The Sun.
London, England, 1839-05-25 00:00:00

I ADDRESSES TO THE QUEEN.

HULL—GLORIOUS DEFEAT of the TORIES.
i (FROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
HULL, MAY 23.—We had yesterday a public meeting in
the Guildhall, called by the Mayor on the requisition of
123 Reformers, to thank the Queen for rejecting the pro-
posals of Sir Robert Peel to render her a prisoner in her
own Palace, and to pray her Majesty to surround the
throne with such advisers as will lead on the march of Re-
form in all our institutions.' The Tories held a meeting.
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endeavour to swamp the meeting, and the trick was only
found cut in the morning by Ale great numbers of Tories
of all sorts who flocked into the Town Hall. They were
confidentof victory, and one of the leaders said to a Reformer,
" we shall, beat you to-day." The result, however, was a
glorious defeat. All classes of Reformers, Whigs, Radi-
cals, and even Chartists, were united against the Tories.
The Mayor, GEORGE COOKMIAN, Esq., was called to the
chair, and in opening the business made a few judicious
remarks upon the occasion that had called them together.
The Tories acted very disgracefully during the time the
Mayor was speaking, and one of them, a Mr. Quin, wished
to interrupt him to make a speech, but was put down by
the meeting. The Mayor went on to say, that in his opi-
nion, the Queen acted right in refusing to submit to the
dictates of Sir Robert Peel, with reference to the ladies of
her household. She had shown a love for her own and her
people's rights and sacred regard for liberty.—( Loud
cheers.) This event had given fresh hopes to the Re-
formers. He trusted they would rally again and unite to
carry out those greet principles for which they were con-
tending, and support the Queen in upholding those privi-
leges which she had determined to maintain.—(Loud
cheers.)
B. M. JALeARD, Esq., who was Mayor in 1837, and is
one of the borough Magistrates, moved the first resolution.
He first proposed to show what powers have usually been
granted by the Sovereign to persons forming an Adminis-
tration, and then to ascertain what really were the condi-
tions attempted to be imposed on her Majesty on the present
occasion. In support of the first, he referred to the re-
quirements of Lords Grey and Granville in 1812, and the
late statement of Lord John Russell on the subject in the
Horse of Commons. It was evident from these he con-
fessed that the powers demanded were unusual, and never
before granted, He then referred to the statements of Lord
Melbourne, Sir R. Peel, and the Duke of Wellington,
to show the real extent of the powers demanded, and
the intentions of the party demanding them. It was evi-
dent that nothing short of the entire thraldrom of her
Majesty would ultimately have satisfied the Tories.--
( Much cheering and interruption from the Tories.) They
demanded restrictions to support the power of a faction
which was incompatible with good government. Sur-
rounded as she would be, it would be impossible for her
Majesty to become acquainted with the opinions of the
public as to the acfs of her Ministers and the wants of the
people. Mr. Jaleard concluded his speech by calling on
all Reformers to rally round the Queen. He moved—
" That this meeting would tender to her Majesty its
expression of the high amiration it feels for her noble and
dignified conduct in rejecting the offensive proposals made
to her to discard the female friends by whom she is sur-
rounded—those whom she loves, and who are devoted to
her person—in order to give strength to a party adverse to
the liberties of the people, and to render her social condi-
tion worse than that of the meanest of her subjects."—
(Much cheering from the Reformers, and hissing from the
Tories.)
Mr. GRESIIAM seconded the resolution.
Dr. ALDERSON rose to move an amendment, and was
loudly cheered by the Tories. It was their duty not to
allow a party acting under a mere temporary triumph to
send forth to the throne these opinions as the voice of the
people. Unbiassed people would admit that Sir Robert
Peel had acted an honourable part.—( Cheers and hisses.)
The concessions required by Sir Robert Peel were not
more than were necessary to enable them to carry on the
Government. He moved—" Thai no address be presented
to her Majesty open this occasion."—(Loud cheers from
the Tories.)
Mr. QetN, in a violent speech, abusing the Reformers
and the Ministers, and endeavouring unsuccessfully to
coquette with the Chartists, seconded the amendment.
Mr. T. B. &Fru, a working man, made a very eloquent
and sensible speech in support of the resolution. He
ably exposed the acts of Toryism, and inferred from their
attempts against the Queen's liberties what danger would
ensue to thejiberties of the people if they should succeed
in holding office. It was clear that the Queen would have
been nothing else but a splendid slave in her palace.
If there remained any of the ancient chivalry of the
country—if they felt any of that spirit which once animated
their ancestors—(, Oh," and groans for the Tories)—they
would show to this high-minded and dignified woman that
she is surrounded by people determined to be free them-
selves, and determined that she should be free.—(Great
cheers.) It had been said that this was a mere squabble
about Bedchamber women, but it was something beyond
this—it was on political grounds alone that Sir Robert
Peel had the audacity and impudence—(Much cheering,
for some time, and great interruption and groans from the
gentlemanly Tories)--to make these proposals. Mr.
Smith continued in a strain of much eloquence to show up
the proceedings of the Tories, and concluded amidst much
cheering.
Mr. WARDLAW said, Otis was an attempt to bolster up a
Government which had not the confidence of the people.
The old constitutional Whigs were included in Sir Robert
Peel's Government, for there was Lord Stanley—(Groans)
—and Sir James Graham—( A burst of disapprobation,
, and cries of " The renegade," and " Has his right arm
forgot its cunning 2") Mr. Wardlaw read a list of the
Ladies of the Household, from the Times, to show that
they were with one exception Whigs. He said Sir Robert
Peel had acted in the most honourable way, and unless he
had the same control 4n the Household it was impossible
he could carry on the Government.
Mr. W. NOBLE, in answer to Mr. Wardlaw, referred to
the Tory Household in the reign of William IV. when
Lord Grey and Melbout ne were Ministers, and when Re-
form was carried. They had had a list of the Whig con-
nections of those ladies read, but the gentleman had
omitted to give the Tory relatives of all of them
but two or three.—( Loud cheers.) For instance, there was
was the Marchioness of Normanby, whom the gallant and
truth-loving and moral Times had so often vilified, and
whom the Morning Post charged with pouring obscenity
into the ears of the Queen—she was the daughter of
Lord Ravensworth, a Tory, and the high and honourable
lady was attacked with all the scurrility that the Tories
were masters of.—(Cheers.) This was a question that
came home to all. How would any present like to see a
domestic tyranny established in their own dwelling, to
which their wives and daughters should be subject—sur-
rounded by spies, and eompelled to associate only with
those whom they suspected and feared.—( Cheers.) That
was the condition in which our beloved Queen would have
been placed, had Peel been permitted to carry his most
audacious--( Cheers, and interruption)—most unconstitu-
tional measures—(Renewed cheers, and interruption)--
propositions repugnant to the Queen, and obnoxious to the
people.—( Cheers.) What they had done was an indica-
tion of what would be their policy. If they sought at the
commencement to make a slave of the Queen, they would
'ewe finished by making slaves of the people.—( Cheers,
and hisses.)

.Ilhe Me'yort put the Tory amendment to a show of
hands, when it was lost by a large majority, as declared by
the Mayoir, of twenty to one. The cheers of the Re-
formers were deafening upon this announcement. Three
cheers for the Queen were then called for, and given again
and again. The Tories clamoured for a division, and their
desire was gratified by the Mayor, who divided on the
original resolution, when the result was even more appa-
rent ; ?or on the show of hands several Tories held up
both hands. The division gave the Reformers a majority
of at least three to two ; but the Tories for some time
wished to insist that.ithey had the victory, and for about a
quarter of an hour tie meeting was in the greatest ex-
citement, both parties cheering at the top of their voices.
At length the Mayor declared the resolution to be carried.
The Tories were frantic—Messrs. Quin, Frost, Craven,
Alderson and others were livid with rage, and actually
foamed at the mouth. They soon after loft the hall,
amidst the cheers of the triumphant Reformers.
H. Lownisiop, Esq. an Alderman and Magistrate,
moved, after a neat speech, ‘. That this meeting expresses
a fervent hope that her Majesty will surround her throne
with such advisers as will upheld her Majesty's preroga-
tives ; and at the same time give to tile people that in-
crease of political power and protection in its exercise, to
which •f'liey are entitled, and which the exigencies of the
times demand,"
Mr. Alderman BELL seconded this, and it was carried
unanimously.

