The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-02 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

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Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, ac-
companied by the Princess Mary, arrived in town yes-
terday from her residence at Kew. and visited her
Majesty and the Queen of the Belgians at Buckingham
Palace.

The American Dwarf,.General Tom Thumb, accom-
panied- by 11Ir. Barnum, his -guardian, attended at Buck-
inghani Palace yesterday, and had the honour of giving
his -"lmitations')- before her Majesty and the Queen of
the Belgians, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent,
and the RoyarFamily.
Major-General W.,Lsfiiy,sras relieved Colonel the Hon.
Charles Grey in the duties of Equerry in Waiting on
her Majesty. - •- -
The Royal dinner party' at Buckingham Palace yes-
terdhyeVening included her Royal Highness the Duchess
of Kent, -Lady Anna Maria Dawson, the Earl of Aber-
deen, Hon. Sir Edward Cost, Mr. George 'Edward acid
lion.. Mrs. Anson, and Sir George Couper.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by the
Dowager Lady Clinton.ar Miss Boyle, left
her residence, Marlborough House, in a carriage and
four, at twenty minutes before three o'clock yesterday
afternoon,. for Bushy Douse, Bushy Park.
Her Reyal flighness.the Duchess of Kent visited the
Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester House.
Her • Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge
honoured Sir William Newton with a sitting yesterday,
at his residence in Argyle-street, for his picture of the
Marriage of her Majesty and Prince Albert.
A numerous meeting of Members of the House of
Commons took place yesterday afternoon at the official
residence of Sir Robert:Peel in Downing-street. Sir R.
Peel, Lord Stanley, Sir J. draharn the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, Sir H. Hardinge, i:ord Eliot, and Sir
E. Knatchbull were present. Among the Members who
attended the meeting, were the Earl "of March, Earl Jer-
rnyn,Viscount Clive,Viscount Adafe, Viscount Marsham,
Lord Satidon, Lord Ernest Bruee; Lord Ossulston Lord
J. Manners, ,Lord. Granville Somerset, Lorcl.Charles •
Wellesley, Right Hon. G. Dawson Darner, Right Hon.
F. Shaw, Hon. C. L. Law, Hon. Francis Charteris, lion.
H. Manners: Sutton; Hon. W. B. Baring, Hoc R. Scar-
lett, Hon. G. Rice Trevor, the Attorney-General, Sir
John V. Johnstone, Sir llortiee Seymour, Sir John
Yarde Buller, Sir Wrilliatti—M ngton, Sir Howard
Douglas, Sir James Flower, Sir Walter James, Sir
J. Walsh. General Lygon, Colonel Hugh
Colonel woo, Co'onel Thomas Wood, Colonel
Sibthorp, Captain Gordon, Captain Meytiell, Cap-
tain nous,- Colonel 'Wyndham, Mr. Alderman Cope-
land,Mr. Thesigeri-,Messrs. Balfour, G. W. Hope,
Manes; .-Arkvvright, Baskerville, .Beckett, Borthwiek,
Buck,Colquhoue, Eaton-, W. -Tatum Egerton, Estcourt,
Plumptre, Montague Gore, Ormsby Gore, Greene,
Hogg,-Kemble, Lyall, Maclean, Marton, J. Masterman,
Mundy, J. Neeld, O'Brien, Palmer, Wilson Patten, John
Round, C. Round, Smythe, and Cresswell.
The =meeting broke up soon after three o'clock. - •
:A deputation, inchuling Sir Robert Inglis, Mr. Foster,
and the Bei. E. Hawkins, had an interview with Lord
Stanley yesterday, at, •the Colonial-office.
A meeting of the Qornmissioners fer the government
of Pentonville Prison was held at the Council-office on
Saturday. The Commissioners present were Lord
tWh asrp
en ealki ffeer,
othet
hEea ofou
e Chichester,of c o mmo Lords Johnß Russell,eni
a mn
Brodie, Dr. Fergusson, Major Jebb, Mr, Cravvford, and
Mr. Russell.
Duchy of
of Lincoln,
Cornwall,, in-
cluding; tEionaoreosTe
Fctaiiningo
Eliot, Sir Charles Lemon, and Mr. Buller, had an inter-
eluAdind7t
view with Sir Robert Peel yesterday.
Sir William Codrington, M.P., and Mr. George Ren-
nie, had interviews with Lord Stanley yesterday at the
Colonial-office.
Lady; Peel and family leiVtown yesterday fcr Dray-
ton Manor, Staffordshire.
The Duke of Wellington visited Mr. Burford's Pend-
rama of liong-Kong yesterday. The Noble Duke re-
mained ;ft.considerable time at the exhibition. The Earl
of Aberdeen, Sir Edward Codrington, Sir G. Staunton,
and, Sir c:1,4 eo. Cockburn visited the panoruma last week.

