The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-24 00:00:00

TB E SUN. LOISTDON, SATURDAY , APRIL 24, F 1.

LONDON:
SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 1841.

In the \Lords last night a number of petitions
were presented, but not one of them was from
any lover of Sabbath-observances, to remove Lord
CARDIGAN from the army; nor did any Bishop,
though several were present, including the Pri-
mate himself, say a word on the subject. Idola-
try in India, Popery at Maynooth, extension of
the Church, exemption of tithes, poor-rates,
deeply interest the Bishops—flogging a soldier on
the Sabbath, in a place just before consecrated
as a house of worship, is, we are afraid, too much
of a vulgar home matter for the Prelates to take
it up. It might be considered, too, as Lord CARDI-
GAN is a peer, that it would be uncourteous even to
allude to the subject in the House of Peers with-
out giving him notice, and. enabling him to at-
tend and defend himself, and we can readily co:i-
ceive that no meek and holy Prelate would like
to engage in a contest with that great man
of war.

The Drainage Bill was reported pro forma.
In reply to LOrdiLYNDHURST, the Niarquis of
NORMANBY said Mr. VIZARD would not be al-
lowed to hold the two situations of Solicitor to
the Home-office and Secretary of Bankrupts.
Notices were given by the Marquis of Nos-
MANBY of a motion for a Committee on Monday,
to inquire into Sunday traffic on canals, and by
the Earl of FALMOUTH of a petition which he
would present on Tuesday against removing the
packet station from Falmouth to Dartmouth.
Mr. ALEXANDER, the new Member for An-
trim, took his seat in the Commons.

L and after a
On the motion of Mr. Fox MAULS,
division, it was ordered by a majority of 40 to 39,
that all further proceedings with Bills for the Re-
covery of Small Debts be postponed till May 10th.
M
Notices were given by Mr. Lucas of a motion
on the 6th of May for leave to bring in a Bill to
attach one-fburth of a labourer's wages in Aus-
tralia, when the debt did not exceed 201. ; and
by Mr. JNRVIS, of a Bill to amend the Turnpike
Act.
The House went into Committee on the Ad-
ministration of Justice Bill, No. I.—the Bill for
increasing- the munber of Judges—and discussed
the clauses at much length. Mr. J. STEWART said
in the course ofthe discussion that Lord BROUG HA m
had told him, just before he left England, that he
thought two new Judges were necessary. The
Bill went through the Committee without any
important amendments, and only one division,
on giving a compensation to a Mr.
S CA RLETT,
Who may be a Peer.

Some conversation took place on the motion
for going into a Committee of Supply relative to
diminishing the number of convicts in the hulks,
agreeably to a resolution of the House, which it
was explained was difficult to carry into effect.
The House went into a Committee of Supply
on the Civil Contingencies, and, after one vote
had been taken, resumed, to allow Colonel Sin-
TIIORP to make a speech on some of the other
votes.

The House adjourned at Half-past Twelve.

Lord CARDIGAN has got another slap. Even
his friends at the Horse Guards, who have so
long, and we think so unwarrantably, shielded
him, who listened to his backbiting and took his
offences on themselves, have been obliged to tell
the whole army by a general order that Sabbath
flogging is not according to custom. They are
still very lenient with his Lordship, and say no-
thing about its being contrary to military disci-
pline and the good government of the army.
They say, indeed, that it is contrary to its
praCtice, and the Commander-in-Chief expresseS

