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London, England, 1836-04-25 00:00:00

THE SUN, LON_DON, MONDAY, APRIL 25, 18:_-)6,

LONDON,
MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 25, 1836.

We are enabled to contradict, upon the best autho-
rity, the insinuation in the Times this morning, that
the Government are about to abandon in their new
Tithes Bill the principle of appropriating the surplus
revenues of the Irish Church to the moral and religious
instruction of the people, without distinction of
religious persuasion—that principle will be enforced as
firmly in the forthcoming Bill as it was in the Bill of
last year. The differences between the Bills will not
afflct the principle—the estimated surplus will be
nearly the same,but instead of suppressing any benefices,
divisional arrangements will be made by which the spiri-
tual wants of the Protestants wil lbe amply provided for,
and no Clergyman, however small his congregation,
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will receive less than one hundred pounds a year.
At the meeting which took place at the Foreign
Office this afternoon, Lord MORPETH explained the
alterations to be proposed this evening much to the

abovo effect. We trust the House of Lords will now
see the justice—nay y
, the necessity', of passing a mea-
sure which cannot- fail to diffuse joy and gratitude
throughout Ireland.

The rifles, in a sec Oral v.: ) has published the
following express frOnl Nrtsmoutb

We have just received letters from our private correspon-
dent at Li bon, dated the 10th, 14th, and 15th instant. As
soon as the steamer with the Prince on board was announced
to be in sight, the project of law for preventing his Royal
Highness from holding the appointment of Commander-in-
Chief was pre.ssQd upon the Chamber, and carried after a long
oeba te.

" The Prince landed on the Bth, and his reception at the
Palace immediately afterwards was, it is said most satisfactory.
All the houses in Lisbon were illuminated in the evening.
The ratification of the marriage took place on the 901, amidst
salutes from all the batteries and vessels, and every demonstra-
tion of joy.
" The administration of M. Campos had been entirely broken
up, but a new one had not been formed. Count Lavradio
and M. M. A. Carvalho were both spoken as likely to take the
!cad; but it is said the former had declined, and that the
latter was in search of effective colleagues. A postcript men-
tions that the Marquis Valenca was expected to form the
new Ministry. The state of things had led to much confu-
sion, and some Government acceptances had consequently been
suffered to be protested.
" The ordinary session of the Cortes were closed by the
Queen in person en the 10th, but her Majesty was received in
silence, both in the Chamber and passing through the streets.
A numerous meeting of Deputies was held on the 12th, for the
purpose of drawing up a sort of protest against the Govern-
ment for not continuing the sitting of the Cortes until the
finance budget had been discussed, the taxes approved of, &c.,
and they are reported to declare to their constituents that they
are not to pay any taxes, as the Government cannot demand
them legally until the Cortes sanction them.

.4 The Prince improved, it is stated, upon acquaintance,
and was expccted to become a general favourite among the
Portuguese."

In the above there is nothing which can create any
surprise in this country. It was generally known that
the arrival of the Prince was to be the same as a royal
notification for the retirement of one of the shabbiest
administrations that ever ruled the destinies of any
country. The resolution of the Cortes, declining to
confer on the Prince the dignity of Commander-in-
chief, must have been anticipated by the Prince him-
self before his departure from Brussels. It is
well known that the QUEEN took upon herself
to promise to confer upon him the rank of
Commander-in-Chief; and what was still less warrant-
able on her part, she did so without consulting one of
her Ministers. Her Most Faithful Majesty's notion
of the Royal prerogative was admirably expressed in
her memorable pouting speech to the amazed President
of her Council :—" I am no Queen if I cannot do as
I please !" The Cortes, however, are determined to
make her acquainted with the maxims of constitutional
Sovereignty. In vain was her Majesty's promise
pleaded, and the evidence of that promise—a letter
written by herself to the Prince—appealed to in the
Chambers. The Cortes were inexorable ; and the
Prince's claim was rejected, less because any danger
was feared from the appointment, than because it would
establish a dangerous precedent, to which her Majesty
DONNA MARIA would not be slow in recurring.

