The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-26 00:00:00

THE NUN, LONDON. moNmAyl APRIL 28. lll4l.

lowing report of the proceedings in the Cham-
bers on the 15th inst. is rather interesting :

Tn the Senate the President announced that the Committee
appointed !o draw up the regulations to be observed on the
junction of the two Chambers for the purpose of settling the
Regency question was ready to submit its report to the
Chamber. The following were the articles proposed to the
House:—
" Art. 1. The Cortes shall meet to settle the Rogenq
question on the day that Government shall decide.
" 2. Each Chamber may deliberate singly, but not vote.
" 3. The Deputies and Senators united shall then vote, first,
on the number of Members the Regency shall contain ; se-
condly, on the persons of whom it shall be composed.
" 4. The vote shall be by ballot.
5. For the first vote each deputy or senator shall write in
his bulletin one, three, or five.
" 6. Should there be no absolute majority the first time, a
seeond ballot shall take place between the opinions having most
votes. _ _

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" 7. Should the result be the same, chance shall decide.
" 8. The same method shall be followed for the election of
the Regent or Regents.
" 9. No discussions shall take place even on questions of
order. The Constitution prohibiting the two Chambers to de-
liberate together."
These articles were immediately adopted, with the exception
of Art. 9, which gave rise to a discus:ion, M. Campazano ad-
vising its suppression, and to have inserted in its stead that
all questions should be settled by a majority of votes. This
was vehemently opposed by General Seoane, who said that
the constitution positively prohibited deliberation when the
two chambers were together, and that no violation of the fun-
damental law should be allowed. The gallant general asserted
that there were men who wished to create anarchy, in order
to seize on the property of hone-it and peaceable citizens ; but
he would let them know that, when he commanded, such cri-
minal projects should meet with no success, and added, that
400 daggers, sent from Genoa, most probably with a revolu-
tionary design, had lately been seized on their art ival and
transmitted to the tribunal of Valencia, which is charged with
the investigation.
After this vigorous sortie Art. 9 was carried.
In the Chamber of Deputies M. Collantes and other Depu-
ties called on the Ministry to communicate the budget for the
year 1842 as soon as it could possibly be got ready. The Mi-
nister of Finance, in reply, stated that the request of the
HonouraVe Members was quite useless. as Government was
desirous that the budget should be laid before the House with
all possible despatch, adding at the same time that Government
was desirous that the interest of the debt should be paid in
order to re-establish the credit of the country.
Our market has been rather brisker than usual. Five per
Cents. have been done at 26a cash, and at 27 at 60 days.

We have received the whole of the Paris Jour-
nals of Thursday. The Moniteur Aigerien of the
15th, announces that the dispute between France
and the Emperor of Morocco has been amicably
settled ; and that the new French Consul, on
being installed at Mogadore, was honoured with
a salute of twenty-one guns. The following of-
ficial report of the late operations in French
Africa, under the command of General Bun-
GEA UD, is the only piece of intelligence of any
interest in these papers :

FRENCH AFRICA.
The Moniteur Algerien of the 13th inst. contains in its official
columns the following despatch from General Bugeaud, dated
Algiers, the 12th inst.:—
" A detachment left Algiers on the 30th ult., with a large
convoy, which it introduced into Medeah on the 3d inst. At
the same time General Duvivier reconnoitred the mountains of
Beni Sarah to discover a shorter and more military road than
the Col de Alouzaia. He was attacked inces'antly by the
Kabyles of this difficult country. He succeeded, however,
in repulsing them. On retiring from the mountains he was
suddenly attacked by a battalion under di,' command of
Barkani, ex-Bey of Medeah. Being surprised in broken
ground, he at first lost some men, but Colonel Bedeau
having joined him, he attacked the Arabs, drove them back,
and caused them considerable loss. During this day the 17th
regiment of Light Infantry and a battalion of the 24th regiment
of the line, commanded by Colonel Gentil, displayed much
steadiness in resisting the incessant attacks of the Kabyles.
This detachment had 11 men killed and 54 wounded, includ-
ing two officers of the 17th Light Infantry.
" The principal column having deposited its convoy at Me-
deah, was attacked in its march towards the Wood of Olives by
a numerous body of cavalry. A battalion of the 23i1, 48th,
and a battalion of the 24th, commanded by the Duke D'Au-
maule, placed their knal sa.As on the ground and rushed upon
the Arabs, whom they drove info a ravine. Several of their
men and horses fell under the fire of the French infantry, and
many were wounded.
" On the 4th, at the moment that the escort ',which had de-
posited the convoy at Aledeah was mounting the so), the
rear-guard, commanded by General Changarnier, was warn&
attacked at the Wood of Olives in the rear, by the cavalry,
and on the left by the regular battalions of Abd-el-Kader.
This rear-guard supported charge valiantly, but it had
nearly cost us dear, for General Changarnier received a wound
in the shoulder, which at first was considered mortal, but the
ball having been extracted the General again put himself at
the head of his troops.
" The affair might have become serious upon the left, which
was attacked by two battalions of regulars, who came from the
valley of Bouromi; if a battalion of the 23d, half a battalion of
the 53d, and a detachment of sappers had not taken the Arabs
in the rear, whilst Colonel Hauteville supported them with
another battalion. The Arabs were driven into a ravine,
numbers were killed, and eleven were taken prisoners.
" At the same time Colonel Brunet attacked Barkani's in.
fantry, and drove them out of the Wood of Olives, where they
left several dead. The enemy being discouraged, retired on
all points, and dared not again attack the column, which
being obliged to take another convoy at Mouzaia, could not
pursue them.
The second convoy entered Medeah as fortunately as the
first.
"'This short expedition revictualled Medeah with nearly
400,000 rations, and the three battles which the enemy fought
to prevent this has proved to him how utterly impotent he is
whenever he attacks our columns.