his surprise that the sentence should have been
carried into execution on the Sabbath. Surprise—
not indignation, not even sorrow, not so much as
regret—is what the Commander-in-chief feels ;
but though that—from his extremely lenient mind
towards Lord CARDIGAN—may hurt his Lord-
ship, it is not calculated to satisfy the public.
There is an article of war expressly directed
against unofficerlike and ungentlemanlike con-
duct. Under this article of war, officers have
been dismissed the service for using unseemly
language, or for behaving in an ungentlemanly
manner. Do the authorities at the Horse Guards
mean to say that the brutal conduct of Lord
CARDIGAN in flogging a man. on Sunday was not
wgentlemanly? Can brutality be gentlemanly?
Will they affirm that tying a man up, and flog-
ging him, within an hour, on the very spot where
an altar had been erected, and the regiment as-
sembled for prayers, was not most unofficerlike ?
Such a thing, according to Mr. MACAULAY'S state-
ment, is almost unknown, except under some
pressing circumstances, such as being in the face
of an enemy. The Commander-in-Chief states
that it is not the practice of the army. It is
therefore contrary to usage, contrary to practice,
and contrary, we affirm, to discipline, and
.con-
sequelitly most unofficerlike. We make bold
to assert—and it is for the honour of the army
that it should be so—that Lord CARDIGAN'S
conduct was most unofficerlike, and most un-
gentlemanly, and a positive breach of an article
of war. The poor reproof of the gentlemen of,
the Horse Guards, far from being in accordance
with justice, is another example of their par-
tiality, and their disposition to protect this ill-
behaved man.

The reader will not fail to remark the date of
the order, April 22, eleven days after the offence
was committed, two days after it had been men-
tioned in Parliament, and nine days after it had
been denounced by the press. Poor as the re-
buke is, it cannot be said to have been sponta-
neous; and it looks as if the Horse Guards would
have been silent, had not the press given ex-
pression to public indignation.
Lord CARDIGAN is, however, a Peer; and
must, therefore, be presumed to have some hon-
ourable feelings. If he be not destitute of them,
this reproof, spiritless as it is, will make him
sensible that he is no longer fit to command a re-
giment, and he will save the public some trouble
by at once sending in his resignation. The public
have no other quarrel with him than that they
will not submit to be outraged, and if he will not
voluntarily place himself in a situation where he
is not likely to outrage them, they will take mea-
sures to remove him into that obscurity from
which, having been placed in it once, he ought I
never again to have emerged.

Sir ROBERT PEEL'S remark, on Thursday even-
ing, that there was at present "an unhappy dispo-
sition in every country in Europe to prodigality
of expenditure," is every way worthy of public at-
tention. We have looked at all the Papers,
aad find all the reports substantially the same.
To confirm our own report, we will now quote
that of another Morning Contemporary :
He contemp!ated with great anxiety the inerea,ing tendency
to expense in this country. On one night he was called on to
vote 163,000/., and 50,000/. now, for New South Wales ; and
he must say that with his view of the finances of the country—
with his view of the pressure of taxation—nothing could induce
him to give his assent to a vote of this nature, unless the posi-
tive obligation of good faith and national honour required it.—
( Hear.) It was not alone in this country that an alarming dis-
position was exhibited to depart from a due proportion between
its expenditure and its available resources. After twenty-
three years of peace, he saw in every country, whether go-
verned by despotic authorities or by popular institutions, the
a'arming prospect which the growing defalcation of revenue,
as compared with expenditure, exhibited—the ultimate parali-
sation of industry, and the suspension of that career of pro-
sperity which had hitherto prevailed.—(Hear, hear.) It was
certainly a new feature in the history of nations, that with
professions of profound peace a Government should expend in
fortifying a city so enormous a sum as 30,000,0001. The
only effectual means of checking the evil to which such a state
of things must give rise, was by disposing the minds of the
people to alter these warlike pursuits, instead of encouraging
feelings of hostility, of jealousy, and of military rivalry.—
( Loud cries of " Hear," from both sides. )
These sentiments are the result of reflection on
the part of Sir R. PEEL, or rather they are in-
spired by, and are a mere expression of palpable
facts. They are not the basis of any motion, or
dictated by any theory, but the soul of the Right
Hon. Baronet was full of them, and overflowed
in the course of the debate. There is nothing in
them either of Tory or Whig principles, they
are rather in opposition to the practices of both
parties. The Right Hon. Gentleman is obviously
afraid that the difficulties of Government will be
increased he looks forward with dread to an in-
adequate revenue, he fears for his metier as a
statesman, and fear gives sharpness to his vision,
and truth to his remarks.

