The Sun.
London, England, 1824-05-08 00:00:00

MERCANTILE SHIPPING.

PORTSMOTTTII, MAY 7.—Wind S.W. --St iled the Terror_
bomb, for off Algiers ; Surrey transport. ibr Malta ; Cato ar,..t,
Prince of Orange transports, for Cork ; Marquis of Huntly
and Sally transports, for Greenock; and the Jasper, to the
Westward. Arrived the Glaphyra, Martin, from Antigua,
and proceeded up Channel.
DEAL, MAY 7.—Wind S.S.W.—The Seringapatam, All m,
from Bahia to Hamburgh, was off the South Foreland thiq
morning, and is reported to be in Dover Roads. Pas,ed the .
Sultan and Yeoman, from London to Smyrna. The wLole of..
the outward-bound have sailed.

PLYMOUTH, MAY 6.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived the Union,
from London ; and John, Willis, from Cardifrfor Naples. •
LIVERPOOL, MAY 6.—Arrived the Claude Scott,.--, from
Maranham ; Albion, Fisher, Campeachy ; British Tar, from
Sierra Leone, sailed 11th March ; Brothers, Hall, from New
Orleans; and Jane, Salter, from Virginia.

Off Torbay the Betsey, Aspill, from Mogatlore.

On Tnesday last Dr. MAcWminTrit
elected Physician to the Infirmary, Newcawle-upon-Tyne, in
place of the late Dr. Glenton, by a considerable majority of
votes, as against his two competitors, Dr. Keenlysid-.t and Dr.
Wightman.

•
In The London Gazette to-night, the followinj, '
Will be published as the average prices of the twelve maritime'.
districts in the week ending on the let of Itlay :—Wheat,
655. sd. ; Rye, 425. 4d. ; Barley, 365. ; Oats, 245. 4d. ; Beans,
395. hi.; Peas, Ms. 9d. • •
About one o'clock yesterday a gentleman b.
served something floating near Sadler's Wells, which, on closer
inspection, he discovered to be the body of a female. With
the assistance of the constable of that district, she was taken
out and carried to the Blue Coat Boy public-house, where
the landlord and landlady rendered every possible assistance,
and a neighbouring surgeon, after about an hour's, indefati-
gable exertions, succeeded in restoring suspended animation. •.•
Infidelity on the part of her lover is said to be the cause.of
her committing the rash act. •
•

•
. . .
Al uu nen.- —Yeatertlay, two men, each of whom
appeared to be about 34 years of age, named Wm. Spencer and
Samuel Johnson, were brought before James Scriven and Jas.
Woolley, Esqs., Surrey Magistrates, charged upon suspicion '
with having murdered Mary Wilkins, the wife.of Heriry.Wil-
kins, of 15, Magdalen-street, Bermondsey, a-carrnan, iti the • '•
employment of Mr. Myers, Fel'monger, of Bermondsey. The
deceased had been found in the Surrey Canal, on Saturday
last, with marks of violence upon her person. It was at.first :.
supposed, that she had fallen accidentally into the Cajal, but
the rumours about the neighbourhood, which is now in a grew:
state of agitation, having reached the above-mentioned A
egi
trates, an investigation was commenced at the Camberwelll
workhouse, which was to be resumed this day.
SHOCKING SUICIDE.—
'Tavern, 3 , e_end..
a situation, through a friend,
aboutri three
he hotly of Mr. Cl)ai.
road, before J. W. Ihrwrx, Esq. upon
found on
Byson, a young man about 18 ve r 41? 67
" ears by u. Holland, a watch- •
o'clock an Inquisition was held Itehset
last Tuesday night about
suspendedtwelve by a clothesline from 111,.
man, on going his rounds,
_.,. It appeared the deceased
branch of a tree in the Groved-reen
had served his apprenticeshi ; t
was of respectable parents, an
the business, he lived with Ihi:
master in expectation a ow' Globee rttl a v
at, to which he expected to be appointed • "
in some public departme
any's Docks. lie latterly p 'el
in the East India ComPoung lady (whose name We for ob •
unre-
mitting
attention to a 3%1
a shoemaker; hut not
_lci)!Enriging
,enti ,to whom he was • _ obvious
s particularly at-
reasons forbear to n
ever t id not give him that
tached. The lady 1-I?,v _
ft- tions merited Ishe • encoaragenn nt
-htliisa ec , ant latte:ly received
which he them,. .
1 suitor. This, •
of a rive . • with the disappointment on
the addresses . .
delayv. in obtainin.r the situation,
theeat alteration in his conduct was latterly ' d appa-
mind,
' that a „,r
His mother paid him every attention which his state
re
required,
; d and endeavoured to soothe him as much as in her •
power lay. On Tuesday fortunate ilst taking a walk, he met
the ladY, together with his more rival ; and it is sly,-
. sea that in his uneasy state of mind, this circumstance so
Po
affected him as to drive him to the commission of the rash act.
After the examination of the watchman and the elder brother
of the deceased, the Jury returned a verdict of—" Temporary
Insanity."

