The Sun. — London, England, 1840-05-14 00:00:00

EVENIN G EDITION. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. Dilt THE AIA AGEMENT OF MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, MAY 14, Will he presentfd Shakspere's Comedy of VIE MEIIII.Y WIVES OF 'WINDSOR. fir John Falstaff, Mr. Bartley ; Master Slender, Mr. C. Ma hews ; Ford, Mr. Cooper ; Fenton, Mr. W. Harrison; Mrs. Fa rd, Mrs. Nisbett ; Mrs. Page, Madame Vestris; Ann Page. ALA Rainforth, Mrs. Quicitly, Mrs.. C. Joncs. To conclude v.-ith the New G'§aigi Comic, Romantic, Operatic, Melodramatic, Fairy Extra - ,azanza, in Three Parts, entitled and founded on that popular Nursery Tale, THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD. Tho Principal Characters by Mr. Harley, Mr. J. Vining, 31r. J. Bland, Madame Vestris, bliss Rainforth, Mrs. C. Junes, &c. Dross Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 39. 6,d.; First and Second Circles. se. ; Second Price, 2s. Gd. ; Pit, 39. ; Second Price, 99. ; Gallery, it. Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to commence at Seven o'Clock. Tickets and plat s 4 for the Boxes to lee taken at the Box-of from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had upon appliclipon. Private boxes to be had ;, N'ely of Mr. Andrews bookseller 367, New Bond-street. ROYAL QLYMPIC THEATRE. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MR. BUTLER. Last Week of the Season. THIS EVENING, MAY 14, Feo/2 THE BLNEFIT OF MR. GILBERT AND MISS BALLIN. Will be presented, THE LADIES' CLUB. Mrs. Fitzsmyth (the Chairwoman), Mrs. Stirling. To be followed by THE HOUSE OF LADIES. Mrs. Fitzsmyth (Member for Chatterton)—Mrs. Stilling. al rs.llorton (Member for Arnallberough)—Miss Atkinson. Mrs. Rookby (Member for Edmondsbury—Miss Treble. Mrs. Derby (Member for Melton)—Miss Fitzwalter. Mrs. O'Donnell Member fer Donnybrook)—Miss Ayres. Mrs. Bustle (Secrtary for the Fashionable Department)— Miss Stephen*. Mrs. Tweet ay (Speakerl—Mrs. Garrick. Fancy, Miss Beachamp. Time, Mr. Edmonds. After which, LA SONNAMBULA. Gilbert and Miss Bailin. To which will be added, A MUSICAL MELANGE. Princitals—Mr. and Mrs. Alban Croft, Aliss Betts, and Mr. Elliason. Tp murals with the New and Original Drama (by the author of " The Ladies' Club"), called GWYNNETH VA UGHAN. Gwynneth Vaughan, Mrs. Stirling ; Owen Williams, Mr. Baker ; Evan Pritchard, Mr. Mull; Hugh Morgan, Mr. G. Wild. Boxes, 4s. Pit, 2s. Gallery, Is. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Immense success of Haine's New Village Tragedy, " The Life of a Woman," which is rapidly approaching the summit of popularity. New Tragic Drama, in which Mr. Elton will perform. Three interesting Dramas in one Evening. THIS EVENING, NAY 14, Will be acteclthe New Village Tragedy, entitled THE LIFE OF A WOMAN; OR, THE CURATE'S DAUGHTER. Rea&tation of Hogarth's celebrated " Harlot's Progress. After --hich tine New Tragic Drama entitled DON JOHN OF ARRAGON. In which Mr. Elton will perform. To conclude with, THE FUGITIVE OF THOLWITZ. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. ERUPTION OF HECLA ! MORE SPLENDID THAN EVER ! Tito earnest and unceasing endeavours which have been made during the winter, to increase still further the magnificence of this unparalleled Spectacle have been crowned with the most complete success, as was fully demonstrated on Thursday Evening (the first Public Exhibition), by the unanimous and enthusiastic delight with which each portion of the gorgeous display was hailed as it proceeded by the thousands assembled en that occasion. In compliance with the expressed wishes of great numbers of the visitors, it will be repeated on Mon day and Thuutitley, May 11th and 14th, commencing shortly before desk. The Panoramic Model, Al Fresco. of Mount Heela, entirely reproduced by Mr. Danson, the original Artist, it exhibiting daily from ten till dusk, with the Menagerie, which is now in the finest order, and has lately received many important additions. Feedinyz Hour, 5 o'clock. Admission One Shilling. MUM WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW, Morning 19 minutes alter 0 I Evening minutes alter O. - • - .-- Tito Publication of the Evening Edition of THE SUN cot . meneed at 10 minutes after Three. LONDON: THURSg s AY, MAY 14, 1840. The Pliers did not meet yesterday. The Commons at for a short time, but did no thing exeept receive petitions, only one of which deserves any notice. It was from Sheffield, signed by 16,000 inhabitants. It asked the House address the Crown to dismiss the Ministers-- the Tories cheered vociferously)—to appoint others who would make Universal Suffrage a Cabi net question--(the Tories were dumb)—to put an nd to long speeches—(wise men)—to exclude lawyers from the House—(wiser still)—to frame a new code of laws, and abolish the old laws—(the Commons will do no such thing)—to exclude heirs of Peers from the House o 1 Commons, and to pass an Act of Amnety for all political offences. Hon. Members stared when they had heard the petition to the end. The hard and clear-headed men of Shef field told them what they are little accustomed to hear. If such petitions be got up in other large towns—if they speak any thing like the unbiased sentiments of the people, as we believe they do— for the people are goaded by Corn-laws and other devilry, eut of all respect for Nie law and the Consti tution—will the Tories, who persist in main taining a heap of unjust laws, please to inform the public how society is to be go verned ? That it can be governed by a con nitution of which'the masses speak as the men of Sheffield have spoken, is as impossible as that each man of these masses should cut ofF his own nose. The Sheffield petition demands public attention, and it will find an echo in many places. A little conversation took place about a petition presented from a Mr. FOSTER, complaining of an injustice, and which Lord STANLEY seemed to think might perchance calumniate some individuals• lis Lordsh►p only calumniates a nation, and he is safe. Nothing was done with the petition, but it , was intimated that publishing such petitions might bring disgrace on the privileges of the House. It was Fettled that the writ for Ludlow is to come on the first thing to-day, and then the House ad. journed. " From every species of punishment that has hitherto been devised (says Dr. PA L E Y), from im prisonment and exile, from pain and infamy, ma lefactors return more hardened in their crimes and more instructed. If there be any thing which shakos the stint of a confirmed villain, it is the ex pectation of approachin g death." It is now up wards of half a century since this paesage was writ ten., and experie has amply confirmed every word of it, exceipt the last seutence. In writing that, Dr. PALEY obviously drew on his imagination ; he expounded a theory which has turned out not true ; in t4e other sentences he states facts. After a confirnied villain is apprehended, whe n he is ironed . and shut up in gaol, the infamous death which he sus net fac ff may shake his soul. But as far as example is eoricerned, and as far as deterring from crime is concerned, it is too late to be of use. He has already committed the crime ; and that hundreds annually placed themselves in a similar situation, when our sanguinary laws doomed men to death for offences against property, is a decisive proof that Dr. PALEY was mistaken in supposing—if he did suppose —that capital punishment deters men from • douunitting crimes. The last proposition being ex : plained or refuted, we repeat that all our experience since Dr. PALEY wrote, upwards of half a century ago., has amply confirmed the first part of his state ment. . Since that period a great deal of time has been divOted to this subject, and a great deal of ingc 'nuity employed, in devising new punishments, be cause the old punishments were p rove d to be inef feadal. The nation has had, or has, th e soli tary system, the silent system, imprisonment with labour, and imprisonment in idleness, the tread wheel for disoulerlies, working in chain-gangs for life for the hardened and very wicked, penitentiaries where men and women might possibly re cover a little self-esteem, and promiscuous gaols where cor ption is steamed into new life. We are far from denying that individual . cases .may be found of each and all these punishments having been carried into execution against those who