Our readers will be at once aware that if a
Government must not spend so much money, it
must limit the sphere of its operations. All of
them are expensive. To say that Government
must curtail its expenses, is to say that it must
not interfere with Spanish quarrels, and ,Turkish
quarrels ; must be more cautious how it involves
the country in disputes with China, and in the
feuds of Affghanistan ; it is to say also that it
must diminish its army and navy; that it must not
countenance quixotic expeditions to the Niger,
and issue a multitude of Commissions in
England; that it must not think of building more
churches or devising plans of general education.
All these things andall the acts of the Govern-
ment cost money, and the statesman, whether his
name be RUSSELL or PEEL, who warns the Le-
gislature that it is spending too much, warns it
that it is too active and must limit the sphere of
its operations. On this account we regard the
observations of Sir ROBERT PEEL, founded as
they are in truth, as likely to be very useful.
They should be a warning to the people as well
as the Legislature, for every extension which they
require of the operations of the Government ne-
cessarily carries with it an increase of expendi-
ture, and a consequent increase of taxation.
The last part of Sir. R. PEEL'S remarks about
" disposing the minds of the people to peace"'
instead of encouraging feelings of hostility, are
well deserving the consideration of the Tory
Press, which labours in general to nourish feel-
ings of national hostility.
The Right Hon. Baronet is, on this point, in
opposition to his party, and he ought in consis-
tency to be prepared to advocate free trade, as the
hest means oflessening national hostility. We have
the satisfaction of reflecting that we have fore—
stalled the Right Hon. Baronet on this point,
having strongly recommended the other Powers of
Europe, more than three months ago, to encou-
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the policy of Europe towards. France has been
erroneous. We follow Up Su- ROBERT PEEL'S
remark, therefore, by again recommending that
France should be invited, by all practical means,
by free trade everywhere, to extend its commer-
cial relations with the rest ofEurope.

Althoug,h the citizens of London have been
very backward on the subject of the import du-
ties, they have at length made a move. In
the present state of the Chartist mind, it
may be admitted that prudence justifies
them in abstaining from calling a public
meeting. They have, therefore, got up a peti-
tion, which has been signed by about three hun-
dred of the most respectable merchants in the
City, and will be presented to the House of
Commons in a few days by Mr. GROTE. It runs
thus:

The humble Petition of the undersigned Merchants and

Traders of the City of Loudon,
Showeth—That your Petitioners are of opinion that the
present Customs, Duties, and Prohibitions, are highly detri-
mental both to the general trade of the country and to the
revenue.`

That they have the effect of greatly enhancing the prices to
the British consumer of many articles of first necessity, and
of totally exclud4tg others of foreign growth ; thus giving more

than a fair and reasonable protection to individuals interested
in the produce of the United Kingdom and its dependencies,
and laying a heavy tax on the community without benefit to
the revenue. , _ _

That, by a revision of the Customs Duties, the revenue
would be increased, the trade and manufactures of tl.e United
Kingdom promoted, and the merchants' shipping extended.
That their opinions have been strengthened by the satisfac-
tory evidence, statements, and facts produced before the Select
Committee of your Honourable House on Import Duties, and
by the Report of the said Committee thereon.
And your Petitioners therefore humbly pray, that your
Honourable House will be pleased to make such alterations in
the excessive differential duties and restrictions as shall be
deemed fair and just to the consumer and to the British pro-
ducer, and also promote the general trade of the country and
the increase of the revenue.

The first name to the petitionis JoHN HORSLEY
PALMER, and we presume, therefore, that it is
his production. It is perfectly moderate, suit-
able to him, for all the metropolis knows that
he is incapable of anything intemperate. The
petition will, we presume, have consickrable
weight with the landlords, who have seldom
turned a deaf ear to the monied classes in the
City, however much they have disregarded the
sufferings of the people.

Those who litnit the services recently rendered
to this country by Commodore Sir CHARLES
NAPIER to his brilliant exploits on the coast of
Syria, take but a pitiful view of the claims which
this gallant officer has established to the grati-
tude of his admiring countrymen. In our eyes
Sir CHARLES NAPIER was a greater man in
Alexandria than at Acre—greater in preventing
war by his sage counsels than in winning the
laurels of a conqueror. Nor do we rate the
diplomatic talents of the Commodore a jot the
less on account of his treaty being rejected by
Lords POINSONBY and PALMERSTON, and his col-
league, Admiral Sir ROBERT STOPPORD. Events
have manifested to the world that the gallant
N APIER understocd the character of the VICEROY
the policy at which he 'aimed; the relative
merits of the great question at issue; and the
interests of Great Britain involved in its solution,
a thousand times better than our obstinate mis-

