The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-14 00:00:00

THE SU.N, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVEN NG, APRIL 14, 1847.

Parliament must hearken to the statement promised
by Lord Jowl MANNERS, in reference to King
OTHO'S government, or rather to King OTHO'S mis-
government. Her MAJESTY'S Minister for Foreign
Affairs must be vigilant as to the movements of
the Greek Cabinet. England must be watchful, or
the Athenian Legislature will become so plunged into
difficulties, as to complicate still more fatally the
already complicated relations of the European prin-
cipalities. Ever since her separation from Turkey
Greece has presented a woeful spectacle of legislative
imbecility. It has been the political shuttlecock of
Russian avarice and French ambition. Between
those states the Hellenic policy has oscillated per-
petually ; it has at one moment yielded to the crea-
tures of the CZAR, and at another has dwindled
into the vassalage of the Citizen King. Recently
the affairs of Greece have been further em-
barrassed by the misunderstanding which has
arisen between its SOVEREIGN and the OT-
TOMAN PORTE, a misunderstanding which osten-
sibly arose from a momentary pique on the part
of OTRo, but which was indisputably the result of
the jealousies long nourished in his imagination by
the insidious agents of Louis PHILIPPE. The inso-
lent demeanour, which caused such indignation to
MUSSURUS in the ball-room of the Athenian Palace,
has ignited those combustibles which have been
secretly accumulated by France between the
Hellenes and the Mahometans. The flame has
spread, and is still spreading ; it can only be extin-
guished by some extraordinary concession on the
part of the SUBLIME PORTE or the Greek SOVEREIGN.
Both of those potentates are averse to concede one
iota ; one is agitated by sentiments of supreme
pride ; the other is incited by the French
diplomatists to remain inflexible in his re-
fusal to retract or apologise. In addition to the troubles
originating in this untimely and inauspicious estrange-
ment, the Government of Greece has considerable
cause for trepidation. Its moral strength is threat-
ened ; its integrity is more than ever doubtful ; its
very existence seems to depend upon a precarious
division. The Coletti Administration is openly
accused of embezzling the public moneys, of abstract-
ing State documents for the purpose of screening it 3
character from imputation, and of consummating its
infamy by thriving upon illegal taxation. The
Minister of Finance is directly impeached before the
Senate ; and, considering that his conduct has been
throughout connived at by his colleagues, and that
they still continue to uphold him against these
enormous accusations, it is evident that the whole
Cabinet is treading upon rushes over an abyss.
Were it requisite to substantiate our statement
as to the alarming position of the present
Hellenid Government, we could adduce a very
considerable bulk of corroborative evidence. We
shall, however, content ourselves with a single
quotation from a speech delivered on the 30th ultimo
by one of the deputies in the Legislative Chamber of
Athens. "We are bought, gentlemen, we are bought,"
he exclaimed. " What do other Governments do on
similar occasions ? What was the conduct of the fa-
mous English Minister, PITT, when MELVILLE
was accused ? What did our own Minister, MAYRO-
CORDATO, do, when LONDIDES was accused ? Did he
not go to the KING, and insist on his instantaneous
dismissal, before he could even have time t 3 resign ?
But look at COLETTI--. THERE HE SITS, NEXT TO
THE CONVICTED THIEF, AND INTRODUCES HIM AT
THE KING'S COUNCIL TABLE !" Such is the lan-
guage employed by the Greek Legislators in
speaking of the advisers of his Hellenic MAJESTY !
Such are the vituperations bandied about among the
rulers of degraded Greece ! Such is the consumma-
tion of French domination on the north-eastern
shores of the Mediterranean. Wherever that ac-
cursed domination penetrates, whether it be into
Iberia or into the Morea, or into Algeria, or into
Otaheite, there come in like manner anarchy and
misery and degradation. This has been proved with
Queen POMARE, with Queen MARIA. DA GLORIA,
with Queen ISABELLA 11., and with the followers of
the famous ABD-EL-KADER ; it is here again testified
in the instance of King OTHo and the other Grecian

minions of M. GUIZOT. Unless new blood—blood pure
and uncontaminated—be infused into the Legisla-
ture of Athens ; unless state peculation be repressed ;
unless the Greek Cabinet be henceforth characterised
by its independence instead of becoming the obse-
quious pander to the lust of foreign aggrandisement
—the beautiful constitution granted to that country
will be invalid and a mockery. Not only to the
lovers of classic greatness, not merely to the wor-
shippers of the memories of the Athenian and L ace-
demonian Immortals—the poets, the painters, the
architects, the orators, the dramatists, the
warriors, the legislators, the philosophers—does the
present condition of Greece appeal for sympathy :
it pleads earnestly and eloquently to the abettors of
the cause of progression and of the diffusion of mo-
dern civilisation. The English Ministry, the English
Parliament, cannot remain indifferent under the pre-
sent misfortunes of the Hellenic race. Due consi-

deration must be inevitably extended to the state

ment forthcoming from the Noble Lord the Member

for Newark.