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" This day 400 cavalry from the east, commandel by Ben
Salem, attacked the friendly tribes at Rassanta. Lieutenant
Pelle marched out of the Maison Carree, at the head of 300
native Riflemen, put them to flight, killed several, and drove
them as far as Sidi Kealed, with the loss of seven wounded.
This officer showed.much resolution on the occasion."
[Here follow the names of several officers and privates who
distinguished themselves.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
(From The Sun of Sa:urday &cling )
LIVERPOOL COT TON MARKET, APRIL 23. —Nothing has
occurred this week to change the position of our market, whic,'l
continues exceedingly flat. Speculatsirs are inactive, n.:r I:as
anything been done for export. The demand from the trade
also continua s very limited, and consequently the basin. ss
done is upon a small scale. Prices of American descriptions
below fair quality have declined j to per lb., but fair and
above are without change. Surat, are if lower, and all long
staple difficult to na:.ve at our la.t quotations. Sea Island may
be had under the highest point. The sales to-day are 2,000
bags of all kinds.
LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, APRIL 23.—The trans-
actions at the Stock Exchange this day have been limited,
and prices have a tendency to decline. Present prices :—Glas-
gow, Paisley, and Greenock, 261, ; Grand Junction, 210 to
211 ; Great Western, Half Shares, 641. In Bank Stock some
sales have been made, consisting of Liverpool Union, 12i ;
Liverpool Banking Company, 73.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 23.—The gene-
ral state of this market is not quite so firm as for several days
past :—Manchester and Leeds, 644 ; Do. Halves, 27k; Edin-
burgh and Glasgow, 37i ; Lancaster and Preston, 32i ; 1)o
New, 25 ; Bank of Stockport, 3Z ; Ashton and Oldham Ca-
nal, 106; Huddersfield Do., 261-; Lancaster, Do, 26.
We still continue without any arrivals of consequence, but
the wind having shifted to the south-west, we may expo et on
Monday numerous arrivals from all quarters ; but that most
anxiously looked fur will be from the West Indies, and of course
put us in possession of information respecting the President,
which can be depended upon, and do away with idle rumours
set afloat for sinister views as well as gambling transactions.i

The British Funds opened a shade lower this morning, left
off 90} for the Account ; at fprespnt may be.quoted at 901 )1,
with scarce a bargain doing ; Money, 90i ; Exchequer Bills,
14 16 prem. ; Bank Stock, 172% 1731; India Stock, 2551 6;1
In the Foreign Market most of the prices are nominal as
3et. Spanish Active same as it lefi off, at 23i ; Deferred,
I'2 a ; Passive, 5,4 i; Portuguese, 333/ 34, rather lower ;
Three per Cents., 20k ; Brazilian, 69 70 ; Colombian, 23 ;
Mexican, 30a ; Dutch TWO- and.a- Half per Cents., 52a ;
Five per Cents., 99i 100.
SHARES.—Great Western, 29 30, prem., New, 141-
prem. ; London and Brighton, 21 2 dis. ; Blackwall,
&ET. ; Birmingham, 69 71 prem. ; Southampton, 58 59 per
share; Croydon, 13i 14 per share; Greenwich, 84- per
share ; Manchester and Birmingham, 15i 14i dis.

PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share.
Birmingham and Gloucester 100 74
Bristol and Exeter 6O ...... 37 .. ... to
London and Brighton
London and Greenwich
Ditto Scrip... 3 ...... 5i to
Midland Counties lOO
Ditto i Shares
South Eastern and Dover
PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, APRIL 22.
3 per Cent. Consols
Three and Half Stock 97i , Grand Canal Stock ...... ...
1 Ditto Reduced
_- Ditto Debs. 6 per sent...
. _ .

Ditto New, 1830 ...... 975 Ditto 4 per cent ...
Si per Cent. Debs. 905 Royal Canal Stock
Extract of a letter from Liverpool to Messrs. Anderson, &c.
dated 23d inst., at Lloyd's, " The Dee is in from Bermuda,
sailed 25th ult. ; no account of the President."
The Dee was about to leave Jamaica about the 14th March,
calling at Antigua and Bermuda, but there wtis no account of
her arrival at Antigua on the 22d March. No credit is given
to the above letter ; a Government ship never goes to Liver-
pool, but always proceeds for Falmouth or Plymouth.
The British Funds have remained during the morning in-
active, which is generally the ease on Saturdays. consequently
we have not a feature to communicate.

Consols at present are a shade lower than in the morning,
9Oi, for the Account; Money, 904; Exchequer Bills, 14 16
premium; Bank Stock, 1721 i; Inda Stock 2551 ; India
Bonds 3 prem.
In the Foreign Market scarce a bargain doing. Spanish
Active, 23i ; Deferred 12i; Passive, 54; Dutch Two-and-a-
Half per Cents., 52#; Five per Cents. 99./ 101E$
Scarcely anything doing in the Share Market, no varia-
tion in the prices worth noticing. Birmingham and Glou•
tester, 74; Bristol and Exeter, 37 ; London and Brighton,
474; South Eastern and Dover, 29.
Consols, Account, 90i ; Mexican, 30i ; Portuguese,
334 34 ; Spanish, 231 Nothing doing.
CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.

