The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-06 00:00:00

TIIS_StJN, LOND9N, TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 1841

as distinct sects of Christians. When the isms are I
so numerous, and such large rewards are thrown
into the lap of the most fay;Aired ism, we cannot
be surprised that the; pric.ts or tad,
ishtulit
nestly wi 1 to Secure the their own
ism by enforcing it on all men as a duty to em-
brace it, wittiOnt examination. Hence their bit-
ter and slanderous attacks, according to the rd.st,
on each other, and hence their fibiTe resentment
against all who question their fight to dictate the
creed of mankind. Hence, too, their jealousy of
power, and their determination, as in the case of
Church-rates, to keep hold of everything they
can grasp.

share in the administration of the Government.
We regret that tsPAßttitdShotild have tome to
Mich re tiltitidiit dditbi lAA&a dovern-
likiit Could be 'formed without him having a
chance of permanency.. At the same time
the Cortes cannot be expeeted tt3 Vlabe the
whole potv'ef dF tile State in the hands of one
person without serious misgivings as to the use he
may makc ofit. ESPARTERO is at present at the head
of the army, the chief command of which it is
thought dangerous to entrust • with a sole Re-
gent. Spain has a right to guarantee that her
Constitution shall not be subverted, and ndgood
citizen can refuse them without exposing his
patriotism to the most sinister suspicions. No
good and loyal citizen will aspire, to an office
which makes it a merit in him not to overthrow
the institutions of his country. If such an office
exist, his first duty will be to so modify it that
even a bad man may hold it without having the
nation at his mercy.

When the painful conviction of so many errors
in religion is forced on the mind, it cannot avoid
remembering that in those branches of know-
ledge in which inquiry is perfectly free, such as
geometry and natural history, there is no
high truth and no low truth as opposed
to each other—no Romish truth and no
Presbyterian truth, but only one truth, which
was the same in Greece, two thousand years ago,
in the time of EUCLID and ARCHIMEDES, as in
London at this day; and is the same now in Lon-
don, when propounded by Mr. FARADAY, as
in Stockholm, when explained by BERZELIUS, and
at New York, when it appears in the pages of
Silliman's Journal. Mankind require to be
satisfied how it is that there is only one truth
in science, which men discover by successive ob-
servations, while there are so many contradic-
tory truths in religion, which has been revealed
in order that all doubt and error and con-
troversy might be at an end. The gentlemen
at Oxford and elsewhere, who now wish, it is
said, to hush up this controversy, will find the
beginning of their strife is as the letting out of
the waters.

As was announced in the telegraphic despatch
from Madrid, published in The Sun of Saturday,
the Cortes were duly constituted on the :28th,
under the Presidency of Senor ARGUELLES.
There were several failures on the Bourse. The
Five per Cents. were down to 26 for cash.

The whole of the Paris Journals of Friday and
Saturday have reached us. The Court and the
war faction have triumphed. On Thursday af-
ternoon the Fortifications' Bill, as adopted by
the Deputies, passed the Chamber of Peers.
There is no longer a doubt about the embastiling
of Paris. Whatever may become of the rest of
France, Paris is at last in a fair way of being safe
from invasion. There was a time when France
only thought of meeting her enemies on the
Rhine ; but now the great object of her solici-
tude is how best to encounter them on the banks
of the Seine. Formerly France would have re-
sented as the deepest insult the supposition of
the violation of her remotest extremity; now she
only considers how her mighty heart can be
shielded from the swords of her enemies. This,
at least, is the inference to be drawn from the
arguments of the Court organs in favour of the
measure. But the real object of the walls is to
render the King absolute. They will constitute
the tomb of the Revolution of July. When the
foundations are dug, the King may triumphantly
point at them, with the exclamation, "Behold
the grave of what Liberty achieved during the
Three Glorious Days !"

We insert a useful and important letter on
public meetings, and entirely agree with the
writer that we cannot forego our right to hold
public meetings without endangering the public
liberties. Perhaps, however, these words have
no longer any charms for an Englishman's ear,
and he seems not unwilling to barter liberty for
ease. As a matter of calculation, that appears
to us a mistake; for no persons are less at ease,
and less secure, than those whose lives and for-
tunes are held at the mercy of others.
Our Correspondent suggests a method by which
public meetings may be safely held, but they
would derive a great additional safety, were the
middle classes to feel any interest in holding
them. They are numerous enough, and influent
tial enough, to secure the peace of any meeting
they may desire to call, if they will only attend ;
but the truth is, that the middle classes no longer
take much interest in political matters, and de-
vote their energies to pursuits which they regard
as more agreeable. They see that on every public
occasion there are too many orators, that too much
is said and too little dune, and they will not
waste their time to grace the triumph of a few
practised speakers. We are afraid that till the
whole machinery of public meetings is altered,
till they are more local and more confined, each
one to some small section of the community,
giving a fair chance of distinction to each rival
orator, there is but little chance of their being
again a commensurate organ for expressing pub-
lic opinion.