Public attention has lately been directed more
strongly than heretofore to the state and condition of
our colonies, the laws and regulations by which they
are governed, and the manner in which these laws
and regulations have been enforced and carried into
execution. Hitherto the chief cause of complaint
was, that the system of centralization was too much
acted upon ; that, in fact, everything of any im-
portance was decided on by the Colonial Secretary,
in his office at Downing-street, without that intimate
acquaintance with facts and circumstances that
would enable him to come to a sound conclusion .
that the resident confidential servants of the Crown'
had little discretion allowed to them as to their con-
duct or policy, but were merely permitted to carry
into effect the directions forwarded to them from the
mother country ; and that the colonists themselves
were, in the great majority of instances, wholly de-
barred from that which is the proudest privilege
of a freeman, the right of self-government, of having
a voice in all things relating to the welfare, prosperity,
or management of the district of which he is an in-
habitant, and with which all his interests are
bound up. Here, if any case of hardship oc-
curs, if laws are found to be burdensome
or oppressive, or if unduly distorted to
the prejudice or injury of an individual, there is a
mode by which a speedy remedy can be obtained.
the public indignation is aroused, the voice of public
7sPirnettiSwih'euard, manyld.will.join while' the transaction
stale, or monthisfuhthadatelaised since the grievance had
additionaltaken place.
e nergy
isthink little of it if the subject was
iotipiinion is slighted or despised
uosbetd into
paration, until justice is
of similar occurrence.
ofathed, and means taken to
prevent the possibility
urgent the the case
In the great majority
are far othern ise ; no matter hc,rw colonies affairs
may be, how crying the grievance
consequences of delay either to classes orriunidn'"' s the
nothing can be done until there has been a icvotals'
nication with the parent State, and even then mu
the Fabian policy still prevails, and much unnecessary
time is consumed before a final decision is arrived at.
A letter this day inserted in our columns from a cor-
respondent, who signs himself " Observer," details a
case of extraordinary hardship. A gentleman of consi-
derable talent and ability has been driven unjustly from
the profession by which he was earning an honourable
independence for himself and family. Mistakes must,

We read in a letter from Constantinople of the
27th ult. :
" The dispute between the Turkish and Greek Govern-
ments has made no progress towards an amicable adjust-
ment. It is generally stated here that the Porte persists in
the ultimatum which was transmitted to Greece, and
which M. Colletti has refused to accept without a modi-
fication to which the Turkish Ministry will not consent.
The two French steamers sent out to tow the vessels
freighted with corn for the ports of France have
arrived more than a week. The Titan remains in the
Dardanelles, and the Cuvier has come up to Constanti-
nople for the service of the Bosphorus. The French
Consul has written to all the other foreign consulates at
Constaninople for the names of all ships of their respec-
tive nations ergaged to carry corn to France. The
number of these ships is very great. The Greek Consul
alone has sent in a list of thirty-six. On the other hand
the price of bread is daily rising. The Porte has just
transmitted the following note to all the Foreign
Ministers:—' The large purchases of corn made this
year in Turkey for exportation to Europe having caused
a rise in the price, it may be feared that from an excess
of cupidity the inhabitants will dispose of even the corn
which is necessary for their food and for sowing their
lands, and thus expose themselves in the end to a
dearth. On the other hand, the scarcity which prevails
in the different countries of Europe makes it a duty of
humanity to facilitate exportation. Not to fail in this
duty, and at the same time preserve Turkey from all
the consequences of a scarcity of corn, the Porte sees
no objection to the excess in the hands of the farmers
being sold, or to the performance of all contracts for
sale already made. Only, beyond the excess of quantity
necessary for the wants of the country and the inhabi-
tants, it has been decided that for the present no sale of
corn shall be made. Notice of this decision► has been
sent to the Governors of Silistria, Widdin, Varna, Eri-
cala, Rhodosto, Sarohan, Quoniah, Aidin, Trebizonde,
11,:keen
Treicgerii:eLl anreiadrplyublishea(nl
Costamony, Smyrna, and Ismith.' Alarming news has
trl
al months
h Isout ieshs o
dfr'f'omr sl3e'vtge
drought has reigned dry,
of the over the country that the produce
next Harvest has become very doubtful.At
Odessa all is sold, and for
no arrivals from the two months there have been
the roads. txcha country on account of the state of
departures of the tnwgesl have so much fallen since the
specie already have last mails that the importers of
that the Bank of anstained losses. It is probable
fur cash." Marseilles will receive no more orders

Madrid papers of the 6th and 7th have arrived.
The Heraldo publishes a letter from EGA:NA, deny-

Mr. MUNTz moved for leave to bring in a Bill to I undoubtedly, occur in every community; we cannot
enable the retail brewers of beer in the Midland , hope to obtain infallible judges, or that erroneous
Counties to keep open their houses until twelve decisions may not frequently be pronounced ; but
o'clock at night. there should be a ready mode of correcting these
Sir G. GREY opposed the motion ; and on a division errors, and rendering justice to the' party aggrieved.
the numbers were— !In the case to which we have alluded every day's
For the motion 4 I delay inflicted a serious punishment on the party.
Against it
Majority against the motion
On the motion of Mr. HUME, returns for the and obtaining that reward for his exertions to which
expenses attending the building of the new Houses his skill and learning entitled him. His cha-
of Parliament were ordered to be made. I racter was branded and stigmatised ; he was
Mr. CHRISTIE obtained leave to bring in a Bill to consciouslhow undeservedly, and how little he had
remove certain doubts as to the validity of Quakers' to fear from the closest investigation, the most
and Jews' Marriages.
stringent inquiry ; and yet no less than five years
Mr. HUME obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the have elapsed before he could obtain tardy justice, and
.taxation of costs of private Bills before the House of be enabled again to resume the position from which
Commons.
he was so improperly displaced. These things should
The Exchequer Bills Bill passed through Corn- not be suffered to remain in such a state, means
mittee ; the report on the Prisons (Ireland) Bill should be taken to bring cheap and speedy justice
was brought up, and the House adjourned. within the reach of the humblest British subject, and
the inhabitants of our colonies are as much our
fellow-subjects, and entitled to all the rights
and privileges of free-born . Britons as fully
as if they were dwellers in the metropolis.
We believe that there are other cases from
the same eolony, of equal, if not greater,
hardship than those of Sir EARDLEY WILMOT
and Mr. STEPHEN, where the sufferers have pined
under " the hope deferred that maketh sick the
heart," in daily expectation of at length receiving
full reparation for the injuries they have sus-
tained. The present Secretary for the Colo-
nies has devoted the closest attention, and
directed every energy of his powerful mind to
ameliorating the, condition and improving the
institutions of our dependencies. We have al-
ready had occasion to speak in terms of
the warmest approval of the charter conferred
on New Zealand under his auspices ; we trust he will
exhibit his usual promptitude in expediting the deci-
sions on pending cases, and taking such steps as for
the future will insure more speedy results in cases
where delay is almost fatal to the parties. Much is
looked for at his hands, and we shall indeed be dis-
appointed if these expectations are not fully realised,
and a system adopted for the mutual benefit of the old
country and of her numerous offspring.

