The Sun.
London, England, 1826-04-18 00:00:00

Dispatches have been received this forenoon at the
Adlairalty from Vice,.Admiral Sir H. NEALE, Bart.
G.C.B. Cominauder-in-Chief of his Majesty's
'I6PS in the Mediterranean, dated on board the Re-
im*, in Naples Bay, on the 30th March, We un-
derstand they do not contain any news of importance.
The, Gannet had not returned from her search of the
digerine. The Honourable Captain ABBOTT of the
'4olf, had been promoted to the rank of Post Captain
from home, and Lieutenant DAVIES of the Seringa-
Patam, to that of Commander into the Rose.

Ile most impOrtant subjects which occupied, the
attention of the House of Commons last evening, were
the Usury Laws, anti the Funding of Exchequer Bills.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER suggested to
Mr. Sergeant ONSLow the propriety of deferring the
Bill for the Repeal of the Usury. Laws until the next
Session, in consequence of the probability that many im-
portant circumstances, which materially affect th 6 ques-
tion might, in the mean time undergo a considerable
change, pledging .himself, if his proposal were acquies-
ced in, that he would hereafter support the Bill. The
Learned Sergeant, with a proper deference to the
wishes, of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER,
waives his own feelings and left the question to
the disposal of the House. Mr. PEEL stated, that
during the recess attention should be given to the
tuhiect, and he trusted that the CHANCELLOR
of
the Ex'eltE4tmt would himself introduce a
Bill upon it, during the next Session, provided there
should then' be *ilmpedirn'ents of the nature at pre-
sent existing. •

The propriety 'cannot be doubted of the postpone-
ment of a question which must necessarily have so
great an, influence on all pecuniary matters as that of
the Repeal of the Usury Laws, to a period when the
Money Market has recovered from the agitation
into which, from
_various concurring circumstances, it
has recently been thrown, and the measures now in

progress, affecting the currency of the country, have
been some time in operation. We suppose, however,
that the reconsideration of this question will be entered
upon at the very commencement of the next Session,
and that the CHANCELLOR of the Exchequer will re-
deem the pledge he has now given, by the introduction
a Bill which will meet the concurrence of the House
411t1 of the Country, upon one of the most important
questions which regulate the transactions of society.
On the subject of the Funding of Exchequer Bills,
the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated to the
liouse the object of 'the measure, luid the terms on
which it was to be Tanied into effect, and added, that
the subscription fdi funding, to the amount of
8,000,000/. was .itiretuty full. The capital sum of
844 to be created,will amount to 8,560,0001., the
interest of which will be 342,0001. The Sinking

Fund to be provided for the Redemption of this
portion of the Debt, will be 5,600/. being 1/. per
cent. on the difference between the amount of the
Exchequer Bills (for which the Sinking Fund was
previously appropriated), and the. Stock created. The
charge for management will be g,5651. and no addi-
tional taxation to meet this increased expence will be
necessary, as it will be paid out of the surplus of the
Consolidated: Fund.

We cannot but congratulate the country on the terms
on which this financial operation has been effected, as
we consider them most advantageous to the public,
whatever they may prove to be to the individuals who
have invested their property at these prices.
It is stated by our City Correspondent, that as
soon as it was known that the amount offered to be
subscribed was not so large as had been expected,
(being, as it proves, little more than the sum_ required),
a gloom spread itself over the Money Market, which
affected not only the prices of the New Stock, but also
those of all other Government Securities.

In the House of Commons last nights Mr. WHIT-
MORE gave notice that he would bring forward, this,
day, his motion on the Corn Laws, -
While we highly esteem the character of the Ho-
nourable Gentleman, and . consider him one of the
most valuable Members of the House of Com-
mons, we cannot help doubting the prudence of
agitating the question at this present moment. Ra-
tional men of all parties will admit that some protect.
ing duty is requisite, and it is proposed to fix, in
money, the amount of that duty, at a time when
the value of money itself is unknown from the com-
plete revolution in our currency.

Sierre Leone: Gazelles, down to the 14th January,
reached us yesterday. The general state of the Colony
is prosperous, and sickness has not raged to the usual
extent, although amongst its victims we are sorry to
record the names of Captain Ross, Aid-de-camp to
Sir CHARLES TURNER, the Governor-General, and
of His Excellency's two nephews, the Messrs.
TURNER, who held Civil situations in the Colony.
The exertions of His Excellency for the general good
appear to have been unremitted, and to have effected a
very great change in the affairs and prospects of the
Colony. While, however, its internal prosperity is
daily increasing, the disgraceful trade which is carried
on, upon the neighbouring coasts, increases in an enor-
mous degree, and that too, notwithstanding the active
operations of our cruizers, by which a number of
vessels engaged in this nefarious traffic have
been captured. Our feelings arc shocked at the
recital of the increased horrors which the wretched
victims are. doothed to 'suffer by being, crammed 'into
4
sharp built vessels, where no attention is paid to any
other objeCt than that of effecting a short.pissage to the!)
port of dekination ; and the friends of humanity'
deplore the little success which has attended 'their
.metiv
torious endeavours to terminate a trade not less horrible;
in the mode in which it is carried on,, than wicked in
prineiple.