representative at Constantinople, whose opinions
on all occasions Lord PALMERSTON thought pro-
per to adopt, often at the sacrifice of his own
better judgment. To be enemies in the field
and continue friends in the closet bespeaks a
rare greatness of mind in the conqueror and the
conquered; and such are the relative positions
of MEHEMET ALI and Commodore Sir CHARLES
NA PIER. Even the Times of this morning does
justice to the gallantry, manly simplicity, and
straightforwardness of the Commodore, and the
good faith of the Viceroy towards England,
under the severest trials of his forbearance in a
long leading article from which the following is
an extract :

The speech of Sir Charles Napier at Liverpool is more re-
markable, as most of the doings and sayings of that bold
British sailor appear to be, for energy and straightforwardness
than for discretion and subordination ; but as the main con-
cern of the public is not to shield this or that official
personage, or to keep up the solemn mummery of di-
plomatic pretences, we are nearly as much obliged
to Napier for turning the tables on Lord Ponsonby,
as for turning Ibrahim out of Syria ; and his oral
evidence is as opportune in England at this moment as h's
broadsides were off Alexandria in November. The language
which Mehemet Ali held to the Commodore is precisely the
same which he has • all times held to the representatives of
this country at Alexandria. He has always professed the
greatest desire to enjoy the favour of England, and to attract
the advantages of English commerce. In all the affairs arising
out of the overland communication with India his perform-
ances have gone beyond his promises, and his good faith has
been equal to his good sense. Is it then reasonable or politic,
that because he governs one province on a bad and oppressive
system, and dared to usurp his sovereign's authority in an-
other, we should invariably presume everything against him,
and disdain to exercise that restraint over him which more
amicable relations would infallibly place in our hands?

Commodore NAPIER has already done more
than any man in Europe to dissipate the preju-
dices which, exist in this country against the
VICEROY. The noblest gifts of fortune do not,
in old aristocratic countries, compensate for the
want of birth, even in parts of the world where
office only confers distinction, as in Turkey and
Persia. MEHEMET ALI has been regarded as a
rebel and a robber by men, one would think,
possessing minds sufficiently enlightened to see
in the institutions which he was seeking to esta-
blish—in the forms of civilisation which he was
anxious to develope—in the habits of industry
which he sought to inculcate—and in the com-
mercial pursuits to which in hirg own person he
did honour, the germs at least of a great and en-
lightened national policy.
The Times, in continuation, labours to
prove from public documents, what we
never before thought admitted of a doubt;
namely, that in the conflict between the SULTAN
and the VICEROY the former was the aggressor.
We had thought that it was well known to all
who have paid attention to the progress of the
late catastrophe in the East, that it was Sultan
MAHMOUD who sent a fleet against IVIEHEmET
Am, and not MEHEMET ALI against the SULTAN.
We had likewise imagined that nobody doubted
that the battle of Nezib was not fought till after
HAFIZ PACH et had crossed the Euphrates, and
invited the Syrians to revolt. The Times, how-
ever, having established these facts concludes its
article as follows :