PUBLIC MEETINGS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
" We must stand by our right to hold public meetings."

Stn,,—l most cordially concur with you in the
remarks you made upon the subject of public
meetings a few days ago. We are advised by
some fainthearted Whig journals to discontinue,
public meetings until certain men, calling them-
selves Chartists, shall have learnt to respect the
rights of their fellow-countrymen! Now, Sir, I ,
always prefer standing by my own rights to leav-
ing them in the keeping of Chartists, Whigs, or
any other party. The question is, whether pub-
lic meetings, upon important subjects, can be
held legally, peaceably, and with effect ? I say
yes. The machinery exists in every municipal
borough, calculated, and expressly designed for,
the decorous holding of public meetings ; and I
say, moreover, that it is the fault of the Mayor,
who is also in all cases a County Magistrate, if
such meetings are not protected in the exercise
of their English rights of petitioning and making
known their grievances.
A meeting, called at the request of a body of
requisitionists, by the Mayor or other constituted
authority of a borough or town, is presided over
as a matter of usage and right by the person, in
his ggicial capacity,who calls the meeting. But
the inhabitants may, if they please, call a town's
meeting without the intervention of the chief
officer, and in such case they may elect their own
Chairman. In the late cases at Manchester and
Leeds, however, the Mayors were behind the
hour appointed by themselves for the meetings,
and some people took advantage of their absence
to nominate other chairmen, and they had,
under such circumstances, a right to do so. The
Mayor or other authority who has called a town's
meeting should take his seat as Chairman before
the clock strikes the hour for which he called it.
He is then responsible for the peaceable and or-
derly conduct of the meeting. The entire police
force is in his hands, and the military power
also, and what are these for, except to protect
us in the peaceable enjoyment of our rights?
The object for which the meeting was called
having been explained, no other question can be
entertained. Let us suppose that the meeting
were called " to consider the propriety of peti-
tioning Parliament for the total and immediate
repeal of the Corn and Provision-laws," and that
a person moved a resolution in favour of the
Charter,—it is out of order to put such a motion,
and as the Mayor is bound to preserve order,
he cannot put it. He should inform the indivi-
dual mildly, but firmly, that the motion is irre-
levant. If he refuse to yield to the Chairman
he must be removed by the civil power, along
with all who back him. There is no tyranny in
this ; it is merely a defensive act, to secure to
the meeting an opportunity of expressing an
opinion upon the question which brought them
together. They may decide upon that question
in any way they please. The Chairman must put
both the affirmative and negative, and the
majority, whether yeas or nays, decides the fate
of the meeting. Can any thing be fairer than
this? The day after, or the same flay if they
like, the Chartists may also hold their meeting,
to.consider the propriety of petitioning Parlia-
ment for the Charter, and they have a right to
the same protection against the disorderly inter-
ference of Anti-Corn-law men, that the latter
have against theirs. In my opinion the Mayor
ought to convene public meetings whenever
called upon to do so by a numerous body of re-
quisitionists of reputable character, no matter of
what class, provided only that the object in view
be legal. Bu this rests with him.
With our Municipal organization—those good
old Saxon institutions of local self-government—
to shield us from the Ukase of a certain "Irish gen-
tleman," now in York Gaol, against holding any
more public meetings, why should we follow the
advice of Whig Journalists, and abandon that
right of assembling to petition and complain
which forms one of our distinguishing charac-
teristics as compared with the countries of the
Continent ? It would doubtless give great de-
light to the Duke of Buckingham and his party,
if those who advocate the repeal of the bread tax
would give up their right to hold public meet-
ings. And by the way, Sir, let me ask, in
conclusion, whether we are quite sure that
the attempt to put down Anti-Corn-law meet-
ings has not originated with the bread-taxers
themselves ? The late disclosures before the
Walsall Election Committee have proved that
the Chartist leaders are hired by the Tories to
kick up rows at the Anti-Corn-law meetings.
One of them, the hero of the Northern Star, and
for years the terror of peaceable meetings in
Manchester, is proved by the evidence of one of
the witnesses, to have hired himself out to the
Gladstone party at Walsall.
There are other leaders of the Chartists whose
means of honest livelihood are not very appa-
rent. The people must be warned and guarded
against such leaders, and there is no better
way of doing so than at public meetings; there-
fore, I repeat, we must stand by our right to
meet and petition.
I am, Sir, your's faithfully,
AN ANGLO-SAXON.

