The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-24 00:00:00

LONDON ASSURANCE.

Sir Harcourt Eourtly,iart., Mr. W. Farren • Max Hark-
way, Mr. Bartley ; Mr. Charles Courtly, Air. Anderson ;
Mr. Adolphus Spanker, Mr. Keeley ; Mr. Dazzle, Mr. C.
Mathews ; Mark Meddle, Mr. Harley ; Grace Harkaway,
Madame Vestris ; Lady Gay Spanker, Mrs. Nisbett ; Mrs.
Pert, Mrs. Humbv.
After which the New. Drama, in Three Acts, entitled
THE EMBASSY.

Duke de Nevers, Mr. Moore ; Viscount Rene de Ruben,
Mr. Anderson • Baroness du Pont, Miss Ellen Tree i Madame
de Firissse, Madame Vestris. .

To-morrow, London Assurance, with The Embassy.
Doors tr.. t e evened at halt-past Six—the performances to
co enct at Seven o'Clock.

Dress Boxes 7;. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second
r:ircles, ss. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price.
2;. ; Gallery Is.
Titkets and pia( es for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan
at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets
mty ne had upon application.
Prirate Bon. to be had Well' of Mr. And: ems, bookseller,
167, New Bond-street.

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Immense attraction. Mr. T. P. Cooke and Mr. Collins the
same Evening. the last week Gf their sppearance. " Poor
Jack " and another nautical drama, in conjunction with
" Paul Clifford."
THIS EVENING, MARCH 24.
Will be acted a Nautical Drama in Four Parts, called
POOR JACK ; OR THE WIFE OF A SAILOR.
In which Mr. T. P. Cooke, and the entire strength of the
Company, will perform.
After which,
THE PILOT.
Long Tom Coffin by Mr. T. P. Cooky.
To conclude with
PAUL CLIFFORD.

Paul Clifford, with thegongoTi, Hurrah for the Road," Mr.
Collins.

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LONDON:
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1641.

The Peers resumed the adjourned debate on the
Tithe Composition (Ireland) Bill, and passed it.
The Borough Improvement Bill was read a
second time on the motion of the Marquis of
NORMANBY. We belieVe the object of it is to
enable corporate towns to apply their funds to
the improvement of the health of towns. The
Bill was referred to the Committee on the Drain-
age Bill.
On the motion to read the East India Rum
Duties Bill a second time, which the Marquis of
LANSDOWNE recommended to the House in a neat
speech, Lord ASHBURTON, erewhile Free-trade
BARING, made a furious attack on the Import Du-
ties Committee, because, we presume, it sets in so
clear a light the wisdom of his former opinions,
and the folly, as well as something more, of his
present interested convictions. He denounced
the Committee as one-sided, the evidence as ex-
aggerated, and the statements as absurd.

That small statesman, Mr. SPRING RICE
that was, Lord MOUNTEAGLE that is, followed
in the same track, and stigmatized as exag-
gerated, because he knows no more on the Corn-
laws than he knew about finance when he was
at the head of the Exchequer, the statement
that the Corn-law causes a charge on the people
equivalent to 100,000,0001. For our own parts, we
doubt whether that or any known sum can measure
the enormous charge which the bread tax levies
on OUT people ; but it was worthy of this small
statesman to follow in the wake of Free-trade
BARING round to the side of restriction.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH supported the Bill, which
was read a second time.

Their Lordships adjourned till to-morrow.
In the Commons two Committees to try the
St. Alban's and Walsall elections were sworn.
Lord J. RUSSELL announced that he should, on
April 6th, move that the House adjourn till the
20th of April, for the Easter holidays.
Lord MAHON moved a. resolution that it is in-
expedient to confine so many convicts in hulks
at home. He stated that at present 3,500 were
so confined, 2,000 of whom were now retained
at home, whereas but, for a recent regulation of
the Colonial Minister, they would have been
transported. The Noble Lord objected to the
system of confining men in hulks, and to the
plan of commuting sentences of transportation
for short periods to that punishment. He did
not wish to resume the plan of sending convicts
to New South Wales, but he thought they might
be sent to Van Diemen's Land. We know
nothing which has more perplexed, or which is
a greater reproach to statesmen, than the total
inefficiency of their inventions to repress clime,
which go under the name of secondary punish-
ments.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL vindicated his
adoptingown
e the
present from the charge of hastiness in
present plan, and reminded the House of the
enormous evils which had taken place under the
system of transportation. He moved the pre-
vious question.
After a short discussion, in which Mr. Fox
MA ULE stated that Lord J. RUSSELL contemplated
a Bill to take from the Secretary of State the
power of commuting a sentence of transportation,
the House divided, and Lord MAHON'S resolu-
tion was carried, we believe, by 49 to 28.
Mr. SCHOLEFIELD then, in a thin House, (the
leaders of both sides being absent,) moved a re-
solution in favour of a property-tax, awl to take
taxation off industry and off articles of general
consumption. The Hon. Gentleman grounded
his motion on the present condition of the people,
and showed how taxation pressed them to the
earth.

now some where about 635.
it
was at 88s., and is Mr. MURTZ seconded and supported the mo-
tion; so did Mr. TURNER, Mr, WILLIAMS, and For the landlords the Poor-law was passed, and
Mr. l.t FIELDx.
The CYTA.N.cm.Lon of the EXCHEQUER thou g h isth ei
n cCoomrnp-altai bwi which
e wiitihe h wasit also passed for them,
.
happy to receive any assistance in raising taxes, Mr. GROTE, than whom there is no honester
thought that the extensive change proposed by man in Parliament, is a consistent advocate for
a
Hon. Members, .would inflict so much derange- free trade in corn, and for the labourer depend
ment on all the great interests, that he must re- ing on himself; he was instrumental in enacting
sist the motion. He begged leave to move the the latter—the landlords denied the former. He
previous question.
and the Radical doctrinaires, of whom we take
Mr. HUME pported the 'notion, and dwelt him as the representative, committed a great
on the exemption of property from its fair share ' error in contributing to throw the labourer on his
of the public burdens. It paid only 24 per cent. own resources before they had released his loaf
out of the Whole revenue, while industry paid from the landlord's gripe. They should havp
76. If the resolution were carried
thought might.bave been better worde‘l, it Would enactment of the New Poor-law. The latter
be the duty of the Government to prepare gra- would then have been just, while the compara-
dually to carry the change into effect. five small number of poor, and great public pro;-
Mr. GOULBURN resisted the motion, as dalcu- perity, would have rendered it easy ofexecution.
lated to produce disturbance in all the interests Now, it threatens to bury Mr. GROTE, as a
of the country. The Right Hon. Gentleman was public man, and all his friends, under its vast
very learned, but not very clear, about taxing ca- unpopularity.
pital in masses, and taxing it when it is diffused 1; The Ministers and the landowners are ter-
through alt classes a distinction as to taxation , ribly inconsistent, for they insist on throwing
we have not ink' with in our reading. As ex- the labourer on his own resources, while they
pectant CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, he withhold from him both food and employ-

