The Sun. — London, England, 1840-06-01 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS• 7ROM TAE DAILY PAPERS or SATUSDAY. (From the Globe.) We are glad to find our anticipations of the improved feeling of parties in Parliament , on the most important colonial questions at present before them, confirmed last night. Mr. Pakington is the precursor raven, whose flights have once and again indicated the subsidence of the waters on Canadian policy. Lord John Russell said that " he certainly felt that her Majesty's Government was very much indebted to the Hon. Member for Droitwich, because on two occasions he had given the House an opportunity of showing its decided sense in favour of the union of the two provinces of Canada, which was the object of the present measure." Mr. Gladstone brought the olive-branch to the hands of the Government ; and Lord Howick abstained from in dulging any untoward crotchet on such a subject. This country has paid so dearly for the pedantry of colonial sovereignty—for the stiff assertion of rights in enforcing which she had no substantial interest—that we trust it is impossible we should repeat the errors of the last century. That any statesman who has studied Burke, A.dam Smith, and Franklin, should do so, seems impos sible. The grand and liberal views of the first on the free growth of the British colonies, the acute glance of the second at colonial ambitions and interests, and the complete insight given by the memoirs of the third of these eminent persons into the characters and circuns etsnaces with which we have to deal in our offspring, would render it utterly inexcusable to repeat the last cectury's squabbles. (From the Courier.) The tone of the debate last evening on the Canada U,ninn Bill was almost all that could be desired. Its merits were calmly discussed before going into Commit tee, and its details afterwards. Some cavil and verbal impertinences (using the latter word in its proper sense) were of course uttered by Nis. Joseph Hume, the man above all others who should eschew the slightest reference to a country which knows him only as a firebrand, and the leading cause of all the bloodshed there, and of the destruction which follow in the wake of rebellion. And of course also, without rhyme or reason assigned, Mr. Hume moved to cut down the Civil List, to enact the Ballot, to reduce or abolish the property qualification for Members of the House of Assembly ; and having !mil round the customary course of absurdities, like the Mind old gin-horse now superannuated and superseded by st eam power, the jaded legislator wound up the " tottLe of the whole," as no impression was to he made ori the State, by a regular sally against the Church, and being unable to dislodge the Bishops, he sunk sul leely to repose. This sort of legislation, and twaddling Upon a ll subjects without understanding or explaining any, would seem to show that the Parliamentary " nia; c h of intellect" has not been greatly accelerated, however railway travelling may be, since the days of " Praise God Barebones," or Anacharsis Ciootz, the ew er: petite representative of the universe. (From the Standard.) The conversation between Mr. C. Bruce and Lord Palmerston upon the subjset of British Protestant worship at Naples, which occurred last night in the House of Commons, deserves more attention from the public than the :natter of it appears to have ob tained from the House of Commons. It appears that the Neapolitan Government, " acted upon by soma other iefluence," has placed an interdict upon Protestant coeeregational worship even in the most mod st and retired form. British Protestants may not collect to pray together even in a private apartme it, hired by themselves. The British Govern ment, however, make light of the matter. They can declare war and fit out armaments upon a " sulphur qua stion," but it would not seem that they think the re- Lgious liherty of the British subjects residing in Naples an object worthy of even a slight remons trance. The indeed, made of the sulphur questio n are, made partly the apolozy for disregarding the question of religious freedom. This is c haracteristic of the times in which we live : the god of this world is the only divi nity practically acknowledged in our public acts. We snake no difference between Whigs . and Tories in this respect ; the Tories, indeed, set the first. example. PORTUGUESE BONDS. Old Swan, May 27,1840. leave to offer to your L or d s hip, My Loon —I be;; on my own part, it s w all as on that o f th e ot h er h o ld ers our most sin cere th an k s f or of Portuguese Bonds, transmitting through her Majesty's Minister at Lisbon, to the Finance Minister of her Most Faithful Majesty, my letter of the 20th of March last. I entertain no doubt that the effect which that letter has produced, is to be attribuni, in a great measure, to your Lordship's prompt interposition in our favour ; and under the hope that you will be pleased to continue your exertions in our behalf, I now take the liberty to request that you wI forward the enclosed communication, addressed to M. 'Ferraz, through Lord Howard de Walden, accom pao•tea by such further instructions as your Lordship nu* deem expedient upon this subject. 11 has afforded me the greatest satisfaction to leun that the Marquis do Saldanha has arrived in London charged with a special mission for the amicable arrange ment of certain claims which your Lordship has urged upon the particular attenti on o f hi s Goverment. As it is possible that in the negotiation for the final settle ment of those claims, a question may arise as to the sources from which the funds necessary for that purpose are to he derived, I feel it incumbent upon me to ap prize your Lordship that the capital represented by the Portuguese Bonds, of which I am a large holder, as well as the interest and sinking fund thereon, are strictly and sacredly secured " on all the revenues of Portugal, the Azores, and all other dominions of her Most Faithful Majesty." I submit, therefore, with the greatest deference to your Lordship, that no negotiation should be entered into for the payment out of any portion of those reve nues of those claims in question, without reference being made to the prior rights of the holders of the said Bonds. It would not be just that—at all events with out, their consent—the security which has been pledged to them should be in any respect impaired, or that any new claims should be discharged, while so large ea ar rear of dividends (amounting at least to 1,500,0001.) should remain unpaid. Your Lordship will, however, perceive from my en closed letter to M. Ferraz, that I am disposed to o'ffer every possible accommodation to the Portuguese Gove.m ment which may assist them in effectually improving their financial resources, and I am disposed to believe that my fellow bondholders are actuated with respect to this matter by the same friendly sentiments which I myself feel towards the Portuguese people. If, therefore, the Marquis de Saldanha's mission can, in your Lordship's opinion, be in any manner facilitated by the co-operation of the bondholders, I think I may take upon me to say that that co-operation will not be withheld, provided it be required upon such conditions as your Lordship may deem equitable to all parties; those conditions to be embodied in a treaty between the' two countries. Your Lordship would, I am confident, think it most unjust that the security already pledged to the bond holders should be in the slightest degree infringed upon by any arrangement which should demand a sacrifice from thew, unless they were made parties to that pro ceeding, and presented with some advantage equivalent to the loss which they might otherwise sustain. Again thanking 3 our Lordship for the benefits which your intervention has already conferred upon a very numerous class of foreign creditors of Portugal, myself amongst the number, I have the honour to remain, with the greatest re spect, your Lordship's most obedient humble servant, RICHARD THORNTON. To the Right Hon. Lord Viscount Palmerston, &c. London, May 27,1840. Ste,—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt, through the department of her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, of your Excel leney's despatch of the 25th ultimo, in reply to my letter of tle 26th March last, relative to that part of your Financial Report to the late Cortes which chiefly con nersed the British holders of Portuguese Bonds. Your Fesexillency's letter of the 11th instant, addressed to me through her Most Faithful Majesty's Finance Agency in Landon, has also reached my hands, directing my attention to the Royal Decree of the 9th ins-., which has been officially announced to the bondholders through our journals. I forbear for the present from offering any remarks upon your Excellency's despatch of the 25th ultimo. You would probably have observed from the market • prices of the Portuguese securities, that the general im pression which it produced in this country was by no means of a favourable character. For the kind and flittering terms in which you have been pl used to speak in your letter of the 11th inst., of my personal services to your nation, I most sincerely thank you. I can very truly assure your Excellency that I am still, as I always have been, most anxious to promote, by all the means in ray power, the best interests of Portugsl. It was the ard en t d es i re o f preserv i ng an d strengthenin g the connexion that has so long subsisted between ; her sons and En g li s h men, to see your liberties re-esta bli s h e d upon a score basis, and your beloved Sovereign re stored to the possessio