The Westminster Conservative Association held
their anniversary dinner on Saturday last, with an eye,
we suspect, to a dissolution, for Sir THOMAS COCH-
RANE came over from the Continent for the express
purpose of attending ; and made a declaration of his
political principles as full and as unequivocal as when
he was last on the Covent-garden hustings. We need
scarcely add that the Gallant Baronet is a Conservative
of the deepest die—that is to say, a man who is as
fond of praising the theory, as he is of opposing the
practice, of Reform, especially when it touches the
Church, which, he seems to think, is all that a Church
should be. Now such a man will never suit West-
minster ; we regret much, therefore, that Sir THOMAS
should have been so ill-advised as to hurry over from
the Continent, "at great personal inconvenience ;"
for his journey will have no other result than to pave
the way for a second defeat. The Chairman, Lord
ELIOT, in expatiating on the deserts of his own
party, made a very startling discovery. " The cause,"
observed his Lordship, " which Conservatives espoused,
was not the cause of party, but the more endearing in-
terests of their country." Doubtless, it was this pro-
found and enlarged sense of patriotism—this utter ab-
sence of anything like party spirit—that induced the
Conservatives to attack Mr. O'CONNELL so bitterly
the other evening in the House of Commons. They
did not bring forward the Carlow question, for the se-
cond time, out of any feeling of personal or party
spleen, but from a reverential regard for the purity of
election—from an overpowering conviction of the duty
they owed to their countrymen ! And the same
lofty, disinterested feelings, we doubt not, influence
their conduct in the House of Lords. They are not
hostile to the Irish Municipal Bill, because Ministers
brought it forward, and O'CONNELL supported it,
but because they deem it obnoxious to " the endearing
interests of their country." There never existed a set
of men so utterly superior to all the mean prejudices
of party as the Conservatives. So thinks Lord
ELIOT. But so will not think the people, who must,
long ere this have recognized in Lord F. EGERTON'S
"destructive" amendment to the Irish Corporation mea-
sure, and in Lord LYNDHURST'S late sophistical speech
on the same subject, proofs of a party spirit as
barefaced and malignant, as it is unscrupulous and
persevering. A gentleman named WALFORD ob-

served, with infinite coolness, that " what was for the
interest of the aristocracy, was equally for the interest
of every other class in the community." We suppose,
then, it is for the interest of the community that the
House of Lords should have the privilege of voting by
proxy ; be endowed with irresponsible authority ; and
adorned by the presence of four and twenty spiritual
Peers in lawn sleeves ! It is surprising what a quan-
tity of twaddle these Conservatives are now daily in
the habit of pouring forth. One would suppose that
they had served a seven years' apprenticeship to Non-
sense, and were now setting up in business on their own
account. It was only the other day that Mr.MAc KI N NON
assured us, that the Conservatives were remarkable for
nothing so much as their zeal, firmness, activity and
fraternization, and now Mr. WALFOURD states that
these are the very qualities in which they are most
deficient " What they wanted," he remarked,
" was active, earnest, and zealous co-operation"—a
want, which we venture to predict they will never
he able to supply, for the faction is, to all intents and
purposes, as was justly observed by Sir R. FERGU-
SON at Nottingham, "a dying one," and it is not un-
der such discouraging circumstances, that zeal, activity
or union can be looked for from them. Sir THOMAS
COCHRANE made the sanie complaint as. Mr. WAL-
FORD, observing, " to what is the anomalous situation
in which this country is placed, to be ascribed ? I
will tell you. To your inactivity—to the absence
of that energy evinced by your opponents—
to that very moderation which makes you Conserva-
tives." It is clear from this that the Gallant Baronet
has no great respect for Conservative moderation ; but
would far rather that his party should " go the whole
hog" in their opposition to Reform, than allow of the
slightest compromise. Electors of Westminster !do
not forget this, when Sir THOMAS COCHRANE next
stands before you on the hustings ; but show him the
sense you entertain of " moderation," by the moderate
number of year votes.

