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hi g h principle it displays and the fervour, both of senti • went and language, into which that principle, in alliance pith the writer's genius, sometimes elevates the composi tion. But a few specimens will do more to satisfy the judgment of the reader, than all that can be either said or written in the absence of such evidence. The following passage, which occurs in the very first san e, is a beautiful instance of poetic imagery and de scription. Alluding to Christianity and the constancy of the first martyrs, one of the characters observes— " There s sorcery io it, or some stronger power. But be it what it may, or good or ill. They look on death on its most dreadful forms As martial heroes on a wreath of triumph. The tires are kindled in the place of death, And bells toll dismally ; the life of Rome, la one vast clustering mass, hangs round the spot And no one to his neighbour utters word But in an altered voice, with breath restrained. bike those who +peak at midnight near the dead." Bow natural and affecting is this description of a youth who laid down his life in the same cause! But he who seemed before an meek and timid, Now sutklenly imbued with holy grace , Like the transition of some watery cloud In passing o'er the moon's refulgent dire. (Bowed with new life, and from his fervid weeds Words of most firm indignant constancy Poured eloquently forth. Then to the pile Sprung lightly up like an iindattnted warrior, Scaling the breach of honour, or alas! As I have seen him midst his boyish mates Vaulting aloft for very love of motion." We cannot, however, avoid objecting to the use of the word " disc" in the fine figure contained in the above quotation. Disc, be it remembered, is a mere technicality, and poetry should not condescend to repeat the technica lities even of science, but where there is absolute occasion. There is a great stretch of fancy in the following pas elFre, in which Cordeniust a convert front the polytheism of the Romans, d e veribes the effect of his conversion. The images he employs are of that picturesque kind which im mediately seize upon the imagination, and the force of con trast is well preserved. 1 sm. methinks, like one, who, with bent back And dos nward gaze—if such a one might be— Hate only known the boundless cure sky Hy the straight circle of reflected beauty, Sete is the watery gleam of some deep pit; Till, of a sudden rous'd. he stands erect, And wondering looks aloft and all around, On the bright sunny firmament:—like one (Granting again that such a one might be) , Who hath but seen the element of are On houw.hold hearth. or woodman's smoky pile g And looks at once, mid 'ittounding thunder-peals, On Jove's Megniiicence of lightning. Pardon, I foray you, pardon me, I mean Ids lightning. Who is the Jove of Jove, the great Jehovah." It would be easy to accumulate passages of this kind, but those we have already transcribed will be sufficient to show that they have little, if any, of the dramatic cha racter about thetn--their excellence being moral and poetical. We cannot, however, reeist the temptation of extracting one of the songs, ?specially as it is calculated to relieve the sombre effict of the preceding quotations. " The lady in her early bower As bleat as bee in morning flower, The lady's eye is flashing bright Like water in the morning light, The lady's song Is sweet and loud Like sky - lark o'er the morning cloud, The lady's smiles are smiles that pare Like morning's breath o'er wavy gross. bhe thinks of one whose harnesed as le triumph comes from distant war, She thinks of one whose martial state Will darken Rome's imperial gate, She thinks of one with laurel crowned, Who shall with sweeter wreaths be bound; Vain eye and smiles, in mingled play, The lady's happy thoughts betray." We shall now take leave of The Martyr, and of Mies Baihlie, by exprt using the satisfaction with which we have witnessed such an effort front such a pen, towards producing that union between religion and literature which promises to be for the advantage of both. FINE ARTS. The sale of the small cabinet of Flemish and Dutch pic tures, by Mr. CHRISTIE, on Saturday, proved that produc tions of genuine excellence are as eagerly coveted as they ever were, abd that the enlightened friends and promoters of this branch of art arc not backward in giving liberal prices whenever works of sterling merit are brought into the mar ket. The following were the prices given fur the undermen tioned pictures : Guinea. 444 The Interior, by OSTADIC - - A View in the Interior of the City of Cologne, V. rose lIITDE - 415 A Geographer pursuing his studies by candle-light. GIRARD Dot; w - . 300 A Conversotion of two figures.—F. VAN 911Z1111 323 Landscape. —BOTH . 2 O Interior of a Guard-house.—D. Taxman . 385 Small Landscape.— WY WANTS • • 255 A Lady returning from Market. —HAAS - 725 Morning Scene.—Braoutu - - 275 A Village Beene.