The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-12 00:00:00

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upon Oregon Bills, as they are calls d, that are more ' what remains for the League but to meet 1 MONE er Al:et .) 1,. be Wel A 1.. NE W,
or less interfering with that terrie ry, but it was not determination with determination —to oppose '. CITY, THURSDAY EVENING.
After the slight reaction of the morning,
:id-
thouocea-
Aht that the vote upon them would be different to perseverance to perseverance—and to counter-
. casioned by a few sales to realise upon the great
vanco, the Consul Market (Awed with some firmness at
that upon the e notice" upon Which all the hopes of act the effects of zeal by the still more
the violent party were fixi d. . decisive influence of enthusiasm ? To agitate by fits I, 100 i to i ; Exchequer bills supported the
irisre, and the
There is no other political news of importance. , and starts will henceforth be of no earthly use to the "New Tim e•and-a-elelf per Cents. ralliAl 104; India
Stock was 294 tU I.
1 Spanish Active Bonds closed at 261 1 ; the Three
per Cents. at 371 f ; Mexican, at 36; esreek at 15f 1;
The steam-ship Caledonia arrived at Boston on the good cause. The free traders must keep the field
22d. She left Liverpool on the sth of March. both by night and day—they must have their weapons
----........---_ ever ready at hand, and be prepared at a moment's Brazilian, at 801; Peruvian, at 301 to 31; and Dutch
- : Two-end-a-Hall per Cents. at an improvement to 611.
Mr. Rowwdeu Met. will be remembered by the notice, like the indefatigable Ironsides of Ceom
The additional transactions in Railway Shares have
British public hereafter, as among the most prat- been these
:—Chester and Holyhead were 21 ; Great
WELL, against every species of surprise. Drop by
drop water wears away the hardest stone, and by Western, 35 ; Birmingham, 136 to 135 ; Manchester
tical of its benefactors. His bold conception of a
plan of Post-office reform—followed out, as it has continuous agitation only can the League hope to and Leeds, 43i ; South Eastern, li ; York and North
Midland; 68 ; and Paris and Orleans, 15-i to 154 pre-
been, with remarkable sagacity and invincible perse- conquer. Mr. Counele, who was also in attendance
mium ; Eastern Counties have been 103-• and
Strasburg and Bale, 21 to t discount. London 'Joint-
verance, to the establishment of a general penny post, at this great public demonstration—which by all ac-
in lieu of that expensive, vexatious, and ill-arranged counts was one of the most imposing that has been stock Bank Shares were 3-f ; and Provincial of Ireland,
scheme which had been so long tolerated under the made at Wolverhampton for many a long
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
authority of Tory prescription ; his well-sustained year—alluding cursorily to the trimming policy of
New, 7 to 1 premium.
Cotton was freely offered at Liverpool yesterday, but
conflict with an official department, strong in a spe- some of the more influential members of the Cabinet— there was no alteration to notice in prices, and the sales
cies of administrative monopoly, and supercilious, if amounted to 4,500 bales, viz., 300 Pernam, at 61d.; 90
observed,—"Speaking of the corn-laws generally,
EFptian, et 7id
for .; and the rest American at sd. to 7d.
not arrogant, in the tone of all its previous commune- there was not a man in the House of Commons who
0i deans.-1 he Share Market was on the whole well
supported. Chester and Holyhead were 71 ; Dublin
cations with private individuals or public bodies ; was not ashamed to advocate them. He admitted
must be accounted very signal efforts of a vigorous e (1
that eataueet and STANLEY, GLADSTONE and PEEL, and Cashel, 6 ; Eastern Counties Registered, 1:1, ; Lan-
caster and Carfisle, , .1,- •; Liverpool and Manchester Half,
talent for business. It would be great injustice to the were intellectually able and distinguished men ; but
1 to} ; Caledonian, 5 ; Birmingham, 235 • Maneheeter
merits of this gentlemen to forget the long-established it was impossible to sit opposite them, and not and Birmingham, 491 ; Midland
'
Counties, 93 ;. Paris
influence and credit of the Post-office direction, whose perceive that it was nothing but the force of and Lyons, 31 ;
Ditto and Or:eans, 351 ; Ditto and
management he impugned, whose ignorance of im- circumstances which induced them to maintain
Reuen, 37i ; North Britt-h, 31. le,
The report of the Directors of the Royal Mail Steam-
portant details he exposed, whose desire to consult their present position; it was as clear as day
packet Company, laid before the Court of Proprietors'
that they were ashamed of the humiliating task which
and accommodate the convenience of the public he eldthis morning, has been the subject of much con-
expressly denied. Perhaps the annals of official
they had to perform. No doubt while they were versation in mercantile circles in the dity, and certainly
much satisfaction isd ebxpressed that there is new no
" bureau-testy'' " in England do not exhibit—not
ssoplmenedtidimensnidnecret,4 a
saddled and bridled by the Duke of RICHMOND and
even in the delinquent inefficiency of the Board of chance, as wupas
of this
yreTtlalnyy
the Duke of BUCKINGHAM, they would continue their
It cannot be doubted that the Directors have hagd.
