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London, England, 1832-06-02 00:00:00

PRICES OF SHARES THI

Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 51.
Boland s Mining Company
Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 51
British Iron Mining Company
General Mining Association
Real dcl Monte Mining. C 0....,
United Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 21
Ditto New Snip
Alliance Fire Insurance Comp
Australian Cu.
Canada Company

COURSE OF EXCH.
Amsterdam C.F 19 5
Ditto, at 5ight......... '2
Rotterdam o U 12 5
Antwerp 12 7
Hamburg M.B. 14 01
Altona l4 Oi
Paris, 3 days' sight 25 90
Ditto U.26 5
Bordeaux 26 10
Berlin

ELIO( fort on Maine, Ex. M. 155
Petersburgh, ruble, 3 Us. 10 0
Vienna, effective H. 2 31. 10 i 3
Trieste do
Madrid 351.6
Cadiz 35%
Gilboa 1556
Barcelona 3514
Seville 3514
Gibraltar 4714

Arrived,

WOK YESTERDAY.

Leghorn 47%
Genoa "6 5
Venice 47
Malta 46
Naples
Palermo per oz. 121
Lisbon
Oporto 47
Rio .Taneiro
Bahia 10
Buenos Ayres
Dublin, 21 days' sight 1%
Cork l}k:,

BULLION, PUB OZ.
X. S. d.
Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0
Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9
New Doubloons 4 0 0
New Dollars
Silver bars, standard 0 4 10;

Due. (Arrived.

Due.

0 America 0 1 Hamburg 0
O Brazil
O Buenos Ayres 0 0 Jamaica 0
0 Carthagena 0 0 Leeward Islands ... 0
1 Dublin 0 1 Lisbon 0
O Flanders 0 0 Malta 0
O France 0 I 0 Sweden
O Guernsey&Jersev.. 0 1 Waterford

TO CORRESPONDENTS.
The Slavery Petition 6hall appear on Monday, if we can find
room. It has been in type for a week.

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LONDON,
SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 2, 1832.

The Reform Bill last night advanced another
stage—the Report was received, the Bill ordered
to be engrossed, and read a third time on Mon-
day. On Tuesday it will be sent to the Corn
mons for their approval of what amendments
have been made, and on Wednesday the KING
will give the great charter of English liberty
the Royal Assent. Then begins, the jubilee
of human happiness, for Reform in England
will be the harbinger of peace to nations, and
the surest guarantee of freedom to generations
yet unborn.

Notwithstanding the late decided marks of
public disapprobation, it is painful to see a party
at Court still going on in their mad career.
Were that conduct such as to affect only them-
selves no Englishman would care two straws
about the matter—no one in fact would feel
any thing but joy if the whole foreign faction
were shipped off to-morrow ; but when we
reflect that the politics of that party have
banished the Duke of SUSSEX from Court,
that their influence has established the HowEs
and the ASIILEYS, and the CUMBERLANDS
and GLOUCESTERS around the person of the
SOVEREIGN, against the will of the Ministry
and the whole nation, and that there seems a de-
termination to insult public feeling even at the
risk of the personal convenience and well-earned
popularity of the KING, we cannot find words
sufficiently strong to express our indignation.
Well might a High Personage exclaim, " GOD
preserve me from my friends !" for no enemies at
the present moment could do him half the
mischief that he is now enduring from the con-
duct of those who are bound by every tie of
gratitude to consult, not only his ease and com-
fort, but the security of the Throne. The
people of England are not easily excited to rash
acts, but when once their resolution is taken,
there is no people on earth more obstinate, more
determined in their purpose, and more unani-
mous in carrying it fully into effect. They have
withstood the united power of Europe and are
not now to be diverted from their purpose by
the agents and emissaries of the petty despots
of Germany. The truth is, there is a com-
motion going on in that country ; the flame
of liberty, which shone with such splendour
from Poland on the East, has been reflected from
Great Britain on the West, and will one day
carry its avenging fires into the strong holds of
despotism, though guarded by all the bayonets
of Russia, Austria, and Prussia. The So-
vereigns of the smaller states, with whom
this country has, unfortunately, been so long
connected, saw that in En if Reform prevailed
England and liberal Government ruled
the destinies of the nation, their day of reckon-
ing would soon come. No wonder they looked
with such dismay at the Reform Bill, and used
every intrigue to defeat it. No wonder the
emissaries of these Sovereigns have such a pre-
dilection for Ultra Tories. Their only salvation
s the anti-Reforming Conservatives. Cer-
tain destruction, they know, awaits them while
France and England remain united and free ; and
it was natural for them, however unjust towards
this country, to
use the influence of
their cousins, and
sisters, and brothers
to ward off the evil day. The people of this
country, however, are not to be d h ecetve,.—t ey
are aware of the real cause of the partiality shown
to the Anti-Reformers—the Press has long
known it, but with a praiseworthy forbearance, and
out of regard to the KING, refrained from di-
recting attention to it, till silence would have

