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London, England, 1826-05-09 00:00:00

'NDS AT ONE O'CLOCK;

Neapolitan 182 t . .-..,
Peruvian lion& 101 A, 1 SON
Portuguese Bonds 72
Prussian, 5 per cent. ' -s.
Ditto, New ..••
Russian, New, 5 per cent. 75%
Spanish, 1821, 5 per cent. ... 71(
1823 5%5
French Renter, 5 p. c. —t —c.
-- Exchange —f. —c.
--;.--3 per cent.
---Exchange —f. ....c.

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PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. .
• *. Paid. Per Share:
Anglo Mexican Mining Company ~.£5O . 30 •T 2
British Iron Mining Cowpony • • 10 '7 634
Columbian Mining Company 136 •• 2 134 2
Pasco Peruvian Mining Company 5 5
Real del Monte Mining Company 400 300
• 07% 10234
Tialpuxahua Mining Company 80 1100
L• 05 10-2%
United Mexican Mining Company 20 18% ll) 20
Alliance Fire and Life Insurance Company 10 * 8
Protector Fire Insurance Company .......»•• 2 1
Mexican Company • 15 61
Provincial Bank. of Ireland

Arrived; ylue.
I Ihddin 0
I Waterford ~ 0
Quernsey Iv. jersey 0
9 Lisbon 1
•ilattenbirrgh
0 Hanklatrgli 0
0 Holland 0
1 France ,t.. 0

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HIGH WATER ATI.ONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW.
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LONDON,
raHRDAY'RVENING, MAY 9, 1898.

Our Readers will perceive by our Parliamentary
Proceedings, that the bringing up Of the Report of.sthe,
Committee upon the Corn Laws, last night, gave rise
to another animated discussion upon this- subject in
the House of e9Mmons. The opposition to the
measures proposed was more feeble than on any former
occasion, while, op the other hand, the arguments for
their adoption had .acquired, increased weight and
rigour. Mr. STANLBY, in expressing his entire
concurrence it the course taken by Government,
---,Powerfully awakened. the feelings of the House by
describing, from personal knowledge, the pitch of en-
durance to which:the distress had risen in the manu-
Ewtoring districts, and the extraordinary patience and
resignation with which, generally speaking,. it had
been borne by the suffering poor. He also des-
cribed the anxious desiie felt in those districts, that the
measures in question, though only to afford a
temporary alleviation, should be carried ; and expressed
his own opinion ‘that such a result would be highly
.beneficial, as proving that the House of Commons
were not backward in testifying, their sympathy fOr the
distress which prevailed,and as being likely to produce,
on the manufactdring poor, a spirit of 'conciliation to- 1
Wards •the agri4atural classes. Several other Hon.
Member, who usually vote against Ministers, sup-
P°rtect -the.
~I ; and the arguments of Mr.
RklCtt?o, for going at once into the general con-
of::tbs Corn Laws, with a view' to their
being pesmamently set at rest,, inn) 010 Ni
cluarityleterql by Mr. HUSKISSoN. Buy the
inostitaflata 4 convincing specCh which has
madedtuitirdbcdiscussion of this question, was. that.
which , delivered in reply to Sir,
Ensr- Ann ,KkrAfrotuuLL. It silenced all oppositiout.

and,aysedtihe Debate. The Right Hon. Gentleman,
with that perspicuity of argument which distinguishes
him hi debate, distinctly shewed, that even those who
were.triost. decided in
,their suppOrt of
.the Corn LaWs
as a permanent system, admitted that their extreme
proyisionsought not, tole allowed to come into Opera-
tioji at this moment, and that some temporary. altcra
tion or suspension of thein ought to be made pro hic
'ice. An alteration. of the law at 'this time would be
inconvenient, and that inconvenience (he considered
foriireisons which he thought it best, only, tahint at),
would beipallyfelt by the Landed Interesthe
considered theipreserit measures to be for their protection;
a suapensien or modification of the law, therefore,
WM the liecessary course : and, as in the 'event of