n of her undoubted rights, which prompted me and many others of my countrymen to furnish those pecuniary subsidies which unhappily form the subject of the present correspondence. With respect to her Most Faithful Majesty's Decree of the 9th instant, I have not failed to perceive that, iF su !d as it has been between the period s of the dissolu tion of the late Cortes and the commencement of the LOW Session, it manifests a del•iation from the r soul rule, with a view, I should hope, of repairing to sonic extent th e deep disappointmeet caused to the external creditors of Portugal by your late Financial Report. So far I am happy to find that tletre monstrances against th a t R e p ort , eonveyed in my ire of the :26th March, have not been altogether ineffectual. It is not my intention to offer any opposition to the ar ra ;gement proposed in the decree for the effective pay ment of half a dividend, which payment is to commence on the Ist December and lit January next ; neither shall I object to the conversion of Coupons belonging to the present half year into debentures similar to those previously issued ; nor to the renewal of all the previous debentures, which according to the original plan ought to be withdrawn from circulation. I assume of course that the interest on all these debentures shall remain un varied and shall be punctually paid when due, leaving for the present unsettled the conditions upon which the said debentures are eventually to be withdrawn from circulation. I must, however, decidedly protest against the conversion into any form of " Deferred Debt" the remaining half of the dividend which ought to be paid in December and January next, and the other Coupons now in arrear, for which no debentures are offered. With respect to the said half dividend and arrears of Coupons, I am prepared to receive Local Five per Cent. Stock at 80 per cent., or for 801. of Coupons 1001. stock, and nothing short of this arrangement will be accepted by me, or, I am confident, by any portion of my fellow bondholders. Your Excellency will be pleased clearly to understand, that it is only upon the condition that the half dividend and arrears of Coupons in question be provided for in the manner here pointed out. I am wil ling to comply with the other arrangements set forth in the Decree, and in thus foregoing my just right to instant payment of the whole of my overdue dividend, I am sure your Excellency will see that I am making a very liberal concession to her Most Faithful Majesty's Go vernment. This concession, however, lam disposed to yield, actuated by my friendly feelings towards her Most Faithful Majesty and her loyal and generous people, under the hope that it may enable them to improve their resource to the required extent, for the re sumption, at no remote period, of the regular payment of the dividends in full. It is in cumbent upon me further to apprize your Ex cellency that while I thus exhibit every desire to meet the wishes of your Government, I do not mean to waive, or in any degree to lessen, the covenant contained in the Bonds, which engages " that the Capital repre sented by those Bonds, Interest thereon, and the Sinking fund thereof, are strictly charged and secured on all the Revenues of Portugal, the Azores, and all other dominions of her Most Faithful Majesty." I must also take the liberty to call your Excellency's at tention to "the Report of the Commissioners appointed by the Crown to inquire into the External Debt, and the means to be devised for satisfying the same," and of the emphatic terms in which the said debt is recog nized as " most sacred." If I do not now cite the still stronger language used in favour of the bondholders in that judicious and admirable document, I neverthe -1 reserve my right to appeal to its recommendations whenever I may deem such an appeal expedient. The Report I advert to is dated Lisbon, May 10, 1839. I beg leave to recapitulate the terms to which I am willing to accede, in order that there should be no misunderstanding on the subject ; but your Excellency will be pleased to understand (although several of my brother bondholders agree with me) that I speak only in my individual capacity as a large bondholder. ( The amount of Portuguese Bonds I hold is 750,0001. and I mention this as an incontrovertible proof of the great confidence 1 have reposed in the honor and good faith of the Portuguese nation,) But, I am of opinion that the other bondholders will interpose no difficulty as to the arrangements I have mentioned, at least, I shall en deavour to induce them to coincide with me iu the v ie ws I have now explained, and the terms which I here repeat. Ist. 1 will accept the effective payment o: half the half-yearly dividends, or 50 per cent., to be continued and progressively increased, as the revenues and means of the Portuguese nation increase or may admit of, the said payment to commence and be made the Ist De cember and ist January next. 2d. I will accept Internal Five per Cent. Stock, at 80 per cent. (or 1001. Stock for 801. Coupons), for the other half of that dividend, and also for the unconverted overdue Coupons. 3d. And I will consider as renewed the debentures which, according to former arrangements, ought to have been withdrawn from circulation, it being clearly understood that the interest upon these debentures is to remain unaltered from its present rate, and to be punctually paid as it falls due, until the same be finally and satisfactorily withdrawn. These terms arc in every respect so reasonable, that I entertain no doubt her Most Faithful Majesty will not hesitate to direct your Excellency to propose them at once to the Cortcs, nor do I at all doubt but that they will be received by the Legislature in the most favour able mariner. I have the honour to be personally ac quainted with several Members of both Chambers, and such I am sure is their sensitiveness to the honour of their country, that they will hasten to carry into effect the propositions here suggested, even though they should be thereby placed under the necessity of making some reductions in the estimated domestic expenditure of the kingdom. It is only by this just and honourable line of conduct being adopted, that Portugal can be effectually restored to that elevated station which it had so long maintained ; and if adopted, 1 hope, nay, doubt not, but that it will p er f ec tly recover a position, in point of credit, fully equal to that of any other country in Europe. I avail myself, finally, of this opportunity to thank your Excellency for your continued friendly disposition and assurances with reference to my claims, arising from my services in private loan transactions, and also to as sure your Excellency of the very high respect I enter tain for yourself personally, with which I remain, Your Excellency's Obliged and most obedient servant, RICHARD THORNTON. Hia Excellency Senor Florido Roiz Pereira Ferraz, Finance Minister, &c., &c., &c., of her Most Faithful M j esty BUENOS AYRES. Private letters from parties on board the Acicean British frigate, narrate some particulars of the interview between Mr. Mandeville, the British Minister, Senor Arana, the Buenos Ayres Foreign Secretary, and Ad miral Dupotet, the French commander on that station. It appears that great compliments passed on the occa sion between Admiral Dupotet and the Buenos Ayres Minister, and that the former expressed himself freely in respect of the injudicious course pursued by the late French Consul Roget, who had been the occasion of all the disputes, and even of the conduct of M. Martigny, the accredited Consul-General then staying at Monte Video. He expressed much admiration of Roses, and as much contempt for General Lavelle, who was engaged in creating a rebellion against him ; who, he said, had only been draining the French agents of money without doing, or daring to do, anything against Buenos Ayres. He expressed pretty much the same opinions of Rivera, the President of Monte Video, created under French influence. But one. fact transpired in the course of the conversation which te.nds to show the bad faith of the French Go ver ament. For whereas it was asserted that Admiral Du potet carried out full powers to treat (no less than to light) with Buenos Ayres about the conditions of peace, and formal assurances to the effect were given 1 from Paris to Lord Palmerston, which he reiterated in Parliament, it appears, from the confession of the French Admiral himself, that those full powers were with- Crawn subsequently, and alter the arrival of Roget, ti le former French Consul, at Buenos Ayres, in Paris. pon his representations, who was the real author of the quarrel, the powers to treat and conclude were to 'ten away from Dupotet, and partially only con fer Ted upon Martigny, then residing at Monte Video, bu t with the ultimate destination of Minister or Con su' =General at Buenos Ayres, when the differences sh Juld he arranged. Therefore it was that Dupotet, agreeing himself to all the propositions of the Buenos A: rres Minister at the interview on board the fictccon, fra wkly admitted that, without the concurrence of Mar tig, ,he could do nothing. He requested leave, there fore to submit the plan of pacification proposed to Mast igoy, at Monte Video ; at the same time expres sing: I (is determination, in case of his disagreement, to des pa tch a vessel to France, with a full statement of a fi b .3, and a demand for fresh instructions. It is end ow ;, but not singular, to find how the Foreign-office b et e .has been bamboozled by the French Cabinet thr ou ghout the whole of this business. What, for ex am ate,, will Lord Palmerston say to this new and accre dit, :(.1 version of Admiral Dupotet't powers, who, he asst in id Parliaments was specially and plenarily autho rise I to settle and conclude all mat ters in dispute, with out ferenco any whore. After all, the terms proposed by By enos Ayres, and approved by Admiral Dupotet himsel f, who despatched a vessel to France with them, were: s übstantially as follow "1. That the differences with France should be ar rant lei Iby a Minister Plenipotentiary sent to France." 