Political excitement is at its highest pitch in
Madrid. The crisis is an imminent one. Every true
lover of constitutional liberty must feel anxious that
the recent spirited proceedings of the QUEEN may be
supported by the Government, the Cortes, and the
nation at large in the manner they deserve. From
the enthusiastic reception given to her MAJESTY
whenever she has appeared in public, since the abo-
minable Camarillo have been cashiered, it is evident
that popular sympathy and approbation are gratefully
bestowed upon the SOVEREIGN. It should be re-
marked, too, that the young QUEEN went wholly un-
guarded to the Flaza de Toros, thereby evincing the
greatest confidence in the loyalty of her subjects,
which, at the same time that it was warmly re-
cognised, was observed to inspire her MAJESTY with
intense satisfaction. From another most important
step which has just been taken, our confidence
is increased that the present Government will
firmly act up to the exigency before them—we allude
to the decision they have ccme to with re-
spect to the Queen-Mother. Apprised that
this personage had resolved upon returning
forthwith to Madrid, the Minister immediately dis-
patched General CONCHA to meet her en route, and
remonstrate against her persevering in the journey ;
and the report is strong and well credited, that
should Queen CHRISTINA not be influenced by the
General's instructions, and attempt to enter Spain,
the Government are authorised to place her under
arrest. No one can doubt the wisdom and propriety
of this important decision arrived at by the Ministers.
The Queen-Mother has been throughout the prirnum
mobile of all the base cabals and iniquitous conspi-
racies which have so long disgraced the Court of
Madrid, and stopped the growth of liberty in Spain.
In CHRISTINA the Court of Versailles found a will-
ing tool to effectuate all their subtle designs against
the welfare of Spain. Equal in selfishness and in-
ordinate rapacity, governed only by personal, and
wholly indifferent to any lofty or national considera-
tions, Louis PHILIPPE and the Queen-Mother had
no difficulty in striking an infamous bargain,
and, by setting all principle at defiance,
realising it to the full. Had CHRISTINA never
been allowed to return to Madrid, subsequent to the
overthrow of ESPARTERO, the entente cordiale between
England and France might have remained unbroken
to this hour. That her being unexpectedly crossed
on her way to Madrid by General CONCHA will prove
"a heavy blow and great discouragement" to CHRIS-
TINA, we may be perfectly certain ; and should she
attempt to cross the frontier, we sincerely trust that
coercive measures will be promptly adopted. "Let
the galled jade wince." Another piece of intelligence
is, that the Duke of VICTORY will be recalled to
Spain. Considering how thoroughly General ESPAR-
TERO understood from the first the character of
Queen CHRISTINA, and how accurately all the dis-
turbances in the Iberian peninsula are traceable to
the deviations from the Constitution, which he un-
compromisingly refused to sanction, his return to
Madrid, restored to all his titles, honours, and rank,
will be a proud triumph indeed ! ESPARTERO iS still
regarded with admiration by thousands of his com-
patriots, and his presence amongst them once more
would be hailed with universal delight. It
is impossible to predict at this moment
the degree of strength which the new Ministry will
find in the Cortes. The impression is, that the Pro-
gressistas will support the Government. They are
anxious for a general amnesty; but, without saying
that the Executive will fully concede this point, it
seems more than probable that the liberal spirit which
they have already recommended the Crown t) exhibit
towards a large number of proscribed politicians, will
secure Senor PACHECO their adherence in the existing
struggle. The union of the Afrancesados and the
ultra-Moderados will constitute a strong body in
opposition. We hope, however, that the latter will
be disappointed in their hopes from NARVAEZ. Much
will depend on the line he may ultimately adopt, and
much, again, upon the actual measures which the
Ministry may submit to the Cortes. The political
affairs of Spain are fraught with the deepest interest.
Most cordially do we desire that the cause of liberty
may come out unscathed from the severe ordea
through which it is now destined to pass.

ing in positive terms the statement that he had re-
fused to obey her MAJESTY'S orders for his dismissal,
and that the Ministers were sent for to eject him.
He sums up his epistle by saying that what has oc-
curred is reduced to this—" That the QUEEN desired
to dismiss Den PEDRO DE EGANA from the steward-
ship of her royal household, and that Don PEDRO DE
EGANA obeyed her MAJESTY'S wishes without the
slightest opposition."

The same paper announces that the Count DE
MONTEMOLIN had been unable to raise a loan in
London.

The Eco del Comercio announces the dismissal of
Senor DE ARONA, whose duty it is to introduce
Ambassadors at Court. He was an intimate friend
of the French Ambassador, the Duke of GLUCKS-
BURGH. General MANUEL DE CONCHA has been
dispatched to the French frontier, with orders to pre-
vent Queen CHRISTINA from entering Spain. He is
to use remonstrances in the first, instance, and should
they prove of no avail, he is to place her under
arrest.

The QUEEN continues to show herself in public,
and is everywhere received with the greatest enthu-
siasm. At a bull-fight, to which she was accom-
panied by her father-in-law, Don FRANCISCO DE
PAULA, but not, it appears, by her husband, she was
loudly cheered, and frequently during her stay there
were shouts of " Long live the Constitutional
Queen !" The Reraldo expresses dissatisfaction at
her MAJEsTr having been greeted at the theatre and
in the streets with " Vivas!" to herself, to the con-
stitution, and to liberty, because, it says, that from
" Vivas !" the people pass to insults to individuals,
_ _

and from them to scenes of blood and to revolution.

