The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-15 00:00:00

TII K SUN. LONDON, SATriI_DA Y. MAY 16. iszu

LONDON:
.CTUPPAY, MAY 15, 1841.

In the House of Lords last night a brief discussion
took place on the presentation of a petition from Leeds,
on the prohibition of marriage between a man and his
deceased wife's sister. Lord WHARNCLIFFE, when he
presented the petition, Mentioned that a great number of
such marriages took place. in spite of the law, and that
the parties were well r.,ceived in society. He is to bring
forward a motion on the subject, but wishes, in the first
instabee, to feel his way.

The Bishop of LONDON objected to the proposition
that if the laws of the Church, of which this was one,
were overturned, it would be fatal to the morality of
society. He was also afraid that the proposed change was
only the first step to further change. He trusted that
the laws of the Church, which had existed almost from
its formation, would he preserved. Several petitions
were presented, when their Lordships adjourned.
In the Commons, the principal business was again the
=Tito:wiled debate on the Sugar Duties, which was again
adjeturned, to he resumed on Monday next.
It was commenced by Mr. GLADST3NE giving a very
long explanation of the circumstances attending the De-
merara estate to which Lord Howicx alluded in his
speech. Lord Howunc' afterwards reiterated his words,
with-some explanations and additions, which left the
.GLADSTON ES no gainers by the renewed discussion.
The chief speakers to the question were Mr. P.
llowaain, Sir H. Viv-tAN, Sir C. DOUGLAS, Sir H. PAR-
NELL, Sir EA MILEY WILMOT, Mr. H. BERKELEY, Mr. J.
PARKER, Mr. D'isasExt, and the' CHANCELLOR of the
EXCHEQUER. So exhausted as the subject now is, little
new was or could be said on it, but the CHANCELLOR of
the ExcurouEa gave a clear and forcible description of the
reasons for his suggesting the measure. He contribnted.to
fqxengthen the cOnvictina that the opposition of the mere
`Toros was hypocritical, for they had assented when in
office to a proposition for allowing the introduction of
Brazilian sugar at a very small discriminating duty.
That showed that no principle was concerned
in the matter. He was also, successful in
convicting the gentlemen opposite to him of shirk-
ing all explanation of their own peculiar views, and
leaving the country in the dar!: as to what means the
3vonld adopt to relieve the people and maittain the re-
ye.lue. At the close of his speech, the CHANCELLOR of
the i:XCIIEQER spoke in a desponding way of the pro-
huo!lity of his being in'a minority, and 50101, thereafter,
in opi,qBition. it is never the way to gain a victory to
tell lur troops that the battle is lost.
If it be loKt in the. House of Commons it is not lost in
the
country ; and it' the CHANCELLOR of the EYCAE-
at;r:tt and his friends will throw themselves manfully
°, the, people, and trust to truth and honesty to carry
.theot through, we will answer for their success. Mr.
kCAULAY
on Tuesday evening began this sort of la-
wentation. ifbe were quite overwhelmed by the tender
fins whichMr.GL.ADSTONE had evoked of his papa,
reco!tecti
am: the probability a losing office. One of our Contem-
porarieg Praised
but it for its good feeling ; it
might be
e the Ina I
.viuum,
who is to lead a great party in a diffi-
Cabinet Minister
mit contest, and who is bound to gain victories by eon-
iiarent of defeat. Lord JOHN
Unice. De.spair is the
der face on the matter, because, we
Rnsamo puts A hol
;believe, he has a In'''
r 2 earnest and sincere conviction
.
ight lion. Gentlemen, both of
than either of the other B
certainty of .speedy
the goodness of his
cause and the
success. The House wi4oll before Tweli:e

We learn, with great satisfaction, from Ply-
xv.outli, Manchester, and other places, that Tories,
till; well as Whigs and Radicals, are exerting
them' 'selves in favour of the total and immediate
repeat of the Corn-laws. That is a bread and
butter ouestion a question of hunger or
a belly-full, a question of reasonable pro-
fit or of ruin, and such a question can-
not be answered or settled by any party devices.
Tories, as well as Whigs, who are losing their
trade, or losing employment, are now sensible
that an opportunity is afforded them, by the de-
claration of the Ministers of the Crown, with the
authority of her -.I4.tJESTY, of striking a heavy
blow at the acc:irsed bread-tax, and that opportu-
inity, which may notbe again afforded them, they
v.ll not neglect. Our accounts from the manu-
facturing di4riets and from the mercantile towns
show that the greatest enthusiasm prevails.
There . i 3 to be another great meeting at
Liverroo; and a great meeting at Manches-
ter, am; We hope .that the working classes
will'. feel themselves called on to aid the
good caus,l by the most strenuous exer-
tions. One great, one noble, one generous
effort, and that' great-combination of monopolists
.and plunderers, Bich has recently developed
itself, to the astoCishi'','N gaze of the world, in the
House of Commo, be dissipated for, ever.
Put an end to the bread-tax, thelandowuers

will become the zealous and faithful allies of th
people in putting down all similar taxes and all
monopolies. They will then be depri•, ed of their
sinister interest, and will assume their proper
place of the friends and guardians of the poor.
Tories and Chartists will now nnite in the ma.
uufacturing districts to put down, to get rid, of the
bread tax.

It gives us, and will give the whole empire,
great satisfaction to read the proceedings at
Exeter Hall yesterday. It appears by them twat
the London Committee of the British and Foreign
/kid-Slavery Society are unsupported by the great
body of the members of that Society. The op-
portunity yesterday afforded of testing public
opinion was generally embraced to give a de-
cided support to the plans of her Majesty's Go-
vernment. The meeting was enthusiastic in fa-
vour of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, and it would
scarcely hear Sir FOWELL BUXTON'S son, who
appeared to account for his father's absence, and
in his name expressed hostility to the reduction
of the sugar duties. The meeting exhibited a
sound healthy feeling, which we are sure per-
vades all classes of the honest abolitionists. They
treat with ridicule and scorn the assertion, that
to lower ever so little the bounty on the produc-
tion of sugar will augment the produce of slave
leour.

