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The Sun.
London, England, 1840-04-02

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY•

Wynne, and
i.sson
-----
DEAL, APRIL I.—Arrived the Saladin, M‘Kenzie, from the
Mauritius ; Claremont, Maxwell, from Demerara ; Vivacious,
Proom, and Hopeful, Reeves, from St. Michael's.
LIVERPOOL, APRIL I.—Wind variable.—Arrived the Kings_
,;
fHrß:ildi
fdAaixtitHrointui,suks
ton, M‘Lean, from Bombay; Intrinsic, Davidson, Savannah;
Josepha, Wlntyre, Charleston ; Vixen, Scott, Sierra Leone ;
Osprey, Licata. Sailed—Hereford, Racham, for Calcutta ;
, Lucas,
Caledonia, Bateson, Cape of Good Hope ; Euterpe, Cumming,
La Guayra ; Rochester, Woodhouse; Katherine, Jackson, and
as,
PORTSMOUTH, Arian I.—Wind S. to W. S. W.—Arrived
the Philadelphia, Morgan, from New York. Sailed, her 1
Ma-
jesty's ship Andromache, for the Cape of
Good H
Burrell,Afr iteead. States,offOliver, Fisher,oQr tueb,e Quebec :Ps: ;Pandora, YLdoeorerka,
Aure-
lian, Forbes, Quebec. Hope ;
FLMOUTH, MARCH 31.—Wind S. to W.
Ann Lane, Hudson; Six, Perry • p • —Arrived the
, Persian, Fisher • Ann
Emma, Foster ; Judas, Walker ; and Orion, '
Odessa. Off port, the Vile de Bruxelles
Roberts, from
Tarragona; Nereid, Watkins, Alexandria. ; Catharina, —__,
TEIGNMOUTH, MARCH 3l.—Sailed
for Riehebucto. the Susannah, Flower,

CREEK, APRIL I.—Arrived the Maria, Cullings, frcm
Smyrna, in 30 days.
GLOUCESTER, APRIL I.—Sailed the Tweed, Lukeman, and
Batchelor, Murray, for Quebec.
DUBLIN, MARCH 31.—Sailed the Demerara, Miller, for
Demerara.

CoRK, MARCH 30.—Arrived the Sarepta, Buck; William
lierdman, Mitchell ; and Margaret, Green, from Odessa.
Hum., MARCH 1. —Wind W.—Sailed the Reward, FroFt :
Ellergill, Knell; Elizabeth, --; St. Mary, Gresley ; and
Reinswell, Tucker, for Quebec.
NIHT.RLAND,MARCH 31. —The Ophelia and Mary, Young,
for Quebec.

oboyl •;tbEelilzsala,mof
VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.—The Tom and Jessie sth ult., off
Cape St. Vincent; Salisbury, of Sunderland, for 'Odessa, lat.
47, lon. 9, by the Buneles, arrived in the Creek ; Johannes,
tlonL.i‘2.e9rp,
Baltimore to Bremen, 26th ult. ; Phcenix, 31essina to St. Pe-
tersburg, 27th ult. ; Ganges, Batavia to Rotterdam, and sup-
plied with provisions by her Majesty's ship Meteor, arrived at
Falmouth; Eliza, Bell, Shields to St. Helena, 12th ult. ; Pol-
lux, Amsterdam to Batavia, 27th ult., by the Ganges, from Ba-
tavia to Rotterdam Thomas Dempsey, Old, Calabar to Liver-
pool, Feb. 4, lat. 4 N., lon. 21 W. the master died shortly
after leaving the for Bata), Rotterdam,the Lady Bute, arrived at
Liverpool ;Ganges, to Feb. 18, lat. 16,
lon. 24 ; Christian, of Glasgc•vr, for Trinidad, sth ult., lat. 38,
London, to Grenada, Feb. 16, lat. 13, lon. 58; Culdee, Clyde
Hutchinson, arrived at Liverpool; Ganges, Liverpool to Char-
leston,New South
7th ult., lat. 41, lon. 48, by theCaledo •
man, Coffin, ar-
rived at Liverpool.
London, England, 1840-04-02

CORN-LAWS AND POOR-LAWS.

TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN.
SIR-Will you oblige a Ceytistant Reader by stating your
opinion respecting the justice of fefiedling tfitt
the land being subject to poor-rates, capital Debt; free
from this onerous tax? Does it not seetil 19rilluitt that the
landlord should be made to ben- all the burden of tl9c poor,
and that the manufacturer, fundholder, and other car?til-
ists should escape without eontributing anything towards
the support of the poor, who fill entirely upon the land ?
There are many who feel this objection which I now lay
before you, and by muting it fairly you will really much
oblige
A DECIDED ENEMY TO A TAX ON BREAD.

March 31, 1840.
[Our Correspondent is mistaken ; capital, such as houses,
factories, &c., is liable to poor-rates. Property in the
funds is not. By a like decision of the Courts even the
profits of trade are held to be liable to this impost, most
erroneously, in our opinion, because the law, we believe,
originally contemplated the produce of land exclusively
as the fund out of which the relief of the poor was to come.
At the time of passing the poor-law there was scarcely
any other surplus property in existence. But supposing
capital wholly exempt from Poor.rates, and supposing
them to be paid wholly and exclusively out of rent, that
may be a good reason for throwing some of the burden on
capital, for revising the law of assessment to the poor, but
no reason whatever for maintaining the Corn-lairs, which
do not fall exclusively on capitalists, but on all who eat
bread, including all the labourers. We have frequently
before had this case presented to us, and our answer has
always been that to tax the labourer by Corn-law, because
the capitalists escape a tax, is a monstrous injustice. If
there be any wrong or partiality in the assessment to the
poor, let that be revised, but let it not be an excuse for
perpetrating an additional injustice.
While we are on the subject, let us add, that it appears
highly probable that much of the present prosperity of the
landed interest, which is attributed to the Corn•laws, ap-
pears more likely to be due to the New Poor-law, which
has lowered the Poor-rates upwards of 2,000,0001. a year,
or 10,933,0131. in ten years.]
London, England, 1840-04-02

