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London, England, 1842-04-15 00:00:00

THE SITN LONDON, FRIDA MOR:St-INCr. APRIL 15, 1842.'7

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~„ 8:on of the nicking under the guarantee of an agree-
-"eilt agreed upOn between him and Akhbar Khan for
Considerinp.; the terms of a convention.
l'e'eAccording to the accounts in the Indian papers, ac-
h,Pt',l as authentic, Akhbar Khan is represented as
, v"'''' given the signal for the murder or seizure of
,i,111,,') Favoy and his suite, which on resistance led to their
.."ru'-'l% .But the letter alluded to. from a respectable
„ , .
/t .";t; gßes grate a different account of the transaction.
.'• , Is saU;I, that whilst the discussions for a treaty were
ichliii .on. :between 'the Envoy and Akhbar Khan,
the appointed , rendezvous, the latter observing
1 people were gradually accumulating upon the
',
until' at length crowds of Glr.:-.zeis, or re-
al'l us
. .
r„ faratics were congregating there, advised
ii,,%.,.,nv0y of his' danger, and frankly stated his own
k,i IntY to ensure their safety against fanatics over
'ia °m he had no control. lie is said to have urged
19V.Oliam and his attendants to retire through the
' ,Dose,'
jtise;ia front of Which the conference was held, and
.!lir siting their' horses at the back, where they were to
i.a'ce their escape. The Envoy unfortunately re-
t!sti'd all his solicitations, and stood upon the
thess, sa-
of his character! as an Envoy. In the mean-
,:e the Ghazees, listening to the exciting language
sassing between Aklibar Klein and the Envoy, became
P"ged like zealots and barbarians past endurance.
Jon a signal given among them, Sir W. M'Nagliten
i''.as shot, and one of his officers, upon which Akhbari„‘llan insisted with the other two that they should
retreat through the house to ' the back part, where
e°l'clingl they mounted their horses, and, under
il.. ..,
('seort from him, safely reached the
!camp. Ad-
Innting this account to be true, and coupling it with
'...the kindly treatment afforded to the ladies made
a.,
j7tives with their husbands and General El-
rii;4lstone, by which the fact of such freedom from
!!"e intention of treachery on the part of Akhbar Khan
1!"011.41 seem confirmed, it must result that the accounts
:',7ere received are not only extremely incorrect, but
"'"4sly unjust to Akhbar Khan. For it appears more-
Vv „'er that he had so little of the reality of power, how-
eChe might be invested with the apparatus of it tem-
trtly, that after the destruction of our Caubul army,
:,:k was left by the co-operating chiefs of tribes without a
oi 10w of an army or power, 'whilst Shah Soojah, our
tl2! costly ally, still remained with the dignity, if not
'.
authority, of an absolute sovereign.
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t''',APORTING INTELLIGENCE.
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,e, -se NEWMARKET-WEDNESDAY wax, l-vv EDNESDAY NIGHT.
l'. . BETTING IN THE EVENING.
:it teepstakes on Thursday.-Chatham was backed heavily
j:).4t01, 7 to 4, 6 to 4, p.p., and 1,000 to 10 an 1,000 to
' „taken that he wins it and the Derby.
' '''4ay.-17 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's lot (t); 8 to 1
,St Attila; 10 to 1 agst the Frederica c ; 14 to 1 agst Auck-
LI (t) • 22 to 1 agst Lord of Holderness ; 25 to i agst the
60', ua (1'0); 30 to 1 agst Eleus (t); 30 to I agst Chatham ;
to 1 agst Canadian ; 50 to 1 agst Policy ; 50 to 1 agst the
,Itteeable c ; 1,000 to 15 agst Tripoli (t); 1,000 to 15 agst
aster Thomas (t) 1 000 to 15 agst William le Gros (t);
ii, _r 01112 S , .
7,)0 to 10 agst Misno.ner c (t).
s,,,,vrss.---8 to 1 agst Adele filly (t) ; 12 to 1 agst Dil-bar ;
'l4 to 1 agst Syren (t).
1 iPney for Thursday's Plate.-Jelly, Currycomb, Miss Fidget,
i 'Ydna,Young Quo Minus, Balance filly, 3 yrs., Octina filly. 3
1,7., Bridegroom Astronomer, Michaelmas Day, c. by Mu-
tl° dam by Middleton, 3 yrs., and Indolence.
Availing ourselves of an opportunity of forwarding our
i:Patch by a private conveyance, we closed it after the Column
ekes, leaving the 100 Sem Stakes, and the dead heat of
:1/late, undecided. Of these we now add the results, with
~-"°e additional particulars :-
eepstakes of 100 sovs. each, h ft, for fillies, Bst 7ib each.
1-0 R.M. R.M. (3 Subs.)
air " Chesterfield's Dil-bar, by Touchstone (Scott) 1
tht• Thornhill's Equation ... 2
' Ile of Rutland's f, by Bizarre-Flambeau's dam
;!abetting._-5 to 4 agst Equation, and sto 2 agst Dil-bar.