Dr. LUSHINGTON appears, like Sir FOWELL
BUXTON, to have staid away, and the principal
honours of the day were carried off by Mr.
O'CONNELL, who, at the great meeting last year,
was refused a heariag by a combination of those
parties who have now unsuccessfully sought to
make the Society the political ally of the sugar-
taxers. The meeting must have been very mor-
tifying to the self-seeking persons who, under pre-
text ofproviding for the happiness of the African,
would perpetuate the slavery and degradation
of the Briton.

We have waited till this meeting has passed to
take notice of the statement which appeared in
The Sun some days ago, that Dr. LUSHINGTON is
now the owner of a plantation in Jamaica. We
gave him credit fur sincerity when he made his
speech, though we thought him one-sided and
fanatical. But as that statement remains uncon-
tradicted, though copied into the Morning
Chronicle, and brought, we have reason to be-
lieve, under the notice of Dr. LUSIIINGTON, we
begin to repent us of having been too ready to
praise Dr. LUSHINGTON'S disinterested sincerity.
We pronounce, at present, no positive opinion,
but we must inform Dr. LUSHINGTON that as long
as it is supposed that he is the owner of a sugar
plantation, and the recipient of part of the tax
wrung from the people in the price of their
sugar, his opposition to the plansof the Ministers
lays him open to a very harsh ksupicion.
speech, as the disinterested advocate of the
negroes, or as the owner of a sugar plantation,
will be very differently received, and very dif-
ferently honoured by the public.

Since the above observations were written, we
fi.id it s'alted in the Liverpool Mercury that the
plantation in question is not owned by Dr.
LUSHINGTON himself, but by a near relative of
his. We should be heartily glad to learn that
no suspicion of an improper motive, however re-
mote, can rest on Dr. LUSHINGTON.

We read in the Papers that it is the intention
of Mr. to contest such a place in the Liberal
interest, and the intention of Mr. to con-
test such another place in the Tory interest,
which indicates a general opinion that a dissolu-
tion is at hand, and that preparations are every-
where making for a general election. It seems
right and appropriate, therefore, now to say,
that if the constituencies mean to show and main-
tain their independence, they should determine—
not Mr. This or Mr. That—who shall represent
them. Every Liberal constituency must desire
to have a servant in its representative, not a
master. It must not, therefore, be canvassed or
transferred from one man to another, but it ought
to choose its own representative. The electors
ought to meet at once, and settle who should be
their representative, and resolve to return him
free of expense to Parliament, calling on him to
give such pledges as to resigning his seat, and
as to his general votes, as they may think desir-
able. Mr. BEWES, one of the present Members
for Plymouth, having signified his inten-
tion of not again offering himself to the
constituency, the electors have immediately
acted on the principle we have indicated,
and have called meetings to organize their
forces, and have taken the election of their Mem-
bers into their own hands. Their example ought
to be universally imitated. If the electors wish
that the representatives shall be their servants,
not their masters, they must choose them, and dic-
tate the conditions on which the representatives
shall sit in Parliament. Venal boroughs, like
Sandwich and Nottingham, Which sell their
liberties, are a disgrace to the country, and they
deserve to have in their representatives only
heartless tyrants. The constituencies cannot be-
gin too soon to prepare for the contest, and can-
not too soon select those gentlemen whose ser-
vices they wish to obtain.

Lord STANLEY is thOllght by his friends to
have made a powerful attack on the Ministers
on Wednesday evening, when he accused them
of sowing the seeds of strife, and emblazoning
the word " Revolution" on their banners. But
if Lord STAN LEY were as clear-seeing as he is
vehement, he would be sensible that the danger
he apprehends from the conduct of the Minis.
ters has already arrived. Men out of Parlia-
ment do not use words without attaching a
meaning to them. They may be mere counters
in the House of Commons—in the public they
are living anti scorching flames. At present we
find the bulk of the working classes stigmatizing
the landlords as robbers and plunderers, and the
organs of the landlords treating the factory
owners as cheats. The most vehement declama-
tion, too, is urged by the opponents of the Poor-
law against all who support that measure. Look-
ing at the actual state of opinions in society, at
the distress, discontent, and violent language
which prevail, and have for some time pre-
vailed, what, we ask, can be worse, unless men
are grappling at each others throats, or try-
ing to force one another under the knife of
the guillotine ? We tell Lord STA N LEY, as we
have already told the Duke of BUCKINGHAM,
from whom Lord STAN LEY borrowed his wisdom,
such as it is, that the dreadful evils of class set
against class, which he pretends to apprehend,
already exist to a fearful degree, and they are
more likely to be lessened than aggravated by
the Ministers' propositions.
Let us put the saddle on the right horse. Let
us show that the landlords and the Tories are
the real revolutionists; that they are the parents
of the violence and crime which they begin to
dread. The strife between the classes exists,
and has existed for some fluid. What causes it ?
The unjust law of the landlords. They have
made a law to enrich themselves, regardless of
the immense sufferings they have thereby in-
flicted They have poisoned
legislation They have perverted it,
on
attlie
itspseoouprelee:
and have atri o kindledby which they were held all the bad passions
and snappe- the
e bridl e
in. That is the source of the whole mishief. Do
they suppose, or
can airy man suppose, that so-
ciety can be
quietly governed by banditti? Is
the human mind so constituted that it rever-
ences wrong, and loves robbery and treachery? duct
But in what does the con of the law-making
landlords—
interests, to take
in what does that great and terrific
combination of all the sinister
•
away by taxaeon the property ofthe industrious
classes—differ from that of a banditti, except
that the latter, with some generosity, stake their
lives on the contest, while our law-making land-
lords have added treachery to plunder, and filch
away the property of the - people under the pre-
text of protecting it' Their conduct, their un-

hallowed, detestable conduct, isthe great source,
not only of distress and discontent, but of all the
division of interest and strife amongst the diffe-
rent classes, with the existence of which Lord
STAN LEY had the impudence to reproach the
Ministers. The people, thank GOD, begin to
understand the imposition, and while they are
steadily resolved, we believe, to have their rights,
they are become too wise to be provoked into
any great outrages either by the silly language.
or the wicked example of Tory plunderers.