THE SuN,

consider this was rating it very low; tan he believttd
would lie a fair Refection for the agrieulturist, and at the
name time place the corn trade on a sounder footing. He
thought when they got to a high price, it would be neces,-
sary to provide for that cireumnaece. He thought when
the prke Was 70s. he would thee propose a nominal duty
of Is. , or a rapidly diminishing scale. What he (lc=
sired was a moderate duty, at the same time lte
did not mean to sty that he precluded himself from changing
hie opinion] if circumstances should appear to him to justify
it. H 3 did not think it necessary to trouble the House
farther than to mention one more topic. He could not
help thinking that the Right Hon. Gentleman the Member
for Tamworth had ,Aeubts whether the present scale of
duties would be permanent ; if such were the case,
ard t!! at opinion was shared by Hon. Members opposite,
tiecould not but ask them to consider whether any time
could be better than the present for making any change that
it might bethought advantageous to make. At the present
moment the stack of foreign wheat was exhausted; no
change they could now make would produce a great im-
portation from abroad. He believed the present state of
the price of corn, both here and abroad, afforded many faci-
lities for making any alteration that might be thought desir-
able. He should rejoice if, contrary to his expectation, they
acceded to the motion of his Hon. Friend to go into com-
mittee. He believed by so doing they would afford great
satisfaction to the country, and put the corn-trade on a
sounder footing than it now was, or ever could be under
the operation of the present laws.
On the motion of Mr. BR OT HERTON, the debate
was then adjourned till to-morrow.
London, England, 1840-04-02

174'2 to 1752
1761... 1770.
17*0 ... 1790..
1795 ... 1799...
1600... 1808.,

Ile had not got the last tables, but there had been a great
reduction since, and he had no doubt that the wages of the
labourer were less than 50 pints at the present moment,
while the landed proprietor received double rent. The
second table was—

Table of the Mortality in Seven of the Manufacturing
districts in England, at four different periods, with the
Average Price of Wheat at each of those periods.—( From
" Barton's Essays on the Condition of the Labouring
Clamses.")
London, England, 1840-06-06

PATENT and other METALLIC PENS,
Manufactured by JAMES HEELY and SONS, Mount-
street, Birmingham.
*** To secure Purchasers from imposition, all Cards and
Boxes of James Heeley and Sons' Pens have the word.'
" JAMES HEELEY and SONS, MOUNT-STREET,
BIRMINGHAM," printed in full, without which none are
genuine. They offer a reward of One Hundred Guineas (on
conviction) to any person who will prove the purchase of spu-
rious imitations of their Pens from wholesale dealers.—Every
card of Pens is accompanied by a holder.
THE DIAMOND PEN

h particularly adapted to the hand of the expeditious writer,
possessing great flexibility, price Is. per Card of Twelve Pens.

THE MACROSTYLE, or SWAN-QUILL PEN,
Is known by its large size, and is the most durable Office
Pen.—lt has considerable strength in the shoulder, and is not
easily damaged. Price Is. 3d. per card, or in boxes containing
One Dozen Pens, price 2s.
London, England, 1840-06-06

LLOYD'S StIii'PING.-(THIS DAY,

iDEgyptian.
--- -
Good Hope ; Enterprise, Pidgeon, Sierra Leone. Sailed
d
•
the Europe, Bowen, for Alexandria, Christiana, Quebec.
Skelton,EAL from 7iNnrilCrTylo\nVi;nPdes StO ‘nlTu.---BAornrriavnejd u, theli ili, (;ape
of
Liveaeoot., JUNE s.—Wind variable and moderate.
Sailed the Astrea, for Vera Cruz ; 'iVilliam Large, Sey_
murar, Jamaica ; Gossipum, Brown, Demerara ; Mary,
Nelson, do. ; Countess of Durham) Stawe, Berbice ; Jose-
phine, Scott, Barbadoes ; Rochdale, Shepherd, St. Vin-
cent; Harriet Scott, Bombay ; Orazimbo, Martin, New
Orleans ; Eleanor, Pemberton, do. ; Albion Lovett, New
York; Sheffield, Allen, do. ; Potomac, Baltimore ; Bru-
nette, Robinson, Boston ; itiga, Smith,. do. ; Sarah Kin-
ney and Abeona, Osson, Quebec ; Sullivan, Brown,
Charleston ; Tamerlane, Theobald, Savannah ; Jessie
Harvey, Newfoundland ; Wils"ras, Starts, Montreal, '•
Anna Elizr, Mattison, Madeira ; Creole, Stephenson,
and Nero, from Monte Video, sailed from thence
March 2G, and reports that the Victoria was to
NumeEwc4a.srleTiri!eamCelyidneto the bar, having'
sail the day following for Bahia ; Blanca and Reward, at
the end of March ; and Argentina in April, fporr:hceisedpr.
from
iluiaLmri
jouTrogNt,oJ (steamer), Allison
broken the shaft of her starboard paddle, and has s'
since pro-
cenled,
to
lit.rrn. JUNE 4.—The Henry Coates, in
sea 3 esterday got on the Sand Point near the Bar, but it is
expected will be got off without much damage, after dis-
charging the cargo.
__--..--....., _

DEATH OF THE HON. MRS. ELPHINSTON.E.
—This venerable lady died at her villa at EnfleLl Chase, en
Tuesday, at the advanced age of ti 4. She \vat the relict of the
lion. \Villinm Fullerton Elphinstone, son of Charles, tenth
Lord Elphinstone, an Ea-.t India Director, and a Commii-
sioner of the Lieutenancy of London, by whom she has left issue
Colonel Keith Elphinstutie, Lady Pulteney Malcolm, and other
chilih•en.
The I-lon. Colonel Grey, Equerry to her Majesty,
and his lady, embarked in the G r cat Ilestern, at
r New Vu ;11. pr oucil 44Yvi!an to
London, England, 1840-06-06

WHiTECHAPEL MEAT MARKET.

