The Sun.
London, England, 1837-05-17 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY. MAY 17, 1837.

AMERICAN PAPERS.

" NEW YORK, APRIL 25.—8 y the packet-ship George
Washington, Captain Holdttidge, which arrived yesterday
from Liverpool, whence she sailed on the 24th ult., we
have our regular files of English journals, including Lon-
don of the 23d. The most interesting intelligence at the
present moment is the fact that the Bank of England had
come forward and agreed to furnish relief to the Ameri-
can houses in London. Letters also state that the Bank
had authorized the Bank of the United States to draw
on it to the extent of 2,000,0001. sterling, with the un-
derstanding that one-half the amount should be remitted
in specie at the maturity of the draughts. This news can-
not fail to produce a beneficial effect in this city, where the
news by this packet has been looked for with the most in-
tense anxiety.
" The merchants of New York will hold a meeting at
the Masonic-hall at half-past seven o'clock this evening,
to take into consideration the causes of the existing dis-
tress, and to devise measures of relief.' We trust it will
be attended by every merchant in the city, and that this
meeting will send forth a voice that the Government will
find it as difficult to misunderstand as it will be unsafe to
disregard.

" SALES AT THE STOCK-EXCHANGE.
170 shares United States Bank ll2l to 1131
50 -- Do. do, s3O days
528 Delaware and Hudson 64 to 65

150 --
50 -
106 -

Morris Canal Company 72 to 72
Do. do. s 27 days ... 7l
Bank of the State New York 9O

20 Farmers' Trust Company B3:
210 Ohio Life and Trust Company 93 to 94
100 Illinois Bank 75 to 77
10 Am. Ins. Corn lOl3
10 Jackson Insurance Company BO
50 Mohawk Railroad
• 270 Harlem Railroad 53 to 55
194 Boston and Prov. Railroad 92 to 92i
221 Bos. and Wor. Railroad 83- to 85
100 N. J. R. R. and Trans. C 0....
. 320 Utica Railroad lO4 to 1043-
200 Long Island Railroad
" The public mind is now turned intensely towards
Europe, and particularly to England. The packet-ship
George Washington arrived this forenoon, having sailed
on her regular day, the 24th ult., from Liverpool. We
have letters and papers to the 23d from London. It
' appears that America and American merchants occupy
the supreme attention of that great capital of the world.
The affairs of Europe are quite a secondary consideration.
The Directors of the Bank of England had been occu-
' pied from day to day to see what could be done, and all
accounts concur in the assurance that three of the largest
American houses were, and would be, sustained ; and it
was also probable that others would also receive aid. This
is cheering intelligence, particularly as it was feared that
a large amount of American bills on the bankers in Lon-
don would come back.
" Should the next packet not bring back any bills, it
would give great hopes. There had, however, been nu-
merous failures in Liverpool and MancheAter,;,, tsak we
could hear of only one at the former place tliiinias an"
connection with New York.
" The Bank‘Of; 'England has shown a liberal spirit in
coming foreiatd•i4 the rescue, and we are glad to hear that
the agreement is4to sustain them for six months at least.
The arrangement is made from a disposition to protect and
sustain the mercantile community. How different is the
feeling of the Government of England to that manifested
by our own ! Here the Government appear determined to
pursue that extraordinary career by which. the merchants
are to be crushed: The political news is hardly a subject
of interest. The pause of the Queen of Spain was less ,
favourable. General Evans had been repulsed, and forced
to fall back. -f*
" The public feeling in the city is more excited than we
have ever known it to be. As an evidence of it, a meeting
is called to-morrow evening, to take into consideration the
mercantile distress of the city. Within the last ten days
stoppages have taken place among men who show thou-
sands and hundreds of thousands of assets over and above
every liability. So hostile have the feelings of many been
towards those that have brought these evils upon us, that it
is said our commercial representative, Mr. Cambreleng, has
met with some little rudeness in Wall-street.
" Much embarrassment has been experienced from the
fact that the Safety Fund Western notes are no longer
taken by the brokers. A large portion of the circulating
medium of the city and country is in these bills, and so long
as they could be sold at q per cent., they were taken
freely. The remittances from the country are almost all
in these notes, and merchants who have thousands of them
on hand cannot sell them at any price. How different
with the New England bill, ! Even the notes of the
smallest bank in New England are taken by all the brokers
at 1 per cent. discount. Those banks have all kept their
credit up in Boston, and the consequence is they will now
enjoy the circulation, not only of their own, but of this State.
" The pressure of the times bears very heavily on the la-
bouring classes. A petition of upwards of 200 operatives
was presented this evening to the board of aldermen, statins-
that they were in great distress, and destitute of work':
We fear this is only the beginning of trouble."
(From the New Orleans Bee.)
" Probably the commercial affairs of New Orleans were
never previously or apparently in so awful a condition—
merchants find it their interest to suspend payments, ra-
ther than continue business under the present fearful risks
and pecuniary sacrifices ; and Banks feel it to be their duty
to secure themselves first, and afterwards to think of bene-
fitting the community. The excitement, the terror, the
panic, or whatever you please to term the state of public
feeling, pervades all ranks : merchants have no confidence