The arrival by express of the Moniteur of
Wednesday, in time for the publication of the
news brought by it in the Afternoon Edition of
Thursday's Sun, enabled us to anticipate the in-
telligence contained in the Paris Papers received
this morning. The election of ESPARTERO as
sole Regent of Spain—the arrival in Paris of
Queen CHRISTINA—the defeat of the Bulgarian
insurgents—and the massacre of Captain Mut.-
LER and his little band by the Arabs near Al-
giers, are the principal recurrences noted in the
Journals of Wednesday, and these have already
been recorded in our columns. In addition :o
the disastrous news from French Africa, pub-
lished in The Sun of yesterday, we find the fol-
lowing in the Journals before us :

ALGIERS, MAY I.—The farm of Baron Vialard has been
completely ravaged by four hundred Arab horsemen, who hail
burnt the materials proceeding from the demolition of the house.
Consternation is stamped on every face. This evening the
gendarmes have scoured the environs of the Sahel to put the
settlers on their guard, and to provide them with mtrikets and
cartridges. Some of the horse militia have been sent off with
orders to the neighbouring camp.
At the moment I am writing this, arms are be;ng given to
all the felons, even those in irons. This will raise about 100
men, who are to be sent towards the model fat to, Bukdim, and
Dela Ibrahim.

Order.ies are seen in every direction, and great bustle pre.
vails at the staff and Arabian offices. The company, of grena-
diers of the 3d battalion of the militia which does duty to-night,
has been reviewed by Colonel Marengo, and their mus,:ets
have been attentively examined.
MAY 2.—Orderlies have been coming in and going out all
Light ; artillerymen have been sent to the two gates cf the
town, and cartridges have been distributed to the posts that
were not sufficiently provided. The felons went off last night.
The telegraph is in constant motion, and every now and then
the report of cannon is distinctly heard.
An army surgeon who has scoured the whole line, from the
model farm to t►te Alaison-Carree, has just arrived. lie states
that large bands have been perceived in the plain, and that the
tiring of musketry was incesant in several places, particularly
in the direction of the Fort de l'Eau. 'I he report of cannon
was also heard occasionally in the direction of Coleah.
Several deserters have brought in word that a regular batta-
lion had crossed the Chiffa, in order to effect a diversion.

iIIAY 3 —Yesterday, at.B p.m., the Place de Gouverinnent
was crowded. The sound of the firing of cannon was plainly
hea din the direction of the Arratch. It appears that the
Arabs must have endeavoured to crors that t jeer at the fu• d of
Constantia, and have, doubtless, failed, as the ford was
guarded, and provided wi h artillery. It is said that we have
lost a few men in that direction.

We expect to be continually disturbed by Ben-Salem until
the return of the expedition, of which we have received no
news; but everyb :dy is on his guard.
This evening gendarme' brought in eight prisoners, who
were made to quick.n their pace by a few occasional strokes
with the back of the swords of their guardians.
Mss- 4.—Tie Arabs for the last lew days having been
scouring the environs of Algiers, and almost the whole garri-
son of a block-house, situated near Delz Ibrahim, has been
slaughtered, owing to its' having been drawn into a snare by
some Arabs. Fitty men out of the 60 forming the garrison
went out in pursuit, and 45 perished. The other five, being
rather behind, succeeded in getting back. We are constantly
on the qui vice—our strainers for the last few days have e..n
ready to go and defend any part of the coast that might be
attacked. Yesterday one went to the environs oi the Maison.
Carree, and fired several shots. That post the night before
had k.•pt up a constant discharge of musketry for several hours,
but I know not the result. Hossante was attacked at the sarie
time, and on th.. foliowing morning 27 Arabs were found dead
beneath the wa ls.
" The African militia is in constant motion."

The Chamber of Peers met on Tuesday to
deliberate upon the trial of DARMES and his ac-
complices. The result of its deliberation was a
decree, of which the followink is the substance :

That there were sufficient grounds for charging Darmes as a
principal in an attempt-upon the life of the Kiog on October
15, and Duclos and Considere as accomplices in that attempt ;
that there were no grounds for charging the other prisoners ;
ordered Borel to be discharged, and the rest to be left at the
disposal of the Procureur-General, to be proceeded agaii:st in
atn.th,r Court ; o.ders that Darmes, Duclos, and Consid, re
shall be arraigned before the Court of Peers, and shall be con-
fined in such prison as.the President of the Court shall ap-
point, and that the trial shall commence on such day as the
President shall appoint. The decree is signed by the Presi-
dent and 14.5 Peers.

The day for commencing the trial is not yet fixed, but it will
probably begin before the end of the month.

The news from Madrid is not of so late a date
as the accounts received yesterday.

BOURSE—PAnis, WEDNESDAI-, MAY 12.

tirsi Highest Lowest Lan
Prier. Trice. Pries. Price
French S ocr C9.11V 114 811 ,15 10 I'4 80 ... 115 10
4% per Cents
I ter Cetus ..... Pll 30 ... 99 30 ... 941 30 99 Ott

2 per puts 7955 . •9 65 .. 19 . 5 ...
q.n.. e ........ ::225
Laffitte !tank 1.t(00t. S. Ares 190 .. 11'9t1 ...II 90 —ll9O
s,oool.►arcs 5157 50 ...5h7 bq —5157 5C ...5)57 50
k.p:gian Bank .. 80, 23 .. 0i 35 803 25 ... f 46 2.1
1841•••
. .

5 per Cents 101% 101% ... 101% 101;
New Luan Ol% ... 1 1% ... 10 % lel%
Spsnish 'wove

Yasstve . 5,4 ... :44i ... :I; ... si,'
Portuguese 3 per Cents 2O/4 ... 20% ... 20% .. 204
,espoiltan
Ro nan 109.% ... 102% ... 104 ... 102%
PAIL WA Y 3HABES.
St. ,:errnain
Veissilles. L? ..1E4 75 .. 240 ... 238 73 .. , 0

K. 8 :62 50 ... 26) ... 3ti2 LO .... 3n5
Rouen
uriedii:. .
Rtrasourg to Bale 137 50 ... 237 LU ... 235 .. w. 5
Bh:Ltil AN I* UNDS—Zimasztd. MAY 12
actual Debt, 254 per Cent.
Rothschild's Loan, S per Cunt IO,A
Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent 93
3per Cent. ..... „
_:-.-
--.....