—lseac °STADE - . 545 The Abrrinuir.—P. WOUVERMAXII - - 650 The Interior of an Apartment, representing a lady playing on a Lute, and other figures.— Teuton° . - - 950 The latter picture, which formerly ornamented the Cabi net de Chown!, was bought by Mr. Peel. Among the pur chasers were the Mara Hertford, Mr. Byng, and othet distietnished co LITERARY FUND. The anniversary of that excellent institution, the Lite rary Fund, will be celebrated on Wednesday next. It is hardly to be expected that in this season of public distress the charities of the Metropolis should experience the same fostering liberality as on former occasions; but such coun tenance and support as the personal attendance of the friends of the Institution can give, is perhaps more than ever desirable. In a state of high civilization, the enjoy ments of literature become necessary to intellectual man. Hence the number who are supported by purveying to the cravings of the mind are proportionably great. This fact, however, is notorious, that the labours of the press have felts temporary suspension, and the products of the brain have met but with partial encouragement, since the shock which has struck general credit with the efflct of a para lysis. The claimants, therefore, of a fund raised exclu sively for the benefit of distressed men of letters bust consequently be increased ; and that generous benevolence which is exerted with truly British liberality to relieve the starving population of the manufactuiing diitricts, can yet, we are persuaded, be confidently relied ou as affording something by which the calamities of the times may be softened towards the literary man—to him who, perhaps by a culpable disregard of the goods of fortune, has scat tered around him the produce of his intellect with a wild sod lavish hand, or to the more humble votary of learning, who providing for the day, by the exertions of the day, has been suddenly deprived of the means of his support. Such cases, we believe, are numerous, beyond all precedent; and such, it is the particular object of the Literary Fund to relieve—an Institution but little known, for its opera tions are offichs qua meininisse debut is in quens collate sine, ROM commentorare qui mutant. We are requested to say that Mr. T. P. Williams did not vote upon Lord John Russell's motion relating to a Reform in Parliam en t, as represente d i n t h e minorityin serted in our Paper of the 29th of April. The Bank of England, it appears, after a minute and laborious examination of the subject, have come to the resolution of establishing branch banks, a measure full of benefit and ad van t age to the community. We are not in clined, like some, who see good in nothing, to attribute in terested motives to the Bank for their disposition to meet the convenience of the public. The Bank has been most protnpt and liberal in its measures in the late trying panic, but our readers will no doubt participate in our astonish ment, when they find that in the midst of all the much talked of mercantile distress, the advances of the Bank in aid of the manufacturer do not amount to 400,0001. ; a striking proof either of the quackery of the distress, or of its highly disgraceful nature t o th ose w h o h a ve become in volved by mad sp ecu l at i on an d wanton extravagance in their private living, whi c h i t was h oped t h e f ru i ts o f t h e i r vice and gambling would provide for.—Julin Bull. Friday night another detachment of the 38th regiment of foot arrived at Liverpool from Dublin in the Hibernia steam-vessel. a . !__ .. ARTISTS' BI:NEVOLENT FUND. The Seventeenth Anniversary Festival of this Institution was held at Freemasons' Hall, on Saturday last, The Right lion. FREDERICK JOHN RostNsoir, Chancellor of the Exchequer, in the Chair; supported by Sir J. E. Swinimine, Sir Thomas Lawrence, Messrs. Moore and Campbell, and a large portion of Royal Academicians. The company embraced all the leading members of the School of Painting in England, and amounted in number to nearly two hundred. The dinner and wines were of the first character, and the general arrangements were such, as to reflect the greatest credit on the Stewards, for the very able and judicious manner in which their duties wen! performed. As soon as the cloth was re moved " Non Nobis Domine" was most effectively sung, by Messrs. Broadhurst, Bellamy, Rooke, &c. The CHAIRMAN then rose and said, that in proposing the health of his Majesty, he had a du' y to perform, in which he was fully persuaded he 'Mould meet the most cordial support from those to whom lie had the honour to submit the proposition. Ilia Majesty had been one of the earliest patrons of that most excellent insti. tutinn, which they had that day met to celebrate the formation of; and while his Majesty possessed taste to feel, and judgment to ap. preciate, all things that belonged to the Fine Arts, his hand was " Open as the day to melting charity." It was no ordinary gratification