the United States a desire to annul the arrangements entered into between the two Governmente in the month of April, 1817, respecting the naval - force to be maintained .upon the American lakes ; and that, if said arrangement be not an annulled, whether there has been any violation of the same by the authorities of Great Britain,' hes the honour to re port to the President a copy of the Only communication on tile in this department on the subject to which the re,o!u lion refers. Prior to the dltte of that cenimunication - the Secretary. of State, in an interview inviied for that pur pose, called Mr.' Fex's attention to the disregard, by. her Majesty's colonial authorities, of the conventional. arrange ment between the two countries, as to the extent of naval armaments upon the jakes. " I.i the autumn of the past year the. Secretary of State made known, verbally, to Mr. Fox that time causes assigned in hi., nate no longer existing,. the President expetted;that the British armament upon the lakes would be placed upon the footing prescribed by •the convention. -• Fox en gaged to communicate, 'without delay, tohis Government the substance Of the conversation between tlieni; and ex pressed his own conviction that, if the winter then ensuing passed without renewed at,empts to disturb the tranquillity of- • tbc Cenadas; there could be no sufficient motive tor either. Government maintaining a force beyond that autho rised by_the_ convention of 1817. " Ail of, which is respectfully submitted. • • . . JOIIN FoRsYTII. TO the . President of the United States." Mr. Senator Williams, of Maine, passed through Bos toms on Sunday, breathing nothing but belligerency, anti full to the brim ef fire anti fury. He was probably prae ' iising, with the view of better playing Isis part when be should reach home. We advise Mr. William's and his friends to irrti,ate the discretion of Mr. Van Buren in this mater. 'rtic (,'lobe, with the aid of a Canadian refugee •at Detreit, is attempting to force the war fever, and hopes yet to en broil the border country in a war. Though tolerated, we cannot believe, in view of the closinmr senti ments of Mr. Forsyth's last letter to Mr. Fox. that this policy is encouraged by Mr. Van Buren. —Near York En quirer, April 3. The British ship Tyerwald bad arrived at Campeachy, from Vera Cruz, and succeeded in landing and gating into the city 300 troops. The gates of the city were closed, with the exception of the Mole-gate. On the 19th 700 inure Federalist troops left Menda to assist in eaptur tag Campeachy. Tne Federal army had no heavy can nen, and it was thought the garrison would be reduced to starvation. On the 13th Government issued a proclarna lien, ordering those that could not provide two months provisions to leave the city. Flour was 35 dollars. FIRE IN NEW YORK. (From the New York Herold of the 7th inst.) CoNeeeoßATloN.—Early yesterday morning nine build. i:lgs in Charlton-street were destroyed by fire, and two or three others seriously injured. The fire broke out in the rear of No. 17, in a house occupied as a cabinet shop and dwelling. That building, which was owned by John Dar ling, and occupied by B. B. Raton, Mr. Eagleson, and four families, was destroyed, with all the furniture and tools therein. The fire thence reached Charlton street, and burned No. 17, cccupied by David W. Allen—No. 19, occupied by Mrs. H. Huyler—No. 21, occupied by Jain C. Renue—No. 23, cccupied by Mr. Lombard, who lost nearly all his furniture—No. 25, occupied by John Hogencamp and William Van Nurden, as a residence, and Mrs. Letts as a school.—No. 27, was considerably injured by the tire and water. It was owned and occu pied by Mrs. Rachel Ri c k man . Th e fi rst four were owned by John Darley, the owner of the rear house. He was in sured ler 5,400 dollars.— No. 25 was owned by John Ho gencamp, it was insured for 1,500 dollars. Mrs. Ryck man was covered by insurance. Two frame buildings in King-street, owned by Mr. Turner, and occupied by him and John Baden, were also destroyed, together with'a stable in the rear of Charlton -street. The time was accidental. GREAT FIRE—LOUISVILLE (KY.) IN FLAMES. (From the Philadelphia Exchange Books.) We are inch bted to a friend for the following extract of a letter, dated Louisville (Ky.), March 27, 18-10 t— " This day I arrived here, and saw one of the largest flies I ever remember, except the great fire in New York. It originated in Main-street, between Second and Third, about midnight, extending in its course - on 'tiOth sides up and down, to Market-street and the Other side to the river, and is still raging at 6 a.m. with unabated they, and no knowing where it will stop, They arc pulling down houses in order to stop its progress. I fear the Louisville Bank (a very fine building, said to be fire-proof) will not be saved. At 7 a.m. the fire is still raging—bank out of dan ger. One whole block of buildings in the most business part of the city burned to time ground. The gutters arc one continued sheet of flames, owing to the liquor which has been emptied out of sonic of the stores. The boat by wt.ich I write will leave in twenty minutes, and I must necessarily close this account." CANADA.