Customs—a parallel to the irresponsible impunity,
t;rohniut
asoraipmid
present policy ; but they might rely on it that, on the
the inaccessible absolutism, which thelate Sir FRANCIS
first opportunity which presented itself, the Ministers amituno,set
atrr.yeint.hgeataiddvdainffitacguletspawrhtictoh pre.rstii-tin
FREELING had contrived to organise and exercise in. communication between the distant pens embraced in
to whom he referred—by far the ablest members of
the route of those rackets, that even were 'Government to
his Post-office management. Until the time of the
the Cabinet—would bolt out of the course, and run
present Duke of RICHMOND'S . llll.lre of the ap-
in an opposite direction." This is precisely the lan- pay t e the s
wicum it loes for the conv
be eyance o the ails,
pointment, successive Postmasters-General had been gunge we have used, not once, but a dozen times in such an amount ought immediately to given .f It is mstated
mere dummies in the leading-strings of the Baronet
The Sun. Influenced by no rigid principle— that the fleet of the Company, as is the fact, is in a
state of efficiency, and what is of importance t. the pro
Secretary. His Grace was certainly the first, not
restrained by no compunctious visitings of prietary is, that 50,0001. (3," debt has been paid off since
only to act but to think for himself; and, in spite of
conscience deaf to all considerations but the meeting in October lasni With the same prospects
in view as those recently experienced, it may fairly be
the sensitive reluctance of his man of-business to those of expediencyanticipated that ere long the Proprietors will receive a
admit of any intervention "from without" with the —Ministers require only to
be sufficiently pressed by the people, through their
dividend for the meoney they have teivanced to bring into
sacred mysteries of the Secretary's department, the
accredited agent the League, to give way to that operation this line of communication with the West
pressure. But, to pass from this to another consider- Indies and other places in that direction.
Duke did show himself, on most occasions, alive to
A report has just reached the City, that a dreadful
suggestions for the simplification of office arrange- shun. The question of the corn-laws will of course
accident has taken place at the terminus of the
ments, the improvement and extension of the service, come fully before the House for discussion this ses- ,
Dover and Croydon littilway, near to the Brick-
and a better economy in the collection of its revenue. sion ; great zeal, great energy, and no slight powers layers' Arms, by which many lives have been
The same indisposition to improvements suggested of
declamation will of course be manifested on the lost. It is at present a subject of very general
from any quarter out of the " office," the same post- conversationnthe and
ofof regret. Full 1 artieulars are given in
occasion ; and as the question is one in which
tive diScouragement which had been always mane- humanity is deeply, vitallyinterested,we
may a
_n
jer column Th.e Su.n.. .
I ply to many inquiries in reference to the pro-
fested in " Reports" to the Treasury or Parliament, not expect are we not entitled to expect ceedings of the Committee of Spanish Bondholders, we
of anything like a searching reform and revision of are requested to state that the attendance, at the
that every individual member who has fought
meeting convened last Tuesday, of the members
the machinery of the Post-office, -which proved by the side of Lord ASHLEY in the august cause of
was consdered not sufficent to adopt any (I,finite
impassable barriers to the projectors of such human nature, will be found fighting by the side of course of proceeding, and an adjournment for a
innovatiene during the control and Secretary- Mr. COBDEN on the question of the corn-laws ? fortnight to,,k lace. It is intend dto address a memo
ship of Sir FRANCIS FREELING, that indi- Surely cheap food is quite as great a necessity for rial to the. present. Finance Minister at Madrid, to make
vidual would have bequeathed to his successors the poor operatives as a reduction in the hours of coofnscepsasnioisnbssite6,f.kavour of the at present neglected holders
But the public feeling and desire had been strongly their labour ! If humanity demands a mitigated The Cemtniisioners have taken about 40,0001. stock
pronounced as to the necessity for adopting some such Factory Bill, she demands also a repeal of the tax on this morning, part in the Reduced Three per Cents.