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ment. They keep him in slavery, and, more
cruel than a West India planter, tell him
to maintain himself. The two laws are incom-
patibilities, and the three years in which, since
the Poor-law was passed, the Corn-law has been
in active and full operation, have sufficed to make
the public doubt the wisdom of the New Poor-
law.

By itself and abstractedly the Poor-law may
be benevolent and wise ; in conjunction with the
Corn-law, it is a part of that terrible crusade
which the aristocracy have long been carrying
on by law—bringing all law into contempt and
hatred, by making it the instrument to gratify
their vices—against the democracy. It is said to
be intended to make the labouring classes re-
spect themselves ; but, in conjunction with the
Corn-law, it is only an instrument for starving
them into submission to the idle landowners.
We are less surprised, therefore, at its growing
unpopularity than at the support still given to
it by the enemies of the Corn-law. They make
themselves thereby the tools of the landlords,
and contribute to support their gigantic and
ruinous scheme of social oppression.

'he Paris Journals of Monday have all reached
us. The Journal des Debats of Monday has a
long article, in which is analysed the Report of
the Committee on the Budget for the year 1811.
As the state of a nation's finances may be safely
assumed as a sure index of the general policy of
its Government, we shall make no apology to
our readers for quoting this article at length.
The most extraordinary thing about this Report
is, that while it severely censures the extrava-
gance of the THIERS' Administration, it recom-
mends a perseverance in the armaments—the
cause of that extravagance. Nevertheless the
article is an instructive one, and as such we re-
commend it to the general notice of the public.
The debate of the Chamber of Deputies on the credits c f
1840, has been but the preliminary of the discussion which will
take place in the course of •the week on the credits of 1841.
These credits are the sequel of the political situation be-
queathed by the Cabinet of the Ist of March, and result from
the solemn vote of the Chamber, which has sanctioned the
attitude of armed peace adopted by the present Chamber. M.
ldignon has just had distributed to the Chamber his Report,
which is a document worthy of the most serious attention.
The Hon. Reporter, with that experience and skill of which he
has already given proof in the difficult labours of the Chamber,
has entered into a detailed and conscientious examination of the
different portit,ns of those credits which must add this year to
the usual charges of the Budget more than 176 millions.
Our financial situation forms in some measure the preface
of the Report; in fact, he admits that the Chamber may be
well aware of it before pledging itself to vote a state of things
of new origin. Thus a deficit previous to 1833 amounts to
256,028,250 f. This deficit was increased last year by a further
decrease of 183,165,551 L, making altogether a sum of
546,058,8961. deficiency at the end of 1841.
This sum will be increased at the_ end of next year by
154,754,000 f., according to the deficit of the budget of 1842,
which, added to the 534 millions, proposed for the expenses of
the public works will amount to the enormous sum of
1,153,974,896 f., to meet which sum no effective resource is
created. The 63,300,00Df., for which the reserve of the
sinking fund is specially assigned, is not comprised in that
evaluation.:

The armaments made by France, in consequence of the
Treaty of the 15th of July, have been calculated, es it is already
known, at an t ffective of 493,671 men and 112,774 horses for
the army, and of 225 armed vessels, manned by 46,418 sailors,
for the naval force, which has besides 19,910 marines and ar-
tillerymen for vie arsenals, the coast, and the colonies. The
credits for the department of the Minister of War, and for
that of the Marine, have especially rivetted the attention of
the Commission, which proposes definitively to maintain the
effective as created by the Ministry of the Ist of March. It
considers the formation of new regiments as an unfortunate
measure, uncalled for by events, yet as it would be necessary
to put more than 1,200 officers out of commission, and it has
received from the Minister of War notice that it entered into
his system of reserve to utilise all the depots of the new for-
mation, the Commission has abstained from proposing to the
Chamber to revert t a more economical organization. It ap-
proves of the creation of 34 batteries, which, giving to the
army 200 batteries and 1,200 field-pieces, would be sufficient
for an army of 600,000 men, but it hopes that the present Ca-
binet will reject the idea which the preceding Min:stry enter-
tained of creating 98 new batteries.
The credit of 5,450,000 f. for the manufacture of 152,000
muskets, has given rise to some very severe observations on
the part of the commission. After having declared that we
possessed 1,771,311 muskets in a proper state in the maga-
zines and in the corps, and 850,876 in the hands of the na-
tional guards, the commission expresses itself in these words
as to the impossibility in which it is placed to reduce the cre-
dit asked for :
" The preceding Administration, which had the idea of
carrying out to 400,000 the muskets that were bespoken
of the contractors of our manufactories and of the trade in
general, had, from the month of September, made considerable
contracts with the former, and when your commission wished
to make an especial reduction in the credits asked for, the Mi-
nister of War replied that he was no longer at liberty to reduce
the orders, that agreements made with contractors who had
got considerable supplies of wood and iron, and had had en-
gaged a great number of iLorkmen, did not admit of limiting
the amount unless at a loss for the treasury, which would be
bound to indemnify the contractors. In this state of things
your commission was compelled to stop at impossibilities, arid
only to reduce the credit of the sum which was not included at
the moment when we were drawing up our resolutions.
This induces us to state that it was wrong to take contracts
before the credits were opened, that it is contrary to every
principle and to all rules in administration, since, as the cre-
dits might be refused, it rendered the State liable to damages,
and that besides the constitutional powers had no longer their
action and freedom of vote.
Another forgetfulness of the rules of responsibility which is
not less serious, against which your Commissions of Finances
have constantly declared, and which we must point out to you,
is the advance of one million which has been made to the con-
tractors for the manufacture of muskets from the Royal manu-
factories in the month of September last, at the moment when
the contracts which we have just cited were being entered
into. To act in this manlier is compromising responsibility,
and we must hope that the disapprobation with which we
♦isit those measures—a disapprobation which the Chamber
will no doubt join in—will prevent a recurrence of those irre-
gularities.