2 . That the blockade should be raised and the Island of bL irtin Garcia, restored, with all its artillery, as taken. "3. That until the conclusion of a treaty, Frenchmen sh( uhf be treated in Buenos Ayres as foreigners were tre Lt e d. in France. ' `•4. The arms supplied to the Buenos Ayres rebels she ul Ibe collected, and taken back by the French within a c, 'rt ain numb er o f days." To it 'hich Admiral lapotet subjoined this ments._Fr ry conditi on — v i z , t h at the indemn i t i es required to j ince on behalf of French subjects, should be :t i r a t i l l r e i i . n ‘.y l re r s an e c n e vo be t t o ,veen the Government and the mor eo• :er, if there was the evietteiroms proposed, was be sent. The Admiral asked, n , moreover, h w a l t ' Ma. 7tii . ny, and was answer a i n g P • , to treat with a i t t ev \i e i r ;rti,,,, H ny e (elix.d sed, he .• Would have orders silo rtiy to do so. These facts, which may be re' 'sel i -eo his to e relied not its;, up , n , s rsm the authority of almost an eye and ear wit tut s• on board the A elccon, play upon the FO •g g. fait 2 o f the y french Government, and the insultin -I's "I lv tl i i i i l ? v i i i " ::.c h ce t r i :t e s l , ' l c vn the most easy cr ' ed r u e l ' i n rcai lie oak e . bore, Perhaps ty, an 7 r e orcscntation n . lado, or fact pretended. Lord ] '.thrnerston will find it convenient at last not to p), :c l ge himself to the Intentions of the French Cabinet, and to the instru ction) said to be sent to their a g ent s , as a b s( lately as on a r ecent occasion he did in Parlia ment. One thing may be added. The city peopl e , Connect ctd with tho Buenos Ayres trade, arc scanda lised a, ; being deceived in this double shape ; Cast by ' .11e French Government , and next by him, as the it e\t. pe. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY. JUNE 1, 1840. FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL BRUSSELS, MAY 27.—The average price of wheat last week was 22f. 98c., and that of rye 15f. 22c. Im portation, therefore, remains duty free, and exportation prohibited. The Belgian Charge d'Affairs at Stockholm has just informed the Government that an Ordinance of the King of Sweden, recently published, excepts ships coming from foreign ports exempt from the sanitary regulations ordered in 1834, as precautions against the cholera, and which had remained in force till this time. The search and the expenses attending it conformably to the regu lations of the Ordinance of the 7th May, 1838, remain provisionally in force at Gottenburg. THE HAGUE, MAY 29.—Their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Frederick of the Netherlands, left the Hague this morning for Berlin. _ _ _ The Avondbode has some - news from India of the be ginning of this year. The Java Bank had not resumed its payments in specie. The accounts from the seve ral residences in Java arc satisfactory with respect to public tranquillity. In Bantam alone there were some indications of disorder, which, in consequence of timely measures, has had no result. Most of the persons concerned acted a part on former occasions, in 1836. Some of them have fallen_into the hands of the autho rities. _ _ _ In consequence of the observations of the Section on the present law relative to the responsibilities of Ministers, the Government has sent an amended pro ject of law on the subject. VIENNA, MAY 4 /o.—Prince Paul Esterhazy, Count Munich, and Count Woyna, all of whom are now here, will leave Vienna by the end of this month. We hear from Semlin that the bodies of Servians who were attacked near Belgrade have for the most part returned to their houses on the positive assurance of the Prince that sonic persons in office, of whom the people make great complaints, shall be removed from the puylic service, but that a final decision must be ex pected from Constantinople ; likewise that he will shortly travel through the country, visit the people, and transfer the seat of Government to Kragrijevatz. It is reported, as a circumstance characteristic of the new movements, that two Members of the Senate, who hap pened to be in the country, and who are accused by the people of having hindered the Prince from travelling through the country, as the people are very desirous he should do, were arrested by the insurgents, and arrived as prisoners, where they were delivered up to the Prince, who of course immediately set them at liberty. ST. PETEILSBUIIGII, MAY 19.—0 n the 13th of the month, the quarter of Wassiiy Ostreff was in great danger in consequence of a dreadful fire. About eleven o'clock in the forenoon a dense smoke issued from the upper window of the wooden house belonging to M. Imloff. Unfortunately there was a stormy wind, which increased the fury of the flumes, and prevented the en gines from playing with effect, by dispersing the water into spray, and, in addition to which, sparks and flakes of fire were carried from the burning houses, which was the 4th line (street) to the sth, 6th, 7th, and Bth iines, in which the wooden roofs of eleven houses were in flames at the different places. The extraordinary ef forts of the firemen succeeded in extinguishing the fl Imes about three o'clock. The house of M. K-reloffs and that of Mr. Ball, adjoining, arc burnt to the ground. Some of the firemen were wounded by iron plates which were torn from the roofs of the houses. Their Imperial Majesties leave this capital to day, and go to Gdtschina, from which place the Empress will set out the day after on her journey to Germany. The Emperor accompanies his august consort through Dane burg liaison to Warsaw. The younger members of the Imperial Family will reside meantime at Zirskojeselo. r3ELOIAN k UNDS—Burselits, MAY '.29. actual Debt, 2).i per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cant 102% Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent 96 —.....--- 3 per Cent. 75 Loan of City, 1632, 4 per Cent 91% Society of Commerce, ‘I.:, per Cent llO Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent BB% National Society . Exchange on London (short) —Brussels Papers, May Q. DUTCH FUNDS.—AmsTituoam, MAY 22. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, ‘2}‘, per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. Aniort Syndic, 4;4 percent 9214 12.4 Ditto, ditto, 3)4 per cent 97 97 5 4 Commercial Company, At:, 1-,:r cent l79Y,', I`4 X Ditto (M 2 and 1833) 5 per cent. Ditto 1837, 5 per cent. Loan 1837, 5 per cent. Exchange on London, One month ll 95 Two months —Dutch Papers, May 29. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, MAY :.O. Five per Cents. Mutalliques Four per Cents. Three per Cents. Bank Shares —.AI/gen:eine Zeilung, May 2.5. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, MAY 26. Bills. Money. St. Sehuld. Sch., 4i,, per cent. 10 3 14 102% Prussian English Loan, 18.30, 4 per cent 1034 lixeliange on London, three months 6 19i —Prussian Slate Gazette, May 27. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE Persiani's opera, " Inez di Castro," was produced at this theatre, for the first time in England, on Saturday night, with the following cast of characters : Alphonso IV. (King of Portugal) Sig. Lablache. Don Pedro (his son) Sig. Rubini. Gonzalez (a nobleman) Roderigo (Captain of the Royal Archers) Sig. G. Galli. Inez di Castro Blanche (Infanta of Castile) Elvira (attendant on Inez) .... Mad. Bellini. The plot is partly founded on the following well-known passage in the history of the beautiful Inez di Castro, and partly invented :—Don Pedro, the son of Alphonso the Fourth, King of Portugal, subsequently to the demise of his first wife, Constantin, secretly united himself to Inez di Castro, a descendant of the Royal Family of Castile. From this latter family Don Pedro was himself descended on the mother's side. Shortly after the death of Constantia, Don Pedro was importuned by most of his immediate connections and friends to make a selection of a second wife. To these importunities, how ever, he turned a deaf ear, and eventually rejected the pro posal in such terms as to give rise in the minds of the sup porters of the Alphonso dynasty to a suspicion that his affections were already engaged; accordingly no means were left untried for the purpose of discovering the sup posed object of his love. Their suspicions at length pointed to Inez de Castro, who was no less distinguished for her mental acquirements than for her personal beauty; and this idea having once taken possession of their imagi nation, was soon strengthened by their fears, so that already . in their foreboding thoughts the proud family of Inez had supplanted them in the favour of the young King. Al phonso, too, was, without much difficulty, induced, by the insidious representations of Diego Lopez, Pacheco, Pedro Coelho, and Alvaro Gonzalez, to entertain serious apprehensions that, in the event of such a union, the interests of Ferdinand, the son of Don Pedro by his first wife, might be compromised. To the remon strances of the King, Don Pedro, not daring to avow his marriage, only replied by an absolute refusal to marry another, in consequence of which Alphonso, with the ad vice of his councillors, resolved upon the