',een a crime. The veil has now been withdraw►►,
►nd the consequences rest on the heads of
those men and those women, who have, fot
their own selfish purposes, undermined the
;oyalty of the people, and embittered the latter
lays of our SOVEREIGN. We earnestly implore
these people, for the KING'S sake, to desist from
their mad attempts. They are mistaken if they
think they can brave with impunity the wishes
of the people of England. Obstinacy is good
only in a good cause. In a bad one it becomes
a crime, and we hardly recollect an instance in
which it has been exerted against the will of a
whole nation, without bringing destruction on
those who were blind enough to yield to its in-
fluence.

There appears to be a general wish to cele-
brate the passing of the Reform Bill by a day of
joy and thanksgiving, and for that purpose the
15th of June, the anniversary of the signing of
Magna Charta, has been suggested by some cor-
respondents. We think a better day might be
chosen. The Royal Assent cannot be given to
the Scotch and Irish Bills by that day, and till
they receive the KING'S fiat the nation's joy
will not be complete. Magna Charta, no doubt,
was a great event, but it was brought about by
the Barons, and was made chiefly for them.
The second Great Charter, the Reform Bill, is
the work of the people, and is of itself suffi-
ciently glorious to form an epoch which shall
be remembered and held in reverence by the
latest generations. The most suitable day of all
would be that, as we have already recommended,
on which the KING goes down to Parliament to
give his Assent to the last of the three Bills,
and could the progress of the Scotch and Irish
Bills be so accelerated as to make that fall on the
26th of June (his MAJEsTY's accession to the
throne), we think it would meet with the appro-
bation of the three kingdoms. We merely throw
this out as a hint. Ten days more will show
whether there is a reasonable chance of the Bills
being completed by that day.

The near approach of the settlement of the
Reform Bill calls imperatively upon those inha-
bitants of boroughs who will become voters un-
der its operation, to look about them for fit and
proper persons to become their Representatives
in the first Reformed Parliament, from which so
much will be expected by the country.
This duty is especially incumbent upon the
inhabitants of boroughs hitherto close, but
which are now to receive an extension of the
elective franchise, as they will doubtless have an
old and strong influence to contend against, and
must not expect otherwise than that parties who
have for so long a period held sway over their
fellow-citizens, will use every effort to obtain an
ascendancy in the return of Members to Par-
liament.

The present is also an appropriate period for
gentlemen of independence and of popular prin-
ciples, who may be desirous of selling their
country in Parliament, to make kno xn their
views and principles, especially to the constitu-
ency which any fortuitous circumstances may
render it possible for them to represent ; for,
doubtless, there will be many boroughs in want
of such candidates, the electors of which, with
the magnanimity that has been so conspicuous
throughout the country during the late arduous
struggle, will look to persons capable of carry-
ing out the advantages to be derived from the
great charter so nobly won, with a view to ge-
neral national interests, in preference to private
advantage and local possessions.
Newport, in the Isle of Wight, appears to be
a borough, prepared to receive favourably candi-
dates whose principles are founded on a liberal
view of the great questions that are likely to en-
gage the attention of the Legislature in the first
Session of a Reformed Parliament, having a
large proportion of electors determined to sup-
port candidates upon an enlarged view of the
general good, and to return two independent
Members to Parliament free of every expense.

The German Papers received to-day give
further proof, if any were necessary, of the joy
so suddenly manifested among the despots of
Germany, and other parts of the continent, at
the defeat of Earl GREY on the Reform
Bill. That defeat, thank Heaven, has only
been momentary, and those who betrayed their
hatred by such extravagant delight, may now re-
pent or mourn at their leisure. The English
Reform Bill will, indeed, produce a revolution
on the continent—but it will be a revolution for
the benefit of mankind. Tyranny has very
nearly numbered its days in Europe :