There was a moderate supply, and all was cleared off at the
following prices ;—Beef, 3s. to 35. lOd. ; Mutton, 35. Bd. to
4s. 4d. ; Veal, 35. 4d. to 4s. 10d. ; Pork, 3s. 7d. to 4s. 9d.

WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKETS.
The market was well supplied, and prices of Hay unaltered,
except for the best Clover, which was in good demand, and
brought rather higher prices. Clover Hay 3/. 10s. to 5/. !us.
Meadow Hay 21. 10s. to 41 Straw 325. to 345. per load.
London, England, 1840-06-06

RULES TO GOVERN PERSONS WHO HAVE FALLEN INTO DEEP

WATER.

1. As soon as you find yourself at the surface of the
water, whither you are raised by your buoyancy, let your
body quietly take its level, when the water will reach a
little above your chin.
2. Place one leg a little forward and the other a little
backward, and stretch out your arms on either side, keep-
ing them under the water. By a slight paddling motion
you may regulate the position of the head, and prevent it
from gravitating downwards. Make no efforts, but wait
tranquilly until succour arrives. You cannot sink.
3. Do not lay hold of your companion or assistant, or
you will infallibly sink him, without benefiting yourself.
The best swimmer has no more natural buoyancy than
yourself, and would be sunk by the exertion of a very little
force.

4. Be perfectly passive until your helper seize you by
the hind locks of your hair. Upon this, endeavour to se-
cond his efforts by throwing yourself on your back. Hold
your neck stiff, and let your hind head sink into the water;
than try to propel yourself by slowly and regularly kicking
against the water.

5. Be careful to keep every part of your body under
water, except your face.
6. If two or more persons aro immersed together, let
them keep near each other. By this arrangement, one
boat may save the whole party at once, but, if they are
dispersed, one at a time only can be picked up.
RULES TO GOVERN PERSONS WHO ATTEMPT TO RESCUE THE
London, England, 1840-06-06

Rank Stock .

„. . r,
3 per Cent. Red • ” 911 , ' Ditto Bonds
3 per Cent Cons .. Ditto Old Antitiiiie4
3/ per Cent Red........ 994 Ditto New Annuities.—
New 31 per Cent
Bills, 1,000/...2d... 24 pm
New 5 per Cent . . Ditto 5001 '24 pm
Long Annuities to expire
Ditto Small 24 pm
Jan. 1860,
Stock for Acct , .re
Oct. 1859 .... India Stock for Acct —
Jan. 1860......... Consols for Acct 91i
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Adstrian, 5 per cent... Portuguese, 5 per cent.
Belgian, 5 per cent lO4 Ditto, New Ditto —
Brazilian Roes .. ...... Prussian, 5 per cent—.
BuenosAyres, 6 per ant 18 Russian, 5 per cent....
Chilian 6 per cent — Ditto, Metallic
Colombi
an , 6 per cont.., ~..- Spanish, 5 per cent —
Ditto, 1824 — Ditto, Deferred
Danish, 3 per cent —, French,s per cent... --f. —c.
Creek, 1825, 5 percent — Exchange —f. —c.
Mexican, 5 per cent.... --' French,3 per cent —f. ___.c,
Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. Dutch, 2i per cent 541
Peruvian, 182.5, 6 per ct. Ditto, 5 per cent ~ 1014
SHARES,
.Birmingham and Gloucester Railway 7O
Eastern Counties Railway
Great Western Railway
Ditto New Shares 4.51
London and Brighton Railway., 29i
London and Greenwich Railway lo}
London and South Western Railway ... ..... 54
London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) l2
North Mdland Railway
Ditto New Shares. . . .

fpm

We ought not perhaps to let pass, without re-
cord, the death of the Countess Dowager of Cork. According
to the report in the daily papers, she was born on the Zlst of
May, 1746, and had, therefore, entered her ninety-fifth year a
few days before her death. Moore and the younger D'lsraeli,
as our readers may remember, have shadowed forth some traits
of her character in The Twopenny Post Rag," and in
Henrietta Temple" : hot she will he best known to the public
generally as the lest survivor of the embalmed ist Boswell,
Other lathes, indeed, celebrated in that work, outlived their
male contemporaries. Crabbe and Lord Stowell were the last
of the men, aid Lady Chambers (Miss Wilton), Madame
D'Arblay, and the Countess of Cork, all survived them.—
Aihettirtari.

CHESTERFIELD.—During the night of Mon-
day last the town and neightourhood of Chesterfield were
visited.with _
London, England, 1840-06-06

FOOD MOBS.

On account of the high price of grain, serious dis-
turbances have lately taken place at Limerick. Ac-
cording to a private letter, a numerous mob, on Tues-
day, succeeded in pillaging several stores, notwithstand-
ing the exertions of the dragoons and infantry who
paraded the streets, assisted by the police. Some of
the dragoons were knocked off their horses with
stones. A great many persons have been arrested,
principally women, who were the ringleaders in the attack.
Another account, dated Tuesday, says :

" The masses of people congregated were immense ;
that several stores were broken open and plundered ;
the Riot Act read in several parts of the city ; upon
which the people, nothing daunted, threw open their
coats, and cried out, Fire away.' At three o'clock,
the Messrs. Russell sent two waggon-loads of flour to
the market, which they sold in small quantities at half-
price. On leaving Limerick at four o'clock, it was one
vast scene of confusion and disturbance."
London, England, 1840-06-06

H. ASHEAST, M. TO U&. JOHN THOROGOOD.

137, Cheapside, April 2.9, 1840.
ar Sir,—l enclose you the copy of a letter re-
me this morning from Mr.
o not think it right to answer this letter in airy
Way than as you shall direct.
?- suffering is your's, and the principle involved is
se application of which, in your own case, you are
:id and bound to decide upon for yourself.
hall readily do in the matter what you may wish to
done,

nu can answer the letter to Mr.
I will answer it as you may direct.
If you wish me to answer it, then I wish that you
should write to me fully what you with to have said.
I am sure from what I know of you that you will not
suffer yourself t 6 be improperly influenced in the matter,
and, as I have before said, I feel it to be one upon which
your own judgment ouglat to be deliberately exercised.
I therefore send you Mr. letter without
I am, &c.,
comment.