in each other, and banks distrust their rivals. To nego-
tiate the best paper by brokers :from 5 to 6 per cent.,
per month is required—and indeed even payment is re-
quired to be guaranteed ; but as for expecting either loans
or discounts from the banks, it is almost out of the ques-
tion, excepting the notes of some favourites, and having only
a few days to run.
" Almost one-fifth of the bank directors are now insol-
vent, or have suspended payment ; and hence it is difficult,
if not impossible, to acquire the combined action of our
banks or any specific made of relief to merchants. It is
feared there are only two or three of the large commission
houses can forbear from becoming really or apparently in-
solvent. It is feared that all the cotton-buyers of the pre-
sent and last season must suffer like the cotton-factors ;

and that the cotton planters cannot survive the shock ;
and afterwards it is dreaded that all the notes on mortgages
of property lately sold in Louisiana and Mississippi will be
little better than waste paper.
" The liabilities of the cotton-factors and buyers are
commensurate with the exports of the city, say 75,000,000 ;
including the responsibilities of the actual planters, the
amount may be 100,000,000. But, taking into considera-
tion the amount due on land or estate speculation, the
actual indebtedness of New Orleans may be fairly estimated
at 200,000,000 dollars. From what sources can this
amount be presently produced ? Acceptances have been
given 12 months in advance on crops ; cotton buyers will
lose nearly 40 per cent. on their purchases and exporta-
tions ; and land speculations are from five to twenty-five
years in advance of the productiveness of their lands and
lots. Factors have nothing for their acceptances ; planters
can make nothing by the present price of their produce ;
eight to ten cents the pound buyers must lose on exporta-
tion, in consequence of the depression of the Liverpool and
Havre markets ; and the land and lot speculators have only
a representative value of about one dollar in 10 or 20.
" Relief is therefore almost impossible ; and some of the
most discreet and experienced citizens judge it preferable
to allow the evils of their present onward and fearful course,
which may probably c_.:;ntinue for six or eight months
longer. The cor.anercial horizon is so obscured, that
scarcely a ray of. hope glimmers in the vista. All is dark-
ness, doubt. and despair.
" To SeeiC support from the planters, whose notes have
been a-rt-;epted, is an ignis fatuus. Many of them have ac-
tuall'i 'abstracted their cotton from our market, and stored
it ,tt home for an opportunity to favour themselves—no
matter at what risk to their acceptors or agents here.
" And to seek relief from Europe is as asurd. The pre
sent crisis is a death struggle between the capitalists and
credit of England and those of the United States.
" But this last is a prominent motive for considering the
crisis here as national, and for inducing all our citizens of
whatever pursuit or profession, and all our monied institu-
tions, to act in concert—to use every exertion and energy
to sustain each other, in upholding national credit, and in-
spiring mutual confidence."

A boat full of company was returning from Green-
wich fair on Monday night, the greater part of whom were in
a state of intoxication, when, the boat being overbalanced,
they were all precipitated into the river. Instant assistance
was afforded by the Waterman near at hand, who succeeded in
saving nearly the whole of them. Two, however, met a wa-
tery grave.
The following anecdote of Buonaparte is too good
and too short not to be inserted. When that distinguished re-
former arrived at Warsaw, in the year of Polish perplexity, a
public ball was given in honour (0 of his arrival. Though
not accustomed to any light, fantastic movements of the toe,
the conqueror could not resist the temptation to try his foot
with the beautiful Countess Walewske. Ile performed his
arduous task with the elegance of a horse marine ; and, sen-
sible of the fact, lie thus addressed the Countess at the con-
clusion of his exploit, " I am very sensible, charming Count-
ess, that I have acquitted myself very indifferently ; but the
fact is, my fort lies not so much in dancing myself, as in
making others dance." There, good readers, is a story for
the delight of every drawing-, dining, ball, and supper room in
old England and young America. Whether it will suit the
tea-table, we are not qualified to say, not being imbued with
a taste for the slow poison which succeeded in killing the
ever lively Voltaire, after 70 years, or so, of fruitless persQ-
cution.—Fraser's Magazine,

REPRESENTATION OF WESTMIN

STER-MR. LEADER.