It is lamentable to find that only one French
journal has been true to the principles of the
Revolution upon this important question. This
journal is the Commerce. The Quotidienne and
the Presse have likewise opposed the fortifica-
tions, but not on the same high grounds. The
following extract from the Commerce is an evi-
dence of the earnestness of the writer's convic-
tions :

" Whilst the works are in progress we will unceasingly call
for their suspension, and if the evil genius of France decree
that they should be completed, we will demand their destruc-
tion. Penetrated as we are with the deepest and most pain-
ful conviction, alarmed at the perils which so much madness is
likely to entail on the country, persuaded that the project of M.
Thiers is dangerous both for our national independence and
for our domestic liberties, we will resist its execution with all
our might, and by every legal means; and if, contrary to our
expectations, reason and evidence succumb, were we to remain
alone against all, we should still anxiously exclaim from the
bottom of our souls, in pointing out to the nation the rising
walls of so many ba•ttons, and of the fourteen bastiles
" France, those walls are pregnant with revolutions or arbitrary
power."
The Chamber of Deputies rejected on Friday
the Copyright Bill by a majority of 158 votes
against 108.

Perhaps some doubts may be entertained of
the propriety of our Correspondent's suggestion,
that the presiding Mayor, being a Magistrate,
should cause those who decline to obey his de-
cision as to conducting the business of the meet-
ing, to be removed by the civil power. It would
deprive public meetings of much value, if such a
practice were to be frequently adopted. All public
meetings like the House of Commons should be
responsible for their own police ; and as the
majority of that House can overset all rules laid
down for their guidance, so in public meetings a
majority should be, and necessarily must be,
supreme for the time being. We will not enter
further into the subject, but we hope that our
Correspondent's letter will induce those who
cherish the public liberties to take up the sub-
ject, and not allow public meetings, which are
one of their best safeguards, to be put down,
either by a lawless mob or an arbitrary
Magistrate.

The French fleet for 1841 is to be composed of
225 vessels :-20 vessels of the line, of which 4 are
three-deckers ; 22 frigates ; 43 corvettes and
brigs; 105 vessels of inferior rank; and 35
steamers, of which there are 2 of the strength of
450-horses, 1 of 320, 5 of 220, 22 of from 150
to 260, 5 of 120; besides 2 vessels and 6 frigates.
These armaments require an effective of 46,418
sailors.

A letter from Carcassonne of the 29th of March says, " In
consequence of the events at Marseilles, domiciliary visits were
made yesterday at Carcassonne and in the environs. Some
arms and a pretty considerable quantity of cartridges were
seized.

" The police were informed on the 26th that a rising was
prepared ; and on the 27th, in the evening, M. de Villeneuve,
Commissary of Police, whose aciivity is incessant, succeeded in
making himself acquainted with the whole plot, which, thanks
to him, is defeated."
M. Faramond, late Consul of France at Campeachy, has ar-
rived at Havre, in his way to Paris ; he will shortly go to take
possession of his post of (Amulet Sydney, New South Wales.
—Le Constitutionnel.
Orders have been given to all the
.collectors of taxes to
make them yield as much as possible.
M. Humann has hit upon a means to make the stamp duty
yield at least six millions more than at present. He wishes to
introduce into France the English legislation on bills of ex-
change. According to this system an unstamped bill of ex-
change is of no value in a Court of Justice. Unstamped hills
of exchange have no value but in the honour of the debtor,
who pays if he will. Enormous fines are imposed on all not a-
ries, slec., who in any document drawn up by them even make
mention of a bond or bill of exchange which is not stamped.
The project of law which M. Humann is preparing will be
presented to the Chamber in a few days. No exertion, it is
said, will be spared to get it converted into a law during the
Session.—Le Siecle.

In our City Article will be found an extract of
a letter from Canada, which exaggerates, we are
persuaded, both the inimical disposition, and the
power of the American mob. We see in an
Evening Contemporary, letters and remarks of a
similar description, and we notice them here to
caution our readers not to trust implicitly to the
descriptions given in American papers, or in
Canadian letters. As far as we see, every possible
precaution has been taken by the American Go-
vernment, in despatching General SCOTT with a
force to the frontier, to ensure the due observance
and the due execution of the law, which is all
that we can ask or expect. Those who are in
the neighbourhood of the events, hear and circu-
late and magnify a multitude of rumours, which
become very mischievous when circulated and
believed in England.