Bink `Stock .. 172 i India Stock 2554
3 per Cent Red B9* Ditto Bonds 3 pal
3 per Cent Cons 9o* Ditto Old Annuities ...
3i per Cent Red 974 Ditto New Annuities...
New 3i per Cent 99i ,Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2Ad 16 pm
New 5 per Cent Ditto 500/ l6 pm
Long Annuities toexpire Ditto Small l6 pm
Jan. 1860 l% Bank Stock for Acct...
Oct 1859 l2i India Stock for 0pg....
Jan. 1860
FOREIGN FUNDS.

Austrian, 5 per cent — Portuguese, 5 per cent.
Belgian, 5 per cent
8ra.,.....1ian 80nd5.... — Ditto, New Ditto 34
69i Prussian, 5 per cent.
: 7''
6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent —
Buenos Ay
DCoitltoom,bliBa2n,l,.
Danish, 3 per cent 6 per cent... --
!Spanish, 5 per cent 23
Chilian, 6 per et,int'••'" Ditto,i Metallic...
Ditto, Deferred
5 per cent. --f. —c.
... 124
-,
Greek, 18:45, 5 per cent. -- Exchange.........,,.
_f . _ _
e.
Mexican, 5 per cent.... French, 3 per cent. --f. —c.
Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. Dutch, 2/ per gent. ••• 52
Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et. Ditto, 5 per cent..,. lOOl
SHARES. . _ ,

Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (100 p) 74
Bristol and Exeter (60 paid)
Great Western Railway (65 paid) ... 94
Ditto New Shares (50 paid 64
Ditto Fifth (4 paid) ... 11i
London and Brighton (50 paid) 47i
London and Birmingham Railway (90 pd) :160
London and Greenwich Railway (20 pd) 84
Ditto Scrip. (4 paid) si
London and South Western '
London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) l4
Manchester and Birmingham (40 paid) ... .. 25
Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) .. ......
Ditto Quarter Shares (13 paid) ... 214
South Eastern and Dover (33 paid)... 19

THE STEAM-SIIIP PRESIDENT.
(BY EXPRESS.)

LIVI.RPO L, SUNDAY MORNING.

Durhlg the ivhole o!yestevday and Friday this
town was fail of flying reports respecting the
steam-ship President, now so long past due—
one of which was that a Liverpool mercantile
house had received a letter from Antigua, dated
the 25th, brought by the Dee, which had arrived
at Dartmouth with papers from Jamaica to the
14th, from Antigua to the 20th, and front Ber-
muda to the 95th, and at the latter place nothing
was known of the President.

A letter from Antigua has certainly reached
Liverpool, dated the 15th, brought by a ship
which had arrived at Dartmouth from Trinidad
and Antigua, but she has not any news from
Bermuda, a position too far northward for any
vessel running from Antigua to touch, unless
driven there by stress of weather. It is almost
needles:; to state that the rumours given in the
Irish Journals are entirely without any foundation.

OUR CHINESE POLICY.

TO LORD VISCOUNT PALMERSTON, G.C.B.

My Lord.—Since the arrival of the last China intelli-
gc: ye, I have la en at some pains in examining the pec,-
liar policy pur:kued by her Majesty's rep. esentative in that
distant pait of the globe; and, in common with the whole
circle of my friends, 1 see nothing in the whole of his
proceedings but childish indecision of purpose, and the
utmost feebleness of action.