:
Mr. LeierlerieW- work, "Arthur O'Leary," illus-
trated •by Cruikshank, is just published,- in three volumes.
The Wanderings and Ponderings of Arthur O'Leary cannot
fuiCof :Wording ail the entertainment -6Npected from a new
Work by the livAy 'aiitlio'r of "Harry T,orrequer." It is ad-
Mirably diversified, full. Of adventure, rich in character-11:
rattling, dashing, narrative; now touched with genuine inte-
rest, and now with huindur, equally new and striking, and
poeseeied of s degree of variety that must supply amusement
.even to those raostdifficult to please. The hero escapesrfrom
the cut-throats-of Paiii=to be cheated by the blacklegs of
Brussels—partakes of the enjoyments of the chase with Bel+
gia.w.lslitnrods-isliafes in all the pleasures of the Brunnens of
Germany—falls into the power of Dutch smugglers—has an
-extraordinary adventnre in the- mountains of Spa—and be'
conies 'acquainted with all sorts' of strange persons and sin 7
gular incidents upon the Rhine. Every descrip9on of cha-
racter likely to fall in the way of the tourist in his centinen,
tal and more than all •the anecdotes, escapes, .perils;
marvels, and pleasures. the most adventurous or experienced
traveller could hear or meet with, will be found obsonicled in
therWatideringS' and Ponderings of Arthur OLeary, in a style
that:lutist Tender this work one of the most popular of the
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constituency. It was proposed also that all persons
possessing a freehold inheritance of 51. clear yearly
value, should have votes. He believed the. effect of
these measures would be a considerable increase in
the number of respectable voters in the counties.
After entering into several other details, the Noble
Lord announced that he would lay the Bill on the
table this day, so that Members might have ample
time to consider its provisions before it came on for

THE NEW SWEDISH NOVEL.

On Thursday, April 11, will be published, 2 vols., post Svo.,
THE ROSE OF TISTELON.
A TALE OF THE SWEDISH COAST.

•
By EMILIE CARLEN.
Translated from the original Swedish.
London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman.

Early in May will be published, in One thick Volume, Svo., with
nearly 1,000 Woodcuts, uniform with Messrs. Longman and Co.'s
Series of " One-volume Encycloptedias and Dictionaries,"
AN ENCYCLOPtEDIA of DOMESTIC
ECONOMY; comprising such subjects as are most imme-
diately connected with Housekeeping, as Building, Furnishing, Ser-
vants, Cookery, Dress, Carriages, Health, &c.
By THOMAS WEBSTER, F.G.S., &c. ; assisted by the late
Mrs. PARKES, Author of " Domestic Duties."
London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. _
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THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
Immense Atton tor ter.
It is respectfully announced,r a that the,Eas Administration of the
Academie Royale, Paris, hating consented to a prolongation of the
conge of M. Duprez, this eminent Artiste will sing Three Nights in
the Easter Week.

MONDAY EVENING, T
APRIL 1,
Will be performed the Opera of GUILLAUME ELL. Arned,
M. Duprez; Gessler, Mr. G. Horncastle; William Tell, Mr.
Stretton ; Lutern, Albertazzi ; Matilda, Miss Romer;
Martha, Miss detts.
To conclude with the revived Melodrama of THE TALE OF
MYSTERY. Count Bonamo, Mr. Selby ; Count Romaldi, Mr
Cooper; Micheal. Mr. Harley; Selina, Mrs. Stirling.
Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. tid. ; Upper Circles of Boxes 55..
Second Price 3s. ; Pit 3s , Second Price 25.; Middle Gallery 25.,
Second Price Is. ;- Upper Gallery Is., Second Price 6d.

THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA.
HOUSE
tinder the Management of Mrs. KEELEY.