News from the United States to the evening
of the 19t11 ult., brought by the packet-ship
North America, will be found in another part of
The Sun. It was rumoured at Liverpool on Sun-
day afternoon that the steamer President was
seen by the captain of a merchant vessel from
St. Michael's, bearing upon Fayal, probably to
obtain a supply of coals. The intelligence to
which we direct the attention of our readers is of
more commercial than political interest. Mr.
M'LEOD was still in prison at Lockport. His
trial was fixed for the 28th ult., but the belief
was that it would be postponed for another term,
ostensibly to afford time for the appearance of
witnesses from England, but in reality to admit
f further negotiations between the Federal and
the British Governments.

At the Court of Aldermen on Saturday, some
of the venerable Members attempted to turn into
ridicule a respectable petitioner who justly com-
plained of a serious grievance. Mr. Ews, of
the Chapter Coffee-house, stated that he and his
family were subjected to great annoyance from
the rattling of omnibuses along Paternoster-row
during church hours, and, unless some relief
were granted, his property would be greatly in-
jured. The Aldermen, if we are to believe the
Observer, laughed at the petitioner, and told
him they could not interfere, as St. Paul's
Church-yard was closed at the instance of the
Bishop of LONDON during the hours of divine
service. Now, every one who enters St. Paul's
on Sunday or Saturday knows what sort of divine
service is performed there, and if the Bishop of
LONDON thinks fit to order all vehicles to pass
down Paternoster-row on Sunday he may, with
equal propriety, declare that the order shall hold
good for every day in the week, and destroy not
only the property of Mr. ELLIS, but of every
householder in the street. Every day brings
forth some new encroachment on the liberty of
the people, under one hypocritical pretence or
another, and if the sensible portion of the com-
munity do not bestir themselves, and resist the
yoke which the priests in both parts of the
island are preparing for them, the once indepen-
dent and free-spirited people of this country
will soon be subject to the most insuffer-
able of all tyranny—the tyranny of the
Priesthood. Is the Chapter of St. Paul's so poor,
or the revenue of the pious Bishop so small, that
means cannot be found to abate the noise without
tormenting the sick and dying in narrow streets
not made or intended for such thoroughfare?
What is the mummery daily performed in our
cathedrals but a miserable imitation of Popish
rites, kept up as an excuse for taking these mag-
nificent buildings from the Catholics ? They
are totally unsuitable for Protestant worship, and
until Puseyism becomes the religion of the land,
we must protest against the mock ceremonies
performed in them being allowed to interfere
with private property, or the health and comfort
of the inhabitants.

April 5, 1841.
P.S. We want one man of spirit amonst our
250 and odd Mayors to take the bull by the
horns, and set an example to the rest. There
seems to be a very. undue notion as to the right
of a minority in a meeting to put down by brute
clamour the majority, and prevent their being
heard. Sir Joshua Walmsley, the popular Mayor
of Liverpool, did good service by his firmness in
defending our public rights on one occasion, and
he has been more popular ever since. In no
town are meetings more orderly now than in
Liverpool.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS

CITY, MONDAY EVENING.
Two or three causes were in operation to-day to affect
the value of the English Stocks; none 'of them, however,
of a nature, as we are inclined to believe, to produce eny
permanent depression in prices. We may mention, as one
cause, the uncertainty which still prevails with respect to
Mr. M'Leod, though various circumstances are in favour
of the amicable adjustment of this much vexed question.
Next comes the generally received opinion of a deficiency
being exhibited in the Revenue Accounts for the quarter
ended to day ; and, lastly, the Hebrew party were realising
their profits prior to the arrangement of their accounts on
a safe basis, until the Passover is at an end.
For immediate transfer Consols realised 89i to
89a, closing at 894; and for the account the first bar-
gains of the day were at an advance to 801, though
subsequently a re-action occurred to 89i the last price.
being 891- buyers. Exchequer Bills were 9s. to 11s
premium, India Bonds par to 2s. premium,4the NeW
Three-and a-Half per Cents 987 to 98k, Bank Stock for
the opening 172 to 173, and India Stock 252.
Foreign Stccks all had a downward tendency, and the
same was the case with English Shares. Spanish Active
Bonds were depressed owing to the uncertain state of po-
li!ical affairs at Madrid, and declined from 23- to 23i to.
' 1 Portuguese New Five per Cents, rece,:ed from 34 to
33H, in the absence cf any later intelligence from Lisbon.
The Three per Cents. were done at 20 to M xican
Bonds were flat at 31•1- to 30i, Colombian at 23 to 22-4-,
Chilian at 61, and Brazilian at 69-,71. Dutch Two-and-a-
Half per Cents. were steady at 51g.
Great Western Railway Shares realised 27 to 23/, the
New 13/ to ' 131 tie London and Birmingham 66 to 64k,
4
ihe Thirds 24, and the South Western 171 tq 16i pie-
minty,. The Bighton were 31to 41 discount. the Croy-
don discount, the Manchester and Birmingham 15 dis-
t count, the Birmingham and Derby 31 discount, and the