I was for some years, in the early part of my life, a
resident in India, and I am consequently familiar with the
geography, history, statistics, and local peceliarit his of most
of the regions of the East, and I can confidently deelire,
from a tolerable insight into the Cnice,e character,
that our whole course of dealing with that singular people,
from the earliest date, has been impolitic and vain.
It would be tedious to your Lordship to peruse details
of the extraordinary homage we, an enlightened people,
have been accustomed, from time immemorial, to pay to
this race of ignorant men. who really are, for the most
part, in a state of semi-barbarism.
The fear we have been accustomed to entettain of their
shutting-up the trade in Teo, has been the prolific source
of innumerable evils to our merchants, and in proportion
to our pliancy their rapacity has increased. The extor
tion, robbery by fraudulent bankruptcies, wretched humi-
liation in all our correspondence with their officials, weich
we have suffered for ages, will scarcely fifty years hence,
be credited by those who shall then read the strange his-
tory of our connexion with the Chinese. But these
things are foreign to the object of my present
communication, which is, as your Lordship may infer,
from the observations w th which I began this letter, to
point out what I conceive to be the errors of Captain El-
hot in his negotiations with the Chinese.
In the first place, then, my Lard, I, in common with
the vast majority of her Majesty's subjects cinnected with
India, do most strongly impugn the political appointments
in Chiea made by the Government since the revocation
of the East India Company's Charter., At that period,
pert aps, when things were geing on very smoothly at
Canton, a Bedchamber Lord, like Lord Napier, would
answer very well; his duties were anticipated to be slight,
and neither lung experience nor great talents, seemed to
be necessary for the due fulfilmeut of the end sou ht ht in ap-
pointing a sort of consular agent at that city. gt,11,113W•
ever, much as I agree with your Lordship in your ideas
regarding general government, and compelled as
an by the success which has in so unexampled
a d, gee crowned your Lordship's foreign politics,
to admire the talent with which Providence has
endowed you, I cannot hold you quite exonerated
from blame, in appointing to so distant a charge, an en-
tirely unproved man, who might have almost irreparably
injured our national character before your Lordship could
have bad time to put him tight by your instruetions, or have
entirely removed him from the scene of les errors,
Captain Elliot's appointment was even worse—and I do
not know what, at that particular juncture, the period of
Lord Napier's death, and the bsgirining of our different-;es
with the Chinese, could hive induced your Lordship to
pass over the multitudes of highly gifted men, who have
won renown in India by the talent they have displayed for
the highest branches of civil and legislative Government,
and to appoint to an important diplomatic post an indi-
vidual known only to the world as a mere military man, a
naval officer, and who has since proved himself utterly in-
competent to manage with credit and success the most
trifitig political negotiation.
My Lord, it is vain to say that any one with moderate
abiht'eF, and a fair education, is fit for a consular post or
a political residency. Where all is accustomed to go
smoothly it may be true ; but it is always within the range
of probability that differences may arise ; and in so distant
a quarter, where a twelvemonth elapses before instruc-
tions can he applied for and received, no one, except a
tried man, one who has proved himseet, when left to the
resources of his own genius, an ins.ividual on whom the
Government and the country may safely rely, that neither
the honour of the one, nor the interests of the other, shall
suffer where be is to guide, should have received this most
important appointment.
From the time of Captain Elliot's arrival at Canton
unto the present raoment, there seems to have been a sort
of Chinese incubus on his mind, cramping his energies,
enfeebling big motions, and, I might almost say, paralysing
his whole powers of thought and aeLn,
Instead of repelling Insult la that high tone, and with
shit noble disda'n which we in'g;it, have expected from
him, net only as the repreentathe of a great nation, but
as a man and an officer, we have seen him exhibit not
only a total insensibility to language which ought to
have celled for the loudest denunciations of iirath and in-
dignstion but return. to it addresses so meek, and of such
pusillenimons forbearance, that the Chinese themselves
must have been 4l once both gratified and astonished.
My Lord, the natives of the East, fom ti,e Euphrates
to Japan are, from eatuyal character and peculiar goy. re-
msnt, alike the creatures of superstition and vanity, With
them, for the most part, show is everything, and, as with
children, first impressions are rarely eradicated.
It was more from his native impudence and the natural
credulity of the people amongst whom be was bore, that
Mohammed owed his success in propounding a new reli-
gious faith, than the truths he announced or the morals he
enforced. In out' own pesassslope in fridia our whole
course of policy, from the days of Cliye and the inagnifi.
cent Marquis Wellesley to the pr sent moment, has been
to impress on the minds of our Eastern subjects, by out.
ward show and dignified language, sentiments of awe
of our greatness, and admiration of our genius; and
there is hardly a nation to be found, from Himala to Cape
Cormorin, who ever seriously doubts the practicability of
any undertaking by the East India Company. And this,
my Lord, is the way to act with all half.barbarous nations ;
if you re em to suspect yourself of weakness, nothing can
be expected from such adversar:cs but unmitigated cone
tempt and causeless injury. On the issuing of the first in-
solent edict by Lin, the first High Commissioner with
whom Captain Elliot was brought in collisior, the English
official should have replied in a strain becoming the repre-
eentative of his na'ion, denouncing even the Emperor, and
threatening him and his subjects with the dire effects of
our hostility.
However, his conduct is now subject for history, and I
should be sorry to trouble your Lordship with a recapitu-
lation of the series of rriserable measures pursued by that
officer, from the suspension of hostilities after the capture
of Chusan, to the last crowning deed of folly and mischief
effected by his hands after the brilliant success which at-
tended our arms in the destruction of the forts in the Can-
ton river by our ships and troops.
My Lord, it is rumoured that Captain Elliot would
never have thug stopped abort our gallant soldiers and
sailors in their career of victory, had not your Lordship,
alarmed by the prospect of a war with France, imminent
at the date of those instructions, not given orders to him
to conclude a peace with the Chinese at almost any price;
and this, so the report goes, is the only explanation which
can be given of the strange baste with which Keshen's
proposals for a peace were seized. fled he persevered in
his tiosti.ities but for a week, perhaps for a day longer,
he might have obtained what terms he chose, from tneir
not altogether groundless fears of seeing the rich and
populous city of Canton a prey to the cannon of our fleet
and army.
And Duty, my Lord, we have peace with them; we re-
ceive 6,000,000 of dollars, a sum which will hardly pay
the expenses of the military expedition, and the barren
islet of Hong Kong, which is deemed by the sapient ne-
gotiator to be worth the three or four millions of money
duo fur the opium so unjustifiably seized by the tyrannical
Lie, and for which the owners of the drug will have a
right to come on our impoverished Exchequer.
My Lord, this is a most lame and impotent conclusion
to an expensive expedition, which, if common talent and
sagacity bad directed is, would have produced
.results of
lasting benefit to the nation.
The islet of Hong Kong is, you may depend upon it,
my Lord, quite useless to us as far as commercial purposes
are concerned ; and if we bold it, it will prove, like ti.e
island of Ascension, expensive and burdensome to us. If
we had merely stipulated fur free ingress to the northern
ports, and unmolested trade with the subjects of the Ce-
lestial Empire, our ultimate advantages would have been
greater than hey will prove from this worthless territo-
rial cession. . . _