extensive alterations. Several Members of Parlia- ,4s.t. 99k, ant the remainder in Consols, at 100;
food. It is but shallow, spurious sensibility that cone
ment had addressed their anxious and unceasing de-Lence the early part of the . day, Consols for
cedes the one and refusesthe other. To relieve the poor ethe Account have fallen from 100:1 to 1001, and for
mands in the same direction, and, with a praiseworthy from excessive toil is good ; to relieve them from Money from 1001 to 104 The New Three-and-a-lit-LW
resolution, pertinaciously kept the matter before the starvation still better. It is on this broad ground Per Cents. have reached 4i above par—they are now
Legislature. The result of these combined and con- India Bonds
Exchequer Bills have risen to. 7es. premium,
that the League insist on the erasure of the grinding are at 90s. to 91s. premium, and Bank
tinuous efforts was, that Select Committees were corn-laws from the statute-book ; they take their Stock at 200.
appointed. Important evidence was largely taken by proud stand on humanity ; they see that its sacred In the Foreign Stocks the changes have been slight—
them, and investigations, arising out of the informs - claims are set at nought by selfish and reckless mono- the Active Spanish Bonds have been steady at 261 to
, 26i, and the Three per Cents. have been sold at 371 to
tion thus communicated, were set on foot, and fear- polists ; and not a member who voted with Lord 371. Dutch and Belgian Bonds are a fraction lover
lessly conducted; which led to the exposure of innu- ASHLEY on the Factory Bill, but is bound, by every than yesterday, and so are Mexican. The Portuguese
to vote with
merable defects and omissions ;of a sort of favouritism strict tie that can bind an honest man, Converted Stock has improved, for Money, to 47.
and patronage in the disposal of subordinate appoint- Mr. COBDEN on a question which is still more closely The Railway Share market hat not been very brisk
to-day. Pric, s, generally speaking, have remained
ments; and of many incompatible and mischievous bound up with all the best feelings of our common nearly the same
as yesterday. London and Westminster
errors in the working of the system, which had been nature. False indeed, and one-sided, is that humanity Bank Shares have been sold at 5f premium, and the
cried up for so many years, without examination or which can content itself with abridging the daily London Shares Stock Bank Shares at 3f premium. San-
proof, as a model of executive administration. toil of the poor, while it denies them their first and tiago de Cube Mining Shares are at 1 discount.
Mr. Roweamn HILL is fairly entitled to the credit greatest want—the cheap loaf! MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 10.—We have
again had a good market, and a fair business has been
of having digested the multifarious results of these __—emeneee---.
dene :—Manchester and Birmingham, 49f ; Paris and
inquiries, and not only deduced from them many im- The French papers of Tuesday have been received; 14 -oils, 3f ; Sheffield and Manehester, 71;. •; Caledonian,
portant conclusions, on which have subsequently been their contents are not of great importance. In the 5 to i; Dublin and Cashel, 6f ; Blackburn and Preston,
5 ; Barnsley Junction, 2q- ; Newcastle and Darling-
founded vast improvements in the transmission of tor- Chamber of Deputies on Monday, M. St. MARC e
ton, 40.
respondence, the multiplication of reception houses GIRARDIN brought forward a motion relating to the CLOSNGFUND PRICES.
conveyances, and deliveries for that correspondence, appointment and promotion of public officers. He BKII TSH S.
Bank Stock.
aid increased punctuality and order in those delive- erOposes to subject all public functionaries to a regular ' per Cent. Rea . 4,9$ Ditto Bonds . 9 : pm.