These facts tend certainly to corroborate Sir Charles Na-
pier's strong opinion, that if we had from the first deter-
mined to secure to Mehemet Ali peace and the safe possession
of subordinate authority within certainlimits, instead of listen-
ing to the Sultan when he talked of destroying the rebel, the
advantages of our friendship would have operated as strongly
as the dread of our power to divert him from all projects of
conquest and usurpation. " The danger," sass Lord Pal-
merston (August 1, k 39), " by which the Turkish empire is
threatened, is the usurped power of 'Mehemet Ali."
Would that it were so, and no more ! But to our appre-
hension the perpetual danger of Russian power from without,
and the ineradicable disease of failing power within, are far
more to be dreaded. The proof is evident, for now that the
usurped power of Mehemet has been wrested trom him, and he
has ceased to be a danger at all, the dangers of the Turkish
empire are at least as great, the maintenance of that State as
uncertain, the condition of its Government as wretched, as
they were before. Consequently the chief source of anxiety
lay not in that element which we have succeeded in removing,
but in that, less distinct in shape but more certain in effect,
which at present eludes our policy, and, if we are to believe
Lord Palmerston's words, escapes our notice.
The sound opinions of Sir CHARLES NAPIER,
and the revelations made by the Blue Book now
before Parliament, constitute safe guides for the
a,mc-ndment of our Levantine policy. As yet
.Russia has gained little or nothing by having
duped the Noble Foreign' Secretary. The
bravery of NAPIER and his gallant compa-
nions in arms defeated all the schemes which
Russia hoped to accomplish the moment she
could wheedle Lord PALMERSTON into the
adoption of her views. The bravery of our
sailors rendered harmless the blundering of our
Statesmen. Had Acre only resisted our cannon
for six weeks instead of less than as many hours,
how different would have been the result ? Then,
indeed, would the triumph of Russia have been
complete, for her whole Black Sea fleet would have
been at anchor at Constantinople, while three or
four English ships of the line would have
anchored at Tenedos to prevent a French
squadron from passing the Dardanelles
to relieve, the Turkish capital! What a figure
England would cut fighting against France to
secure to Russia the undisturbed possession of
Constantinople ! But Russia had pledged her-
self to deliver up Constantinople to the SULTAN
upon the defeat of the VICEROY. And you be-
lieved her, Lord PALMERSTON? Believed that
she was sincere in abandoning the policy of half
a century—the instinct of her nature, rather than
falsify an equivocal pledge made to the British
:s ppe that Russia As soon would we believe the pro-
mises of hounds not to hurt hares—of dogs not
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to
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bark at
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sheep—and ofapikeunoita cotosud
wlallowa
minnow,have
within her grasp, and not strangle
her.

We rejoice to find that the people of Man-
chester are determined to allow neither Whigs
nor Tories rest till free trade is established. A
meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was held
yesterday, and attended with most important re-
sults. After some strong resolutions had been
agreed to, the Chamber appointed a deputation,
consisting of two Tories and two Liberals to
wait upon Lord MELBOURNE and Sir RoRERT
PEEL, and lay before them the urgent
demands of the manufacturing body Without
distinction of party. The names of the gentle-
men are—J. B. SMITH, Esq., President; HENRY
ASHWORTH, Esq., HOLLAND HOOLE, Esq., and
ROBERT GARDNER, Esq. Let other towns
throughout the kingdom show the same unani.

mity, and ere long monopoly will be mentioned
only as an old almanac.

The Paris Papers of Wednesday have been re-
ceived, but there is little in their contents to
gratify public curiosity. The Constitutionnel
concludes a long article on the changes in the
Turkish Cabinet with the following observa-
tions:—

" If, as we are told, the change of Ministry in Turkey is
a victory for Russia, Russia has had a personal interest in over-
turning Reschid Parha and Ahmet Fethi Pacha. England
must feel uneasy at this, and a conflict must become more
probable or more imminent. If we had remained in our state
of isolation we should be perfectly indifferent to these p ssible
divisions, or we might even Congratulate ourselves on them.
But now that M. Guizot has bound France to again enter into
alliance with other Powers, these divisions, far from being an
advantage, become a source cf danger to her, for, as M. Tillers
remarked, we are no longer free, we have no longer a choice
of alliance. If the Dardanelles should happen to be threatened,
we should be obliged to unite with England against Russia,
to assist the very Power that joined Russiaagainst us. If then
this change of Ministry is a proof of a grave disagreement ke-
tween these two Powers. it also makes manifest the weakness
and want of foresight of M. Guizot's policy ; for if our adver-
saries profited by their momentary union to turn matters to our
prejudice, DI. Guizot has rendered it impossible for France to
reap any advantage from their divisions."-

We do not see in what way isolated France
could profit by a present disagreement between
England and Russia. M. TutEas contends that
both have insulted France, and in that case the
choice of one or the other as an ally cannot be
accounted worth much by our fire-eating Gallic
Contemporary.
THE Tuixisu CA BINET. —Said Pacha, vrho has been ap-
pointed Minister of Commerce for the second time, generally
passes half the day at prayer, arid part also he divides
between the study of astrology and the Koran. What remains
he devotes freely to public affairs. His faith in astro'ogy is so
strong, that he consults the stars on the most trifling occasion.
On his installation into office he sacrificed a number of rams,
which inundated the court-yard of his residence with blood.
It. was Said Pacha who wished to retard the entry of the Turk-
ish fleet on its arrival at Constantinople, under l'retencc that a
fleet should never entvr port on Friday. In .other respects he
is an honest man, and extremely affable—a rate quality in a
Turk of the old school.