c peke of Rutland's filly cut out the work until half-way
'•4;1:4 Ilk. hill, and was then passed by Equation, who went on
.1/4" it half way up the cords, where, in her turn, she was
.. ,led by Dil .bar, and beater. in a canter by two lengths.
W. LATE. -Patchwork made the running, followed by the
,11;eacre colt, behind whom were Eringo and Garry Owen.
Zhwurk resigned at the dip, and Garry went on with the
IC? Eringo waiting on him. A few yards from the chair
11,7,kuson rushed in, and, in the last stride, made it a dead
'IC; Patchwork third, and Wiseacre colt fourth. In the.
'tt,t'lit}g heat Eringo made all the running, and won in a can-
01.t 6 to 4 en Garry Owen.
Itratar STAKES.-It was not declared, until within ten o
14;1"i minutes of starting, that Chatham would not run, the
Yg haring previously been evert on him, and 3 to 1 agst Fly-
c,, The declaration advanced Flytrap to sto 4, and in some
..r„-s even betting, greatly to the mortification of those who
0 laid the 3to .I, the bets about Chatham being off. The
ttrwell filly made play at starting, followed by Flytrap, the
N 4 lying well up ; at the new ground Flytrap took the lead
tke filly, and, with the Acacia colt and the Souvenir filly
,Qnse waiting, carried on the running at a steady pace, the
k"onir filly pulling hard, and looking more like a winner than
~,,ThYthing else in the race. In the bottom Archy tried for the
; 44,4, but failed, and the race was left to the three leading
'',, who contested it so gallantly to the end, that Flytrap
1 e'Y pulled through by a head, and the other two made a
,4
heat for second. Archy was fourth, and Lord Chester-
lis filly fifth.
irl,i.',e Column Stakes materially improved the day's sport,
~t eh otherwise would have been meagre and unimportant.
rllnee at the results of the three days will show that the
, 41 and Oaks nags, which have hitherto appeared, have
11;04 no impression whatever on the betting for either of
events.
' BETTING AVTBR Tisk RACES.
'kt,2!eepstakes on Thursday-Chatham was backed heavily
14.10 1, 7 to 4, and 6 to 4, p p. ;_ and 1,000 to 10 and 1,000
61,4 taken that he wins it and the Derby.
.•'''it,,,ksoar.-Sweepstakes of 100 sm. eachh ft, for foals of
01)4,,59 9; colts Bst 71b, fillies Bst 41b. D.M.. (15 Subs.)
4, of Grafton's Canadian, by Jerry
Gregory's Barrier, brother to Bulwark
ego. eet tit' s Espartero, by Emelius 3
41r ''el Peel's Chatham, by the Colonel
It,,,°notiman's Rover, Muley Moloch
c,Llng--6 to 4 agst Chatharr!; .5 to 2 agst Barrier ; 4 to 1
,r, adian, arid 6 to 1 agst .Ik.spartero.' ,• •
Iv 'here was one false start, in which Chatham fell, rolled over
jtit and broke his collar bone ; unaware of the extent of his
411 try, Nat re-mounted, and rode him in the actual race. Bar- 1
(7, made his running at a steady pace, followed by Ca' median
;41 Chatham to the T. Y. C. post, wherethe latter was beaten, !
a,Espaatero took the third place. Canadian challenged at the
las7and after a tolerable race, won cleverly by a length ;
:I‘.tern Wit; a bad third, and Chatham beaten off. Rover
I,lu betore he had run half the distance.
dik47botting was heavy. Offers to take 15 to.l about Cana-
w,t:
ar the Derby.
tptakes of 200 sors. each, h ft, for colts, Bst 71b; and
~..ol 01, Bst 41b; then three yn-old. D. M. (7 Subs.)
Vak, eel's Archy, by Camel (Chapple) 1
4; ord n°l Beaufort's cby Camel, out of Miss Cravan's dam 2
,4•(1 g. Bentinck's Flytrap .. ..
ts:tlerd `-xeter's Albion
4/teh,ehesterfield's Johnny Fax
14411tirg.-5 to 4 agst Flytrap, 3 to 1 agst Johnny Faa, 3 to 1
2f It Ulte of Beaufort's colt, and 5 to 1 agst Archy.
uke's colt made all the running, followed by Flytrap
i`ue roany to the ropes, where Archy passed Flytrap, caught
lood half way up, and won cleverly by a length ; Flytrap a
Ain third.
,': tht`'''„iPtion Plate of 501. for three-yr-olds, Est 121 b ; four-yrs,
1-tt:th db ; five-yrs 9st ; six-yrs, and aged, 9st 31b. D.M.
, ..r. t!, whiner to be' sold for 3001., .&c.
s. t'd • Clarke's Curricome, 5 yrs ......(51y) 1'
. 1,,. Orford's Young Quo Minus, 4 yrs.. , ...... .... ..... ... 2
titq!e following also started but were not placed:-Lord Lyne-
kt„,ns, Jelly, 5 yrs ; Mr. Goodman's Miss Fidget, 4 yrs ; Lord
'4lt-',.,15 Abydos, 4 yrs • Mr. H. Clarlce's ch f by Ishmael
!st"' Balance, 3 yrs ; 'Mr. Clarke's b f by Sir Hercules
°), „ 0 Octine, 3 yrs; Mr. Beresford's Indolence,
44i',.'; Mr. Rogers's Bridegroom, 3 yrs ; Captain Colquitt's