The Pubic is respectfully informed that this Theatre WILL OPEN
on EASTER MONDAY, April 8, with an Address by Mrs. Keeley.
After which, will be produced a New Comedietta, in Two lets,
entitled HASTY CONCLUSIONS. Principal Characters by Messrs.
Diddear, F. Mathews, F. Vining, Emery, and Miss Fairbrother, and
Mrs. Keeley.
To he followed by a New Drama, in One Act, called THE POST
OF HONOUR. Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Turner, Kinloch,
J. Collier, Stanton, Yarnold, Miss Woolgar (from the Theatre Royal,
Adelphi, her first appearance at this Theatre), and Miss Grove.
To conclude with an entirely new Grand Burlesque Fairy Extra-
vaganza, called OPEN SESAME; or, The Forty Thieves. Cha-
racters by Miss Woolgar, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss
Turner, Miss Grove, Mrs. Wigan, Miss James, Miss Fairbrother,
and Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. F. Mathews, Turner, Younge, Wigan,
Yarnold, and Chalin.
PRICES OF ADMISSION.—First Price—Foxes, 45.; Upper
Boxes, 30. ; Pit, 25. ; Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2s. ;
Upper Boxes, Is. 6d. ; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the Balcony der
(holding eight persons), Two Guineas Private Boxes on the Second
Tier (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a.Half. Private
Boxes on the Pit Tier (holding six persons), One Guinea. Free Ad-
mission Tickets (for the first forty nights), One Guinea. Nightly
Transferrable kree Tickets (for the first forty nights), Three Guineas.
Doors open at Half.past Six. Performances begins at Seven o'Clock.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS.
EASTER MONDAY, APRIL 8.
Tne RE-OPENING of ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHI-
THEATRE of A las (under the management and sole proprietor.
ship of Mr. BATTY), with its Treble Rotation of Equestrian
and Dramatic Spectacles, and unequalled Scenes of the Circle, and
Batty's Matchless Stud of beautiful Horses, Fairy Ponies, &c.
Mr. Batty, in announcing the Re-opening of Astley's for the se-
cond season of his management, begs respectfully to acquaint the
Nobility, Gentry, and public that, encouraged by the flattering
success during the past year, and finding the Theatre not suffi.
czently commodious for its numerous patrons, he entered into an
extensive arrangement with Messrs. Haward and Nixon, the emi-
nent builders of Lambeth, for the re-constructing on a magnificent
and novel principle, the whole of the interior of the Theatre,
which has been rebuilt, dress boxes enlarged, upper boxes Widened,
and pit and galleries extensively improved. Fourteen glass lustres
are added, and a Grecian dome ceiling, with entirely new splendid
classic decorations, and gorgeous apppointnients, which, with the
first-rate talent to be offered, he presumes cannot fail of obtaining
that support so liberally bestowed on his endeavours during the
last season. The grand Easter national Spectacle will combine all the
splendid historical effects of the Isthmian Conquest of England,
produced by Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. The Cirque Olympique will in.
'reduce unequalled equestrian talent, and the dou'Ae company com-
prise talent of the highest coder.
The door will open nightly at six o'clock, and the performances
commence at s.,ven. Box-office will be opened on Saturday, April 6,
and continue so daily from ten till four. The private boxes have
en reconstructed and decorated with care and splendour.
Acting and stage-manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot.
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,OVE'S POLYPHONIC ENTERTAINMENTS,
CROWN AND ANCHOR TAVERN, STRAND.
Mr. LOVE has the honour to announce that he will RESUME
HIS ANNUAL POLYPHONIC ENTERTAINMENTS, and
LECTURES on LIFE and CHARACTER on EASTER MON.
DAY, and will continue the same on the following WEDNESDAY
and FRIDAY. He will introduce much Novelty, which has been
long in preparation, with entirely New, and Appnpriate Mutative
Costumes and Appointments.
Total Change of Entertainments Every Evening.
On MONDAY, April MIRTH AND MARVELS; with A
WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING; and other Entertainments.
On WEDNESDAY, April 10, LOVE'S REMINISCENCES;
with MINE HOST'S DI LEM 'MA S; and other Entertainments.
On FRIDAY, Ap7il 12, LOVE IN ALL SHAPEz ; with LOVE'S
LABOUR'S LOS! and other Entertainments.
Particulars in Handbills. Doors pen at Half-past Seven; begin
at Eight. Admission, 18.6 d.; Reserved Seats, 2s. 6d.