LONDON JOUICT.A.I.S:

DAILY
Rrtraets from the. Morning Papers, May 8.

[MORNING POST.]
n the IfouSe of Commons the Chancellor of
the Exchequer came forward last night with a'
Budget statement, which will be read with much
satisfaction: The most important feature of it,
is a proposition for the reduction of the interest
on Exchequer Bills. These securities, on which
a►► interest of threepence halfpenny per day was
paid during the war, are now to be reduced from
twopence to three halfpence, by which a saving.
of 220,0001. per annum will be effected. A fur-
ther saying to the - public will arise from an ar-
rangement now to be made for covering the
charge for certain outstanding Exchequer Bills,
out of the accumulating produce of the Consoli-
dated Fund in each quarter, which -has hereto-
fore been left untouched to the end of the quar-
ter. It is satisfactory to know, that so high is
the credit of the country, that the holders of 4
per Cent Stock, who have assented to the propo-
sition of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, fur
reducing the rate of interest form a very great
majority of the whole. The total amount of
Four per Cent. Stock was seventy-five millions.
The assents cover sixty-eight millions, and the
remaining seven millions held by the Dissen-
tients, will be paid off in October next by an
issue of Exchequer Bills at reduced interest.
Those Bills themselves, principal as well as inte-
rest, are to be discharged by the Commissioners
for the redemption of the National Debt at the
rate of one million per quarter.

[MORNING- IIERALD.]
The Chancellor of the Exchequer brought for,
ward the Budget last night, in a Committee of
Ways and Means, but its general features had
been so fully exhibited at the beginning of the
Session, that there was little novelty in the de-
tails. Two great measures have characterized
the financial plan of the present year—viz. the
remission, or rather the abolition of the duties on
foreign silk, and the reduction of 75,000,0001.
from four per cents. to three and a half per cent.
The course.proposed respecting both these mea-
sures formed the most iuteresting part of the
Chancellor's speech. By the abolition of the
duties on silk, he stated that the Revenue lost
500,0001.; hut the effect of the change was to
leave the trade in unusual activity. Of the
75,000,0001. four per cents. the r holders of
68,000,0001. had assented to take 1001. stock, at
three and a half per cent. in exchange for 1001.
four per cents. There remained,
,therefore,
7,000,0001., or between 6,000,0001. 0r7,000,0001.
to be paid off; this sum he proposed to be paid,
by the issue of Exchequer Bills, but at the same
time he would provide means of redeeming these
Bills. He meant to charge both interest and
principal on the Sinking Fund. Pro tempore,
the operation of the Sinking Fund must be sus-
pended. —He proposed not to cancel the
7,000;0001. paid off by Exchequer Bills, but to
transfer that amount to the Commissioners of the '
Sinking Fund at three per cent. A tkird mea-
sure, or rather a collateral arrangement, divulged
last night, was the•treduction of the interest on
Exchequer Bills4vorn arida;lid..per diem. Sir
Henry ParrielOrtAlurne,'llr. Robertson, and
Mr. WhitinOre spoke on -the subject, but no op.
position was made even to call up Mr. Robinson
to reply or explain.