—We have also received Canada papers to the 31 inst. Their contents arc unimportant. His Excel lency the Governor- General cotitinued at Montreal. Lieutenant-Colonel Cubit, R. A., had died, and was buried with military honours. HIGHLY IMPORTANT FROM CAMPEACIIY.—By the Aurea, from Sisal, we have very late and important intelligence from Campeachy. That place still held out, and prepare ' 'dons were making to defend it against the attacks of the Federalisti, who had collected together a large army out side the walls. Nearly five thousand troops had reached there from Merida, and more were expected. Captain Blount, of the Aurea,states that a British ship, named the Tynwold, from Vera Cruz, had landed three hundred sol diersin Campeachy, probably Centralists, for the protec tion of the city. He also reports that the Governor had issued a proclamation, ordering all those who did not ' possess two months' provision to leave the city. The Federalists bad become possessed of one or two armed vessels, and were using them to great advantage. The boats of the Fame, one of them, cut out from the port of Campeachy the brig Trucolo, which had just ar rived from Vera Cruz. She was taken by her captors to. Sisal. The crew of the Central schooner Coreo, lying off Campeachy, took possession of her whilst the officers were ashore, and gave her up to the Federalists. The Fame had also captured the Artivedo, from New Orleans, laden with flour. She was taken to Sisal and discharged. They were arming her to cruise off Campeachy. Two "Spanish schooners had also been takers and sent to Sisal. The Federalists were in high spirits, and expectedto eke pos sess i on o f Camptaachv in a short time. When that t akes place Yucutan will be wholly Federal. THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO. The American Consul in Mexico arrived. at New Or leans on the 24th of March from Vera Cruz, in "the reve nue cutter Woodbury. He is the bearer of the treaty between the Milted States and Mexico, recently ratified by the Congreis of the latter. The stipulations of the treaty have not transpired. NEW Y -,04 T,; MOllia, MARKET, idONDAY, APRIL 6-6 P.M.—The Stock Market has again exhibited a depression . in prices. North American Trust and Banking Comp any declined 4k per cent. ; Farmers' Trust I. Harlem Dry Dock 1 ; United States Bank improved :I . i. The general . , EVENING EDITION. , kilt LOTS of kit romein neatly the sime. At the ree,nd 11.,ard there w•o , e rthor B,irs of North American Trust at a i:ecline of 1 per cent. from the morning rater,. TO , : fie ~ ti- s OM hieti reached us 3., sterJay, has had no v.•ry material cif :et upon the markets to-day. Sa!es of cotton were made on 'Chenge to the extent 01 600 b a k e , at firm prices. Toe position of the boundary question gives a temporary firmness to prices, and the dealer; are anxiously looking forward to the return of the British Queen. The news carried out by the British Q leen is calculated to give cotton a start; and if nothin7, serious grows.out of the controversy, business with the Continent may so far revive as to give prices an upward tendency. This view I.as led many to imagine that prices have seen their lowest points. An individual calling himself S. E. Watkins, from New York, has been arrested in New Orleans, and $43,000 of bills of exchange and post notes of the Farmers' Bank of Seneca county found upon him. The post notes of this" concern have been many weeks under protest. In pursuance of the report of the Committee on the Mi' chigan $5 000,000 loan, an abstract of which we gave a few days since, a law has been passed, and received the sig nature of.the Governor, entitled " An Act to authorise 111, anticipation of certain i n st a l ments o f t h e fi ve m illi on l o an." By this law the auditor is authorised to make a rrangements with the Liank Of MiChigan and the Farmers' and Mecha nics' Bank of Michigan, or either of them, or any specie paying bank, to advance from time to time such suns or sums • of money as the State may need, to meet outstanding claim! upon the internal improvement funds, - by selling to said bank or b.:nits the drafts for the instalments hereafter to become due on account o f th e fi ve m illi on l oan , an d as often as it shall become necessary to raise money to meet the liabilities of the State, under appropriations made, or to be made until the next annual meeting of the Legii l2- tore, or until provision shall be made by law for placing the funds of the State in a State Bank. if