(4, -,,uumer, 3 yrs ; Mr. Pettit's 'Michaelmas Day, 3 yrs ; and
t• baintree's b c by Mulatto, dam by Middleton, 3 yrs.
Zing!,--3 to 1 agst Young Quo Minus ;3to 1 agst Bride. .ks, ;6to 1 agst Michaelmas. day; 10 to 1 agst Astrono•
tend 10 to 1 agst Currycomb.
V,!)sitle Balance filly cut out the work at a great pace, f01,,e1,
,,el, b,Y Abydos, Michaelmas-day, and Currycomb, the
xeeping together till within sixty yards of home,
alit" like leader tired, and Currycomb went up with Y. Quo
71titc111, the former winning by a length; Michaelmas-day
,„and the Balance filly fourth.
vacillation Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h. ft., for colts Bst
, a 71b, and fiAtes, Bst 31b, &c. R. M. (8 Subs.)
411,
chesterfield's
t,VI:h cby Muley Moloch, out of Dirce ...... 1
letit's Espartero
etoGeo. Dentick's Tedworth • 3
lon Dirce colt (taken). Won in a canter.
)e .-._ THURSDAY.
2ss, BETTING BEFORE THE RACES.
4,-.-",-, Guineas' Stakes.-5 to 2 agst Meteor-taken
jA,
DERBY.
:1/4:b"Port was circulated this ntorning that the Lord of Hol-
3tel," had broken down, but not until 25,28, and 30 to 1 had
'Nkot"en ;40to I was betted afterwards. Tiptoe has been
7toll freely at. 1,000 to 10, and 1,000 to 15; and Barrier at
tis ms; Ito other change.
elts, ell is made for Monday in the First Spring Meeting
• lit', Lord Albemarle's Ralph, 4 yrs Bst 101 b, and Lord
ks 1) elltinck's Proof Print, 3 yrs, 6st 41b ; 200, h ft. A.F.
•laal,ll'4:ilures-Duke of Portland and the Marquis of Nor-
'Wei" 'Earl of Albemarle, Hon. G. S. Byng, Mr. Gre-
h ice.-
N:ry.u, if not all, the races in the list for Friday are
' , ' •c) end in forfeits.
L'f,li:°, UTHAM- STEEPLE CHASES--TUESDAY.
ite ' Sweepstakes of 2 sovs. each, and 10 added,- four miles,
'',.ralen by Mr. Matthew's Bellina (Mr. Lamplugh), beating
''':'ll,„°,,dute, and three others.
't'e „-,''weepstakes of 5 sovs. each, and 40 added, four miles,
i ti,"°a by Mr. Robertson's Legacy (Mr. A. M'Donogh),
ts, e,g The Moor, Perfection, ussl three others.
11Z4 . . .
I 'll
:irtj .' THE INCOME TAX,
'ti,W''', ,s. as we have before now said, because we have confidence
p,l),..qubert Peel, that we acquiesce as far as we have done in
'7,4ted°Pesed tax. The arguments which he has actuallyad-
ON we must candidly allow, do not carry te our own muds
--Otakt, like a conviction that the emergency is sufficient te
;.' b‘ the obnoxious remedy which Sir R. resorted
htitoi:°l4 Sir Robert is a man of business, a man of integrity,
Zeie°l foresight-a man who pushes measures through the '
Oa' °f Commons, as he has done his Corn-law, without say
. N'"ntin,et explanation of the principles on which it is based,
h 111,,luete exposition of the reasons to which it owes
4 tlitivi-slastly, he is the man we have chosen. Therefore it
t,f, ii,lie, with some knowledge of the inconveniences tid his
otikilm, therefore we think it is that the country, with.little
Viillits knowledge, acquiesces an its adoption. That it has
I'. ed seems in process of being allowed. The unfortunate
t'itt'th:°therton in a most plaintive tone acknowledges the
at' ea -t he nos unable to find in the country the feeling which
f,,,,tcPe,ted, wonders to find things so much changed from his
;i1'0,711,61,8 of 1816, and consoles himself by accounting for it
111'its144",t Whether his party will consider that the merit of the
,t,i,lts i:lcin compensates for the imprudence of the admission.
~t1..4 i' s!ands, however, made with an unconscious naivete,
it(Ll4l),l34linost enough to make us think there must be some
'o,N,er,tanding in the matter of the "print-works." Whether
ilinlit-Iltl'Y will be long as contented as it seems at present is
isilitir; question, and a ticklish one for the Premier. The
~1114:f an income tax, like the occupation of Affghanistan,
'llic,4itall,,ginning, not the ending of troubles ; and we confess
4,16!..141, '' scarcely be surprised to find that before eves the
,i-'14,111,:e Years had passed, a storm of remonstrance had
'thin Which it would be difficult for Sir R. Peel, even
, '.. - not of Parliament in his pocket, to oppose.- Times.
i,. :ICI Al
lat'P, iv A.,,-kRINERs.-A lantern of whitey brown paper
kOtet Ol the larboard end of the floating pier, in the
‘lk, ttliit between Richmond-terrace and the Belvidere-road.
kte titers of vessels are advised to near the pier, when the
kI„ I weather rmits, and snuff the candle for the gene-
. 14.1ep,"L'ence of allyoyagers. In case of accidents, there is
tee '"".4.-rnadelast to. the handle of the lantern.--Punch.
'''''-j if