any Pressing exigency occurring during the recess, the
Govermnent must take upon themselves the respon-
• sibility of suspending the law, 'it was better for Par-
liament to provide for such proceeding, and to limit
the diieretion which MiniSters must, in the other case,
take upon themselves, 1-1 e preferred the road through'
tarliatnent to the Royal Road of .Prerogative. The
i4tei only,asked the sanction of Parliament to,
Alt- laiNelk they Post probably_ must otherwise do
tkernselvesi and while the-circumstances of the Conn-
try.justia#4Alle ;demand, they, would by no means war-
nait itatterosal.- These forcible arguments appeared
to acitlVfan.kitiliatibi:'*The,.l.louse divided; (164
, ,
,an
Report wat4brsoo44•4llliy majority of 185 to 58. A
Bik.iibillided Ow thi(Jßesolutiens, was then read a
firatt- 04, ordecr...ed,t9 !)e,rP44lt,second time to-morrow.
The. settee ot..,tlie House of Commons, and of the
Nation at larnhaving been now so unequivocally ma-
'l44l4lkod in: favour of these measures, we think
HORourilbl(3,, Members would best Promote the
interests of the Country by abstaining from any
further observations during the progress of the
14111 which might tend, in any degree, to keep up the
irritation unhappliy:eXisting on thii question between
the two great and leading interests of the country.
AU discussion of the general principles of the Corn
LaWilis most especially, to be deprecated at this mo-
ment :.'aitttnotwithstanding the reports alluded to in
"fli,e,PfAie- Daily Papers, and whichk,have reached us
I:rorp. ottor xpiarters, of the strong opposition to the
intended measures which is to be expected in the
upper liou.se, `pf Parlilonent, we are satisfied that
• le Lords will not, from any selfish, motive of Ks-
, sen; -4. t, 1,1110 ,4Vhlitird the tranquillity of the country by
34,91t4+ ifts466 : mi. measures now universally al.
"!,,ttitalyei kin and necessary.; but on the other
a, c tothem, with that wisdom
JvaliCtlialzig 4iir --ail , -
ari

which has always distinguished the proceedings of the
House of Peers, resting, satisfied that by so doing.they
will most effectually secure the permanent interests' of
the great stake which they possess in the country.

the Times repeats to-day " with perfect confi-
dence,"• its statement of yesterday concerning the
affairs of Greece, and the recent negociations at St.
Petersburgh ; and adds several other particulars of the
discussions- lately: conducted by the Duke of WEL-
ii.
iINGTON ; but it does not repeat its statement, that
Ships of Wm', and TransportS, are fitting out at Ports-
mouth for ca-operating with Russia, in rescuing
Greece from the Turkish, yoke. TO this part of the
subject the Times very .dexterously gives the go ky—
well knowing, that our assertion of the utter untruth
of that repreientation, could not be contradicted : and
that it might be more prudent
,to hazard further asser-
tions respecting circumstances at a distance, which
cannot be so readily refuted, than to admit the' false-
hood of a part of the former article, which would ne-
cessarily invalidate 'the whole of it.