THE WEATHER.-SLN OFFICE, APRIL 2.
THERMOMETER, Lowest, 39 ; Highest, 58 ; Noon, 62.
BAROMETER, 30.2.—W1ND, N.N.E.
NOTE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the
freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is
usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TIES DAT.
Morning ... 5.5 minutes after 0 I Evening 17 minutes after 1.

discussion.
Mr. MORE OTEBRALL, though admitting that
the Noble Lord had conceded every principle against
which his party had contended, had yet fallen far
short of what was required. If his statement was
correct, the 25,000 votes which he proposed to give
by the 301. clause would prove to be nothing at all.
The Bill, too, would place the tenants more than
ever under the power of the landlords, and a fran-
chise of that kind would be the greatest curse that
could be inflicted on Ireland.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL thought the introduction of
the 301. tenant clause was very objectionable, for it
would only give more power to the landlords. He
was glad that a Si. clause had been proposed, and
only regretted that there was not a 40s. freehold
franchise. Certain changes proposed by the Noble
Lord he considered would be beneficial.
A great number of other Members spoke on the
question, but generally refrained from giving a de-
cided opinion till they had read the Bill.
Leave was given to bring in the Bill.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL put some questions to Sir
ROBERT PEEL relative to a Bill before the other
House for the appointment of a judge to preside over
the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.
The Right Hon. Baronet said the Bill would be
brought before the House in the due course of busi-
ness, when the Noble Lord would have an opportunity
of discussing it. He might at the same time state
that it had been brought into the Lords independent
of the Government.
The House then went into Committee of Supply,
when a number of miscellaneous estimates were

agreed to.
Tha other Orders of the Day were then disposed
of, and the House adjourned at One o'Clock.

It was truly observed by JEREMY BENTHAM, that
" in England all other particular interests are over-
borne and crushed by one great particular interest,
called the agricultural interest." To this one great
interest all others are made subservient, all others
pay homage; and the precept, " render unto CESAR
the things that are CiESAR'S," is no guide as to the
undue and unjust regards exacted for it. To raise
the price of bread by means of the corn-laws--to in-
crease the annual amount of rent in consequence of
the additional price that bread corn brings—are
deemed fair and proper means of paying tribute to
the agricultural interest. To control and restrain

the hours of labour, so as to make the rate of wages
rise in proportion to the insufficiency of the demand,
and thus to effect an increase of wages in proportion
with the increased price of bread, is also deemed
worthy of English legislation to attempt. Direct
extortion from the pockets of every other class is
practised and sanctioned, solely for the purpose, and
with the intent, of obtaining for the agricultural in-
terest, prices for produce, and rent for land, beyond
any that justice or equity would give.
What absurd principles actuate our legislators
when they give way to this one-sided system, called
protection, this real robbery ; and what ridiculous
notions of the way to bring about their own good,
are entertained by the friends of the agriculturists,
when they seek to benefit them by such means. The
only true mode of encouraging the growth of corn at
home is to increase the demand ; which can only
be done by an increased population, with abundant

ability to buy, and with the power to pay, well
and freely, for what they consume. Monopoly
produces scarcity of provision, dearness of price,
uncertainty. of supply; it cramps the trade of the
country, decreases the demand for labour, lowers the
rate of wages, prevents the poor man from purchasing
his fair proportion of food, and imposes barriers to
marriage and to the increase of the population of the
country. What a mistaken plan of bringing good to
their friends do they adopt.
And our Legislators shall debate, night after night,
whether ten or twelve hours' labour shall be the
maximum of human endurance as to toil—whilst the
power of enduring starvation, and the period for
which it can be borne, shall never be even alluded to.
They make and maintain corn-laws, which compel
additional hours of labour to procure food, and yet
they seek to restrain the working for that very time
which by their own enactments they have rendered
labour necessary. Starvation by Act of Parliament,
or excessive toil, is the doctrine of the corn-laws ;
restricted labour, and restricted food, that of the
Factories Regulation Act.
Was ever such monstrous absurdity heard of?
Could it be believed that in the nineteenth century, the
principles which guide the English Parliament shall
he, when stripped of their covering, mere pretexts for
raising rent, by causing artificial scarcity, and giving
a protection to the landlords, at the expense of every
other class of society ? Could it be believed that a
nation of shopkeepers, as the man called us who

knew well where the strength of England lay ; who
knew that it lay in her trade, in her commerce, and
not in her agricultural productions—for her agricul-
ture must flourish through her trade, not her trade
through her• agriculture—would sit so quietly down
under such laws as the corn-laws ? And yet, but for
the efforts of the Anti-Corn-law League, the country
would have sat down quiescent, and those laws might
have been suffered to remain on the book, which at
some future period of English history will be pointed
out, as instances of partial legislation, worthy only of
the very darkest ages.