to himto say, that while his Majesty's parental solicitude for the wellbeing of his people, by providing as far as his means would enable him for the relief of that extremity of distress which unfortunately prevailed to so great an extent—it was no ordinary gratifization to him to say, that his Majesty had neither forgotten nor neglected the interests of the Artists' Benevo. lent Fund. It was a must pleasing part of his duty to state that he held in his hand a proof of his Majesty's good will in their behalf; and although the sum of one hundred guineas, compared with that amount which was necessary for the relief of the distress to which he had alluded. as existing elsewhere, might appear small, still it would prove perhaps sufficient to alleviate the sufferings, or even to prevent the ruin, of many on whose behalf they had that day as. sembled. He felt assured that the mark of Royal bounty which he had the pleasure of communicating, would be received with the same gratitude of feeling by the unfortunate artist, as it would by the starvmg manufacturer and distressed artisan. (Much cheering.) lie had only therefore to propose the health of his Majestg, with three times three. "God save the King" was then sung in verse and chorus. The third verse as a duet, by two young gentlemen of the Chapel Royal, pupils of Mr. Hawes, was much applauded. TheCHAI RMAX, in rising to propose the health of the Duke of York and Royal Family, said, that he believed there wax not a charitable Institution in the metropolis that did not enrol some of them among their Members, and that did not receike the countenance and sup port of some branch of the Royal family. It was impossible to find a family that were more anxious to discharge the duties of charity for the well-being of their fellow creatures, as far as they possessed the ability to do so. They united with the public an the common work of charity to an extent unknown is other countries, not that he said that with any disparagement to those countries; for it was a peculiarity attaching 'lane to the Royal Family of England that they were brought in contact with the people for the benefit of all classes of the community. Glee—" flail Star of Brunswick." The next toast was " the Army and Navy," with three times three, which was tollowed by the National Air of " Rule Bri tannia." ..... Sir J. SeVIWBURNE, as Chairman of the Institution, said that he rose fur the purpose of giving a toast which lie knew it would be most gratifying to the company to receive ; he meant that of the health of the Right lion. Gentleman who filled the chair that day; to whom they were so much indebted tit his distinguished patronage and support, and who had come forward, at the sacrifice of his most valuable time, to aid by his presence the objects of the Institution. He would say no more than propose the health of the Right Hon. Frederick Robinson, with three times three. As soon as the applause had subsided, The CHAIRMAN rose and said, that, gratified as he must have been by the honour of receiving from those who were interested in the prosperi:y of that Institution a proposal to preside on the present occasion, he must with equal truth say that he was over whelmed by the manner in which his health had been drunk. But when their excellent president of the Institution, Sir John Sivinburne, said that he (the Chairman) had sacrificed his time, to preside on that occasion, he must be allowed to say, that he did not know what the real value of time was tirCess he could give up a portion of it to relieve the distress of suffering humanity. It was his lot to fill an office under the Cronn at a time peculiarly fa vourable to the advancement and progress of the Arts—at a period when the country felt the benefit of being relieved from an ea rn- v. and protracted war. At the time when he received the King's commands to take upon himselt the office he had the honour to till its the Government of the country, he found the situation of the country such as to give the opportunity of proposing to Parliament that It should take the Arts under its Metering protection ; and he Could lay with perfect truth that he had never witnessed a propel don Teemed 'with more favour, or that was prosecuted With more urgent support deem the proposition was, which he two years ago felt it his duty to inbmit to Parliament, for the formation of a Na. Coati! Gallery at the pillffic expense. He felt, and the Parliament and the country felt, the intimate connexion that existed between all that was d gniled in human 'nature and the Vine Arts. It was a most gratify fly tircumstance, Oldth he never could forget, nor which could not be forgotten by his posterity, that he had happened to be the fortunate it.dividual to propose to Parliament to embark in that proposition. It might not be known, and therefore he was bound to stwe it, that those from whom he sprang *ere admirers of the Arts in all their branches. His tither