. .
'We resume our observations on the LAW • OF.
DEBTOR AND CREDITOR, in order to take the
opportunity ,fof . displaying the operation of the°
Insolvent Act; and of drawing the public attention.
to the system which has been adopted under the sanc-
tion •Of.its pro4isions. Of the necessity of some en-
actments for tilt relief of Insolvent Debtors ncvbne can
,very reasonably doubt; at the same time it istO be ob-
served, thin there is -a limit even to this necessity, and
that the benefiCial tonsOtiences of such a law' are not
to be purcheited at all hazards and all exPence. These
laws, .!in their origin, were not passed °with a view to
mitigate. the 'severity of the common law, which con-
signed the `person of a debtor to a , prison until Such
time as he paid his creditor ; but Upon the 'urgency
of occasion, and in order to relieve the public tirisons
when they became 'too much crowded. On' this view,
the first, Insolvent Debtors' Acts were, all of 'a' ietnnos.,
rary nature; they applied only to prisoners in custody,
at the time they were' passed, anti were expressly li.-
mited tosdebtors in custody for sums below some co:
taro - fixed amount. Such a system, however,
has in late days been found inconvenient, and
the plan -lately adopted has been to remove
the 1 *nit, of
,• ;amount, and to permit these
Acts to have a prospective as well as retrospective
operation. 'Bence' the establishment of the Court for
the Relief of Insolvent:Debtors, and the Act clothing
it with authority, and giving force to its awards. It
ianot, hOwever, to he supposed that this system ar-
rived at this point without opposition ; on the con-
trary, numberless attempts have been made to increase
the severity (Alta provisions, and render the' relief
under it as little .efficacious
.to the Insolvent as pos,
sible. : Every obitacle has been thrown in the way of
the debtor, and every advantage taken to render his
necessary sojourn in prison'as irksome and as severe as
possible, whilst On, the other hand the rights of the
creditor have been 'studiously enforced. In the' end
the debtor truly walks forth from pristin a free man,
but his industry is cramped, .his energies dulled, and
his hopes of future prosperity entirely annihilated, by
the reflection, that although his person Is ,eacied,his
(feetis,-,his pOperty,. anti his
.trade. ,amlired since hii
eeliige, tnalhe swept away,and himself A second time
Ild2to ruin by -virtue of the judgment that was
'teied;',agaitist him at Ilie time' 'of his cliScharge, from
14
. .1,
, isrtscia . 'This is peetdiar tis the Insolvent, Debtor's
lieel. Such a provision is inileed to be: foUndin ibe
Bankrupt Laws ; 4nit there it is intended .as, a 11. .44.--•''}'''''.
ment in case of a, second bankruptcy : 'and
,rn.iiktiver
be it known, that even there it yloes ..1.t..„. comp.l,llt.
loipiagersatiliLoitiie pound.,lift
hebanlautt's-.ettate shall pay 15 shit-.
'...re re effect, however; to these
very inadequate laws,' the country is put to: the the an-
nual charge 'Of nearly 16,000 C The Public Estimates
now lying 'on . thi!:,.teiga.: 4 the House f C
oCommons
contain. art item cif ll re;&i...4 and place the sum re-
.
required for this year at 15,001., of which very nearly
6,0001. is required to pay tor the three useless circuits.
that the Commissioners yeSsly .make to ditscltarge
insolvents in the prisons in''`ihe country. To.:.thia
enormous sum which is paid by.tike Treasury, is to be
added a sum of 2,5001. per annum,l*id by insolvents'
~discharged from the prisons of the King's Bench art&
,Fleet, and another sum of 3,5001. paikby the oppos-
ing creditors of these last insolvents. These last men-
tioned. sums of 2,5001. and 3,5001. arise on acemint7
of the fees that are exacted in Court for the relief of
. Insolvent Debtors, and they to go to, increase the:
salaries of the officers of the Court, and which are-,
thus swelled to an amount out of all proportion to the
duties they have to discharge. The hours of attend-
' Ance are.. from ten till four daily, . and • when it
is said the yearly emoluments of thetWo offices, of pro-
visional assignee. and tax-master ,arnount—the first
certainly to near 2,0001:; and the' latter eertairily-,be-
,yond,-1,5001,, we think we Lave proved our assertion
to demonstration. The-quantity of business transacted
'in this Court may. be.:itnagined,,from the circumstance
that'thc Estimate beforwilluded to reqoires-a sum of
1,680110 r the 'salaries of ittietee clerkS,,and another sum
Of 3001. for the printer, and- another of 2801. for adier-
tising-,--4hat ?'' The times when the Commissioners
will go the Circuit ! ! ! A woad or two upon -the
subject of these circuits. The sum charged for tra-
velling expenses is,. three shillings per mile, and at
7,200 miles is made to amount to 1,0801.--_.
NOV.!' all the ' world - knows' that. .a man may
, pair of post.
re we have
tratiorsis4'rfldort t'w6ovesrhiilEinliggslapld eir, mlillet,h.anad so he
a one shining er
,rtiqe wain, we suppose, for the st11)-
sistence of the ,CoMmissioner. . Oh no,. for the, very
next,item is 1,2601: for that very subsistence ! Then
it must be for the travelling.eip' cnces of his clerk;
and although that clerk might, to be sure, Sit-upon the.
coach-box :Of lint inaSter's carriage, yet he oughtto paY
his fare. i,Butragain we are out, for the next charge is
5401, for Oniie'fravellingexpences,andthe next' 441.1.
for the subsistence of Messieurs ,thCortunissioners
. clerks, One really would think these circuits had now
'One far enough; that the travelling expencei and
.the