An interesting article appears in the last Number
of the Edinburgh Review, just published, on the
subject of the Marquis DE CUSTINE'S "Russia," a work
which has lately attracted a considerable share of
public attention. In this article numerous references
are made to conversations which the author held with
the Emperor NICHOLAS on matters relating to the
present state of his dominions, and also to a certain
memorable event in his life which took place at the
period of his accession to the throne. It is well-
known that on the death of ALEXANDER, and the
abdication of CONSTANTINE which immediately fol-
lowed, a dangerous revolt, which had been nine years
preparing, broke out in the army, and was only sup-
pressed by the prompt and energetic) interference of
NICHOLAS. As the CZAR is said to be exceedingly
susceptible of flattery on this point, the Marquis,
who was aware of his weak side, paid him several
delicate compliments—which none can pay so well as
a Frenchman—to which his Imperial MAJESTY
vouchsafed the following reply :—" You mistake : I
did nothing extraordinary. I said to the soldiers 're-
turn to your ranks,' and as they defiledT before
whichoreme,
t'—all I cried, ' On your knees
—all obeyed.
Trade e
ad r
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ienfeede smtryosnegl f
to
ov ads
e, a thatth. h I
ammo mmtohma
neknft before u
lfor
th
the
success I had, but I am not proud of it, for I had
no merit in the matter." With this answer the
Reviewer is delighted, and warmly pronounces it to be
"very honest and becoming." Its modesty—and even
this is equivocal—is more remarkable than its honesty,
for not the whole truth, but only a fragment of it is
related, and that portion is adroitly selected which
tells most in favour of the E
'mus. From his
MAJESTY'S statement it would appear—more espe-
cially from the significant words, "that which made
me feel strong was, that the moment before I had
resigned myself to death"—it would appear, we say,
from these words, that NICHOLAS had himself sup-
pressed in person the revolt, at the imminent hazard of
his life. But this was not the fact. 'We remember
reading, some time since, a document drawn up on the
i spot by a military officer, who was himself at St.
Petersburgh when the insurrection broke out, who
witnessed the commencement of the outbreak, and
heard from trust-worthy authorities the whole cir-
cumstances connected with it. His statement ex-
actly tallies with that of the EMPEROR, so far as
relates to the fact of the latter having gone among
the insurgent troops and insisted on their returning
to their allegiance; but this material point is omitted
in the latter'.':. account—aarnely, that he confined
himogi to mere remeastrauceo ; and, the instant it

was found absolutely necessary to fire on the rebels,
and bring up artillery against them, he abandoned
the scene of action, and contented himself with issuing
orders and receiving intelligence from his officers, at
a safe distance from the theatre of the massacre.
His allusion, therefore, to his having " resigned
himself to death " is a mere gasconade, for
he took special care that no random shot or desperate
blow of an insurgent sabre should reach his Imperial
person. We do not deny that he showed a certain
degree of moral courage on the occasion, and by his
timely presence among the conspiring regiments,
before either party had proceeded to extremities)
induced some of them to abandon their purpose i
but physical courage was wholly wanting, for when
the affair assumed a serious and sanguinary as-
pect, then, the EMPEROR of All the Russias
was nowhere to be found on the scene Of
action ! In another of the Impeiial conversations
quoted by the Reviewer, we find the following re-
marks :—" They know me very little (observed
Nicholas) who reproach me with ambition. Far
from seeking to enlarge our territory, I would wish to
contract, as much as possible, round myself the popu-
lation of the whole of Russia. Toimprove the con-
dition of the Russians is a far better thing than to
aggrandise myself." Magnanimous sentiments these,
but, alas ! how little are they in accordance with the
known acts of the Royal speaker ! What but ambition
and a thirst for personal aggrandisement, induced
NICHOLAS to hurry his armies across the Balkan, and
reduce Turkey to the lowest state of prostration—
to send PASKEVITCH against the frontier provinces
of Persia, and compel the SHAH to surrender a portion
of his dominions—to set underhand intrigues actively
at work at Herat and Khelat—above all, what but
a selfish lust of power still induces the Est-
FEROR to dispatch army after army against
the Circassians, whose only offence is, that
they prefer a life of independence to one of
abject submission to a foreign State which has not,
even the shadow of a claim on their allegiance ? We
mention these things, because it has been the fashion,
among travellers of late—Lord LONDONDERRY, by-
the-bye, is a great offender in this respect—to heap
the most fulsome panegyrics upon the Emperor of
Russia., and perversely shut their eyes to the fact
that he is at heart a confirmed tyrant, who deserves
rather the censure than the approbation of freemen