General NARVAEZ has been appointed Ambassador
to Paris, Senor DE LA TORRE D'AYLLON Ambassador
to Lisbon, General SHELLEY Captain-General of
Grenada, General PEZUELA Captain of Andalusia,
and Senor GONZALES BRAVO a member of the Royal
Council. The Embassy to Rome was offered to
Senor MARTINEZ DE LA RosA, but refused.
Countess BRESSON and her son have left Madrid
for Paris. They passed OLOZAGA, en route for
Madrid, at Bayonne. It is said that a decree will
shortly appear restoring to ESPARTERO all his ho-
nours, and permitting him to return to Madrid.
The last news from Portugal is not considered
favourable. The QUEEN'S troops have, it is said,
been twice repulsed before Oporto.
MADRID BoLsA.—The Three per Cents. were done
on the 6th at 32i for cash ; the Five per Cents. at
201 ; the Debt without interest at 6 ; and the Cou-
pons at 17. On the 7th the Three per Cents. closed
at 32k for cash; the Five per Cents. and Coupons re-
I
mained the same, and the Debt without interest ad-
vanced to 61.

NEW HOUSE OF LORDS.

We have received the Paris papers of Monday.
The Journal des Debats, in a long article on the
Ministerial Bill for reforming the tariff, praises the
measure as a step in the right direction, and strongly
urges upon the Ministry and the Chambers the neces-
sity of going much further in the direction of free
trade. It says—
" The Bill on the Customs, presented on the 31st ult.
to the Chamber of Deputies, by the Minister of Com-
merce, is a modest proposition in itself, which, however,
possesses an essential character. It is a step in the path
of free trade. The modifications that it makes in the
system of the customs are of no great importance, but
they are in the sense of liberty. Prohibition is suppressed
with respect to a small number of articles, none of which
are remarkable. They are as follow:—Ground chicory,
worked rock crystal, curcuma in powder, brandies not
specially specified in the tariffs, hair-twine, other than
that of goats, cows, and dogs, nankeen by foreign vessels
(the entry was permitted by French ships), different se-
condary chemical articles, hardware goods other than
those described as mercury, tissues of bourre de sole, Cache-
mire fashion, tissues of Chachemire fabricated by the
spindle in countries out of Europe, tissues of horsehair
not mentioned in the tariff, tissues of the bark trees, of
nettles, &c. ; flax tulle, tissues of silk of India, and of
countries out of Europe, not imported directly (the
direct importation was permitted). Each of these pro-
hibitions is replaced by a high duty. The duties are
reduced on a second series of articles, none of which has
scarcely greater importance ; lastly, and what is more
serious, what is the really practical part of the Bill, 298
articles haye been struck out of the tariff. With the
exception of about 20, they are objects of little interest.
However, it is only for 113 articles that entry is abso-
lute ; for the remainder it is subordinate to divers con-
-1 ditions. With respect to 23 articles, they must arrive
by French vessels or by land ' • for 162 they must come
by sea under the French flag, and from certain
places, that is, from beyond the Cape of Good Hope or
Cape Horn, or, at least, be not of European produc-
tion. The .298 articles yielded to the Treasury, in 1845
3,88-4,880 E, but nine-tenths of this revenue were given
by 12 or 15 articles, such as saltpetre, nitrate of soda,
dying woods, nacker of pearl, copper, elephant's teeth,
flesh and skins, bamboos, pine and fir wood, the
whalebone called fanon, lead, and pitch. As free
entry is not accorded in all cases it is calculated that
the loss to the Treasury will not amount to 3,000,000 f.
Lastly, by a peculiarly special favour it is permitted to
import free of duty, iron, copper, zinc, and hemp, for
shipbuilding and the use of shipping, on the condition
that the employment of them in this way be proved; but
chain cables, sail-cloth, and cordages, are not included
in the exemption. On the whole, to consider the law
generally, that is to say, apart from maritime industry,
it is a law of Custom-house reform, which touches
nor coal,
nthenrionrgst,eaneliolm'r
tools of any d nor the usual
description what-
nor any other great
arnaretwiitchimeersa
material, nor
what-
ever. The liberty, therefore, which will be the fruit of
it, will be a liberty infinitely curtailed. And yet we do
not give a bad reception to this law. It is the proof
that for the future the tariff can no more be meddled
with except to render it more liberal. It is a narrow
breach in the ramparts of prohibition, but it is not less a
breach. Public reason will soon know how to enlarge
it, and to assure to liberty, in our commercial regula-
tions, the part it has at present a right to expect, that
which the public interest, in accord with the liberal and
conservative sentiments of the country, loudly demands."
It would appear from the following paragraph,
which appears in the Presse, that the Ministers are
again likely to be annoyed by the headstrong obstinacy
of Marshal BUGEALTD, who seems to be in Algeria,
quite as independent of the Government of France as
the Bey of Turas is in his province of the Govern-
ment of Turkey :
" We have always made it a rule to abstain from
giving an account of what passes in the bureaux and
committees of the Chamber of Deputies. We believe
that this partial publicity, rarely faithful, which pre-
cedes the discussions of the tribune has many incon
veniences, and not one advantage ; but it will not be a
violation of our rule to speak of what occurred on Friday
in the committee on Africa, for there was not only a
debate but a resolution, which was on Saturday morning
the object of all conversations in the Chamber of Depu-
ties. The committee on Africa having learned that an
expedition was being prepared against Kabylia, and
being desirous of verifying the truth, begged the Minister
of War to appear before it. The Minister hastened to
comply, and avowed that the Government, ceding
to the pressing recommendations of Marshal
Bugeaud, had, in spite of the formal opposi-
tion of the Chamber, authorised the expe-
dition. The letter of Marshal Bugeaud and the reply of
the Minister of War having been communicated to the
committee, it was not a little astonished to read pretty
nearly as follows Monsieur le Ministre—Peace and
the most profound submission reign in Kabylia, and it
appears to me that this is the moment to make a military
promenade in that district,' &c., &c. After the de-
parture of the Minister, the committee believed it
right, on account of the urgency of the case, to adopt a
resolution, the object of which is to protest against
this senseless expedition ; and it charged its president,
M. Dufaure, to wait on the Minister of War on Satur-
day, to communicate this resolution. This, in fact, took
place. What will the Gevernment do? It has only the
choice of two weaknesses—will it retract the authorisa-
tion which it had the weakness to give? Will it have
the weaknees to maintain it? These lines,' adds the
Presse, • were written when we learned that there is rea-
son to hope that the expedition will not take place, in
consequence of Marshal Bugeaud having been suddenly
attacked with a malady which causes serious dis-
quietude."