Mr. W. NOBLE moved the address to the Queen, a copy
of which you shall have to-morrow. It is to be signed by
the Mayor, and presented by Earl Durham.
T. MURANT, Esq. seconded the address, which was
carried unanimously.

After a vote of thanks to the Mayor, carried with three
times three, and three times seven enthukjastic cheers for
the Queen, the meeting separated.

WINCHESTER, MAY 23.
(FROM OUR OWN. CORRESPONDENT.)

A public meeting of the inhabitants of this city was held
at the Guildhall on Wednesday, to address lief Majesty on
the fitainess she had lately shown in rejecting the insult
offered: to her Royal Person by Sir Robert Peel, in wish-
ing her to dismiss from her presence those female attend-
ants who comprise her Court. At the appointed hour the
hall was crowded, and we were glad to see such a respect-
able assemblage met together to testify their loyalty to
their Sovereign. It was currently reported that the Tories
intended to move in adjournment, but they did not show,
land everything pasted off without a dissentient voice.
The Mayor, in opening the business of the day (after the
requisition to him to convene the meeting had been
read), expressed a hope that every person who was
about to address the meeting would receive an attentive
bearing. Among the gentlemen who were on the bench
we observed R. Brown, Esq., J. V. Earl, Esq., R. Knight,
XI., James Aldridge, Esq., H. Knight, Esq., George
Twynam, Esq„ Dr. Twynam, of Lainston House, several
members of the Town-council, and the greater part of the
Liberal constituency of the borough. The Mayor (John
Parmiter, Esq.), having been called to the chair, R.
Brown, Esq. proceeded to address the meeting. After
apologizing to his hearers for intruding himself on the
present occasion, he embraced the opportunity of coming
forward to move an Address to her Majesty for her spirited
conduct on the late occasion. The speaker, in the course
of his address was repeatedly cheered, more especially on
his applying to Sir Robert Peel some very sarcastic re.
marks, which were heartily responded to by them. The
the Address,•which was worded so as not to give offence to
Tw Tories if khey had been present, was seconded by G.
tolY_lr, Esq., and carried unanimously. It was ordered
sent tolgteoldbr the
Melbourne
presentation. After giving
' nine hearty cheers for her
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tribute of respect t
the meeting separated.
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hangers-on. Some persons from the neighbouring villages,
a few of the gentry, some agriculturists sent to swell the
number by the Tory landlords, and last, not least, the far-
famed trio who would like to rule the city—his Grace
the Duke of Buckingham, Mr. J. B. East, M.P., and
Mr. B. Evcott, the rejected at the last election.
To make the greatest show they could, the Com-
mittee distributed a number of tickets gratis, to those
who were unable to purchase them. I dare say a
Report of the speeches will appear in to-morrow's
Standard, and the number present in the room will
be stated at 300 instead of what it really was, and that it
was a meeting of the Conservatives of Winchester,in-
stead of which it should be called a meeting of the Con.
servatives of the county.

HANLEY, STAFFORDSHIRE,
(Flom A CORRESPONDENT.)
May it please your Majesty—We, the undersigned in-
habitants of Hanley aad Skelton, in the Staffjrdshire Pot-
teries, have heard with honest indignation of the demand
made upon your Majesty to dismiss from your Household
the ladies who have attended upon your Royal person, and
who have acquired your affection and obtained your confi-
dence, a circumstance unexampled in the changes of Mi-
nisterial office, and which would subject your Majesty to
the sacrifice of personal friends and comforts peculiarly due
to your situation, and beyond what either Princes or pea-
sants are called upon to make.
We therefore congratulate your Majesty on the noble
spirit which has prompted you to reject a proposition so un-
becoming to your Majesty and so unworthy of the states-
man who presumed to offer it ; and we beg to tender your
Majesty our dutiful thanks for the determined stand which
you have made against this attack on your Royal preroga-
tive, and to assure your Majesty of our determination to
support you in the enjoyment of your Majesty's rights and
privileges to the utmost of your power.
And we trust your Majesty will be pleased to call to
your councils men who will uphold the dignity of the
Throne not by wantonly insulting a Queen entitled to the
affection and sympathies of all classes of her subjects, but
by throwing around her Royal person their protection and
best offices by advancing in the course of progressive Re-
form, by enlarging the elective franchise of the British
people by adopting a just and intelligible policy both at
home and abroad, so that the nation may be satisfied, the
dignity of throne upheld, and the Administration made a
blessing to the empire and the world.
And especially our prayer is that your Majesty may be
preserved and prospered of God, so that your life may be
happy, your reign glorious, and your Majesty long reign
in the hearts of a loyal and grateful people.

METROPOLITAN POLITICAL

SUMMARY.

The Courier of last night, observes in the course of a
leading article suggested by the late Hertford election—
" The last Tory lie is, perhaps, one of the least, yet it is
worthy of notice. The Hon. Mr. Cowper, who justly
declared that the decision of the Hertford electors
was a verdict condemnatory of the conduct of Sir
Robert Peel,' is therefore accused of having shown
that this verdict in his favour was an iniquitous verdict,
inasmuch as he himself had, only six days before,
pronounced that Sir Robert Peel's conduct had been per-
fectly ' loyal and proper' towards her Majesty. Pure, or
rather most impure invention this is, and nothing more.
Mr. Cowper, as we stated a day or two since, admitted the
loyalty and propriety of Sir Robert's motives : and in doing
so, acted, as we conceive, with an excess of handsomeness
and liberality. But Sir Robert's conduct, and the principle
of control for which he contended, he from the first unspar-
ingly condemned, as he does now."
The Globe, in a leading article on the subject of national
education, says:—" The Government is bound to have re-
gard to the great principles of religious freedom, which
have been established by struggles that have left a deep
trace in the history of this nation. No statesman who has
studied the history of this country will do the national
spirit the injustice of supposing that it will ever
again submit to the yoke of intolerance. What-
ever remaining imperfections may exist in our laws,
intolerance has ceased from being a blot on the statute
book. The institutions of our country provide an equal
protection to the religious creeds and rituals of all. A
Dissenter may now rise to the highest offices of the State.
Hopeless and frantic, therefore, are the struggles to
seize the public funds for intolerant purposes. No Go-
vernment—we say it in the name of the reformed consti-
tuencies—no Government can ever again in this country
apply the funds of the State to national purposes, from a
participation in the benefits of which any shall be excluded
by reason of their conscientious religious convictions."
The Standard alludes to the Queen in the following
respectful terms :—" The Morning Chronicle to-day says,
that ' devotion to the Queen is everywhere associated with
an expression of a conviction of the necessity for further
reform.' This is not a strictly correct statement. A dis.
satisfaction with the constitution under which her Majesty
holds her crown is,indeed,universally associated with the ex-
pression of what is called devotion to the Queen,' but the
reciprocity affirmed by our Contemporary does not exist,
for at many meetings called for the expression of a con-
viction of a necessity for further reform,' the Queen's
name has never been mentioned—her Majesty appears
to have been as completely forgotten as if in
the progress of reform she had been already de-
throned. The Morning Chronicle itself has in the
same number of this day given a report of one
such meeting at Edinburgh. Our Contemporary has
indeed, in its devotion to the Queen,' very gene.
rously assigned the report in question to its compila-
tion of testimonies to the ' the Queen and her Ministry'
—a title substituted for the Crisis' since the appear-
ance of our modest thesis upon the latter phrase ; but
through the whole report there is not one mention of the
Queen's name, or one syllable of reference to her Majesty's
conduct, and the allusion to her Ministry,' are any thing
but complimentary. Thus it appears that while none pro-
fess such ' devotion to the Queen' as is now talked of but
the most thorough.going revolutionists, there are many
revolutionists who profess no such devotion.' "
The Times olltbis morning, in the course of a leading ar-
ticle, characterized throughout by the most rampant and
envenomed bigotry, thus speaks of the Ministerial scheme
of National Education :—" The attempt of the Queen's
Ministers is a downright fraud : it is to smuggle Popery
into England, as an item in Mr. Spring Rice's budget, to
pass the overthrow of our Church as a clause in
a money bill, which the House of Lords, by Parlia-
mentary usage and convention, cannot resist without
an approach to indecency, and which, therefore, would
possess the credit of an act approved by both
branches of the Legislature, although one of them,
were a fair opportunity offered, would condemn it to
be burnt by the hangman. Finally, however, this is a
speculation which Providence, in its mercy to the youth,
the manhood, and the age of England, will not permit to
prosper. It is one with whose memory its reckless and
desperate authors will be reproached, while Christianity
shall live within this land, and while the spirit of pure re-
ligion shall be upheld amongst us as a regulation of social
action, as a guardian of human law, and right, and happi-
ness."