Yesterday evening a number of gentlemen, inhabitants
of the parish of St. Martin's, Westminster, had their an-
niversary dinner, in commemoration of the opening of the
Select Vestry. Advantage was taken of the occasion by
the parishioners, who were actively engaged in the late
election, to invite John Temple Leader, Esq., to take the
Chair. Joseph Hume, Esq., M.P., was also present. The
dinner was given in the Lowther Rooms, and was attended
by upwards of 200 of the parishioners.
. _

- After the usual toasts had been proposed, and a warm
eulogium pronounced upon the conduct of the late candidate
for Westminster,

Mr. LEADER rose to return thanks. He was received
with enthusiastic cheers from all parts of the room. He
thanked the gentlemen present for the honour conferred
upon him in calling him to the Chair. He then referred
to the late election, and said there was one cause to which
their defeat was owing, and which particularly called for
their attention—he meant the want of previous arrange-
ment by their party.—(Hear, hear, hear.) There was
a total want of arrangement. But there was, in his
opinion, one great cause for their defeat—it was one that
could not be sufficiently reprobated by all persons—it was
the system of intimidation which had been exercised. In
other constituencies--in small constituencies, where the
voters did not exceed 300 or 400—he had seen undue in-
fluence exercised—he had seen great families insist upon
having the votes of those to whom they gave their custom—
he had seen great merchants attempt the same thing with
those dependent upon them in provincial cities—he had
seen this done with the tradesmen dependent upon them ;
but he confessed that he never in his life saw or imagined
such a profligate system of intimidation as that which had
been put in practice by the Tory aristocracy in the last
contest for Westminster.—(Hear, and cheers.) Why,
they were not satisfied—Tory Lords and gentlemen as
they were—with going round to their tradesmen and ask-
ing their votes from tkem ; but the Tories sent their
wives and daughters also to ask for votes.—(Loud cries
of Hear, hear.) Many and many a tradesman, who
was a Reformer in his heart, was thus coerced
to vote against him. (Hear.) He was told by electors
that they had received forty or fifty visits from persons
on the Tory side, who all said to them, "If you vote
for Leader, our custom shall be withdrawn from you.—
( Hear, hear.) He asked them, as independent men, if
that sort of influence was to be tolerated ?—(Cheers.)
But for the system, as it was at present, and considering the
manner in which the aristocracy exercised their influence,
he confessed he could see but one remedy, and that remedy
was vote by Ballot.—(Loud cheers.) But there was a
difficulty about this—how were they to get the Ballot ? If
they had not—he said it of the constituency generally—if
they had not the courage and the good sense to vote ac-
cording to their conscientious opinions, they never could ob-
tain it.—( Hear, hear.) They could not expect it by cring-
ing to the aristocracy, for the man who petitioned for vote
by Ballot declared war against the aristocracy.—(Loud.
,:'-cheering.) tin dr.A.4.11e il_resse-n t.,*y,stem, and with the pr e- -
se n t elective franchise.overborne by the power, the piniiert3i--;
and the influence of the aristocracy, it was impossible that
the people could be represented.—( Hear, hear.) He said,
then, that they must unite, they must co-operate, they must
combine together, and they must agitate for the Ballot.—
(Cheers.) Unless he saw the Ballot given to them in a
very few years, he for his part should despair of the peace-
ful progress of Reform.—( Hear.)
Mr. BAI,NBRIDOy preppsed.the next toast. It wAs the
health of their representative, General Evans.—(Cheers.),
Letters had been received the day before from General
Evans, announcing his speedy appearance amongst them.—
(Cheers.) They could therefore calculate on having soon
aiding them one of the most active and honest men in the
House of Commons.—(Cheers.)
Mr. RAYMOND called upon the assembly to drink the
health of their enlightened Member for the county, Mr.
Hume.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. HtflfE rose amid loud cheers to return thanks. He
believed the present defeat in Westminster would be at-
tended with great evil ; but he bad seen the Reformers
rally too often to despair of them now. To Mr. Leader, and
men like Mr. Leader, must they look for good government,
and the security and happiness of the people. He regretted
the defeat, though Mr. Leader bore it with great spirit ;
that conduct proved they were not mistaken in him.—
(Cheers.) They wanted in these days young and active
men, who would join the movement, and onward go—who
would not care for the threats of one party nor the wiles of
another. The loss of Mr. Leader, then, he regarded as a
national misfortune.—( Hear.) Every step taken to
lessen the influence of a Government which would do
justice to Ireland and to England, was a national calamity.
The maintaining them in power was of importance to them
—it was of importance to Europe ; every circumstance that
lessened its influence gave joy to the despot, and the defeat
of Mr. Leader could not, he believed, but excite delight in
St. Peteisburgb.—(Cliecrs.) • ,
Doctor CARPUE would propose civil and religious liberty
all over the world, to which he wished to add happiness to
Ireland.