VIENNA, MAY 20.—The rejection of the Reform Bill
in the Upper House, and the retirement of Lord Grey from
the Administration, are here considered as of very great
importance. It is acknowledged that the entire situation
of Europe may assume another form in consequence of it.
The next accounts from London are therefore looked fur
with much anxiety. The latest accounts we have are of
the 12th, when the new Ministry was not formed. Mean-
time, it is likely that consultations will take place between
our Cabinet and foreign Courts, and every possible case be
taken into consideration. Thus the young Prince Schwar-
zenburg set out yesterday express to Berlin. Particulor
attention is paid to the affairs of Switzerland and Germany,
and a conviction is felt that the present state of things in
those countries cannot be prolonged, consistently with the
maintenance of peace and legal order. The merchants
who look on public affairs with a view to their practical
results, refrain as much as possible from business, and
prefer a transitory inactivity to all profitable engagements,
which are very liable to be affected by the poli-
tical vicissitudes of the titans. Nothing is done
in the Funds but with great caution, and this is the rea-
son of the little fluctuation. A French courier from
Paris has arrived here. It is said that the French Go
vernment is endeavouring to prevent the Duchess of Berry
from fixing her permanent residence in Italy, and that in-
structions to that effect have been sent to the French
agents in the several Italian states. Baron Solis, Lieute-
nant in the Austrian service, has arrived here with de-
spatches from St. Petersburgh. A Russian courier has
also arrived, and has gone with despatches to Naples and
Gre, cc. The latter are supposed to contain instructions
to the Russi in resident in Napoli, for his conduct, under
present circumstances.
VIENNA, MAY 21.—Five per Cent. Metalliques 86
15-16. Bank Shares, 11 27.—Allgenreine Zeitung.

Prince ADA LBERT of I'russia, who is now
here on a mission connected with the Belgic
question, is a young man of only 18 years of
age. He is said, by a gentleman who met him
at Hanover, to be a mild, unassuming person,
hut to be utterly incapable of taking an active
share in political matters. The object of the
Prince's visit is merely to see England, Scotland,

And Ireland : all public matters are left to the
judicious disposal of Colonel SCIIARNHORST.
an old Prussian officer, of considerable abilities,
And of amiable personal character. The Prince
speaks English verb• well, and is strongly pre-
possessed in favour of our political institution,
and social habits.

DREADFUL MURDER AT LEICESTER.

( PROM A CORRESPONDENT.)

LEJCFSTER, JUNF. I.

A murder has been discovered here this
morning (Friday), which, in point of horror and
atrocity, has, I hope, never been equalled in this
kingdom, and attended with such complicated
guilt as to throw the deeds of a Burke or a Hol-
loway into comparative shade.
Last night, one of our police, in passing down
Wellington-street, was attracted by an unusual
light and intolerable stench to a small printing
establishment, situated up a court in the same
street, belonging to a person of the name of
Cook, from whence he found both the light and
smell proceeded. Struck with such strange ap-
pearances, he knocked at the door, and inquired
the reason. He was answered by Cook's son,
a man about twenty-five years of age, that they
were burning some horseflesh, and at the same
time he saw what he believed to be some. Sa-
tisfied with this representation, lie left ; but this
morning, about twelve o'clock, the neighbours
finding that the smell did not abate, insisted
upon having the place examined, and the nuis-
ance stopped. They inquired for Cook or his
son, neither were to be found ; suspicion increased,
the door of his workshop was burst open, and,
oh God ! how can I describe the scene which
presented itself. In the centre of the brick floor
of that printing-house, and extended upon the yet
smoking embers of an immense coal fire lay the
almost consumed trunk of a human being, severed
from the upper part of the body just below the
ribs, and divided (evidently by an axe) from the
lower extremities. About the middle of the thigh,
part of a knee, part of a shoulder, and some other
small remnants of mortality were found among
the cinders ; and in another part of the room lay
the feet, with the boots, and some parts of the
trousers attached, divided from the leg a little
above the ankle. The head of the unfortunate
deceased was no where to be found, but a por-
tion of the scalp, covered with grey hair, was
left—a horrid spectacle. His silver snuffbox lay
upon the ground, and some small, very small,
remnants of his clothes. Amongst these was
found a letter, addressed to Mr. Paas, Hay
and Pheasant, Leicester. Inquiry was imme-
diately made at the above most respectable
hotel, and it appeared that a gentleman, " with
grey hair," arrived there on Tuesday last, slept
there, dined there on Wednesday, walked out
in the evening of that day, ordering a bed again :
the " Boots" sat up for this gentleman the
whole of that night, but he never returned.
The name of this gentleman not being known, his
trunk was forced open, in the presence of two
Magistrates, and two letters were there found di-
rected to Mr. Peas, wholesale stationer, Hol-
born, London. His snuffbox has since been
recognized. A lad in the employ of Cook and
son, states " that Mr. Paas called on his
master on Tuesday evening, with his account,
and Cook told him if he would call at the work-
shop the following evening it would be settled—
in the interim a large quantity of coals were con-
veyed to the fatal spot." Neither Cook nor his
son are yet in custody. This is all that has
transpired at present, but much more may, pro-
bably, come to light on the inquest, which will
be held this evening. Surely with an action of
such complicated guilt the annals of neither this
nor any other town in Christendom were never
defaced.