have subsequently re pented and improved. Amidst the mass of cri minals, these must be many to wholn increasing years would bring contrition and sorrow, with better behaviour, whether subjected to punishment or not. But admitting the existence of examples of indivi dual improvement, we contend, looking at the mat ter on a large scale, that Dr. PALEY'S observa tion of the inefficacy of the punishments existing in his time, is equally true of all the punishments that have since been devised. What is the eternal and just complaint ? That there is a great increase of criminality. What is continually done ? Do we not build churches and qmploy more parsons because the people are more criminal ? Have we not Summary Conviction Bills, and Juvenile Prisons Bills now in progress ? Has it not been thought necessary, within a year or two, to build a separate goal for little boys and ;girls building—greatly to the advantage of the architects and contractors, whoever else may profit by it—be cause all our prisons hitherto built are considered in efficient ? At the same time,while these preparations are making to prevent or punish crime, the land is well stocked with churches and meeting-houses ; large gaols rear their magnificent heads in every county town ; a rural constabulary has been found neces sary, organized on a military footing ; and, with a similar 'organization, an army of policemen is fixed in almost every town of the empire. Our precau tions against crime are gigantic and most costly ; but nobody can say, with the recent murders fresh in our reoollection, with property continually sub jected to 'depredations, that either life or property is rendered safe by punishment. Taking this general view, therefore, which seems to us more explicit and correct than enumerating a great multitude of statistical facts, the va lue of which it is difficult to appreciate, and the bearings of each of which require much con sideration, we conclude that the common complaint of the increase of crime, and the general practice of augmenting the means of putting down crime which occupies the Legislature every session, are satisfactory proofs that crimes have increased, and that Dr PALEY's ob;ervation is as correct now as it was half a century ago. When the murder of a man of high rank has attracted attention universally to the subject of cri minal jurisprudence, it seems proper to take the opportunity of calling public attention to its de fects. Were it not vicious in principle, it could not be so inefficient. Were it founded in nature and truth, it could not perennially mock the hopes of statesmen and philanthropists. Its failure (for it is a most decided .failure) should make legis lators ashamed, and excite reflection. Other men, when they found themselves perpetually at fault, having to renew their efforts continually, and always without success, would pause and ask them selves whether they were going in the right road ? A bungling apprentice would not go always on trying to make what never answered his expecta tions. Only a succession of ninnies or bunglers, who profit not by other men's experience, do that. But that is what our legislators seem to us to be doing. They have instituted cruel punishments, they have wasted the national resources in providing an appa ratus for repressing and punishing crime, and the result is, that crime, as far as they are concerned, is more rife than ever. We shall have done enough at present, if we should have generated a single doubt of the truth of the principles now acted on. If time and circumstances allow us, we may, per. haps, return to the subject. The Morning Post has found a new oracle in a Mr. CARGILL, of Newcastle, who has found out that our foreign trade has altogether gone to decay because Lord PALMERSTON is in Downing street. We have seen some of Mr. CARGILL'S pamphlets, and less instructive books we have not ' often read. He boasts of being a great merchant, having " occupations daily with every country, from St. Petersburgh to India—(he does not say by which route)—and from the western portions of Europe to the shores of the Pacific." In carrying on these multifarious communications, Mr. CARGILL seems to have suffered pecuniary losses, which of course, in order to escape self-condemna tion, he accuses Lord PALMERSTON of having caused. Judging of Mr. CARGILL'S talents by his published works, we wonder not at his losses, if he have engaged so extensively in trade as he says. We admire English merchants as much as any one, but we protest against their discontent at losses being reckoned as a critne in the Ministers. We admit that the Government ought to protect trade, so far as that is compatible with giving equal pro tection to other interests ; but the Government is not constituted, as some merchants seem to sup pose, exclusively to enrich them. We admit, further, that where it can, by negotiation or other wise—not inflicting, at the same time, any injury on, or sacrificing the rest of the community-- open up new channels of commerce, it is bound to do so, but it must not be charged with every inter• ruption to our trade which the policy of other nations may cause. We would recommend the merchants not to think of making the Government an instrument exclusively for their purposes, or tha other classes may require that the merchants I pay all its expenses. Our trade is inter:uptcd, if at all, by our ow❑ suicidal Corn-laws. They exclude us from many ports, and make the whole trading world our rivals or our onemies. They disturb the commercial corn. mwdeation of the civilized world. They cut us off from Norway ; they limit our trade with Rus sia ; they impede and lessen our commerce with Germany ; and they curtail our business with Turkey, Spain, and the United States. As almost every country supplies food, there is scarcely one where they do not inflict an injury on our mer chants ; and it would be more creditable to Mr. CARGILL and• his assoc►ates to join the Anti- Corn-law League, and try to put down the Corn • laws, than to rail against Lord PA LMERSTON and the Whigs because the French blockade Mexico and the Russians have acquired the sea-board of Circassia. The House of Lords has deserted the Tories and the tee-totallers upon the opium question. For once common sense has obtained a legitimate triumph in the assembly of the if Incurables." The Duke of WELLINGTON, always great when the he rises sup er i or to chican er i es o f f ac ti on , o f which it i s t o be lamentedtol manfully a t f a u t 1137 defended d s e u d ffe t r h ed e conduit of the himself to be mad e t h JAMES Government,o GRAIIA NI ' S other leavin g t o Si r RO BERT PEEL and Si r s upporters in the House of Commons what com fort they may derive from their factious endeavour to oust the Ministry upon the Chinese War ques tion. The Noble Duke, at the very he wouldry-comtnenncoe-t m ent of his speech , declared that , take upon himself the responsibility of advising her MAJESTY and the country to submit to an insult and to injuries such as he believed had never b efore been inflicted on this country." A few sentences after, the Noble Duke, with his characteristic good sense when not yoked in the Tory harness, ob. served : It was perfectly true that the opium trade was carried on contrary to the laws of China, but it was carried on with the knowledge of the local authorit i e s u p on the s pot. They rzeeived large payments by way of bribes or duties, ct possibly both, on the importation of opium for admis sion into the ports of China. This fact appeared by the %luminous and very able report upon their Lordships' ta- „-- 41 . 