The Morning Chronicle, discussing the two modes of
extending the suffrage alluded to by Mr. Denison at the
Reform dinner lately given to him at Dorking, says :--
" Mr. Denison relies on the intention of Ministers to
propose the alteration of the rate paying clauses in the Re-
form Act, and the inclusion of 101. householders within the
the comity franchise. Neither of these measure srems
liable to any reasonable objection. The first simply gives
the Reform Act a clearer stage for its operations than has
been hitherto afforded. It makes that Act, so far as it
goes, real instead of nominal. It is recommended by all
the reasonings that were urged for the adoption of the Bill
itself ; and the objections may be considered as having been
then finally disposed of. It will produce the constituency that
was expected from the Bill in all previous calculations. The
anomaly will be removed that transformed a charter of en-
franchisement into the screw of a tax-collector; and the
extension will be in the direction of the poorer classes,
while yet it overpasses not the limits prescribed by the
spirit of the Reform Act. To the former it may, there-
fore, be an acceptable concession; while the authors, or
the most exclusive admirers of that measure, may make it
with the most perfect consistency. The enfranchisement
of the 10/. householders in the country and in unrepre-
sented towns, as county voters, connects itself with the Re.
form Act as a needful corrective to the innovation upon it
of the 501. tenancy clause. It will introduce a much more
independent class of county voters, nor can any question
he consistently raised about their qualification. A
10/. county franchise is, on the average, equivalent
to a 20/. borough franchise. The exclusion of the (in a
pecuniary sense) superior portion of this class, while the
inferior possesses the right iindisputably, is a manifest ab-
surdity. It will not be pretended that a man has less po-
litical sagacity or honesty for not living within the limits
of a represented borough—nor is there any reason why he
should be considered as virtually represented, either by the
Members for boroughs or the representatives of freeholders.

He clearly belongs—to a distinct class or interest, which is
entitled to its share of representation. On a rough esti-

mate, we reckon that f;om one hundred thous'a'nd to a
hundred and forty thousand voters would be added to the
county constituencies by this extension ; and perhaps nearly
as many, by the other, to the town voters. This would be
an infusion of life-blood into the system."
The Morning Post endeavours, with more zeal than
adroitness, to sow dissensions between the Wbig and Ra-
dical party, in the following remarks on the subject of the
Speakership :—" Had Ministers intended to give a
demonstration' to the Radical Members of the House of
Commons of defiance and contempt, they would have been

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puzzled to find out a mode of demonstrating those feelings
better, or more clearly, than by putting in nomination for
the office of Speaker one of the hacks of the Whig
party, whose only peculiar claim to, or qualification for, so
eminent a position, consists in the fact of his having been a
steady-going hack."; Our fitricky, but not dexterous,
Contemporary, then goes on to state that, "if the Radicals
submit to this, all we can say is, that they are a body of
persons to kick and trample upon whom can be no sin."
The Morning Herald thus discusses the claims of the
two candidates for the Speakership of the House of Com-
mons. Its sketch of Mr. Goulburn—and more especially
its allusion to his " large measure of talent," and his
uncommon accomplishments"—are exquisite specimens of
unconscious irony :—" Let every Conservative Member of
the House of Commons exert himself to secure the election

of a Speaker fitted to grace the elevated office that is
vacant. Few men possess qualities more valuable towards
the effective discharge of the duties of that office, than Mr.
Goulburn. That Right Hon. Gentleman possesses a
large measure of talent. His accomplishments are of no
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common order. His experience is great. His manners
are most urbane. When we turn to the Whig candidate,
Mr. Shaw Lefevre, we are puzzled to discover on what his
pretensions to occupy the Chair of the House of Commons
rest. Few people have ever heard of the parliamentary
being of Mr. Shaw Lefevre ; and the curious in researches
as to obscure political existences can scarcely report much
in the Honourable Gentleman's favour. Mr. Lefevre is
Member for North Hampshire. He is, moreover, a sort
of Whig jackal."

The Morning Advertiser thus speaks of the necessity of
an early attendance on the part of the Liberal Members at
the House of Commons, on Monday next :—" We are as
assured of our success, as the Tories are of defeat, on this

condition, that we do muster strong. If, however, any
body should be so foolish, or so treacherous, as to r.b;.ent
himself, why the Tories, who are always on the watch for a
o'iarce opportunity, will not fail to rob us of a victory,
which is ours upon the terms of being at the trouble to
t,ke it. The Liberal Members should recollect that th,
House meets at three o'clock—that there will probably be
few speeches—and that in consequence the division may
take place early. They should therefore he at their post
at the earliest moment after the meeting of the House at
the hour we have named, on Monday next."

FACT SOMEWHAT SINGULAR.--Two gentle-
men, both grandfathers, were yesterday walking in the
low street, North Shields—" Do you observe that broken
pane?" said one of them to the other. " Yes ; what of
that?" " I saw a boy break that identical pane seven
years before you were born." " Impossible ! how can you
suppose it is the same 9" " Why I feel somewhat impli-
cated in the mischief of my companion, and have had a
conscious eye upon that very pane for sixty-two years."—
Tyne Pilot,
WEST BLATCHINGTON.—On Thursday night,
a carrier pigeon, half bred, tail and head white, body blue,
was picked up in an exhausted state on one of the build-
ings at the Tideraill. It had round its neck a card, printed
on one side " Bennock," and in pencil on the other side
was written " Bloomsbury," the name of the winner of
the Derby stakes. A heavy fall of snow took place just as
the race was decided, which, together with the Northerly
wind, no doubt drove the bird out of its course.—Sussex
Express.