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY.
Alorning 23 minutes after 4 I Evening .... 39 minutes after 4,

;,revail in the United h.:ttes and our
Colonies bordering on them, that in case of a war
with republican France, England would find the
United States take advantage of that circumstance to
settle the Boundary Question, and some other ques-
tions according to their own wishes.
In case of a war with France and America, we
should find our supplies of timber, from our North
American colonies, then more than ever needed,
partially intercepted. We could not, in that case, get
any of those supplies of grain from the vast vales of
the Mississippi, which some foolish men, called philo-
sophers, have supposed might serve to cement the
two nations in peace by an interest as strong as that
which preserves unfailing harmony between Scotland
and England. Foreseeing these circumstances, Sir
R. PEEL encourages, by a Corn-keeping-out-law, the
growth, especially of corn, wheat, and flour, that being
almost the only grain brought from the United States—
and provides by an alteration of the timber duties for an
extensive supply of timber from the north of Europe.
With that part of the world we shall probably be
allied against France, and our supply from thence
could not easily be intercepted by the Americans.
SO the alterations in the duties on cattle which
may be brought from the neighbouring Continent,
and on meat and potatoes, all seem calculated to pro-
cure some additional supplies of food to help out the
scanty pittance to which a Corn-law would doom our
increasing people; rigidly denied the advantages of
participating in the fruits of the rich fields of the
West. If it be not true that Sir ROBERT PEEL is
preparing for war, as the John Bull announces, his
commercial policy will at least tend to separate the
interests of this country from those of the United
States, somewhat concerned both in timber and the
corn-trade, and tend to isolate the two nations,
which is the glory of politicians.
We do not vouch for these conjectures, but it is
certain that Louis PHILIPPE cannot live long—nearly
certain that at his death the system which he has
established, which depends almost entirely on
him, must fall to pieces ; and it is a plain matter
of fact, that for many years the fate of England has
been closely bound up with the fate of France.
The first French Revolution fatally arrested the pro-
gress of reform and political liberty in England. The
Revolution of 1830 accelerated the destruction of the
Tory Ministry, and promoted the Reform of the
House of Commons. In like manner, the subsequent
success of Louis PHILIPPE in putting down the
nascent liberties of France, has emboldened Sir
ROBERT PEEL to pursue an arbitary course, and in-
troduce his income tax. If he succeed, it will be
mainly owing to the previous success of kindred
tyranny abroad. He is but imitating the tyrants of
the Continent, who seek rather to make their subjects
obey, than to convince them of the utility of the Go-
vernment measures.

Looking at the obvious assimilation which is now
taking place in all the Governments of Europe, which
borrow the institutions of one another, there can Le
little doubt, were another revolution in a democratic
spirit to take place in France, during the possession of
power by the Tories, that England would again unite
herself with the aristocratic and despotic Govern-
ments of Europe to arrest its progress. We have the
authority of the Tory John Bull for warning the
people of England that an income tax is to be im-
posed on them in order to enable the Government, in
conjunction with the Powers of Europe, to put down
the democratic revolution, which the Tories anticipate
on the death of Louis Piiimpru. We no longer
wonder at Sir ROBERT PEEL not laying before the
public his full reasons for proposing an income tax.
It might have marred the cunning Premier's success,
with the Chartists and the working classes, had he in-
timated in his speech that. he wanted the income tax.
He asked them, by no covert means, tosupport in order
to crush freedom and republicanism abroad.