Tahir Pacha, the new Admiral, has travelled much in Eu-
rope, and speaks Italian well. Unfortunately his character
has not been refined by intercourse wi.h civilized Status. He
put his son to death for having drank wine. Sultan Mah-
msud, in order to correct him, invited him to dine at the Pa-
lace, and ordered a large eish of baklava, a kind of Turkish
pastry to be set before him. Tahir Pacha ate until he was sa-
tisfied, and then ceased ; but the Sultan invited him to
continue until he was obliged to pray to be excused.
" What !" said the Sultan, frowning, " you ask to be excused
when you have eaten a few spoonfuls of baklava, and you have
no pity for the poor wretches to whom you apply the bastinado
without mercy ! Begone, and be assured that the eye of
my imperial justice shall I;e3' ever fixed upon your conduct."
• Cr R.CASSIA.—The last news from Tiflis is anything but fa-
vourable for the Russians. They have been driven from the
north of Daghestan by the celebrated chieftain Shamil Bey,
and obliged to abandon for the present the south banks of the
Terek and the Toundja. The Russian frontier has also been
repeatedly laid waste by the Lesghians and neighbouring
hordes, who have shown themselves on the other side of those
rivers, menacing even the towns of Mosdock and Elizahetgrad.
The Russians are preparing ,for vigorous hostilities on the
Georgian side of the Caucasus, whilst it appears partly certain
that they have done nothing good during the last year on the
coast of Abascia. Ihe Circassians have lately taken two of
their fortresses, and were preparing to attack a third. The
war in the Caucasus may be further than ever from a termt-
nation, unless the Russians consent to make peace. They
incur immense losses, the expense is enormous, and the success
nothing.
WAR PREPARATIONS IN FRENCH AFRICA.—The Sema-
phore de Marseilles of the 17th states, that the French army
at Oran had been lately reinforced by 6,000 men. A strong
division is to ascend the valley of the Cheliff, and firm a
junction with the main body of the army, above Medeah.
Thence those united forces are to proceed to des.roy Mascara,
Tazza, and Tekedempt. 'lhe expedition is to commence its
march early in May, and to remain out two months. General
Bugeaud has orders to strike a decisive blow, and ruin the
poser of Abd-el-Kader in the west of the Regency.
Such immense quantities of earth have given way at the
scarp and counterscarp of the three bastinea and curtains of the
entrenched camp of the bridge of Flanders, that it has become
necessary to apply a system of shoring, which will cause en im-
mense additional expense. And this is not all. It is known
that it was intended to spare the expanse of a facing to the
counterscarp wall, in consequence of the earth every where
giving way at the bridge of Flanders; at La Petite- Vallette, at
Pantie Res, St. Gervais, and Belville, they talk of facing all
the counterscarp. This one thing alone will nearly double
the expense of the masonry. The masons' work at the bridge
of Flanders will be begun this week.—Le Commerce.
The Journal le Francais de le Oriest informs us that mea-
sures have been taken to prevent the insolent depredations of
the English on the coast.
" The Minister of Marine has undertaken to the Maritime
Prefect of Cherbourg to detach instantly to the bay of Sr.
Briene a guard ship, and to prevent the English fishermen
from dredging for oysters within the limit of three miles,
formed by the ninth article of the Convention of the 2d Aug.,
1839; at the same time to superintend the French coasts, in
conjunction at the armed pinnace stationed there.
" The Minister of Marine announces that a plan proposed
for the resuscitation of the oyster fishery has been adopted Ole
may therefore hope that the oyster fishery at St. Briene may,
by good management, become a source of wealth to the coun-
try."—Le Courrier Francais. .