[Tlf E Times.]
The finance plan of the French Minister for
the reduction of the debt was filially carried in
the Chamber of Deputies, on Wednesday last,
by a majority of 83 only,—the number of votes
being 238 for, and 155 against it. The success of
the measure was never doubted by any well-
informed persons ; but a much More triumphant
majority was anticipated by the French Mi-
nisters and their friends, who calculated on at
least three votes to one. Business having ended
on the Paris Exchange before the close of the
discussion, its effect on the prices could not be
ascertained.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]

There was some conversation in the Ifouse
list night on the subject of Mr. Kennedy's Bill
for altering the Poor Laws of Scotland. This
13111 has deservedly excited great alarm through-
out Scotland, and at a late meeting of the Pres-
bytery of Edinburgh it was very generally con-
demned. We must say that a more ill-judged
measure never was proposod in thelfoese, though
Mr. Kennedy said," the principle of the measure
had the approbation of persons the. best qualified
to form-an opinion." It is very natural for Mr.
Kennedy to think that they who agree with him-
self are the best qualified to form an opinion, and
we have no doubt that Dr. Chalmers, and
one or two visionarieS who share Mr. Kennedy's
views, and to whom he here evidently alludes,
will be ready to return the compliment. Far be it
from us to wish to detract from the merits of
Mr. Kennedy's services to Scotland, because on
one point we happen to differ with him. We are
ready to _hear our humble testimony to the laud-
able zeal he has uniformly displayed to improve
the institutions of his country, and to acknow-
ledge; that in most instances his judgment has not
zeal. His Poor Laws been inferior to his
Al-
teration- Bill, however, we think, will be any
thing rather. than beneficial. The sick and infirm
poor in
.Scotlan.d.,..are at present entitled to sup-
port from their respective parishes. Should the
collections at the church doors, and various paro-
chial dues, &c. be found insufficient, the Land-
holders are bound to- assess themselves to make
up the deficiency. .

The Financial Statement of the Chancellor of
the Exchequer on the 23d of February, deprives
the Budget, which came on lastnight, of much of
its usual interest.--(/bid)

[ußvristi paEss.]
The second reading of the West India Com-
pany's Bill was, on the suggestion of Mr. fins-
kisson, postponed by Mr. Manning to Monday
next. The Right lion. Gentleman suggested the
delay) as it involved, he said, the very question

of incorporation which the Government had then -
under their consideration. Mr. Huskisson, on
Thursday night, when Sir John Newport moved
the second reading of the Bill for incorporating
the " Irish Mining Company," objected to it, on
the same grounds as the Right Hon. Gentleman
said he would object to all the Bills that were
then in progress for the incorporation of the va-
rious speculating companies. IVIr. Huskisson, ou
Thursday night, stated, that he had no objection
that these bodies should be incorporated to a cer-
tain extent, such as enabling them to sue or be
sued in the person of any officer appointed for
the purpose ; but beyond that he did not think it
right to give them all the exemptions that were
generally conferred on corporations; and Mr.
Iluskisson further expressed his opinion, that if
individuals chose to embark in any trading spe-
culation, they ought to be individually liable for
the results of any failure of such speculation,
in the same manner as if they were merely
partners. The views taken by Mr. Iluskis-
son on this important subject are unquestionably
most correct. A number of Bills have this
Session been introduced, for the incorporation of
companies of every sort, both here and in Ireland,
and all with the most useful and beneficial views.
But if these incorporations are founded on com-
mercial speculation As great trading companies, it
is a question how far the sanction of Parliament
should be extended to protect them from all the
consequences of such spculations, however ruinous
they way turn out to be. The West India Com-
pany, appears, however, to be formed on the
fairest principles, and on a plan likely to be most
beneficial to the sugar islands, and to all engaging
in this great speculation. The East India Com-
pany have had their Charter renewed with the
Most extensive privileges, with a mighty empire.
and a vast trade throughout the East ; and
though the West India Company never can hope
to rival " the Lords of Asia" in wealth or re-
sources, their establishment is likely to be the
salvation of the most valuable of our western
possessions, and ultimately, perhaps, the means
of their preservation to Great Britain. We trust
therefore that the Bill for the incorporation of
the West India Company may meet no effectual
opposition, and that a measure so full of utility
will receive the early sanction of the Legislature.