An exceedingly irregular, but by no means unimpor-
tant question was addressed on Wednesday night to Sir It
PEEL by Mr. S. O'BRIEN. The Hon. Gentleman asked
whether it was the intention of the Premier to recom-
mend to her MAJESTY to confer upon the Lord Mayor
of Dublin a similar mark of her Royal favour to that
conferred upon the Lord Mayor of London—namely, a
Baronetcy. He added that the question was of more
political than civil importance. Sir ROBERT PEEL very
properly, declined to state the advice which, as a Minister
of the Crown, le.might feel it his duty to give to his
Sovereign relative to the conferring of civil distinctions.
'As this question—how irregularly matters not to US,—
has been brought under the notice of the House of
Commons, and as a Tory Morning Paper which, affect-
ing to be very- religious and very humane, is frequently
calumnious, and always foul-mouthed, has thought
proper to indulge in a scandalous attack upon
the '.public . and private character of the Lord
Mayor of Dublin, the notice of it by the independent
Liberal Press becomes a duty. There are occasions
hich a great ,Minister would seize upon with delight
to show that he was capable of rising above the trammels
of faction; and that, while availing himself of the sup-
port of a party, his pc, icy was directed to promote the
welfare and conciliate the affections of an empire. Such
a Minister would adopt something like what in the
Middle Ages the people called the Truce of Gop—
periods for the cessation of party strife, and dur-
ing which it .would be equally charitable and
honourable to confer marks of individual es-
teem upon a political opponent. Now, no pe-
riod could be
.better chosen fur this than
the time appointed for the congratulating the
young. and happy mother and Monarch of Great Britain
and Ireland upon the • auspicious birth of the future
Sovereign of these realms. A great Minister, upon so
great and national an occasion, would take a pride
in representing his Sovereign as too exalted in station
and in feeling to inhale the common atmosphere
tainted with the breath of party. He would de-
light in impressing upon a devoted, loyal people;
that the spray of the broken waves of faction
never rose so high as to wet the foot of the Throne—
that although all below was dark and turbulent, there a
noon-day light constantly shone, in which prejudice and
passion were never discoverable.- But Sir ROBERT PEEL
is not a great Minister, nor has he one of the qualities
essential to one. His mind wants the moral elevation,
which would admit of a noble and generous sentiment.
To conciliate millions of the Irish people, he could not
forget that'DANIEL O'CoNNELL had been his political
opponent—that he had kept him out of office—and that
he owed him a multitude of personal grudges, which he
had no other mode of revenging, than by withholding
from him the paltry honour of, knighthood ! And
this towards a man who is known to 'have declined
the Mastership of the Irish Rolls, and a Peerage !
Oh this is, indeed, mL crably small policy ! Had
Sir ROBERT PEEL had the greatness of mind that even
WALroLE possessed, when he extinguished the political
influence of his great rival, PULTENEY, by conferring
upon him the Earldom of Bath, he would have rejoiced
at so favourable an opportunity of throwing a
wet blanket upon the repeal agitation. With
his large majority in the House of Com-
mons, no person could have attributed to dread
of Mr. O'CoNNELL's influence the bestowing upon
-him of a customary mark of Royal favour, more Compli-
mentary to the city of Dublin than to the Lord Mayor
personally. Upon no people is the influence of a gene-
rous act so little lost as upon the Irish, and they would
have felt as done to them what was done to their great
political leader—or, to adopt the language of one
of themselves, " the MosEs of embondaged
Irish Catholicism." More generous-minded Tories
will mourn over this exhibition of the Premier's
mean and paltry sFirit. The Lord Mayor of
London has already been created a Baronet ; the insult
offered to the Lord Mayor and the citizens of Dublin has
been mooted in Parliament, and, therefore, it is needless
to say that the time is past for remedying a wrong of
which only a mean-minded man, and the smallest of
small Ministers, could be capable.

The debate upon the Right of Seareh question in the
French Chamber of Peers is the leading subject of dis-
cussion in all the French Journals. They have, how 7
ever, nothing new upon the subject. The following
just and sensible remarks of the Debuts upon the late
disasters in Affghanistan, for a pleasing contrast to the
ribaldy of the Opposition -,Peipert 'Against England,.
As to the moral and political consequences which may
reszlt from the reverses experienced by the English in
Affghanistan, we cannot imagine that they can ever acquire
a real important e. The moral and political situation of
the English in Asia will. be much less affected than
many think and even desire. The Caubul campaign had
been resolved on to make English influence predominant in
Upper Asia, but: eventshave demonstrated that the capture
of Candahar and, Caubul produced no result in this re-
spect, and that the triumphal restoration of Shah
SOOJAII did not prevent Captain AI:113071"S being mur-
dered at Khiva, nor Colonel STODDART'S being thrown.
barbarously into prison at Bockhara ; the campaign
produced nothing for Erglish trade in Central Asia; it
made no alteration in the hostile sentiments of the Shah
of Pintsu towards England, so that English influence had
nothing to lose in that quarter. As to any ideas being excit-
ed in India against English supremacy, we Oink' it very

:lprobable. It must not be forgott;lith:,,t there events'
have passed at a distance of 150 leagues from the English
frontier; and, above all, that fur the great mass.Of
.the
population, the war dir,2eted against the Xussulmans
is a wad against the most cruel oppressors that
India ever knew. Undoubtedly the iiitissulmans, who
in the north of India have survived the downfal of
the Mogul Empire, will not learn' without emotion of
the success of their co-religionists in Caubul ; but they
are too insignificant in number, too weak, too disunited,
and too well watched to be formidable. Besides, men of
sense ought not to allow themselves to be 'led astray by
the ridiculous declamations, which represent 180,000,000
of human beings in India burning with indignation
against the yoke imposed on them by 120,000 Europeans.
The English Government is about the most equitable,
the most liberal, and the most moderate that has ever
reigned oyer,these countries, and they have the good
sense to acknowledge it."
BOURSE—PARIS, TUESDAY, APRIL 12.