ROBBERY IN AN OMNIBUS.—On Tuesday,
about one o'clock, as one of the Conveyance Company's
omnibuses from Islington to the Elephant and Castle was
opposite the Post-office, a fellow, dressed in the first style
of fashion, was detected in attempting to pick the pocket
of a lady ; and on an alarm being given, one lady missed a
purse containing gold and silver. The fellow was given
into custoCy, and taken to the Compter.
STRIKING SCENE.—A rencontre (not of the
most pleasant sort) took place in Basinghall-street yesterday
forenoon between eleven and twelve o'clock, much to the
amusement of the bystanders, and to the enlivening of the
usual dullness of the place, between two young mercantile
gentlemen (apparently Germans), in which the assailant
(who seemed very much excited) most unmercifully horse-
whipped the other for full thirty seconds, without any resist-
ance being offered by the sufferer; who, on being asked
why be did not give the party hi charge, merely replied,
" What should I gain by that ?"—be is a fool." The as-
sailant, after the other had taken refuge in a mercantile
house, loaded him with the most scurrilous epithets, ex-
claiming, " You coward, you have stopped my credit ! I
have come two hundred miles to do this, and I have done
it publicly in the face of your friends Give me in charge I
I wish you would!"
CITY OF LONDON CORPORATE REFORM.—
On Saturday a Deputation of this Association were
honoured with an interview with Lord John Russell at the
Home Offiice. The deputation consisted of the Chair-
man of the Association, Mr. Hannen, the Secretary, and
Messrs. Pritchard and Elliott. The main object of the
deputation in obtaining a conference with his Lordship
was stated to be a desire to ascertain how far the scheme
of the city corporate reform, embodied in the petitions to
Parliament, which had been proposed by the Association,
and signed by upwards of eight thousand householders and
occupiers of premises within the city, were in unison
with his Lordship's plan of corporate reform for Lon-
don. After the members of the deputation had each,
with the exception of the secretary, entered into
some statements for the purpose of the better put-
ting the Noble Lord into possession of the real objects,
opinions, and views of the Association, Lord John Russell
said, that as yet he had not been able to devote sufficient
attention to the various points of the scheme of the Asso-
ciation to judge how far it was in unision with his own
views. However, he might say, that he assented to its
principles. From the state of the public business before
Parliament, he feared there was no chance of his having
an opportunite of bringing forward the Bill for the Cor-
porate Reform of London in the present Session. His
Lordship, prior to the deputation leaving his presence, ex-
pressed his willingness to take charge of, and to present
their petition ; and furthermore said, that if he should find
it impossible to introduce the Bill this session, he certainly
would bring it forward in the course of the next year.
SUICIDES BY HANGING.—On Friday, at an
inquest held on Captain Galloway, whose melancholy sui-
cide was noticed in The Sun a day or two ago, it was
stated by one of the witnesses that when found the legs of
the deceased gentleman touched the ground and his knees
were quite bent. The Coroner (Mr. Wakley) remarked
that it was a most extraordinary fact, and said he did not
know one case of suicide by hanging which had occurred
since he had been Coroner in which it had not been sworn
that the feet of the parties when found touched the ground.
In fact, so determined had some been on self-destruction,
that they had even hanged themselves while sitting on a
chair. At Isleworth workhouse he had a few days since
held an inquest on a man who had hanged himself while sit-
ting on the floor, and had effected his object by leaning back.
CARRIAGE ACCIDENT.—On Thursday after-
noon, between two and three o'clock, the carriage of Lady
Neale, residing in Baker-street, Portman-square, drove
up with her Ladyship and another lady to the shop of
Mr. Walstuck, druggist, Oxford-street, when the coach-
man got from his box the horses started off, and the coach-
man, who ran to their heads to secure them, was knocked
down and trampled on, the wheels of the carriage passing
over his chest and head. He was corveyed to Middlesex
Hospital, where he lies without hope of recovery.
AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH.—OII Monday
as the Rev. Rice Rees, Professor of Welsh in St. David's
College, Lampeter, was returning from Cascob, Radnor-
shire, where he had been on a visit for a few days, to his
respected uncle, the Rev. W. J. Rees, he called at New-
bridge, about six miles from Builth, to bait his horse, and
complained of illness, but left apparently strong and hearty ;
he had, however, scarcely crossed the bridge into Breck-
nockshire, when he fell dead in the road from his horse's back.
The Rev. Gentleman was an accomplished scholar, a most
amiable worthy man, and an ornament and honour to the
Church of England.—Hereford Journal.
The Dublin Pilot of Wednesday says:—" We
have just been made acquainted with the result of the de-
liberations of the Committee of the Precursor Society,
appointed at the meeting on yesterday to make arrange-
tnents for the great demonstration of to-morrow in favour
of the Queen and of Ireland. The Committee, of which
Mr. O'Connell was Chairman, met this day, and resolved
that inasmuch as it has been notified to them that the fac-
tious would endeavour to mar the effect of the loyal re-
joicings of the people by creating a riot on Thursday night,
the Committee have called upon the well-affected citizens
not to illuminate. Citizens, obey the call of the Liberator,
and do not gratify the Orangemen by giving them an op-
portunity to create disturbance."
DETERMINED ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE OF A
YOUNG FEMALE.—On Thursday night, between seven and
eight o clock, an interesting young female, about twenty
years of age, was seen standing near the plying-place at
Waterloo-bridge, and was at length accosted by a water-
man named Tisdale, who asked her if she wanted a boat, to
which she replied in the affirmative. - She then entered
the boat and desired to be rowed down the river. On reach-
ing the Southwark-bridge she said she should like to pro-
ceed on to London-bridge, but immediately said she would
return ; accordingly the waterman was coming back when,
on arriving opposite Somerset-house, the unfortunate
woman jumped into the river. Tisdale, with great presence
of mind, immediately leaned over the boat and seized her
by the gown with his right hand and called out lustily for
assistance, when Thomas Godfrey, one of the Thames
police, rowed to the spot, and, after great difficulty, suc-
ceeded in getting her again into the boat. She was imme-
diately taken to the police station-house in Bow-street,
where every means were adopted to obtain her name, which
she resolutely refused to give. She was ultimately con-
veyed to the workhouse in Portugal-street, Lincoln's Inn.
EFFECTS OF GEOLOGY ON MANUFACTURES
AND MAN.—Perhaps there are few localities in which the
advantages of geographical situation, combined with cheap
fuel, arising from geological position, are better exem-
plified than at Swansea, where not only the copper ores
of Cornwall and Ireland, but those also of Cube and Chili,
are brought to be smelted ; these advantages even render-
ing it profitable to transport ores from the western shores
of South America round Cape Horn to the fossil vege-
tation entombed in South Wales. It is not impro-
bable that at some future period the South American cop.
per ores may be reduced to metal more profitably in other
and nearer countries in which sufficient coal may be disco-
vered; but should this change take place, it would still
be due to geological conditions. Merthyr Tydfil in
Glamorganshire, may be cited as an excellent examplo
of the economic value of geological conditions; the
proximity of the carboniferous limestone, the coal,
and ironstone, to each other, in that part of the
country, producing a cheap combination of flux, fuel, and

ore scarcely to be surpassed. It will readily be under-
stood, that, where a considerable portion of any given
population, all other things being equal, lives by labour
requiring constant skill, ingenuity, and judgment, that
habits of reasoning and thought will be produced which
would render it mentally superior to another given popu-
lation in which the greater number of persons merely
followed some routine occupation during their whole
lives, in doing which they were not called upon to exer-
cise any of the mental powers they might happen to pos.
sess. To those whose pursuits take them among the labour_
ing part of the population, the variation in the mental con-
dition of the people in the district under consideration
is remarkably striking. This variation is no doubt
due to many local causes; but among them the geolo-
gical structure of the country would appear to hold a
more important place than might perhaps, at first sight
be anticipated. The chief contrast would probably be
found between the labourers on the poor lands of the car-
bonaceous series of North-western Devon and the mi-
ners of Cornwall, both considered in the mass. While the'
former are thinly distributed over the country, full of preju-
dices against improvement, and still often firm believers in
witchcraft, ghosts, &c., the miners are thickly con-
gregated together in the neighbourhood of the work-
ing lodes, abound with intelligence, and from the
constant exercise of their judgment, upon which, indeed,
the living of a large proportion entirely depends,
able to take correct and enlarged views of many other
objects than those connected with their ordinary occu-
pations. The miners in Cornwall and Devon labour under
considerable disadvantages as regards education, when com-
pared with those of many other countries, where mining col-
leges or schools are founded. There is not a single place in
the whole district where they can learn the results of the
mining experience ofother countries, and by combining it with
their own, advance both their knowledge and its practical
application. Neither is there any school to teach them those
sciences that bear upon their labours, and which would be
so useful to them. The necessity of studying the varying
conditions of their lodes has nevertheless so accustomed

theil minds to the habit of reasoning, that they certainly,
as a mass, greatly exceed in intelligence the other labour-
ing population of the district, which, with the exception
of the fishermen and sailors, is chiefly agricultural ; the
manufactures carried on in the towns, omitting Tiverton
and Chard, not being sufficiently important to impress a
manufacturing character on them.—De la Beche's Geo-
logical Report.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Mir 24.

JACKSON V. BULL

This was an action for a malicious information. The
defendant had lost some f mey boxes, such as those now
commonly seen in grocers' warehouses—black varnished
ground with yellow figures. His servant named Alison,
having seen in the window of plaintiff a box like that which
had been lost, went in and asked to look at it, and inquired
where the plaintiff got it. Plaintiff replied that he would
not answer such an impertinent question. Afterwards,
however, he said he had the box of a person who was now
dead. Alison forthwith laid an information against plain-
tiff, and procured from Sir John Key a search warrant, with
which he proceeded, in the company of a policeman, to the
plaintiff's shop. The box was found under the counter.
Plaintiff accounted for its being there by saying that he had
seen defeudant and his shopman looking into the shop win-
dow, and thus annoying him, and drawing a crowd round
the door. He further said that if defendant had come to
him and fairly asked him about it he would have given him
every information, The house was searched, but no other
box was found., The Magistrate discharged the case.
The action was tried before the Lord Chief Justice, and
a verdict found for the plaintiff. Mr. Sergeant Wilde had
obtained a rule to show cause why there should not be a
new trial, on the ground of its being against evidence.
Mr. SHEA now supported the verdict. He contended
that it was quite evident that the information was laid
maliciously, because the boxes were of so common and
uniform a description that a man could never, without
malice, suspect another of felony from the mere circum-
stance of possessing a similar box. The plaintiff had dis-
tinctly proved that the box was his. The question of
" reasonable and probable cause" for the information, was for
the jury alone. They had decided it, and the Judge could
not disturb their decision.