1 0A . Ny, ' 0,- ZiT)/e am+ rHE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1840. ble. This report showed that the existence of the trade, although forbidden by law, was perfcctly well known to the authorities, to the Emperor himself, and to the princi pal servants of the Government kr many years, end that a discussion had continued for many months upon the ques tion whether the trade should be allowod and continued with a duty, or discontinued altogether. He was sure that the Noble Earl, who contended so strongly for the morality of the empire of China, would not contend that the morality of the empire, so far as it was affected by the consumption of opium, would b;r, at all improved by the circumstance of the drug being introduced at a large duty, instead of being introduced by means of smuggling and bribes paid to officers of the Government, and being brought from the exterior to the interior waters in manda rin boats. He (the Duke of Wellington) did not see the force of the Noble Earl's argument with respect to the illegality of the trade, when it was as clear as possible that it was known to the Government of China, and that no steps %lore taken to put it down, and that when it was finally put down and discontinued, it was only becauss it was supposed to occasion theexport of a large payday qf native or Sycee silver. Neither the Noble Earl nor the Noble Viscount had adverted to a report from Captain Elliot in the month of November, 1827, stating that at the same time the export of native silver was prohibited, and the trade in opium was continued and legalised. The Noble Duke energetically defended the con duct of Captain ELLIOT as prompt, soldierly, and in all respects highly creditable to a British officer under such trying circumstances. In this opinion we do not entirely agree ; but we should be sorry indeed to deprive Captain ELLIOT of any part of the consolation which be must derive from having his conduct as Superintendent at Canton approved of by the Illustrious Duke. There is, moreover, something exceedingly noble and generous in the eagerness with which the Duke presses forward to raise a man upon whose neck the chiefs of the faction which recognises his Grace as their head, have been for the last three months planting their feet. The Illustrious Duke sees in Captain EL LIOT but a younger brother in arms, placed in cir cumstances of unparalleled difficulty and danger; and his first impulse is to fly to his rescue, to ho nour his courage and self-possession, and to invite his countrymen to overlook any vacillation he may have exhibited by solely directing their attention to the obstacles and dangers by which he was sur rounded. Now, so far as regards the refusal of Captain ELLIOT to give up Mr. DENT when required to do so by the Chinese Government, and likewise to yield up the six British sailors on shore at the time of the affray when the Chinaman was killed, we think too much praise cannot be given to the firmness displayed by the Superinten dent. Had he delivered over these men to the ig minions death prepared for them by the laws of China, he would have been pursued to his grave by the execrations of his countrymen, and yet this is the fate to which the adoption of Lord STANHOPE'S policy would have doomed him. But, subsequent to his release, he did not act with equal firmness. The indignities to which he had been exposed, and the heavy responsibility he had incurred, seemed for a time to have affected his reason. One day lie was for war, and the next for peace on any terms—forgetful of the fact that the main question had passed out of his hands, and that he could do nothing before receiving the in structions of the Home Government. But it is not Captain ELLIOT's conduct that we have now to inquire into. He did not provoke the war, and nothing that he could have done would have prevented it. As was well observed by Lord MELBOURNE, it was not the opium, but the leak ing out of the Sycee silver that alarmed the Go vernment at Pekin. Lord ELLENBOROUGII, too, showed, that, however we might feel disposed, it was utterly impossible to put down the opium traffic. It would exist in spite of us, to as great an extent as at resent, unless we chose to go to war with all the independent poppy-growing States of Central Asia, and at the same time charge our selves with the maintenance of a coast-guard for the whole of the Celestial Empire. All the savings of tee-totalism would, of course, be cheerfully sub scribed for such a purpose ; but, alas I it would be, as compared with the requisite expense, as a drop of water compared with the stream of the Ganges or the Hooghley. It is a pity that our water-drinking philanthropists, in petitioning the Government, make no distinction between the pos sible and the impossible. The only sure and unerring test of the efficiency of any institution to promote the popular welfare is afforded by experience. When a measure admitted to be good in theory works well in practice, there is an end to all cavilling. Its utility can no longer be called in question. Having fully answered the pro posed purpose, it at once lays claim to the support of all who deem such a purpose worthy of being realized. Now it appears from the first annual Report of the National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society, and from the unanimous voice of the as sembled Directors, that the practicability of an In stitution, admitted in Pa►liament to be one of the very best, as regards the interests of the middling and lower classes, ever devised, is now fully esta blished. The Society has been constituted two years ; its principles have been tested by experience ; and some of the most business men in the United Kingdom have pronounced the experiment emi nently successful. Infant Institutions have gene rally much to struggle against ; and none more than such as invite an outlay of capital without promising the return of an immediate interest. There is first the natural distrust of novelty to be overcome ; and when that difficulty is surmounted there is a host of imitating competitors—for the most part of spurious pretensions jostling and elbowing the honest original in the hope of profiting by the newly-awakened popular credulity. In this respect the National Loan Fund Society has had more than ordinary perils to encounter. As it, set out with showing that the old Btnefit Societies, though well and charitably intended, were radically defective in principle, it for a moment alarmed and irritated the sage directors of those village ale house banking establishments. As it pro fessed a willingness to afford to clerks and persons of limited income, anxious to provide for the wants of old age and decrepitude, better terms than were offered by those Life Assurance Societies principally supported by the affluent among the landed aristo cracy and the members of the learned professions, it failed not to excite that jealousy which is gene rally felt by old establishLients of such as are start- ing into existence. In the way of competition, too, the Loan Society has experienced the fate of those who open a new path to eminence in any business department of life. It was stated by the Chair man, Mr. T. ',AMIE MURRAY-with perfect good temper, and without seeking to cast the slightes imputation upon the character or motives of hi imitators—that since the constitution of the So ciety, forty rival institutions were set on foot. This proves that no sooner were the prin ciples of the original Society tested than they were considered sound, and felt to be cap able of practical demonstration. But however sound the principle may be, it must be evident to all men of business that the more such institu- tions increase, as separate and distinct establish_ meats, the less must be their relative efficiency. It is by the concentration of the popular savings that the largest profit can be realized. The charge of direction being as small on fifty millions sterling as on five, the surplus would all go to increase the profits of the fund, instead of being squandered to defray the expenses of the direction of ten or twenty establishments. The Report states that in the brief space of eighteen months the Society received upwards of 31,0001., and that the present income of the SJ-• ciety exceeds 19,0001. per annum. It was added by Mr. JA MESON, agent of the Edinburgh branch of the Society, that but for the over-cautiousness of the Directors this sum would have been greatly t)ereased. Now we are much pleased to know ,hat on the score of extreme cautiousness is the only fault found with the Society ; and we trust that the Chairman and Directors will not abate one jot of the vigilance which they have hitherto manifested in the scrutiny of claims for admission upon th e b oo k s o f the Society. Entrusted as they are with the management of the surplus earnings of the provident and the industrious, it is indeed grati.rying to learn that they are not disposed to run any hazardous risks with a view to realize exorbi tant ptofits—that, in fact, they act upon those principles of caution and provident management which they so forcibly recommend to the public. But