Letters and Papers from Madrid, of the 2Sth
ult., have reached us. ESPARTERO'S Secretary-
General, LINAGE, addressed a letter to the Eco
del Comercio, published in that Journal of the
above date, in which he states that ESPARTERO
will not accent the Ttea-encv unless appointed sole
• - the Cor.es

'ill retire into private life, and take no further

MORNING- EDITION

TILE REVENUE FOR THE YEAR AND QUARTER ENDING APRIL 5, 1841.

No. I.—An Ab3tract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain in the Years and Quarters ended sth of April, 1340, arid sth of April, 1841, shewing the Increase
or Decrease on each head thereof.

QUARTERS ENDED YEAR QUARTERS ENDED YEAR Year ended April 5. 1 Quarter ended April 5.
~...--------1 ended --.--------------"-----. ended ~...:.......--------.m...,--...m.-....-----------.,
July 5, 1 Oct 10, 1 Jan. 5, April 5, Aprils, rJuly 5, (kt. 10, Jan. 5, I APril 5,‘ Aprils, Increase. Decrease. lncrease. Decrease.
1839 1839 1 1840 1810 1840 184 i 1840 1841 1841 1841 increase.
------, -- -- -- ..------. ---.
t ustoms.-Consolidated Duties 3,825,871 4,484,752 ' 3,13C5,719 ' 3,449,3::9 3,985,938 4,562,048 3,644,292 3,557,82 i -
Sugar Duty applicable to Consolidated I - - - -
Fund - - 340,135 - 1,151,13:36 - - - - - - - -
-
Sugar Duty applicable to Supplies 1,293,254 1 973,586 '731,159 - 1,100,829 '736,614 990,682 - -
- - - -
---;------ -..- ----
Total Customs
4,871,333 5,778,0(6 1 4,774,305 4,5.72,643 1 20,001,267 5,137934 5,662,77 4,980,906 4,518,504 19,700,225 301,042
Excise... 2,570,311 4,113,139 ' 3.427,'71 1,429,996 12,04,1,737 2,711,951 3,916,249 4,016,366 1,883,470 12,530,036 489,299 44,526
Stamps lBB 6,592,396 1,729,651 1,751,417 1,5116,646 1,677,404 6,755,118 162,722 19,216 -
1,64,7,423 1,6:.9;721. 1,587,081 1,634,
Taxes 1,639,372 .311,28) 1,581,694 179,038 3,714,412 1,647,808 3:32,807 1,786,771 • n°,045 3,414,,918000 431 075,019 42,1;87
27,000
-
Post Office 369,000 407,001 351,000 li'o,ooo 1,247,009 10..,000 123,000 vB,OOB 93,000 ... . 833,000
Crown Lands 40,000 40,000 40,9' 0 40,1`00 160,(;00 42,500 43,060 4",000 32,500 169,000 7,500
Miscellaneous 14,611 17,654 18,800 3',180 6,4,245 4,117 24,382 12,437 49,11.6 £0,062 1,817 11,946 .-
---- --.• - -.-. ---.........
Total Ordinary Revenue 11,152,050 12,361,826 11,768,136 8,537,045 43,814,057 111,373,961 11,855,732 11,1.31, IA 8,477,053 4'',638,672 928,857 1,134,042 74,149 11,3,141
Imprest and other MoneysM3 -
301,025 41,426 41,992 31,913 416,956 297,960 82,999 32,546 32 151 445,576 29,620
Re.payments of Advances 202,462 234,045 176,81;0 110,7:6 'n4,153 195,993 172,499 123,948 98,91'6 591,438 . ... 132,715 11,760
------ -- - - -
Total Income ,'" -9, 9 9 9
11,656,137 12,642,t,97 12,0( ~018 6,6'9,714 i 44 3,5 166 11 867 836 12,111,530 112,057,620 I 8,609,200 44,675,886 1 957,477 1,266,757 74,367 144,90.
---
The Amount applied to the Consoli. 1
. Deduct In. Deduct
dated Fund 6,602,824 9,391,564 I 8,772,340 7,483,639 32,252,767 6,898,530 8,682,179 8,037,023 7,390,901 31,908,633 crease 057,417 Increase. 1 74,37
Ditto, as Advances, and to pay off Ex. 1
chequer Bills, issued as Advances ... 172,4120 231,161 98,6122 279,850 781,703 111,050 70,008 30,008 1282,050 493,100
Ditto, as part of the Ways and Means
of the Year 4,380,913 3,016,972 j 3,135,186 916,625 11,9-0,''96 4,958,256 3,359,051 3,120,597 936,219 12,274,153 Decrease on , Decrea.se °R, 70,514
---- ---- - 209,28') the t 2 um ter
Total ----,
11,655,137 1 12,642,•z97 1 12,007.018 8,679,714 44,985,166 1, . i _1,66T4i 7, 12,111,230 12,087,6:-.0 1 8,609,200 1 44,673,6 M