(THIS DAY )
(Before D. D. HEATH, ESQ.. Judge.)
CARLE V. PEPLOW.

CLERKENWELL.-(THIS DAY.)
Ann Williams, a tall middle-aged female, with a child
in her arms, was charged, before Mr. Coombe, with
having committed several robberies.
The system pursued by the prisoner was to call upon
lidies at their own residence, and beg that, as a matter
of charity, they would give her some needlework to
execute, as she and her family were reduced from cir-
cumstances of comparative comfort and independence to
the greatest want. The moment the prisoner was left
alone she availed herself of the opportunity of stealing
whatever she could lay her hands upon.
Mrs. Matcock, a lady residing at llenitningford Villa,
Islington, proved that the prisoner came to her house,
and after having told her wsual tale, and requested some
needlework to do, she was left alone fora very short
time, when she stole a valuable watch from the chimney-
piece, and a rosewood dressing case from the table of the
inside room.

A nurob9r of ladies were in attendance who had been
robbed of plate, watches, jewellery, and other articles by
a person answering the description of the prisoner, and
several of them recognised her as having called at their
houses to request work shortly before the articles were
stolen ; and one gentleman said he missed a valuable
gold watch shortly after some female very like the pri-
souer had been to his residence,

As the police had not as yet had time to trace the
stolen property, the prisoner was ordered to be brought
up for final examination on Monday next.

MARKET NEWS.-(T HIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE—WEDNESDAY.
The present week's arrivals of English Wheat having
been on a very moderate scale, the supply of that grain
on offer was small. Although the attendance of buyers
was limited, the demand for both red and white was
steady, and previous rates were well supported. There
was ocly a limited supply of foreign Wheat on show,
and which moved off steadily, at full prices. The Barley
trade was firm at the late advance in the quotations.
We had .a fair inquiry for Malt, at full currencies. With
Oats we were scantily supplied, while a full average
amount of business was transacted, at previous quota-
tions. In Beans, Peas, and Flour, we have no change
to report.

` Wheat.
1,780 qrs.

ARRIVALS.
' Barley. Oats Flour.
150 qrs. 40 qrs. 11,040 sk..
870 I --
13,700 --

English • • • • ..
Irish. ........
Foreign .... ••

2,430

3,870
Malt, 50 gra.
WHITECILLIPEZ.
The supplies of meat on otfer being on the increase,
,he general demand was heavy, and prices had a down-
ward tendency. Beef from 2s 8d to 3s 6d ; Mutton,
3s 6i to 4s 8d; Lamb, 5s to 6s ; Veal, 3s 10d to
4s 10d ; and Pork, 3s 8d to 5s per Blbs. by the carcase.

M• HEBERT, the Minister of Justice, has been re-
elected to the Chamber of Deputies by a majority of
434 to 29.

Lord COWLEY has had a relapse, and great appre•
hensions are entertained as to his recovery.
A letter has been received from Algiers, which
says that ARD-EL-KADER has made his appearance
within four leagues of Mascara, and that he had in-
duced several tribes to join him. M. GUIZOT, on the
receipt of this intelligence, dispatched his Under-
Secretary, M. ILINsaN, to Tangiers. lie is to pass
through Madrid in his way to Morocco.
The Bill regulating the system of secondary in-
struction has been presented to the Chamber of
Deputies by the Minister of Public Instruction.
On the food question the Reforme says—
" In all the neighbouring markets, without exception,
which supply Paris, there has again been a considerable
rise in wheat. It varies from 2f. to 4f. per hectolitre.
The supply was not sufficient at any place, even for local
consumption. Private purchasers were most eager, and
the millers who had abstained from purchasing during
the last month could not obtain any. At other markets,
the growers, not conceiving a rise of sf. to 6f. per sack
to be sufficient, carried away both wheat and samples.
Such was the case at Orleans. At Provins a band of
women came from the environs and vociferously quar-
relled with the millers to obtain some loads of wheat."

DRURY LANE THEATRE.—The Desert is the
greatest hit which has been made here fur years past,
and is nightly filling the theatre. Last evening pre-
sented one of the most brilliant assemblages ever within
the walls cf the theatre.
SOCIETY FOIL PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDQE
—Yesterday the monthly meeting of the members of this
ciety was held at their chambers in Lincoln's Inn-
fields. There were present the Bishops of London,
Winchester, Durham, Peterborough, Lichfield, Carlisle,
Ely , Worcester, Lincoln, and Hereford ; the Dean of
Chichester, the Dean of Hereford, the Rev. Dr. Spry,
the Rev. C. B. Dalton, the Rev. W. J. Hall, and a large
number of other church dignitaries. A lengthened dis-
cte,sion toil: place with reference to the religious state
of the colonies and dep, ndencies of the British Crown,
and liberal grants were made in aid of the society's ob-
jects in the newly-formed diocese of Morpeth (Austra-
lia), the Cape of Good Hope, Adelaide, and Newcastle
(New South Wales). Several letters from destitute con.
gregations were read, and requests complied with, _after
which upwards of 60 gentlemen were elected subscribing
members of the society.
FURIOUS GALE.—The Scotch papers contain se-
veral accounts of the gale which prevailed so generally
on Thursday last, but which appears to have raged with
unwonted fury in the north. There was a great loss of
life in small boats along the coast, and many vessels were
seriously injured; but we have not yet heard of any ex-
tensive shipwrecks.

Notwithstanding these untoward events, no appre-
hensions were entertained of a scarcity. The orders

given for foreign corn are more than sufficient for the
supply of France until next harvest.