----wThirty.seven— --- .
(I 411) lt 0%
Loan of City. 183:4 4 per Cent B, )4
Society of Cornm,.•rce, 4 !,,per Cent lOO
Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cept..... ........ — 7 S%
National Society . ...
Exchange on Lotidois (short)
Brussels Papers, May 12.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Vtentsa. MAY I •
five per Casts. Metalliques
Four per Cent 5........ ............. ................. ........... Sr %
Three pc r Cents.
Neill, •1,,,,.... ...................... ............ .....
..•Allgemeine Zeignog. May 2.
HA ML URG BORSENHALLE, MAT 11.
Bill,. Money
Austrian 5 per Cents.
Bank Shares
Anglo-Russian Loan JO )i 10914
Russian 5 per Cent. !lit series, Cartiticate
Inscription, Ist Se•os 1(12
Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co. 3d and 4th
Se, ies ... 9l( Sr; IA
Ditto in Certificates
Ncw 4 per Cent. (1840) B7. 1.7%
Dutch .ctual Debt, 2)4 pe Cent sl}; 51
Ditto a per Cent
I'oli'h Bond.
New • Icket
Anglo-I.anish Limn, a per Cep' 7.5 71U
!..1 ,wegian Loan, 183-1, 4 per Con:-.. —
Spiuish, New 5 per Cents. 16)4
EX.CHANGEN Or LONDON.
Hammon). Max 11.-43 7 ~.—Two months, 13 534.
VIRIINA. MAY 3.—Three months, 9. 43.
BRRMEN. Mssr 7 —Two months. 6 11.
bAiteAli, MAY B.—Three months, 6. IN.

THE HOCCUSSED METROPOLIS.--Persons in the
country are surprised that the metropolis takes not the
lead, and scarcely takes a part in the present agitation.
Those who are in it know how deeply it is drenched by
the vile drugs of protection and monopoly, which have
stolen away its senses, and sent it hocussed to sleep in
the arms of corruption. The brave, noble, and long-
suffering men of Yorkshire and Lancashire must expect
little aid, we are afraid, in this great contest, from th€
metropolitans. Southwark and the Tower Hamlets
have ' had their meetings, but Lambeth, Finsbury.
and Marylebone, seem to have no voice, and -..0 have
received political vitality from the Whigs, only t,
disown their makers. In them, however, are many goo(.
patriots, and we cannot account for their dense popula-
tion taking apparently no interest in public affairs, and
using no exertions to influence or guide them. We see
some signs of life, but if they are not speedily followed
by actions, we shall conclude that these boroughs are
neutralized, or in the power of the Tories.

MONEY and COIVIMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, FRIDAY EVENINO.

There was a pressing demand for money in some
quarters to-day, chiefly on the Stock Exchange, and per-
haps this was rather enhanced by a vague rumour of the
embarrassment of a monied house, which we could trace
to no authentic source. The Funds notwithstanding
supported their value. For immediate transfer Consols
realized 89i to 891, and for the Account 891, alternately
buyers and sellers. Exchequer Bills were still at a low
premium, viz., ss. to .3s. ; and East India Bonds were at
2s. discount to ls. premium. Bank Stock was at 168 t 4;
167 ; and India Stock receded to 2501, but closed at
2511. The New Three-and .a-Half realised 894 to 89t.
and the Three per Cents. 881 to 881.
The attention of the jobbers in foreign securities
was chiefly occupied to-day in the adjustment
of the half monthly account. As much as 8 per
cent. was paid on the security of foreign bonds
for temporary accommodation. The II t tetuatiou
in Spanish Stock since the account began, has been
from 23* to 24 ; in PorttenteGe _from 340 to 331: it
Mexican from 30* to 281 ; and in Dutch Two-and-a-
Halt' per Cents. from 5.)* to 521. To-day the Active
Spanish
i,oßrtotgnidtsieswe Newerein}a,rikveed 041 1, and the Deferred
n
were .er
iem a
rtr, 34,
m and
the Three per Cents, at
for each. Mexican Stock was at 281 to ; Belgian
tpoq, Cents.bein a,,eaec:
Bonds were dull at 100:f ; _Danish at 771 to ; and
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 51- to 11.
In the Share Market, also, this was settling day, and
it is probable that the jobbers for a decline had the best
of it, though Great Western Shares, having improved,
may be said to have bept better than the others. They
were quoted at 28 to 29, the New at 14 to 134, and the
New South Western Tenths at 1 premium. Brighton
were at a decline of q• to 31, Midland Counties 12, North
Midland 241, South-Eastern 35, and Birmingham and
Gloucester 301 discount. Colonial Bank Shares realised
10 to 11, London and Westminster 21, and National of
Ireland 17 premium. Union of London were at par.
The Foreign Exchanges this afternoon were much the
same. The rate on the principal continental cities for
paper at 90 days was most currently this :—Paris
26f. 60c. to 65c., Amsterdam 12 31 to 1, Antwerp 12 3

to 31, Hamburgh 13 9i to 10, Frankfort 149 k t and
Trieste 10.

(From The Sun of Last Night.)
Lit/Elmo!. COTTON MARKET, Mtw 13.—We have had
rather a better business doing in the Cotton Market to-nay,
and the speculators have, the first time for several days past,
made some trifling purchases. The sales consist of 2,500 bales,
200 of which have been taken on speculation.
LIVER,OOL SHARE MARKET, MAY 13.—The information
supplied to us to-day by Mr. Coglan, the eminent share broker
at Liverpool, is to the effect that few transactions have taken
place at the Stock Exchange. Grand Junction are still qu,,ted
at 204 ; Glasgow; Paisley, and Greenock, 29i; Grand Junc-
tion, Chester, and Crewe, 50; London and South-Western,
56k. In Bank Stock little is doing : one transaction to-day is
reported in Commercial Bank of Liverpool at rt.
MANCHESTER STOCK. EXCHANGE, MAY 13.—We have
but little doing in Shares.—Manchester and Leeds Half-shares,
22 ; Hull and Selby, 441} to 44; Manchester and Birming-
ham, 25 to 25i ; London and South Western, 57 to 57i ;
Bank of Manchester, 71. 24. ; South Lancashire Bank, sif to
5 3-16 ; Rochdale Canals. 66 to b 7.