3 per Cent. Cons
rtes ; but has suggested, and by infinite application course of promotion. The motion was assented to by New Cent. Cent ' 105 Ditto New Annuities...
% per
established, in working permanency, the cheapest as , New 5 per Cent..—..
well as the most extensive post ever yet Long Annuities to expire ; Ditto Small - pm.
Jan. 1960 12% Bank Stoek for Ac, t....
established, for the benefit of the most active, Oct. 1659 12% Convils for Acct loc%
Jan. Iwo le% India Stock for Acct....
opulent, and commercial community which ever yet ' e•OREIGN FUNDS.
Austrian. 5 per Cent .... ..... Portuguese,s per Cant —
existed. It is not our purpose to detain the reader Belgian, 5 per Cent Ditto, New Ditto —
Brazilian Bonds ... ......... ... 60% Prussian.s per Cent
Buenos Ayres, 6 per Ce L.. Russian, 5 per Cent
by expatiating here on so trite a topic as the tree-
turnable advantages. of a post-letter communication, by Milan I per Cent
Colombian, 6 per t rut ...... Spanish, 5 per Cen
which, at a mere fractional charge, the residents of Jitto, 18V4 — Ditto, -, per Cent 37%
districts and towns the most remote from each other Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent...... 93 Ditto, Deferre
D.inish, 3 per tent
can correspond, with a rapidity almost inconceivable, Greek, Is 5, 5 per Cent...... Exchange —f
Mexican, 5 per Cent
:hroughout the length and breadth of the United Ditto. ,; per Cent., i 8,7 — Dutch, 2% per Cent • 6:14
perileian, 1825, 6 per Ceot 3l Ditto, 4 per Cent lOO%
Chester and Holyhead (
Kingdom. The best evidence—if any could be now SHARES.
/Ala) 7
needed—to facts admitted on all hands to be incon- Eastern Counties ('Li paid)
testible, is to be found in that marvellous excitement Ditto Registered (816 s Stl paid)
Great Western (75 paid)
moral and intellectual, which this happy invention has London and Birmingham (Stock)
Manchester and Leeds (70 pad
awakened in the public mind. The number of letters Northern and Eastern (45 paid) 514
South EaStein and Dover (331 is 4d paid)
posted since tho experiment of 1839 has been finally acted York and North Midland (50 paid) ll4
upon end fully developed, has increased, as compared Paris and Orleans (20 paid) i 5%
Paris and Rouen (!o paid). , -
with the number in any preceding year, in a ratio ex- Strasbouig and Bale (14 paid) ll!,i
with
that which many of its most sanguine advo •
cates had ever thought it possible that the predicted
increase of correspondence could arrive at. In this
increase, how large an addition to the stock of human
intelligence,—how vast a diffusion and interchange
of mental endowment,—how prodigious an expansion
of social intercourse, despite the accidents of personal
separation, and remoteness of distance,—how awakened
a spirit ofcommercial enterprise and scientific inquiry,—
how multiplied channels for disseminating the most re-
cent discoveries of natural philosophy, the newest in-
ventions of art;—how many and inappreciable facilities
for enlarging the circle and consolidating the bases of
human happiness--are involved. And if such objects
he, as most assuredly they are, of the highest public con •
cernment, how well has Mr. ROWLAND HILL deserved
of his country by the sucessful labours he has devoted
towards bringing it into effective operation—however
simple in its principles and homely in its details—
a system which sets and maintains all these admirable
impulses in motion, at an expense so economised as
to ensure their permanency.
For sonic cause or other, official or party views
I appear to have removed Mr. ROWLAND HILL from
a post of emolument, in which he might be regarded
as receiving the honourable and well-merited reward
of his eminent -public services. lle does not seem to
be at all an acceptable colleague in the
departmental
business of a Tory Government. We do not wonder at
this, but we must insist upon the circumstance, as giving
him additional claims on the gratitude and support of his
countrymen. That support they will not fail, we are
confident, to give—that gratitude they cannot refrain,
we are pers uaded,from recording—by adding their early
' t.
sui; scrip ions to the list of those which our advertising
columns of yesterday displayed, as contributors to the
" National Testimonial," to the merits of this well-
deserving, and, we fear, harshly-used gentleman. In
the number of its subscribers, which ought to be
enormous, we anticipate an evidence of the respect of
all classes ; for the middling and the humbler ranks
are principally benefited by the system he has been
the means of establishing. In the amount subscribed,
we cannot suppose that we shall be diiappointed,
for the public honour is concerned in providing an
ample and distinguished remuneration for a servant
who has done so much for his compatriots, and yet
appears to be marked out for the ill-will and rejection
of the Government at the first moment they fancy
themselves at liberty to manifest their hostility
towards him.