My Lord, you are imperatively called upon, by a due
regard to the interests of our beloved country, to with-
hold your ratification from this wretched treaty, which is
really so bad as not to admit of a single opinion being cx
pressed in ill defence. Civilians, military men, and the
mercantile interest, all concur in condemning it. With
respect to the opinion that our national faith is plighted by
our representative, I know enough of the bad faith of the
Chinese c/ aracter, to be certain that ay opportunities
will be offered to us during the negotiations regarding
minor details, to evade the fulfilment of the treaty, and to
try anew the ultinia ratio.
As a primary measure, Captain Elliot ought to be in-
stamtly r,called, for he seems to have latched, by his
weak and vacillating conduct, toe confidence of all, and
a neg ;tiator of known talent sent out to fill his place.
My Lord, there is no dell th of men able to conduct
the Chine;c affair to a conclusion h•,nourable and profit-
atle to us but let us pray am.. nu lamily consideration,
no parialiry for c Weague or partizan, none of that
nepotism which seems to have absorbed China patronage,
be allowed to defeat the public good. I could mention a
dozen eligible for the post, and even whose names would
be a security that no blander would he committed, and
whose experience in Eastern affairs would prove of inesti-
mable value in dealings with such negotiators as. the head,
strong Lin, and the crafty Keshen, The Right Hon,
Holt Mackenzie, formerly Territorial Secretary at Ben-
gil— i
Franciv Warden, late Political Secretary n 13,m-
-bay—and, above all. fir Charles Metcalfe, toe most po-
pu,ar man, as an Indian Governor, of the day. One of
taese men at t':e city of Canton, in the room of the pre-
sent untortunatc—l had almost said,imbecile—resident.
would, with the ample means et command now in the

China seas, not only bring us triumphantly through the
difficulties which now beset our commerce and national
honour in that region, but would lay the foundation of a
trade between England and the eel-still Empire, so fruit-
ful of advantage to the former country, that the results, if
calculated, would startle even the most sanguine.
My LOre, the country waits with impatience to learn
your decision on the treaty in question. Surely your
Lordship will never identity yourself with Capt. Elliot
in the feeble policy he has pursued, but will rather avow
your strongest reprobation of the haste, indecision, and
pusidanimity which are its distinguishing characteristics.
My Lord, the public are sensibly alive to the shame
which this treaty, this second Convention of Cintra, bas
already brought on the national character, sod something
energetic from your Lordship's lips, is absolutely neces-
sary to convince it that the interest of the country, in its
foreign relations, are safe in your Lordship's custody.
Let us then hipe that the disapprobation of Captain
Elliot and his policy, so loudly expressed by the Indian
press, and so largely participated in by the British public,
will meet a ready echo in your Lordship's breast, and that
a prompt remedy may be applied by your Lordship's
hand to the extensive evil which that officer has inflicted
on our best, our commercial, interests.

I am, your Lordship's obedient servant,
April 21, 1841. 11.1ERCATOR.

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen held a Court on Saturday afternoon at
Buckingham Palace.
Count Pollon, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni-
potentiary from the King of Sardinia, and from Ms Royal
Highness the Duke uf Lucca, bad an audience of her Ma-
jesty. His Excellency was introduced by Viscount Pal-
merston, G. C. 8., her Majesty's principal Secretary of
State tor Foreign Aff4irs, and conducted by Sir Robert
Chester, Master of the Ceremonies.

Her Majesty was attended by Lord Lilford, Lord in
Waiting, and Mr. Rich, Groom in Waiting.
ThAr Serene Highnesses the Prince and Princess of
Leiningen, attended by the Baroness Spaeth, arrived at
Buckingham Palace at six o'clock on Saturday afternoon,
on a visit to her Majesty. Their Serene Highnesses, soon
after their arrival, went to Clarence House, Si. James's,
to visit her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent.
The Queen and Prince Albert attended Divine Service
yesterday morning in the Chapel Royal, St. James's.
The sermon was preached by . the Rev. Dr. Hook, from
Corinthians, chap. 13, verse 13. The service was read by
the Rev. Dr. Vivian, the Lessons by the Rev. Horsley
Dakins, and the Communion Service by the Rev. Dr. Vi-
vian and the Rev. Horsley Dakins. The Chant, Te
Deum and Jubilate in D, Sanctus and Responses, com-
posed by Sir George Smart. The Anthem, " The Lord
is King," ( Arnold), was sung by Messrs. Hawkins, Hobbs,
and J. B. Sale. Sir George Smart presided at the organ.
The Rev. Dr. Snort was the Deputy Clerk of the
Closet in waiting. The Royal suite included the Duchess
of Bedford, Lady Caroline Cocks, Hon. Miss Cavendish,
Lord Lilford, Lori George Lennox, Mr. Rich, • Lord
ed Paget, Colonel Bouverie, and Captain Francis
Seymour.

The Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty and Prince
Albert, and the Prince and Princess of Leiningen, yester-
day, at Buckingham Palace.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal trai taken
an airing on Saturday in a carriage and four.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert attended by Colonel
Bouverie, visited her Roy al Highness the Duchess of Kent
yesterday at Clarence House, and the Duke of Cambridge
at Cambridge House. His Royal Highness rode out on
horseback on Saturday attended by Colonel Bouverie.
Viscount Melbourne bad an audience of the Queen on
Saturday,

The Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty and Prince
Alpert on Saturday.

Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the
Duchess of Bedford, Hon. Miss Cavendish, Lord Lilford,
Mr. Rich, Lord Alfred Pager, and Colonel Bouverie,
honoured the Italian Opera with their presence on Satur-
day evening,
-Yesterday was the birthday of her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Gloucester. Her Royal Highness
received visits of congratulation from their Royal
aighnesms Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent,
aid the Duke of Cambridge. Moat of the Fo-
reign Ministers called at Gloucester House during the
day, and left their names for the Royal Duchess, and also
very many of the Nobility and Gentry.
The Duchess of Kent attended Divine Service yester-
day afternoon in the Chapel Royal, S'. James's. Lady
Anne Maria Dawson was in waiting on her Royal Highness.
The Duke of Cambrecige attended Divine Service yes-
terday morning in Grosvenor Chapel. Major Stephens
was in waiting on his Royal Highness. In the afternoon
his Royal Highness attended Divine Service in St. James's
Church.
The Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of Glou-
cester on Saturday.
A Cabinet Council was held at two o'clock en Saturday
afternoon at the Foreign-office. It was attended by all
the Ministers.
The Council sat three hours.