The 2nglish Tithe Bill has been re-printed as
amen ded on re-commitment. The alterations are of
cons..t. aerable importance, and appear to us to be very
jut'licious. More of the voluntary principle has been
introduced into the measure by the adoption, in part,

of Mr. BLAMIRE'S suggestions, and we would hope
that it will now find more favour in the sight 6f the
landoWneFsi chic Of Whose main objections have been
removed.

When two-thirds of the land-owners have agreed
with the same proportion of the tithe-owners of a
parish on the terms of commutation, the agreement
(which is binding on the whole parish) is to be sub-
mitted to the Commissioners for their approval. If the
Commis-Toners confirm the agreement, two valuers, one
appointed by a majority in »umber, the other by a ma-
jority in value of the landowners, shall proceed to ap-
portiOn the rent-charge, the total amount of which for
the parish has been already fixed, amongst the several
lands in the parish, on such principles as shall have
.been agreed on by the landowners at the meeting
at which the valuers were chosen ; or if none
such have been specified, the❑ at their own discretion.
If no voluntary arrangement shall have been effected
between the parties before the Ist October, 1837, it is
proposed that the Commissioners shall proceed to value
the tithes according to. the principles laid down in the
former Bill, with this difference, that in estimating the
gross value of the tithe, moduses anti compositions
are to be considered as part of such value, and no
existing contract is to be disturbed. When the
Commissioners have ascertained the amount of rent
charge to be fixed on a parish, they are to call a
meeting of landowners to appoint valuers, as in the
case of voluntary agreement, and if no apportionment
shall be made in three months, the Commissioners are
then to apportion the rent charge themselves.

There is also a provision introduced into the
amended Bill, by which power is given to the Com-
missioners of Land Tax to alter the apportionment
from time to time as they may see fit, on the applica-
tion of any landowner to that effect, the expense to be
paid by the applicant.

We have received the whole of the Paris Papers ol
Friday and Saturday. During the whole of the week
the Chamber of Deputies was engaged with the
Custom's Tariff Bill. The " protecting duties" on
every article is enormous—amounting in most cases to
one hundred per cent., ad valorem, on metal manufac-
tures ; and yet the duty is lower than Ministers have
endeavoured to impose !
The Moniteur in its official part states, that on the
16th the vanguard of General CORDOVA was attacked
at Minano by three squadrons, and four battalions of
Carlists. After a desperate engagement the rebels were
'put to flight, and pursued as far as Luco. The Carlists
.lost 100 men, of whom a few were made prisoners.
General EVANS'S division arrived at Santander on the
17th, on its march to Hernani and the Port of Passage,
where it will be stationed for some time.

The same journal, in relating the accounts from Con-
stantinople, relative to the Russian evacuation of
Silistria, self-complacently attributes this concession to
the influence of France in the councils of the Porte.
This may suit the views of M. TRIERS, but no one
will be mislead by such a fiction. There was a time
when France had influence—a time not likely to return
during the reign of LOUIS PHILIPPE.

The Journal du Commerce, after stating that it
believes France has no intention of interfering in
Spanish affairs, tells us that the Prussian and Russian
Ambassadors have addressed their respective Govern-
ments, praying for precise instructions should such in-
terference be resolved upon by the French Cabinet.
The questions to which they have required precise
answers are :—" Should France interfere under pre-
text of co-operation, to what extent are we to protest ?
If she should offer or execute a full and decided inter-
vention, are we to demand our passports ?" The
course which Austria will follow is said to be different,
though not disposed to be more favourable to the
liberal Government of Spain.
PARIS, APRIL 22.—The uncertainty respecting the inten-
tions of the Cabinet towards Spain influence the transactions
of the Stock Exchange to-day ; scarcely anything has been
done. The Three per Cents. declined five centimes. Spanish
Stock was firm, and the closing prices the same as yesterday.
We have heard among some groupes of speculators a piece
of news circulated, which would be of great consequence to
the holders of the Deferred Debt, but we cannot give full
credit to it. It was said, on the authority of a letter from
Madrid of the 13th, that M. de Rayneval had at last succeeded
in his negotiations, and that the Deferred Debt was going to
be converted—two-thirds into Active, and one-third into Pas-
sive, which would immediately double the value of this Stock.
We repeat, that the origin of these reports appears to us to be
suspicious ; and we, therefore, merely mention them en passant.
Nothing has transpired of the result of the meeting of Mi-
nisters yesterday. It is, however, thought certain that the
leading idea is still to refuse all direct intervention, and only
to permit sending to Spain a sufficient number of men to raise
the Foreign Legion to 40,000 effective men.—lliessager,
April 23.