yourself,

w. ki, ASHURST.
London, England, 1840-06-06

SUPPLY OF SUGAR.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Liverpool, June 2, 1840.
Sir,—l have read, with much satisfaction, the letter
of " A Liverpool Merchant," which appeared in your
columns yesterday. He omits the notice of a circum-
stance recorded in the Colonial Magazine, that,
whereas the consumption of sugar in Britain was 301 b.
a head in 1800, it has now fallen to 16. This is start-
ling, if true.
Allow me to suggest, that if insurmountable diffi-
culties deter the Government from admitting foreign
slave-grade sugar. that, the country might be relieved of
its dearth of this necessary by allowing duty to be paid
on the Refined Sugars and Treacle from the bonded
refineries, which, being of British manufacture, cannot
surely bear the odious taint of slavery. The benefit to
the refiners in their present depression, especially at the
outports, would be great. The duties might be 365.
on their loaf-sugar, 28s. to 328. on their bastards, and
lOs. to • 12s. on their. treacle. I believe this scheme
would remove many objections that are urged against a
change of our sugar system ; the advantage to te con-
sumers would be incalculable, as lump would be sold at
d price so low that the poorest could indulge himself
with refined sugar, as is universally the case with the
more fortunate inhabitants of continental kingdoms.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
ANOTHER LIVERPOOL MERCHANT.
London, England, 1840-06-06

WORSHIP-STREET.

THE KNlFE.—Samuel Hawkes a journeyman um-
brella maker, living in Crooked Billet-court, Shoreditch,
was charged before Mr. Maltby with having made a
determined attempt Co murder his wife with a clasp knife.
Martha Hawkes, the prosecutrix, stated that she had
been married to the prisoner about eighteen months, and
had suffered much from the effects of his violent temper
and his drunken and dissipated habits. At ten o'clock
on the preceding night she went to bed without waiting
the arrival of the prisoner, whose irregular habits ren-
dered it doubtful when he would return ; but at about
twelve o'clock she heard the sound of footsteps upon the
stairs, immediately after which the room door was
opened, and the prisoner entered and ztealthily advanced
towards the bed. On reaching it he leant over her and
gave her hair a slight twitch, apparently to ascertain if
she was asleep, which she pretended to be as she dreaded
some violence, but on casting a glance upwards she saw
his right hand, in which he grasped a knife, uplifted over
her head. She started aside as the blow was descending,
and the knife lodged in the pillow, where her head had
just rested. She spranr, out of bed screaming for as-
sistance, and after, snatching up the knife, she ran into,
the street and placed herself under the protection of a
policeman.

The policeman was then examined, and the knife and
pillow were produced, when
Mr. MALTBY said that thote could be no doubt of his
guilty purpose, and he should remand him until Wed-
nesday next, wlren in all probability he would be com-
mitted for trial.

THE BITER BIT.—On Thursday, the 21st
ult., as Mr. Peter Bramwell, j"n, Who has taken the catch..
ing of the moles in the woodlands of Chapel-en-le-Frith, was
going- round to, his traps, as usual, to see a there was any game
in them, he found in' one a weasel and a mole hinged together.
It is supposed the weasel was_, in pursuit of the black game,
and was so near capturing it, that both plunged into the trap at
the same time,—Derby Reporter"
London, England, 1840-06-06

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

"The following appeared in our Second Edition of
last night :

We have received the following telegraphic despatch,
dated Toulon, June 3 :
THE MARITIME EJIEFECT TO THE MINISTER OF MARINE.
On Cle 7th the Arabs attacked the camp of Ayn
Turco to the west of ,Setif. During the attack 400 of
the 67th Regiment fell unexpected upon the rear of the
assai:ants, while the garrison was making a sortie. The
Arabs were overwhelmed, leaving 400 men on the field.
We had seventeen killed and thirty-seven' wounded.
tOn the 15th the camp was the objet.t of another as-
sault, which cost the enemy 200 killed, while we had
'only ona wounded. On the same day General Gallon
arrived at Ayn Turco.
On the 22nd, 1,000 Arabs made another attempt on
the camp of the Arrouch. Several dead bodies were
found in the passes on the following day.
These details were sent to me by the naval com-
mandant at Algiers, under date of the 30th ult.
PAIUS, Tlitlrsdar----
he awvertirriiidin to resliempirilft
appointment of A'
London, England, 1840-06-06

NAPOLEON'S REMA

The following letter from the Count
(Joseph Bonaparte) to Marsha: ClausA, is
Capitole of Thursday :

London
"My dear Marshal-_I have readu y ,
0-
the honours to be rendered to the memory of she or report.
E
ir
I am ignorant as to whether you 'arc aware that r
the Emperor entrusted me with several millions it .•
tions and delegations from his civil list, and th..!
to M. Perregaux, one df- his chamberlains, ar.d
in the house of Laffitte, four millions in gold on
previous to his departure from Malmoison. '‘
Rochefort, and with the intention of our prose,
America, in two different vessels, he desired t
should not sail until I should he certain th,te
had escaped from the surveillance of the 1;....,
squadron. 1 asked him what I was to do wit:, . ~.
millions of rescriptions which I had placed with :%;. • -,
my brother-in-law, ' I hope,' replied he, ' that we
meet in America; but if it be written that we are not
see each other again elsewhere than in the other --,,0: I.
then, my friend, you will make that use of it whi,.‘.. . . .
think I should bare myself made if I were in . - .t
and you in mine.' Tin?. four millions in viti, .et
showed me the receipt, ;lave been disposed of uy in,, w 11,
on the house of Laffitto ; the six millions ;n pan e•..
caped the surveillance of the police ; they were ~. -,,
iron chest and buried by M. Clary and his fatten::: -..ee.t-
tary. They were restored to me in London in Utt-,.33, on
my first return from America. I have disposed uf •-.:. t7reat
part of these bills, which are ray.able to bearer, t-,ae,rnea-
bly with the presumed intention 4, of the Emw-roz -,, but
four millions remain. My brother Lucien receired luirtt
the Emperor direct two millions froin his Civil List . O.
the four millions of which I can disfo. se I apporteton a aril.
lion for the noble remnant of the in/ erial Guard, sou a:
.
million to replace that which your Conan 'at" proposed ir
addition to the credit already applied for, convinced tha.
Napoleon would like rue have acted as Ide 1 now—he whc
knew so well that gold is after all the swet
t. of the pool
and the blood of the bravo. If we are to mce tin the other
world, Napoleon will approve of the use which I have mad.
of his confidence. I rely upon you, my dear . Marshal, L.
present in a proper manner the devoted hornak -e of rn
sentiments to the nation whose sympathy for the mat
whew I loved most dearly has affected me so k 'ensiftblY
Accept the assurance of my old friendship.—You, - ,aacc'
tioaate friend, "JOSEPH NAPOLEG 11•"
London, England, 1840-06-06