The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Monday
at 771. 65c. ; the Five per Cents., 115 f. 65c. ; the Orleans
Railroad Shares, 1,220 E ; Rouen, 875 E ; Havre, 6761. 50c. ;
Great Northern, 621 f. 52c.; Avignon, 7721. 50c. ; Bordeaux,
507 f. 50c. ; Basle, 19f. 75c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 426 E 25c.;
Tours and Nantes, 4201. ; Paris and Lyons, 4281 75c. ; Bor-
deaux and Cette, 447 f. 50c.
MiusEILLEs, APRIL 7.-Marseilles and Avignon, 791 f.
25c.; Northern, 627 f. 50c.
LYONS, APRIL 10.-Paris and Rouen, 881 f. 25c. ; Avignon
and Marseilles, 7861. 25c. ; Northern, 626 f. 25c. ; Paris and
Lyons, 4271. 50c.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, APLIL 13.
Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 141/s—Demerera,
31,4—Dutch Rhenish, 4—East Indian, %—Northern of
France, 121,4—Paris and Rouen, 351/2—Paris and Strasbourg
I%—Sainbre and Meuse, 61;4. ,

VISIT OF HER MAJESTY TO THE

Her Majesty, accompanied, by Prince Albert, Lord
John Russell, Earl Fortescue, Earl Spencer, Lord
Willoughby De Eresby, and several of the Ladies of her
Household, arrived at the New House of Lords this
morning, in three royal carriages, shortly after twelve
o'clock, for the purpose of viewing this part of her New
Palace at Westminster, previously to its being taken
possession of by the Peers to-morrow evening. The
illustrious patty were conducted over the new building
by Mr. Barry, the architect ; Sir Augustus Clifford, the
Usher of the Black Rod ; and Mr. Pulman, the Deputy
Usher of the Black Rod. Her Majesty and her Royal
Consort expressed themselves highly delighted with the
interior arrangements of the noble chamber, and com-
p'imented Mr. Barry on the taste and chasteness of his
design. The illustrious party left about one o'clock.

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CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.)
APPERLEY V. PAGE.—JUDGMENT.
The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment to-day in this
ease, the facts of which we gave yesterday. Ilis Lord-
ship affirmed the decision of Vice-Chancellor Knight
Bruce with costs.
GRAND JUNCTION CANAL COMPANY V. DIMES AND OTHERS.
This case came before the Court, upon an appeal from
the decision of the Vice-Chancellor of England in this
cause. The defendant, Mr. Dimes, became Lord of the
Manor of Rickmansworth, in the county of Herts, in
1831, at which period a portion of the land was traversed
by the works of the plaintiffs, whose bill alleged that
they were entitled, by their Act of incorporation, to
purchase such land at a valuation of a jury.
The fate. of the other defendant (Scudamore) was
seised of the land in question, and had conveyed it in
1797 to the present plaintiffs, and they contended that in
consequence of the same, the original copyhold tenure of
the property was destroyed, and that they became the
copyhold tenants. The heir (who was made a party to
the present suit), not being admitted into the right of
the possession of the property, the defendant (Dimes)
seised the land, but it was contended that he (Scudamore)
being a minor at the time, their title was not forfeited.
The case commenced yesterday, and the arguments,
which occupied the whole day, were resumed this
morning.

3IONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUART AR To THREE.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday amounted
to 10,000 bales, the quotations being firm. Of this
quantity 8,000 bales were American, and realised 6id.
to 74,1. per lb. The quantity taken on speculation was
3,000 bales, and for exportation 1,000 bales. There
u as an improvement in Railway Shares, and the demand
was more active.
The market for shares was dull and inactive yesterday.
We subjoin a few quotations of the principal sales by
Messrs. Lamond and Co.:—
East Indian
Great Western of Bengal 0 6 0
Manchester and Southampton 1 2 6
North British Extension 1 1 0
Liverp. Manch. aJdNewcastle-upon-Tyne 0 19 0
Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B) 0 17 6
Taw Vale Extension and Dock
Ipswich and Bury I:xtension
Newport and Abergavenny 'l 5 0
Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham . 6 5 0
Ambergate, Nottingham, & Boston, ex int 1 17 6
Eastern Counties, York Extension 4 3 0
Great Northern
Buckinghamshire
South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole 1 16 6

VICE-CHANCERY.-jHIS DAY.)
(Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.)
MOSELEY V. ALSTON.—THE BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD
JUNCTION RAILWAY.—THE NARROW V. THE BROAD
GAUGE.

Mr. Bethell—the Court having yesterday overruled
the demurrer put in by the defendant to the bill of
the plaintiffs in this case—moved to-day for an injunction
t.> restrain the defendants (the twelve directors of the
Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway), from acting
as such dirt cters until the hearing of cause. The
facts of the case are the same as those stated to the Court
upon the demurrer, of which we have already given a
detailed account.
The motion appears likely to occupy a day or two.

It has been assumed that the Directors of the Bank of
England have refused advances upon the deposit of
Exchequer bills. This is not the fact; nay more, it is
absurdly so represented. As we have been informed,
and we have every belief in the truth of the statement,
that in order to pass through discount a large quantity
of paper—good no question about it—a certain
portion of collateral securities were offered, but as the
whole lot of bills was turned out, of course the Exche-
quer collateral security followed the fate of the paper
sent in for the accommodation required. Exchequer-
bills are too good a security, as far as the principal
money they so present, to be hawked about.
As a matter of course in speculative pur-
chases or sales, the premium for temporary purposes,
as well as discounts, must be taken into consideration.
There is one point which ought to be borne in mind ; it
is that the rumours of bills being rejected by the dis-
count committee of the Bank of England, must be re-
ceived with the utmost caution. The members of the
Court of Directors are a sworn body. From
them no information can be obtained as
to the number, or the amount of bills that
may be refused discount; and it would be a too incre-
dulous story to assert, that establishments whose paper
has been rejected would make the fact known, either in
whole or in part.
The folNwitig circular will speak for itself :
CIRCULAR TO BANKERS.