First Highest Lowest Last
Prier. Prix,' Prio. Pries.
hench t ner Vent! llB 60 ... 113:60 ... I !M 50 ... 118 so
4 .',' ner Cents lO7 W ... 1:7 511 _ 107 50 ... 1,7 So
4 per Cents. ......
3 per Cents 6O 115 .... 81 611 90 ... 80 05
Hank of trance
Lattittejlank 1.0001. Si love 11123 75
...It= 7,
...10,23 75
...mis 75
5,000 f. St:-arcs 5040 _sol[l ...5040 ...WS()
Belgian Bank
18th. 1(55 ....10L5 ...1! 55 ...1055
Belgian 5 per Cents.
S per Cent%) 1840 104% ... 1041 i ... 104% ... 104%
'Spanish Acave :1„... :111% ... :6 ... :6
Pairiive 54 ... 54 ... 53 ... aU
Portuguese 5 per Cents. 3O ... 30 ... 341 ... 30
Neapolitan
It 'NMI 1)15
... 10514 ... 1('54 ••• 1(.5%
HALLWAY SHARES.

Versailles , 11..43 3:do --.:.--3571 ... 347 50 ... siB 75
L.ls 216 25 ... 216 25 ... 215 ... XIG 25
(ViMUM 525 .. 525 ...:..'3 75 ... 525
linen)*
Strasburg to klalt
,!433775 ... =3 75 ... 233 75 ... =3 75

. .
FREE LIST.— COVENT GARDEN THEATRE. - Mr.
Mitchell takes his benefit at this theatre to-mor-
.row evening, and the entertainments announced are of
the most attractive character—fully sufficient of them.
selves to draw a full house. But Mr. Mitchell has
stronger claims oil the kindness of his friends, by his
constant urbanity of manners, and• great desire to pro-
mote the interests of the theatre, by extreme civility and
unremitting attention to his duties. We arc sure the
public, and especially the press going public, will not fail
to do their best in making his benefit a bumper.
A great number of Noblemen and Gentlemen, who on
Wednesday presented addresses of congratulation to the
Queen, attended at Buckingham Palace this afternoon
to present addresses of congratulation to his Royal
Ilighness Prince Albert. The Deputation, or at least
the greater part, afterwards went to Clarence House, St.
James's, to present similar addresses to the Duchess of
Kent.

TURNPIKE ROADS.—A Bill has been brought into
Parliament by the Home Secretary, to continue the
local Turnpike Acts, and to provide for the discharge of
the mortgage debts on turnpike-roads in England. The
latter clause, considering the great depression of
the tolls caused by railroads, is the most im-
portant. The Bill provides that mortgagees shall
not take possession of tolls after the first day of
October, 1842, and on that day mortgagees in possession
shall deliver up the tolls and render an exact account
to the trustees. If any surplus remains after defray-
ing the expenses of repairs and paying interest, it shall
be applied for the pUrpose of terminating the
mortgages in the year 11883, in the following manner:—
The mortgage debts shall be held to be paid and satisfied
if, ii the period of five years after 1847, the mortgagees
shall have received 941. Hs. Bd. for every 100/.; if during
the next five years they shall have received 871. 19s. 1 lcl.;
for the next five, 791. 19s. Bd.; and so on in proportion
to the year
.1883, when, if they have received 261. 7s.
for erAxy 1001., the mortgage shall cease. The Act
is to continue until the ISt day of October, 1883, and of
course no provision is made ior the payment of niort•
gages after that period.

- understat:il that Sir' ames Carnegy, who came
forward as a candidate for the Montrose district of
burghs, has withdrawn in favour of Mr. Hume, and that
this long tried and consistent Reformer will most likely
take his place in the House on Monday night as the
Member for Montrose.

SUMMARY WI: HEWS

AN D

lizttlate Optima.

" Who runs may read."

FOREIGN.

Most of the Paris journals comment on the report that an
arrangement has been come to by the great Powers for a mar-
riage between the young Queen of Spain and a Prince of Ba-
varia. Assuming this report to be well lounded, and supposing
that the influence of France has been very slight in such a
selection, the project does not find much favour with some of
the Opposition journals. There is nothing, however, in their
observations, independently of the fact that the statement upon
which they are based is at present mere rumour, of sufficient
interest to call far their being given at length.
Ihe National has contrived to spin out an article of two
columns on the policy and financial embarrassments of England,
with the view of showing that the Tory Ministry is at this
moment organising all its means for the rupture of the peace of
Europe. The motive for this policy, which, the National
admits, would be a paradox for any other country, but which,
it says, is quite in due course for England, is, in the opinion of
our contemporary, hostility to France. The National says that,
notwithstanding the financial embarrassments of England, she
was never more insolent towards France than she is at this
moment.

The Journal des Debate, alluding to the conduct of England
upon the slave question, says;—" We do not stand up as advo-
cates of Great Britain. The best of human actions are not
always entirely divested of interested views. But after all the
future is uncertain. What England expects from her Bill of
Emancipation may or may not happen, but she has not the
less voted and paid 500 millions to give freedom to her slaves,
and ever since the world existed no nation has ever consented,
for the sake of a principle, to so prodigious a sacrifice."
The consumption of meat during the last month in Paris
amounted to 5,741 oxen, 1,281 Cows, 5,439 calves, and 32,972
sheep. The returns for the first quarters of the two years
show a diminution for 1842 of 395 oxen, 1,505 cows, 962
calves, and 3,399.
We have Spanish news of the sth. M. Campuzano had pre-
sented to the Senate a proposition, 'whereby foreigners were to
enjoy the same rights as Spanish citizens. The proposition
was referred to a Commit tee.