TIE FUNDS.

The Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon may be
quoted a shade better. Consols which closed yesterday
at 91i a for the opening, are at present 914-; Reduced
911 ; Exchequer Bills, 23 26 prem. ; India Bonds,
1 4 prem. ; Bank Stock, 1761 177; India Stock, 2531 2541.
In the Foreign Market,' the only business doing is in
Spanish Active, which is a little better, 27 ; Deferred,
1214 ; Passive, 61 i; Portuguese, 351 1 ; Three per
Cents. 24-it, ; Colombian 24 261 ; Mexican 311- 32 ;
Brazilian, 76i 77; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.,
54 ; Five per Cents., 1011 4.
Shares.—Real Del Monte, 4. 5 ; Great Western
Railroad, 32 33 prem. ; Lon2on and Brighton, 53f 51
I discount; Blackwell, 1i 11 prem. ; Birmingham, 88 90
prem. ; Southampton, 53 54 per share; Croydon, 11 14

. _
19 per share.
PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock — India Stock ... ...... ...
3 per Cent. Red....
3 per Cents. Con. — South Sea Stock
3i per Cent.
Ditto Red
New 3i per Cent. ...... 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751
New 5 per Cent.
Bank Long Annuities to expire Ditto ...... 5001. 26 24 pin.
Jan. 5, 1860. .. 13 11-16 Ditto Small
Oct. 10, 1859.
Jan. 5, 1660. ...... Ditto Advertised 23 25 pm.
Jan. 5, 1880.
April 5, 1880. ...
Jan. 5, 1870.
PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, JUNE 4.
3 per Cent. Consols
Three and Half Stock 99 Grand Canal Stock
Ditto Reduced ...... ... Ditto Debs. 6 per cent...
Ditto New, 1830 ...... 991 Ditto 4 per cent —
S per Cent.. Debs.
HALF-PAST ONE.

A private letter received from Macao of 4th February,
states that one or two merchant ships had passed the
Bogue with a quantity of dollars, which were seized by
the Chinese, owing-to their being chop dollars, the usual
currency of the country ; and the Chinese inferred that
they had been abstracted in return for opium by the Eng-
lish and others.

The operations both in the British and Foreign Market
during the course of the morning have been of such minor
importance, that a great many of its members have left
for the country. This is generally the case on Saturday,
particularly when there is no continental intelligence.
Consols at present a shade lower, 914 for the open-
ing; Reduced 911 t it, lower; Exchequer Bills 2 lower,
26 4 prem ; India Wtids lower? ;3 1 prem. ; Bank Stock
nothing done.
. _ _

In the Foreign Market Spanish Active 27 to it ;- Por-
tuguese 351 ; Mexican 32i; Belgian 104; Dutch Two-
and-a-1121f per Cents., 54C; Five per Cents. 1011.
In the Share Market scarcely a bargain doing. Not a
'eature worth notice. We have quite a blank day.
CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.
India Stock
London, England, 1840-06-06

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The SPEAKER took the Chair at Half-past One o'clock.
Mr. GODSON presented a petition from the grocers
and sugar consumers of Kidderminster, praying the House
to admit to home consumption all free labour sugar upon
the payment of such duties as might seem reasonable.
Sir R. FE RG USSON presented a petition from the
solicitors of the town of Nottingham, complaining of the
inconvenience of having the Courts of Law at Westminster-
hall.

Sir G. GREY presented a petition from the Mission-
ary Society, praying for the disconnection of the India
Government from the idolatrous worship of that country.
Lord MORPETH presented a petition from Doncas-
ter, deprecating the opium trade; one from Selby against
certain clauses of the Hull Docks Bill, and four petitions
front places in Yorkshire, praying for the abolition of
Church-rates.
ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE.

Lord M 0 RPETH moved that the House at its rising,
do adjourn till Wednesday.
Sir GEORGE SINCLAIR said that as many corn.
plaints were made out of doors with respect to the
transaction of business in that House—of the number of
holidays in the parliamentary calendar—the difficulty in
fine weather of obtaining a House, the practice of adjourned
debates, by which the public time was consumed, and
the late hours at which business was transacted, he
should take an opportunity, before the Session was over,
of calling the attention of the House to the subject.

„,
Mr. 14:WART said he was convinced it would be found
necessary to alter the time of the sittings of the House.
The motion was then agreed to.
NOTICES OF MOTION.—PUNISHMENT OF
London, England, 1840-06-06

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

Their Lordships met at Two o'Clock, when there were,
however, only three Peers present—Lord Denman on the
Woolsack, Lord Duncannon, Lord .:edesdale, and a
Bishop.
Mr. Bernal, Mr. Macauley, and others, brought from
the Commons the Grand Jury Cess (Ireland) Bill, and the
Customs Duties Bill, which were severally read a first
time, and ordered to be printed. . .

The Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Act Amendment
Bill was read a second time.