" Stamps and Taxes, London, April 10.
" Gentlemen,—lt having come to the knowledge of the
Board of Stamps and Taxes, that bankers who are licensed
to issue unstamped notes, under the 9th Geo. IV., c. 23, had
in some instances re-issued notes made payable to order after
payment thereof, a case has been submitted to the Attorney
and Solicitor General, as to the legality of that proceeding.
" The board have received the opinion of the law officers,
that a promissory note, payable to order, either on demand
or after date, issued on unstamped paper, by a banker
licensed under the 9th Geo. IV., c. 23, cannot lawfully be
re- issned after payment, and that by omitting to cancel
suck note, and by re-issuing the same, the penalty of
501., imposed by the 19th section of the 55th Gno. 111., c.
184, is incurred.

" The board think it right that this opinion should be
communicated to all the bankers, for their information and
guidance.

" I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant,
" THOMAS KEOGH, Assistant Secretary."
A very useful document has been drawn up by Mr.
Horatio Hardy, of the Jerusalem Coffee-house. It is
for the guidance of those connected with the East India
and China trade. It comprises all the ships about to
sail, and " trading to places within the limits of the East
India Company's charter, China, and the Colonies. A
very considerable amount of tonnage is to be devoted
to the conveyance of troops, and of Government and
the Hon. East India Company's stores. But the general
trade of the country with the remoter districts named
is apparently looking well ; for we find that in berth, to
receive cargoes in the various docks of the port of
London, there are not less than four ships for Madras
and Bengal ; for Madras solely, two vessels ; for Bengal
solely, six vessels ; for Bombay, eight ; for Ceylon, four;
for Victoria, Macao, and Canton, two; for the Mauritius,
four; for New South Wales, six; for Adelaide, five; for
Hobart Town and Port Philip, five; for New Zealand,
orie; and about a dozen others for Singapore, Hong-
Kong, &c. The tonnage of these vessels ranges from
158 to 600 tons. One measures 1,014 tons (the Welles-
ley), and another 1,200 tons (the Sutlej). For quick
trade ships of 400 to 000 tons admeasurement
appear to be most in favour. The periods of sailing are
from this present day and ranging up to very nearly
the end of the month of May. In all sixt3, one vessels
are on the list. This looks like business, to say the
least of it.

BLOOMSBURY COUNTY COURT.

The plaintiff, Susan Jane Carle, sought the recovery
of the sum of 11. Gs. Bd., the balance of a bill due for
dressmaking, millinery, &c. On behalf of the defen•
dant a "set off" was pleaded to part of the debt, and
non-liability to the remainder.

It appeared that about Christmas last, the defendant
(Dr. Peplow) attended the husband of the plaintiff; for
a severe illness with which he had been attacked, and
for which he charged 11. 10s. 6d. To liquidate this
debt, the plaintiff was engaged as dressmaker, &c., by
Mrs. Peplow. From that time (Christmas, 1846) to the
611 of March last, the plaintiff had made, altered, and
repaired various articles of wearing apparel, for which
she demanded 21. I7s. 2d., leaving after the deduction of
Dr. Peplow's bill a balance of 11. 6s. Bd., the sum sued
for.

Mr. EDWARDS, on the part of the defendant (who was
not present), stated that in consequence of a separation
having been made between the defendant and his wife,
the former inserted an advertisement in The Morning
Sun, and other daily journals, to the effect that after that
notice, he would not be answerable for any debts con-
tracted by his wife. As corroborative evidence, Mr.
Edwards handed the Learned Judge The Morning Sun
and another paper, bearing the date of January 26, 1846,
containing the advertisement alluded to. He, therefore,
on behalf of his client, objected to the items inserted in
the plaintiff's hill on the 6th of March.
The Learned JUDGE explained, that if the items
named were necessaries for the maintainance of the
wife, the defendant would be liable, notwithstanding the
public notice to the contrary. An advertisement in-
serted in any of the London daily journals would render
the husband in a position to dispute the debt, if the
articles incurring it, were not proved to be positive ne-
cessaries. After the appearance of the advertisement,
the husband would not be liable for any jewellery, silks,
or other articles of an expensive nature, not usually
worn by the wife previous to separation.
Mrs. Pcplow was called, and said she had been sepa-
rated from her husband since the 20th of January with-
out any allowance. She had had all the articles named
in the plaintiff's bill—mostly to her husband's personal
knowledge.
The JUDGE then questioned the plaintiff and the last
witness as to the nature of the articles supplie d on the
6111 of March, and, considering them all to be necessaries
with the exception of some ribbons, returned for the
plaintiff; for 11. ss. 4d.

The funds have been decidedly better to-day, and the
re purchasing for the account has occasioned a rally of
not less than 1 per cent. in the quotations. To-morrow
being settling day, the Bears are anxious to be prepared;
and money bargains have been made as high as 864 and
874 in Consols. For May the rates have been 87f f,
Bank Stock has fluctuated from 192 to 196.

Very few transactions have been reported in the
Foreign Bonds to-day. The Spanish Consuls has been
done at 25i The Three per Cents at 361 f. The
Dutch Two• and-a-Half per Cents, at 581 f, and the
Four per Cents, at 894 and 90.
Matters have improved in the Railway Share Market
this morning. In most instances prices have been on the
advance.
BRITISII FUNDS.

ONE CLOSING
O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock .. .. ~ .. .. .. .. 192 195 193 196 196
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. .. 85 86% 86 85%
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. .. 86% 86 87% 86% 86%
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anne. 86% % 87%% 87%
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1160 .. 8A 9
9
Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 ..
India Bonds, I,oooi. .. .. .. .. ____ 8 13-16
Ditto, under 1,000/. .. . • • • .. 2 die
South Sea Stock .. .. . ..
..
.. 965' 2 dis
Ditto, New Annuities 96%
.. .. 85'
85
Consols for Account .. •• •• •••• 86 B6 3/ Three per Cent. Consols, Scrip
.. • • —2% dis
87% A 86%
t xchequer Bill.s. I%d. 9rl
1,0001... ,
..
Ditto, Small

I 4 dis par
3 dis ap
ONE
O'CLOCK.

