The Sun.
London, England, 1839-06-20 00:00:00

LIABILITY OF PRINTERS.

The liability of printers to be harassed by every vaga-
bond informer, if they neglected to put their " imprint" to
everything which issued from their (aces, is at an end, by
the Act 2 Vic , cap. 12, just passed. The old penalty of
20/. for every copy of such neglect is repealed, and the law
is now contained in the two following clauses of the Act
al?nve_ntentioned ; and further, all printers or parties now
suffering from impending informations, can be relieved by
an application to a Judge, on paying taxed costs " out of
pocket" which the informer may have incurred :
" And be it enacted, that every person who, after the
Passing of this Act, shall print any paper or book what-
seever, which shall be meant to be published or dispersed,
and who shall not print upon the front of every such paper,
ir the same shall be printed on one side only, or upon the
the first-or-last leaf of every book or paper which shall con-
sist of more than one leaf, in legible characters, his or her
name and usual place of abode and business, and every
Person who shall publish or disperse, or assist in publish-
ing or.dispersing. any printed paper or book on which the
neme and place of abode ot the person printing the same
shall not be printed as aforesaid, shall, for every copy
of such paper so printed by him or in r, forfeit a sum' not
snore than' five pounds: provided always that nothieg herein
contained shall be construed to impase any penalty upon
any person for printing any paper excepted out ot the ope-
ration of the said Act, either in the said Act or by any Act
Made for the amendment thereof.

" Provided always, and be it enacted, that it shall not
he lawful for any person or persons whatsoever to com-
mence, prosecute, enter, or file, or cause or procure to be
commenced, prosecuted, entered, or filed any action, bill,
Plaint , or informalion, in any of her Majesty's Courts, or
before any Justice or Justices of the Peace, against any
person or persons for the recovery cf any fine, penalty or
forfeiture, made or incurred, or which may hereefter be
ineurrred under the provisions of this Act, unless the same
be commenced, prosecuted, entered, or filed in the name
of her Majesty's Attorney-General or Solicitor-General
ill that part of Great Britain called England, or her
Majesty's Advocate for Scotland (as the case nr.ay be
respectively); and if any action, bill, plaint, or infer-
Illation shall be commenced, prosecuted, entered, or
filed, in the name or names of any other person or per-
sons than is or are in that behalf before mentioned, the
larte and every proceeding thereupon had, are hereby de-
clared, and the same shall be, null and void to all intents
and purposes-"

ORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The second ex-
ibition for the season of this Society took place on Sa-
turday afternoon, at their gardens at Chiswick. The
beauty of the weather and the advance of the season, so
Propitious to all the delights of floriculture, the crowds of
fashionable people now in town, and the reputation which
the Society deservedly bears, drew together an assembly
the most distil-yle and brilliant. During the early part of
the afternoon the sky was rather cloudy and lowering, but
subsequently, when the gardens had received their fuil
complement, and were filled though not crowded, the glo-
rious burst of the summer sun shot his burning rays of
eastern magnificence on the scene, and rendered it indeed
It spectacle ufsplendour. We were glad to sec many per.
sons of distinction present. The exhibition itself was far
above its ordinary standard of merit. The display of
cacti, pelagoria, heaths, and orchides, contained some raro
VeeiMeng, and the fruit caused many mouths to water and
many eyes to admire. Prizes were distributed.
L. POST HORSE DUTY.—The work of reform
''s been taken up at Banbury in the shape of a petition
against the post horse duty. If this impost is suffered to
continue we shall shortly have not a single coach on the
react ''''". Oxford Herald.
%,,•,,IP. osr-oFFicE A RRANGEMENTS.—Great pro-
)
pl,t't'al changes in the Post-office arrangements are to take
e ' '44 the 90th of this month. On that day, besides
et
-
fit', Ang the day mails, the crows-postwarns are to pro.
gr Y the day mails, an alteration which will be felt as a
ekt benefit to many. We may here take occasion to
Etate our hope that the extra labour thus imposed upon the
Postmasters in the prpvinces will lead to some increase of
Pay. No policy is so had es that of overworking or under.
Paying those who are placed in confidential situations, par-
ticularly situations connected with the correspondence of
the country. We detest the candle-end and cheese-paring
economy of the Whigs in matters of such importance.—
.11•orthampton paper.
MYSTERIOUS MURDER IN WALES.—.A young
lady was found murdered near the source of the Wye, on
the summit of Piinlimmon, in Wales. on the 17th ult. A
deep stab penetrated her breast. The murderer is sup-
Petted to hive been a gentleman who accompanied her up
the mountain, and whom the people of the hamlet, where
guides are usually procured, took to be either her lover or
ner husband. They were evidently on a tour, and were
both strangers. The perpetrator of the offence has not
since been heard of.
WHISKERS.—" I cannot imagine," said an al-
derman, ~ Why my whiskers should tutn grey so much
sooner than the hair on my head." " Bnause," observed
a wag, "you have corked much harder with your jaws
than your brains."
REFORM IN TENNESSEE.—A taw is proposed
to Teaneee to sell off at auction all the baldiclors to the
highest bidders amenz the young women. A capital law—
Ile go for it.—American Paper.
On Saturday last, a case of embezzlement was
heard before the magistrates at Monmouth, against a man
named John Jones, a waggoner, in the service of Mr.
'4ll, of ltedbrook. He was committed for trial at the
suing assizes.
There is a great deal of poetry in the butter
trade,
„ as we learn from a Providence grocer, who adver-
"'elt a lot " of apreposyssing colour, and sweet as morn-
ing roses newly washed with dew."
A QUESTION ANSWERED.—A Yankee and
Irishman happening to be riding together, passed a gal.
'''',a• "' Where would you be," said Janathan, "If the
gallows had its due?" " Riding alone, to be sure,"
Bald Pat.

We notice that grass has been cut in several
Places in this vicinity. The rain now falling hay, however,
of et:Ruse put a stop to the progress of the mower, but its
eUee4 will, we doubt not, be,found to have added mate-
,t.t'ally to the bulk of the crop, already a fair average, when
the 'weather shall become suitable for the resumption of
his labours.— Worcester Herald.

EXTRAORDINARY MODE OF FISHING.—
AS some of the fishermen belonging to Newquay were pro-
Feedinir round Tewan Head, in a boat on Thursday even-
,l4g, the 30:h ult., they observed a large fish near the sur-
,4( eof the water; and as they had no weapon on board
hoard but their oars, the man in the bow of the boat took
IP the grapnel, and threw it at the fish for the purpose of
stunning it. The instant the fish saw the grapnel plunge into
'the water, it turned quickly, with its back downwards, ard
swallowed it in sight of the men; after which it was drig-
gecl into the boat, and moved about a.nongst them with only
Part of the shank of :he grapnel protruding from its enor-
teas jaws. The grapnel was about twelve pound weight,
'kith' four claws, end when measui ed across by the shank,
the points of the claws are fifteen inches apart. This fish
'S of the cartilaginous tribe, and is well known by the name
of the Monk fish. Its weight was upwards of 120 pounds.
----Plymouth Journal.
PUNISHMENT OF DRUNKENNESS.—Monday
%t Guildhall several persons were charged with being
drunk. Amongst them was a woman named Ann Brown,
Rho had been repeatedly in custody for the same offence.
Sir Claudius Hunter, the sitting magistrate, put in force
so old law, which enacts that persons charged with being
drunk telly, for the second offence, be bound with two sure-
ties in the sunk of 10/. to of good behaviour thenceforth.
The prisoner not being able to find such sureties for her
future sobriety was committed till the next sessions.
The Bremen Gazette has just been prohibited
to the kingdom of Hanover. This honour the Bremen
(suzette now enjoys in common with the Hamburg Borsen
Halle, the Deutsche Couricr of Stuttgart, and several
other of the leading papers of Germany.
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A Boston (American) Paper says, their towns-
-7"14. Abel Sniggs, has a dog so closely resembling one
belonging to Tom Clegg, that it often happens that
Clegg's dog takes himselt into Sniggs' house, and does not
discover his mistake until informed by the cat.
In New
theyrleans, says the Pica.gune, it is the
fashion for young men to wear their hair so long be-
hind, that it subjects them sometimes to serious inconve-
uience. The last case related is that of a young buck, who
vcent two squares in the rain before he found out that the
servant had closed the door on his locks as he sallied out.
A vast and most gratifying improvement has
taken place in vegetation recentl3. The grass fields, in
Particular, have assumed a much more satisfactory appear-
ance• On all the rich and even middling soils the crop
will doubtless be a pretty fair one, but on poor soils, where
the dearth has of course been more felt, the crop will be
light. Throughout this county the wheat is, on the whole,
looking very well, and we hope we may anticipate an
latindalat harvest ; we have, however, heard that in many
'nuances the wire-worm has made great havoc in the
fields. Lent corn, viz , beaus, barley, &c., are looking
ar.el the pi.otato fields have partitken in a considerable
degree of the beneficial effects produced by the late genial
change of weather.—Gloucester Journal. „