the Ministry.
The Messuger gives a statement of the satisfactory
conclusion to which the negotiation respecting
Christians abjuring Islamism has been brought :
" Baron de Bourqueney writes from Constantinople
March 24, to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, that the
Reis Effendi, Rifaat Pacha, had just placed in the hands
of the two first interpreters of the Ministers of France
Ind England the follow iug official note, dated March 21:--
• His Highness the Sultan is irrevocably resolved to
maintain the friendly relations, and strengthen the bonds
of perfect sympathy which unite him with the great
Powers. The Sublime Porte engages for the future to
prevent, by effective means, any Christian abjuring
Islamism from being put to death. "
It has been remarked that, though the Turkish
Government has promised to abolish the extreme
punishment of death in such cases, yet it has not said
that it %% ill refrain from punishing altogether. It has
even been rumoured that the Forte intends to substi-
tute for decapitation, the punishment of imprisonment
and hard labour for life. This, at least, is the state-
ment of the French Opposition journals.
. .

DUTCH AND FLA.NDERS MAIL.
ANTWERP, APRIL s.—Th: Antwerp tit am No iga
gong
to make a direct ewomunica.ion
al Hull. The tfinettetuner the
rbt ieori v Company
rtii
ceeisl Aa
s Vinn:tv:'e
tris gPa
°
ilri , which as employed between Ant-
werp and London, will be placed on this line. There
will be at least one departure weekly from each port.
The first will be at the end of the month, and in the be-
ginning of May.
AItiSTERDA3I, APRIL 9.—The Minister of Finance has
announced that a voluntary gift has been received by
the Trzasory, though the giver would not be liable to
the extraordinary income-tax ; this per& .n is 31,.. Wm.
Dennison, an inhabitant of Java, who is here for a short
time, he has given a cheque for 10,000 florins on his
agent at Batavia.
TURKISH FRONTIERS, MARCH 26.—Letters from Bu-
charest announce that Prince Bibesca seeing that in the
unfavourable temper of the Assembly any agreement
in a
t resolutionto promote the interest of the
o
was impossible, had suddenly dissolved the ctntry
As-
sembly.
tending

The Pt esse says—" Accounts from Beyrout, of
March 8, inform us that Essad Pacha wrote, on
March 2, to the Christians of the Lebonon, to an-
nounce to them that hereafter they are to submit to
the Druse authorities. The Christians have protested
against this measure, which delivers them, without
defence, to their most cruel enemies. At Gaza, in
Palestine, the Albanians have massacred and pillaged
the Christians, and destroyed fifteen houses from
summit to foundation."
The neighbourhood of Lyons has been disturbed
by some riotous conduct on the part of the miners of
Rive de Gier, who have struck for wages. The
military were called out, and some of the workmen
were wounded, but no lives have been lost.

yowhillane
necotoluitetrottihlo,afn}Dk:
Esq.,
sigroF ohhreasicr\
Chairman,
sai
Court
h:e‘ lendr
de at
Nj,
ootthene
On Wednesday
a
uEya,
as
nt
ilmn do
las
IHy o
tuso e
J,
Shepherd, Esq., Deputy-Chairman, for their great applica-
tion and attention to the affairs of the East India Company
during the past year,
Cnsrom-HousE—On Monday, the Bth instant, the
anual change of the officers took place ; the landing-
waiters, searchers, and guagers, who had been on duty during
the past year at the East and West India Docks, being sta-
tioned for the following year at the London and St. Ka-
therine Docks, and legal quays; and those officers who bad
Item on duty at the latter places, being stationed
periodical
alteration of station the officers may not become too familiar
with persons who would entice them to colluse and defraud
the revenue. This annual change is much more extensive
and complete since the discovery of the late frauds in that
department.