death of the un fortunate Inez. This barbarous determination soon reached the cars of Beatrice, the Queen Mother, who lost no time in cautioning her son against the danger which threatened his wife. Don Pedro, however, cenceiving that it was no more than a scheme, whicn had been planned with a view of exciting his apprehension, disregarded the advice of his mother, though backed by that of the good Bishop of Braga. The temporary absence of Don Pedro, in pursuit of the pleasures of the chace, appeared to the enemies of Donna Inez to afford a most favourable oppo - _ - tunity for the accomplishment of their design, and Alphonso repaired to Coimbra, where Inez was residing, in the convent of Santa Clara. Terrified at the news of the King's arrival, Inez nevertheless summoned up all her resolution, and being, with her children, shown into the Royal presence, threw herself at the feet of her husband's father, and im plored his mercy. Alphonso, unable to resist her suppli cations, suspended the execution of his task until his evil counsellors had succeeded in extinguishing the spark of tenderness which the fair object of their jealousy had awakened in her Sovereign's breast. Ultimately she became the victim of their machinations, and was put to death in 1355. The desperation of Don Pedro, on discovering what had occurred, knew no bounds. lie revolted against his father, and but for the interces sion of the Queen Mother and the Bishop of Braga, the consequences to all parties must have been fatal. As a compensation for the sufferings be had undergone, he was loaded with honours; but immediately after the death of Alphonse, he gratified his thirst for vengeance by ordering the councillors of the late Kuig to be put to death amidst ,he most cruel tortures; and 'his attachment to Donna Inez, by causing her corpse to be habited in the royal robes, and wearing the crown upon her head, and to be placed on the throne, whilst the grandees of the empire were compelled to kneel and kiss the hem of her robes, and pay that homage after death which she had been so cruelly deprived of during her life. After this ceremony had been duly observed, Don Pedro, attended by the whole of the court, followed the body on foot to Aleobaca (a distance of 30 miles), where it was entombed, and a magnificent monument, surmounted with a bust of the la mented Intz, crectel to her memory. The opera, boa ever, as performed, differs considerably from this historical detail. For instance, the discovery of Pedro's attachment for Inez is made almost coeval with her death the murder of Alphonso by Gonzalez is invented, and applied to the same time; and the slaughter of the innocent cffipring of the hapless lady, and her still more hapless spouse, is contingent upon both tkese circumstances. Inez di Castro is pardoned at the instance of Blanche, , ..-. .__ her rival ; in the libretto of the opera her Royal fathcr in-law is murdered, almost eauselessly, by the traitor Gon zalez at the banquet which ensues on their reconciliation; her infants are murdered at the same time by the same monster, and she herself, after partaking of a poisoned cup presented to her by this fiend in human form, first be. comes insane with grief at the loss of her children, the death of her father, and the absence of her husband, and then dies of the poison she has drunk. Tho overture, with which the opera commences, is of a commonplace character. Of nearly the same character are the opening scene, which is a kind of chorus by the Nobles of the Court; the second, which is a rapid dialogue in recitativo between Gonzalez and the attendant Nobles; and the third, which is a dialogue of a like description between Al phonzo and this ♦illain. There are, however, in it two spirit ed solo paseages, in which the King apostrophises the shade of Constance, Pedro'; first wife, on being informed of his son's attachment to Inez di Castro. Scene the fifth pre sents Inez in the garden of her own castellated abode, reading a letter which announces the near arrival of Pedro ; and here, in truth, the opera begins to assume a high cbr.- racter. The solo part, sung by her, as she listens to the coming of her husband, is of a high order, arid was given with a force of feeling, a depth of ex?ression, a tenderness and a pathos, by Madame Persiani, that she has never surpassed. There was some good singing by Rubini and Persiani, when the principal features of the opera were developed. The impassioned dialogue which takes place between the lovers was given with great effect, and met with due applause. The final scene of the first act, when Pedro and Inez avow their marriage in the presence of Alphonso and Blanche of Castile, was eminently successful, both as regarded the performance and the music. In the second act the interest increases. The melodious soliloquy of Blanche by Mdlle. Grisi was admirably per formed and elicited great applause. The third act is but brief; but is full of dramatic effect. The King has been murdered ; the infant children of Don Pedro and Inez di Castro have been slain ; the wretched wife and more wretched mother has become insane from those accumu lated horrors. She strays into a churchyard, and dies ; but not until we have the warranty of her husband that her death shall bo avenged. On the whole the opera was highly successful. Iler Majesty and Prince Albert, the Queen Dowager, the Duchess of Cambridge, the Duchess of Gloucester, and the Prince of Saxe Leiniu gen were present all through its performance. The house was crowded to inconvenience. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS The following arc the results of " A Table of Mortality for the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes Registered, in the Week ending Saturday, the 23d of May, 1840." The Table is issued from the Office of the Registrar-General:— Weekly Total. Average, CAUSES OF DEATH. 1838, Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases 126 265 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 137 156 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration . . ... Diseases of the Heart and 13loodvessels ... Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other . , Organs of Digestion 62 57 Diseases of the Kidneys, &c... Childbed, Diseases of the Uterus, Sic Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c 1 1 Diseases of Uncertain Scat lO2 102 Old Age, or Natural Decay 49 79 Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intemperance 17 26 Causes not specified Deaths from all Causes - Average Weekly Deaths Deaths in the Average Weekly Week. Deaths, 1838. West Districts ......... 114 156 North Districts l5l 172 Central Districts . 145 208 East Districts South Districts ........ 194 233 Total 1,013 It is stated that under the term Metropolis are corn prised the 32 districts herein mentioned, which include the City of London within► and without the walls, the City and Liberties of Westminster, the out parishes within the bills of mortality—and the parishes of St. Marylebone ; St. Pancras ; Kensington ; Fulham ; Hammersmith ( Chapelry) ; St. Luke, Chelsea ; Paddington ; St. Mary, Stoke Newington; St. Leonard, Bromley; St. Mary-le bow ; Camberwell; Greenwich ; St. Nicholas and St. Paul, Deptford ; and Woolwich. The population as enu merated in 1831 was 1,494,890. The weekly average for 1838 was obtained by dividing the deaths registered in that year by 52. In comparing it with the weekly deaths in 1840, it must be borne in mind that the metropolis in. creases nearly two per cent. annually ; and that, if the population had been the same in 1833 as in 1840, the deaths would have been one 27th part more numerous. General Register-office, May 28, 1840. A letter has just been received here from Capt. Shaw, of the KAlain of this port, written in lat. 0. 15. lon. 17. 47. IV. and dated the sth of April, Thy ' had then been i n com p an y twelve days with the Mandarin con vict ship from London, with John Frost and his associates on board, during which time the winds were so light that the ves sels could not proceed at a greater rate than twenty miles a day. Capt. Shaw says :—" I had the pleasure of dining On board the Mandarin, and of conversing with Messrs. Frost, Jones, and Williadis. Frost says he would far sooner have been executed ; but they are very penitent. He is a decent, nice looking old man." We believe these are the first tidings received of those persons since their departure from England, and, though brief, it may be somewhat gratifying to their friends. — Greenock Advertiser. At the drawing-looms and levees it has become a matter of frequent remark, that persons present themselves wlth a variety of miht icy deco:•ations, and who to foreigners appear to be the most distinguished officers of our empire, the fact being that they are merely officers of General Evans's auxili,ry coyly:, and that, standing besid e them, are to be seen, undecorated, the heroes of Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Vittoria, and (Alter scenes of British valour. To behold these bedi zoned Christiano soldiers of a day in company with the endur ing gallantry of that most perfect specimen of disciplined bra very, the old Peninsular army, would go far to: justify the con cluding remark of Col. Napier, in his last volume of " The Peninsular War," viz., " Th. the war terminated, anti with all the remembrance of the veterans' services."