The commission being less fettered with respect to the con-
struction of cannon, proposes to reduce 1,333 the 2,445
cannons, both in bronze and cast iron, asked for by the credits,
which will produce an economy of 900,000 f. It grants
20,000 f. as a supplement to the reception expenses of the
President of the Council, as well as 100,000 f. for extraordinary
missions ; but it refuses the 250,000 f. asked by the Minister of
War for secret expenses. To sum up the reduction which the
Commission intends to obtain on the credits asked for by
the Minister of War for the forces at home, will amount to
about twenty-three millions. The greatest reduction of ten
millions and a half has been made on the pay and keeping up
of the non-complement of the troops during the last six
months. The Commission maintains for this year the effective
state of the army in Algiers, as it exists, and which amounts
to more than 65,000 men, and 11,500 horses, without com-
prising 3,500 native auxiliary troops. It only fears that too
great a dispersing of our forces will render difficult the exe-
cution of the decisive operations which are to take place this
spring.

The credits of the department of the Minister of Marin• are
reduced more than two millions ; they only refer to secondary
considerations. The commission has decided to maintain the
armaments of 1840, and to increase them by five vessels, it
urges the Minister to give to steam navigation all the develop-
ment which our maritime situation demands.

The commission winds up its report by approving of art. 7.
which is for the purpose of authorising the Minhter of Finance
to issue Treasury Bonds, and to employ the reserve of the
sinking fund to cover the deficit of the treasury, and, in accord-
ance with the Minister of Finance, it suppresses the fait article
of the project of law which had for object to transfer to the
budget of 1841, the excess of the expenditure of the budget of
11340, because it was useless to burthen one budget with the de-
ficit of another.

News of political importance there is none in
the Journals of Monday. The Courrier Francais
states that a coal mine has been discovered at
Quimper, which promises to be of the utmost ad-
vantage to French steam navigation.
Letters from the Hague received in Faris on
Monday announced the alarming illness of the
King of HOLLAND. •
The following extracts from the Papers include
the only paragraphs they contain in the shape of
news :

not please his successor. It is added that M. Guizot has
readily listened to the injunctions of Prussia, and that M.
Bresson's successor is already chosen. Notwithstanding the
proof of weakness which our Government has given, we cannot
believe so much humility. The Ministry will, doubtless,
hasten to contradict this statement if it is false."— Courrier
Francais.

M. LicHotes BANXRUPTCY.—" We are informed, says the
France, " that the Duchess de Dumas will lose upwards of a
million of francs by tie failure of 111. Lehon. M. de Montali-
vet lot.ses 120,000 f., and M. Piscatory 200,000 f." The same
Journal states the creditors of M. Lehon have held a meeting,
at which it was announced to them that from the first examina-
tions of the state of his affairs, the liabilities appeared to amount
to 6,000,000 f. "M. M. Piscatory, de Montalivet, and Jan-
vier," it adds, " have been designated as members of a council
to watch over and direct the affairs of M. Lehon ; the two
former gentlemen, as being creditors to a large amount, and
the latter, though not personally interested, yet acting only as
the friend and adviser of those whose fortunes are so seriously
compromised." _ _ _

PARIS, MARCH 21.—We have received the following
letter from Toulon, which will excite painful reflections on
the state of our navy after the enormous sums which have
been demanded for that service :

TouLox MARCH 16, 1841. Five ships of the line, the
Scipion, denereux, Trident, Marengo, and Alger, and the
Didon frigate are destined to convey troops to Africa. The
Scipion and Didon are already gone, and the others will
put to sea to-morrow or the next day. To enable them to
go to sea it was necessary to give them spare sail belonging
to the Triton and the Ville de Marseilles, which are not in a
condition to go to sea at present.

This fact de-serves notice., for more than two years the maga-
zines of this port have been without sailcloth ; several ships
cannot be employed for want of spare nails, which are abso-
lutely necessary for their safety. This fact proves that the
Ministry, to satisfy the:spress and the public, is willing to have a
fleet in the road, but does not think of employing it in any case.
In fact, if such was not its purpose, it would have nought
to exercise it during the winter, instead of leavng it at Toulon,
where the crews become disorganised, and the expense is in-
cressed by useless repairs, as is proved by thefacility with which
they are dispensed with when the ships are at sea.
The ships might have been out at sea when the weather was
fine, and when it was unfavourable they might have entered
the road of Hyeres. There the crews might have been exer-
cised in firing with balls. In consequence of
six ships having
been at sea for a. week two months repairs have been needed.
We must be greatly degenerated, or those who govern us
must be very incapable.
The fleet, however, has nerved to salute the Duke of
Aumale when he passed through this city. Every ship fired a
salute with all its guns, which makes 1,500 cannon-shot. We
might regret this expense, if we thought our Government ca-
pable of employing the powder more seriously.—Le Commerce.
BOURSE.—PARIs, MONDAY, M —ARCH 22.
first Highest Lowest Last
Price Price. Pricy. Price
French 5 per Cents lll 60 ... 111 85 ... 11160 ... 111 80
4% per Cents ... 101 50 101 50 ... 101 50 101 50
4 per Cents
3 per Cents 77 25 77 35 ... 77 30 ... 11 30
Bank of terance
L'iffitte Bank I.ooof. Sh 1052 50 ...1052 50 ...1052 50 ...10 2 50
50001. shares WO
...5160
Batman Bank
5 per
3 rer Cents 7O 70 ... 70 ... 70
New Loan lOl% ... 1.2 101% ... 1(1%
ipanish Active.
New Ocferted
Neapolitan lO2. 102 ... /12 50 ... .02 50
R0man............ ..... 102% ... 102% ... 1(2% 1(2%
RAILWAY SHARES,
St. Germans
Versailles.R. B 385 347 50 ... 335 ... 387 50
LB. a 6 5 ... 3(0 25 .. 3115 3.5
Strasburg to Bale 2 750 ... 237 50 ... • 235
Orleans .
Montpellier to Cette 205
... 207 50 ... 2b5 ... 207 53