FRENCH FUNDS.—FARIS, APRIL 2.
Five per Cents., 107 f. 95c. 108 f.
Four per Cents., 100 f. 80c.
Three per Cents., 82f. sc. 81f. 05e.
Bank Actions, 2,241 E 25c.
Rente de Naples, 1021 102 f. 10c.
Roman Five per Cents., 104%%.
Spanish Actives, 45115%1A.
Spanish Differes,
Spanish Passives, 14% %%N.
Dutch Two and a half per Cents., 57f. 50c.
Haytian Loan, 400 f. 30f. 50c.

EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
One month, paper, —c. —c.; money, 25f. 45c.
Three months, paper, —f. —c.; money, 251.30 c.
—Ours Autlentiaue.
FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, APRIL 23.
Five per Cents., 10Sf. 107 f. 95c.
Four and a Half nor Cents. 104 f. Sec.
Four per Cents., 100 f. 95c.
Three per Cents. 82f. 82f. sc. 54c. 10c. 15c.
Bank Actions,
Rente de Naples, ltk!f. 101 f 95c.
Roman Five per Cents., 1,4%Ni.
Spanish Actives, 45M,
Spanish Passives, 14ii
Portuguese Loan, Five per Cents., 84 ?t, 85.
Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents, .545; 55.
Haytian Loan, 400 f. 31.Y7f. 50c.
EXCHANOP. ON LONDON.
One month, paper, —f. —c. ; money, 25f 457..
Three months, paper, —f. —c. ; money, 25f. 30.1
—Coors Authenlique.

BOURSE, QUARTER TO FOUR.—The Rentes are better to-
day, in consequence of the rise in London. The news from
Turkey, officially given in the Moniteur, has also encouraged
the speculators, and the Three per Cents. are at 82f. 174 c.
The Spanish securities are likewise better. The Active stock
opened at 45k, and has been done at 454. It is now 451.
LAST PRICES.—Five per Cents., 108 f. 10c. ; Three
per Cents., 82f. 1.5 c. ; Five per Cents. Spanish, —; Three
per Cents. Spanish, —; Cortes, —; Coupons, —; Gueb-
hards, —; DitFeres, 161; New Loan, ; Actives, 454 ;
Passives, 141; Ducats, 102 10 ; Romans, 1041 ; Pedros, 85 ;
Belgians, ; Dutch, —f. —c. ; Ilaytians, 397 f. 50e. ;
Miguels, —; Brabant Bank, —; Belgian Bank, 17A- ; Con-
tinuation, --c. ; New Differes, 23; Five per Cent. Perpe-
tuelles, —; Royal Loan, —.

The Austrian Government is about to reduce its
army to the same footing as before the revolution of
1830. The moveable corps attached to the Italian
garrisons are to be reduced from 60,000 to 20,000
men.

German and Brussels papers have been received.
The Prussian Government is hard at work to induce
Austria to join the German Commercial Union. For
this purpose agents have been sent to Vienna with in-
structions to include Bohemia and Hungary in the
new league, should the EMPEROR decline to sanction
a more extensive project.
Letters from Si. Petersburgh announce the delicate
health of the EMPRESS. Her Imperial Majesty, ac-
companied by her brother, will proceed to the baths at
Ens. The Queen of HOLLAND will Visit her son-in-
law Prince ALBERT, at his country seat near Berlin,
in the course of the summer.

The Brussels papers announce the departure of the
Queen of the FRENCH, and two of her daughters, for
Paris. They had been paying a visit to the Queen of
the BELGIANS.