[NEW TIMM]
It is most satisfactory to know that in every
Naval station in the world the maritime force of
Great Britain out-numbers that of any other
country. This declaration we have from the au-
thority of Mr. Canning himself in Parliament;
and it affords a triumphant reply to the petty
cavillings which a cotemporary Print so often
pours forth against our Naval Administration.
While such is the fact, how idle are the alarms
which every now and then take place about a
French squadron, on this coast or that, des-
tined, as the stock-jobbing speculators assure
us, to conquer Mexico, or Brazil, or to bring
the llaytians again under the yoke of Co-
lonial Slavery ! The profound Politicians who
make all these discoveries forget that the Mini,a—
ter at the head of the Foreign Department in the
English Government is a man somewhat their
superior in means of intormation, and infinitely
so in vigour and activity of mind. We are
well convinced that the policy of all the Great
Powers of Europe is essentially pacific ; and
hence the most candid explanations are given on
all sides as to the destination of cruisers,
or the movement of troops. The French
Government have, hi this spirit, afforded
the most satisfactory explanation of the dis-
position of their maritime force, and have ac-
counted for every ship that has been sent
out of the Ports of France, arid shown their des-
tination. It is a consequence of the same policy
that no remonstrance is made against our block-
ading the port of Algiers ; nor would any Power
in Europe view with other sentiments than those
of satisfaction a British force sent to curb the
savages who have laid waste the Gold Coast.
We have reason to believe that the Dutch
agents at Elmina and Accra have used every
effort to promote the sanguinary efforts of
the Ashantees ; but we entertain too high
an opinion of the integrity and honour of
the Netherland Government to believe that
those atrocious intrigues receive the least
countenance at home. The Agents of whom we
speak are old Slave Traders, who favour the
Ashantees, because the object of the latter is to
make slaves, and sell them through the medium
of these men to the Spanish and Portuguese vessels
on the coast. The King of the Netherlands has
readily engaged himself by treaty to put down
the Slave Trade ; and we doubt not he is sin-
cerely desirous that all that part of Africa should
he rescued from a savage domination which per-
petuates that traffic.

There existed yesterday much interest upon
the subject of the Brazilian Loan, the contract
of which, as we previously stated, was to have
been completed on that day. The late reports,
whether feigned or not, had the effect of lessen-
ing the number of bidders, as many were men-
tioned us likely to compete for this undertaking.
We learn however, that only three houses,
Messrs. T. Wilson and Co. Mr. Samuels,
and Messrs. Bayley and Goldsmith, sent
in proposals, to whom circulars were yester-
day morning returned from the Commissioners,
intimating, that as the biddirigs were lower
in consequence of intelligence which they knew
to be erroneous, and such as they did not feel
authorised in accepting, they declined receiving
any tender, but were open to any proposal by
way of private contract. Affairs remain there-
fore in this state for a few days, but it is eg-
PP.cted that no great delay will take place before
the Loan is taken. The prices offered were of
course concealed for the present.—(lbid.)

A very, light 'pleasant bread is made in France
by a mixture of apples and flour, in the proportion of one
of the former to two of the latter. The usual quantity of
yeast is employed as in making common bread, • and is
beat with flour and warm pulp of the apples after they have
boiled, and the dough is then considered as set ; it is then put
in a proper vessel, and allowed to rise. for eight or twelve hours,
and then baked in long loavas. Very little water is requisite;
none, generally, if the apples are very fresh.