CHUL{ :I-RATES, LONDON COM-
MITTEES, AND "THE PATRIOT."

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sirt,--You and your re,-dens will baar ire witness t
for many months past I have.. laboured, in season and out
cif season, to impress up-or the Dissenters of this country, a
conviction that the Ministry would do nothing ror the re-
dress of th,.ir grievances, aril that their self-constituted
Landon leaders were the instruments of supporting a delu-
sion by which a lazy confidenee in others was substituted
for exertion in their. own behalf. My labours on this sub-
ject have brought upon me the especial chastisement of the
gentlemen who constitute the proprietary of the Patriot
newspaper, the Church-rate Abolition Society, the Reli-
gious Freedom Society, and who under various designa-
tions attempt to manage all the operations and the funds of
the Dissenting body.. Even so late as February last the
Patriot announced that four or five of these gentlemen, in
their capacity as a Committee of the Church-rate Society,
had had a " sat.-sfactory" inter view with Mr. Spring R cc,
and I was visited with all the thunder of the Patriot for
denouncing as dishonest or imbecile the men who, with the
experience of the last four years, could pick any satisfac-
tion out of Mr. Rice's smooth phrases.
For a long time the subject of Church-rates was put al-
most in abeyance by a confidential assurance, conveyed to
all parts of the kingdom, and frequently renewed through
semi-official channels, that the Minivry were heartily with
us, and only wanted our vigorous support to enable them to
act on our behalf. The sopport was given, but we who
chose to doubt their sincerity, and who counselled self-re-
liance, were regarded like Jews, Turks, or Infidels. Fore-
mast and latest in supporting the delusion was the Patriot
newspaper, and now, when it has become too bare to de-
ceive an idiot, that same newspaper coolly announces, as I
read in an extract in your paper, that the Ministers will
not, either now or at any future time, attempt to abolish
Church-rates.
I am happy to say the Dissenters from end to end of
the country are exerting themselves, and taking the subject
under their own management, and it may give your
readers some confidence in the result of-such management,
that the doctrines of the Patriot, have very little accept-
ance, and the organ itself very little influence among them.
The classes whom it professes to represent number about
4,000 Churches and congregations, and the value of its
influence on their proceedings may be judged of liom the
fact that its whole circulation is not more than half enough
to send one paper to each congregation.
Theexample of the noble men at Leicester, and of Mr.
Baines, against whom an ecclesiastical unbailable writ of
attachment has issued, will be followed, even although the
Patriot should continue to maintain silence on the subject.
Mr. Thorogood, in Chelmsford gaol, Mr. Apaley Pellatt,
Mr. Wade of Deptford, the 115 summoned and•nine cited
to the Ghostly Court at Ipswich, and the excitement in
every direction, testify that -the_ Dissenters are no longer
inactive, and I have been constrained thus to note the
latest sign of heslthy ac ion, viz , that the Patriot itself
believes further delusion impracticable, and has abandoned
the sinking ship.- I am, Sir, your Obedient servant,
Bungay, June 15. 1839. JOHN CHILDS.