why keep back any part of the truth ? We confess, then, that we have a selfish motive in dwelling upon the success of this Society. We prediced its success from the commencement, and we have a sort of individual pleasure in showing our readers and the public that we were not mis taken. Other motives, apart from the public good, we have none, or if we had it is not in these columns that we would be found to advocate them. We direct public attention to a Report of the Austrian Consul at Damascus on the persecution of the Jews in that city, which will be found in another column. The atrocity of this persecution is without a parallel in the annals of modern times. We may bete observe that in the present crowded state of our columns we have found it impossible to make loom for the other official documents by which the Report was oriL!inally accompanied. But enough appears to enlist the sympathies of the British nation in favour of the persecuted Israelites. It will be seen by our report of the proceedings in the Queen's Bench yesterday that that Court has decided against the validity of the objections urged by Sir FREDERICK POLLOCK to the im prisonment of JOHN THOROGOOD. Ecclesiastical tyranny is thus declared by the Court of Queen's Bench to be unassailable by any power at present existing within these realms. As long as the Spi ritual Courts adhere to certain forms they are amenable to no temporal jurisdiction. They have only to summon before them any number of her Majesty's subjects for some supposed de linquency—some infringement of that monument of sacerdotal usurpation called the canon law, and if they demur to the summons, off they go to gaol, there to remain to the end of their lives, unless they can bring themselves to forswear the conscientious convictions of their own minds. Thus the priest has his foot upon our necks, and his chain upon our minds, while we are boasting, in the nine teenth century of the Christian era, of the vast extent of our civil and religious liberty I There is, however, one consolation accompanying the announcement of this fact from the highest legal tribunal of the country—it will tend to rouse every man who has anything in him that can be roused, to do his utmost to shake off the degrading yoke, and get rid of the spiritual jurisdiction altogether. As to the victim whom it was intended, by an appeal to the secular authority, to rescue from the gripe of the priests, there is now no hope for him but in a change of the law, or in the grave. He has pined upwards of fifteen months in a damp and loath some dungeon. His health is fast sinki ng un d er the cru e l treatment to which he is subjected, and he will, in all human probability, soon be in that place where there will be very few priests to molest him. In the mean time, in the midst of his sufferings, he has the best of all supports, the consciousness of an integrity not only above all suspicion, but such as few men in any age have displayed ; and the reflection that these sufferings will be in some measure the means of restoring to his fellow citizens that Christian liberty of which they have been feloniously robbed by the usurpations of spiritual corporation, whose charter is opposed to every principle of Christianity. We have received the Journal 9f Antwerp, of yesterday's date, Amsterdam, May 11. The news published by some of the journals of the arrival of a Chinese Commissioner, to deliver letters of marque against English ships, is entirely without foundation. The Madrid Journals received are of the sth instant. On that day the Finance Minister intro duced the following project of law, to meet the present deficit in the public revenue. The British creditors have more reason than ever to suspect the good faith of the Spanish Government : " PROJECT OF LAW. " Art. 1. Approved the creation of titulos, payable to the bearer, with the annual interest of five per cent., for two hundred millions of reels, capital nominal, that the Government was obliged to dispose of, in October 1839, ouj of the loan of five hundred millions effective, decreed by the law of April 17, 1838. Art. 3. The Government is authorized to issue titulos of the same specie to the amount of another two hundred millions of reds, that are required to fulfil the contracts that were entered into in order to obtain the funds that were wanted, and which titulos the Government engaged to deliver to the parties as a guarantee, after having em ployed the primitive two hundred millions in the similar contracts. " Art. 3. The Government is likewise authorized t) create titulos of the same kind, out of the above men tioned loan, in whatever amount the same be required, to guarantee the contracts for providing the funds that the wants of the war may render necessary, which guarantees are to be deposited in the National Bank of San Fer nando." Madrid continues perfectly tranquil. No addi tional news had been received from the theatre of war. The Five per Cents. were at 2% for cash. Brussels and German Papers of the latest dates have been received. With the exception of the following paragraph, their contents are of no in terest GALATZ, AFRIL 25 . —Accounts from Odessa, received here to-day, say that troops continue to be sent to the Circassian coast. Two ships of the line, each of 80 guns, the Chrysostom and the Empress Mary, had sailed from Sebastopol. They had 1,500 troops on board, which were embarked at Odessa, to supply. in some measure those which have been sent from Sebastopol to Circassia ; but other letters say that they arc gone direct to the Circassian coast. All the Russian f‘rrts on the long line from llschah to Gelinashek are sad to be already taken by the Cir cassians (?) The fate of fort Nicholas was not certainly known at Sebastopol ; some accounts say it was besieged, others that it was already takea. A considerable number of Polish deserters, among whom arc many officers, are said to serve in the ranks of the Circassians. s, a There o f i u u e t s l d i a t t y l n of i The appearance ieeres i the t n oftheFre c n i ch objec ts ijll C eagi,e S ti,ril( C ol,citFastsia i- Commissioner turns out, as we an ti c i pate d , the tcc c erole o erei columns nlpy t t n aouor t iboy t ti e s o w ant etetcwiodrolee f ni aseauso L nesnf a ipifii spesao,isslaerbi import v e ironm d ongery, substituting i thez a the ii de new follo w ne tion, linen yarn, and to re ith v e the p•oh i4i t o e n n gs o n ft n oo o rn w e stone pottery inlpae.oxtnti st:all t a i r n n y g d , a few articles of woollen manu f acture, an d various small pro hibition an elevated scale of duties." In return for these conces sat s ra i t o jit i e s iet , is Parisian i dyedsi a l nbe paper.du production, l y s ap preciated, " England is to reduce from 30 to 15 p er cenr. and o and o on nilil the o t 1 1 ) 1 e clocks, irnpor watches, duties will reduce the import duties on Fiench wines from ss. Gd. per gallon to per gallon." "Thus," says La Presse, our wines will pay only an impart duty of eight or nine sous in England, Mille the Customs duty on its entry into Paris is six sous ; and we may hope to furnish for British consumption good yin ordinaire at If. 25c. (Is.) a bottle." In the Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday, M. 'NIERS demanded a million of francs, (40,000/.) for the removal of the ashes of NAPOLEON from St. Helena to France. He stated, that the British Government had offered no objection to the removal of the remains of the Emperor. The Minister was interrupted with loud cheers from all parts of the Chamber. Had the rules of the House ad mitted of it, the money would have been voted on the instant, v ith acclamations of delight. At the time when our two Chambers were discussing the question of the twenty-five millions of francs claimed by the United States of North America, the Cabinet of Washington offered to give up its claim in exchange for a portion of territory in the province of Oran. This offer was rejected ; but it appears that the wash lately expressed by the Committee on the vote of credit for the service in Africa to abandon our conquest has re vived the hopes of the Transatlantic speculators, and given occasion to those of our neighbours. We areassu of t red that,o c s i east, an English and an this moment at Paris Commissioners American one, who arc empowered, the latter to resume, the former to open negotiations with our Government for the cession (for a sum of money) of divers points on the coast of the Regency. The Liverpool Company is said to have views upon Cherchell. We do not know whether applications have yet been made to the Ministry, but in the present age of intrigue we arc not without fears for the result of these applications, supported by the tempting offer of ready curs at the ti me o f fl ower i ng', gives th e most favourable h opes; money. u ; and if no accident oc - In B urgun d y and all the w ino departments the vin e the year 1840 will be what is called a golden year. All fruit trees, too, everywhere promise an abundant crop of every kind.