The late Sir Henry Halford told a friend, only a
few days before his death, that he had effected more cares by
sending patients to inhale the healthy breezes of the Downs
at Brighton, than by any other means whatever. This is a
fact which we state on undoubted authority.—Brighton Paper.
'l'halberg was expected on Wednesday at Paris;
he passed through Rome without giving a concert there.
The great pianist will visit London in the course of the sea-
son, and then proceed to Vienna.
Liszt, aftt-r giving ,:everal concerts in 13:-.ei;•,,
Dresden, anti Hanover, is (Lille expected to arrive at Paris.
Machina: Guy ObtainQd a new engage-
ment at the Circo Theatre. It is said to be for ten months,
and she is to have 6,000 piastres and two benetits.—Madrid
Print of April 3.
The name of the new ballet in rehearsal at Drury-
lane is definitively arranged to be Henrietta; or. The &tante
Fair. The new danseuse, Grahn, has arrived front
Milan, where she was engaged for 40 nights.
FATAL COACH ACClDENT.—Wednusday aitarneon
Mr. Baker held an illitest at the London Hospital. on
the body of James Donoughough, aged 61. a dusunan, in
the employ of Messrs. Sinnott and Co., of Warpi lig, t,!;,
contractors, who
:--From the
was killed keivliledcelnuenedeTirthtreafyutl:rTiitffe circum-
stancesstrcet
keeper, of Whitechapel, it appears that the deceased had
been out with the cart collecting dust, on Saturday after-
noon, and as it was turning out of Osborne-street into
fertunately praiesneglielodlnstbatan(c);
when ;he vaitel was
lciValrhetitbhey:hrisaielt:l,4o,l High-street, on its return home loaded, he
attempted to get something out of the fore part of the
illylsi,esatisolliiis,apfetadisn:
and
n nugn(;vehri which hethe
c..urnr-.
found to be resting on the tau, tu.,at.. hotly, a„d
the vehicle was obliged to be back,d be.ote he could he
extricated. On that being done be Vku.,with speed,
removed to the above institution, where he died in the
course of two hours afterwards, from a severe fracture of
the pelvis and other internal injuries. There being no
blame to the carman a verdict of
o::::ncoideen;uagl,ndee,atthh:
was recorded.
PRINCE EUGENE,-"-ThiS day, April 10, is the an-
niversary of the death of, in 1736,
celebrated commander, in conjunction with the great
Duke of Marlborough, of the allied armies. He died
at Vienna. He was so popular in England that a maiden
lady bequeathed him 2,5001., and a garden. r, 100/. At
St. Helen's church, Worcester, is a set of bells with
names and inscriptions, recording the victories gained
in Queen Anne's reign, when they were cast. Among
them is one entitled "Eugene, and which bears this
couplet :
" With joy I hear illustrious Eugene's name ;
Fav'rite of fortune and the boast of fame."
THE CROPS.—We rejoice to state that the wheats
on the Cotswolds present a remarkably vigorous and
healthy appearance. The oldest farmer never remem-
bers a better prospect.—Gloucester Chronicle.

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375
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917 50
276 25

At a great free trade demonstration, which took
placzmuans,h
day or two since at Wolverhampton, Mr.
v
was present, and who made one of
those quiet but forcible speeches which never fail to
command a respectful attention, stated that the
League, under all circumstances,haeln.rderautsaadllehaagzaairndsst,
werereso
corn-laws,the vto persevere in their
every vestige of that onerous
impost was swept from the statute-book. They
would hear of no compromise—they would pursue
no tame, middle course, such as was involved in !
the principle of a fixed duty—but would stand
up unflinchingly for the Repeal—the whole Re-
peal—and nothing but the Repeal. " No revival
of trade," added the Honourable Gentleman,
" no improvement of revenue, no good harvest, will
ever induce the League to relax in their unceasing
hostility to this unrighteous law." There are times
when extreme boldness is the best wisdom ; and the
present is one of those periods. The enemies of free
trade have recently exhibited a holder front than they
have done for years past ; the language of the
Premier at the commencement of the session has
algid them—with Confidence ; and they seem resolved
" to die in the last ditch" in defence of their cherished
system of monopoly. Under such circumstances,