N. 8.—1 forgot to state, that two or three
layers of the thickest brown paper were pasted
over the windows in the work-shop.

BOW-STREET.--(THIS DAY.)

HORRIBLE MURDER, AT LEICESTER, OF MR• PAAS,

THE BOOKSELLER OF HOLBORN.

This day, about 12 o'clock, Mr. Barker, of the firm of
Barker, Denton, and Choffin, soli. itors, Gray's-inn, came
before the sitting Magistrates at Bow-street, Messrs. Roe
and Mirisrium., and made application for the apprehension
of a person named Cook, a bookseller and printer, of
Leicester, on suspicion of having committed one of the
most barbarous murders upon the body of the above
gentleman, that has ever been recorded in the annals of
crime. It appears that Mr. Paas was in the habit of
travelling in the way of business, and had a small account
with the accused Cook, who is about 21 years of age, and
has just succeeded to his master's business in Leicester.
Mr. Paas, prior to leaving London on his journey,
wrote down to Leicester to Cook to give him
to understand when he should be there, desiring that be
would be ready with his account. Accordingly on
Wednesday last, he, Mr. Paas, arrived there and stayed
at the Stag and Pheasant. In the afternoon he called
upon Mr. Cook, who according to the statement of the
apprentice boy, when Mr. Pass entered, desired him
(the apprentice) to go home. Mr. Paas never went
hack to his inn, and being last seen at the house of Cook,
inquiry was made, but nothing could be elicited. How-
ever the neighbours of Cook were much annoyed at a most
intolerab'e stench which proceeded front his house, and he
was seen in the act of [mining flesh, and upon being asked
what he was doing, he said that he was burning horse
flesh. His conduct being so exceedingly singular, it attracted
the attention of the police, who on searching his
house, discovered the body of a human being cut into dif-
ferent pieces, part of which was burnt and deposited up
the chimney ; the whole, however, was so disfigured, that
no trace of feature could be distinguished. The police
took Cook immediately into custody, but upon his father,
who is a respectable man, answering for his appearance
the next day before the magistrates, he was set at liberty,
but almost immediately afterwards he absconded, and has
not since been heard of.

Mr. Barker produced a letter, stating the above cir-
cumstance, from Mr. Burbridge, the town clerk of Lei•
cester, desiring that an officer from Bow-street, with a
warrant for the apprehension of Cook, might be, without
delay, sent to Leicester ; which was immediately granted,
and Mr. Barker left the office to proceed to the Secretary
of State, to consult with him on the subject.
The unfortunate deceased is the brother-in-law of Mr.
Denton, the partner of the gentleman who made the ap-
plication. It appears that the sum owing from Cook to
Mr. Pam was very inconsiderable, and the only motive
which can be inferred for the committal of the horrid
deed, was to rob Mr. Paas of the money he had about him,
of which he generally was possessed of a considerable sum.
The father of Cook, and his mother, are both in cus-
tody, but it is not supposed that any thing will transpire
to implicate them in the shocking murder.
The following are copies of the letters produced to the
Magistrates

" Leicester, June 1, IS3zl.
" am directed by the Magistrates to acquaint
you, that there is every reason to suspect that a foul mur-
der has been committed at the workshop of a man named
James Cook, who is a bookbinder in this town; and we
believe that it is too probable, that the individual mur-
dered was Mr. Paas, who had been transacting business
at Cooke's on Wednesday, and has not been heard of
since. On inquiring at the Stag and Pheasant, it ap-
pears that Mr. Paas had been staying there, and had dined
there on the Wednesday, and that he has not returned
since, although his portmanteau is there. The body has
been dreadfully mutil ited, and either almost wholly burnt
or secreted, so that no means of identity are af-
forded at present, except by circumstantial evidence
The man suspected has abscotvied, and it is suprsei has
made his way towards Liverpool to get oil to America,
.ind the magistrates have sent constables to Liverpool, and
in other directions, to search for him. A snuff.bns, a
nencil-ease, and some other little matters have bee❑ found
in Cook's shop; the pencil-case has the letter P stamped
upon it. We think it right to give you this information,
however melancholy the occasion and the nature of it.