.We regret to announce the death of Lord Wm
Bentinek, ,Nhich took place yesterday evening, after a long
illness, at his residence in the Rue- (Thaussce d'Antin. His
Lordship ,was in his 66 h yesr, and his death will be a sub-
ject of deep regret, not only to a very extensive circle of
private friends, but to his country at large, which he had
honourably served in nearly all parts of the world.—Gulig-
nani's Messenger, Tuesday.

The Bishop and Clergy of the diocese of Derry
and Rapboe have signed a protest against the establish-
ment of a new theological college in Ireland ; and re-
questing the Members for the counties and places within
the united dioccses to oppo-e any such measure.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Douro hafe
arrived at Apsley House from Strathfleidsaye, where they
have been passing the honeymoon, his Lordship having
paired off with Lord Duncan.
DEVON COUNTY MEETING.---The Reformers
had so large and decided a m ,jority, that we do not sa how
any man with bis eyes open could " mistake" that fact un-
less he were occupied by some great delusion—or laboured
under some ocular infirmity which rendered his vision fal-
lacious. For the credit of the county it is satisfactory to
us to be able to solve the problem, fur indeed we should not
like it to go forth to the world that the great a,;l impor-
tant county of Devon, celebrated for the high respectabi.
lity of its gentry, cherishing within its bosom many who
displayed the greater characteristics of the true old
English gentleman should have for its Sheriff a gentleman
capable, either from weakness or dishonesty, of grossly
misrepresenting the truth to serve the paltry purposes of
a disloyal faction, and lending the authority of his office
to the enemies of the Queen's personal liberty and sove-
reign prerogative. We say we are glad to be able to re-
move all doubt on this subject. We are enabled to shew
that the High Sheriff:, Edward Codrington Parr, is an
honourable man, and the Under-Sheriff, Mr. Charles Brut-
ton, though somewhat below Parr, is a most honourable
man, and that the Tor:es who accepted the beggarly
boon of an erroneous decision, instead of a great old
constitutional victory, to which they now say they were
entitled—are " all, all honourable men !" The solution is
this. The High Sheriff has a constitutional defect in his
vision. If ten thousand persons are before him he sees
ten thousand; but for every two persons on his right he
sees but one, whilst for every one on his left he sees
two. The great oculist of the age, Mr. Alexander, of
London, has had the case submitted to him, and has
decided that it is " past all surgery"—the organ of num-
ber which the phrenologists place near the eye is imper-
fectly develqped—and unevenly divided—so that it is two
to one over the left with him. With this explanation we
hope that the Reformers of the county are satisfied—the
Sheriff might have set the matter to rest, by counting out
the numbers on either side—for which the Castle Yard
afforded such facilities. He would not, however, condesend
to do this, and we must rest satisfied with the reflection
that our majority was, in point of fact, so great as to
equalize the division before in the optical-delusion under
which he called for the show of hands. We give the
Tories joy of their work. They have prevented an address
from the great County of Devon, going up to the Queen,
but acy have not been able to send up their consolatory
amendment to Sir Robert Peel.— Western Times.

FIRE IN THE BOROUGH.—On Monday morn.-
ing a fire broke out in the upper part of a house tenanted
by several families, situated •in Fishmongers'-alley, -Mint,
Borough, and before the firemen succeeded in extinguish-
ing it very great damage was done.
The Dianio di Roma reckons at 30,000 the
number of strangers assembled at Rome, on the 26th
ultimo, to behold the ceremony of the canonization of five
new saints.