Several other patriotic speeches were delivered in the
course of the evening. The company separated at an early
hour.

CEYLON LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

(From the Government Gazette of -December 17.)
On the re-assembling of the Legislative Council on
Thursday, the 13th instant, the Right Hon. the Governor
opened the proceeding with the following address :
" Gentlemen of the Legislative Council,
In resuming our duties here, I shall commence by
reading to you a despatch which I have had the honour of
receiving from the Secretary of State, relative to a memo-
rial presented by certain merchants of Colombo. The
despatch is as follows :
" No. 123. Downing-street, July 8, 1836.

" Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt
of your despatch, No. 13, of the Bth January, with a memo-
rial from the merchants of Colombo, expressing dissatisfac-
tion at the measures which you had taken for constituting
the Legislative Council of your Government.
" You also enclose a copy of the correspondence to
which their memorial has given rise.
" The memorialists complained on a former occasion of
the delay which had occurred in completing the Council.
" This delay being occasioned by your anxiety to select
fit and proper persons for the office of legislators, you had
the satisfaction of receiving his Majesty's gracious appro-
val of the caution which had regulated your proceedings.
" The memoralists have again attributed your conduct
in this respect to the improper motives, but I see no ground
for concurring in their opinions.

" I learn from your present despatch, that having been
able to select three natives of Ceylon for seats in the Cou-
ncil, who together with three merchants will have completed
the number of unofficial members, you had intimated your
intention of conferring a priority of appointment on one
of each class alternately, beginning with the merchants.
444 In consequence of this arrangement, the merchants
refused to sit in the Council, denouncing, in terms which
I need not here repeat, the principle of precedence as esta-
blished by his Majesty's instructions, not only with refe-
rence to the unofficial members of the Council amongst
themselves, but also as regards the official and the unofficial
members respectively.

" The memorialists advert to the constitution of the Le-
gislative Councils at the Mauritius and at the Cap c. of
Good Hope.

" You will inform them that the principle of prece-
dence as regards the official Members is observed in those
Councils—that among the non-official Members the prin-
ciple of seniority, according to the date of appointment, ob-
tains universally in all his Majesty's Colonial possessions
and that I cannot entertain any question which may involve
a departure from either of those principles.
" In expressing my regret at the determination at which
the Memorialists appear to have arrived, I am bound in
justice to the Legislative Council of your Government to
state at the same time, that I entertain no doubt that not-
withstanding the absence of the merchants from that body,
the commercial interests of the Island will always meet with
that attention which their importance demands ; and I am
inclined to hope that the merchants themselves feel no
apprehensions in this respect, since they have refused their
individual support on grounds which could in no way have
affected their usefulness or importance at the Council Board.
" Should the Merchants of Colombo retain the opinions
' which they have now expressed on this subject, it will be
your duty to select for the vacant scats, with the caution
which you have hitherto observed, fit and proper persons
from some other class of his Majesty's subjects at Ceylon.
" I approve of the step which you took, after the mer-
chants had refused to enter the Council, of swearing in the
three Members whom you had selected, and of the consi-
deration which you appear to have shown on that occasion
to the body of merchants, by placing at the head of the
unofficial members one of their class who, you had reason
to believe, would have accepted the appointment on his re-
turn to Ceylon, although he has since declined it.
I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient
humble servant, (Signed) " GLENELG.
Right Hon. Sir R. W. Horton, Bart., &c.'