It has been acknowledged by all parties, that Lon-
don has not been represented in the present:Parliament
in a manner worthy, of the richest and greatest Corm,
mercial City of the world. Of two of its Representa',
tives, indeed, we would wish to speak with respect. Sir
Wm. CURTIS, by his assiduous attention to his duties
in Parliament, during the long period he has sat for
the City, has entitled himself to the gratitude, `as he
has commanded by the integrity and frankness of his
character, the attachment of his 'fellow-citizens. 'Mr.
Taos. WILSON, by a like devotion of time to his
duties during the shorter period he has been in the
House, with the practical knowledge which he has
brought to the consideration of various subjects, has
undoubtedly been a respectable and useful member :,
but of the other two Representatives we would only

say that they appear to Us to have been wholly
unfit for the station in which They,haVe been placed.
Mr; Alderman BnvonEs has absolutely been.
" Nobody," while Mr. Alderman Woon, by attempt-
ing too much, has subjected himself to'the ridicule of
both sides of the. I!ouse„ The intended resignation
of Sir WM. CURTIS, Mr. WILSON, and Aldertnan
BRIDGES, will give to the Freemen an opportunity to
vindicate the honour of their City by the selection 'of
men more eminently qualified for the important and
honourable post of representing them in Parliament,and
it seems that this opportunity will not be lost. Two Gen-
tlemen have been already invited to stand at the approach-
ing Election, who possess essential qualifications for
the station, Viz., Mr. Alderman THOMPSON and Mr.
W. WARD ; and from the information which has
reachedus, we entertain a confident hope that some
other Merchants or Bankers of talent, experience, and
high principle, will also be willing to come forward on
this occasion, and thereby rescue the entire representa-
tion of London from such dabblers in politics as may
otherwise be again returned.

The French papers, which arrh'ed last night, con•
tain nothing of interest. The fate of, Miss°lough
still remains in doubt. . .

Two Dutch Mails'arrived this , mornirm and con-
°
tain a long account of the obsequies of the late Em-
peror ALEkANDER. The " last scene " of con-
signing the ruler of " twenty nations" to the tomb,

was particularly affecting and imposing. The following
•
arc.:exk4,o4Al-7,-:).„, t.
"-; Sr. PrTFABB .BIAIPL,2B.
On` &Writerlist, the day fixed for the obsequies of the late
EniperOr Alexander. -; His Majesty the Emperor, and 411 the
Members of the Imperial ihmily, with their suite, went, at eleven
o'clock, to the Owen Cathedral, where all the persons who were to
compose the 'last division of the procession were assembled. After
the prayers were read by the Metropolitan, the coffin was taken
frOni the stage by the Aid-de-Camp General and the Aide-de-
Comp of the late Emperor, and the procession set out in the same
order its on the 18th March, when it entered St. Petersburgh.
The streets through which it passed were lined with troops ; the
crowd was immense in the streets, the balconies, the windows,
most of which were hung with black, and even the roofs of the
houses: Perfect order prevailed throughout.
The hearse was adorned with the greatest magnificence, and
was surrounded with all the pomp of religion. His Majesty the
Emperor followed on foot, accompanied by the Grand Duke Mi-
chael, the Prince of Orange, Prince William of Prussia, Duke
Alexander of Wurtemburg, with the Princes his sons, Field Mar-
shal the Duke of Wellington, General Count Tolstoy, and Lieut.-
General Emmanuel. Then followed the chief of his Majesty's
Stall, anti the whole military household. The Empresses Alex-
andra and Maria were in a carriage with the Grand Duke Alex-
ander (the young heir to the throne) and the Princess Mary of
Wurtemburg. ,On reaching the cathedral of St. Peter and St.
Panl, the coffin was taken out by the name. Aid-de-Camps
of the late Emperor, who had performed this office in the
Casan cathedral. Among them was Count Lievep, our Am-
bassador in London., who was the longest attached to the per-
son of the late,Emperor ; Count Orloff Denisoff,.the faithful guar-
dian of the precious charge committed to his care ; and so many
others who are entitled to the gratitude of their countrymen, for
the pious zeal which they slieweti on a long and painful journey, in
which their grief was continnlly renewed by the sight of the ge-
neral affliction.