— Sunday Paper. THE RAILWAY AND NORTHAM ROAD COAI- Zy Alc w l . i — ch T t h b e e p N ar o t r it t : i s m i m n tchoismcpaasemhraevferacionmfreotmo anla3iryriantiggefnoiretiatn, injunction, tire Railway Company undertaking to pay the costs. —Southampton Independent, LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, May 29. WALTER. V. LLOYD AND ANOTHER. This was an action brought by an attorney to recover 1,11., for expenses that he had been put to in attempting to form a Liceased Victualler Foreign Wine and Spirit Company. The defendants at the trial gave evidence of payments being made to the plaintiff, on account, namely, 21. from each D'rector, to the amount of 201., according to an agreement between the plaintiff and the defendants. The Jury found a verdict for the defendants. Mr. Sergeant WILDE applied this morning to set aside the verdict, on the ground that there was not sufficient evi dence to go to the Jury. The COURT reserved their decision. SURREY SESSIONS. The greater part of the day was occupied in the tria of William Berryman, a farmer's servant, at Chertseyl who was indicted for assaulting Ann Smith, aged 11 years, with intent to commit a rape. From the evidence it appeared that on the evening of the ith instant, the prisoner, who was residing in the same house with the child and her parents . at Chertsey, called her into his bed-room as she was passing up stairs. She, however, refused, and was going to the upper story, when the prisoner rushed out of his room, an d se izing her, threw her down on the lobby of the staircase, and then assaulted her in a brutal manner. In giving her evidence, she declared that she resisted assailant all she could, and when she was first thrown down, she succeeded in getting up again ; but the second time she could not get away from him, and she was afraid to cry out, under the apprehension that he would beat her. Tho Surgeon deposed that although the capital offence had ❑ot been committed, yet that a loathsome disease was communicated to the child, who was still labouring under its effects. The witness added he had no doubt that the prisoner acted under a most barbar ous and most mistaken notion ; and in the present case when he examined the prisoner, he found that he was dreadfully diseased. The prisoner was convicted, and sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment. The Sessions having concluded, the following sen tences were then passed - • Transportation for Life—John Summerfield and Samuel Edwards. For Ten Years.—John Walker. For Seven Years—John Waters, George Wilson, William Johnson, Charles Smith, Sarah Clarke, Margaret Hurlay, Hannah Burnham, William Elliott, and John Smith. For Twelve Months' Imprisonment—Henry Boxall, Peter Nimmo, Emma Stone, Samuel Berryman, Wil liam Jones, and William Tooby. The other prisoners were sentenced to imprisonment, varying from six months to twenty-one days in the Houses of Correction. It is with regret we hear that the regimental de meanour of Lord Cardigan is likely again to become the sub ject of complaint, if indeed complaint has not already been formally made. His Lordship is Lieut.-Colonel of the 11th Hussars, of which regiment his Royal Highness Prince Albert is Colonel ; and our wonder is, that if even the memory of his former court-martial had departed from his mind, the feeling that he had now for his Colonel a personage incapable of coun tenancing a system of petty regimental annoyance, such as urged the Lord Brudenell to become a prosecutor when Lieut.- Colonel of the Lith Dragoons, should not placo restraint on his tiespotie temper. — Observer . N OVEL O CC URRENCE. LAUGHABLE AN NOVEL Thursday evening the packet-ship Siddons, Captain Palmer, arrived at this port, before the letter and the parcel bags which she took en board at New York ! This un usual occurrence happened thus. Captain Palmer, on reaching the Channel, found the wind blowing strongly from the N. E., with every appearance that it would continue in that quarter and delay hi s v oyage to Liverpool. Several of his passengers having resol ve d to land on the Ir ish coast, and proceed e r a Dublin to Liverpool, be determined to forvvard both i s hs parcel and letter-b ags by the same route . The passengers n the d bags were, accordingly, landed, on Tuesday last, at Dunmore East, near Wat er ford. The passengers proceeded on, without delay, by the m ail-coach; but, as the bags had to be opened at th e first post..otlice 2 •and the letters and parcels sorted a n d marked, the ba g s were detained to undergo thi s p ro cess, which occu p ied a considerable time, seeing papers. The passengers reache d Liver p ool on Thursday, at there were abo ut ten thousand letters and noon ; the packet-ship anchored, in the Mersey, shortly after six o'clock on the evening, of the same day ; and the letters and papers reached town, on Friday morning, by the early Dub lin mail. Captain Palmer had (lone what he deemed best under the circumstances ; still, the issue verified the adage, " the twee haste, th e l ess s p ee d." But the arrival of the Siddon s before her bags was not the only remarkable incident of the day. One of our most active caterers of news, knowing that the packet had been telegraphed, but not dreaming that she could reach port at the early hour she (lid enter it, repaired to the Princ e ' s pi er h ea d t ow ards midnight, to await her arrival ! mly Our f r ie n d i nqu i re d f rom ev ery body he me t whether th e Siddons had ' , come round," that is, entere d the river ; but all a g reed that sh e h a d not, an d w h a t was of more imp or ta n ce , the most experien ce d seamen t h en an d there present g ave it as their opi nion, th a t no pilot would venture to brin g her round that ni g ht. All this time the Siddons was lying - snugly at anchor within sight of the sagacious and vigila nt pi er-headers, who, thou g h saw di they a large vessel in the river, knew not that it was the anxiously-looked for packet ! Our friend, as in duty bound, lingered on the seawall until nearly the hour of high-water, when, despairi ng o f th e a rrival of the Siddons i n t ime for him to despatch a parcel to London by the three o'clock railway t • rain, he betook himself to his home and his bed.—/ terpooi MR. FEARGUS O'CO N N OR'S PETITION. The following petition has been sent by Mr. O'Con nor to Sergeant Talfourd, for presentation to the " House :" " To the Right Honourable and Honourable the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, in Parliament assembled. " The humble Petition of Feargus O'Connor, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, and now a prisoner in York Castle, " Showeth,—That your petitioner was convicted of publishing a seditious political libel, in a newspaper called the Northern Star and Leeds General Advertiser, at the last Assizes at York, and that in pursuance of the verdict then obtained against petitioner, he was sentenced upon the :11th of May, 1840, by the Court of Queen's Bench, to eighteen months' imprisonment in York Castle, and to be held in custody until he shall procure sureties for two years' good behaviour, himself in 3001., and two sureties in 1501. each. That your petitioner had been seriously indisposed for some time previously, and at the time of receiving said judgment, and that Mr. Anthony Todd Thomson, M.D., and Mr. Jligue, surgeon, of Hammersmith, both attended petitioner, the latter for a period of five years. That each of the above-named gentlemen made an affidavit, stating that imprisonment according to the usual prison discipline and the loss of exercise, would lay the foun dation of disease which would shorten the life of petitioner. That such affidavits, together with the cer tificate of Mr. Cooper, surgeon, of the Queen's Bench prison, were transmitted to the Marquis of Normanby, with an affidavit and memorial from petitioner, praying that his person may be confined in the Queen's Bench prison instead of York Castle. To which memorial the Marquis of Normanby refused to assent. " That one of the charges upon which your petitioner was convicted, was a speech of your petitioner delivered at Rochdale, in the county of Lancaster, and for the reporting of which the reporter was discharged, he never before having reported the proceedings at a public meet ing, and being merely on trial, which facts were fully set forth in an affidavit made by the said reporter. That the speech alluded to was published at a time when your petitioner was in attendance at the Assizes of York, and which speech your petitioner declares he never saw in print until after an ex-officio information had been filed by the Attorney-General. That your petitioner was also found guilty of publishing the speech of Mr. O'Brien, although, as asserted by your peti tioner upon receiving judgment, and which is the fact, the said speech was only published in the first edition of the Northern Star, and of which only about 3,000 numbers are circulated, while at that time, 37,000 of a second and third edition were published, in not one of which second or third edition the speech of Mr. O'Brien was printed. The said speech was published in the Northern Star of the 20th of July last, when your petitioner was on trial for another political libel, and your petitioner never saw the speech until an ex officio was filed by the Attorney-General. " That your petitioner was also found guilty for the publication of some resolutions passed at a public meeting at Newcastle, and which were copied from, and acknowledged to he taken from,the Trine Mercury . " That your petitioner was also found guilty of the publication of the speech of one William Taylor, and which speech your petitioner did not defend, either upon trial, or in his speech in mitigation of punishment. Your petitioner most solemnly declares that he did not make the speech published for his speech as delivered at Rochdale. At the same time your petitioner