subsistence for Commissioner and
_clerks being thus
provided for,' all 'vas paid:- bu- t,nol!---no. such thing,
for this very moderate estimate, is wound up with
the two following
For compensation to such clerks for the like Pe"
riod'(on the circuit), at the rate of 20s. per diem
(number of days not stated), each clerk in lieu of
their salary and share of fees at the office, during

". these periods appropriated to pay, extra clerks on-
" ployed during their absence, and as reniuneration for
" extra trooble, 44.11." And to Concluile, " For
" contingent expenees on the said circuit, at the rate
"of 791. es. Bd.. for.each time of making such three
" circuits, 2381."

After this expose, it is surely unnecessary to add a
word by way of .comment. We defy any person to
produce so shameless an estimate is this from any
other public establishment, and we do,say it is a bitter
reflection on the Commissioners who can so neglect
their own credit and their own characters, by peilnit-
ting such a statement to be sent to the House of Corn.:
moss in their name. We are satisfied they know
nothing of it. But where is Mr. Hume ? where is
this exposer of public jobs, that he has not yet laid
his hands upon this document, and held it up to the
reptobition of ;Parliament and the Country F. Com-
pensation for .fees insolvent debtors, who have
nothing in the worla eentingent expellees provided
for, after'every posSilde item of expenditure has been
amply. charged f
As•tO the fees taken iii thie'ettiiit, 'we are still more
surprised, because we find 'a- eliise'lnthe Present Act
that expressly declares that.ni4o-shall 'be taken, save
such as the Commissioners ellocie„ • 110er-this' nega-
tive
_power it never could haver been' die intention of
the Legislatere tosanction the 'esnetion 'of tei3,' in this
eotuf,to the amount 0f6,0001. per annum ; and we can-
•
nofbelp wondering under what ludlucination the Cain"
mistioners must have been when they put their gigue-
.tures(to the listtliat now (dis) graces the Insolvent
, Debtor's Court Office. We are really ittrprised and
conenned for tine slip of professional acittenesii, gene-
iSlle:tilive enough, and ever on the qui wive to detect
-
imposition, and expose public delinquency. It is im-
possible in ciliap ace to give a list of these fees, el-
though we have them now before us, and we therefore
request our IteaderS to take our description of them
upon,our credit. 'The items of charge are 12 in num-
ber, and seven'of these we pronounce as' totally unne-
cessiry.- The remaining five are passable enough,
and not sufficiently. onerous to the Insolvent or his
Creditors to be obnoxious to remark. But the seven
we condemn, we utterly and entirely condemn
them as extortionate, cruel, and oppressive, end
we mightt almost say' unconstitutional. Surely.
enough is here ' shewn to require Parliamentary inter-
ference—a little investigation into the foundation
of these charges—the more especially when it is con-
sidered that the expence thus thrown on the public
treasury is considerably augmented by the charge im-
posed upon individuals seeking and opposing the grant
of relief by the Court. We have before said that
31,000 persons have been discharged in the last four
years from the prisons of the King's Bench and Fleet,
and that the costs of each insolvent averaged 20/. If
to this sum is addfl 201. more, for the costs incurred by
all the creditors opposing the discharge of one in-
solvent, ,it' hill give the sum .of THREE HUNDRED
THOUSAND POUNDS, as the :total annual sum'
' spent the creditors, and debtors applying to the
Insolvent Debtor's Court. This sum, we should
imagine, would very greatly exceed the total amount
of assets that have been surrendered insolvents to
their ere/litois under the ?het. Spearing of assets,' it
leads us to ask what is the amount of money nownlisiti
hands of the C!. oust produced by the estate anavehos;or
'the insolvent debtors who have ;:iit#re'rid
perty to their creditors ?
. that stun must by this time re/4,20,11.1 ,50;091*
at the least,. seeing that vwkoinv that sums small
in themselves. have been received, anti.retained, by the
• taort'o pay the dividends due to the, particular cre-
`:ditiors, when they shall he de Landed. A time never'
likely to arrive, as the sum' to i 0 VO5l byway of
dividend by Any creditor is ,t trill Lin deserve the
',trouble and expellee which asking for ilowould neees-
eerily. occasion. . . •_ :,<<ni ac -:4