We have received the Hamburgh Mail of the 11th May, also
the papers of the same date, bringing the exchange upon Lon-
don at 13 si, an improvement of half a schilling Gold, 43114,
1 mark and * lower ; Metal 107#; Bank Action, 1,653.
BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM, %IAY 11.—The Bourse was but
little animated for the national funds, and the transactions
were limited, with no variations in the prices. Ardoin's were
lower, in consequence of some sales for money.
News from Curacoa, of the 17th of February, by a brig of
war, arrived in our roads, IL ing accounts that great fear was
entertained that the revolt at New Grenada, would ex-
tend itself to Venezuela. Orders have been sent to reinforce
the troops at Maracaibo. . A great number of strangers are es-
tabli,hed there, and Paez has for his friend the Llaneros, the
vigorous inhabitants of the vallies, who are ready to march at
the first signal.

The only arrival of any consequence this morning is the
Fairfield (not a regular packet) from New York, bringing in-
telligence from the United States of the 18th ult., by winch
we learn that the late Pies dent Harrison's re-idence was
burned to the ground on Saturday night, the 11th ult. United
States Bank Shares, 173.- Foreign exchanges fell off materially,
and the Market closed heavily at 73 for sterling. For further
particulars we refer our readers to another part of the p per.
The British Funds are firm at present, lett off 894 fur the
Account, and opened with an improvement, 893 90 ; for Money
893 3 ; Exchequer Bills 3 5 premium ; Bank Stock, 167 16a4;
India Stock, 250 252 ; Indian Bonds, I dis. 1 prem.
In the Foreign Market Spanish Active has not made much
improvement ma Espartero being appointed Regent ; et pre-
sent it is the same as it left off, 243 ; Deferred, 113 12; Pas-
Om, 53 3 ; Portuguese 343 ; '1 hree per Cents., 20%; Brazi-
lian, 673 683 ; Colombian, 223 3 ; Mexican. 283 3 ; Duteh
Tw e-and- a- Half per Cents.,s2l ; Five per Cents. 9i)3 100.
SIIA RES.—Great Western, 273 283 prem. ; New, 133 14
prem. ; London and Brighton 3 23 dis. ; Blackwall 7 6%
dis. ; Birmingham 68 70 prem. ; Southampton 563 573 per
share ; Croydon 133 143 per share ; Greenwich 83 per share ;
Manchester and Birmingham 153 143 dis.
PRICES OF SHARES T HIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share.

Birmingham and Gloucester ...... 100
Ditto New ... ....... ....... ...... 2k 3l- to
Great Western
Ditto New
Ditto Fifths
London and Brighton
London and South Western ...... 38i
Ditto Tenths ... ........ .. ...... l i 2k to
Midland Counties 100 ...... 88 ...... to
North Midland WO 75 i to ......

JOINT STOCK RANKS.
London and Westminster . .. 20

Union of London

10 ... 10

In the City things remain in an inactive state, both as re-
gards the funds and commercial affairs to the present time. We
do not hear of a featu e worth communicating.
Consols have been during the morning alternately buyers an
sellers, at 89% for 'he Account ; Money, 89a 4, have been
89 ; Exchequer Bills 45 3 prem. ; hank Stock 167 168 rather
lower ; India Stock, 2.50 h 251%, ; India Bonds, par, 2 dis-
count I prem.
In. the Foreign Market scarce any thing doing, Spanish
Active 24} 1 ; Deferred, 11? ; Portuguese, 34 ; Three per
Cents. 20i ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half-per Cents. 58i A.
The Share Market, corresponds with the above. Great
Western, 93 ; Birmingham and Gloucester, 693 ex New ; Great
Western, New, 64 ; Fifths. 11 A ; London and llrighton, 46 ;
Midland Counties, 88; North Midland, 74.
Consols, Account. 89i.; Mexican, 24 1 ; Portugues', 34i ;
Spanish, 24i Market flat, on account of the scarcity of
money.
_ -

CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.

Bank Stock .. 167 India Stock 051/
3 per Cent Red. BB Ditto Bonds 1 dis
3 per Cent Cons B9i Ditto Old Annuities ...
3} per Cent Red 97i Ditto New Annuities...
New 3i per Cent 9S Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2id 4pm
New 5 per Celle ' Ditto 5001 3pm

.. .
Long Annuities toexpire i I Ditto Small 4pm
Jan. 1860 ... 12 9-16 Bank Stock for Acct...
Oct 1859 l2/ India Stock for Opg. ...
Jan. 1860. Consols for Acct B9/
FOREIGN FUNDS.

A ustrian, 5 per cent — Portuguese, 5 per cent
Belgian, 5 per cent lOOl Ditto, New Ditto 34
Brazilian Bonds. — Prussian, 5 per cent —
Buenos Ayres. 6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent
Chilian, 6 per cent...... Ditto, Aletallic..
Colombian, 6 per cent... 'Spanish, 5 per cent 24,1
Ditto, 18'4. - Ditto, Deferred.......... II i
.....

Danish, 3 per cent 77 French, 5 per cent. —f. —c.,
Greek, 15:45, 5 per cent — Exchange —f. - e.
Mexican, 5 per cent.... 28i French, 3 per cent —f. —c.
Ditto, 6 per cent, 18:25. Dutch, 2i per cent. ... 52i
Peruvian, 182.5, 6 per et. Ditto, 5 per cent —
SHARES.
Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (100 p) 694
Ditto New Shares (21 paid) ......... ..... 3,4-
Great Western Railway (65 paid) 94
Ditto New Shares (50 paid 63f
Ditto Fifth (4 paid) 1 1 6
London and Brighton (50 paid) 46b-
Lon.ton and South Western
Ditto Tenths....
Midland Counties Railway (lot paid) .. ...... B'.
North Midland Railway (100 paid)
Ditto New Shares (40 paid) 364
South Eastern and Dover (33 paid)... 15

COURSE OF EXCHANGE--(YESTERDAY).
Amsterdam CF. 12 6 [Gibraltar . ...... . .... 46
Ditto, at sight
Rotterdam ...2 U. 12 6i Genoa
Antwerp
Hamburgh M. B. 13 12i Venice
Altona
Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 55 ;Palermo, per oz 11814,
Ditto, 3 months 25 75 Lisbon
Marseilles
Rourdeaux 25 80 Rio Janeiro 27
Frankfort on Maine... 1501 Bahia
Petersburgh, 3Us ... 37 Buenos Ayres
Berlin.—