con fidently appeals to your Honourable House, while he asserts that in such speech there is not one sentence of libel. " Your petitioner laid before the Court in mitigation of punishment affidavits from about four hundred re spectable persons from various towns where petitioner had been in the habit of addressing public meetings. That many of such affidavits were sworn to by persons of great wealth and respectability, and all deposed that for many years had been in the habit of hearing petitioner at public meetings, and that they always con sidered that such speeches were eminently conducive in dissuading the people from a recourse to physical force, or any violation of the law. That many of the deponents declared that they were opposed to your pe titioner in political principle, and merely came forward from a love of justice. "That in consequence of the judgment of the Court of Queen's Bench, your petitioner was consigned to the custody of the Governor of York Castle, on Tuesday, the 19th of May, at ten o'clock at night. That your petitioner was first deprived of his money and a few newspaper!, and after being examined by a physician, was conducted to a stone cell seven-and a-half feet long and four feet ten inches wide, about eight feet high, the door up to the petitioner's chin, and only wide enough to admit your petitioner sideways ; an iron bedstead not near the width of petitioner, a thin flock bed not as long as petitioner, and the usual number of blankets, with a horse-rug for a counterpane, were then shown to petitioner, which, with a black pot, composed the furniture. The Governor very kindly allowed one of the turnkeys to teach your petitioner how to make the most of the bed, and then your petitioner was locked, bolted, and barred into the said dreary and solitary cell. That your petitioner had neither sheets, pillow, bolster, nor chairs. The window very small, and the aperture nearly filled with strongly bolted iron. At seven o'clock, your petitioner was roused up. and was obliged to arrange and fold up his bed and bed clothe:=, and then to follow a turnkey to the day-room, with his chamber-pot in his hand, and which he was compelled to wash, and keep till summoned to bed. That at eight o'clock your petitioner was summoned to breakfast, and was in turn of his ward placed in a line, composed of murderers, robbers, forgers, and felons of every description, all of whom were dressed in the prison d . " That your petitioner could not eat the prison fare That at ten your petitioner was summoned to chapel, and was locked up with the others in a grated pew to hear service. That at twelve your petitioner was sum moned to dinner, when he again took his stand in the felon's rank, and a black pot and wooden spoon, indis criminately used by all, wore placed before him, but he could not eat. That the surgeon, in consequence of petitioner's bad health, ordered your petitioner some tea, one ounce per week for fourteen times, and one half pound of sugar, being the gaol allowance. That Mr. Hague, one of the visiting Magistrates, saw petitioner, and gave him the choice of being in a ward alone, or of having two men convicted, the one of felony, and the other of theft, in the ward with petitioner. That peti tioner was compelled to prefer the society of felons to the solitary system, and has, consequently, had two felons as his only associates. " That the rules of the prison impose upon your petitioner the duty of washing, securing, dry rubbing, sweeping, and cleaning the passages, cell, day-room, and yard. 'chat your petitioner has just assisted in the gentlemanly occupation of cleansing the felons' privy. That there are many prisoners now in York Castle. Two for abduction of a female thirteen years of age. One for rape upon a girl ten years of age. One for stabbing, and many for felony of various descriptions, and of all the before-named prisoners the sentence of your petitioner is the longest by six months. That the two persons confined in the same ward with petitioner, for felony, have only received, one three months, and the other four months' imprisonment, while your petitioner has received eighteen months for a political libel, with bonds for six hundred pounds for two years' good behaviour. That your petitioner, with confidence, appeals to those Members who served with him for three years in the House of Commons—to the Irish Bar, of which he has the honour to be a member —and to every portion of society in which he has moved—that there is not in society a better behaved, a more humane, or a better-tempered man. " That your petitioner has stood three contested elections, one Parliamentary Committee, and five prose cutions since the passing of the Reform Bill. " That your petitioner has conducted as counsel more contested elections than any man in his profession, and elections were party spirit ran highest. " That your petitioner has been the proprietor of a newspaper circulating four times as widely as any other provincial journal. " And your petitioner proudly states, that in the dis charge of those several duties, he has never yet had an angry word, or a single contradiction with any man. That he has not been called upon to retract a single _ _ word he has ever uttered, and that he has not made the press a vehicle for wounding the feelings of his political or personal enemies. That, notwithstanding, your peti tioner is treated, in every sense of the word, with the exception of being allowed to wear his own clothes, as a common murderer. That the rules of the prison only admit relations to visit prisoners, and your petitioner, being an Irishman, has no relations in this country, and consequently cannot expect to see others than gaolers and turnkeys for eighteen months. " That your petitioner is still the proprietor of the Northern Slur newspaper, and is liable for everything printed in it, while he is not allowed to see it. That the conduct of the paper cost:, your petitioner many thousands a year, over which he has now no control. " That your petitioner is shaved twice a week, and takes his turn of lather, brush, and razor after the felons. That he washes with the same towel, and has all things in common with them. That he has only stone benches to sit upon, and a hole m the wall at which he must stand to write. That all his correspondence is h .nded open for the perusal of the Governor, and his letters are delivered open, after being perused. That he has been kindly allowed to place his bed upon the cold stone floor, the iron bedstead being too narrow for his size. " Your petitioner is locked up at seven o'clock in the evening in his cell, and remains there till seven the fol lowing morning. " Your petitioner has always lived in the best society, and has always conducted himself as a gentleman. Ile ha s n ever been plaintiff or defendant in writ or action, but at the suit of the present Attorney-General ; nei ther has he, in the course of his life, violated the com mon or statute law of the land. Therefore your peti tioner considers that, for an undefined crime, he is suf fering more punishment, and more degrading and in sulting treatment, than any matt has ever been subjecte4 to, in this or any other country, for the mere publica tion of libel. " Your petitioner has not been prosecuted for any original matter published in the Northern Star, and your petitioner submits that there is a great difference between a deliberately-written and published libel, and the mere publication of matter of news. "Your petititioner stands indicted for another political offence, and is to take his trial at the next Liverpool Assizes, and yet the solicitor of your petitioner has been refused access to him. The health of your petitioner is, and has for some time been, very bad, in consequence of having ruptured two blood vessels in the chest in the course of one week in last year. " Your petitioner is now labouring under rheumatism, which affects his limbs and bones, and also under a se vere affection of the chest and left side. " Your petitioner's sight has become greatly impaired during his imprisonment in York Castle ; and upon the whole the degradation and mental agony to which your petitioner is subjected, must materially injure the health and shorten the life of your petitioner. " Your petitioner does not mention the food to which he is entitled, nor the mode of its service. He has no complaint to make of any of those in authority over him ; but on the contrary, while the Governor rigidly adheres to the letter of the prison rules, he administers the greatest severity with such becoming delicacy as to make oppression less galling. " Your petitioner does not ask for a remission of any portion of his sentence, while your petitioner begs to remind your Honourable House of the great alterations recently made in the criminal code ; that by such alte ration the crime of forging is no longer punishable with death ; and while, at the present moment, two men named Holroyd are now suffering only two years' im prisonment in York Castle for very extens:ve forgery, after bankruptcy, your petitioner, for an undefined of fence, is sentenced for eighteen months, and subject to precisely the same rules. Thus, while others are daily receiving the benefit of the clemency of the present age, your petitioner is suffering a greater amount of punish ment, ill-treatment, insult, and degradation, than has ever before been imposed upon a person convicted of a like offence. " Your petitioner, therefore, prays that your Honour able House will present an humble address to her Ma jesty, praying that her Majesty may be graciously pleased to order that your petitioner be committed, for the remainder of the term of eighteen months, to the Queen's Bench, in order that your petitioner may be near those physicians who understand his constitution, and have been in the habit of attending him. " And your petitioner, as in duty bound, will ever pray. " FEARGUS O'CONNOR." ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. THE BRISTOL MAIL TWICE ON FIRE.—An LICC?- dent, which might have been attended with the most serious consequences, occurred to the mail train. which left the Great Western Railway Station at Paddington, on Tuesday evening- at nine o'clock. Wheti‘the train arrived about a mile beyond the West Dr4ion station (where it stopped to set down passena - ), it was tldis covered by.one of the guards that the of of the Bris tol mail was in flames. After some laic delay (which was caused by the difficulty of making the engineer hear the shouts of the conductors and passengers) the train was stopped, and in the course of about a quarter of an hour the fire as it was imagined, was put out, the passengers rendering great assistance, by conveying tho water from the tender to the mail in their hats. The train then proceeded, but before it arrived at Slough an alarm was given from the first class carriages that they had " lost the mail," and upon the conductors looking out, they discovered that the whole of the long line of trucks, with several mail coaches, had been left behind. The train then went on to Slough, and set down the passengers for that station ; and, after taking in a supply of water, the engine and tender returned towards town to seek the lost mails, which were found between the Langley and Slough stations. It appears that, after the fire was supposed to have been put out near Drayton, one of the conductors for tunately adopted the precaution of taking his seat on the Bristol mail, to be in readiness in case of another outbreak of the fire ; and he had scarcely proceeded a mile and a half before the flames again burst forth from the roof. He then immediately scrambled over the roofs of the other coaches, and unhooked from the train the whole of the trucks on which the mails were placed. The fire was then put out for the second time, but not before considerable damage was done to the parcels of the passengers and other property on the roof. A large parcel of newspapers were nearly destroyed. When the first outbreak was discovered the train was proceeding at the rate of between forty and fifty miles an hour, and flames were upwards of four feet in length. It is stated that the fire was caused by the tarpauling being driven by the strong current of air against the lamp of the mail, and thus it soon became ignited, but it is more probable that the fire was occa sioned by a lighted coal from the furnace falling on the roof, as within the last twelve months, several buildings between Paddington and Slough have been thus fired, and wholly consumed. There was the greatest difficulty in making the engineer acquainted with the necessity of the train being stopped, and it was not until the conductor had put on the drag, and he found some obstruction to the progress and speed of the train, that he was induced to look behind, when he dis covered the flames. The mail guards also were riding inside, instead of outside, of their respective mails. From the great noise occasioned by the engine, it is next to an impossibility for the engineer to hear the shouts and cries of the conductors and guards in the rear. This is not the first time that a coach on this line has taken fire ; and, after these repeated accidents, it is to be hoped that the Company will be induced to adopt some mode of enabling the guards and conductors to " signalize" the man at the engine when it is neces sary that he should " pull up," for had it not been for the fortunate discovery at an early period, on Tuesday last, the Bristol mail might have been half consumed, and the guard himself, who was comfortably seated in side, half-roasted, before the perilous situation of either was known to the engineer, whose place it is to " look out ahead," and not " astern." POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Showell, the common informer, met cf,t 0,, severe re buff from the City Magistrates, from toe exposure of a system of receiving money from publicans wnom he had summoned, by way of compromising the informations. Sir PETER LAURIE, on seeing the summonses taken out by Stowell, and which were set down for a hearing before him, stated that parties had compounded with him, and that facts were about to be given in evidence which, if Stowell could not rebut, he should refuse to bear any further informations emanating from him or his party, and the other Aldermen had come to the same resolution. Mr. Wire, the Solicitor to the Licensed Victuallers' Association, called forward evidence to prove the fol lowing cases of compromise : Michael Clerk, a time-keeper of an omnibus, proved compromising an information against Mr. Francis, of the European Coffee-house, for 21. ; Stowell demanded 31., but took the lesser sum. Stowell declined asking any questions, and said he would address the Aldermen afterwards. William Baker, of the Auction Mart Tavern, stated that after receiving the summons on Tuesday last, he authorised Birckbeck, the time-keeper, to coxpromise with Stowell for 21. Birckbeck confirmed the statement, and swore that he paid the informer the money. Mrs. Ann Oldaker, landlady of the King's Head, proved paying the sum of 2/. to compromise an infor mation on the 22d inst. James Deel, landlord of the Mail Coach, in Camo mile-street, stated that Stowell compromised a summons against him, for allowing gambling in his house, for 31. Sir PETER LAURIE said, that after this mass of evi dence of Stowell's constant habit of compounding his informations, he would not entertain another summons from him or his party. Stowell said he would compel the Magistrates to hear the informations filed by him, and if they refused he would apply to the Court of Queen's Bench for a man damus. Sir PETER LAURIE said that he would not be de terred from doing his duty by these threats, which were not made now for the first time. The summonses were all dismissed. Two bill stickers Were summoned by a person of the name of Foster, to answer the charge of affixing bills or placards to the house of a gentleman without his leave or sanction. Mr. Foster, in his examination by Mr. Wooller, stated that he is a tobacconist, at 96, Old-street, and also Secretary to the Posting Bill Society. The com plaint against the defendants was, that they had posted bills on a house belonging to Mr. Hudson, in Moorgatc street, Finsbury. Mr. ;Hudson is the owner of the premises, but lives in Oxford-street. Witness, as Secre tary to the Society, pays Mr. Hudson a certain sum monthly for the exclusive privilege of sticking bills on the house. It was contended that no other bill sticker had a right to place a placard there who was not a member of the Society. The ALDERMAN thought that one party had as much right as the other. It was a novel system for persons to let out houses for the purpose of having bills posted, which might be a great nuisance to adjoining or oppo site neighbours. There being an informality in the summonses th?, case was dismissed. The case unfolded a new " spec. , " and caused sonic pleasant remarks upon the monopoly of the metropolis. TOWN-HALL, SOUTHIVARK. A man named Barron applied for advice, stating that he was a native of Hawkhurst, in Kent, and that in 1830 he was transported to Van Diemen's Land for ..even years, for burning agricultural machinery ; that EVENING EDITION.gI at the end of four years he was pardoned, but afterwards worked as a carpenter for 21. 10s. per week, as heyvas desirous of bringing home some money to his wife and children. About a fortnight ago he arrived in Eng land, and proceeded at once to Hawkhurst, in the hope of meeting his family, when he found his six children In the Cranbrook Union workhouse; and ascertained that, eighteen months after he was sent away, his wife came to London with another man, with whom she was now living in London-wall, and by whom she bad three children. He had proposed to take his own children and return to Van Diemen's Land, but the Poor -law Guardians had refused him his children, unless he also took the wife and her illegitimate progeny ; and they further threatened to put him in Maidstone Gaol, un less he promptly took on himself the whole burden. The Magistrate, after finding that the law autho rised such conduct, regretted he could not assist the poor fellow ; but advised that he should state his en t i re case again to the Guardians, who he thought would not upon consideration act harshly towards the applicant. THE MARKETS COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. ' Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beaus. Pease. Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. S. A. 4 6 Abingdon...-. 64 76 :12 44 94 35 42 50 44 And0ver......... 66 72 30 40 22 98 Banbury 30 40 25 32 —•-• 46 Basingstoke.. 64 78 29 43 24 31 43 51 40 2ireneester - 64 75 28 48 26 35 40 42 Coven .r y—... 73 45 25 38 46 sd Oaventry.—... 68 72 38 44 28 34 30 44 Derby 65 74 33 36 31 33 51 55 FlGwden-- 72 24 40 42 Elungerford- 56 80 32 46 25 33 36 40 3 7 Malton ........ 68 76 35 38 22 ns Maidenhead- 5S 81 35 48 25 34 37 46 -- - 6 5 Nottingham 56 75 29 43 27 32 45 50 40 Wantage t 8 80 30 40 22 28 36 46 Warwick-- 32 46 30 35 —•-• 4 0 Wor;ester w 70 36 29 43 York 40 sa 32 40 22 30 Per Bushel. s.d. s.d. s.d. s. 6. s. d. s. d. s, d, s, d, 5,( 1 . Birmingham SO 96 4 0 59 39 461 50 7 4 I6V WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET. 3 . Wneat, Red, Norfolk and Suffolk —a. tifis. to 71s. 60e Lin. and Cam. —s. 645. to 665. tine It Yorkshire —s. 4Ss. to 58s. fine bite ..