Dispatches have been' tteeii(ol frprn' 'Captain Sir
MuttRAN iliAxwsLi., of His Majesty's Ship liriton,
reporting the surrender to the einnhined South Ame-
rican Forces, of the important fortress of Callao.

The Duke of DEVONSHIRE, did not proceed by
land to Sheerness, yesterday afternoon, as had been
expected. The Comet steam vessel is waiting off
the Tower, for the Duke's conveyance doom the River,
to the Gin:welter, at the Nore, and it is expected his
.Grace will embark this afternoon.

We pride ourselves .a,little on being equal to most
of our contemporaries in obtaining early infmmatior4
and have had reason to congratulate ourselves otett4,
ionally on priority of intelligence. Rut yesterday;',otr
taking up the Courier, we discovered our inferjOnty,
and felt a little nettled that, in. spite of our arrange-
ments, we had 'remained in total ignorance of a most
important circumstance, art account of which stared us
Ate face, under the head'of 'an SrieNtrr TO
ATTACK Mr. CANNING." In additibn iO,(4llllOrtifiel.
tion beingbehindhand on such an occasion, we were
alarmed at the 'annbuneement, and all the liorrors of
the Gunpowder Plot and the Cato-street ConspiraCy
rushed upon our minds. So soon as we felt a little com-
posed and anticipated the worst, we commenced read-
ing the article. A poor fellow it seems, who either' had'
been, or/andel/that he had been, robbed by the Por-
tuguese Government, placed himself, with In starving
wife and four Children, at the door of the Right lion.
Secretary for foreign Affairs, delivered. ,a, letter, and
almost Insisted on being relieved. Pople, theoffleer, took
him into enstody, and, after 'a 'cheap )otlging during
Saturday and Sunday night,. the nia!i.twas discharged.
To learn these particulars we waded ttrongh one-third
of a column with the greatest thlkieq,:exPecting a
frightful
uegrhilinfvu eaptHraotsatveroisntpghaeigai eaiestrtiymlien et,o until
thus putting his KtieitYiti
at the end of the story, which, of cotirge;4l4lipated.
liege,subjects in bodily fear : our idar in ing cont,,upo.
may as well' kill a man as frighten him to
death." We recollect nothing so trulOiorribie since
we heard the new song of Guy Faux, in which a 11U.
/Twig* describes very minutelylol4,o,ll:hiew, up the
1107i:dim :rally,