The proposed interchange of the mails between
England and Belgium, via Ostend, is condemned by
the Brussels Papers as injurious to the commerce of
Belgium.
In the sitting of the Chamber of Representatives
on the 22d, the Order of the Day was the final vote
on the project of law relative to a loan of six millions

fur the roads, which was carried by a majority of
58 to it

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: MIME' :3, APRIL 21
BELO' Al 4 F ' tiDi),
Actual Debt, 2,/,:j per Cent. . J)1"`"
Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent.
than of City, lan. 4 per Cent
Society of Commerce, ,P.; per Cent
Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 116,1
—Brussels Papers, April 23.
VIENNA, APRIL 15.— AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Five per Cents.
(Metalliques), 104 ; Four per Cents., 991; Three per
Cents., 751 ; Bank Shares, 1,370 ; tile Iron Railroad, 113 k.
—Allgemeine Zeitung, April 20.

The latest accounts from Constantin%)le are to the
31st of March. The terms of the new agreement be-
tween Russia and the Porte, relative to *the evacua-
tion of Silistria, are these :—The SULTAN has pre-
mised to pay the CZAR, before the expiration of five
months, eighty millions of piastres ; and the CZAR,
on his part, has engaged to evacuate the fortress as
soon as one-third of this sum has been disposited in
the coffers of Russia. The sum to which the CZAR
has renounced his claim, amounts to ninety millions of
piastres—being more than one-half of the whole debt.
Never was there a proceeding, on the part of Russia,
better timed than this apparently spontaneous act of
Russian generosity. It has completely weaned the
SULTAN from his growing attachment to England
and France. " A friend in need is a friend indeed,"
is an adage not confined to the sages of the western
world. The SULTAN knew that the whole debt must
have been forthcoming, had Russia persisted in de-
manding it. There was but small comfort to be
drawn from British (and French assurances that
the bond was unrighteously obtained; and, be-
yond mere words, MAHMOUD had nothing
to expect from the peace-worshipping Cabinets
of London and Paris. He therefore received with
gratitude such a substantial proof of Russia's friend-
ship ; nor is there a doubt but that British influence
will decline as rapidly in the Councils of the Porte as
it promised to increase subsequently 'to the departure
of Lord DURHAM for St. Petersburg. M. BOUTE.
NIEFF, the Russian Ambassador at the Porte, has so
skilfully played his cards during the last three months,
that the game is now in his own hands. Lord Pox-
SONBY and Admiral RoussiN imagined that they
were doing wonders ; but the latter forgot the Govern-
ment of which he was the representative. The subtlest
diplomacy is worth very little, when the representative
of a Ministry is doubtful of the extent of the powers
delegated to him ; and where there are three chances
to one against the rejection of every measure which he
may recommend, if entailing any expense direct or con-

tingent.

When Lord PONSONBY had to pass through the
Dardanelles in a steam-boat, he was compelled to wait
for hours before he could obtain a firman permitting to
proceed. Not so when the meanest official in the
service of Russia has occasion to visit the capital of
the Ottoman empire. No firman is sought or de-
manded when Russian vessels of war of the first class
appear in the Straits of the Dardanelles. The Cor-
respondent of a Morning Contemporary asserts that
Admiral RICORD'S flag ship, and all the vessels under
his command, passed the Dardanelles without waiting
for the formality of a firman from the Porte. If this
be, as we are of opinion it is, correct, we need no
further proof of the importance of the Treaty of Unkiar
Skelessi.

The advices from Tripoli represent the garrison as
suffering greatly from want of provisions. There was
no appearance of tranquillity with the natives. The
plague had made its appearance in various parts of
Turkey, and had carried off several victims. It is
seldom that its ravages begin so early in the season.
The coal mines opened at Koumi, in Negropont, arc
useless as far as regards steam navigation, the coals
being of the worst description. This will be a great
disappointment to the Gieek Government. On the
other hand, it is reported that the coals raised at
Beyrout, in Syria, are equal to the best English coals.
This would be of immense importance to British mer-
chants, in the event of a steam navigation being opened
to India by way of the Red Sea.

There are various other accounts from Constanti-
nople, trifling in themselves, but which, taken in the
aggregate, convince us that Russia is secretly acquiring
a vast and dangerous influence in the East.

THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY).
CORN EXCHANGE.
The arrivals of most descriptions of grain last week were
good, and the market continued during the week the same as
on the preceding Monday. This morning the fresh supplies
have been moderate. The best parcels of Wheat have rather
exceeded last Monday's terms ; other qualities have experi-
enced a slow trade at former prices. Barley remains as last
quoted. Beans maintain their value. Peas are unaltered.
Oats are not plentiful, and they rather exceed last week's
terms. The Flour trade is firm; and the top price is esta-
blished at 48s. per sack.
PRICES ON BOARD OF SHIP.
Wheat, Red (old) —s. —s Beans, Small (new)
White (01d)...
--Red 01835) 15s. 38s Tick (new) 32s 345.
----- Fine 40s. 435. • (old) Bss. 38s.
-- Superfii.e ...... ...445. 50s. Harrow (new) 345.355.
----,Wh.te (1835) 335. 425. ------ (old) 40s. 42s
Fine 405.458. Brank . 3011.343.
---- Superfine 48s. .568. Oats, Feed
—Foreign free
Rye 10s. 345. Poland
Barley 22s 265. New 203.245.
Grinding -,6s 28s. Potatoe -
Malting 30.4. 365.
Malt 44s. 50s. Scotch 016.083
Fine New 50s. 58s Irish 16s
Pease, Grey, New 30s 32s Flour Town per sack) 448.484.
Maple New 32s. 345. Seconds 35+.:.184
-- White '123. 31s. North Country....... 34: 40,.
Boilers 365.405 Bran li 12..
ARRIVALS.
Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Flour.
English
Irish
---:
Foreign — .-239

D MARKET.
t was moderate, and the trade teas

SMITHFIEL
The supply to this day's market
dull, at the following
PRICES PER STONE OF BLI3. TO SINK THE OFFALS
5. d. to s. d s. d to ri.d
Interior Beasts. 2 6 2 8 Inferior Sheep ...... 3 2 3 6
Secontl quality ditt0...... 3 0 3 6 Second quality ditto
Prime large Oxen 3 8 4 0 Coarse-woolled ditto .... 4 6 410
P•ime Scots, &c.
Large coarse Calves 4 6 5 0 Large Hogs 3 6 4 2
Prime small ditto
Slckling Calves each ...12 0 30 0 J Quarter old Pigs each, 10 0 14 0
Lamb ss 10d. to 6s. 6d.
surrLy, AS PER CLERK'S STATEMENT.
Beasts. Sheep.
I Calves. I Pigs
2,514, I 16,030 220 400
About, 170 of the Beasts came up the St. Alban's road ; about 200 up
the other northern roads; about 240 (including I rush) from the western
and midland districts : &mut 1410 from Norfolk, Su flill k, Essex, and Cam-
bridgeshire ; about 60 from Kent and Sussex ; and most of the remainder
from the marshes, &c. in the neighbourhood of London.

DENHALL MARKETS.
13, the Carcass.

NEWGATE AND LEA
At per stone, "
s d. to s d s d to s d.
Beef, inferior.... ........ ... 2 6 2 8 Mutton, inferior
- middling ............. 2ln 3 0 middling 3 4 3 8
-- prime large , 3 2 3 4 .- prime 4 2 4 6
--- prime SWIM 'l 8 310 Pork, large 3 8 4 4
Veal
Lamb 54. 84. to 64. 64.'

DUBLIN ELECTION COMMITTEE.

(THIS
,DAY.)

The Committee met this morning at twelve o'clock.
The vote of James Boylan, proved to be in arrear of Wide-
street tax, was struck off the poll of the Sitting Member by
cornea.
Thomas dornitali arid James Cunningham, included in the
;';;lice class, were struck oil' the petitioners' poll.
John ran, .13 and Patrick M'Manus were struck off Mr.
O'Connell' majority, been proved to b:: in arrear of
s
Wide,strect,tax, in the barcniy of h the con-
Philip Lynch, a Police-constable, was struck t,ff y
sent of the petitioners ; and the vote of illiam Stoiey, .;„ he
W
same class, was under discussion when our reporter left.