—Le Commerce, May 12. The Moniteur has no official part this morning. The Journal de Toulouse, of the 19th inst., says—" It :s said that orders transmitted from Paris by telegraph, di rected the arrest of several distinguished Spanish refugees residing at T ou l ouse. Yester d ay M. Rey, Commissa r y o f Police, pr ocee d e d to the res id ence of these refu gees Among them, we hear, arc Don Labandero, Ex- Minist of Dcn Carlos ; D on M anue l Labandero, Ex-Chapla of Dolt Carlos ; Despujel Count de Fouellard, &c. None of them has been arrested. 'They remain at liberty on their parole, but it is affirmed that passports for the in terior of France aro going to be delivered to them."—Le Constitulionnel. EOURSE.-PAMS, TUESDAY, MAY 12. h - st 1-iighes - t Price .Iq .- ice. Price. Price f reed, 5 per Cents ll4 ... 114 20 ... 114 ... 1 4 `2O 3 per Cents Sank of femme 3390 ...:C9 ; ...3355 ...3: - 85 LattiZte Bach: I,ooof. Sh llOO —llO6 —.1109 _ll 0 5 .000 f. Sh sa)) ...52f0 —.5200 —5200 relglan Bank 5 vcr Cent, 3 7per Cents 74 80 ... 74 81) ... 74 63 ... 74 a 5 Oplted States Bank Loan 9754 ... 97;4 ... 4,75.", ... 9; .‘'z New York ... 92 2.0 ... 92 20 ... 92 9.0 ... 1;2 26 Ohio. .................. 103 ... 103 ... 103 ... 10 3 State of New York Sp.anish Ae, ive lld% ... :.S7i, ... 28% ... 21•3% Passive 7% — 7% ... 74 ... -, !‘i New IN-1 - enc.! Neapolitan Homan 11'3% ... 1(3% ... 103% ... 11..1% RAILWAY 81-1 A 11ES, .4t. Germain Vecsailler, P. l ' LH 385 .. =B5 ... 385 ... .183 Orleans . Miilllausen to Thann .. Strasburg to Bale 415 ... 416 25 ... 412 50 ... 412 50 DUTCH FUNDS.—A3ISTERDAM, MAY 12 Muriel. Bills. Actual 11Ibt, '2% per Cent Hato, ditto 5 per cent. Amor t Svii.lic, 4 l‘l, per cent..... ............ Ditto, ditto; 3% per cent 75% 76 1 4 Commercial Company, 4 1 ., per cent l9o' '4 lt41;, DU(' (I 3•J arid 18.33) 5 per cent. D;tto 1 ,4 37, 5 per cent. Loan 1837, 5 per cent. Exchange on London, Hire month.-- Two months —Dutch Papers, May 12. f;ELGI A N 1. UNDS—BaussEts, MAY II P.ctual Hef.t, :44 per Cent. Rothschild% Loan, 5 per Csnt 1(324 Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. ---- 3 per Cent. ..... .... 71!( Cm.ii of City, 1832, 4 per Cent.... ............ ... Society of Commerce, 48; per Cent IIIN Bank of Belgium, 5 per Ccnt BS)rt,, National Society. — Exchange on Londox (short) —Brussels Papers, May 12. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, MAY 4 five per Cents. Metalliques Fekr per Cents. Three per Cents. Bank Shares --Alfgemeine Zeitung, May 9 We are authorised to give the most unqualified con tradiction to a paragraph copied from a Scotch paper into the Courier of last evening. stating that Mr. Robert Steuart had resigned his situation as one of the Lords of the Treasury, because he had been refused the office of Under-Secretary for Ireland. Mr. Steuart's resig nation was founded on private grounds alone, and the letter in which it was conveyed to Lord Melbourne was in his Lordship's hands nearly three weeks before Mr. Drummond's death. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—The sales of this day are 3,000 bales, without any alteration in prices. - We have received Hobart Town papers to January 11. Sydney and Port Phillip papers to the 19th of this month have been received, but the former contain no news of interest beyond the discussion upon the appropriation of the land fund, and the salary to be devoted to the Gover nor of New Zealand. At Melbourne a melancholy acci dent occurred by the explosion of gunpowder in the House of Mr. Blanch. Mr. and Mrs. Blanch are both dead, and two men severely burnt. NEW ZEALAND.-By favour of Captain Leslie, from New Zealand, yesterday we learn the following account of an outbreak of the natives, about eight miles from Capati. On the 16th October the Notorowkow attacked the Not tyarber tribe at three a.m., asleep in their buts. The alarm being given the Nottyarber tribe immediately rose, and a dreadful conflict clisued, which lasted till nine a.m., about 150 of the Notorowkow tribe were killed, and ncarly twice that number wounded ; while on the other side scarcely one , fourth of that number were hurt. A native mis sionary from the Bay of islands, headed the Nottyarbe r tribe. The country for some distance round was in a very unset tled state, and every probability is that the natives will have a general war; at present a complete stoppage of trade has taker, place. The Land Company who went out in the Tory had appointed a harbour-master and a pilot at Port Nicholson.—Port Philip Patriot, Dec. 2. LAUNCESTON CORN MARKET..-111 the Corn Market we still have to report nothing doing. Holders of wheat are firm. Bread is now Is. Bd. the 41b. loaf. Wheat, 13s. to 18s. ; Oats, 6s. to 7s. per bushel ; Flour, first quality, 455. ; seconds, 40s. ; rations, 38s. per 100Ibs. BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM, MAY 11.—The National funds opened at yesterday's prices. There were some sel lers of Integrales and bidets of chances. The approach of the liquidation of the actions of the Society of Com merce caused some business in these funds. Ardoin's Spanish was very animated, owing to the favourable news from the Basque Provinces. The prices improved, and remained firm at the closing. Our arrivals this morning are a French and Ostend mail ; ship letters from St. Vincent and Monte Video ; Launceston, 9th January ; Hobart Town, II th January, and Singapore. TUE FUNDS. The British market continues firm, although little is doing to the present hour. Consols may be quoted at the leaving-off prices of yes terday, 94 1 for Money, and 911 for the Account. To-morrow being the day fur the Budget, both specu lators and the monied interest are anxiously waiting to ascertain its contents. Exchequer Bills receded to 19 21 premium ; India Bonds 2 to 4 prem. ; Bank Stock 1754 ; India Stock 249} 2.50 k. CI the Foreign Market it is settling day for the Shares, which continue to improve, and a good deal is doing in them. To-morrow being settling-day in the Foreign Funds, the chief operations this morning is in Spanish Active, which receded from the leaving-off price, 281 to 274 owing to accounts from Madrid of a project of law in agi tation to issue paper called Titulos, to the amount of two hundred millions of reals, since which a re-action has taken place in the above stock, and it has improved to 28 to 4. ; Daferred, 13+ ; Passive, 71 ; Portuguese, 34ai; Thive per Cents. 24+ ; Colombian, 264 ; Mexican, 30 1 Brazilian, 751 :1; Dutch Two.and-a:Half per Cents., 5351 y ; Five per Cents., 1004 101. Shares :-Brazilian Imperial - Mines, 15 17 ; Real del Monte, 51 61; Great Western Railway, 24 26 premium; London and Brighton, 5 41, disc. ; 431ackwall, In, prem. ; Birmingham, 80 82 ditto ; Southampton, 514 24, per share ; Croydon, 102- 11-4 ditto ; Greenwich, 10$ 111, ditto ; Manchester and Birmingham 7 to 6 disc. HOBART TOWN MARKETS. -The Market prices, of New Wharf, Jan. 9th were, Wheat, none ; nominal price 328.; Oats, 6s. ; Cape Barley, 4s. 61. ; English ditto, 68. 6d. per bushel; Hay, (loose) 41. 10a. to 51. 108. ; Pressed 61. 10;. ; Straw, 31. 108. ; Potatoes, 71. 108. to 91. po, ton; Onions, 2d. per lb. ; Cabbages, 61. to Is. per dozen; Turnips and Carrots, 2d. per dozen bunches ; Port Arthur Coals, 10s. ; Sydney ditto, 38s. ; Walker's Mill, fine Flour, 80s; Second, 603. per cwt.-Butcher's Meat, Beef, 6: 1 . to lod. ; Mutton, Bd. to 91. per lb.. or by the carcase S.J. ; Pork, 7d. to 91. ; Veal, 81 to 101. per lb. Consols hive receded fro, money and the account. PRICES OF STOCKS TIII, Bank Stock 3 per Cent. lied ...... 901 j 1 3 per Cants. Con. 31 per Cent. Ditto Red New 31 per Cent 100ai1 New 5 per Cent. Bank Long Annuities to expire Jan. 5, 1860... 13 11-16 Oct. 10, 1859. ... 