King and all his Ministers, by lighting the gunpowder
with a pottable gas lamp, and adds,
That is to say, he would have.doni,
Bat one thing him prevented,
And this it Was, as I am told,
The gas was not invented.
We believe that the Cabinet Dinner, which, like a
petition to the. House of. Commons, had been at the '
period
.of the beggar's application, just " ordered to
lio on the Table," was not much disturbed by the
visit, but On hearing the intelligence, it is said, that
the guests were forcibly reminded of Dean Swift's
verse. " on the sth of 'November,"—=-
-To night's 'the day I speak it *ith great sorrow,
That we were all to have been blown up to-morrow;
.Therefore take care of fire and candle light,
.'Tie a cold frosty morning, so good night.
'.This is strongly recommended to be set to music,
and to be sung at the Cabinet dinners in futtue,, for as
Guy Faux was prevented from accomplishing his deep
design by an accidental circumstance, so the fact of
this importunate beggar, having no arms at command
but, his own, and those of his wife and children, and
no ammunition but a begging letter, fortunately pre-
served Mr. CANNING, and perhaps all who were
dining with him, from the. most dreadful consequences.
By the way, we had' forgotten Lin our fright, to Lcompli-
ment the writer on the-:admirable specimen of alli-
teration which the " attempt to attack" presents, ,and
in which he seems " at home to a T."

By the German Mail received this trioriiiug, re are,
happy to pprceive that. Commercial Distress has much
abated in'Be 1. 11)
k

FUNDS,
• . city, 12 o'clock this doy. ,
Consols left off yesterday at 771, buyers, and °pencil this Morn-
ing at the same price ;, they are now at 78 to 4, no business doing.
Accounts have been received this morning from Mexico, Of the
Bth March, and from the Coast to the 18th; they .are preparing ,
a force of 8,000 men to join the Columbituis, in order to make an
attack on Cuba. The Pyramusfiigate was expected to sail on the
24th March, had on board 6 million of dollars. The encounti
from the Mines are favourable, particularly from the' Real del
Monte.
India Bonds and Exchequer Bills, 9, 10, pm. ; New Scrip, to
dis. ;S p. Consols, 794, buyers ; p. Reduced, 881/ ; 4 per
Cent. New ; 94i.
French FuMii, 15 per Cent., 96, Ex., 25f. 60c. ;; S per. Cert.!
66, Ex., 25f. 60e.
Brazilian, per. Cent., for Account, 56 ; Chilian 6 per Cent.
89, 41 ; Colombian, 6 ' per Cent., 41i ; Danish, 544; Greek
Bonds, 151 to 16 ; Mexican Bonds, 1825, 6 per Cent., 62 t;
Peruvian,,Bo4 to 14 ; Russian, 5 per Cent.,:. 76 ; Spanish Bondi,
; 5 per Cent., 1823, 5 i•
Two o' Clock.
Consols for Account 784. Nothing doing—in fact this day
is quite a blank. An Extriordinaty. Gazette the 811 d Jan.
has been published at Lima, giving the official in_telligeriee of the
surrender of Callao. The garrison were allowed very favourable
terms, the honors of war, 14c. •
4 Quarto past Two o' Clock.
Consols, 7844; %kluged,- 771; New Fours, 0413; Scrip,
pm. par ; Mexican, 61 624 ; 41 ler 41i.
NAVAL INTE4,LOENCE.

Mr Port Letters aro still without inoreit.

Ihvoaronz,, 7,v......!The Camelion and towel, which
sailcd from'l'lymetigt .011,010 6th,,arn to try ,their comparative,
rate of sailing. . .
The Captain*" -Olken% Seamen, and .Marines of hit Majesty's
ship liritannia,•lttWeAtdrcrihed one day's pay for the relief of the
%tressed inhabitant; in the manufacturing diatricts. Wp have
etileehailhia:liteteille feeling will extend to other ahlpfc; the
heart of..thi..o4lo4,eitilor being peculiarly tremitiye,„ op all qua-
aiun, to, the calamity and onffering of ,hia followrcreatures,
Aprouptiph?...--41r. Thorny. Young, Purser, It. It to be
Sapidataantary,Rurser of his ,Majesty's ship Gloucester. „
of

-tar. [FROM LLOYD'S.] . ,
Dna itritteir S.—Wind MR.—Arrived the Willtelmitte,. Jre.
geriewri; froth Antwerplor Ratiptia, and remain, with the. Itritati.
fer Dantrie. Thirkomeward-bound sailed for the *Hirer this
marniniti
FatmciuTit, M & r'7.—«WindN.E.--Arrired the Enterprise,
liosken, from. London ; and _Elite,. Dealt,. from Liverpool.—
Sailed the Foititude, Stephen, ..for.‘iabon.
Connts, MAT 43.--Wind N.E.—Congrese, kinsman, Arne'.
rican ship, came but otiuttboitev and sailed for Boston.