---- Foreign, fted —s. 645. to CS& fine 7U3• WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET. ~ Norfolk and Suffolk ..... —s. (i6s. to 71s. fide Vl' Lin. and Cam. —s. 645. to 695. tine 763 ' ---Yorkshire —s. 455. to f,Ss. fine vr NV bite Foreign, ft ed —s. 645. to (ids. fine ,f, „1: r White —s. —e. to 7‘2s. nne ' 3 ' Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk Lincolnshire Yorkshire Wold .9 s . to —s. fine 3 ; J ' — m Foreign • 4/1. Bea, New 435. to 465. fine " ----- Old . 46s. to 495. fine "" 1 Oats, Potato sto ... fine S'.2 'lO . •• 5 ., •—•••••• Poland —s. —s. to 30s. fin e fi O L .le'riezland and Small —s sto .35. ne 3 Stone' Nizaling ........ 141 d. to aids Per oad, shGliing oad, Malt s —s. 445. fine 48s. per Es t. Rapesed NEWCASTLE CORN EXCHANGE. Red. white. Wheat, Northumlserland 52, 593....... 553. 630 Norfolk and Sudolf .-- Berwick and Scotch ids. 053....... -- S . `; Foreign lsr. 71s. «...«...,,, 69 '• '`',.'. I Rye, Nwrf,;ll3 - and Suffolk •—•—• Foreign 2Bs. 343 —g •- -:• i ' Barley, Alalting, Norfolk and Suffhlk... 3ils. Vs.." — 4 . --, 1 11 Grinding and Feeding POs. 323 Malt, Norfolk and Suffolk.. Ws 733 - -s• —9 ' Beans, Small 41.4.49.s ---S. 'S. 2ti ~ ----- Tick 42s. 483 - -s• -- —.a. Pease, White 42s. 445. .... — 3 • , ....3. Gray Oats, Northumberland, Potatoc - --.__ Feed 293 29, —'• .I . i -.-- Foreign Flour (par sack) sls. 553....... -- --•••• SCOTCH MARKETS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. beans. .....................oatl°3l. P ----- 9 to kbcrdeen 70 to 80 29 to 3t 25 to 27 —to 2- 4:1 Berwick l',o 43 18 26 18 21 23 3 0 4° .. Coldstream Cupar (Fife) 48 65 26 31 1522 :2'2 2 6 " 4'.2 Dunbar 4B 68 26 49 '23 27 40 41 ', ...- Elgin - .. Inverness - .--. Kelso . • ... Kirkaldy Perlh - r.,_ Thu size of the measure varies throughout the countrY. HADDINGfON CORN MARKET. Bea n '' Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease. ,„ 01 First 76s Od 40s rd 34s 04 478 isl '" 0,1 Second 6os Od 38s 61 31s ski 45s Od 46s . p/1 Third sls Od 3ls Od 2Js 6d 428 Od Average 3l. Is. 01 11.12ths. DALKEITH CORN MARKET. Br ins. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease. 41, 5 Od First 72s Ou 37s Od 33s 8d 46s Od ~. 01 .n . ed Second 6os Od 345 Cd 29s Od 44) Od '"" ' Third 42s Od 288 Od 273 4d 4es 6.1 --' CHURCH EXTENSION-. There is a Bill now before Parlament for the erne?, ci ; ment of the Poor-law, which contains a clause for 11( 4 ° 11 ' to the income of the Clergy out of the poor-ratna Strange as this may seem, it is nevertheless true; ! fe d shows with what eagerness every opportunity is g e ,'• b i r t upon for adding to the emoluments of a Churc:ti " has already a revenue of upwards of six millions a-Yr- a t ,, On Tuesday night Mr. P. H. Howard presented a P c ~t , ' tion to the House of Commons against this clans...., the Guardians of the Carlisle Union. The folkiwing a copy The Petition of the Guardians of the Car a copY o f " Showeth—That your petitioners have soca a Bill now before your Honourable House - fat the Atne merit of the Poor-laws, in which is contained the follow' clause. viz.: " And be it declared and enacted that it shall be 1 10 : fu i l i for Guardians to bury the body of any poor person who sba die within their parish or union without effects of suflicie,% value to defray the expenses of the burial, and to charge '" i ," expense thereof to any parish under their control to vihic, such person may have been chargeable, or in which he w a ' v have died ; and every body which the Guardi ans , or . of their a officers duly authorized, shall direct to be b ur e at the expense of the poor-rates, shall, unless theVnioni Guar diens, or such officer, shall otherwise direct, be buried in h the burying-ground, or the parish division of Paribse chapelry or place in which the death shall have or shall considered to have occurred, and that a fee o f five shilling and no more, shall be p a y a bl e out o f the poor - r ats to ( 0r , 0 the burial of each such body, an d suc h fee shall be Pala the clergyman who, according to the practice of the p shall have been accustomed to receive fees for bu rial.' atre " That your petitioners estimate that, should th is el become the law, an additional expense will be cause 4 t¢ the parishes comprising the Carlisle Union of not le ss tba 1001, per annum. addi " That your petitio n ers cannot but look upon sue.' , „ tional burthen as unjust and uncalled-for, w hich Wil i t e a r te pear evident to your Honourable House, when t he Y.:, t bo that, at present, th e f ees p a y a ble to the clergyman I t i e r parishes of St. M ar y' s an d St. C u thbert's—the Iv" oa t portant and populous parishes of this Union---n""dig only to 5d., and th a t th e t o t a l ex p ense o f burial, inc, to clerk's fees, digging the grave, &c., amounts e' l Y t ho 3s. 6d. in the parish of St. Mary, and to 2s. 71d'' ' v et parish of St. Cuthbert. Sho u ld, th ere f ore , the cl ans t oes which your petitioners complain become the la l ' o f 1 . clergymen will actually receive more f or the Writ, pauper than for the burial of a person having sufficie nt fe et sto defray funeral expenses. the of " That although a practice had crept in und er al Poor-laws of paying th e c l erg y man hi s f e e in the h butr.tircb, a pauper, yet this p ra cti ce , by t h e 68 t h cano n of the C ot,or and on the authority of Mr. Theobald's Treatise og 0 :1 laws (p. 3 Addenda), has been declared to be ' l o ; ut of it is also unrcasonsble, inasmuch as such fee the Poor-rates, a great portion of which is ciintri °u poor' the labouring poor ; and b e f ore t h e esta blish ment 0 1 11 ra te laws in England, the clergyman could have no P arts be to apply to for such payments. Insi " Your petitioners therefore pray that f his eli.use expunged." ° -o( That a proposal should b e ma d e to g:an t the C',, r ob England, with its alr ea d y enormous revenu es, 3°'`:,,•1l be year out of the Poor-r a t es , i s really too bad. It t b ' observed that neither th e Roman Ca.t - h „. olic priests, fees' Dissenting Ministers are noticed as entitle dto en l Y bo er• though they may be called upon to I lerfosm tb e sato,' 10 1so d ' What an insult to th e Cl ergy of the Ch ur c h of V,,f; to say that they are the only men of thei r " will not perform the last rites of,' humanity over the r ci a rsia• of the poor and destitute without fee or r ,. ward Journal, May 23, 1840. A 're P PATENT LEVER GOLD' W. - ked % Lady's size, with strong engine-turned d.ouble-bar r b cases, elegant gold dials, I''ourteen Guineas each• be peal' Gentlemen size, with sec on d s . an d sma ll for t " hard enamel dial, Thit•teen G u i neas eac h . a u rr . s h c c e a l e n b b r a e t e m d a d c e o ) n s i s t r now o c s t v i o n o ff er t e h d e m wi t a h c e c u i artactsgtioctuunr, vd ,atc,B ments, i. e., the detached escapement, jewelled i" to d oe' in capped, band to mark the second s , maintaining Po' , t he going w ri hile winding up, at the above A pnted warranty is given, with tixod. terms, °- Watches will always receive an attention required. (ro il T. COX SAVORY d ors Watchmaker, Jeweller, &c., 47, Cornt,ill (Seven Graceclurch-street), Linden. log e ' N.B.—Second-hand W a t c h es Durd,ased in Or' BIRTHS. J. oreetl, On the 28th ult., a t St. M ar y' s, 130(ford, Mrs. l'' lings of a daughter. On the 29th ult., i n U pper Grosve aor-street, NE" 0. ' I cote, of a son. , . 0 .00" Jelin ° On the :30th ult., in Welli ng t o . a -t errace, St. Mrs. Alarchant, of a (laughter. MARRIED. cO , at St, On Tuesday, the 26th ult., by the Rev. C. A• .. 7 „ 20e 1 Est' ,' Peter's Church, Brackly, Northamptonshire,. G. Iv ( 1 - kobe" of Noah Aston Grounds, to Catherine, iiale, re East, Esq., of the above place. • e On the 28th ult., at Holton Beckeri g thenLincolnshirit'oe, Longstaff, Esq., of Fiskerton Hall, Lir n reo ' lnsh ire r forg e ' [ youngest daughter of the Rev. J. daughterol' e - place. re A. ? ' On the 28th ult., at St. George's church, Rallisg a ' f ?la' Calland, Esq., third son of the l a t e C. C a lland, EN" ,!fores t ' ton-street, Portland-place, and of Kittl e -hill and VPP%. Giv" J Glamorgan. to Hannah Matilda, third d a ughter o f ' . n v. 13 ' son, Esq., of Grove House, Ramsgate. On the 29th ult., at St. John's church, R. Williamson, of Cumpton Rectory, Bedford, to Cha i r , ,sei ,, daughter of the late J. Guy, Esq. of fam 'i ci L " ptonv , , Devizes, the --elotte, D 11F137 - r• 13art.' On the 29th ult. in Regent's-park, Si r NV. 11. Pa blo : ,a 1 7 ' of Palmerston, Mayo, and Kenure-park, Dublin, Pg € rly of At Aveley, Essex, J. Aubrey, Esq., solicitor, forme 4 Lo O ndon. n the 28th ult., at Cu m b er l an d Lodge, Hamps tead -I ' c° ' I J. Madeley, Esq. 1: ra di , On the 29th ult., at Queen -street, May-fair, C. Ri" Esq., son of the late Lord Chief Baron Richards. 14' On the 30th ult., at Croorn's-hill, Blackheath, C s p iaill Smith, R.N., P.R. S., aged 77. t• elh On the 28th ult., at Macslough Castle, Walter De Wi° Esq., M.P., aged 30. r a VP At her house in New Burlington-street, 7 .s.lary, •-• °-ti Dowager o Cork ad rrer aged 95. inAr A al t aL ' i c . Lyme, , N N. orth n Bri O tain, y ' Captain 11. A: 'Sutherlan d, 10th Knott, Esq., aged 89. o f London: Printed and Published by IUORDO W V * I'o No. 11'4 Strand, at The SKr. Office, No. 11% Strap the county of Alid,dlei . ex.—Mouday, June 1, 1840. E l STI Toqehit pig) A y IZr c i to the affil s, li r <llrn a n ere It all at the 1 4 ( L on l‘ll ()pi d 'Y T bet„ I , f S r t iaZe , I I