The Sun.
London, England, 1839-05-06 00:00:00

EXCHEQUER COURT.-THIS DA

IN RE THE CANADIAN PRISONERS—JUDGMENT.
The judgment of the Court in the above case wasae,
vered this morning by the Lord Chief Baron. Afterur ::
capitulating the substance of the return made by Mr. i'va
chelor, the gaoler of Liverpool, he said it had been qgere
most ingeniously at the Bar, that the Legislatuf
of Upper Canada had no right to pass all Act opt
Parliament, giving the Lieutenant- Governor power to grs
conditional pardon—that if it had it was of no force °,l
effect out 'of the province, and therefore no one was Wu%
by it out of the province, nor could any one act uP°llO,
legally—that the pardon being conditional, it was not e°ld
petent to the prisoner to accept it, or if so that be e°uot
recal his assent. The Court were of opinion that it was Dif
necessary for them to decide the first points in that case' the
the condition WAS void so also must
er
pardon. If the condition was lawful and the pris,4%
had not assented to it, then he could not have the par ye
but having assented to the condition, he could not re'Ohe
it without also revoking the pardon. The situation of .t%
prisoner appeared to be, that he had been indicted for blio
treason, of which he had confessed his guilt. He was liablead
be tried for the treason in England, and he could not eller
the pardon ; he was in such a situation that any °I op
Majesty's subjects would be aiding and abetting treaso
if they allowed him to go at large. The Court vie,,
therefore of opinion that the prisoners ought to be re
mandcd. If they had not or could not be lawfullyt,rB,l3oo
ported, of which the Executive Government wouldpa,
doubt be advised, it would be their duty to take mess°
to have the prisoners tried in England for the treason.
The prisoners were then removed.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NESS.

CITY, TWELVE am 00
The Royal Tar steamer has arrived at Falmouth lie
Gibraltar, bringing a mail from Lisbon of the date of t
29th of April. Vera
We have also a mail from Mexico, sailed from no
Cruz Feb. 28 (old date), Tampico Bth, and Havaa-vie
March 21; she does not bring any freight or newarest
have bad later dates via America. Also arrived a., ch
India mail, by the Mutine packet, left Barbadoes 0
Bth, Grenada 17th, and Cape Hayti 30th ; the informal
she brings is of little importance, except that the negr
continue dissatisfied with the planters. A oa°
Arrivals this morning, two Frehch, two Osten,'" the
Dutch, and one Hamburgh mail. Lisbon mail
Royal Tar, sailed April 29th, from Malta 19th, Giur"
l Al
25th, Cadiz 26th, Oporto 30th, Vigo May I. Also o°4
_.!".
from Jamaica, by the Mutine, sailed March 24th, y,
Thomas 21st, Cape Hayti 30th. A mail from Vera Crud
by the Spey, sailed Feb. 28th, Tampico March Bth,
Havannah, March 21. Ship letters from Sierra LOP
South Australia, Oct. 21, and Sydney Nov. 26.
By the above conveyance we have received Jam
papers to the 24th of March. We'
Tus COPPER Com—The County Negros were re
tent yesterday to receive copper even, but we have nn",tt to
doubt that in a few weeks they will become accustome'he
it. In the report of the Westmoreland Committee on SI
state of agriculture in that parish, which is of some 100.1
his stated they have received reports, from thirty-six sat
estates out of the forty-eight in the parish. From It."-
contents the Committee are constrained to state titt
labour was not generally resumed until the 27th inst.
further adds that the Committee cannot refrain from men;
tioning the very great destruction of property 00 eves
estate that has arisen from the negligence of the peoPleis.
p.
ployed in attendance on the cattle, and the great
clination evinced to protect the cane fields.
agriesael:
In fine, the Committee can only add that the
tural prospects of the parish are in the worst possible eater
That all representations to the contrary are not born%o
ut
by facts. The Committee beg to observe that the/ 011
confined their observations to sugar estates ; but fronttio
reports they believe other properties to be in an eq
disadvantageous
condition. fro°
N. Committee have since received repl.'loll,, 10 a
five more of the estates, which represent things el,—
worse light. osroli;
We have received Demerara papers to the .sth Arid es
they are void of interest. We have received 13,2„,r`re-h:vs
papers to the 14th March, also barren of news. "
received the Gibraltar Chronicle to the 26th April. bet
MALTA, APRIL 7.—We mentioned in our last aunrovi•
that the ships in port were taking in four month!? t°,
sions, and that it was rumoured they would shortly Put °f
sea ; we now learn, that in setting up the lower rig(' 10
the flag ship, the same was found so rotten, that sue the
been stripped, and cannot be well ready for sea befldelvill
end of the month ;soit is not likely the other vessels is
for the present put to sea, especially as the last occ onto
from the East bear a more pacific appearance than for
time past.
nearly
We have received Australian Papers to the 2d 7 GO'
ber. They contain the Address to the Honourabte,.., os
M. Stephens, Acting Governor of South Austro'cia-reso
his giving up his office. In his reply to the above A vibich
he states that at no distant period the country over of tbo
he had ruled would rank amongst the greatest "
earth.

FUNDS. soietr
We have just learnt that the Great Western ste 0 are
from New York, is off Bristol. Papers and letter
hourly expected up. l 0 °if
i
Consols opened this morning at the prices they
aib 0°
on Saturday, 93ii4i for the Account, Money 93iii,;; lodi}
business doing as yet ; Exchequer Bills 40 41,1 Pg
Bonds 44 46; Bank Stock 1964 1974; India Stec •
1564. ear
In the Foreign Market all the prices, with the te: the
tion of Portuguese, which has receded owing
(yr are
Finance Minister's speech in respect to the dividen ctife'
the same as they closed on Saturday, Spain,: De,'s;
194 20k ; Portuguese receded from 364 37 to 361 g 00tf-
gian 1014 i ; Brazilian, 781 i ; Colombian, 3132 ; 102 i 4.
Two-and-a- Half per. Cents. 561 ; Five per Cents' -s.
,C.l,°(' •/
PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE 0 .A 1
flank Stock 197% 6N 7, India Stock ................. ;riti 17-,
:3 per Cent. Red. 9`.1%% Ditto Bonds .............. 7., '''':,
3 per Cent. Cons. 934 1,4 4 South Sea Stock .................
3!..:, per Cent 99T4, Old Annuities ............. .
Ditto Red. 991, 3 New Ditto .....................
New 3% per Cent 101;6,10034 3 per Cent. Annuities,
"• 40 48P,,
New 5 per Cent.
Bank Long Annuities toexpire Ditto 500 ". 04' ' ,l•
Jan. 5, 1660 14% 9-161 Ditto Small ............... t........„, .
Oct. 10, 1839 - , Ditto Commercial ......
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PRICES OF FOREIGN FU NDS
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Bank Stock tbr Accou
India Stock for Account
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Consols for Account.loC-
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