Intelligence from Lisbon to the 26th ult. has
been received. Affairs seem to be in a very unsettled
state, and loud complaints are made on all hands
against the CABRAL Ministry. A petition to the
QUEa for their removal had been drawn up, and
signed by three ex-Ministers, but as her MAJESTY
declined to have an interview with Count LAVRADIO,
the nobleman appointed to present it, the document
was delivered to the KING• Almeida still held out ;
indeed no measures had commenced for the reduction
of the place, and it is not at all improbable that before
that event takes place CABRAL and his colleagues
may be dismissed. The Cardinal Patriarch, it is said,
protests against all CABRAL'S proceedings, but the
QUEEN refuses to listen to his advice, and her obsti-
nacy is very generally blamed.

Madrid papers of the 25th ult. announce that on
that day the auction for the tobacco contract took
place. The Finance Minister presided at the adjudi-
cation, when, after a spirited contest, it was awarded
to Senor SALAMANCA, at the price of 110,040,000
reals, or about 1,100,4001. On the same day the
funeral of ARGUELLES took place, when vast numbers
followed his remains to the tomb. The grand levee
fixed for that day had been countermanded, and the
Bourse still remained closed.

The Paris papers bring no additional intelligence
respecting the disturbances in Italy, but generally
anticipate, though on what grounds they do not
state, that the attempts at insurrection will be sup-
pressed without the aid of foreign Powers. As re-
gards the affairs of Romagna, we believe there is not
the slightest chance for such a result. The discus-
sions in the Chambers, on Saturday, were generally
without interest. In the Committees M. DE ST.
PRIEST brought forward his motion on Post-office
reform, and moved that the subject be taken into
consideration. This was strongly opposed by the
Finance Minister, but without effect, and the ques-
tion was therefore to be referred to the entire Chamber.
The motion of M. GrA.RNIER PAGES, relative to the
conversion of the Five per Cent. Stock, was to be
taken into consideration on the 2d.

The Three per Cents. were done on Sunday al
83f. sc.

LATER FROM the UNITED STATES.
LIVERPOOL, MONDAY EVENING.
The fine packet-ship Virginian, Captain Allen, arrived
here this afternoon from New York, whence she sailed
on the 11th ultimo—five days after the last arrival.
In a commercial point of view the news is encouraging.
The price of legitimate stocks was steady, with an up-
ward tendency, and those of a " fancy" character, as
they are styled on the other side, were also in request.
Business was brisk, and money was abundant. Not the
least encouraging feature of the commercial news is, the
utter explosion of the attempt to bolster up the price of
cotton beyond its real value. One of the speculators
who " burnt his fingers " in the operation, had failed to
the extent of 250,000 dollars, others were expected to
follow, and the trade—the speculative part of it—was in
a state of consternation and confusion. The price of
the article itself, irrespective of these disasters, was re-
ceding at New Orleans, and the same result had taken
place at New York.

- A new Tariff Bill had been introduced into the House
of Representatives, in some degree similar to the one
introduced by Mr. Clay, in 1832, equalising much more
than does the present tariff, the duties from this coun-
try. It is doubtful whether it will pass. The hostile
position of the Senate and the House of Representatives,
would leave any measure of the kind, passed by the one
House, to be rejected by the other.
Mr. Calhoun, one of the foremost of American poli-
ticians, had accepted, under Mr. Tyler, the office of
Secretary of State, vacant by the death of the former
Secretary, who was killed on board the Princeton. This
will not make much, if any, difference, in the relative
position of the candidates for the Presidency, as it ap-
pears to be understood that Mr. Van Buren is to be the
next democratic candidate.
THE AMERICAN MARKETS.