The course of exchange at New York on London
is 111 per cent., and the par of exchange between England
and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the
exchange is 2.17 per cent. above par.
RAT HUNT.—The workmen at New Hall, near
Chelmsford, on Wednesday week, killed no less than 179
rats, and one nest, containing six young ones, without the aid
of dog or ferret. They were in a barn, in about two loads of
peas, and by filling up the apertures they were confined, and
killed by sticks. Not one of the " warmint" escaped.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.
CRAVEN MEETING, 1839.

FRIAY.
Sweepstakes of 50 sous. each, h.D
ft. ; colts, Bst. 71b; fillie 81
41b., now yearlings ; those got by untried stallions, or out of a
tried mares, allowed 31b. Ab. M.
Lord Exeter's br. f. by Sultan, dam by Abjer, grandam 1
Rubens, out of Spotless ; Lord Jersey's C. Ilderim ' by Em
miliusfer
Ishmael, out of Filagree ; Mr. W. Edwards's b. f. by Wisest
out of Clansman's dam ; Mr. Thornhill's ch. c. by Eradius, 11,
Maria ; Mr. Walker's c. tepidus, by Emilius, out of CAUL
(mare untried) ; Mr. Wilson's fby Mulatto, out of Yorkshire LA'
by Cervantes; Mr. Sowerby's ch. f. Antigone, by Augustul
of Amoret, by Abjer (mare untried) ; Mr. doddards oh.c;sb
Shortwaist, dam foaled in 1832, by Bobadil, out of an' Li
(mare untried); Duke of Grafton's b. c. by Langar, out of
tux'
gend ; Mr. T. H. Stirling's ch. c. by Aaron, dam by Pete
Election, out of a mare by Lignum Vitae, grandam by Sir Pe_,
out of Miss Manager, by Giles (mare untried); Lord Suffie'l
f. by Langar, out of Charity ; Mr. Greville's ch. c. Lablache)
Rowton, out of Fasta ; Lord Berners's Sister to Phosphorus'

CRAVEN MEETING, 1840.
TUESDAY.
Sweepstakes of 100 sous. each, h. ft., for foals of 1837' °•ue
mares that never bred a winner of the Two Thousand Ous
Stakes, Derby, or St. Leger ; colts, Bst. 71b ; fillies, 85t.
D.M.
Lord Exeter's c. by Sultan, out of Marinella ; Lor—
A%eel
ch. c. by Sultan, out of Ramona ; Mr. W. Edwards 's
twon, out of Clansman's dam ; Mr. Thornhill's ch. c. Em"ljitct
of Farce ; M. Cookes's br. c. Chamean, by Camel, out of
tisr:
ra's dam ; Duke of Grafton's ch. c. Ottoman, by PleniPotell.,/
out of Whizgig ; Lord Suffield's f. by Mulatto, out of Lun'''
Lord Berners's Sister to Phosphorus.

FRIDAY.
The Tedworth Stakes, a Sweepstakes of 100 sous. each, b.
40 e ft'
l'
for cults, Bst. 71b. ; and fillies, Bst. 41b. ; then three Y' lioof
not engaged in the Riddlesworth, and got by untried stal
if out of untried mares allowed 31bs. D. M. ./
Lord Jersey's c. by Ishmael, out of Filagree ; Mr. I 1 •
Data
Clearwell, out of Angelica; Mr. Hart's c. by Clearocot
Petulance ; Mr. T. A. Smith's f. by Glencoe, out of T-I▪
ia
(mare untried) ; Mr. Walker's b. f. Glotinio, by Glencoe,
Pauline ; Colonel Peel's c. by Glencoe, out of Jason's 661.
•
NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETLY„, lgll
TUESDAY.
Sweepstakes of 300 soya. each, 100 ft, for colts and fillies then f°
years old; colts, Bst. 71b. ; fillies, Bst. 21b. B.C,•vietei
Lord Exeter's b. c. by Reveller, out of Galata; Lor°Toitts
b. c. by Reveller, out of Marmora • Mr. Bowes's C. by 1,40
out of Mundig's dam ; Mr. John Pay's ch. c. Halfcast, by 001
out of Mustee's dam ; Mr. Cooke's br. c. Chamean, by Ca?„holet'l
of Datura's dam ; Lord Jersey's c. by Glencoe, out Of
dam ; Lord Suffield's f. by Mulatto, out of Lunacy.