MARCH OF CIVILIZATION.—In the new
colony of South Australia, the " good old English cus•
torn" of husbaLds advertising their wives, declaring them-
selves not answerable fur their debts, &c., has already been
acted upon.
PROGRESS OF THE BALLOT.—The numbers
in each division since 1833, stand thus:—

In 1833 For the Ballot lO6
Agaihst it
1835 For the Ballot 146
Against it 319
1836 For the Ballot.. BB
Against it
1837 For the Ballot 155
Against it • 267
1838 For the Ballot 2OO
Against it 317
1839 For the Ballot (including tellers) •218

Against it 335
Thus it appears that the majority last night is only 16
mote than in 1835, while the minority is increased 72.
THE DivisioN.—The following Cabinet Mi-
nisters voted against the Ballot : —Lords Ilowick, Palmer.
ston, and John Russell, and the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer; and were supported in their views by the follow.
ing gentlemen officially connected with the Administration:
—Mr. F. T. Baring, the Hon. W. Cowper, Sir R. M
Rolfe, Mr. Charles Wood, and Mr. Vernon Smith. Among
the gentlemen connected with office who supported Mr.
Grote's motion, were the Hon. Colonel Anson, Mr. Ber-
nal, Mr. G. S. Byng, Sir John Campbell, Mr. Gordon, Sir
G- Grey,the Hon. Fox Malik, three Lords of the Treasury,
and its Chief Secretary, Mr. More O'Ferrall, Mr. J.
Parker, Mr. R. Steuart, and the lion. Edward-John Stan-
ley ; Sir Henry Parnell, Mr. Pigot, Mr. Poulett Thom.
son, Sir E. Troubridgc, and Sir Hussey Vivian.

Lord Cremorne has made good his claim to vote
at elections for Irish ,Representative Peers.
SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING PRACTICAL DE-
sIGN.—On Monday Evening, a meeting of the Council"
of the above Society took place at their Rooms, Saville
House, Leicester-square, for the purpose of electing a
President, Vice-Presidents, and Auditors for the ensuing
year. C. K. Nicholls. Esq. in the Chair. After several
able addresses from Mr. Samuel Smith, Mr. Elmcs, Mr.
Horton, Mr. IV3se, M. P., Mr. Foggo, &c., the following
gentlemen were elected :—W. Ewalt, Esq., M. P., Pre-
sident of the Society. Vice- Presidents—The Right Hon.
Sir Robert Peel, Bart., M. I'., Thomas Wyse, Esq.,
M. P., J. Ashton Yates, Esq., M. P., Sir Martin Archer
Shee, Dr. Ord, James Elmcs, Esq. The Auditors chosen
were Messrs. Harrison and Wainwright. Mr. A. Crosby
the Secretary, was unanimously re-elected. A vote of
thanks having been passed to the Chairman, the meeting
term'nated Lt a late hcur.

HEALTH OF THE METROPOLITAN POLICE.
—At the ordinary meeting of the Statistical Society,
held on Monday evening, a report was read from the
Committee of Vital Statistics on the degree of health and
mortality in the metropolitan police, from official do-
cuments furnished by the Commissioners, from
1830, the period when is was embodied. The average
number of officers in the force is 3,300 in the seventeen
divisions, making an average of 195 men, the smallest,
or A, containing 116, and the largest number in the
K division king 290. Theme aro every year received
1,100 new members; the number resigning or discharged
being 1,068, and those who die annually being 38. Of
those admitted two-thirds are of the ages between 20 and
31, and the remainder from that age to 38. Being a
selected body, the value of life is above the usual
average, and the tendency to fall is counteracted by
the constant discharge of the unhealthy. The bodily
labour is considerab'e, each walking on tie average 20
miles per day, which, with avendance at police-offices,
may be estimated at 25. Out of the seventeen districts
the most healthy are those of Whitehall. West:pin-
ter, and Kerisingtun, and the least healthy arc Holborn,
Finsbury, and Hampstead. Out of the whole force 24 per
cent. are always sick; in the least healthy on the average
of 121 days, and the most healthy 61 per man. The maxi-
mum illness was in January, and the minimum in June or
July, wilt the exception of epidemical seasons, when there
is a slight variation. _ _