Sundry Enclosure and Small Debt Bills were advanced
a stage.
The Belfast Water Bill was read a third time, and
passed, with the Inverness Roads Bill.
On the motion of Lord DUNCANNON, the Grand
Jury Cess (Ireland) Bill was ordered to be read a second
time on Thursday next.—Adjourned.
London, England, 1840-06-01

" solid comforts" claim the care of Mr. Hare, of the
Roebuck. nt Richmond, who, from his own lore of the
good things of this life, knows well how to consult the
taste of others. There will he the usual " table (thole,"
pro bono public°, under the Grand Stand, to enjoy which
the privilege of a ticket of admission is unnecessary.

At present the promise of favourable weather is
most flattering ; and if the Commissioners of the Roads
could only be persuaded to water the roads from Mer-
ton to Epsom on the one side, and from Sutton to the
course on the other, they would entitle themselves to
the gratitude, and no doubt receive the grateful acknow-
ledgments, of the fair sex, to whom the clouds of dust,
in which they are generally enveloped, operate as the
principal drawback to the pleasures of the excursion.
Epsom was yesterday crowded with anxious inquirers
into the state of the nags that had arrived, a vast num-
ber of whom remained to witness the " gallops" this
morning, but whether with any advantageous result
remains to be discovered. The Spread Eagle and all
the other inns were overflowing, and "beds out" became
"the order of the night," to the no small delight of those
who are at all times ready to couple courtesy with
profit. Some of the " Cracks" had not yet arrived ;
but rumour stated the absentees to be in perfect con-
dition, and of course looking in all respects like winners.

SPURTING INTELLIGENCE.

EPSOM RACES.

The following is a complete list of the appointments for this
meeting, which commences to-morrow :
London, England, 1840-06-01

EVENING EDITION.

FINE ARTS.

MR. BEWICK S DRAWINGS.
These drawings were privately exhibited on Saturday
night, previously, we suppose to their being exhibited to
the public at large. They are taken from the works of
Michael Angelo in the Sistine Chapel at Rome, and
were executed by order of the late Sir Thomas Law-
rence, who intended to have presented them to the
School of Painting in the Royal Academy. They are
thirteen in number, and not one but exhibits a striking
proof of Michael Angelo's grandeur of conception and
incomparable vigour of execution. Among the most
striking, we may mention the Prophet Isaiah, who
looks the express image of inspiration. His countenance
expresses a world of deep thought, as though he were
meditating on the approaching advent of the Messiah.
The Cumozan Sybil is also an impressive sketch. Mr.
Bewick has copied the originals with great skill and
spirit, so much so as to convey a very vivid idea of the
great Italian artist's manner.
NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
London, England, 1840-06-01

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JLAY Tent, Flag, and Rick Cloth Manufacturer, 2, Duke-
street, London-bridge, and 208, Piccadilly.
" Every hour, every minute' of Lord: Snowdon's time was
now occupied in reparations %r the *cepticn of the Royal
party. Gunter was forthwith eaaksi intb council ; Edgington
was summoned in the tent and marquee department."—Love
and Pride, voL ii., p. 77.
Marquees and Tents, with boarded flood, and tastefully lined,
suitable for ro and nole parties, or fetes of the most exten-
sive and brilliant character, may be had at the above esta-
blishment.

A Warehouse at 208, Piccadilly.
Address at full length, Benjamin Edgington, 2, Duke-street,
Southwark.

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"A report has just come in from the Commando,
Which is said to be 450 strong, that General Roedalf
18 expected to join with another party of from 100 to 150
?nen, whom be has collected over the mountain. It is also
stated in a letter from Stephaeus Mauritz, the President,
to C. Bushner, that Topoza had sent two captains to the
Tonle, offering to assist the farmers."
The expedition against Dingaan left Port Natal on the
14th of January, and returned on the 24th of February,
Without the loss of a man, having previously destroyed
the whole power of Dingaan, who has fled with about 100
men. Panda has proved faithful to the Emigrants, his
army having, on the 30th of January, without the assist-
ance, of the Emigrant Commando, attacked the columns of
"ingaan's three regiments, which was the whole of his
array. Two of them have been completely cut to pieces,
and the third entirely dispersed, of which one-half has
-Caine ever to Panda. From the official journal it appears
that 30,000 head of cattle have been recovered by the ex-
pedition from Dingaan.
Panda has been constituted King of the Zoolas by the Erni.
grants, and has entered into a joint treaty of amity and friend.
ship. The emigrants seem to be free from all fear of further
inroads on the part of Dingaan, and consider themselves
secure.
On the 14th February the Chief Commandant confl4-
eated the kingdom of Dingvan, on account of his having fled.
Loss OF THE PARAGON.—We regret to announce the
loss of the Paragon, from the Mauritius, on Wednesday
evening, near the light-house in Table-bay. The ship is
a total wreck, but all lives were saved.
" PORT NATAL, JAN. 31.—1 have not the slightest
doubt that every thing will go on prosperously here, but,
In consequence of the treacherous character of the natives,
the emigrants are still compelled to congregate together.
The
town of Pieta Meurittzburgh is increasing rapidly.
The Rope steamer has been lost, but the passengers
and crew, amounting to 72 persons, arc all saved, on the
each near Cape St. Francis."

SWELLENDAMi MARCH 12.—1 regret to communicate
to you the total loss of the French ship La Lire, at
Augulhas Point, on last Monday night. The report is
that this vessel was bound to Bordeaux from the Mauritius,
laden with sugar and coffee. The captain, together
With the mates and others, to the number of 20, have pe-
rished, and their bodies have been washed up. Thirteen
of the crew only have 'reached the shore alive. The body
af. Mr. Rey, to whom the cargo belonged, together with
those of his wife and children, are amongst those washed up.
" J. A SPELING, Acting Civil Commander."

We have received Montreal Papers to the 9:h of May,
from wb;ch we make the fallowing extract :
" Fur the last three days there has been exceedingly
uripletaunt soaking rain and a chilly atmosphere, keeping
us in mind of winter."