TV RESTLING.
The second Grand Wrestling Match of the Cum bOO
and Westmoreland Wrestling Society came off y /Stered
,;bd
the Chalk Farm Tavern. It is usual with the distingwo
Club of these two counties to give the aspirants to ssrfitist
honours two opportunities, during each season, of exult oi/
their prowess. The struggle of yesterday was the last °lf
season. There was an immense assemblage, but esrtsisieocf
far inferior to the multitude on Good Friday. • The deist
in quantity was certainly atoned for by the quality, A
guests, and there was an immense number of very Will°,
dressed females present, who evidently enjoyed this 10,16,00.
science. The system of wrestling in Westmoreland sou„011
ierland..loAver e,nd under, and,the,,fyst tench of the re
decides the conflict. 'The- weights "aril "so classed as to bbd
each candidate a fair opportunity for the exertions tbe;
skill; those under ten stone and a half being pitted tog`
ril
and the heavy weights limited to twelve stone and „le
At two o'clock the weighing commenced, and the five 0-0
took their stations in the ring, which bad been stake
the pigeon-ground.
10°
First Time Over.—Butterworth beat Buck, SedcloSiodei
Lamb, Robert James beat Whitehead (a steward), alOlO
Pearson beat Ledger, Armstrong beat R. Graham, I
Claimed of Bewslier, who would not stand. cot
Second Time.—James, the winner of the second Pr 00
Good Friday, contended against Armstrong, and, after
very pretty play, fell together; James was certainly °coil,
dermost man, but the umpires decided that it was a dog
o
and the men took their hold again, and the bout Was 41.°b0
James. Curtner beat Seddon, the knee of the latter toile
the ground ; Pearson threw Butterworth.
Third Time.—Pearson and Canner contended in this
and Pearson struck him in the leg and won the fall. aitii
The Fourth was the final struggle for the first prize, s 4 01'
between James and Pearson. James evidently bad tbe
vantage in weight, and that too in opposition to a very 9°ol
man. Both were particular in taking their hold in threarO,
instance ; but it seemed that James had reckoned his q 011
cations too highly—Pearson gave him the outside shake'
threw him beautifully.
The prizes for these weights were a very handsome of
tankard, worth 251., for the winner, and three silver s°
boxes for the others.
The heavy weights came in directly afterwards, and very excellent play. Aft
First Time. —Robert James beat Beck ; Ledger beat
strong; Hail beat Lamb (resigned) ; Beckwith beat 110,
head; Dawson beat Butterworth ; Pearson bent Miles;
son beat Seddon ; I Armstrong beat Halleburton ; He„rin,
‘,
Tomlinson ; Graham beat Partner; Margerson beat nirbfrk
Second Time..—Henny beat Hurst ; Armstrong beat sill
son ; Beckwith beat Ledger ; Margerson beat Dawson;
beat James ; Pearson beat Graham.
es°
Third Time.--Hall beat Kenning; Margerson beat et
with ; Armstrong beat Pearson. 0
Fourth Time.—Margerson threw Hall, and stood PP
Armstrong, who was the odd man, and defeated him 418
three minutes. bit)
There was some other sport open to all the compel, 11
continued until a late hour.
The gentlemen dined at the tavern, where the prizes
presented.

THE ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIJ

, OF LONDON.