A deputation, consisting of Sir Mathew Wood Bart.,
M. l'., the Governor of the Bank of England, Mr. R. L.
Jones, Mr. Hall, and the City Remembrancer, had au in-
terview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday
in Downing-street, respecting the embankment in Thrcird-
needlk.-street, opposite the new Royal Exchange.
Lord Hill and the Queen's Advocate had interviews
with Viscount Melbourne on Saturday at his official resi-
dence in Downing-street.
Sir George Arthur had an interview with Lord John
Russell on Saturday at the Colonial-office.
The Duke of Wellington visited the Panoramas of
Damascus and Acre in Leicester-square on Saturday.

MISCELLANEOUS ESTIMATES, &c.—These
estimates are divided into five parts or branches. The first
part includes the sums required for public buildings and Royal
alaces, the new Houses of Parliament, and various other
items, which amount to 311,1321. The second part includes
the sums required fir the salaries and expenses of public
offices, prisons. commissioners, inspectors, &c. which amount
to 630,4361. The third includes the sums required for super-
annuation allowances, the vaccine est ablishmesit, &c., which
amount to 106,9311. The fourth part includes the secret ser-
vice money, convict expenditure, the London University, and
various other items too numerous to be specified, the total
amount required being 1,045,657/. The amount required for
secret service money is :39,2001. The fifth part includes the
sums required for various civil establishments, &c., which
amount to 239,0221. 'Thus the aggregate amount of the entire
miscellaneous estimates for the year 1841.2 is 2,333,12301.

It is with great pleasure we can state that a
plan has been quite decided upon for throwing open to
the public louse parts of the Regent',-park not already
let or actually pledged. That portion to be for the future
open to the public will far exceed in extent the reze.ved
part 4. It is propozed to make openings or gates into the
centre at the following five points: —viz , on the north-
west side of the Park, and oppo,ite Hanover-gate ; be-
tween the Marquis of Hertford's villa and that part now
let out with keys to the public; another gate on the north-
west side, between the Marquis of Hertford's and Mr.
Halford's villas; a gate on the north side between Mr.
Halford's and the Zoological Gardens; a gate at the
south-east extremity of the Zoological grounds and near
St. Catherine's ; and one on the east side nearly opposite
the Colosseum. We feel that it is quite sufficient to an•
nounce this new source of health and recreation to the
public, without either dwelling upon its many advantages
or upon the additional claim it gives the Noble Lou' at
the head of the Woods and Forests to their gratitude.—
Observer.

A deputation from merchants connected with
the China and India trade had an interview with Viscount
Palmerston in the course of the week on the subject of the
recent events in China. It would appear that the depu-
tation rested their complaints mainly upen two points-1
namely, the inadequacy of the indemnity proposed to be
paid by the Chinese Government to this country, and the
want of any sufficient security, having been provided for
the personal safety and independence of British residents
in China, by the arrangements which Captain Elliot was
said to have entered into with the Chinese Pleni-
potentiary. The answer of Viscount Palmerston was, we
hear, to the effect, that as yet he was acquainted only with
the principles agreed to between the Plenipotentiaries—
viz., that the Emperor was to ceie to the British Crown
a territorial possession in China, that en indemnity was
to be paid to the British Government, and that the official
intercourse between the two countries was, fur the future,
to be conducted on tot ms of perfect equality. As yet his
Lcrdship knew nothing beyond the admission of these im-
portant principles ; and, as it was expressly stated that the
details were to be the subject of further negotiation, it
necessarily followed that it was impossible for ►its Lordship
to come to any conclusive opinion as to the acts of the
British Plenipotentiary until in full possession of the de-
tails of the further negotiations so alluded to.—Observer.
_ _

The Nottingham election is now causing no
little stir among the Tories. The " Great Rejected,"
Mr. Walter, of the Times, seems to possess the exclusive
privilege of attempting all the deperate elections in Eng.
land ; and it is well, indeed, for the Carlton Club that a
men cf so much good metal is in their service, the more
especially as the contributions to their Election Fund are
now tailing sadly off. Mr. Walter, however, is destined
to be again beaten off, and sent back minus his usual
amount of thousands. Any candidate who descends to
employ money in disreputable purposes, is certain
to succeed in raising a hot outcry among pa,
ticular classes in his favour, but the great body of electors
are generally more disgusted than seduced by such enthu-
siasm. Nor is the present contest in NAtingham likely
to be of a (Hitt-mit complexion, although sonic few n.is-
guided w: etches who take to iheinselves tile name of Char-
, Outs have joined the outcry against Mr. Larperit, the Li-
beral candidate. The Chartists, generally, however ex-
treme and unyielding in their opinions, are too sincere and
too eh ar-sighted to be led away in so silly a manner. The
more educated and reflecting of their leaders have must
properly separated themselves from the violent declaimers,
and the fact of the former keeping aloof from Mr. Walter
and his gold, is sufficient of itself to explain why the others
are employed in the servce of the enemy. —British Queen.
Oysters have been so plentiful here this season,
that within the last few days they have been retailing
et
the Quay at 4d. per score.—Dover Chronicle.
The members of the Navy Club dined together
at the Thatched House Tavern on Thursday evening,
then Sir C. Nap :e,- honoured the entertain
mnent
company. Admiral Thompson presiced, and amongtti hits
party weie the Earl ut Nlanvers, Lord F. Gordon, Sir C.
Malcolm, Sir Couttetiay Beyie, Sir W. Lake, sir
C. Sullivan, Captain Deans Dundas, Captain Sotherby,
Captain Forbes, and rather a large party.
BURFORD'S PA NORA Al A.-011 Saturday the
Duke of Wellington paid a visit to the panoramas of Sr.
Jean d'Acrc and Damascus, in Leicester-square. He
appeared in good health and spirits, and took very great
interest in the views, which were explained to him by the
painter and a military gentleman who had lately been in
the East. On leaving the exhibition the Duke was loudly
cheered by those wetoufslcle to see his Grace depart.
We are glad to learn, in the best informed quar-
ters, thet there exisis no lik iihood whatever of the case of
Mr. M'Leod leading to any rupture of the friendly rela-
tions between Grcat;3ritaia and the United States.:

monmiNr(4. eDtplol4.

DR. ELLIOTSON.

SUPERB AND DOUBLY HONOURAII
PRESENTATION OF PLATE, F 11,%
THE GRATEFUL AND AOf
STUDENT, TO THE TRULY EMINV
AND MAGNANIMOUS PROFESSOR'

" Envy still follows merit as its shade; -
But like the shadow proves the substance Yoe'
Who dares the realms of prejudice invade,
With new-born science, fails—because 'tis f
On the 17th inst. a Deputafion of Stude°t4:
University College waited .npon Dr. Eill°ts°:,
with a superb piece of Plate, and the followi°,
address : • :ad
"Sir,—ln accordance with a resolutioner
at a meeting of several of your friends aaailnse
pupils, and in behalf of those gentlemen w`•
' n'ut
names are here appended, we have 'to be of
acceptance of the accompanying slight ollr'
our esteem and gratitude.
-e 5°
" In appearing before you for a parr: ar
gratifying, and so much in accordance with
own wishes, we cannot but attempt, howovel;
adequately, to express the feelings
thus actuated our fellow-students and ourselve-e'a
" Whilst we believe that few have laboll'
more energetically in the cause of truth, or 11',se,
devoted themselves more earnestly and ellso
tively to the advancement of the best iatere,,
of :Medical Science than yourself, we feel lent
vinced that none have ever shown more to
ce
for imparting the results of extensive exPerlell,o'.
or have evinced mori of patient attention ant'
tiring zeal in the arduous duties of a Teacherties
" Hence with the admiration of your abill ce
and respect for your services to Medical Sella
which we entertain, in common with those svti,
know you less, we cannot but feel thoseselilio
merits of esteem and regard towards you `;s:°
are naturally the result of our relative P°3—
as Scholar and Professor.
if use
" We therefore feel it no less a pleivar.,
confer on ourselves than a duty we owe
thank you most sincerely for the impuOal'it:cea
vies you have rendered to all who 113'11 of
your pupils, and have had the opportll°ll, YOO
profiting by your valuable instructionslilanie
practice of our profession while at th? ;re•
time we beg to assure you that we shall efe-oi.
member the urbanity and kindness whiellit
formly marked your intercourse with us dunes
period of several years. the
" In conclusion, we beg your acceptance °hove
accompanying Piece of Plate, which we at i°4
may long serve to remind you of 'the estlit:wer
in which you are held by your friends and

pupis."

The fAlowing was Dr. Elliotson's replYl--cv
" Gentlemen,—This is the most gratifYi4
of my existence.
to tile
" Front my entrance into the profesPion --
present moment I have never thought at.fatloc-
other method of advancement than that °' -or
duously pursuing knowledge and. conducting:l the
self well. Whenever I have comminlieate-A to
results of my observations or investigatn
jV
the medical world, it has not been till ti,j'eo-iisr
boriously repeated inquiry, so that I felt L'be
lutely certain of my facts : for nothing C,aliv 14
more unpardonable than to lead others asti-'Oll-
the science of medicine. Whenever I laav,e,,ao4
vocated a subject not well known, and al ea
rejected, it has not been till I had investigate'coolly, patiently, and conscientiously.
rult has been the eventual admission of wiltl'-r
I have asserted respecting diseases, and the ado g
tion of every medicine of which I have giv,e4,
favourable report. In advocating phrelun nars,
as I have done for nearly five and twentyleam
and Mesmerism, as I have done for three Yed.
areall have adhered strictly to facts, and so shun are
all speculation, that those phrenologists wile
.00e
more prone to listen to authority, and more Ptriie
to speculate, than to examine nature and t° P
a few positive facts before a multitude of Fre,
sumptions, regard me as little advanced in P
nological knowledge; and many mesmerists PI so
nounce me a sceptic, and, indeed the.fantsareael
.wonderful and unlooked for, that.l have amr,`l,,-ce
none, and will affirm none, 'which I 'l.:et
not'myself satisfactorily witnessed, howe',
high:the authority which declares them. -vire)
ology has now at least twenty thousand it'l);
porters in this country ; and Mesmerism d'4le
gaining ground among able and. seieu4
very
sons, and is undergoing investigatiou,,W
•
many quarters. I IPra
What has been my reward frOUI frolo
mass of public and private practitioner%dical
colleagues, and from nearly all • the Perixpetv
press, you well know. But had %pot
enced ten times more than I have, I sileu,ercd
have deviated from my course, nor Pre; or
less entire my love of scientific truth/ ° to'
gray, and of independence. Nor, if I kg°`v
self, do I fear that I shall ever ellangeci 1):1
real love of thos•,! three things is heightens, other
persecution; and I can conceive Ile •
purpose in the ordination of persecution wore
the usual lot of such love, than to reader %rod
intense, and to cause its objects to be rea. ore
as themselves a sufficient reward and t° o,*
than ever outshine riches and worldly h°llo the
which are indiscriminately bestowed 11Petrilortli°
ignorant and the well-informed, upon the
less and the good.
rd e