par
4 dis
CLOSINti
PRICES.
83%
20%
35%
110%
25%
5%
36

FOREIGN FUNDS.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent
Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent. Portuguese Four per Cent •.
Russian clouds•• .. .. • • • • • •
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 25%34
Ditto, Passive Bonds .• • • • • 5 %
Ditto, Three per Cent .. • • .. 36 55 %
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent .. 96 96
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 584 % 5812
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 89% 90 90%
PRICES OF BUSINESS CLOSING
PAID. DONE AT
RAILWAY SHARES. ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES*
Amber., Notting., Boston, and
Eastern Janction .. • • • • 2% ...• 1%
Birmingham and Oxford Junction 5 2
.. 134
Bristol and Exeter .. • • ..
.. 75 .... •••• • • • 7441
Buckingoamshire 6/. 45....• dls. ... .. . % dis
Caledonian •
•• • . .. 30 .. •. 25 •24% 25% • • 25%
Ditto, Half Shares .• .• ••2%••••2• • •• • • • • • • 2%
Eastern Counties • 2O .... 18% 191% ..• 19% Do. l'erpei., 5 per Cent. No. I. 6/. 13s. 4d. . ••
••
Ditto, ditto.. .. No. 2. 61. 13s. 4d. 1/8 p.• • •
Ditto, York Extension
....
Edinburgh and Pell .. •• 2 .... 314 •
Ely and Huntingdon ..
.. 15 .... 154
Great Northern .. 3N .... 3% 4
Great North of England . —lOO
Great Western 85 • • ,
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% .... 17% .
Ditto, .N ew .. •• .. ...• %........
.......
Hull and Selby ..
.. • • 50 ••• • . ...•
--
Ditto, Half Shares .. • . 25 .... 51% . . 511{
Leeds and Bradford •. •• 35 .... 784 77% 78% 78%
Leeds and Thirsk .• .• 22% 18% 18 ...... 18
Liverp., Manch., & Newc. Junct. 2% 1 1
London and Blackwell .. 161. 138. 4d. .. •
Ditto. New, No. 1 .• 5 .... 5% ..........
Ditto, Extension .. • • .. 7% .... 4 4
Lonoon, Brighton, and S Coast •• 50 .. 51%4 524 51% 52
Ditto, Consol. Eir,hths .. 10 _
••
.8%
Landon and Greenwich .. 121. 15s. 4d. • • 8.;2
Do. Prefer. or Privilege 181. 17s. M... 214 x d.....• 214
London all North-Western —lOO • • •.173 174. ....... 174
Ditto, Fifths
London and South-Western —4l/. 6s. 10d..• 63 64 • 64
Ditto, Tenths (ConsolCatcd) .. 50 .. • • 524 _ ....„ _• 521
Ditto, Scrip.. .. • • • • ••5••••4%• • • • • • • • • • 4%
Lynn and Ely .. •• 20 21 i
Manchester and Leeds .. .. 82 .• —lOO% 102..... • 102
Ditto, Half Shares .• • • •• 38 •• • • 4n6Yl '•••• • • • • • 46%
4 •..; s •
.• ••• %, P.
.•
.•
.•
Ditto, Fifths
••.• 1 p
Ditto, Thirds
•
131951444
sNliaanucchileess2eerr'anliduxS?unthaMeMto''nti".l.
Ditto, NMidland
ew
Ditto, New .. 2 .... 4%4%__•• 4,
Ditto, Consol. Bristol mid Bir-
mingham 6 percent.
• -- •• •
Newcastle and Berwick .. •• 20 .. ••2. /2 414 26 •
Ditto, New.. • • •
••
•••
Norfolk .. • • .• • • ..100 ..133
..
.
North British .• 25 31
Northern Counties Union .... g t,72 •
Ditto, Halt Shares .• • • 122 ..
...
Ditto, Extension • • • • •• N 3 •• • • I % ... .
Ditto, Thirds •• .. • • • • 1 ...• 3
Sortie Staffordshire .. • • • • 5 • • 752 %• •
%
Ditto Scrip (late Churnet and
Oxford,Worcest.,& Wolverlimptn. 22% 14 _• •
•• • 3%
Preston and Wyre .. • • • 25
•• • •
•• ••
••• 14
Ditto, Half Shares (A) .. • • 8% .. • • 33%,,
Reeding, Guildford. end Reigate 5 •• • • 4544 N .
Scottish Cen .ral 17% 25 % • ...... •• • ,4'
Shi opshire 1.151011 1 dis
South Devon .. . •• •• ?0 .... 31e,•• ••1
3l
Wales .. •• .. 10 ...• 7u
Sod. Star.ordshir- • • • • 'N. ▪ •
• • ' • • • 7U
Sou,', Eastern r Dovor 33% •• • • • •
Do.. New (do. ZOt.) .. No. 3. 1.5 ••• • • •• " • 35%
Do., New (Co. 151.) .. No. e 5 ••••• • • • • 15
Yorks.dre, Doncaster, and
Goole
Weatlt•dingU• •ion -• ••• • • • 2 13,‘
r .• 41.2,
... _..
. . fi; •
;•
.•
York and Newcastles
Ditto, New.. . 10
117 t 7•• • • •• •
Ditto, Preference
York a,'u North Midland .. .• ' 0 • 8 73514
Ditto, Extension ..
Ditto, Prefe,.erce
.• • •
2 .... 11 .. Do. E. and W. Riding Exten..• 10 • - 20% • • ••::::::
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens ••
•• • 0 • .• ••
Demerara . • ••
• •••• 314
..
Norther.' of France •▪ •
• • • 8, /2% • • ••• • •
Orleans and ante
.. 0,5 •••• • • • •
Paris and Lycns 8 47a 3% • • "
Paris and F.Arasbourg
.. 5 .. • • 2 'Ai ••••• • • • • •
Tours and Nantes .. .. •• •
••
.. 5 .. • • 1% • •
MINES.
Real del Monte, Unregistered .. • • 3% • •

2G122%

7
132

15%
1%
3 ,
7%

1%
1' P
-if
141,
7%

Lord Monteagle -----
is at present visiting his estates in