Our chief arrival this morning is from Li-bon, and the
Ilews of the death of the King of Prussia.
By the Lisbon mail this morning, we have the opening
of the Cortes, with the Queen of Portugal's Speech.
London, England, 1840-06-01

RESTRAINTS ON MARRIAGE.
AT a MEETING of PARTIES AG-
GRIEVED by the existing RESTRICTIONS upon
MARRIAGE, held at the Office of Messrs. Crowder and
Maynard, No. 3, Mansion-house-place, Lond9n, on Thursday,
the 21st of May, a Committee, consisting of seven of the gen-
tlemen present, was appointed (with power to add to their num-
ber), to take the necessary steps for obtaining a repeal of the
objectionable restrictions upon Marriage, and more particularly'
that which prohibits Marriage With a deceased Wife's-Sister ;
and it was resolved, that the objects of the Meeting should be
forthwith published in such of the London and Provincial Pa-
pers as the Committee might think proper, with a view to ob-
tain the active co-operAtion of all Parties interested.
Communications to be addressed to Messrs. Crowder and
Maynard, as above.

BRIGHTON.
BELLE VUE MANSION HOTEL,
KING'S ROAD, BRIGHTON.
WILLIAM CARTER respectfully begs leave to announce
tothe NOBILITY and GENTRY visiting this FASHION-
ABLE PLACE, that he has this season made considerable
improvements in the above WELL-SITUATED ESTAB-
LISHMENT.
He has newly furnished the greater part of the Hotel ;
and fitted up the COFFEE-ROOM with a view to Comfort
and Economy.
W. C., therefore, flatters himself that the BELLE VUE
MANSION HOTEL will be found equal to an
y siilar
Establishment in Brighton, whether for AIRINESS OF SI-
TUATION (facing the Sea), or for extreme attention to
the comfort of those who may honour him with their patronage.
GOOD STABLING, &c. &c.
BELLE VUE MANSION HOTEL, KING'S-ROAD,
BRIGHTON, Aped'. 1840.

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QMARTS PRONOUNCING DICTION-
ARY of the ENGLISH LANGUAGE, Epitomized
on a Plan which allows of full definitions to the Leading Words
and Large Additions to the Terms of Modern Science : with
a KEY to the Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture
Names, &c.
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London, England, 1840-06-01

WEDNESDAY.

The Derby Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h. ft., &e., Mile and half.
Of the 144 horses engaged, not above nineteen or twenty are
expected to run. The names of those in the neighbourhood
will be found below.
The Ashtead Stakes of 5 cove. each, with 40 added. Three
years old, 7st 101 b ; four, Sst llib ; five, Ost 21b.; six and
aged, 9st 41b ; males and geldings allowed 31b ; the winner
to be sold for I'2o sovs. one mile.
Mr. Minckam's b f 'March Wind, by Laurel, out of Delce's
dam, 3 yrs; Mr. Flintoff's car c Intruder, 5 yrs, Mr. Monk's
ch g Nominee. 4 yrs ; Mr. Brick's cis rn Latona, aged ; Mr.
Booth's ch g Hahneman, 5 yrs; Mr. Clifton's b m Terebrosa,
4 yrs ; Mr. Faulconer's b m March First, 5 yrs ; :Mr. Bacon's
b m Maid of Kent, 5 yrs.
The Walton Slakes of 5 sovs eaeli, with 40 added. Three
years o'd, 7st 101 b ; four, bat I lib ; five, 9st 21b ; six and ageti,
9st 41b ; mares and geldings allowcil 31b ; the winner of the
Ashtead to carry alb extra ; the winner to be sold for ICO sovs.
Last half mile : —Mr. Firth's b m Wilderness, 3 yrs ; Captain
Gsrdnor's br f by The Colonel, out of Mary Anne, 3 yrs ; Mr.
Balchin's b. f Clematis, by Camel, dam by Carnon Ball (half
bred), 3 yrs ; Mr. Fauiconer's br m sister to Professor, 5 yrs.
Burgh Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 40 added ; three
years old, 8.3 t 21b ; four, Bst 1 lib ; Tice, 9st ; six and ag ,
ed
get •2.1 b ; mares and geldings allowed 31h. The winner to be
sold fur SO secs. Lat :—Mr. Astley's ch mby
Langar, out of Candia's darn, 4 yrs ; Duke of Bedford's ch f
Lucy Kernble, :3 yrs; Mr. Gooslain's ch g Huck
Ca ster, 6 yrs ;
pt. Gardnor's g f Pulclierima, by Rowton, out of Coma, 4
yrs; Mr. Fauleoner's gr in sister to Professor, 5 yrs ; Captain
Lamb's ch f by Zinganee, out of Mettledown, 3 yrs; Sir.
Finch's ch g PorreAcr, 4 yrs ; Mr. Hodson's b m Kate
Kearney, by Reveller, darn by Partisan, 3 yrs ; Mr. Seifert's
b c May First, 4 yrs.
London, England, 1840-06-01

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, May 29.
WALTER. V. LLOYD AND ANOTHER.

This was an action brought by an attorney to recover
1,11., for expenses that he had been put to in attempting
to form a Liceased Victualler Foreign Wine and Spirit
Company. The defendants at the trial gave evidence of
payments being made to the plaintiff, on account, namely,
21. from each D'rector, to the amount of 201., according
to an agreement between the plaintiff and the defendants.
The Jury found a verdict for the defendants.
Mr. Sergeant WILDE applied this morning to set aside
the verdict, on the ground that there was not sufficient evi-
dence to go to the Jury.
The COURT reserved their decision.
London, England, 1840-06-01

TUESDAY,

The Craven Stakes of 10 sovs. each, for three years old, Est. ;
four, Bst. ; five, Bst. 91b. ; six, 9st. 21b. ; and aged, 9st. 51b.
The last mile and a quarter.
Colonel Wyndham's br c Pestonjee Bomanjee, 5 yrs ; Sir G.
Heathcote's b f La Bellezza, 4 yrs ; Lord Kelburne's ch m Im-
pertinence, 5 yrs ; Mr. Robertson's br f by Augustus, out of
Cinderella, 3 yrs : Mr. Bond's bl c by Clearwell, out of Nina;
Mr. Eddison's ch c Ruler, 3 yrs.
The Woodcote Stakes of 30 sovs. each, h ft., for two yrs old
colts, Bst 61b, and tillies, Bst 31b. New T. Y. C., three
quarters of a mile.
Captain Gardnor's b c by Sheet Anchor, out of Lady Ful-
ford ; Mr. Webb's ch c by Recovery, out of Minna, by the
Colonel ; Mr. Faulconer's ch f by Velocipede, out of Arbis
Mr. Greville's br g Palamon.