In the case of Dodd v. Dodd—the parties are
Quakers—Dr. Lushington yesterday 'pronounced for a
a decree of separr.tion at the suit of the wife on the
ground of the husband's adultery.
An attempt is to made at " a great public meet-
ing," somewhere in the metropolis, on -Monday next, as a
demonstration against-the New-Poor

DUTCH AND GERMAN PAPERS.

TIIE HAGUE, JUNE 14 have a'rcady mentioned
that the Government has made every preparation to place
- all the branches of the Administration on the peace esta-
blishment, as soon as the ratifications of the treaty are
' reeieved here: all the orders arc issued, and all the requi-
site decrees signed by his-Majesty.
It is Aimee that the extraordinary Directors and Com-
: mi-sioners of Police, who have been employed since 1830
in several fortresses of North Brabant, will be honourably
discharged from the performance of these func.tiona, that
the law for repr4,ssing scditions proceedings being useless
in the altered state of things, will be revoked, and that all
the resolutions by which a special superintendence of
strangers is commanded will be immediately annulled.
AMSTERDAM, JUNE 15.--O.IC of our Journals says
that " England and Belgium are reported to have
declared, on the exchange of the ratifications, that
they did it with the undestanding that the sequestra-
tion laid on the land round the Palace of Laeken, which is
the private property of his Majesty the King of the Nether.
lands, shall not be taken off till the two Kings shall have
made an agreement respecting the possession of it."
This is so far incorrect as it implies that the ratification
of the treaty by these two persons was accompanied with a
resolution, on which its validity was made to depend.
The same paper says, that the Plenipotentiaries of
Prussia, Austria, and Russia, said they would oppose
this, because on a former occasion reservations enough of
those two powers had been received.
This again is wrone, no objection was made by them or
by the F. ench Plenipotentiary, to the declaration of Lord
Palmerston and M. Van cc Weyer, which could not in
way affect the execution of the treaty by Belgium.
Queen Victoria, who is not much versed in diplomatic
matters, had required that on the ratification of the treaty
everything should be done to gratify the wish of her uncle,
and to promote the happiness of his life.
Lord Palm•Tston, whir has often been embarrassed how
to comply with the wishes of his young Princess, wit)
appears by no means to comprehend that it is not enough
to wear a crown in order to do whatever the wearer will,
has caused to be inscribed in the protocol against the exe-
cution of the 15th article of the treaty, so long as King
William does 'not consent to sell to King Leopold the
!and, &c., that surrounds the Palace of Lacken, and which
seems so indispensible to the happiness of his life."
That the plenipotentiaries of the four other Powers
allowed of such a protest can may be ascribed to a courtesy
carried, perhaps, too far towards the Queen of England,
and to their conviction that their Sovereign would never-
theless take care to enforce the entire and immediate exe.
cution of the treaty.
Now see the 16:11 article :

" The sequestration laid during the troubles on patri-
monial estates or domains of every kind whatsoever, shall
be taken off without any delay, and such estates or domains
shall be immediately -restored to the lawful owners."