. _ .
Vienna, effec. 11. 3AL 10 0 'Philadelphia
Trieste, ditto lO 3 PRICES OF BULLION, PER oz
Madrid
Cadiz 354 Foreign Gold, bars... 3 17 9
Bilboa
Barcelona
Seville

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the garden of
Buckingham Palace yesterday forenoon.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal was taken an
airing yesterday in a carriage and four.
Viscount Melbourne had an audience yesterday of ha.
Majesty.
TheAL- Serene Highnesses the Prince and Princess Lei-
ningen visited the Duchess of Kent yesterday, at Cla-
rence House, St. James's.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended
by Major Stephens, arrived at his residence, Cambridge
House, at two o'clock yesterday afternoon, from Dover.
Later in the afternoon their Royal Highnesses the
Duchess of Cambridge, with the Princesses Augusta and
Mary, arrived in town from Dover.
The High Sheriff of Cornwall had an interview with
the Marquis of Normanby yesterday, at the Home-office.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes-
ter:lay. The Lords present were Mr. Baron Parke, the
Jude of the Prerogative Court, the Judge of the Admi-
ralty Court, and Sir J. Littledale.
'I he Attorney-General and Sir Frederick Pollock
were heard for the respective parties, on a petition to
dismiss the appeal of " The Attorney-General of Jersey
r. Ames and others.

1)r. Nieholl and the Queen's Advocate were heard on
a motioz in the matter of the ship " Warwick."
The Queen gave a State Ball (the first this season) at
Buckingham Palace last evening.

rhe invitations were very numerous, and the Ball was
most fully attended by the Nobility and Gentry.
The Ball-room and the Throne-room were fitted up
for dancing, and the Dinner-room was appropriated for
the supper. The Picture Gallery, Saloon, Yellow Draw-
ing-room, and Green Drawing-room were also thrown
open, and in the latter refreshments were served. The
Grand Hall and Staircase were most tastefully decorated
with a great variety of shrubs and plants.
Externally the portico at the entrance had been par-
tially enclosed with canvas, within which the Band of
the Foot Guards were stationed with the Queen's
Guard.

The Throne-room had a most gorgeous appearance.
An orchestra for the Quadrille Band was erected within
the Throne alcove, the elliptic front of which was hung
with crimson velvet, most splendidly embroidered with
gold; the pattern was most elaborately wrought, dividing
the whole extent into square compartments, each having
a deep border of gold embroidery, with ornaments in
arabesque at the angles, and a large massive ornament in
tile centre of each square. This magnificent drapery
was edged with gold fringe.
The Throne itself appeared at the back of the
orchestra, which was lighted with two cut-glass chan-
deliers.

'ina canopy erected at the side of the room for her
Majesty and. the Royal Family was lined with white
satin, embroidered with flowers, and trimmed with silver,
and was covered with draperies of crimson velvet, and
gold of similar splendour and magnificence to those
adorning the front of the orchestra. At the back of the
seats, within the canopy, were tastefully arranged a num-
ber of the choicest flowering shrubs. The seats for the
company were of crimson velvet and gold. This saloon
was lighted with a cut-glass chandelier of the largest
dimensions in the middle of the apartment, and also with
a number of candelabra and branches with wax lights.
The Ball-room was also elegantly and magnificently
fitted up. The canopy for the Royal visitors was lined
with white satin and silver; and was hung with very
rich yellow draperies, corresponding_ with the other fur-
niture of the • apartment. Seats of crimson satin and
cold were arranged along the side for the company.
The orchestra for the Quadrille Band in this room was
considerably elevated. A number of handsome cut glass
chandeliers, and also some candelabra and branches, illu-
minated the room in the most brilliant manner.'

The Royal Family were received on their arrival in
the Yellow Drawing-room, and the general company
were ushered into the Picture Gallery and the Grand
Saloon.

The Yeomen of the Guard, in their full costme, lined
the Grand Hall, commanded by Sir Samuel Hancock,
the Exon in Waiting. The Band of the 2d Life Guards
attended in the Hell, and performed a number of favourite
pieces in the course of the evening, and also received the
Royal Family with " God save the Queen."
The company began to arrive shortly before ten
o'clock. His Highness Prince Esterhazy wore a rich
Hungarian costume of crimson velvet, the belt thickly
studded with diamonds and pearls ; the sword and cap
profusely ornamented with the same precious materials.
Among the earlier arrivals were Commodore Sir Chas.
Napier, the Marquis of Anglesea, Earl and Lady
Georgiana Grey; Viscount and Viscountess Howick,
Earl and Countess Jersey, Lord Hill, Sir Edward Cod-
rington, and the Lord Chancellor.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived at
ten o'clock, attended by Lady Anne Maria Dawson.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge came at-
tended by Baron Knesebeck and Major Stephens. His
Royal Highness appeared in a Field-Marshal's uniform,
and wore the Ensigns of the Order of the Garter.

Weippert's Band was stationed in the Throne- room,
and played the following new quadrilles and waltzes :
" Weiner-Gernashs," " Apollo," and " Souvenir de
Frankfort," waltzes ; the " Troubadour," " Orpheus,"
and the Rhenish quadrilles.
His Grace the Duke of Wellington arrived at eleven
o'clock.