13 9-16 Jan. 5, 186:). Jan. 5, 18:50. ... April 5, 1830. ... Jan. 5, 1870. 91: 3 to 913 lA both for FOREIGN FUNDS THIS Austrian Bonds Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Chilian Bonds Ditto Account Columbian Bonds Ditto Account. Columbian Bondi., 1824 Ditto Account Danish Mulls Ditto Account Greek Bonds Ditto Bonds, 1825.... Ditto Account Mexican 80n(13,5 per cent Ditto Account — Ditto,6 per Cent...... 30-A- Dit.o Account .. 301 Neapolitan DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK India Stock Ditto Bonds South Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto B9 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 Exch. 8i115,1,000/. 21 191)111, Ditto ...... .500/ 2l 19 pm, Ditto Small Ditto Commercial ..... dis, Ditto Advertised ...... pm. Bank Stock for Acct... India Stock for AccT.: Consols for Acct WM; )AY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bond , l6 Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds Ditto New Bonds 34,ILaT i Ditto Account Ditto, 3 per Cent Ditto Account Prussian Bonds ..... Russian Bonds, 1822 Ditto Account Ditto Metallic — Spanish Bonds .....28 i l 8i Ditto Account ...28 71 8 1 Passive Deferrod French,s per cc) t...114f. —C. 4 per cent... —f. —c. 3 per cent... —_f —c. Exchange... 25f. Dutch, 2} per cent Ditto Account Ditto, 5 per cent....., 1001 4 Ditto Account THIS DAY AT ONFI. s. d. s. d. a. d, d. Per Share. 21 ... .. 13 65 30 25 35 ..... 30 13f! 11i..... to 30 20 3 4: to 18 PRICES OF SHARES RAILWAYS. Eastern Counties Great Western .. Ditto New Gospo: t Junction London and Brighton London and Croydon (Trunk) Manchester and Birmingham North Midland, (New) South Eastern and Dover JOINT STOCK BANKS. British North American ..... 35 HALF- PAST (EVE. The Dutch mail has arrived, by which we have rece:ved papers of the 13th inst. In Integrals and Treasury Bills there was a disposition to sell, which had an effect on the other Funds. A gentleman who has just arrived irom the Swan ver, gives k. most favourable account of that settlement. Before be left he gave a party to 150 l ersons, 60 of whcm were ladies. The colony was in a most prosperous state, and the quality of the land is much better than was anti cipated. Consols may be quoted 9q for the Account ; Money, 9 q . ; Exchequer Bills, lower, 21, 19 prem. ; India Bonds, 4 2 prern, ; Bank Stock, nothing done. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active, 28i ; Portu guese, 34-7,-; Colombian, 26g-; Mexican, improved, 301 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.,s3-,1, ; Five per Cents., The Share Market continues fair. Eastern Counties, 131 to 13 ; G rea t W es tern, 901 1-; Gospo r t J unction, 29i- to 30 ; Brighton, 30 ; South Eastern, 741; Manches. for and Birmingham, 23k. THE MARKETS -(f HI S DAY.) lIIINGERFORD MARKET. The market was well supplied, and a steady business. done ; prices much as they were. Turbot, (is. to 205.; Cod, 2.5. to ; Soles, 91. to 3s. 61. per pair; Lobsters, Is. to 4s. Beef, 7d. to 8. 1 ,1. per lb.; Mutton, 7;11 to rigid. ; Veal, Bd. to 9d. ; Pork, iLd. to BLd.; Lamb, 9d. to 10d.:Vegetables at previous rates. Supplies good ß , except of Salm ILLINGSGAT on E . Turbot MARKET , ss. to 18s. ; Cod, 2s. 6d. to Bs. ; Soler, rd. t) 3s. 6d. per pair; Lobsters ; 94. to 3s. 61. ; Mackerel, 4d. to ; Eels, Is. per lb. ; Plaice, 4d. to Bd. ; Whitings, 3d. to 6d. ; and Haddocks, 6d. to Is. HAY MARKETS. Supplies good, with a fair demand; prices steady. Clover, 80s. to 115 s. ;- Hay, 60s. to 90s. ; Straw, 30s. to 40s. per load. TEA MARKET. No business done, owing to purchasers anticipating lower prices; 25'. 4 1 / 2 d. was the nominal price for Company s Congou. METAL MARKET. The Market for Iron, Lead, 'fin, and Copper, were very dull, at about previous rates. The 'mice of Sticker was 191: 10s., but that was little better than nominal. COLONIAL MARKET. Very little done in Colonial produce by public sale, and by privaic contract nothing. The Imports fair. British Planta tion Sugar sold very slowly, owing to high prices, occasioned by a short. stock; 555. r brown; 60e. for middling • and 675. to 68s. f or fi ne . No refined standard lu m p s i n the market. Very little done in the Coffee Market, but prices were steady. Pepper sold at 30. for inferior Malabar. CRIMINAL COUIiT-(THIS DAY NEW COURT. (Before the COMMCN SEHJEANT ) John Crooks and Samuel Whiffen were indicted for stealing 16 bushels of oats, the property of Mr. Johnson, their master. Mr. Johnson, who keeps a granary at Hammersmith, had reason to suspect that property of his had frequently been missed or stolen. He found the prisoners removing the oats at four o'clock in the morning. They were both found guilty, and sentenced to seven years' transportation. Thomas Miles was indicted for stealing money, value 31. 55., the property of his master, Thomas F. Marsan. Mies was a clerk of the prosecutor, who is an attorney. He had received the money to pay a bill to a gentleman, to whom he never delivered it. The prisoner, against whom there was another indict ment, and who appeared to be an intelligent lad, was found guilty, but the Court deferred its judgment till to-morrow. 1 7 ! VENT :N:11 EDTTION. NEWSPAPER STAMPS. 1- Extract from a 'Num of the number of Stamps issued to the several Newspapers in Great 13ritain and Leland, from the Ist of January to the 31st of March, 1840: SUN STANDARD .. 275,0 00 GLOBE . . COURIER NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. (From the Morning Advertiser.) Our readers will find elsewhere a lengthened notice of the proceeding s o f one o f t h e most i m p or t a nt associationi which has ever been formed—we mean the National Loo Fund Association. The principles of this Association are new in every respect, and we make no apology to cu r readers for the spa ce w hi c h i ts procee di ngs occupy i n ou r columns ; because, in the first place, we approve of the principles upon which it is based—in the second, that ne arc doing good to the community in making it more ex tensively known than it has hitherto been—and, lastly,l'e cause, having originally advocated and recommended tt to public favour, it has m or e th an f u lfill e d our a nticipation s ofits success. The meeting was numerously attended.--- every resolution was carried unanimously—the best pervaded both Directors arid Proprietors, and there can ba no doubt now that the National Loan Fund Life Assur ance Association will rank among the foremost in t"" British empire. That it is worthy of the support of all classes, any nn e e . who reads its prospectus can easily ascertain for himself' but that the working classes are especially interested .10 its prosperity is a matter beyond question. The proof Igj that there . are now, without its capital, its originality. I n . its stability, about forty Associations having neither their' or the other, which are living, momentarily, upon its schen' . feeling LLOYD'S SH 11'PING-(THIS DAY CHEEK, MAY 13.—Arrived the Nuevo Campcdor, from Asevido, Malaga. RAMSGATE, MAY 13.—Arrived the Rio packet, from Madagascar. Sailed the Amanda, Anderson, for the Cape of Good Hope. DEAL, MAY I3.—Wind S. S. W.—Sailed the Mary Catherine, Gallaway, for Sydney. LIVERPOC,L, MAY 13. Wind E. S. E. Sailed the Robert Fulton, M‘Michael, for New York ; Napoleon, Herman, ditto; Jeannette, Colby; Baltimore ; Louisa, Hobson, ditto; Manchester, Carmen, Philadelphia; Com. coerce, Julues, Havannah ; Britannia, Valum, Honduras; Isabella, Sloane, St. Ander ; Heywood, Keyrer, Africa; Mariner, Coek, Odessa. HASTINGS, MAY 12.—Off port, the Crescent, Hodges, from Odessa. CORK, MAY IL—Arrived off, WT. Jardine, Calcutta. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 13.—Wind S. to W. S.W.—Ar rived the Nymph, Earwicker, from St. Michael's. Sailed the Renard, Mc Lush, for Barcelona. Off port, the Chris tian, Craig, from Malaga. BRISTOL, MAY 13. —Arrived Emity, Colhcr, Demerara. OFF TIIE WIGHT, MAY 13.—The Wave, Goldsmith, from Hobart Town. SWANAGE, MAY 12.—Off port, the Vanguard, Walker, from Singapore. DARTMOUTH, MAY 12.—Off port, the Emerald, Nielson, from St. Vincent; City of Glasgow, St. John's, New Brunswick. DUBLIN, MAY 11.—Sailed the Elizabeth, Wilson, for Quebec. 11cu,,! MAY 12. —The Economy, Caulby, from Ips wich to this port, has been towed into the Roads, with loss of mast. REDCAR, MAY 12.