%aye to add, that in any way that the Magistrates can
•ontribute to bring the guilty miscreant to punishment•
you may rely upon their zealous exertions.
" I am. Sir, your obedient servant,
" THOS BURBIDGE, Town.clerl,-.
" Messrs. Pass and Co., Engravers, High Holborn."

" Leicester, June 1, 1832.
" DEAR Sta,—l write in great haste to inform you
that this town has been thrown into the greatest agitation
by the discovery this morning of one of the most horrible
murders that ever disgraced humanity.
" Mr. Paas, of No. 44, High Holborn, brass ornament
manufacturer, arrived here on Wednesday, and called at
'he Stag and Pheasant, and left specimens of binding tools fin
the trade. He did not return to the town in the evening, nor
dl the next day, and his awful end was revealed by the
following appalling circumstances. A very large fire was
observed in the binding room of a person named Cook,
situate down a small yard in Wellington .street. The
neighbours observing at the same time a strange smell
obtained a constable and forced an entrance, when they
found Cook standing over the fire. He was asked what
he was doing, and said he was burning horse-flesh.
He was taken away, but on his father promising
he should appear at nine o'clock this morning, he was
set at liberty, and has not been yet heard of. This morn-
ing suspicions being increased, the premises were exa-
mained again, and a short way up the chimney, the lower
parts of a human body were discovered. It appeared to
have been cut and sawed asunder just above the hips__
two thighs and part of one leg are left, and though the
skin is roasted, there is evidence from the flesh
and other parts of the remains, to chew that it is the body
of a male person. The premises and privy were searched,
and at length the collar of a coat, a gaiter, brace, buckles,
&c., were discovered among the ashes, thrown there from
the fire. A pencil and snuff-box were also found, on
which the name of the unfortunate gentleman was engraved.
Crowds have flocked to the place all day, surgeons,
magistrates, and gentlemen within the town and from the
country. The coroner's inquest will be held this evening
(Friday). Cook, on whom the suspicion rests of having
perpetrated this hellish murder, is a young man of about
21, who, a short time ago, succeeded to the business of
his deceased mother. It appears he b.,ught binding tools
of Mr. Paas to the amount of about 25/. Mr. Pass
called for payment, when Cook desired a boy who was in
the workshop to leave it, not to return till he sent for
him. It is supposed that he effected his purpose by strik-
ing the unhappy gentleman on the back of his neck
with a binder's press pin, and that he then proceeded to
burn the body, all of which, except the parts above men-
tioned, appear to have been destroyed, as they cannot be
discovered. It is supposed that a desire to avoid payment
and possess himself of the money of Mr. P. were the ob-
jects which led him to perpetrate this awful deed. He
was seen with a purse full of sovereigns on Thursday. I
have only time to say, pray do go immediately, and find
such relations and friends of the poor widow, and di-
vulge, as carefully as possible, this dreadful tragedy.
He left specimens at our shop at about four o'clock on
the afternoon of Wednesday. It is supposed that Cook
was all Wednesday night and Thursday morning in burn-
ing the body.

BERKSHIRE ELECTION.

ABINGDON, JUNK 1.

At hir o'clock the poll closed, and the numbers of that
day's poll were declared to be for

Palmer
Hallett
making the gross poll stand thus :
Palmer
Hallett
reducing Mr. Palmer's majority of 80 to 77.
The HIGH SHERIFF stated that little remained for
him to say, except that owing to some misunderstanding
of his motives, he had found himself greeted as he passed
through the crowd with a hiss from one man, and a snarl
from another. In extending the duration of the poll, he
had no other wish than to study the convenience of the
freeholders and to save expense to the candidates and their
friends. To prevent mistakes, he would then give notice,
that for the remaining 13 days the poll would commence
at ten and close at five.

Three cheers were then given for the High Sheriff, in
which both parties heartily joined.
The proceedings did not close till half-past seven o'clock
in the evening.

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.)
_____

COVENT-GARDEN MARKET.