Madrid Papers of the 15th inst. have come to
hand this morning. The Cortes were to as-
semble on the 19th, and it was expected that the
debate on the Regency question would be very
animated. On the 14th, the first horserace ever
witnessed at Madrid came off in tolerable style.
The assemblage of fashionable and delighted
spectators was immense. The Duke d'OssuNA,
the Duke de SAN CARLOS, some Spanish
grandees,_and Mr. SCOTT, Secretary to the Bri-
tish Embassy, had horses entered. The Duke
d'OssuNA carried off the prizes. A match will
shortly come off between the Duke d'OssuNA
and Mr. SCOTT for 10,000 reals, each to ride his
own horse. Letters from Teruel state that a
band of Carlist brigands, commanded by a chief
named CASULLERAS, had entered the village of
Corral de Bergada, where they demanded rations ;
they had stopped a courier with despatches from
Madrid to the Captain-General and Political
Chief of Barcelona, which they had destroyed ;
they had robbed the conductor of 400 reals, and
the post-master of 3,400 reals.

German Papers of the 18th inst. have reached
us, in which we find the following news from
Greece:—

ATHENS, FEB. 28.—0 n the 20th of this month (as has
been already stated) Mavrocordato, the Greek Ambassador in
London (well known as the head of the English party), was
appointed by the King to be President of the Council and Mi-
nister of Foreign Affars , his brother in-law, Tricupes, goes to
London as resident Minister in his stead. This resolution of
the King has excited a most joyful sensation at Athens, as
Mavrocordato has many adherents and friends, and even those
who are not his friends expect much good from so able a man,
who bee acquired so much knowledge in foreign countries.
Accounts from Candia are most anxiously expected at
Athens. Many Candiots have clandestinely left Greece, among
whom there is even a Colonel in the Greek service. Though
the Government has taken serious measures to prevent their
clandestine departure, that it may not be suspected of favour-
ing their proceedings, for which, in fact, the moment is ill
chosen, the Candiots demand concessions similar to those
which were granted to Samos. Mustapha Pacha, the Go-
vernor, has sent his secretary to Constantinople for instruc•
tions. Meantime the people of Candia remain under arms,
and the number of those who desire a change daily increase.
It is said that they receive assistance from some mercantile
houses of Athens and Syria.
Merricm, MARCH 14.—According to recent accounts which
appelr to be worthy of credit (contrary to which is asserted in
other journals)—The German Customs Union will not renew
the Commercial Treaty with Holland.—Nuremburg Corre-
spondeJit.

AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Vzsntrs, MARCH ;3
Five per Cents. MetaUiques
Four per Cents. us%
Three per Cents.
Bank Shares 1(3;
—.4llgenzeine Zeitung, Mareh 18.

LLO YD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)

LONDON, MARCH 24.—Wind this day at noon, W. S.W.,
cloudy.
Dna L, MARCH 23.—Wind S.W., fresh.—Arrived the Ma-
rus, Law, from Berbice ; King William, Croft, Sunderland;
Gem, Crosier, ditto. Arrived from the River the Queen Vic-
toria, Connor, for Sydney ; Albion, Huldt, Macao ; Union,
Swifler, Mauritius; City of London, Antunn Bordeaux; Vul-
can, Patrick, ditto ; Was, Potts, Rio janeiro ; Camillus,
Mules, Demerara; Mercy, Treadwell, Barbadoes ; Mediator,
Chadwick, New York ; Mary and Ann, Blackstone, St. Übes ;
Lugan, Thompson, Belfast ; Sovereign, Potts, and Charlotte,
Wattie, St. Kitts ; Symmetry, Alackwood, Ceylon ; Mars,
Le Gallais, Marseilles.
PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 23.—Wind S. W.—Arrived the
Davig, Pust, from Hamburgh ; Diamond, ditto.
PLYMOUTH, MARCH 23.—Wind N.W.--Arrived the Mary
Lowther, Pearce, from Kertsch ; Eleanor, Shields. Sailed the
Argo, for Hamburgh; Magdelena, Bremen; Ludlow, London;
Eclipse, London ; Mary, Belfast. The Casimo, which put in
bete 19th, leaky, is discharging.
FALMOUTH, MARCH 22.—Wind S.W., squally.—Arrived
the Drummore, Mylone, from Calcutta ; Elizabeth, Jackson,
Shields; Atlas, Smirk, Odessa ; Hope, Gillard, Giigente, with
loss of main-yard ; Premier, Abbott, London ; Thomas and
Elizabeth, Heard, Newport, with loss of bulwarks, fore chan-
nels, &c., having been in contact with an American brig;
Iberia steamer, Southampton, and sailed for Vigo. Sailed the
Columbine, Robertson, for Hamburgh. Arrived off the Li-
zard, Thoroley, from Kertsch, with loss of foreyard.
TORBAY, MARCH 22.—Arrived the North Briton, Hartle-
pool, from Brest, with loss of bulwarks.
DUNGENESS.--Arrived off the Jacob Cats, Drerks, Batavia.
HULL, MARCH 22.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Hengrina,
Hurter, from Lennmet ; Hope, Wilson, Dunkirk; Tweed,
Al‘Kenzie, Chesme ; Freden, Lunat, Salow. Sailed the Me-
teor, Brown, for St. John's, New Brunswick.
Lams, MARCH 22.—Arrived the Frederick Wilhelm, from
Konigsberg.
SUNDERLAND, MARCH 22.—Arrived the Agenoria, Swin-
ney, from St. Valery ; Thomas Burden, Cusholm, Calais ; Or-
bicular, Steward, Rotterdam; Arthur, Petty, ditto; Galatea,
Elsdcn, Abbeville.
Stirrups, MARCH 22.—Arrived the Albion, Tuck, from
St. Valery ; Jane and Jessica; Campbell, Leghorn ; Ida, Bou-
chier, Dunkirk; Victory, Mitchell, Botiogne ;
Lucy, Hard-
ing, Amsterdam. The Arno, from Yarmouth, was towed in
here this morning, with loss of foremost, bowstrit, &c., hav-
ing been run into off Scaham by a brig, name unknown.
LivEßrooL, MARCH 23.—Wind W., fresh.—Arrived the
Isabel, Greaves, from Lima, sailed Dec. 5 ; Powhattan,
M'Cerran, New Orleans; Philornela,, Buenos Ayres ; Dia-
mond, Demerara; Wellington, New Orleans, sailed from the
Bar on the 21st ult. ; Mersey, Apalachicola ; Andover, St.
John's, New Brunswick ; Fanny Palmer, Cutting, Smyrna ;
Alice Brown, Donald, Naples ; Rowena, Tregari hen, Leg-
horn ; Ellen Clare, Roberts, ditto, with pumps choked, having
experienced very bad weather ; ighfield, Africa. The Bar-
badoes, from Havannah to Cork, was spoken on the 24th ult.,
in lat. 26, long. 79, very leaky, and steering for Nasau, by
the Powhattan, arrived here.