Now it so happ7tris that among the sequestered pro-
perty of our King there is some which the King of the Bel-
gians would be glad to possess, because it immediately
borders on his palace. This wish, in itself, is nowise objec-
tionable, but since King William, as it appears, has not
been ready enough to promise to sell this property,
which entirely depends on hia own will, Palmer.
ston and Van de Weyer have thought fit to declare
that, in manifest violation of the ]6th article, the
restoration of the King's private property shall be deferred
till that Prince shall be induced by this enactment to re-
nounce that right to the free disposal of his property
which belongs to every member of society, to sell their
property to the persons who hold it illegally and by vio-
lence. We, too, out of courtesy to Queen Victoria, who
is so tenderly concerned for her uncle, will not say in what
code of laws such a doctrine should have a place ; but it
is certain that hist.,ry will one day pass a severe judgment
on Princes who have so abused their ;.igh authority, and
those members who hare not courage to refuse to assent
to the execution of such measures. We are convinced
that if the Act of Ratification of England and Belgium
had made mention of such an unheard-of reset vatim, by
which the sacred rights of property, one of the
most sure foundations of the State, would be so
shamefully trodden under foot, none of the five other
Plenipotentiaries, any more than the Minister of the Ne-
therlands, would have exchanged the ratification of the
treaty, but, this not being the case, they probably received
the protest of Lird Palmerston and Van de Weyer for
notification. We hope that the same will be done by our
Court, and it will not condescend to give any answer what-
ever to such a declaration as the English and Belgian
Plenipotentiaries have had inserted in the protocol. In
conclusibn, we must observe that Lord Palmerston him-
self is so far from considering the declaration as a reser-
vation in the ratification of the treaty, that he did not say
a word of it in bringing the treaty before Parliament.
Handelsblad.

RIO JANEIRO -SLAVE TRADE.

The following are extracts td a letter from an officer on
board her Majesty's ship Electra, dated April 4, 1839:
" We arrived at this beautiful place on the 28th of
March, after a tolerably good passage of 56 days from
Spithcad, having touched at Lisbon, Madeira, and Porto
Praya. On the 25th and 26:h of March we captured two
slavers from the coast, with 480 slaves on board ; the
brigantine Carolina gave us a 12 hours' chase, and did not
heave to till the shot went over her. This inhuman traffic
is carried on to such an extent that 60,000 are said to have
b.!en landed on the coast of Brazil during the last six
months ! and unless the British Government send out a
number of fast-sailing vessels, the trade will increase. The
Lords of the Admiralty have sent the Cameleon and Wiz trd ;
they might as well send a cow after a hare—indeed the Bra-
zilians do not suppose the British are in earnest, or that they
wish to suppress the slave wade, or they would take more
efficient means to stop it. To give you an idea what a set
of rzscals these Brazilians are, an English merchant was
engaged to act as proctor to captors, on which he received
a letter, sr'ying, if he interfered he would be murdered.
You may, therefore, imagine what a set of rascals they
are. We ought to have an 80 gun ship, with a flag at
this port ; the interests of the British merchants require
an imposing force to protect them and their valuables.
• You will hardly wonder when I tell you that six and
eight rill:lions of British manufactured goods arc imported
annually to this country. On our arrival here we found
the Gossamer, and she only got in two days before the
Electra.

" APRIL 2 —Arrived, the S:ag, from the Falkland Is-
lands, in seventeen days. Lieut. Salbourn came pas-
senger, having invalided from the Arrow. Lieut. Robin-
son, the former Lieutenant of the Stag, had been appointed
to the Arrow. Commanders Mainwaring, of the Stag,
and Preston, of the Electra, have changed ships ; the
Electra will sail in the course of a few days, to join
Admiral Ross in the Pacific ; Commander Smith takes a
passage in her to join the President, The Dolphin, United
States schooner, arrived from the river Plata, on her way
to New York. She left there many French ships of war,
assisting the Monte Videans against the Buenos Ayreans, and
her Majesty's ships Orestes and Actaeon. The ships here are
the Stag, Eli ctra, Camdeon, and Grecian ; the latter sailit
to-meat row, to cruise off Cape Frio. From her superior sail
ing I have DO doubt she will capture several vessels in a short
time. Three schooners came in to-day, all in ballast. They
certainly landed their black crop on the coast, as
vessels never come to Rio. When I boarded the pirate
vessel the Electra took on the 25th they were wowed like
pigs in an Irish steamer, and wallowing in their own filth ;
58 of the poor devils were chained together, and had been
so for 30 days. As soon as she arrived at Rio the armourcr
of the Electra was sent to knock their irons off; he coaxed
them, which delighted the poor devils, and nothing could
exceed their gratitude. The small-pox is very prevalent
amongst them ; since they left the coast they have buried
about 50 children monthly. We are obliged to keep boast
rowing guard at night to prevent the slaves from being
stolen. The other night John Curtis (son of Sir Lucius),
prize master, fired into a large boat that was coming nearer
than she ought, and from the noise on board it was evident
some of the scoundrels had been hit. Since that time they
had given our prizes a wide berth. Some difficulty is
thrown in the way of condemnation. The mixed commis-
sion is quite a farce. _ _