a
It is now many years since we first began to call
"or
on to the state of the public Parks, and to urge the p
diency of improving their attraction, by rendering i'tolis
scenes not only of recreation but instruction. Our eeelaetiog
have, from time to time, contained suggestions for eaeblic
this desirable object ; we have recommended that the
Parks should be planted with every species of tree ov
shrub, which is capable of enduring the open air and 611100'
of our London climate ; that the Parks should in this "-f9'
ner be converted into national botanical gardens, evcirroot°
riety of tree and shrub being marked with a label to del t•
its scientific and English names and its natural b,s,ctelY
We wish to see a commencement of this scheme imille"cor
carried into execution ; and, that gained, we should recap
mend the conversion of the Green and St. James's
into gardens, not only of botany but of floriculture. not
The above-mentioned experiment has been tried, bud the
in its most attractive features, in St. James's Park ; a 0 tbst
result has been to prove, beyond further questioning,; the
the public will abstain from injuring the shrubs a'
flowers thus planted for their enjoyment.
t. Olt
The St. James's Ornithological Society has had the alrtsat
of trying a more interesting, and in its results, ital)°,ects,
question, i. e., whether the public will injure or lorc"*.otsa
collection of living animals, to which there is unrestrhbis
access. The report read at the last general meeting °Ol
Society has set this question at rest ; and so well sa".l:o'
are the members of the Society with the results of their are
hibiting aquatic birds in St. James's Park, that theYhibit
about to extend their operations to land birds, and to
them freely to the public, in aviaries to be erected inoes'i
James's and the Green Parks. The title of the " St* jai coa'
Ornithological Society" is thought to be too local and „s
.fined for the Society upon the extended basis
just adopted. It has therefore been changed to the I'l)ter
thological Society of London," and the objects which it is
fesses are well worthy of so comprehensive a title. birds
proposed to provide a gratuitous exhibition of living'
el" cies
in the Parks ; to exhibit the more rare and delicate sePfforts
;ngigantic aviaries and conservatories ; to make great distri'
to introduce into this country, and to naturalise here (bYfereie
bitting the surplus birds and eggs) all such species Of nee, SI
birds as are pre-eminently domestic ; such, for illst3"s and
the oriental pheasants, the South American curassoceies of
the northern grouse, for the preserves, the pure sPes,
,gallus for the poultry-yard, and the tropical finale_ oral'
for the aviary and cage ; it is also proposed to form !I_l' sort
thological library and museum, the former to contain
ornithological work of merit, and the latter to be ar'_.,d to
with reference to the varied relationships of
exhibit their comparative anatomy. Moreover, ta
are to be lectures, publications, prizes, and conversoa; of
or periodical meetings. At these meetings the rorroae.
the Society will be ornamented with flowers and li 10,,,,ta
dead specimens of birds ; popular papers on ornithois*,ol,,
to be read, and ladies are to be particularly invited
The Earl of Liverpool is President of the Socieol
Duke of Bedford, the Earl of Orkney, the BishoPistr. pa'
with (an eminent ornithologist), Sir Robert Pee,l, yoleai
birds:_e; are
ley Colborne, Mr. Robert Gordon, M.P., Wm' "olos°a;
(the author of the " Harm Entomologas"), IN1r" S. logist
and Mr. Vigors (two of the most celebrated erruth:ad ta;
of the day), and many other gentlemen of infiuenea 000
lent are members of the Council, in which the reanad dire
of the affairs of the Society is vested. The namesrantee'
rival ornithologists on the Council List afford. a ge to 0
that it is not intended to give an undue a'.:tvantagthot tb°rl
one particular system of zoology, and we trust
assist !.
scientific men of all parties will zealously unite. toce,
goo 7
establishing this institution upon the basis of scer baron.'
enable it to pursue its career with liberality and
with honour to itself and advantage to the public'
His Majesty and several members of the
Yilb?.l
eCts 0f
have expressed their high approbation of the 0 J
new institution.

soreo
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A desperate affray with a band of poachers' on the
or eight in number, armed with bludgeons, took placcibart
3d inst. at Shimpling Thorne, between Bury and Po collie;
The party entered the rookery to steal the rooks,,,lthein,,t,&
pelted a man andaboy,svho wer
a re,, . 900 .a
retreat ; further assistance being were em-° 0-ma. lw'
obtained,
ensued, durinsgevlev,lelicwhouAnlrd.s,Sthame ulaetlterßiuiaffveilnlg.ahnicis hbre'lvdeconbito:;
ceived many • -
wtharseecappltaucreesd.
onHetnhrey
sSpotet,waanrdd,
haarsinbgelcenadceor,rnfmrortte '.s*.
Herald. nlyed to watc,..„
colvi_,

PRICE' OF STO('KS THIS DI Y AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Ppenrk ci-',''..':•iieci...,.• . - 006 India- i,-0,,..1;.- ........ . ..... ....,... ..3`i?.':,,,,i.
89 'i, •90 , Oitto '.;,:inds
v,3 Per Cent. Cons
tzer Cent 981/4 ,Old Annuities
8ei:....." ."
.-
.................... % ' New Ditto -
Kew 3% per Ee. ...... ...•
......
99% : 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751...
New 5 per Cent..•
!Exch. Bills, £1,000
Ihnk Long A n nuities to e xpi re
Jan. 5 18'30 .. 14 7-161/4 Ditto Small
Oct 10, 45g........ ........
32 34 pm.
143/8 Ditto Commercial — pni.
....................
jjaalil: 55:
.860 ,
.................... Ditto Advertiseei
~ Bank Stock for Acc0unt.........
April 5, R 4, .•
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.... llndia Stock for Account — J'a• k 187 ....,.... ...........
!Consols for Account
Omnluin
pm.