But sooner or later an external rewg' e
come. I assure you that this day an-IPbcr-coof
penses me for everything. You' have Ail" bat
kind feelings over-estimated my deserts 'tioog•
you have not over-estimated my good inteAilault
It grieved me much to part from you atil.
to be
sphere in which I had the greatest des fee amid
useful. But a proper respect for my t"-
for myself rendered my resignation a duty : as of
Accept my warmest thanks and expressl°o time
sincere attachment. May you all Parsti-
road to true happiness and find it. 1•50'
JOHN ELMO--

abtbiii,Aii,ce:neii
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ges,ehleceatalieaanigstf
re,be:cdaelttutd.ino.dt:aa,rJ:
WALSALL.—The Anti-corn-law testiOnl'alide
Walsall, is now finished and ready for presentation. ' Mil
,'
derne atit is the following ,wli6t withinchesfire
scrolli n d isahr: eel tdesr,: °col
John Benjamin Smith, Esq., by the ladies of ‘",t,- . ri,
asirun.n'is(ah.tsi:gcao,nh,idontriiel,clirridiee:csf_s.tpe:r.T.fripnbred:lsurt;;;;al‘Cliltfj;l:
a testimonial of their gratitude arid esteem for -;;ear"
triode and spirited manner in which he stood 1° f tile
in February, 1841, to contest the representation Zr bi•
borough with a monopolist and a bread-taxer; ',pooir
upright and independent conduct, and urbane cicl'lcorie',.
during the struggle ; and fur his general aad on%elliP
advocacy of the rights of all, itn opposition to tll°,o,,y.l'e
interests and usurped domination of a class. hoiJl4
live to enjoy the reward of his exertions in ix •1;-„,le i 5
ilca.:wlioss:Briheirnitd.bevhaeSbbeihr. yornsra:i ti:vhbre,:reFr: i'Pqt.i Jo: our late
among
a nadiei Jail:
, esoar:,
truth triumphant, and his country happy." The bc furl
surrounded with the rose, thistle, and shamrock' obis
tastily chased in dead and bright silver ; the lout '0 r is
having a beautiful effect. The weight of the Ol''oli:
nearly seventy our.ces. It is proposed to gye a
0, or vest
or tea party to Mr. Smith some time in - isto
month, and occasion will then be taken to present tbe
to him. —Anti-Bread-tax Circular, cer
THEATRICALS AT COURT.—There Were yls'
Lain incidents in the rehearsals which, as far as be,f; gii
jesty was concerned, the Itltng by no means approvo•6l,
for example, when a kiss was to be given or Tree, he
swing l• would manifest symptoms of uneasite3s,o4
backward and *forward on lit chair', isi/
cwilooulluglidhs loudly. " These thugs," he would say, ini,'; far
observed in the performance, hut there is no neees'"bio
frrtolimatrhieusge mthaenmifes"tatiletnls"osl.ddeeismapepdropbrautdiconnt, tloeittatill'c'/:/siflo
should prohibit the performances altogether. , t r:'
therefore resolved, that there should be nosalutirto toulti
licarsals ; and that, by way of subst tute, the Isdieisos Po to
incline their heads, and the gentlemen raise their 1 igi'o,o
their shirt ft ills, and kiss the lace.—Theodore •ii
French Slays, ll°
, < ...-• •
CONSTITUENCY OF GRE.AT I.3ItITA."' Ty'
number o °lectors on the various ri•gisters (!f Gret,
..d,
'4[lo" of
tam for the year 1839.40, was as foll)ws—v•z. l'nu _Ler
t:n.al number of county voters, 452,651; total.
9, ~,eO.l
borough voters, 319,159. Wd.CE —zounty vote!
e.,3,_°,,,,„ ot
borough voters, 10,039 ; gr, ss total nuinber of it,cewto,,,
England and Wales, 819,612. In Scotl 10,0..1'
__ol).,
number of county voters was 47,002, aed that of
,N'
voters 35,697, making altoge.her 82,699. niu,5,3,..40 td
constituency of Great Britain amounted ill 1; irclat',
about 902,311. The gross total constituency :3-siith per
was in P. 4.39-40 154,1157, equal to more than
.Tl,-,.0,1,114,
of the constituency of Great Bri.ain, including
D 6-0
Wales, and Scotland, „iebolle
NW' .e'
vestry,O NSiar.tuKrdcnas)e•,tt at a
eltraordirlisi,il
payers of the parish generally upon the
the Par° )of
change in affairs and the healthy state .
_.,,,0r..,i_j
finance. The vestry ha.1,..t the present time, Ili 0,
~..., h 0,.. „st,
1 0 000/.:Palance the
favour in the tiana, :
would :00
in aT. r y few days he understands that 13
t t'taYking Cil
the still snore pleasing du'y to perform of
theofbothianered nd the IPri
rates a sum exceeding another 12,000/.