-The National, on the 16th instant, publish,d letters from
correspondents, proposing that persons who approved of the
politiftal principles of that journal, and sympathised with it
for the prosecutions it had lately undergone before the Cham-
ber of Peers, should purchase an extra number of copies in
order to afford it some indemnification for the lopes it had
thereby sustained. The Procureur de Roi has judged the
publication of these letters to be an offence against the laws
of September, which interdict any paper from publishing hats
of subscriptions to defray fines imposed on them in conse-
quence of political prosecutions, and an assignation has been
issued to the responsible editor to that effect.
The Magdeburgh Gazette mentions the arrest at Weimar
Of a young German, who had two years ago returned thither.
from Paris, on suspicion of having formed part of an asso-
ciation of young Germans, in the French capital, known to
entertain anarchical designs against several German princes
and States. "It was the French Government," this paper
adds, " which discovered the existence of the association and
its objects, and gave information thereof to the German
authorities. A native of Weimar, and another German,
belonging to the association, have been arrested in Paris, and
given up to the German police. Many fathers of families
in this country, who have sons at Paris, are in great apprehen-
sion for them, lest they should be compromised in the asso-
ciation."

• BOURSE.-PARIS. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21.
First Highest Lowest Last
Price Price. Pricy Price
Fterich 5 per Cents ll3 95 ... 114 ... 113 10 ... 113 OS
4 per Cents 99 25 ... 99 4,1 ... 99 25 .., 99 40
3 per Cents 79 40 .. %5 50 ... 79 25 ... 79 30
lank of prance
Lfiffitte Bank 5,0001. Stares 5157 5U ...5157 50 ...5157 5C ...5157 50
I,ooof. Stares 1060 ..,1061 ...1060 ...1061
elgian Bank
5 per Cent,..., lOl% ... 101 g ... um, ... Ivry,
New Loan ll2 ... i 2 ... ioui ... 101%
*arish Active l4g ... 94% ... '-'4y¢ ... Yes
Passive 514 ... 5% ... 5% ... 5 i
eortuguese 3 per Cents " 2,1 ... 20 ... 20 . 20
-...alont.tri
!Inman .... 104 ... 104 ... 101 ... 101
HALLWAY SHARES.
St. “ermain
Ve,sailles.R.. IS :-.77 50 ... 577 tyi ... 570 ... 370
LB. ...........
irieans . . 485 ... 4,745 ..: 465 ... 414.)
touen 455 ... 455 ... 455 ... 45i
strasourg &to bale .... l3B 75 ... 538 73 ... 237 50 . 2 8 75

Funds were more offered; Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 52;
Five per Cents., 10,N ; Ardoin's. 20 1-16.
The report this morning staes that a West India merchant
of Cornhill received a letter from Waterford, via Bristol, on
which is written outside, in pencil—" A ship has just arrived
from the West Indies, having touched at Bermuda, and re-
ports the President being off the island." Little credit is given
to this report.
To the present hour the British market continues without
the least animation.
Consols may be quoted at the leaving off prices of yester-
day, M. a for the Account ; Money, tHq, Exchequer Bills,
14 16 prem. ; Bank Stock, 1721 173 L-; India Stock, 2551 6i-
The Foreign Market is in the corresponding state as that
of the British Markets ; at present the prices are nominal.
Spanish Active as it left off, at 231 A; Passive, 5g- i; De-
ferred, 124 i; Portuguese, 333/4 34A- ; Three per Cents., 204;
Brazilian, 69 70 ; Colombian, 234. 23 ; Mexican, 3q 4 ;
Dutch Two-and-a-flalf per Cents., 526 I; Five per Cents,
99.4 100.

SHARES.—Great Western, 29 30, prem., New, 14i 15
prem. ; London and Brighton, 2i 4 dis. ; Blackwall, 5i 4,4
dts. ; Birmingham, 69 70 prem. ; Southampton, 58 59 per
share; Croydon, 13i 14 per share ; Greenwich, 8i 1,,, per
share ; Manchester and Birmingham, 15} 144 dis. ; South
Eastern and Dover, 1412 13 di.
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share.
Birmingham and Gloucester 100 ...... 76
Eastern Counties
Great North of Englacd . ... 80
Great Western
Ditto New
Ditto Fifths
London and Brighton
London and South Western 3Bl 581..... to
Ditto Tenths
London and Croydon (Trunk)... 1.34 l4 ...... to
Up to the present time very little credit is given to the re-
port from Bristol respecting the President, still it causes some
sensation.