one be hereafter incorporated : Provided, that the interest to be paid in an ticipation of said instalments shall not exceed six per cent. per annum. This to apply to not more than five in- L•talments, Here is 'another .specimen of PennAylvania .legislation. The Banks are exempted from all p ena l t i es f or t h e i r frau dulent' stispe'nsion, piovided they vrill lend money to the State. In -every State the same feature predominates. The governments are, through their necessities, entirely in the power of the banks, and all legislation against the institutions ends in the triumph of the latter. RATE of SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE. 1,000 ladians Fives 1345 30 shs Dry Dick • 49 10 0.0. N. A. Trust 25 do. N A Tru s t 35 do. American Exchange Bank 150 do. Delaware and H u d son _,.. . __ . ... 35 do. Farmers' Trust B2 25 do. United Stat es 10 du. Union I n s 52 20 do. Ginton Co. 24 25 do. Al.)hacsk R R. 65 50 do L larlem R R 4 , 6,000$ Pnikdelphia Ex SALES AT THE SECOND BOARD 25 shs N A Trust s3 44 50 do. N A Trust bl 5 44 ...b3O 46 95 CATTLE MARKET. There is no change in the cattle market this week, nor has there b een f or th e past mont h . E xcepting cows and calves, the receipts have been small—suilleient only to the demand, and, in consequence, prices have no t de; lined as they otherwise would. The supply has be ta just large ert ,, ugh to keep prices stationary. To-day about 350 beef-cattle, 200 sheep, and 150 COWS and calves have been sold at the markets ani on the wharfs ; 125 o f th e b eeves came f rom the south, t h e ba , lance from this state. As there are plenty of cattle in the interior, sa d' as communication t o mar k et i s now easy, t h e arriva ls ought to be much greater. But as there is a combination on the part of the drovers, who supply this market, to ' keep back a large portion of their beeves, it is not, at ail strange. BO ULOGNE, APRIL 25. (PROM A CORRESPONDENT.) . The weather here is the most extraordi! l ary that'll ° been seen for many' years. As in London, there I ' o been no rein for two months, n-- n (1 the crops, in c onse . quence, are thirsting for rah;,, are n o cloud s ' and the heat of the sun intense. The thermometer at 2 P.M. is general! ) , above 70 degrees, with a' e l s i ar , blue Italian sky, and a ll t h e sym p toms, as f ar as regard' the climate, .of midsummer, but in all other resP, f ,el s . 1 sadly different. Th ere i s scarcely any vegetation. e wheat and oth er crops are stunted and backivard , fully two weeks behind the south of England ; and the ye' • getable market, whi c h h ere i s genera ll y so fi ne , the most poverty-stricken appearance. This is market f : day, y e t th e w h o l e vegeta bl es ex hibi te d wou ld not , five for a dinner to a hundred people at Freemasonsh Tavern. Bread and butchers' meat pre both Pll e , , above the a verage p r i ce , b ut fortunately last seasQll the crop of w as exce ll ent , an d a ff or d s gre at. relief to the lower classes, who, highly to their honour, arc as gay and cheerful as ever, and as kind-hearted and cha ritable to one another as if the laud flowed with Milk and honey. It is impossible to witness the ,kindly tcrcourse among all classes here, andaho.teelissg..theY exhibit for-those in distress or want, without admiring the national character. They form, in fact, one great family—they mix together, master and servant, -rich' and poor, soldier and citizen, with thz greatest faint arity, and w i t h more mutual esteem and more?cr; politeness an d respect than in aristocratical ~- land. Tile great revolution, while it lest A l was .a terribl e v i s i tat i on, b ut i t has regener ate the people. There is no longer a haughth,' °lr i : hearing n o bili ty , nor a S tate-pr i esthoo d r i oting wealth, and scheming a ga i ns t b ot h G ove rnment an d ... people ; education i s encourage d an d protected, without regard to peculiar te ne t s — t h e Bi s h ops are n ot suffer e d . to thwart the educ a ti ona l s y s t em o f t h e E xe cutive, is a domina n t Chu rc h p erm i tte d to imprison Dissenter: like John Thorogood an d J a h n Childs, for the 11 ; 3 payment of a tax which their conscience I , ,i , et s ' ny Bishop or Ar c hbi h o p cou ld t h row t h e coun try, or a7 n , of the colonies, into commot i on, f or t h e acco mplishm o e w of their selfish and grasping purposes. The Re v . st .. tics', with a high hand put down the meddling pr l tb . hood. No one can li ve i n t hi s country f or a dsY vi os out seeing th e i nca l cu l a bl e a d vantages w hi c h Frans.__, gained s ince s h e renounce d t h e di v i ne r i g hts of 1 ‘ 1 7 6 t and priests. It i s grati f y i ng to see t h e gene ral cont e l ment and happin ess which prevail l e , n o twithstanding ' be small committee a n d trade carried on here. The ne'll y, of English h ere at present i s a b out 5,00 0, an d as more are expect e d w h en t h e b at hi ng season covarnenvn GERMAN and BRUSSELS PAP -6I 1110 , t his ale BR(7I,SEI.A, APRIL 25.