PENZANCE, 'MA Reif 22.—The Mary, Stewart, of Cardiff,
was discovered this morning at anchor a quarter of a mile from
Praa Sand, with mainmast gone, and foremast about 20 feet
above the deck ; at noon the Sylva revenue cutter succeeded in
taking out three of the crew, but the remainder, master and
mate, persisted in remaininv she is still riding in great peril.
ST. IVES, AIAacH 22. lite Ambassador, from Newcastle,
was brought in here last night in a very disabled state, with
loss of boats, bulwarks, stancheons, &c., having been thrown
on beam ends, with cargo shifted; two mates and one seaman
washed overboard.

PORT TALBOT, MARCH 22.—The John Noel, from Hoyle,
on shore under the Breakwater, got off after discharging. The
Mary, also on shore, still remain., but will be discharged to-
morrow.

ST.

ABDICATION OF Dox MIGUTL.—The Augsburg Gazette,
ftheitceh
rintsirtaan, t,thaiemounce
Don Miguel e
Portu-
guese Envoy, with missions—first to induce
with it
.to r .
thein i tasrrival correspondencei
nthateity fromn
f the Rome
Chevalier o
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ofo tKhaitngenonfntPryo: Portugal, and
eaantd
two irtehneitneailllecltahi me sditfo_
afenrdentchees
noy
which have
ave
„arlit ppseanbeeatrws,e,e, between the Crown of Portugal
"" that the Chevalier will succeed in thefinrtsitnpuaerst
e f thems Gazettecharge,,
Don Miguel being well inclined to resign both title and in-
heritance on certain conditions; a disposition towards
whuteich the Councils of Austria and Rome have greatly contri-
bd. The second difficulty will not be so easily overcome,
as the Holy See requires that all the Bishops who were nomi-
nated by Don Miguel should be acknowledged by the present
Government, a proposal which is absolutely rejected. How-
ever, the Pope has resolved to send a Legate to Portugal in the
hope of bringing this question to a settlement."
The political chief of Grana 'a coin
what the Journals have s phins and declares that
ta.ed about his having taken the valu-
able pictures still existing in the several convents of nuns is a
calumny ; but the honest man, at the same time, acknowledges
that he has bought fourteen splendid paintings of the nuns for about 251. sterling. How could those forlorn women refuse to
let the pictures go aterannmyhpnrfti:ies,
,wnhiedn
hiliyeth,me asilaupdi,ttaanelf-cesitsyslueedd,
to thernthbeygoGlitoivcal cie . e said fourteen paintings are
a considerable sum ; but the -
said to be worth
are supposed not
because the Aluniti al yCh - -
the only ones, • • t• . P amber of Gra-
to be
oft minute investigation,, igatlons, in order to ascer-
tainnada is making m
of the worthy functionary's
the
whole extent speculation
th contains the foll •
sof the 17 following passage:
The Toulonnat
ed that orders have rustt been given by the
pouurtehaser,
of war which ae quipped Air service
Ministry for all
in,p,alvint
ein
args
e.
men
' ation assigned to them, and are now in
and have not any destination
the porta of the north,
our roads all the naval force of Prance.
is intended to collect in
new' embarrassment s iii the affaii:.
This decision arises from tbs pat
tho
Cabinet of Berlin has re-
to repair to the harbour of Toulon. It
of the East. It is reported that asst;
to the late King, and, perhaps, ouritnfobrast
that
(;..o,a
reason
doesu as
agreeable(,uircd the recall of M. Bresson,

ABORIGINES PROTECTION SOCIETY. A
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sels, crews, and others conceettql with the shipping i-.-
ter of this country and the colonies, to the coudi ion
of the aborigines,
to their claims to humane and just
treatment. The meeting was respectably attended, and
was addressed by Dr. Hodgkin, Mr. King, naturalist it,
CaFtain Back's expedition, Dr. Beale, some time resi-
dent among the islanders of the South Seas, by the Se-
cretary of the Parent Society, and by other speakers.
The cause. of the benighted and oppressed abori3ines of
our coltisites is awakening unpreceiented interest in the
country, from which benefits of a permanent astute, it is
hoped, will result.
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THE SUN, LONDON, WrADNEiDAY, MARCH 24, 1841

SUDBURY ELECTION CO3l-
- DAY.)