Mr. Sergeant WILDE argued that there was quite suf-
ficient reasonable and probable cause for the defendant's
servant (himself being liable to be suspected of stealing the
box) desiring that the investigation should take place,
and the plaintiff's refusal to give information was very
suspicious.

The COURT intimated an opinion that there was such
doubt as to the absence of reasonable and probable cause
that a nonsuit should have been entered, and that a new
trial ought to take plaue. Would not a stet processus be
advisable ?

Mr. SHaA wanted the costs. This, however, the Court
refused.—Rule absolute.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW-STREET.
William Jones, a well-known thief, 19, Great Wild-
street, was charged with picking the pocket of Mr.
Justice Coleridge.
William Lightfoot, 165, S division, stated, that he
traced the prisoner in company with two others, who were
following the complainant from St. Martin's-lane, into
Little St. Andrew's-street, where the prisoner very
adroitly relieved the Learned Judge of his handkerchief,
and put it into his trowsers pocket. Witness instantly
seized him, and recovered the handkerchief, and although
he kicked violently, and assaulted him several times, with
the assistance of others, he was secured and taken to the
station-house.

Sir John Taylor Coleridge, one of the Justices of the
Queen's Bench, identified the handkerchief produced as
his property, which he valued at 2s. It was safe in his
pocket on leaving Westminster Hall, a few minutes before,
and he was not aware of the circumstance until he was in-
formed by the police constable.
Sir F. ROE ordered the witnesses to be bound over, and
the prisoner to be fully committed to Newgate.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
(LLOYD'S.)

CUSTOM HOUSE, MAY 24
ENTERED INWARDS.—The Phoenix, Lefort, Havre;
Wm. Joliffe, Pershley, Calais; Daring, Millar, St. Mi-
chael's; City of Boulogne, Tune, Boulogne ; Columbine,
Norwood, Rotterdam ; Antwerpen, Brettin, Antwerp ;
Earl' of Clancarty, Williams, Rotterdam; Stedfast,
Smith, Amsterdam; Charlotte, Spiegelberg, Amelain ;
Jupiter, —, Wolgast; Frederica Gustava, Black, Dant-
zic ; Botley Wood, Culling, Terceira; Meanwell, Duck,
Montevideo; Hunter, Stern, Zante ; Commercial Packet,
Hart, Rotterdam; Highlander, Telford, Dantzie ; Car-
natic, Vago, Madras ; Atalanta, Macman, Stettin ; High-
flyer, Newton, Lisbon; St. Guiseppe, —, Genoa; De-
naint, Harper, Antigua; Maria Cecilia, Vionnee, Ha.
vannah; Venerable, Thin, Memel; Hoop, Newland, Wor-
cum; Yonge Jan, de Jonge, ditto ; Mary Mitcheson,
Lewis, Leghorn; Emma Rocnehl, Griefswold ; Artemise,
Smales, Alicante; Princess Victoria, Smith, Darazie ;
William, Carr, Leer ; Gen. Rebow, Lightfoot, Lisbon;
Speculant,
.Wolgast; Agnes, Forester, Port-au-
Prince.

ENTERED OUTWARDS.—Batavia, Dunlop, for Rotter-
dam ; Giraffe, Straunack, Havre ; Tancred, Adamson, St.
Lucia ; :Earl of Liverpool, Lomax, Ostend ; Forager,
Dean, Grenada ; Middlesex, Munro, New South Wales ;
Angerona, Dyet, St. Kitts ; Staffa, Barker, Sierra Leone ;
Maidstone, Wimble, Calcutta; Neptune, Fyer, Emden,
and Leer; Clarendon, Godley, Berbice; Penelope, Lee,
Calais ; Belle, Robins, Elsinore ; Mountaineer, M'Caskill,
Demerara; Hope, Boxer, Rotterdam; Antwerpen, Brettin ;
Antwerp, ,Singapore; Lack, Porte Adelaide, South
Australia; Alert, Nantes.

CLEARED OUT WITII4CARGO.--Earl of Liverpool, Lomax,
Ostend; Thesia, Cooper, Lisbon ; Neptune, Whitting-
ham, Hambro; Giraffe, Strannack, Rotterdam; Edward,
Wassals, Bremen ; Magnet, Spark, New York ; Childe
Harold, Willis, Bombay.
CLEARED OUT IN BALLAST.—EIiza Ann, Stephenson,
Riga; Franks, Cousins, Harlingen; Hawkesbury, Briggs,
Quebec.

APOTHECARIES' HALL.— The Court of
Examiners was occupied in the examination of Candidates
until half-past twelve o'clock on Thursday night, when
the following gentlemen were granted Certificates of Qua-
lification, viz. :
James Bedingfield Bryan James Bennett
John Francis Steedinan 1 Edward Halford
Henry John Wolstenholme Henry Raven
William White James Peterkin
William Skinner Robert Hole
John Bredale Francis Spencer
Thomas Lewis Robert Crowther
Oliver Manger Horace Pnrdy
NEW VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD.—We
are requested to state that Mr. Colburn, of Great Marl-
borough-street, has this day published " The Narrative of
the Voyages of H. M. S. Adventure and Beagle, detailing
the various incidents which occurred during the examina-
tion of the Southern shores of South America, and during
the Beagle's circumnavigation of the Globe," by Captains
King and Fitzroy, and Charles Darwin, Esq., Naturalist of
the Beagle, in 4 vols. Bvo., with numerous maps, charts,
and upwards of 60 illustrations, by Landseer and other
eminent artists, price 3/. 18s., bound. Agents: for Scot-
land, Messrs. Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh; for Ireland,
Mr. John Cumming, Dublin.
THE COURT OF GEORGE IV.—(From a Cor-
respondent. )—The intense curiosity which has long pre-
vailed as to the second and concluding portion of the cele-
brated " Diary of the Times of George IV." is on the
point of being gratified by the publication of the third and
fourth volume, which, as we understand, are at least equally
senseti
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the appearance of the first portion of this work is a strik-
ing of piquant materials, both social and political, as were
staple of this singular work are legitimate objects of public
curiosity, whenever, as in the case of these amusing
volumes, they relate to public persons and the writer
who dares to promulgate them deserves the public thanks,
always provided he or she adhere to the truth.
ST. PAUL AT ATHENS.—The house occupied
by the American missionary as a school, stands on the site
of the ancient Agora or market-place, where St. Paul
" disputed daily with the Athenians." A few columns still
remain; and near them is an inscription mentioning the
price of oil. The school-house is built partly from the
ruins of the Agora; and to us it was an interesting
circumstance, that a missionary from a newly-disco-
vered world was teaching to the modern Greeks the
same saving religion which, eighteen hundred years
ago, Saint Paul, on the same spot, preached to
their ancestors. Winding round the foot of the
Acropolis, within the ancient and outside the modern wall,
we came to the Areopagus or Hill of Mars, where, in the
early days of Athens, her judges sat in the open air, and,
for many ages, decided with such wisdom and impartiality,
that to this day the decisions of the Court of the Arcopa-
gites are regarded as models of judicial purity. We as-
cended this celebrated hill, and stood on the precise spot
where St. Paul, pointing to the temples which rose from
every section of the city, and towered proudly on the
Acropolis, made his celebrated address: " Ye men of
Athens, I see that in all things
ye are too superstitious."
The ruins of the very temples to which he pointed were
before our eyes. —Stephens's Russian and Turkish Em-
pires, Greece, 6.c.
SUICIDE FROM DESTITUTION.—On Thursday
an inquest was held before Mr. Payne, at Guy's Hospital,
on the body of James Blake
Mr. White, a licensed victualler,formerly in the employ of
of High-street, Maryle-
bone, who destroyed himself by taking oil of vitriol.
From the evidence it appeared that the deceased had no
settled home, and was in a state of destitution. On Sunday
evening, about six o'clock, the deceased was found lying on
the road between Wandsworth and Clapham Common.
He was moaning, and suffering severely from the effects of
oil of vitriol, which he said he had takes, as "he was
tired of his life, and wished to kill himself. " He was con-
veyed to St. George's Hospital, where he lingered till
Monday evening, when he expired. Verdict—" Tempo-
raryFOßTUNE TELLING.—On Tuesday night
week a woman, who pretended to tell fortunes, appeared
at a respectable house in this city, and told one of the ser-
vants that if she would allow her to sew up four half-
crowns and a gold ring in her (the girl's) clothes to act as
a charm, and she to open it out next morning, she would
find something very consoling. The unsuspecting girl did
as requested, but on the Wednesday morning on opening
the charm, she found four penny pieces. Such characters
deserve severe punishment.—York Courant. •
Upwards of 900/. was deposited in the Lincoln
in sums varying from Is. to 30/. Lincoln Mercury.
Savings Bank on Friday last, by servants and labourers,
CIiRisTiANA STOCKHOLM,• MAY 14.
Official news has been received from Christiana, that on
the Bth of this month the Storthing registered unanimously,
and without a debate, two of the Royal propositions for
changes in the Constitution, that for the introduction of
the Absolute Veto, and that a resolution of the Storthing,
for the Naturalization of Foreigners, still required the
Royal sanction.