The Duke of Cleveland, the Duke and Duchess of
Bedford, Prince Nicholas Bsterhazy, the Marquis of
Westminster, Earl Fitzwilliam, Lord and Lady Stanley,
Sir James and Lady Graham, Viscount Melbourne, and
Lord John Russell, were among the company.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by
their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and the
Duke of Cambridge, and their Serene Highnesses the
Prince and Princess of Leinengen, and preceded
by the Lord Chamberlain, the Lord Steward, and
some of the Officers of the Household, passed from the
Yellow Drawing-room through the Grand Saloon, into
the Ball-room, at half-past ten o'clock. Sets for qua-
drilles were immediately formed, and the Queen opened
the ball, dancing with his Serene Highness the Prince of
Leiningen ; his Royal Highness Prince Albert dancing
in the same quadrille with the Princess of Leiningen.
The dresses of the ladies were very rich and elegant,
the gentlemen appearing in full Court costume, the
members of the Orders of Knighthood wearing their
respective ensigns.
_ _ _

At one o'clock supper was served in the Dining-room,
the tables extending round three sides of the apartment,
the middle of each containing a succession of epergnes
and candelabra of silver gilt, selected from the
Itoyal collections. Within the recess, at the end,
were a great variety of shields, salvers, cups, vases,
and tankards of gold plate, arranged on a beaufet,
the back of which was formed of a very large
looking-glass, enclosed in a deep gilt frame. The
articles included some of the finest specimens for
execution and elaborate workmanship. In front of the
whole was the National Cup, emblazoned with the in•
signia of the Orders of the Garter, the Thistle, and St.
Patrick, set in precious stones, and surmounted by the
Imperial Crown. The Orders were divided from each
other by single statues of their respective Patron
Saints. The beaufet was lighted by candelabra and
sconces of silver gilt, with wax lights interspersed, among
which were some beautiful flowers.

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE )

ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN.

The following Address, already adverted to in The
Sun, was agreed to by the Corporation of Norwich on
the 11th inst. :

TO HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE
QUEEN.

We, the Town Council, &c., approach the Throne
with the sincerest feelings of gratitude towards your
Majesty for the mild and constitutional .discharge of
the important duties of your high station, since your
Majesty's accession to the inheritance of your ances-
tors. But while we express the deep sense of the vast
debt we owe to your Majesty for the firmness with
which you have preserved the prerogative of the Crown,
and at the same time upheld the just rights and liber-
ties of your faithful subjects, we cannot but with
the deepest regret lament that contending factions
should obstruct the salutary and beneficial reforms intro-
duced under your Majesty's sanction, by your Ministers ;
particularly a Bill for the benefit of your Irish subjects,
which would have restored peace and happiness to that
unjustly-oppressed, but loyal part of your Majesty's do-
minions ; and also the finance measure, which we, in
common with millions of your Majesty's distressed sub-
jects, consider of the greatest importance to the future
prosperity of the country, inasmuch as it would give a
fair and honest protection to all classes, relieve the pecu-
niary embarrassments of the State, and at the sam'J time
diminish the burdens of the people.
In this chaos of conflicting interests, we view with fear
and dread the prospect of affairs. From the heroditary
branch of the Legislature, a large majority of whom
have so deep and selfish an interest in preserving the pre-
sent corn monopoly (the root of all our evils), we have
long since abandoned all hopes of relief ; and as little
can be expected from the elective branch—as the last
general election, and all subsequent elections, have
proved that " corruption ranges with such gigantic
stride," that dissolving the Parliament.would be merely an
advertisement that the whole mass of the constituency
was to be offered for sale to the highest bidder.
Under such fearful circumstances, we, your Majesty's
faithful subjects, have no hope or reliance but on your
Majesty, and we humbly and fervently entreat your Ma-
jesty to cast the protecting shield of your Royal prero-
gative over your. dutiful and loyal people ; and resist the
arts and intrigues of a desperate faction, who on a former
occasion insolently attempted to deprive your Majesty of
the attendance on your Royal person of the faithful friends
of your early youth, and not only to surround the Throne
with creatures of their own, but to intrude on your Ma-
jesty's domestic retirement, as political spies on your sc-
dons. In this fearful crisis, we look up to your Majesty
with the most unbounded confidence, assured that the
firmness, wisdom, and courage hitherto displayed by your
Majesty in the exercise of your high functions, will not
fail us in this our hour of need, when your faithful sub-
jects rally round the throne for aid and protection.

LINES ON THE DEATH OF
MOORE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—Your Journal of the 3d ult. gave circulation to
a statement of claims to the " Lines on the Burial of Sir
John Moore," put forward by the Editor of the Edin-
burgh Advertiser on behalf of a fellow-countryman.
Your columns have since remained impartially open to
the evidence on both sides of the question, as well as to
the speculations of some foreign claimants, who were,
however, easily confounded. I can, therefore, have no
hesitation in calling your attention to the Edinburgh
Advertiser of the 7th inst., in which the Editor acknow-
ledges, not only that the claims he lately advocated were'
altogether spurious, but also that the proofs with which
he has now been furnished, establish, .beyond all pre-
sent doubt and future question, the Rev. Charles Wolfe
as the author of that imperishable production of genius.
Were anything more required to satisfy the public mind
on this subject, it may be, found annexed to the Editor's
remarks, in a letter from the Rev. W. Muir, Assistant
Minister of Temple, giving an account of the unhappy
pretender's own confession, in presence of Mr. Muir
himself and another witness.

In closing this question, which has terminated
in a manner so gratifying to every admirer of Mr.
Wolfe, as well as to every lover of truth, I think
it due to the public, as well as to Mr. Muir, to
bear testimony that the conduct of this gentle-
man throughout the discussion has been perfectly in
accordance with what I was led to expect from the
high character of the body of which he is a member.
His correspondence, which is in my hands, fully proves
that he took up the cause of this unhappy man, from a
belief of its justice ; supported it with candour, and not
more of prepossession than naturally attaches itself to
first convictions ; and when he at length discovered the
error into which he had been betrayed, embraced the
truth with a zeal which has been the principal means of
bringing the affair to such an early and satisfactory con-
clusion.

Truth fears not discussion, and the friends of Mt.
Wolfe need not regret, for his sake, that his cause has
been once more tried, and, as on this occasion, in the
captals of the three kingdoms, as well as on the Conti-
nent : but having answered all corners, they have reason
to expect that all further strife is at an end, and that the
poet, like his hero, shall now at length and for ever be left
alone in his glory !
I have the honour to be, Sir, your very obedient servant,
JOSEPH MARSHALL.
Victory, Portsmouth, May 13, 1841.

The country around this neighbourhood is look-
ing beautiful. A fner spring was never remembered. We
hear from all parts of Devon that the crops promise to be
abundant.— Plymouth Jownal.