There are at this moment in Greece 21 journals, of which
which six are political, andhave to deposit caution-money to the
amount of 5.00) drachmas (about 4,000 f.) Literary periodic
cats are not subject to this caution-muney. The number of
presses in the kingdom amounts to 51, belonging to 20 diffe-
rent printing establishments.
2ARLZAWIZZTTARY.
On presenting a petition last night in the House of
Lords against the tariff, Lord Western said the peti-
tioners accused the Government of having deceived
them. The Duke of Wellington was obviously nettled
at the charge, and while he deprecated the use of such
language, he gave the accusation a flat denial. Lord
Western rejected the accusation and was loudly cheered
by the Earl of Winchilsea.
The presentation of a petition against Maynooth en-
abled both Lord Cloncurry and the Earl of Wicklow to
say that the grant for the College ought to be enlarged,
not lessened, as desired by the bigots.
'The Spirit Duties (Ireland) Bill went through a Com-
mittee, after Lord Monteagle had objected to it at some
length that it would promote illicit distillation.
A little conversation took place about the Greenwich
Naval School, which Lord Duncannon censured, but
which the Earl of Iladdington defended. The House
adjourned to get rid of Lord Duncannon's motion to
send an inspector from the Privy Council to look after
the school.

In the Commons Mr. Redington reported from the
Sudbury Election Committee that the two sitting Mem-
bers were not duly elected, and that the election was
void. Such bribery lhul been committed that the Com-
mittee reconitnended that the borough be disfranchised.
Lord Francis Egerton moved a series of resolutions
confirming the present practices of the House as
to receiving petitions, but discontinuing the prac-
tice of not receiving petitions against a tax for
the service of the year, and converting those practices
into standing orders. The motion was opposed on the
ground that it would prevent or finally establish the pre-
sent practice of.not discussing petitions, but, on a divi-
sion, was carried by 262 to 46. A resolution, almost in
the very words; • Mr. T. Duncombe originally moved
on the subject of petitions, was carried, so that
the right to present petitions against a proposed
tax is secured.

Mr. WakleY complained that Sir John Easthope had
usurped his seat, and would not give it up. The Baronet
replied that Mr. Walley had requested, him rudely to
resign t.
Mr. Borthwick had given notice of a motion about the
metropolitan roads, but was obliged. to withdraw it be.
cause the Hon. Member, from ignorance of the forms of
the House, had nbt complied with them.
A Bill to settle the question of 'patronage in the Kirk
of Scotland was, on the Motion of Mr. Campbell. or-
dered to
.be brought in ; but, the Government does not
sanction the measure.

The Colonial Passengers' Bill went through a Com-
mittee. The Australia and New Zealand Bill was read
a second time.

Adjourned at Ten o'Clock.
PUBLIC OPINION.

The Herald says t —Sir Robert Peel has made no attempt to
hurry or hasten to a close the discussion on Lord John Rus-
sell's resolutions; the House has indulged in the general dis-
cussion on the Minister's budget until the country is almost as
wearied as it was by the tiresome Corn-law debates. But now
that it is almost certain that that budget will in its main fea-
tures become law, it is to be hoped that some efforts will be
made to get rid of its objectionable features, and that as much
attention will be bestowed on its important details as have been
given to its princ'ples and to financial generalities and indivi-
dual opinions."
In reference to Sir Robert Peel's present difficult position,
the Chronicle, says—" He his exaggerated the difficulties of
the country. in order to smooth the way to an income tax ; but
then he could not preserve monopoly and give the nation an
improved tariff without such an amount of direct taxation as
would cause the remission of a considereble amount of indirect
taxation. Whatever the intentions of the Right Honourable
Baronet may be (and ,ke are unwilling to refuse him credit for
wishing to do much good), he has certainly deceived all parties,
more or less. The agriculturists are, at present in a state of
great agitation, and weagree with Mr. Charles Buller in think-
ing, that before the tariff is through the House of Commons, he
will require all the support which the Opposition can give him."'
The Times makes the following singularly candid avowal :
" The failure of the '.reformed' system of Election Committees
is too glaring to " be dissembled, even in the HOuse of Cona-
bmaod unseatedns.\Nl
two ' en wecoria
last noticed
Members iv thie subject,
lsa Whig -Committee
for
Weymouth, and a
Conservative Committee had unseated a Whiz Member for
Clitherot•. Since that time a Conservative Coinmittee has
unseated a NA hig Member for Marlow, and a Whig °;eMittee
has unseatecV a Consecrative' Member for Wigan. Hitherto.