The members of the Diplomatic Body, and other Foreigners o
disdnetioh, were already,- assembled. in the church of St, Pete and
St. Paul when the procession arrived. The whole interior of the
church being hung with black, had a still more melancholy and
solemn effect than the Casan Cathedral. The prayers for the,dead
immediately began.
If we are not certain that every one will find, in his heart the
means to complete a description which must necessarily be imper-
fect, it would doubtless be.better to be silent respeeting the afflic-
tion of the Imperial Family, when bidding the last adieu tofile
sacred remains from which they were going ,to part for ever.
As for want of room only persons of the. highest rank, and those
who had held the chief offices of State and at Court were ad-
mitted, the number of persons present was but small, and
most of them had had the happiness ..of,dieing Personally
known to the late Emperor, and had been presented with fa-
vours by him. In the Casan Cathedral the :homage, of the
public was paid to the great Monarch, the ruler d twenty
nations, and the grief of all, though profound, was tempered in,
its demonstrations, by respects that the Sovereign Majesty com-
mands. In the church of St. Peter and St. Patti, it was rather
the image of a family weeping without restraint for the loss of its
beloved head. (After dwelling on the grief of the members of
the Imperial family and of the persons present, the Journal con-
cludes as follows) • .
" The moment of eternal separation arrived;, the Aid-de-canaps
of the late Emperor performed the last duty they bad to fulfil.
The inhabitants then heard with. a eensation, that it is impossible
to deeeribe; she •discharge of the artillery, and the three vollies fired
by the troOpsinmouncing tbitt. • the earth had: received into her
bosom the remains of hinkwini when living, was thenoblest of her
sons. 7
Baron Weidner ,on Freundetein has arriyed. in this capital to
.con plinieuthis Majesty; issidesamme of 'the Landgrave of •Ilesse
Ilemburg. '!: 't!'!. „.. . ,
. Conitetteial Gazette Sal;Circumstances resulting fromthe abitridance-of the crops on cone hand, and on the other from
numerous bankruptcies and the &cline of important mercantile
houses in foreign 'countries, did not allow us to hope last-year that
produce anti inenuflictures would be in great demand; and yet our
commerce has not been inferior to that of preceding years. In
fact, if the hnports in were leas by 1,09.1,346 ruhies than in
1824, the exports were more considerable, by 44,691,506 rubles.
--(Journal of St. Petersburgit, to the 31 at Illitrch, inel!crive.)
Am.ENt, Arms. I+.
By accounts from Batavia to the 30th Nov. we learn that the
Sultan of Socracarta remains faithful to his engagement with the
Netherlands Government, and has sent his uncle, with, 500_ men;

tolverds 3lagellan, to oppose on that side the.attempts, of the re-
bellious' Pangerangs- of .Djocjoirarta. The general hicly 4 ,tli,
... •
reliels sc,em to thane titesswir-..*A0.,,th0 neiglihourhattpf Djoer -
carts, fot which reason rit weir thought a dvisabloc, at Ast. : cut. of
N'ionnibt!ri,iswditive thion.,frons•the..vieinityof liodpio, frfiln wilicit
lii ,t.hdt i tivted. the post frotn .I.l4liteeletts. nod ,tll,llo4o,Xtrinti-
haitittig. Major Sollewyni ta spite,af the.had NVitberpicirlite4
1 111oi figilodWitiEsudiattlikUntt.gio drofsa. .of I‘,rapailiK•. iltet,
Tglait et he enemy, drew them several times within the ri;ach"'or
re, tOCkiihtfthoy•ll4l4o(t,kille,l, oink, Tory wounded', .•.;i,,,
""' The acoottntsr.koatititoilyto be satisfactery. Ihusnluniasion, of
IMlriartestf ittadirav ensured. , traiukitilhsy jn,.sini,,east eprirr tie
the island. Captain Sheunisse wks to fortify himself at lsigmiie,
after haritiirdrivett tile enemy from ,it ,with great, loss, in, oriler to
cover the territory of'llemsang. Within the limits of ,ISii,tioe ,ill
was traiulttitrand l'eltalongang was cleared of the enemyoCol.
Cleerens having united his columnsinSerang.—(Dutch Payers
April 15;)•

BEaLtri, Arum'

At the request of the Bible- Asiociation at Berlin. , Ilia •, Ma-
jesty has 'ordered that a. general collection shall be annually :mule
on Anitsunday in all the Protestant churches of the Monarchy, for
the promotion of thilibjects of the Society.
• „. HANOVRR, APRIL 8.
In the course of 1a .year there were in the Kingdom of Ha-

Birthq -
Destim
111nrrhgeq
Ilamlnergh Paper, April 11.)

G 3,850
$2,2,43

EICII A NOES ON LONDON.
A MATER DANt, APRIL 14...-.40. 8. 7. j two Month", 40. 4
Il.tmounoit, APRIL 1 1. —S7. If. ; two months, 36. 10i.
PDTERSBUROH, MARCH 28, 9.
UMW, AMYL' 7.—Three months, 6. 19.
BERLIN, MARCH 3.-7. 2.