The Committee assembled this morning at 10 o'clock to hear
the reply of
Mr. Sergeant MEREWETIIER, who said he should confine
himself to what had occurred since he had last addressed the
Committee. Both his Learned Friends had Spoken strongly in
disparagement of Mr. Acland, but when he was in
the box, not one word Of 6i:4s-examination was addressed
to him. Mr, Sergeant Wrangham, he thought, had
admitted that the law, as cited by him (Mr. Sergeant
Merewether) was very strong, but had endeavoured
to show that it did not be..r upon the present case. The whole
of the present question depended upon the fact whether or not
the election was over. His Learned Friend seemed to admit
that the law was against him if the election was pending, but
contended that in point of fact it was over. His Learned
Friend then appeared to him to abandon his legal
argument, and to rely upon the evidence of the
Mayor to contradict that of Mr. Acland. He (Mr.
Sergeant Merewether) had only called Mr. Acland
to prove a conversation which he had had with the Mayor.
He thought Mr. Spooner's evidence was very unsatisfactory
and contradictory, as he should be able to show the Committee.
Mr. Spooner, in reply to a question from his Learned Friend;
had said positively there was no such conversation; but when
cross-examined his evidence was a direct abandonment of that
statement. Then with respect to a conversation about Mr.
Bagshaw, he stated that he had had no conversation with Mr.
Acland on the subject, but it turned out afterwards that he
had held such a conversation, and that it was begun by himself.
He also said that no person was dissatisfied with his conduct but
Mr. Acland, but he afterwards said that there was ge-
neral dissatisfaction, and cries of "Bagshaw, Bagshaw."
He hoped he did not exceed his duty in saying that at best the
Mayor's memory was very imperfect, that he was very con-
fused at the time, and that for some reason or other he had
given his evidence before the Committee in such a manner as
could not stand. His Learned Friend had said that he would
not condescend to hold the balance between Mr. Spooner and
Mr. Acland, but the Committee, he was assured, would do
justice, and would do so • and if such were the case he (Mr.
Sergeant Merewether) did not fear the result. With respect
to the Nottingham case that hsd been cited, he contended that
it distinctly pros ed that whether the election was continued
legally or illegally, during its continuance any person might
propose another candidate. The question in this case was
whether Mr. Tomline was so unanimously elected that no person
by fact, deed, or word, proposed another candidate, and if,
therefore, it had been proved that any electors, by any means,
had signified to the Mayor their desire to nominate Mr. Bag-
shaw, the Committee, he thought, must be clearly of opinion
that Mr. Tomline was not duly returned. Could the Mayor
by his conduct defeat the N °ice of the freemen ? A more im-
portant constitutional point could scarcely be conceived. Was
there any doubt that the freemen wished to nominate Mr
Bagshaw? Was there not a general cry in the Hall of
" Bagshaw, Bagshaw ?" and, if so, was not the election of
Mr. Tomline without a poll palpably a bad election? His
Learned Friend said it was a merely technical point,
but he thought a more substantial one could not possibly occur.
With these observations, which he had made within the time
allowed him, he should leave the case in the bands of the Com •
mi. tee.

The room was then cleared while the Committee deliberated.
After about an hour and a half's consultation, the Commit-
tee announced that the return of Mr. Tomhne was a good re-
turn ; and that the petition of Thomas Fryer and otht rs of the
electors of Sudbu! y could not be maintained.

WALSALL ELECTION COM-
MITTEE.-(THIS DAY.)

The Committee met to-day at eleven o'clock ; Lord Eliot
in the chair.
' Mr. Cockburn, Mr. Austin, and Mr Sergeant Merewether,
apt eared for the petitioners; and Mr. Sergeant Wrangham
and Mr. Talbot for the sitting Members.
The Committee having cleared the room in order to come to
some resolutions, as to the order of the proceedings, counsel
and 'agents were called in, and
Mr. Auntie then proceeded to state the case fur the peti-
tioners. It complained of the return of Mr Gladstone for the
borough of Wa.sall, by reason of his having been guilty by
himself or his agents of bribery and treating, and there was
also a charge of general bribery and corruption during the
election. A writ having been issued shortly after the
• sitting of Parliament in consequence of a vacancy for
that borough, the election took place on the Ist of
February, and the polling took place on Tuesday, the 2nd
of February. The candidates were Mr. Gladstone, who polled
362 votes, and Mr. Smith, who polled 325, leaving Mr. Glad-
stone a majority of 27. Mr. Gladstone was proposed by Mr.
Forster, and seconded by Mr. Samuel Perks. The acting
agent for Mr. Gladstone was Mr. Barnet, who now appeared
before the Committee to defend his return. Mr. Gladstone's
place of residence, before and during the election was at
the George Hotel in Walsall, and be occupied the room No.
13, which is on the first floor. Further on on the same floor was
No. 10, where a private Committee, who conducted the business
of the election for Mr. Gladstone, assembled. Mr. Forster,
Mr. Perks, Mr. Barnet, and other gentlemen, were members of
that Committee, and besides that Committee there was a public
or general Committee, which sat in the assembly-room of the
Hotel, and where the public had more immediate access. He
could prove to the Committee that the treating was, practised at.
the Turk's Head, the Rising Sun, the Stork, the Bull's Head, the
White Hart, the Hare and Hounds, the Spread agle, and other
inns and taverns—he would show that that treating took place
by the friends and agents of Mr. Gladstone, and he should
connect these parties with Mr. lladstone. There was one spe-
cific charge of treating which he should show had taken place
at the New Inn. It appeared that shortly before the nomina •
Lion day Mr. Gladstone and his friends became somewhat ap-
prehensive of the result, and they got a number of the lower
class of voters, who, he regretted to say, were more liable to be
influenced by such a species of bribery than any other, to
the New Inn—they kept them there all the nomination
day, plying them with those stimulants which were so
well . calculated to obscure their judgments. He should
show that these incentives were kept up during the night, and
continued the following morning, which was the polling day,
and all those who were not dead asleep or insensible, after
having received an additional supply in meat and du ink, were
taken in that state to the poll. He would not go into the de-
tails of the scenes of corruption and drunkenness that had taken
place, the Committee would hear these from the evidence of
the witnesses. These he had ne doubt he should be able to
trace to Mr. Bernet and the other members of Mr. Gladstone's
Committee, and he would, he was satisfied, prove such a case
before the Committee, of general treating and bribery as would
void the election. He would now refer the Committee to the
Common law of Parliament, as it bore upon the case
before them. The Learned Counsel having referred
to several authorities which bore upon cases of treat-
ing and bribing, and among others to the celebrated
election for Southwark, which was contested by
Mr. Tierney and Mr. Thelluson, observed that if there was
any single well authenticated ease'of bribery proved on the part
of the sitting Member or his agents, it was the wellestablashed
rule of law that that case was as conclusive against the Member
as a thousand. If there was shown to be a general system of
bribery and drinking carried on, which in its result was calcu-
lated to affect the election, then the Committee couldnot affirm
the election, which must be declared void. He should now call
witnesses to prove the general system of treating that had been
carried on during the election.
Ihe CHAIRMAN inquired whether it, was the intention of
Me, Austin to state the names of the parties who had been so
tr6sted ?