1 RILES 0F FOREIGN FUNDS' THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK,
BAustrian Bonds
—1 Peruvian Bonds
elran Bonds.,, —J Ditto Account ....... ........
..... i
Ditto Account.* ...........
Portuguese Bonds
Brazilian Bonds
84% i Ditto Accoinit
Ditto Account
—, Ditto New Bonds 49
, ********
Buenos Ayres Bono; ..
:.. .. . Ditto Account 4874 9% 9
Otto Account ... . ......
i Ditto, 3 per cent 3u%
Chillian Bonds .. " *************
--
Prussian Bonds —
, Oitta Account*
,oltunbian Bonds i Russian Bonds, 182'2
Ditto Account —
Ditto Account.
.—' Ditto Metallic —
Columbian Bonds :824 ‘.24 Spanish Bonds —
Ditto Account
23-14
Danish Bonds . 72% ' Ditto Bonds, 1834
orDeeitictoßlaccdost •....... ************
i Ditto Account
Ditto Bonds: •
1825.""' ******
.....-c .....c.
--' French, 5 per cent.......... —f. —.—
4 per cent
Ditto Account
_l. —c.
blexican Bends, 5 per cent
f —,.
.....! --- Exchange
531,6%
Ditto Account ************** ' Dutch, 25,', per cent.
Ditto, 6 per cent. .....,„ .. ' Ditto Account 53%
NixtPDitto Account .. •* " —1 Ditto, 5 per cent lOO4, 100
olitare ... .... ••••• •••••••••• Ditto Account

PRICES OF SHARES THIS I)AY AT ONE O'CLOCK
Paid. Per Share
2634
.11,raztlian Imperial Mining Co. (Issued at 5/. pm.) 20
,andonga Mining
6,,
Company 734
London and Greenwich Railway Company 2n 1736 IS
12
Imndon amid Southampton Railway Company..., 35
Manchester and I ondon Junction 5 6
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.arth Midl d R'.l Coin anv l5 12.4713

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COURSE OF EXCHANGE YESTERDAY.
48
Amsterdam .
.. C.F. 12 5 Gibraltar
47
Ditto, at eigf;t ''''''''''''
.... 12 3 Leghorn
tz6 20
Rotterdam .................... U. 12 5% Genoa
'3l
. . ........
Antwerp... ..................... 12 5% Milan
47
Hamsuic... ............. M.B. 13 13 Venice
99
Altona ... 13 19 Naples
Pa i
rI, 3 days' sight ............ 25 55 Palermo
51N
C'itt° ••• .. 3Ms 25 9 '. Lisbon
~,_ . .. .......... . .
5114
~z,iirseilles. ....................... 26 10ald 9porto per oz. 118
28
LioUrdeaux . , ...... , ....... '26 (to eitio Janeiro
26
!frankfort OR Maine, EX.SI. 154 ~hia
Petersbuigh ruble .3 Us 10 to
1 N
Berlin ' .....
' --- Ka Marnlin, 21 days' sight
T"'enos Ayres
N,
Viers n .. ....... , ••.
'2
, 1 1-1.
a. effective fl ...... 2 M. fa_ „I'e-,"Y "
arieste ..... .ditto
Madrid ...................... ,":" I Gold, coin .00 0 u
34 .N..-tug
100— ~e..L.:E OF BULLION, PEIt (n/Z.
3 17 9
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liiti
....................... ... 36
New Doubloons
oa
0 4 9%
Bareeloni ........
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Foreign Gold, in bars
New Dollars
bars,
...
Seville,
...........-"':::::::".......". ..... 3535 I Silver. standard 0 4 11%

Arrived, MAILS.
Due. Arrived. Due
CI 4 Due Arrived.
0
0 0 Lisbon
.-rneriCa ......... . 0 I France
0 0 lunil .......•n 0 Guern.&Jersky 0 0 Malta ..... ........ 0
•.•.•
Itueuos Ayres.. 0 0 Hamburg ......
1) • 0 0 Mexico
0 0 Ostend 0
t,arthagena...... 0 (I.llolland
1 ""blin... . 0 0 Jamaica
0
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0 0 Leeward Islands 0 1 Waterford
....... .

mo HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW.
hlu~itig..minutes after 0 I Evening 43 minutes after 0,

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MR. D'ISRAELI'S NEW WORK.
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Now ready, in 3 vols. post Evo.,
E N E T I A
tore " The Child of Love, though born in bitterness, and nur•
d in convulsion."
By the Author of " Vivian Grey," " Henrietta Temple," &e.
Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

4 I Publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day
at 10 minutes past Three o' Clock.

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