The ut Winchester are not backward ; a
requisition is in course of signature to the Mayor, requesting
him to convene a meeting ' to peti!ion the Legislature fur a
repeal of the Corn-laws--->f Wilts Independent.
CORN-LAWS, &e —The petition against the
Corn-laws, got up in Bradford within the last fortnight, has
been sent for preientation —17,56:1 signatures were attached to
it. No exertions were spared in getting signatures, and great
numbers of men were stationed in various parts of the town
for the purpose. On Tuesday, a petition, praying Parliament
to repeal the duties on sugar, tea, and corn, was signed by an
immense number of persons (they had not been counted when
our news letterleft), and will have been presented by this time.
—York Courant.

WINDSOR, THURSDAY EVENING.—A notifi-
cation reached the Castle this afternoon, that it is far
from improbable that the Court may arrive at 'Windsor
in the course of Saturday next. Further alterations are now
in progress in the ventilation of some rooms adjoining
the nursery in the Victoria Tower, and two rooms in
the Augusta Tower for the attendants of her Majesty,
are being fitted up close to the Queen's sleeping apart-
ment. The workmen this morning received strict orders
to have the whole of their labours completed before Sa-
turday morning-, in consequence of the probability of her
Majesty's arriving in the course of that day. Nothing,
however, in this respect is yet definitively known.
FRENCH EMBASSY IN CONSTANTINOPLE.—
By a Royal ordonnance M. Cor has been appointed first Dra-
goman to the French Embassy at Constai.tinorle, in the room
of M. Lapierre, decease;!. Dl. Lauxerr&s, who was third
Dragoman, succeeds M. Cor as second, and M. Peltier lakes
the place of M. Lauxerrok and in his late office of Dragoman
to the Consulate at Salonica by N. Bourville, Dragoman
Chancellor at Cauca.

BRADFORD.—The inhabitants of this place
have not been idle ; they are looking with intense interest to
the struple that is about to take place in Parlament on the
subject of the Corn-laws, and a petition praying for the repeal
of them is in course of signature.— Wilts Independent.
We regret to announce a rumour which has
reached us, that the extensive cotton-mills of R. J. Peel. Esq.,
at Burton-on-Trent, are likely to be closed after the lapse
of another week. By this stoppage 110 less than eight
hundred hands will be thrown out of emplopnent, and we
grieve to contemplate the certain consequent distress.—Derby
Reporter.

The Eail of Leicester's birth-day was celebrated
on Thursday last at Holkham Hall, and at Dereham, Down-
ham, Bcc., his estates in Norfolk. There were grand doings
also at Longford Castle, Delbyshire, where the Earl and
Countess are staying. The venerable Earl completed his ti7th
year on that day.
The General Steam Navigation Company's
vessel the Giraffe, R. Stranach, from Rotterdam, arrived off
the Custom-house, at 7 a.m., yesterday, with the Dotch mail,
after a favourable passage of twenty-funr hours.
BRUSSELS, MAY 12.—We have hitherto been
unable to give an extract of the proceedings of the fourth
general meeting of the Rhenish Iron Railway Company, held
at Cologne on the 4th of May. It is, however, an event of
great importance, to which vie ca:led the attention of our read.
era, who will see that the time is at hand when, thanks to its
iron railways, Belgium will posses the transit trade through
Germany. At the end of the meeting Mr. Hansemann, in the
name of the Directors, said—. Though it is delicate to speak
with certainty of the future, I can, however, assure the meet-
ing, that all necessary measures have been taken, and that
orders have been g.ven to the engineers on the sections that the
rails may be entirely lain down by the Ist of August at the
latest arid that in consequence the op ning of the line from
Cologne to Aix-la-Chapelle h,s been fixed by the Directors
for the Ist of September next at farthest.

ELECTION OF AN ALDERMAN FOR THE
WARD OF BASSISNAW.---Yesterday the Lord Mayor,
attended by the City Officers, held a Wardmote in the
Ward of Bassishaw, for the election of a fit and proper
person to represent that Ward in the Court of Aldermen,
in the room of Alderman White, whose resignation was
accepted some days ago. Mr. M‘Lean, whose friends
had canvassed the ward for him, and found that he had
no chance of success, retired from the contest on Thurs-
day, ;caving. Sheriff Farncombe alone in the field. Mr.
Farncombe was aecoriingly elected, amidst the congratu-
lations and cheers of his numerous friends.

It has been stated pubticly, and not contradicted
we believe, that Dr. Lushington is the owner of a sugar
estate in Jamaica, and has thus a direct interest in the
perpetuation of the existing monopoly. We
however, that this is not the fact. 1)r. Lushington, we
have been informed, is snot himself the owner of a sugar
estate, but one of his very near relations is, and perhaps
this indirect interest it is which has warped his judg-
ment, and induced him to range himself on the same side.
with the Gladstones, the Goulburns, and Irvings, to
whom he has been all his life opposed. As to Mr. Glad-
stone he must long writhe under the stern rebuke admi-
nistered by Lord Howick on Wednesday evening.—
Liverpool Mercury.

A WOMAN DATER.—Not so much as a foolish
fat scullion will he suffer in his house. Even the white
window curtains were taken down, as bearing too.much
resemblance to female drapery. For every why there is
a wherefore, et void le fait ; he formed an early attach-
ment to a very beautiful girl, much his inferior in flw-
tune ; he was sent abroad, but continued most romanti-
cally constant, .41s. soon as his father's death made him
master of a noble estate he married her. Two months
after their marriage she ran away with his most intimate
friend, whom she had known a fortnight,—Life and Lite-
-,ary Remains of L, E. 4.
The best definition Boswell could obtain of the
word taste, after asking many literary men of the day,
was the followity, one by Lord Stowell—" That faculty
of the mind which leads a Scotchman to prefer England
to his own country."

MORNING

MORTALITY in the METttOPOLIS•

The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality is
the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Cade!'
Registered in the week ending-May 8, 1841." The Table
issued from the Office of the Registrar-Gcneral

Weekly
Total. Average
1 n5..9..40.
Epidemic, Fndemic. and Contagious Diseases. 110 204,
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and
.Senses• l4B 15'
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of •
Respiration
Diseases of the Ilea-t and Bloodvessels
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other
Organs of Digestion...
Diseases of the Kidn.ls &c. • 5 4
Childbed, Diseases of till" Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
__ .

CAUSES OF DEATH.

ii 1
100 i 03