No. ll.—lncome and Charge of the Consolidated Fund, in the Quarters ended the sth April, 1840, and the sth April, 1841.
a
Quarters ended April 5. I . , Quarters e
INCOME. 1840 1811 CHARGE. I
_---..---
!' 184•
----
ustems.—Consolidated Duties 3,491,,321 3,527,426 Permanent Debt. '----
Sugar applicable to the Terminable Annuities :3,.41,1Z8
Consolidated Fund 340,135 Interest on Exchequer Bills issued to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund 1;39 2
22,960
---.---..- Sinking Fund
Total Customs 3,833,464 3,527,526 The Civil List
96,101
Other charges on the Consolidated Fund
Excise
Stamps 1,65.=,188 1,677,404
Taxes
Post Office
Crown Lands 44.,1S 0 32,600
Miscellaneous 37,150 49,126 8,196,771
Imprest and other Monies ' 31,913 82,151
Repayment of Advance.
The Amount of Exchequer Bills issued to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter ended Jan. 5, 1840,
7,966,771 7,138,0:36 and paid off out of the growing produce of that Fund for the Quarter ended April a I`4l
The Amount issued in the Quarter ended April 5, 1811, in part of the sums granted by Parliament out of the Consoli-
To Cash brought to this Account dated Fund for Supply Services 916,249
0
to be applied to pay off Deficiency The Surplus of the Consolidated Fund, Quarter ended Ai ril 5, 1841
Bills 230,CC0 2:0,000
The probable amount of Exchequer Bills required to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund, Quarter ended
8,196,771 7,,5,0.6 Ap.il 5, 1811 •—•
_— _ _

Midland Counties 153 discount. Car.ada Land Com-
pany's Shares rose to 13 discount.
The following is an extract of a letter dated Fort George,
near Niagara, and which came to hand by the North
America packet
We have had a variety of rumours here regarding our
friend M'Leod being removed to Albany, but it is now
certain that no such removal will take place, and that when
the trial takes place it will be at Lockport. The State of
New York now positively refuges to gite him up, and the
Attorney-General may p'ead, but it will be in vain. It is
currently reported that the trial will be again postponed ;
but will the British Government submit to such treatment ?
I believe the President would gladly release him, but mob
law is the order of the day now, and it is impossible to say
what may occur. The Americans swear that they have
got additional evidence of his guilt, and that nothing short
of his conviction will follow. We are all very anxious to
know what course the home Government will take, as the
State of New York has refused to give him up, and will
continue to do so, in spite of any course the President may
adopt."
An observation appears necessary after giving publica-
tion to the above statement. In the first place, the writer
is evidently somewhat under the influence of that warmth
which his proximity to the scene of action may be sup-
posed to engender, and consequently does not see every-
thing in an impartial light. If we understand the matter
rightly, there is r.o objection on the part of the British
Government to a postponement of the trial, supposing the
prisoner is tried at all, as there would then be meTe chance
of a calm investigation, and evidence could, in the C.,eau-
time, be procured from England. The Government here
have every reliance in the discretion of Mr. Fox, and, we
may add, in the good feeling of Daniel Webster.