The Shirley Stakes of 25 sovs. each, for three year old colts,
Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 41b.
Mr. Thornhil's Menalippe ; Mr. Etwall's c- by Mulatto, out
of Melody ; Mr. Trenn's ch c Fitzroy ; Lord Lyndedoch's
Jeffy ; Sir G. Heatheote's bl f Bussorah, by Camel.
The Epsom Stakes, 5 sovs. each, with a subscription added by
the Town, and from the Fund, of not less than 40 soya. three
yrs old, ist ; four, Bst 51b ; five, Bst 12Ib; six and aged, 9st
llb : mares and gelding's allowed 31b, the second horse to
receive back his stake ; the winner to be sold for 200 sovs.
&e. heats, one mile.

Mr. I. Day's b 1 Canace, 4 yrs; Mr. Steven's b g Smasher,
by Shortwaist, out of Smash, 3 yrs; Capt. Gardnor's b c Bar-
rabbas, 4 yrs; Mr. Brick's b c Shaffer. 5 yrs; Mr. Stirling's
ch f Mis Matilda, by Aaron, out of Matilda, 3 yrs ; Mr. V.
King's e h Appleton Lass, 4 yrs ; Mr. Bristow's b c Alsdorff,
4 yrs ; Sir G. Ileathcote's ch f, by Velocipede, out of Stately,
3 yrs.
London, England, 1840-06-01

EVENING EDITION.

XONEy AND COMMERCIAL NEWS

CITY, T WEL VE O' CL CK.
It being a double post day, we have a late delivery of
letters and papers from the Post-office.
Arrivals this Morning.—Two French, two Ostend, and
one Dutch mail, also a mail from Malta, by the Braganza,
sailed May 11, from Corfu, May 8, Gibraltar, May 22,
Cadiz, May 23, Lisbon, May 25, Oporto, May 2ti.
Ship letteri from Rio Janeiro, Ascension, and Sierra
Leone, Calcutta, Jan. 23, Cape, March 25, Madras, Feb.
11, Cape, April 2, and March 27.
Naw YORK.—We have received the Journal of Com-
merce by the Ann Griffith, of Antwerp, of yesterday's
date:—

" BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM, 29 May.—The National
Vunds have not varied on 'Change to-day; still they were
more firm; and the business doing was not of im-
portance. The Society of Commerce actions were rather
lower ; the fall of Ardoires:Spanish at Antwerp, caused some
Bales to be made ; they receded about 2- per cent.
We have received Cape of Good Hope papers to the
29th March.
PORT NATAL.—Extract of a letter, 3 July:
London, England, 1840-06-01

BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)

Robert Cruikshank, the —artist, was brought before Mr
HALL, charged with being in a state of intoxication on
Saturday night, Lnd having in his possession a soldier's
coat, belt, cap, and other articles, in which he was attired,
without being able to give a satisfactory account of them.

Constable—Lott, 67, said that at ten o'clock at night ile
found the defendant drunk, and suspecting, from the awk-
ward manner in which he conducted himself. Ghat the ha-
biliments in which he appeared could not belong to him,
he questioned him, but could get no information; and on
taking him to the station-house the coat which he wore
was sent to the barracks at Cbaring-cross, where it was
recognized as belonging to a private of the regiment, who
has not since been heard of.

Sergeant James Baker, First Battalion of the Scotch
Fusileers, proved that the articles produced, which he valued
at 103., belonged to a private, named Huston, who could not
be found since Saturday night,and as it was supposed he had
deserted, the Commanding-officer was anxious that the law
should be put in force against the person who was tl.e
cause of it.

I-lALL, after looking over the Act, said that the law
was very clear upon the subject, and asked the &fondant
who he was, or how he could be guilty of such au indis.
cretion ?
London, England, 1840-11-25

MR. ANDERSON'S LETTER TO MR. STOWELL,

High Pctergatc, York, Nov. 16, 18.10.
REV. SIR,—As the President of the York Catholic
Society, I am directed to call your attention to the articles
which during the past week have appeared in the Morn-
ing Chronicle and several other newel aper., respecting a
statement alleged to have been made by you, to the eff2ct—
" That a gentleman of high respectability, in Yorkshire,
who presided at our meeting there, told me that a Roman
Catholic gentleman, of distinction and honourable conduct
in the county, said, in conversation with him, ` I hope
there will be a war with France, and I hope France will
conquer England, because then our Church will have a
chance of recovering her rights.' "
I shall feel much obliged if you will inform me whether
or not you made a statement of the nature above alluded
to, and if you did make such a statement, I hope you will
not object to favour me with the lames of the Chairman
and Riman Catholic gentleman to whom such statement
referred.

I am, Reverend Sir, your obedient humble servant,
R. HENRY ANDERSON.
To the Rev. Hugh Stowell, Manchester.

MR. STOWELL'S REPI.Y.
Manchester, Nov. 21, 1840.
Silt,— I have Leen from home, or I should have replied
to your letter immediatel:. I
do not nanswer to y
hold
myosucri
1.1 n
responsiblequ:ri
whatthat
may appear in
as those
such reports of my speechesgiven by the Londcn
papers, of my recent address in Exeter-hall. A few hand-
fuls of broken fragments from a speech of nearly two
hours, can only convey a very false impression of its
statements.

At the same time, as Ido not at all consider you to be
authorised in attempting to interrogate me respecting what
I may choose to say in public, I must decline entering
into any explanation on the subject of your letter.
lam Sir, yours truly, HUGH STOWELL.
R. H. Anderson, Esq., High Petergate, York,