• Mr. AUSTIN said he could not do that, because the parties
were: so numerous, and it would be impossible to specify all
persons who went in and out of these places during the election.
Mr. TALBOT hoped the Committee would require Mr.
Austin to state the names of the parties.
The room was then ordered to be cleared, and after the ab-
sence of about an hour Counsel was called in, and

Tin CHAIRMAN inquired whether was intended to prove
anycase of brlbery in the ordinary meaning of the term?

Mr: A um/4 said he meant to confine himstlf to that species
of bribery termed treating.
The CHAIRMAN said in that case the Committee was of
opinion that the Learned Counsel might examine witnesses
without giving in their names, but they expected that it should
be proved that some of the parties so treated were electors.
James Richard Nayer, from the Crown-office, was tten
called, and produced the writ, precept, and return, from the
last Walsall election.

John W hitgreave, Mayor of Walsall, produced the poll books.
Cross examined by Mr. TALBOT -I have not kept them in
my possession ; they were left a'ter the election unsealed in the
custody of the Town-clerk. I have examined them, and there
has been no alteration Cr erasure since I saw them.
Re-examined by Mr. Sergeant ME REWEATHER—I had the
1 arrangement of the poll-booths. It was settled that some
friends of both the candidates shauld meet me for that purpose.
Mr. Lesson and Mr. Barnet, two professional gentlemen, and
Mr. Oerton, a =lister, attended on behalf of Mr. Glad-
stone. I heard that from the Town-clerk. On behalf
of Mr. Smith, the other candidate, there weie Mr. Kettle,
a professional man, and Mr. Eglinton, a builder. I directed
the town-clerk to say I should be glad to meet a few of Mr.
Gladstone's and Mr. Smith's friends to make the necessary ar-
rangements. I have no doubt whatever that these gentlemen
appeared in behalf of the two candidates. Mr. Barnet requested
me on behalf of Mr. Gladstone, to have an additional booth at
Bloxwich. I required a written authority from Mr. Barnet,
and he wrote it, but it was not given to me. Mr. Wm. Cot-
terell is the town-clerk, and I believe he acted as one of the
agents of Mr. Smith.
Mr. TALBOT said he should reserve his cross-examination
of the witness till a future period. •
Mr. AUSTIN objected to the witness being detained in town
unless the other party paid his expenses.
Mr. TALBOT contended that the course he proposed to
adopt was that usually followed,
After some discussion the Committee ordered the room to
be cleared.

ALBAN'S ELECTION COM
MITTEE.-(THIS DAY.)

The Committee appointed to try the merits of the petition
against the return of the Earl of Listowell for the above bo-
rough commenced this morning. Mr. Smiroan,Chairman.
Mr. Talbot and Mr. Hilyard appeared for the petitioner.
Mr. Austin, Mr. Cockburn, and Mr. Leahy, were Counsel
for the Sitting Member.
Before the case was opened, the Chairman desired the room
to be cleared. After an absence of half an hour, Counsel, par-
ties, and agents, were called 'in, and informed that the Com-
mittee begged to direct the attention of Counsel on both sides
to the clauses regulating the costs under the new law of elections,
for the Committee would feel it their duty to look closely
at that point. The Committee would also consider the Coun-
sel for the petitioner bound by his opening, and not be al-
lowed to enter into any fresh matter. The Committee had
also come to a resolution to the effect that as bribery formed
a prominent feature in the petition, they thought it right to
say they expected of the Counsel for the petitioner to state
now, the names of the parties charged to have been bribed
or treated; and also the names of the parties charged with
the offense ; but they might at once proceed with any charge
tending to inculpate the si'ting Member or any of his agents.
Mr. HILYARD hoped he would not be call, d upon to state
the names of 200 or 300 parties whom they charged with ac-
cepting bribes. As in the Cambridge case, they were pre-
pared to state the houses where the treating, &c., took place,
and he trusted that would be enough.
Ater a few words from Mr. AUSTIN the Committee struck
out the word " treating." They would require the Counsel
to itat-i all caes of treating tendiog to inculpate the sitting
Member or his agents, so far a; p'a es were concerned.
Mr. TALBOT applied to the Chairman to write to Mr.
Musket for the books of h's bank at St. Alban's. He being a
Memher of the House, the Speaker or the Chairman's warrant
did not run.
An arrangement was entered into that a list of the books re-
quired should be furnished, and adav fixed for their production.
Mr. HILYARD then opened the ease for the petitioners
From the petition they wou'd have seen that they did not pro-
pose any scrutiny in this ease, they only sought to vacate the
seat on the ground of treating and bribery. They would re•
collect that Mr. Grimstono vacated his scat for St. Alban's
early in February ; that a new writ was issued on the 3d of
February. Up to this moment the Earl of. Listowell was
wholly unknown to the electors of the borough—that was not
the raze wall Mr. B. Cabell. In 1837 hewas a candidate, and
althcti;h succeSsfu lv opposed by Mr. Musket, a large banker in
'hebron:•h, ids gcod-humoured conduct at bis defeat
had o'3laCried him many friends. He seemed to have
been aware of the intention of Mr Gririiston, for he was on ,