there has beet] no exception to the rule-that politics de:ermine
f the result."-
We quote the subjoined passage from the Post :—" Sir
Robert Peel keeps the question of the restoration of the re-
, venue, and that or the restoration of trade, quite distinct from
each other. Instead of assuming the strange dogma that the
reduction of duties will benefit the revenue, he takes exactly
the opposite view ; and while, by one measure, he provides for
sick reduction, by another he provides a revenue, not only to
make up the deficiency bequeathed by the Whigs, hut rho the
further deficiency which the Government policy for the revival
of trade is likely to occasicn. Instead, therefore, of the tariff
argument and the deficiency argument being inconsistent with
each oth?r, one is supplemental to the other, and they form a
perfectly coherent and continuous whole."
The following is from the Advertiser :—" The result of the
Birmingham Conference, between the middle and working
classes, cannot fail to prove highly gratifying to al who take
lan interest in public affairs. The aristocracy has been enabled
to rule the country upon its exclusive and selfish principles,
during the last half century, only in consequence of the divi-
sion and hostility it has managed to create and perpetuate be-
tween the two great sections of society—the middle and the
, working classes. Divide and conquer, has been the maxim
upon which its policy has been conducted ; and the fruits of
that policy fill some of the most disastrous pages in the coun-
try's history."
=CCL'ESIASTICAL.
Of the Irish Bishoprics suppressed by Lord Stanley's Bill,
Dromore, the eighth, has just lapsed by the death of Dr.
Saurin. Two only now remain : Kildare, upon the-demise of
the present Bishop, to be united to Dublin ; and Clogher, to
be united to Armagh.
X.s..ECTIONEEIZING.
Mr. Fergusson's election petition against the return for
Windsor has been withdrawn; that gentleman, who is con•
netted with an extensive mercantile house at Calcutta, having
proceeded to India a few days ago.
lIANTAX. AND MIL/TART.
Two new steam-frigates have been launched during the past
week, vis. the Spiteful, at the Pembroke dockyard, of 1,000
tons ; and the Guadaloupe at Liverpool, of 800 tons, as a second-
class frigate.
The Duchess of Sutherland steam-ship got upon the Maplin
Sands, near the Nore on Monday, where she has remained
ever since, great apprehensions being entertained for her safety,
as the tides are falling off. Her pa,:sengers, about 100 in num-
ber, have been landed at Gravesend, as also her oxen and cargo
in barges. Steam tugs have endeavoured to get her off, but
hitherto without effect.
LAW AND POLICE.
At the close of the Chester Assizes, on the 11th inst.,
Robert Sandys, convicted at the last assizes of the murder of
his child, was brought up for judgment, when Mr. Justice
Erskine passed sentence of death, and fixed his execution for
Saturday, the 23d of April.
The eleven privates of the 21st Regiment of Foot, indicted
for a riot at Stockport, were, after a short trial, all acquitted.
On Tuesday, Mr. Caldwell, the Irish attorney, after two
days' trial, at Dublin, was found gtinry of an assault with force
and violence, against her consent, upon Mrs. Corbett, the wife
of a barrister.
At Bow-street, on Wednesday, Thomas Grew, a clerk in the
General Post-office, was fully committed to take his trial for
stealing three letters containing jewellery, which came into his
possession in the discharge of his duty.
LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC.
The opening of the chests bequeathed to the University of
Upsala by King Gustavus 111., to be opened 50 years after his
death, took place at Sweden' on the 29th of March. Their
contents were letters, memoirs, and trifles of the King's own
time ; the most valuable being the letters written by three
clever and noble Frenchwomen to the King, viz., Ist, the
Countess d'Egmon. daughter of the famous Marshal Duke de
Richilieu ; 2d, Henriette de Sanchon de Bouffiers ; and 3d,
the Countess de la Alarque, daughter of the Alarechalde
THEATRICAL.
Miss Adelaide Kimble will set off on an extended provincial
tour, immediately after the closing of Covent Garden Theatre
on the 29th bast.
A new farce, entitled Intimate Friends, has been put in
rehearsal at Drury Lane Theatre. Airs. Stirling is to make her
debut here in the forthcoming new play of Plighted Troth.
The cause for closing the Dublin Theatre is said to be the
violent display of party feeling exhibited night after night by
the more violent of both political parties, thereby disgusting
the more rational classes.
C OURT—FASIIIONAICLE.
The Duke and Duchess of Montrose are about to proceed
to Lisbon in the Tagus steamer, which leaves Southampton on
Saturday next.
"The Countess St. Aulairk gave a grand concert at the
French Embassy last night.
Letters have recently been received from Lord Morpeth,
dated from Charleston, in North America, whence he intended
to proceed to Cuba, and after visiting the West Indies pro-
posed to return to New York.- July is named as the probable
period for his Lordship's return home:
Earl and Countess De Grey are expected to leave town alter
her Majesty's ball, for Wrest Park, Bedfordshire. His Lord-
ship is not expected to return to Dublin for five or six weeks.
The Earl of Lonsdale is nearly restored to health, but has
made arrangements for disposing of his hunting-stud at Cottes-
more next month.
The choral meeting of Mr. Hullah's singing-classes took
place on Wednesday night at Exeter Hall. His Royal Highness
Prince Albert was present.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The contest for the office\ of Vestry Clerk of St. James,
Clerkenwell, terminated on Wednesday, when Mr. Wakeling
was elected, by a majority of nine over Mr. M'Phail.
A Commission of Lunacy was held in the Sheriff's Court on
Wednesday, to inquire into the state of mind of Mrs. S. Elliot, a
lady between sixty and seventy years of age, when the Jury
pronounced her of unsound mind since October 1, 1837.