(From The Sun of Last Night.)
The North America packet ship has arrived at Liverpool
after a quick passage of 15 days. The intelligence by the above
arrival continues to be of a pacific nature.
Exchange at New York on the 19th ult., 7 to 7i ; United
States Bank Shares, 16.
The time for the April Report of the Committee appointed
to investigate the affairs of the United States' Bank, is draw-
ing near, and thousands on both sides the Atlantic are looking
forward with intense anxiety to the results.
We have received Buenos Ayres papers to January 24.
The latest intelligence from the interior comes down to the sth
instant. It is stated in letters from Cordova that Lavalle and
La Madrid were endeavouring to fall back upon the provinces
of the north, but that they were exposed to the greatest diffi-
culties in the attempt, besides being daily abandoned by their
followers. The confederate army was in their pursuit, and had
strong flying divisions considerably in advance, which harassed
-them to such a degree as to lead to a belief that the remaining
force would be entirely dissolved.
These papers contain two despatches ; the first, dated San
Cala, January 9, from General Anjea Pacheco, informing
the Government that notwithstanding the exce=s.ive nume-
rical inferiority of his force, he yesterday attacked the enemy
in their camp at San Cala, who, after a strong resistance,
were put to flight. The second despatch is from Gen. Aldea,
raspecting a previous victory obtained.
The Exchange upon England during the week was 2id.
We have received the Journal of Antwerp of Saturday's
date. _ . .

MY
BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM, Aran, 2.—The National Funds
were in demand at the closing prices of yesterday, nevertheless
little business was doing. Ardoin's Spanish rather improved
nd remained at 20 5-16.

The British Market, which left off on Saturday buoyant,
and opened this morning at the leaving off prices 89if 9U for
the Account, have since receded to 894 s ; Money, 894. This
flatness of the market is not attributed to the intelligence re-
ceived from the United States, but owing to parties realising
their profits which they obtained during the preceding week.
In the Foreign Market Spanish Active not so good ai it
left off, at 23,4 4, at present 23* ; Deferred, 121 i; Pas-
sive, 54 i; Portuguese also receded from the leaving off price
of 34 to 334 34 ; Mexican heavy, closed at 31i 32, at pre-
sent 301 ; Brazilian, 681 691 ex div. ; Colombian not quite
so good, 2.3*; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. rather
better, 511 ; Five per Cents. 97; -I. ex div.
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.

RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share.
Bristol and Exeter 6O ...... 36 .. ... to
Great Western

Quarters ended A:

Ditto Fifths
London and Brighton
London and South Western 34 56 ... .. to

London and Croydon (Trunk)
Manchester akd Leeds

13i l3*- to --
70 -

llanchester and Birmingham ...

40

Midland Counties -
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, APRIL 3.—We have bad a
dull Cotton Market to-day, and the sales amount to 2,000
bales only, all to the trade ; in prices no alteration.
LIVERPOOL SHAREA.MARKET, APRIL 3.—To-day's trans-
actions are asfollow :—Edinburgh and Glasgow, 34; Eastern
Counties, debentures, 7a ; Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock,
231; Grand Junction, 207 ; Half-shares, 1021; Chester and
Crewe 51i; Ditto 20/. Shares, 11*; Lancaster and Preston
New Shares, 24# ; Liverpool and Manchester Half-shares, 91i ;
London and Birmingham New Shares, 22*.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, :APRIL 3.—The price
of all the finished Railways continues to improve; very little
Stock on the market..—London and Birmingham, 155 ; Do.
New 321. Shares, 24 ; Eastern Counties, 8i ; London and
SnuthWestern, 56 ; Midland Counties, 83; Manchester and
Leeds, 67i ; Manchester and Birmingham. 241; Bank of
Manchester, 7# ; Manchester and Liverpool District Bank,
101. 165. 6d ; Manchester Assurance, 9i.
Accounts from Washington, of the 16th March, state an
opinion gathers strength that one of the chief objects of the
Session will be to provide for the public defence, and to that
end to make a public debt of some twenty millions.
The British Funds continue heavy, owing to two or three of
the influential brokers having sold, during the course of the
morning, a considerable amount of Stock, which has had an im-
pression on the market. To-morrow being the Hebrew holy-
days, it is supposed the above party are really wishing to leave
evenhanded.
Consols at present 891, have been 90a ; Money, 89#, have
been 89i ; Exchequer Hills, 9 11 prem. ; India Bonds par
2 prem. ; Bank Stock, for the opening, 172 173.
in the Foreign Market, Spanish Active, 231 ; Deferred,
12i ; Passive, 5# ; Portuguese, 331 ; Three per Cents., 20 ;
Mexican, 304; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 51# 4 ;
Five per Cents., 97/, have been 98.
In Shares rather more doing. Market firm. Bristol and
Exeter, 36 ; Great Western 93; ditto Fifths 111 ; London and
Brighton, 46; ditto, South Western, 56; Manchester and
Leeds, 68; Midland Counties, 84i.
Some inquiries have been made after the Commercial Bank
Shares. They are nominal, if disc. to par.
Consols, Account, 891, Money, 90* ; Mexican, 30# E; Por-
tuguese, 33# ; Spanish, 23* #.
CLOSING PRICES.