The letter received in the City from Bristol, stating that a
vessel had arrived at Waterford from the We.t Indies, re-
specting the President steamer, is totally discredited, and sup-
posed to be a hoax played off by some person. The very
nakedness of the letter caused immediately great suspicion.
No name of the ship which brought the r,port, also not the
same handwriting as the inward part of the letter, as well as
no date when the slip left Bermuda.
In the British Funds there is little doing ; the sales and pur-
chases during the morning have been to nearly an equal extent.
Consols are a shade lower, 904, have been 904 ; Money 90i ;
Exchequer Bills, 14 16 premium ; Bank stock, 1734; India
Stock 2554 256 ; India Bonds 3s. prem.
In the Foreign Market also very litee doing. Spanish
Active, 23a ; Passive, 54 ; Columbian, 23 ; Danish, 774 7:3;
Dutch Two-and-a Half per Cents., nothing done ; Five per
Cents. not quite so good, 993, have been 100.
In Shares the Market is inactive, prices rather loner.
Birmingham and Gloucester, 76; Great North of England,
75 ; Great Western, 934 , Ditto, Fifths, 1 I ; London and
Brighton 474 ; Ditto South Western, 584.

CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.

Bank Stock 172 India Stock 2551
3 per Cent Red. B9i Ditto Bonds 3 pat
3 per Cent Cons 904 Ditto Old Annuities ...
3-; per Cent Iced 97h Ditto New Annuities...
New 31 per Cent 99A Ex. Bills, 1,000/....21d 14 pm
New 5 per Cent Ditto 5001 l4 pm
Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small l6 pm
Jan. 1860 . . 12 13-16 Bank Stock for Acct... 173
Oct 1859 lndia Stock for 0rg....
Jan. 1860.
FO it EIGN FUNDS.
Austrian, 5 per cent.... 1104 Portuguese, 5 per cent.
Belgian, 5 per cent lO3 Ditto, New Ditto —
Brazilian 80nd5.......... Prussian, 5 per cent —
Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent —
Chilian, 6 per cent...... !Ditto, Metallic..
Colombian, b per cent... :Spanish, 5 per cent 231
Ditto, 1824. Ditto, Deferred ...
Danish, 3 per cent.— 78 :French, 5 per cent. —f. —e.
Greek, 186, 5 per cent. ' Exchange 99f. 25c.
Mexican, 5 per cent.... French, 3 per cent —f. —c.
Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. I Dutch, 21 per cent. ... 524
Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et. !Ditto, 5 per cent wa
SHARES.
Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (100 p) 76
. Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid ..... .. . 9A-
Great North of England Railway (90 paid) 75
Great Western Railway (65 paid) ... ...... ... 931
Ditto New Shares (50 paid) 64
Ditto Fifth (4 paid)
London and Brighton (50 paid)
London and Blackwall Railway (25 pd)
London and B:imingham Railway (90 pd) l6O
Lttridon and Greenwich Railway (20 pd).. 84
Lon ton and South Western ... 5Bl
Ditto Tenths .. ... 2i
London and Croydon Railway ( Trunk)
North Midland Railway (100 paid) ...
Ditto Now Shares (40 paid) . ... 40
COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY).
Amsterdam CF. 12 61 Gibraltar
Ditto, at sight - 12 4 Leghorn 3O 40
Rotterdam ...2 U. 12 7 Genoa
Antwerp l2 6 Milan
Hamburgh M.B. 13 12 'Venice
Altona
Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 55 Palermo, per oz 119
Ditto, 3 months 25 80 ,Lisbon
Marseilles
Bourdeaux 23 85 Rio Janeiro 27
Frankfort on Maine... 154 !Bahia
Petersburgh, 3Us ... 37 !Buenos Ayres
8er1in..... ... ............ 7 0 New -York, 21 days sight 461
Vienna, effec. fl. 3M. 10 2 Philadelphia 46
Trieste, ditto
Madrid
Cadiz 354 Forei Gold, bars... 3 17 9
Bilboa ... 35 New Doubloons OO 0
Barcelona
Seville' .. 35 Silver in Bars 0 5 0