In consequence of the frequent sittings of the
Central Criminal Court the committal of person for fe.
lony to the Middlesex Sessions is nearly discontinued. At
the late Sessions the Calendar contained but four.

PRICES OF CANAL, DOCK, ASSUR
ANCE COMPANY SHARES, &c. &c.

LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 24
Number Dividend

of per per
Shares. Annum. fah!. Share
1,766 7 pet cent. Anstalt and °Wham.. Average97l. itig.sh. ISO
~082 4/. Ashby ..e.le-Zu -11 ......A-...age 1131.5 h '7Ol
1,260 Basingstoke lOO/ .., h
1,005 V. Brecknock and Abergavenny 1501. sh. 90
8,0001..!!=fa. 91 6s. Birmingham, 1-16th share 811.8. 711. 223
I 000 c..,..... Ditto and Liverpool Junctlgq sh. 100 pd 26
600 il. Bridgewater and Taunton .100/ sh. all pd 64
400 41. Chelmer and Blackwater 100/. sh. 101
500 481. Coventry 100/.sh. 735
4.545
2,0601 41. Os. Dudley lOO/.sh. 9l
600 141. Derby 100/. sh . 105
?0,000 4 per cent. Danube and Mayne 411.135. 4d .pd 25,
3,574 4/. Ellesmere and Chester... Average 133/.sh. 81;-
231 621. Eyewash 1001. en. '775
1,297 301. Forth and Clyde ....Average 4.1101.165. th. 615
~600 10/ Grand Junction 100/. Bh. 181,1
2,8491 11. Grand Union 1001. sh V 4.
11,500 Grand Surrey IOW. sh. 20
0,000/ 41. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan 100/. 13
3'196
600 13/.125. 9d. Glamorganshire, Aver. cost 1721. 13s. 4d. 23€
749 10s. Grantham 1501. sh. 203
6,238 21. Os. Huddersfield Average 571. Os. 6d. sii. 354
100 Kensington 100 sh. all pd. 10-1
6.1 11. ss. Kennet and Avon, Aver. 391. 186.10 d. sh. 2
2,8971 201. Leeds and Liverpool 1001. sh. 740
514 14/. Leicester I4OI. sh. 228
1,897 61. Os. Leicester and Northampton Aver 513/. 10s. 90
2.400 101. Monmouthshire 100/ .sh. 202
150 10/. Melton Mowbray 100/. eh. 200
500 251. Mersey and Irwell 100/. sh. 560
3.000 11. 10s. Macclesfield 1001. sh. all pd 51
217 171. N eat h 100/.sh. 325
2,400 51. Peak Forest Ayes “ge about 78/. sh. 104
1,518 Ifs. Regent's (or London) Av. 3.9/. 16s. Bd. sh. 13
5,669 61. per cent. Rochdale Average 85/. sh. 112
500 8/. Shropshire .1'151. sh. 138
8./0 9/. 10s. Somerset Coal 150/. sh. 1511
3,600/. 41) per cent Ditto Lock Fund Stock 12/. lOs. sh. I 1 i
700 40/. Stallbrd and Worcester l4O/. sh. 710;
500 91. Shrewsbury 125/. sh. 280
300 91, Stourbridge ......A......
3,647 2/. Os. Stratford-on-Avon Average 791.95. bd. sh. 45
533 161. Swansea 100/.sh. 280

Price

CANALS.

S.TO. 1/. 15s. Severn and Wye and Railway Av. 35/. sh. 39
2,60015 h. 221. 10s. Treat and Mersey, I share 1004 sh. 585
8,149
1,
000Ishi "hi 161 Warwick and Birmingham 100/.sh- 281
910 15s. Warwick and Napton lOO/. sh. Rol
6,000 4/.os. Worcester and Birmingham Av.7B/.Bs. sh. 72;
5,000 255. Wilts and Berks Average 67/. 10s. Bd. sh. 25
600 3/. W piny and Essington 125/. sh 75
26
1105 li. Wey and Arun 110!. h. 221

DOCKS.

2600 &
1,,065i5h. '
] Sp• C. Commere al 0:001. sh. 661
East and West India Stock 111
3.238,310f1. 555. p. ct. London . ..... ......Stock 67
Ditto Bonds lOl
2,09 21. lOs. Bristol
63,3241. 51. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ll3
1.352,752 5 per cent. St. Katharine Stock 109
500,000 411 per cent. Ditto Bonds
200.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years lOO
4590 , .... Deptford Pier 201. sh. 201. pd 11
BRIDGES.
1,600 003. Hammersmith 50/. sh. 21
7,231
1,700 11. 15s. Ditto, New, of 71 rc cent. 5O/. sh. 14
5,000
5,000 29,. Od. Ditto, Old Annuities of 8/. 6O/. pd 216
5,000 19s. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 40/. pd 201
60,000/ 51. per cent. Ditto Bonds l2O
5,848 17s Vauxhall ...... ....,Avsrage 701. 10s. 3d. sh 2511
ASSURANCE COMPANIES.
Albion 5001. sh. 50/. pd 74

2,000

3110 s

k ,
50,000 f "1i..71 171 Alliance Britian deForeignloo/. sh. 1014 pd 15
50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 100/. sh. 54 pd r 4
24,000 11. per sh. Atlas 50/. sh. 51. pd 144
1,200 ish. Si. Birmingham l' ire 250/. sh. 551. pd 1074
20,000 4!. per cent. British Fire 2501. sh. 50/. pd 40
12,000 61. per cent. British Commercial 5O/. sb. 51. pd 6
5,000 51. percent. Clerical & illedi.il Life, 1601 sh. 2/10s pd 4
4,000 2! les County 1001. sh. 101. pd 42
20,000 ss. Eagle
200 [5 Per centi Economic Lite l6OO/. sh. 2501. pd 400
and 301 bs.
2,271 225. percent. European Lite. ‘,04 sh. all pd 22
60,000 2s. Ditto, New 2O/. sh. 2/. pd q
1,000,0004 61. per et Globe Stock 1354
20,000 51. Guardian lOOl. sh. 2741 pd 3sa
40,000 6s. 6d. Hope 501. sh. 51. pd 51
2,400 5/. 7a. 6d. Imperial Fire 5001. sh. 501. pd 1374
7,500 9s. Imperial Life 100/. sh. 101. pd 101
13,458 44 per cent. Indemnity Marine 100!. sh. 81. pd 25
2,020 31 10s Kent Fire 501. sh. all pd 92
3/. Ditto Life 504 pd 79
10,000 16s. Law Life 1001. sh. 101. pd 291
5,00 u 10s. London, Fire 254 sh. 121. His, pd 171
3,900 108. London, Ship 254 sh. 12/. 10s. pd le
1,000,0001. ... ..... Minerva Life 1001. sh.
500,0004
30,000 5/. per cent. Palladium Life 50/. sh. 2/, pd 2/ Fs
50,000 4/. per cent. rroteetor Fire 2Ol. sh. 2!. pd 16. Od
2,500 11. Provident Lite lOO/. sh. 10/. pd 20
00,000 ss. Rock Life. 2O/. sh. 14 pd of
89,2201 5/. per cent. Royal Exchange Stock... 227
6,000 5 per cent. University Life lOOl. sh. 51. pd 51
50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 1001. sh. 51. pd 74
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
25,000 8 per cent. A gric. and Com. of Ireland 251. sh. 10/. pd
5,000 Australasia 4Ol. sh. 40/. pd 68
10A0 10 per cent. Bank of Birmingham 5Ol. sh. 10/. pd 13
10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank 50/. sh. 5/. pd IS4
3 i,OOO 5 per cent. London and Westminsterlool sh. 201. pd 234
69,000 51. London Joint Stock. 50/. sh. 10/. pd MI
.1,000 4 per cent. Lancaster...... .......... ... ..... 1001. sh. 20/. pd 50
25,000
50,000 '7l per sent, Manchester and Liver.] 501
pool Distrizt .sh 151 d 1 . p 34
20,000 7 per cent. Manchester, 1001. sh. 25/. pd 27
20,000 Provincial !lank of Irelandloo/. sh. 25/. pi 4';
SO,f 00 National Bank of Ireland 50/. sh. 171/. pd 15
10,000 5 per cent. National Provincial Eng. 1001. sh. 351. pd :,6
10,006 Ditto New lOl. sh. 10/ pd 10
10,000 Gloucestershire 50/. sh. 10/. pd 20
6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 501. sh. 5/. pd 9
GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. _ _