BRITISH FUNDS.
Bank Stock — India Stock
3 per Cent Red — Ditto Bonds 2 par
3 per Cent Cons B9l Ditto Old Annuities ... -
3i per Cent Red — Ditto New Annuities...
New 31. per Cent ssi Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2id 11 pm
New 5 per Cent Ditto 500/ ll pm
Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small l2 pm
Jan. 1860 ll Bank Stock for 0pg....173
Oct 1859 ll India Stock for 0pg....252
Jan. 1860. l2 Consols for Acct B9l
FOREIGN FUNDS.

Austrian, 5 per cent....

3,5.10
1,351,551'

'Portuguese, 5 per cent.
N

Belgian, 5 per cent Ditto, New Ditto —
Brazilian 80nd5.... 69; Prussian, 5 per cent.
Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent 112;
Chilian, 6 per cent...... Ditto, Metallic —
Colombian, 6 per cent... Spanish, 5 per cent —
Ditto, 1824. ... ... 22; Ditto, Deferred. o3*
Danish, 3 per cent — French, 5 per cent. —f. --c.
Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange —f —e.
Mexican, 5 per cent. ... 318 French, 3 per cent —4. —c.
Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. Dutch, 2; per cent. ... 51ii
Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et.
SHARES.,
5 per cent......... 98
Birmingham and Derby Railway (100 pd) ••• 96
Ditto Thirds (10 paid) ......................
36;
Bristol and Exeter (60 paid) .. ........ ...
Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid ...... —;
Ditto Debentures ( 4 paid) .... • ...... 2.11
Great Western Railway (65 paid) ......... :is
Ditto New Shares (50 paid) lll
Ditto Fifth (4 paid)
London and Brighton (50 paid) 464
London and Birmingham Railway (90 pd) : 154;
Ditto Quarter Shares (
Ditto Thirds (32 paid)s paid) 23
:. ....... 52;
Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid) 23i
...
London and Greenwich Railway (20 pd) _
41
paid)(4o paid) . .
`25
. .
..• .... 68
London Ditto aSncdriLu(t3h PVaiT2tern ... ........... ... 55;
London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) ...... 13;
Manchester and Leeds (70
111liandlanchdesteCoruanntdieBs ißairmilnwgahyam(loo paid) ........ 841,

li°gp Fs to learn Mpinße.DU NleDt M.P.—lt gives us the
greatest
that our estimable and liberal
Member, the Hon. Mr. Dundas, is so far recovered that he
is now able to walk out daily at his residence at Oran, near
l;a
Catiera, with the assistance of crutches ; and that his frac-
tured limb is improving so favourably that it is his intention
to resume his Parliamentary duties after the Easter remiss.—
Yorkhireman,

97,017
33'7,592
282,050

5,6V,217
2,28,879

7,858,056

6,210,30

1,292-,610

4,917,733

ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE.

The Messiah was performed at this theatre last evening,
"for that night only,":as stated in the hand-bills, "and by
special permission of the Lord Chamberlain." Why this
oratorio should be limited to one night we cannot con-
ceive. The play-going, and also the church-going peo—
ple, might be much benefited during Lent by listening to.
the noble music of Handel, and to the beautiful selections
from the sacred poets, who have described the coming,
the crucifixion, and the resurrection of our Saviour in
such glowing and sublime language. No sermon from the
pulpit, though p; eached by the pious Bishop of London,
or the me2k Bishop of Exeter, could produce any effect
at all to be compared to that which is felt in a theatre when
the words of liaiah and Job, cr the sublime effusions of
the Evangalist who dwelt in the isle of Patmos, are accom-
panied by the divine music of the Prince of sacred composers.
At the commencement of the third part of the Messiah,
last night, the audience evinced by breathless silence
the powerful impression made by Madame Carador i Allen,
when reciting the following words from Job, " I know that
my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter
day upon the earth ; and though worms destroy this body,
yet in my flesh shall I see God. For now is Christ risen
from the dead, the first fruits of them that sleep." This
eas the most effective part of the performance. Mr.
Phillips performed his part well, but he wants the energy
and enthusiasm of Braham. The band was numerous, and,
under the able guidance of Sir George Smart, executed:
the music with good effect. The house was well attended.