No news of the Crisisi for New York. vitael
sailed the 11th of 'January, frotn.Ctiwes, with * noritborOf pawn.
gets, and had not arrived at New York en the I I thetilt)ril, tom,
seqnently great fears are entertainedfor her safety.;

NORTH AND SOUTH AIItERIGAN,COIia,43OHOUSIL
(THIS DAY.)

LIVIMPOOL. MAY 7.--WincritlV.Z—Arsived Alecto,
Ayshford, from Jamaica, sailed 24th March. The Paragon eras
to sail lit April for Liverpool. Sailed the Philadelphia, Ames,
for Londonderry, Sic. ; Kitty, .Moody, for Portsmouth, N. H. ;
Planter, Douche, for Antigua; ,Nimrod, Bruce, fbrTristidaill
Wilsons, Ross, for Demerara ; Bispham, Grumley, for Leghorn;
William, Net:well; for Quebec. .Of the port Juline Citstati West,
from Savannah ;' Spartan, Young, from Near Orlointo?"
Ptorittiutu, MAY 7.—Wind N.E.—Arrived the 'Catharine
Gierth; Boyle,'front Sierra Leone ; and•Leara, Baakfiti froneiht
Isle' nitro* ; sailed Sd January, and left theta the !much,
Hercules, Vaughan ; and the WY &tit,' forliondon.
• MAY E.?l,E...Arrived the I;lecta,
4j,sliforil; froth Jamaica ; sailed 24th March. The Paragon wee
'to sail let April. His Majesty's ship Pyladea, from Vett Cruz
titrcl Campeachy, and hialfajeaty's Sdynst from CirthaftoMl,
',lirCre at Jamaica. Off the port,* the Julio* Clefigrt Wait, from
Ilavarmah and off Holyhead, the Spartan, Yong, from New
Orleans.

iltlcL, MAT 7.-:-Arrived the Lightnin 'War-Office 'steam- •
packet, for a supply Of ifthi, issa,' This packet and the Ifernsione
transport having horses,‘ owboard, attached to the Duke of
Devonshire's ErnhassMO Peteriburgh, 'put into•tJse Humber
yesterday evening, u,.,frons-thccontinututee of stormy N.E, gales,
they could not get their across the North Sea. • •
' • Posinsitownt' t.—Sailed,the, Elisabeth, Atherion, fey
Quebec; the Carbineer, Taggart, for Lisbon. • ..•-•
Cowes, B.—r).ast—Arrived the Queen, James, from Lisbon.
' The Tipton lieu, Meyers, was driven on *lore near Barcelona,
9311 ult.; during* gale, but was expected to be got off. •

Ychterday, the Duchess of Gloucester visited the
The Duke of York left town on Sunday for New-
market.
PrinCe Ledpold honoured the dinner given yesterday
by tbc Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, at
Northumberland Howie, with his presence.
The Duchess of GlOticester and the Princess Sophia
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visitedtne 111110011 111.1g111411, yesterday.
Mr. Secretary Canning entertained a numerous
party to dinner on Sunday, at his residence in Down-
ing-street.
Dispatches were received yesterday morning at the
Foreign Office, from the British Consuls to the South
American 'Republics.
Yesterday dispatelies were received by. Mr. Sccre-
tary Canning from Lord Granville, our Ambassador
at Paris. •
The General Steam Naitation Company's packet,
the Sir Eduard Banks, arrived yesterday from I.lam-
burgh, after voyage of 52 hours. She made the
nassage• outrin, 5,5 hours. The packet brought papers,
but they con tarn* tidlICWB of the slightest importance,