2,500 t 16s Od Bath 201. sh. 161. pd 21
5,000 British 4O/. sh. 161. pd 21
. Ann r5/.percent./ Ditto ProYindial 201. sh. 19 pd 25
"0"-"" /and B 6s.
928 5/ lOs Birmingham 5Ol. sh. 98
4,250 2/ Os Bristol 2Ol. sh. 30
2,250 3110 s Brighton 20/. sh. 11
750 3110$ Ditto, New 201. sh. 18/. pd 9
2,471 41 per cent. Brighton General 20/. sh. all pd 17
4,000 51.105. Continental Consolidated 75/. 621!. pd 100
1,000 101. City of London lOOl. sh. all pd 195
1,000 61. Ditto, New lOOl. sh. 60/. pd 114
4,000 3/.os. Equitale 50/ pd '4,

- .
10,000 21 per cent. Imperial
800 5/. per cent. Isle of Thanet 251. sh. 20/. pd 18
2,350 61. per cent. Independent 9Ol. sh. all pd s'l
11,000 41. per cant. Phrenix 50/. sh. 391. pd 58
1,000 41. per cent. Ratcliff 1001. sh. 801. pd 6t.i
4,000 South Metropolitan 5Ol. sh. 191. pd 17
13,200 4/. per cent. United General 5Ol. sh. 461. pd 31.
210 51. per cent. Warwick 501. al, 50
400 51. per cent Waaefield 251. sh. 22
2,000 31. Westminster Chartered
6,000 128. Ditto New ........w 51/. sh. 101. pd le
7SO 51. per cent. Yarmouth 201. sh. 181. pd
WATER WORKS.

4,800 10s. Birmingham 251. sh. em. pd 20
4034 61. East London lOOl. sh. 170
6,500 21 lOs Grand Junction Average 411. Ms. 4d. sh. 69
2,000 2/. Kent _ - 100' sh.

:170 10/. Liverpool Bootle 9204 sh.
1,500 2! 10s Now River London Bridge Water Ann
6,186 2/ les Manchester and Salford lOO/. sh.
1,000 4 per cent. South Lon,ioti 100!. sh.
8,204 4/. West Middlesex Average 03/. 12s. 9d. oh.
1,360 11148 York Building Co. Lessee Prop 1001. sh.
IRON RAILWAYS.
6,300 Birmingham and Derby 7O/. pd
9,51(0 Birmingham and Gloucester
_pd
15„100 Bristol and Exeter !OW. sh. 95 pd
coo Calcutta and Saugur 5Ol. sh, '2l. pd
7,500 Cheltenham and G.Western 1001. sh. 201.
3,000 Clarence lOOl. sh. 1001. pd
12,000
8,000 Dublin and Kilkenny 100/. sh. 5/. pd
60,000 Eastern Counties 05/. sh. Mt. pd
Grand Junction 1001. sh. 951. pd
Great North of England 30/. pd
5,000 Great Western IOW. sh. 65/. pd
2,000 Hartlepool 100/. sh. 1001. pd
8,000 Hull and Selby 501. sh. 254, pi
10000 Leeds and Manchester 100/. sh. 51. pd
2,130 SI. per cent. Leeds and Selby 100 sh.
1,500 11.55. Leicester and Swannington .50/. sh. all pd
5,100 10 per cent. Liverpool and Manchesterlo(/.sh. 100/. psi
10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares 251. pd
36,000 London and Brighton 5O/. sh. 17/. pd
12,000 London and Blackwall 501. sh. 111. pd
20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich - 20/. sh. 201. pd
25,000 ... ...... London anti Birmingham 100/. sh. 90/. pd
Ditto Quarter Shares 5/. pd
36,000 London and Seu thampton Av. 38/, 17s. Id,
14,600 ......... London and Croydon Trunk 181. pd
6,1'00 Ditto New Scrip 71. pd
12,000 London Grand Junction 50/. sh. 5/. pd
1:3,000 Manchester and Leeds -.1001. sh. 50/. pd
10,000 Manchester and Birmingham 70/.sh 151.
Ditto Extension. 7/. pd
North Midland 1001. sh. 651 pd
Northern and Eastern 100!. sh. 131. pd
2,600 Preston and Wyre 50/. sh. 30/. pd
8000
1,1,00 101. per cent. Stockton and Darlington 7OOl. oh.
9,000 Thames Haven 5Ol. sh 2!. 10s. pd
1,400 .... ..... Westminster and Greenwich 501. sh. 2/. pd
6,000 York and North Midland 50 . sh. 12/, pd
MINES.
8,000 Albion Copper 5l. s', 11/. pd
4,000 U. ss. A Iten 151. sh. 121. at ipd
10,000 .... Anglo Mexican, iss. 5/ pm.loo/. sh. a. ,i 4
Ditto Subscription
2,11(10 Pl. Bolanos ISO/. sh all p I
10,000 12. lOs Brazilian Imp. iss. 5!. pm 35/.sh. 20/. pd
6,000 Macatibas & Cocaes United 25/. eh. 2:%/. pd
11,100 Ditto St. John Del Rey 20!. sh. 14/ hid
10,000 Bolivar Copper Company 20/. sh. OW. pd
10,000 .......... Ditto Scrip 10/. sh. 10/. pi
20,000 British Iron 5O!. sh. 50/ lid
6,000 British Copper Si. sh. 41,/. pd
Cata Branca till. pi
Candonga 7il. pd
10,000 1/ Copiapo 004 sh l3/. pd
8,500 .. Columbian, iss. 5/. pm.... 551. sh 55/. pd
2,850 3/. English 12/ Its. pd
20,000 General Mining Assoclation2o/. sh. 18L pd
6,155 Mexican Company 1001. sh. 554/. pd
:1,000 Polberou Consols lO/. sh. 84 pd
1,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered
Ditto Loan Notes 150/. pd
v.,00 United Mexican, iss. 2 prn..4o/. sh. all pd
DIM. Scrip
Ditto New Scrip 5/ pd
West Cork 50/. sh. 501. pd
LITERARY INSTITUTIONS.
,000 London, with Bronze Ticket 75gs. sh.
1,500 London University 100/. sh. all pd
700
King' College 100/. pd

30, f.,0 0

- .
MISCELLANEOUS.
10,000 15s. Australian Agricultural.loo/. sh. 2C4/. pd 46
6,000 41. per cent. British American Land Company 23/. pd 9
10,010 (11 per cent. Canada Company 1001. sh. 301. pd 29
201,000 51. per cent. Upper Canada Loan
City Bonds, 4 per cent lOO
20,000 1/. 6s. General Steam Navigation 15/. sh. 14/. pd 24
101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 255
2,000 11. London Corn. Sale Rooms Av. 75/. sh. 111
8,000 Caoutchouc Company: 12a/. pd 12
New Brunswick Land Compawyp..so/ pd
2,754 5/. per cent. Reversionary Int. Soc. —lOO/. sh. 1001. pd 150
0,033 51. per cent. Ditto New 1001. sh. 83/. pd 118
4,000
10,000 6s. Van Die-Lien's Land 1601. sh. 171, pd 10

LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES,
MAY 11, 1839.
BANKS,

1 1,500,0001. 61. p. ct. Bank of Scotland...B3/. 6s. Bd. sh, all pd 180/.
2,000,0)01. 59 p. ct. Rryal of Scotland 100/. sh, all pd 1634
500.0001. Bp. ct. British Linen Company-lOU sh. :ill pd 238/.
3,000,000/. 6/. p. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 100/. pd 1751.
5.000,000 i. sn. ct. National lOO4 sh. 10/. pd 16/.
2,000,0001. 61. p. ct. Glasgow Union 250/. sh. 50/. pd 85/,
4,000,001. 4p. ct. Western of Scotland 2OOl. sh 401. pd 574
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
25( .000 sh. 61p. ct. Scottish Union 201. oh. 1/, pd 20s.
,W/O 6f p. ct. Hercules lOO/. sh. 10/. pd 12/. 10Q.
104",000 sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland .10/. sh. all pd 101. Os,
50,000 6p. ct. North British 200/. sb. 10/. pd 2014/.
1,000 sp. ct. Caledonian Fire 100/, sh. 10/. pd 19/. lOs
5,000 6p. ct. Edinburgh Ltfe 100/. sh. 101. pd 14110 s
100,000 31 p. ct. West of Scotland lO/. pd 710 s
MISCELLANEOUS.
4,810 .. ..... Edin. and Glas. Un. Canalso/. oh. all pd 10/.
Ditto Allocated 961. sh. all pd 471.
5,400 5 per cent. Edinb, Joint Stock Water.2s/. sh. all pd 351
Carron Iron Company -.250/. sh. all pd 441,
t,ooosh 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Foundcry 50/. sh 48/. pd 52/,
10,060 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass-20/. sh. 16/. pd 81
4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 251. sh. all pd 601.
4,450 10 per cent. Glasgow Gas 251. sh. all pd 50/.
75') 7f per cent. Leith Coal Gas 20/. sh, all pd 481.
1,200 Edinburgh sod Dalkeith Rai!wayso/. sh 37/.
;000 5 ner cant. Equitable Loan Company ".51. sh.prl 9., 1111

On Tuesday morning waggons came into this
town covered with snow to the depth of two or three inches.
During the whole day it hailed and snowed alternately,
and the following morning (Wednesday) the ponds in the
neighbourhood were covered with ice, in some cases an
inch or two thick. Thursday the weather was finer, and
and the sun shone brightly, but an easterly wind chilled
both the animal and vegetable world. There has been a
great check given to vegetation—the early blossoms (par-
ticularly those of the cherry tree) have been affected, and
peas and other vegetables much retarded. Brighton
Herald.

THE MARKETS.-(YESTERDAY.)

( From the London New Price Current of May 24.)

SUGAR.—The arrivals from our West India Colonies
having commenced to come in largely, 8,010 hhds, &c.,
having been received since this day week, h.,s rather ope-
rated against the sale of all kinds of Sug..r for consump.
tion ; the demand has beets limited for West India Musa),
vadoes from grocers as well as refiners, they purchasing only
sufficient to supply their immediate wants. On Wednesday,
which was the first market day, the saps amounted to only
200, and yesterday to 300 hhds and tierces, and none has been
offered at auction; importers, however, remain firm, and
the rates previously established have been supported for
brown as well as for yellow descriptions ; of brown quality
nothing is to be met with under 63s ; the highest point of
the market for superior yellow is 70s.
This afternoon the entire cargo of the Lithcrland, just
arrived from Barbadoes, consisting of 352 hhds, 55 tierces,
and 12 brls Sugar were offered at public sale ; it attracted
a good attendance of the trade, and all was disposed of
readily Is above the general valuations, mid yellow sold at
67s to 67s 6d, good 68s to 695, fine 69s 6d to 70s 6d, one
lot 71s, brown 66s to 66s 6d per cwt.
REFINED.—The grocers have not evinced much anxiety
to purchase refined goods this week, still there has been a
fair demand, and the supply being small, former rates have
been fully maintained, standard lumps fetching 82s 6d,
brown and common patent lumps 79s to 81s 6d. For ship-
ping some parcels of crushed Sugar, made from Foreign
have been sold at 365, and Hamburg loaves at 46s to 483.
Pieces have maintained previous rates, and have been in
good request.
MAURITIUS.—The purchases by private contract have
been rather limited : but 9,220 bags at public sale, a
good parcel were taken readily by grocers as well as
refiners, and former rates were fully maintained, par-
ticularly for Sugars which sold under 65s ; the follow-
ing are the prices obtained:—fine brown 63s 6d to 645,
good 62s 6d, low yellow 64s to 64s 6d, good mid 65s to
65s 6d, good 675, fine 67s 6d, white 68s 6d, one mark, Le
Breton, was however taken in at 70s.

EAST INDlA.—Bengal 68s 6d for good white, a
good middling at 665, damp and washed,67s ; 468
bags for exportation only went at 35s 6d to 37s 6d
for good and fine white, 34s 6d to 36s for damps
and damaged, the bulk fetched 37s for fine dry white.
Manilla—low and good mid yellow have brought 24s to
25s 6d, ordinary to fine brown 22s 6d to 233 6d, damaged
and 'damps 20s 6d to 245. Java—low middling white at
29s to 30s 6d, middling yellow and fine grey 24s 6d to
28s 6d, damps 23s to 295, being its full value. Bengal at
rather higher prices ; Manilla at 24s 6d per cwt.
FOREIGN.—YeIIow Havannah of the new crop sold at
28s to 29s for good middling, and good middling 275, good
greyish 29s ; the private operations have been only 100
chests brown Pernams for export, at 22s per cwt.
MOLASSES.—West India are held for previous rates.
This afternoon 31 puns Barbadoes at public sale sold at
36s 6d per cwt for fine quality.
COFFEE.—There continues to be a good deal of inquiry
after the mid and good clean qualities of British Planta-
tion Coffee for home consumption at very full prices;
unclean sorts, however, have commanded previous rates.
Ceylon, good ord pale went at 100 s, fine ord coloury 100 s 6d
to 101 s; Mocha has been in increased demand, and 468
bales at aucticn found ready buyers at 2s advance, good
mid yellow went at 121 s to 123 s 6d, good and fine ord
96s 6d to 9Ss 6d. For Brazil, 43s to 44s for low ordi-
nary mixed to good coloury pale fine coloury qualities,
however, are still held firmly, and 51s has been paid for a
small parcel.
RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS—Previous rates have
been maintained for Jamaica as well as Leewards; of the
former only 50 puns have been sold, 26 to 32 per cent over
proof at 5s • 3d to 5s 4d, and in the latter the sales
are not worth reporting. Brandy prices advanced ld to
2d per gallon ; large purchases have been made in Cognac
of the first brands of the vintage of 1837 at 4s 7d in puns,
and 4s 9d in hhds ; Bordeaux is held for 3s. Geneva
there are sellers at 2s. British Corn Spirits 10s 4d, but
at lOs 3d there appear to be a good many orders.
TEA.—There has been scarcely any business done in the
market this week, the attention of the trade being directed
to the sale which takes place on the 3d of June ; 30,000
pkgs, intended for that purpose, have already been in-
spected, the principal part of which consists of good
quality.

OttA.—Prices of common Fish Oils have undergone no
change since our last. For small quantities of Sperm 951.
continue to be paid for first quality. Linseed Oil has be-
come difficult of sale, and prices are rather lower. Rape
is is cheaper.
SHCES.—In Pimento holders are not inclined to submit
to lower prices ; at auction 50 bags sold at :id for good
mid coarse shipping quality. Pepper at full prices,
4d paid for parcels of fair Sumatra. Cassia Lignea-
-80 chests at public sale, imported from Rio, were mostly
taken in at 68s for good middling, and ordinary quality
at 62s ; for the best 66s was offered. East India Ginger
prices are not lower; at auction 1,400 bags were taken in,
mid Malabar at 20s, and Bengal at 19s; West India sells
more freely, and the principal part of 750 bags Barbadoes
at auction found buyers at 46s to 56s for'mid to fine quality.
TALLOW.—Petersburg Yellow Candle, 52s 3d to 52s 6d
for first quality on the spot. For delivery in the last three
months several purchases have been made at 46s 9d, and
in some instances 47s per cwt.