—The Moniteur Belge of t" - h a b publishes a decision ot his Majesty, (feted the 223,•" .ic r d declares that the decree of the 15 - tb , July, 1839, e °11"11- in the following terms : " Brigadier-General Vander Smisson is placed in 1°1 . 1 ; activity, and shall enj o y f rom the Ist of t hi s mo nth the P -- fixed ins the reeulations." which has proved to 14 unfounded, .1. sii It declargl to have been founded on an hYP ° ° --e I revoked. d in By this • • decision General Van der Smisson is reduce „ functjfj: the condition of a ,private citizenany , without ...-e• civil or milita r y, ar pointe-', a id e _ Genera' W . 'minded, and it is accordiag4 . Willmar, late Minister of War, has b ee Me de-camp to the Ki n g, as a proof je"*.ty's sati s f act i on w i t h the zeal which be Inall f his i tlitt i.gd in yiate the administ rat i on o f t h e war department, and the 9c.- o which he has rendered to the r y. „mot The order ot th e day was - the l discussion of the P' - ' of law for a vote of credit for the war department. in The Mini s t er o f W ar d ec l ared that i n t h e situation is which h e was placed, having been but a short tiglieoto office, he thought it his d u ty to oppose all the real/edit the which might be proposed. He detailed at great leng ' motives which induced him to act in this manner. ~,h he Mr. Felix de Merod read a written speech, in w vehemently inveighed against the new Minister. do i o n. • Mr. Nothombe has been re-elected De t f° l. -r r• Pit Y e titn He had a majority o. ' twelve votes only over his core Mr. IVlitz, namely, 210 to 198. pre' PRE, ' Anna, APRIL. 14.—The Hungarian Diet 11'0 4, pared ininy representations and projects of law to b e , ati ' et mined to his Maje Sty., In that relative 0: ,..... required for the army, Maje s ty„ is the is a circumstance .which greatly excites our acprebe-„das that the - European Pt:swers ma - dig a r i" maintain large star. ,„ 0 lied t° in time of peace, dan Abet our •Stat is CO .-rc ro le ruinous exertions, because another has e t ' theela- . • This system is dangerous, as thenationalset industry . 0 , bo ils, is thereby deprived of thee •sandt of • uset i be the revenues of the' Stateconsum ed, bless' _ burdens of the people daily • are an , ~,,, bless L" frankli jogs of peace impaired. We therefore o f declare that Hungary wishes to follow only a systern.ts defence, and , I • • as long as peace con:limes, to enjoy frui's; we . there f ore consider it to be our duty tom t' • e h to Ma . jtsty be leased to p to use your influence European Powers, in order that, in consideratioo °f _co happiness of the people, of humanity, and of the int' he of the States themselves, a general disarming all i 0 ( effected," &e., &c. We believe that this general...sr d 10 , the nations of Europe 'would nave toeben soon filth" d'tion . the Government if it were possible prescribe eon 1 a of pea ce , (Sr suppress a d es i re for war, without having a armed force to refer to. . . IRELAND. THE REPEAL OF THE IRISH REFORM AC • a " NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION 4 AGAINST The Dublin Evening Post of last Saturdtay, uaants,?co list of some hutilreds of names attached to, sbell qqu for the Leinster Aggregate Meeting. which W il l : 1)41 d i Of in Dublin on Tur.sday, the "Bth of April. 'Pile M ond' of will on that clay meet s' for the parpoi.e la y ing, by all legal and constitutional mews, this Bill 11 _ introduced into the House of Commons by Lord Stanley-1' nominally for the purpose of registration, but the practlea` effect of which will be to disfrauchise the greater portif° of the constituency of Ireland." rat ' blic In the same publication th ere are req uisitions w• r- too m e etings from Ulster, and f rom C onnau ght.' Monste r is preparing. " T Stanley is likely tohucsvteintetnua,tt:.einagiatatciroinsisr.aisleadurbilyieririi: T L e or ri d n s e h n i t p' a s n a d ss j oc ac ia k tl , ii n t IwriasrhneDdishfirmathaiseavnt h emit nau, if the factio n s h ou ld pers i st i n their d•signi ad be consequences that c an scarce ly yet be antizipated b y 1 roost far•seeing politi c i ans ." - BRISTOL 'SUGAR MARKET.-- ,titthat -d our c been closed during the usual holidays u . at Easter , port is so completely bare of sugars, of every des ct business cannot be resumed until we have further suri"`"*-- have. Mercury. 111 R. THEODORE TriOOK'S.NEW W9U,K4,41 • Now ready, in 3 vols. post Bvo., with Portrait of theyikuthor, and numerous illustrations by Phii, RECEPTS AND PRA•CTI.CE, BY THEODORE HOOK,,rISQ., - Author of " Saying,r3 and. Doing's. , Remy Calburn, Publisher, 13, G; eat llailbotoio-sfreet: • To be had at all the Libiaries. • • ~i 1 t 1