—The Aretunes, Haugh, from Sierra Leone to Sunderland, which stranded near Chatham on the 10th inst. ; has gone to pieces. The Guadaloupe, Pivot, from Lynn to Newcastle, was totally wrecked near Hunt Cliff, on the 10th inst.—crew saved. ROL iLS' COUR.T.-(THIS DAY.) This being Coe first day after Term, the Master cf the Rolls sat at his Court in Chancery-lane, when 24 town, and 70 country solicitors, were sworn before his Lordship and Masters Farrer and Wilson. His Lordship afterwards gave judgment in the following case DAY V. CROFT—RECEIVERS' ALLOWANCES. This case came before the Court upon petition, praying for a reference to the Master to review his report as to the allowance to be made to the receiver appointed to col lect and receive the personal estate of the testator, the late Mr. Day, the noted blacking manufacturer, with directions that he should pass his acounts half-yearly. By the first half year's accounts it appeared that ho had received more than 20,0001., consisting as to a large part of principal money paid in discharge of mortgage debts, and for the redemption of annuities, and as to other large parts of money paid for interest on mortgag es , and for the rent of the leasehold es t ates. O n passing his accounts he • was allowed for his trouble the sum of 1,014/. 25., being at the rate of five per cent. on the total amount of al! his receipts ; viz., 20,281/. 19s. 9d., His LORDSHIP, in giving judgment, stated that va rious representations having been made at the bar, as to the principles of the pr,..ctiee in the Master', offices as to Receiver's allowances, he had thought it right to make inquiries of the Master on the sub ject, and all of them had been good enough to send him certificates. He found there was no general rule. Most frequently where there were rents of freehold or leasehold estates to be received, a sum of s per cent. on the amount of the receipts was allowed. If there was any special difficulty on account of the tenements being extremely small, and the payments frequent —weekly payments and so on—an addition to the 5 per ce.nt, was allowed ; but if there was very great facility in receiving the rents, less than 5 per cent. commission was allowed. One of the Masters had certified to him a ease in which he had allowed only 4 per cent. for the receipt of the rents and profits of freehold and leasehold estates ; another had mentioned a case where there was only a single rent of 3001. a year to be received, and in which, for the first year the receiver was allowed 150/., but subsequently for a succession of years he had not been allowed more than 501. a year. So that there was no general and universal rule that 5 per cent. should be allowed for the receipt of the rents and profits—the allowance in cases of extraordi nary difficulty being immense, and in cases of extraordinary facility diminished. Generally speaking, in the greater number of instances they were allowed 24- per cent. for receiving gross sums; but on many occasions that was reduced to 1 per cent. It therefore appeared that the Masters, as indeed they ought, consi dered what was fit and proper to be allowed, having re gard to the trouble and the degree of responsibility of the receiver. In this case the particular circumstances and nature of the items were not brought to the Master's at tention, and there being nothing to induce him to deviate from the general rule, he allowed five per cent. Under All the circumstances, his Lordship thought he ought to refer it back to the Master to review his report. A gloat many parties had appeared oa the petition to defend the Master's Report ; and, gene rally speaking, they must have their costs ; but some of the parties had thought fit to file affidavits of an extraor dinary length, and which were wholly irrelevant. The costs of these affidavits his Lordship would Lot allow. KINDER V. FORBES. In this ca;e a motion had been made to discharge for ;riegularity an order that service of a subi . cela to appear and answer on Messrs. hall, Boss, and Austin might be deemed good service on the defendant, Forbes carrying on business in partnership with them. Mr. Forbes wss in Italy, and had no dwelling house in England where service could be made according to the ordinary rule. The question in the cause related to the validity of a mortgage, the interest of which was payable to Mr. Forbes. Under an order of the Court, Ind during the absence of Mr. Forbes, the interest was re ceived for his use by his partners. The transaction in ques. tier, was not a partnership transaction, but for this purpose they were acting as his agents. The order was that service of the subpte.in on the partners who were his agents, or one of them, might be deemed good service. His Lonnsuw refused the motion with costs. The Court, having heard the short causes, proceeded to hear motion. DEATH OF GIULETTA GRISI.--A singular fatality would appear to attend the great performers at her Ma jesty's Theatre. We are sorry to have to announce the news of •he decease of Julia Grisi's sister, which will deprive the public of La Diva's presence for some (lays. Giuletta Grisi is too well known in the world of art to require her history at our hands. She triumphed in vocal art on all the great theatres of Europe, and her Majesty's Theatre, as we believe, possessed her more than once; but when she last came to England her talent uas not at its zenith. Her voice:was distinguished for re• workable control over those contralto notes which moved so much the feelings, although its essential quality lay in the so prano. having amassed a certain fortune, and married an Ita lian nobleman of considerable affluence, she had retired from the stage, when one of the most cruel diseases to which flesh is heir gradually brought her to the grave.—ln consequence of the temporary retirement of Madame Grisi, Signor Lablache has ros'poned his benefit, which was fixed for this evening. --Morn ing Post. LITERARY FUND SOCIETY. --The anniversary festival of the Literary Fund Society was celebrated yesterday a . : the Freemuons"favern, G rea t Q ueen -street, Lincoln's Inn.tields, Sir R. Inglis, M.P., presided. There were also present Lou! Fitzalan, Sir 11. Ellis, Sir 11. Halford, the Hon. \V. L. Melville, the Rev. Dr. Williamson, head master of Westiniiister School ; Sir J. D. Paul, Mr. J. G. Lockhart, Mr. F. Tytler, Alr. L. Lunt, the Rev. Mr. Tyler, Professor Wheatstone, Serjeant Talfourd, Lieut. C. Holman (the cele brated blind traveller), &c., and about BSO persons. Upon the removal of the cloth the usual loyal and patriotic toasts were dru-k with the honours. In the course of the evening Sea eant falfourd and other gentlemen addressed the company, and ex patiated on the claims which the Society had upon the iublic. Their advocacy was answered by the most liberal subscription amounting to 6251. 6d. The festivity of the evening was kept up till a late hour. SEDUCTION AND SUICIDE.—Last evening an inquest was held at the Duke of York, Sheplierd-street, _lOx ford-street, on the body of Emma Anther, a nurserymaid. SI had been seduced about a fortnight since, th-draught.— mind, and led her to take oxalic acid as a dea Verdict, " Temporary Insanity." A • uiry took place SUICIDE OF A LADY,—,..n Hui which preyed on her of Mrs. Howie, a before Mr. Carter, the coroner for Su i r e r a e t y h , Inn, South Lambeth, respecting t n he S ( aturday morning the de, at the Wheatsheaf widow lady of fortune, aged 84, a silk handkerchief. No time was lost getting ceased was discovered suspended to O the . r n ailisigs " Temporary insanity." of h a e r be dt t Z i b b u y t she was quite dead.—Verdict ARCHIMEDEAN STEAM SCRS The gentlemen interested in this great and novel p ri " ciple in ste am nav i gat i on invited their friends to see °. t h h o e a y r d mighte ir h a ve b eautifuln opportunityvessel e o f wi t ness i n g Archimedes, pany them yesterday from Blackwall to Gravesend °D. of Mr. Smith's invention. James Mackillop, Esq.