There was a tolerably gOod supply of both Fruit and Vegeta-
bles at this morning's market, but the trade was rather dull.
Gooseberries, Lettuces, Strawberries, and Green Pease, consi-
derably lower than on this day se'nnight ; prices otherwise sta-
tionary. _

s. d. s. d.
Potatoes (cwt.) 2 6t05
Catbages (12 heads) 1 0 2 0
Horse Radish (bundle) 4 0 7 0
Brocoli 1 0 1 6
Rhubarb 0 S 1 0
Celery
Carrots 12bunches) 6 0 7 6
English, Forced 3 0 5 0
Filberts 1 0 2 0
Pine Apples (lb.) lO 0 15 0
Turnip Greens (bush) 0 4 0 6
Brocoli Sprouts 0 6 0 8
Cos Lettuces (per score)! 0 2 0
Cabbage ditto 0 6 1 0
Green Pease (pint).— 2 0 3 0

s. d. s. d.
Spinach (half-sieve) 0 4 WO 8
Apples 4 0 8 0
Gooseberries
Span. Chesnuts (peck) 5 0 8 0
French ditto 4 0 6 0
Spanish Hazlenuts
French Walnuts 4 0 6 0
Small Sallad 0 2 0 4
Sea Rail - 0 6 1 0
Sew Potatoes 0 3 0 6
Radishes (hand) 0 3 0 6
Asparagus (bundle) 1 6 4 0
Strawberries (ounce) 1 0 2 0
Cucumbers (brace) 0 6 1 6
Currants (pottle) 0 9 1 6

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

FROM LLOYD'S.

DEAL, JUNE I.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived and sailed
for the River, Emerald, Melville, from Java. Five p.m.
the outward bound are getting under weigh.

FALMOUTH, MAY 31.—Wind W N.W. fresh breezes.—
Arrived from Lisbon, Duke of Marlborough packet, sailed
20th instant, and spoke on the 29th in lat. 47. long. S.
his Majesty's ship Briton, from Plymouth to Lisbon.
Arrived the Ilermes steamer, from Portsmouth.

DARTMOUTH, MAY 31.—Wind N.W.—Arrived the
Dumegan Castle, Duff, sailed for Dublin and New South
Wales.

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK
The following important information has been received
at the North and South American Coffee-house:—

TIIE CHOLERA MORBUS IN THE UNITED STATES.
Captain Rogers, who has just arrived at Philadelphia
from New London, states that some violent disorder, the
name of which is not understood, is making dreadful
havoc in that place ; cold chills, and pains in the head and
back, are the principal indications, and which takes the
patient off in a few hours; if they live for twelve hours
they recover. Thirty deaths have taken place in a few
days.

We further learn, says the New York Courier, from
the Captain of a sloop arrived this morning from New
London, that 160 eases have occurred, upwards of 30
deaths, and the inhabitants were leaving the city.
Montreal Papers to the 4th May, Quebec to the 2d
May, and Buenos Ayres to the 18th March, have been
received at the above Coffee-house.

(From the Montreal Papers.)
Although the snow has almost entirely disappeared from
the uncleared lands in the vicinity of the city, and the ice
from the surface of the river, the snow is yet of consider-
able depth in the woods to the northward. The weather
continues cold, and scarcely any thing dune in getting the
crops in.
Since writing the above, we hear that the ice on the St.
Lawrence and Ottawa has generally broken up.
Such a Ist of May as the present, we believe, has hardly
been recollected in Quebec. It snowed during the night,
and continues ; the snow and ice in most of the streets are
two feet thick. No arrivals of ships from sea, or craft
from Montreal.

(From the Buenos Ayres Papers of 18th March.)
The week has passed away without any material news.
Exchange on London 71.
No news of consequence in the above Papers.
Madras Papers to the sth February have arrived at the
North and South American o,ffee•house. It appears his
Majesty's ship Southampton, with Admiral Owen, was at
Penang, and the Admiral had no intention to proceed to
China.

Consols, which left off yesterday 85 1, are at present
851 for the account.

HALF-PAST ONE.
An express from Paris has arrived, but nothing of its
contents has as yet transpired.
..Consols have been during the whole of the morning at
8011 for the account, alternately buyers and sellers, with
little or nothing doing.
The Lisbon mail, which brings letters of the 20th ult.,
do not contain any political information of cons( (pence.
The letters from St. Michael's differ in regard to the
tints of the sailing of Don Pedro's expedition for Portu-
gal ; one of them states that they will not sill previous to
the beginning of June.
Report says, that if Spain should interfere in favour of
Dun Miguel, our fleet will make an attempt to get posses-
sion of Cadiz.

In the Foreign Market there is little doing ; Dutch
Stock is not so good as yesterday.
We bear that a bank at Glasgow has failed.
7 HREE O'CL CIC

Con3olto for account 85i.