the spot, and on the receipt of the writ commenced what ap-
peared to be a successful unopposed canvass. It appeared to
him and his friends that his return was certain. But on the
Thursday Lord Listowell arrived, and then commenced a series
of the most disgraceful prise& dings, which materially altered
the state of affairs. It appeared that in St. Alban's there were
two persons of considerable activity in elee'ien matters—one
was an apothecary, but he would be generally. called Dr.
Webster by the witnesses—he would therefore give hill! his
diploma and name him so—the other was a Mr. Edwards, a
clerk in the bank of Mr. Minket; he was not a voter, but
had been a prominent actor in this election of the
borough. On the Thursday morning these two gen-
tlemen drove in a chaise and four to London ; they
alighted at a short distance from, and entered the office of Mr.
Coppock, in Cleveland-row ; they afterwards went to the
Treasury, where they staid ten minutes, and then ordered the
chaise to wait for them at an inn in Oxford-street. What
took place at the Treasury it was impossible for him to say ;
he might form a conjecture, but he could not prove or explain
it. His Learned Friend had the means of doing so, and he
trusted that he would do so, for if he did not, he publicly told
him that after the scandalous practices which had taken place
after that interview by those gentlemen,he wouldlead the public
to put the most unfavourable construction upon that interview
and its results. About six o'clock that evening they got to
their chaise, and ordered the post-boy to drive quick in
order to allow them to order four horses for a chaise which
would follow them. They drove uu to the " George Inn," in
St. Albans, which afterwards became the head-quarters of
Lord Listowell. :hey then drove backlog the London. road—
met Lord Listowell's carriage, on the rumble of which they
both got, and drove to the house of Dr. Webster. They all
entered the house, and Dr. Webster addressed the people, say-
ing—" I have got you a candidate—it is the twelfth I have
brought you, and he is a good one, I can assure you." These
were words which had a peculiar meaning with many of the
electors of St. Alban's. From that:day to the day of polling
was spent in gross acts of bribery un the part of the Doctor,
and he would be proved to have been in close connexion with
Lord Listowell during the wl.ole time—he proposed hint
at the e'ection, and, in f'ct, was his principal agent for the
elections. lhere were two voters named Robert Adams and
John Stebbings. the first a man of some property, who had
always beltnged to the Blue, or Conservative party. After the
former election he quarrelled with a principal agent on that
side, and it was thought he might be induced to give a vote
for the'other side. Dr. Webster on two occasions pressed him
to do so, and said—" You know we don't stand for money."
He refused, but spoke of the offer, which came to the ears of
Mr. Quin, the agent of Mr. Cabbell. That gentleman had
found that foul practices were going on, he therefore directed
Adams to throw himself in Dr. Webster's was', and accept his
offer. He did so, and on the way met Stebbings, who went
with him. Webster saw them, and said—" I cannot speak to
you in the street." He took them into a back-room separately
and asked Adams what he expected. Af er some bargaining,
Webster went out, and returned shortly with two 51. notes, of
Muskett's Bank, and two sovereigns, which be gave Adams for
a vote to Lord Listowell, and the same sum was given to Steb-
birgs, fur abstaining to vote for Mr. Cabbell. The parties met
a man named Howie, who advised them to seal up the money.
Adams was recommended to proceed to the hustings, give the
money into the hands of the Mayor, and then vote for Cabbell.
This he did. Stebbings, being of weak inteleet, got excited
and alarmed ; he demanded the money, and returned it to Dr.
Webster with a note dictated- by Lord Grimstone. Ihe
note was delivered by the Niible Lord and Mr. APKen-
zie, M.P. At the proper time he hoped to put
that note in evidence. He had no doubt but that
they would easily and clearly prove agency on the part of
Dr. Waster, and if so, he would also prove that that gentle-
man had been guilty of bribing the two voters named. P. ap-
peared also that Edwards had been largely mixed up in the
bribery. He sat in the house of a person named Nlayland, in a
r om up stairs ; the door was kept by a man named Spicer,
whose orders were to admit voters, but only one at a time.
He was a very unwilling witness, but he was honest, and
would prove the entrance of many voters, to whom he saw
Edwards give money. One case that would be proved was
that of a policeman with whom Edwards bet 101. that he would
not dare to vote for Lord Listowell. That wris clearly only
a nominal wager, and for the purposes of a bribe. He would
also prove treating to a great extent at the George, which was
Lord Listowell's head quarters, and of which he must have
been cognizant. He would prove also, that many voters were
treated from the Friday up to the time of polling, in the
" Bell," and the " Red Lion." The Learned Gentleman cited
some cases respecting agency in order to show that Com-
mittees:had allowed the bribery to be proved before the agency.
He called upon the Committee to hear the whole case before
deciding upon any one point, and he submitted that if he
made out the statement he had been instructed to make, then it
must be the duty of the Committee to declare the return
of Lord Listowell to be void. Great public scandal had been
created by the circumstances of the election, and he trusted
that his Learned Friends would co-operate with him in having
a full and searching inquiry-,-if there was no foundation for the
scandal they would do so.
'1 he Learned Gentleman then ,proceeded to call witnesses.
The first was under examination when we went to Press.

ROLLS' COURT-(THIS DAY.)

Motions were continued.
FOWLER V. WOOD.
GRIFFIN V. WOOD.

These cases were mentioned in order that an injunction
might lasts, against Air. Osborne, one of the defendants, similar
to that which had been ordered against Sir Matthew Wood,
restraining proceedings in actions of replevin upon the plain-
tiffs, who are tenants, paying their money into Court.
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VALETTE V. TILE LONDON DOCK COMPANY.

This was, a motion to dissolve an injunction which had
been obtained against the defendants in the last long
vacation, restraining them from parting with certain wines.
The case was mentioned this morning in order that the mo-
tion might be postponed until certain affidavits could be pro-
cured from Paris. The motion was fixed for next Tuesday.
The Master of the Rolls rose at one o'clock for the purpose
of attending the Levee.

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