" The next ship for England is the Fly, then Imogene,
Samarang, Sparrowhawk, and Electra. Lieutenants He.
seltine of the Electra, and Robinson, of the Grecian, have
exchanged ships.
6" The Calliope sailed on the 19th of March for the
River Plate, to strengthen the foie° in that river; as, in
consequence of tho unsettled state of affairs there, the
French are carrying everything before them. The Ame-
rican ships Independence and Fairfield are at Monte Vi
deo; the latter is a corvette, mounting twenty-two long
24-pounders. I guess the Symonds and Daphne would
have no chance with her. The schooner is going to clear
out the Customs, and these letters must be aboard: so
farewell."

TIIE DUKE OF BEAUFORT.—His Grace's
illness has proceeded from the measles, and we understand
the Marquis of Worcester has also been laid up with them.
Yesterday the Noble Duke was considerably better, and
his son was recovering.—Morning Herald. [We presume
from this that the measles are prevalent. They were also
so prevalent at the Cape of GJod Hope, by the latest ad-
vices, that it was conjectured nearly 30,000 people have
been laid up with them. The disorder has not before
visited that colony, we arc told, for 35 3cars.]
Mr. Kollmann's fourth grand Concert took place
yesterday mcrning at the Hanover-square Rooms, or,
which occasion some instrumental novelties were intro-
duced, for the purpose of further developing the superior
powers of the patented Pianoforte, of which he is the
inventor, and with the merits of which the musical world
is now well acquainle 1. The performances went off with
great and deserved ;approbation.
The Second Ann tversary Dinncrof the Newspaper
Press Benevolent Association is fixed for Saturday,
July 13 (not 15th, as mentioned in yesterday's Sun), on
which occasion Lord Lyndhurst one of the Vice- Presi-
dents, has kindly consented to take the chair. His Lord-
ship has expressed very friendly wishes for the success of
the Society. The dinner will, take, place in the Grand
Masonic Hall of the Freemason's Tavern. Following the
examples successfully tried by the Musical Fund Society,
&c., ladies, instead of being limited to look on from the
galleries, will dine with the company; and thus, besides
being seated near their husbands, brothers, sons, or other
natural protectors, may fully enjoy the rich musical treat
that will b • proferred on the occasion, again under the su-
perintendance of Mr. T. Cooke ; some of the most dis-
tinguished perf,,rmers on the English and Italian boards
having promised to attend.
• MR. HENRY ,GRATTAN.—A work, we un-
derstand, is on the point of -making its appearance which
cannot fail to excite extraordinary interest at the present
moment, when the political movements of all parties in
the State turn almost exclusively on Ireland. The work
to which we allude is a Life of the great Henry Grattan,
written by his son, the Member for Meath. Such a work
must necessarily busy itself with al the great events in which
the present prospects of Ireland took their risc ; and to
Ireland in particular the recollections it musts a
up of
her earliest friend and most illustrious defender will give
it an intensity of political as well as social interest which
no other production of the kind could have a. hope of