The spring trade is capital, and promises to be larger than
for the last seven years. The western and southern mer. -
chants have brought on plenty of money to pay off old scores.
Money is abundant at 4 per cent., but stocks are a little on
the . decline, except Pennsylvania, which, for the reasons
before stated, keep up. The last sales in the city on
Saturday were-Pennsylvania Fives, 70 ; Sixes, 724. We re-
gret to state that a large cotton house has failed in New
York, for nearly 300,000 dolls. ; the principal sufferers are at
Georgia and a few New York banks. The staple still de-
clines, say .4 to 1 cent, since the arrival of the last steamer.
The sales are dull and small, buyers holding off as much as
they can, until further advices arrive from England. The
present crop is estimated by able men at 1,850,000 bales.
Exported
since the Ist of September last, 445,552 bales;
same time last year, 1,016,442. The present prices, Liver-
pool classification, are-
NEW ORLEANS. Cents.
Cents. Fair ..... .9 to 94
Ordinary 74 to 8 Good fair to fine 9i to U
Middling Bto 84 Florida ..... ... to 10 .
Fair .. 9 to 94 UPLAND.
Good fair to fine...lo to 11 Ordinary... 74 to 8
ALABABA. Middling 8 to 14,
Ordinary 74 to 8 Fair .84 to 9
Middling
Flour is dull, and has fallen 64c. within the last four days.
Genessee, 4 dolls. 87c. to 4 dolls. 93c. ; Ohio, ditto ; Western,
4 dolls. 93c. ; Southern, 5 dolls. Illinois Wheat, 1 doll. 6c.
Ashes are rather quiet ; Pots no change ; Pearls, 5 dolls. 6c.
Liverpool coal, 7 dolls. ; Orrel, 8 dulls. 25c. Provisions
active, and the market steady. Prime Mess Beef, 13 dolls. ;
country, 4 dolls. to 6 dolls. ,• city, 6 dolls. 25c. ; Mess Pork,
7 dolls. 62c. ; prime, 9 dolls. 62c. Tobacco is brisk, and a
great demand for Kentucky, at good prices. The same may
be said of Rice. Sugars active, with an advance of a of a
cent. New Orleans, 64c. to 7c.; Porte Rico, 74c. to 4c ;
Cuba Muscovado, 64c. • brown Havannah, 611 c. to 74c. ;
white, :84e. to 9c. Brandy active, " seignette," 1 doll. 90c.
to 2 dolls. Freights rather dull ; cotton to Liverpool, id.
to id. ; flour, 3s. to 3s. 3d. ; flour to London, 35.; seamen's
wages, 15 dolls. a month to Europe, with small stores ;
13 dolls. to the Mediterranean. In Exchanges, foreign is
rather slack ; 84 to 84 premium on London,. and sf. 30c. on
Paris. Sovereigns, 4 dolls. 83c. to 4 dolls. 85e. Spanish
doubloons, 16 dolls. 90c. to 17 dolls. ; Patriot, 15 dolls. 90c.
to 16 dolls. United States Treasury Notes outstanding,
b UnitedutnSotatarivcoanteteoninhuprisuced.denolny
werebe Marchcomtakenlittle 3 ,
Friday 3,000 bales were sold in New York, and two vessels
The stocks of cotton now On hand, at the four ports of
r
New York, Charleston, Mobile, and New Orleans, ammutt to
u 3 9p2 o more 9 84
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on hand in March this year, as compared with March 1843,
01225,387 bales ! This is a very important feature. The news
from England by the sailing packet is expected to produde a
further slight decline in cotton.

A petition was presented yesterday, by Captain
Pechell, to the House of Commons from Mr. Matthew Phillips,
stating that for a continuance of one hundred consecutive
years, deprivation and misery had been on the increase
among the labouring classes and the poor, especially in the
agricultural districts ; that for sixty years the petitioner had
recollected the above, and his father for forty years pre-
viously. The petitioner promised not to trouble the Hon.
House at the end of another century, but urged various means
of granting prompt relief; among
others, itstated it was posed-
ble and practicable to grant an Act, enabling parishes to hire
and re-let lands at a fair farm rental; a -rood or two to a
family, and from the middle of April • land might be culti-
vated and planted, the crops grown and harvested, and the
proclp,A;tion3 ED app:ied that thou;, nds Wight the
winter with lolicl 1.9,4 Thais timid pg.

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