* Powles, Esq., John Loch, Esq., Matthow Forster, Esql Henry Robinson, Esq., Mr. Forbes (one of the sons o f Sir Charles Forbes, Bart.), Messrs. Galloway ,ado hepr; kins, the eminent engineers, and about twenty "" d individuals of high standing i n t h e sc i e ntific 411 .,„ commercial world, including some naval effiee— of distinction and foreigners, were of the P EI ' ni ore: 'rile weather, in the early part of the but soon ing, was unfavourable for the excursion; in t o he rd s e u r c t ha s ; after mid-day the clouds dispersed, and the atmosphere became as bright and pleasant as could be desired. rf commander of th e A rc hi me d es, a f ter ma ki ng a little dig; play of her cap a bili t i es o ff t h e B runsw i c k Wh ar f, receive: his company on b oar d, an d at once starte d in the fi ne ; style conceivable towards Gravesend, but with the tide an, wind against him. From the position of the propeller, which a description has already been given in The u j i: it may be supposed that the vessel causes but little swe ict The fact is, she causes no more than a sailing vessel wen . do going at the same speed, the only trifling ance of the water being at the bow. The action of in . : steamer was throughout most perfect, and called expressions of admiration from every one on board. gu f advantage she possesses over the ordinary vessel fr o m Wh i c h e the same class, the paddle-wheels of their situation never acquire the necessary tneig tanc agitated ses, and one or the other of which, in an is constantly out of the water alto ether, needs n° tration. The screw at the stern, b g ein under water; g ever erns' throws not away its labours, nor is it exposed to ext tbs injury, like the great unsightly paddle-wheels of com bin i e: common steam-vessel—a circumstance which, with other important considerations, leads to the con e i d distur.e_ sion that it must completely supersede them. In g " I . av by action the screw is not by any possibility to be go t a, the enemy, whereas the old-fashioned exposed be knocked to atoms the very first shot. Again, so nislin r a stearnen_ that any accident occurred to the machinery, Pate like the Archimedes, propelled by Mr. Smith's pre ttY, a screw, may, in two minutes, be converted into as sailer as ever walked the waters. In the course of T. short trip the steam was taken off, and canvass hoist e% and the wind being, for a short interval, in her favour , tu tu Archimedes ran up the river at the rate of from 811 seven knots an hour. hich An example was also given of the facility with w ed the vessel puts about. No play whatever was requirre, for the purpose. The movement was effected, as it We e p, upon a pivot. Two eminent Parsee shipbuilders wrest paddle mig7 among the guests, and they seemed to take a deep inte r in all that passed. The Archimedes went a f ew m il es beyond sea i rea tbe and, after passing a most a g r eea bl e d a y, an d eninY -n g were hospitalities of the captain on b oar d, th e comP!l n / landed at Blackwall at an early hour in the evening* • POLICE AND LIFE PROTECTI° TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN SIR--I have read in your Journal of thi s iccrri i murder c ng a leading arti c l e on th e su bj ect o f the (3' Lord William R usse ll, from h I learn t hat some of your Contemporaries (fo; Y I see n o paper ; ti The Sun) find f au l t w i t h t h e New Police for na being so exp er t i n t h e capture of mur d erer s r th e e old Bow -street officers. No w , as one of th e ° this force I a m not as h amed to admit t h a t the charge is well-found e d ; an d if you will kindly allow an letter to appear in your columns, think i e prove to th e satisfaction of the public, that T have no reason to be so. e In the first place, Sir, the whole system of P olic duty is changed. In the days of the CbarieV' and the Bow-street runners, young thieves we re b. hardly ever taken up for picking pockets and ro w bing tills, as is now invariably the case. If a n %, watchman discovered a youngster in the act °` stracting a snuff box or a purse without the , privi t y of the owner, h e t oo k t h e o ff en d er as ide, shared t : u t, booty by way o f h us h- money and procured ad ' tancc to the associ a t es o f his hopeful charge. will this means he o bt a i ne d an ac quaintance w i the whole gang, and, consequently, w hen t h e robbery or a murder was committed, for, detection of th e p erpetrators o f w hich a l a m e reward was o ff ere d, h e cou ld a t once p0u, 11 , 0 , upon the guilty wretch or wretches, and hand or them ov er t o t h e ga ll ows . The public , v s , s o course, knowing nothi ng a b ou t the matter, wer e tonished, a n d conso l e d t h emse l ves w ith propaga ti ve such maxims a s " mur d er w ill ou t," bloo d c not be conceal e d," an d an h un d re d others to t same effect. Now, under the new, and as I ° cf tend, greatly i mprove d system , a mur der or robbe r is never n urse d i n t hi s way. Th e p i c kpocket 'l )s he shoplift er i s se i ze d, as soon as known t°, guilty ; nor do the Police force, as a body, °° s. any communication with notoriously bad character except in the simple execution of their du ty Hence, if life is supposed not to be so secure , cause in a few instances murderers have not been (l . ' s covered, it will not be disputed that property thousand times safer than it was twenty ye ars ag it But life, &fter all, is not less secure now than ever was, as any one may conv i nce himself , f o r compariug the cr i m i na l stat i st i cs o f En lar d' rs the last ten y ears , w ith any equa l num ber of Vo ow since the reign of George the Third- „ se Sir, write sensibly an d p ract i ca lly upon t"- he t questions, and I p u t it t o y ou w h e ther it to l more for the public good that crimes be pre,venu than that th e y be fostered into robberies an d ders, to displ a y p o li ce v i g il ance i n p ro viding g u , ks fruit fo r th e ga ll ows, or f re i g h tage f or the h If we do not always pounce upon great crinun ex , we are emi nent l y success f u l i n di scover ing and fore tirpati ng t h ose nests of villany which b eret : re were the sch oo l s o f atroc i ous offenders. 11 . h ler ; a co robber s an d mur d erers no doubt, so d will —.vs, o long as th ere are men, in despe r ate circum stan ce ready to d a r e th e worst by one deed to relieve therin selves ; b u t ro bb ery an d murder are no lcilg e , r P o st i fessions f or w hi c h b r ib es can obtain ilillw"",J„ the hands of the humblest officers of just ice ' I am Sir, &c., AN INSPECTOR OF POLICE. London, Monday, March U, 1840. FAMILY VAULT OF THE BEDFOR D MlLY.—Chenies Church is of considerable antiquity, at: built in the early English Gothic style of architecture. ° s chafe] which a dj o i ns was b u ilt i n 1566, by Anne, CountesEao Iledford, according to the will of her deceased Lord, Joh n of Bedford. I n the vault underneath are sixty coffins, e°° a►", ,. ing the ashes of the illustrious dead. There are some ma g ni ficent ficent effigies in the chapel. At the further end, on ent from the church, there are superb tombs, the drapery o a l r ,L e ,. l figures being coloured, of Lord John Russell, first E . Bedford, who died in the second year of Queen Mary. a zabeth, his wife ; Lord Francis, the second Earl, n o the i- 1585 ; and Anne, Countess of Warwick, who died in the first . year of James 1. On either side-are those of Lady Francis Doan, cider, daughter of William Earl of Bath, by Elizabeth RusselL daughter of Francis, second Eatl; Lady Fran ces Chandos, wife of Giles Binge Lord Cliandos and Baron Sudeley, datig ter of Edward Earl of Lincoln, and mother of Kat herine C6u9r tess of Belford, who died in 1623. On the opposite side is the tomb of Lord Francis Russell, eldest son of Lord William P l 5 s,?11, and his wife, with two smaller figures of their omensdau, Ladies Frances and Elizabeth. On the same side, just n d. tering frnn the church, is a whit e m a rble monument, eiecte by John Duke of Bedford in 1769, to the memory of Wriothe Icy Duke of Bedford, who died in 1711, and Elisabe th his wif . e , who died in 1724. It is a splendid piece of sculpture by alois There is also a costly monume n t to the memory of the first,. Duke of Bedford and his Duchess, with medallion profiles Of their nine children in additi on t o thc figures of the .Duke an Duchess (life s i ze ) i n w hit e mar bl e . The roof is of pann elle d oak, on - hich the escutcheons of the family are rich l y em r la zoned. The armorial bearings of different members of th° family adorn the rude Gothic windows. It is stated that Earl Spencer obtains the sp le ": did accession to his already large income of u pwards of 3,C001. per annum, from estates in the neighbourhood of B ewtrY i which he has come into possession of by the recent decease ° his Lordship's mother-in-law, Mrs. Acklom, of Cheltenharn• I