rasa practical promoter of them as far as his means enabled him ; ant) !ie thought he might venture ats say, without laying himself open to the charge of filial vanity, that he was not an unsuccessful professor. There were also other branches of his family, not less sincere admirers of the Arts, and who reit that they were intimately connected with the honour and dignity of a noble anti free country. It only remained for him to drink the healths of the company with all his heart and soul. The applause that followed this speech lasted several tninutes. The CHAIRMAN then sad,that having at hisright hand the Presi. dent of the Royal Academy, and surrounded as he was by indivi duals so distinguished for their talents', he felt it necessary, in pro. posing the health of Sir Thomas Lawrence and the Royal Academy, to say a few words. He must say that England stood the first place in rank, as the school of arts, in Europe; and the object he had in vitt' was that the exhibitors should have a place more worthy than they at present possessed to hold the specimens of that school. (Chem.) It was obvious that the apartments they at present occu plea were totally inadequate to display that which the public were so anxious to see. It was his hope, at no distant period, to witness in the metropolis a building worthy of the subjects it was intended to contain, and of the country in which it should be erected. The public would not grudge the expense of that which was so essential to the due exhibition of the works of art, and he hoped to be pre. sent at no distant day, wlit n the first stone of that building should be laid. Having thus expressed his intention on the subject, it remained for him to propose the health of Sir Thomas Law. retire and the members of the Royal Academy. (Applause.) Sir T. LAWRENCE said, that although the honour that had just been done him was not unexpected, still the generous reception it had met with was not felt the less deeply by hint. He thanked the Right Honourable Chairman for the manner in which he had been pleased to vitamins himself, and begged to be allowed to say that the success of the profession would be greatly assisted by attending to the wishes of doveenment. It gave him the greatest 'pleasure to state that the Institution had obtained auother highly valuable addition by the Earl of Aberdeen having become a patron of the Society, but who had been prevented attending on that occasion. He (Sir T. Lawrence) was anxious to correct an error into which he had fallen at the annual dinner of the Royal Aca demy, and to atone for it on the present occasion. It was known that the Royal bounty and patronage was not confined to England, inasmuch as his Majesty had graciously condescended to extend It to Ireland, where an Academy had been formed. The error into which he (Sir Thorn's Lawrence) had fallen was, that of oniittiog the Royal Irish Academy in the number of their toasts, and which he begged to remedy by proposing on the present occasion. The Royal Irish Academy was then drank with great applause. The next toast was that of the Earl of Aberdeen and the British Institution, which was followed by " Sing, sing, Music was given," from the Irish Melodies, by Mr. Broadhurst, which was raptu rously encored, no doubt in compliment to the poet and composer then being present. The CHM RNA/4 said that, at the anniversary last year, they hail the advantage of having for their Chairman, a gentleman who was as distinguished for his nice, judgment, and liberality in the pro motion of the fine arts, as he was for the talents and ability which he displayed in the office lie filled in his Majesty's Government. If the Society could insure a Chairman equally gifted with that gen tleman on future occasions, they might be well assured their So ciety would flourish ; and not the least part of the gratification of the duty he haul to perform was, to propose the health of the Right Hon. Robert Peel, with three times three. (Applause.) 31r. Bellamy sang " \When wine, generous wine expands the soul." The CHAIRMAN said that it had often been mentioned as matter of reproach to Englishmen, that they could not conduct a work of charity without the ceremony, or perhaps he ought to say, the jovi ality, of a dinner. And why should they not do so? It might be a peculiarity, but it was no reproach. "It was true, Charity should be silent, and not ostentatious; but why persons were not to meet together in that innocent harmony of feeling which belonged to an English dinner—why they were not to avail themselves of such means—he was at a loss to conceive; and he should call a departure from the principle national prudery, rather than which he would have the national peculiarity. That peculiarity was an honour to the country, which was four...tied i.l good nature and to produce a good end, and therefore must be considered as a happy peculiarity, and calculated in some means to excite the feelings in support of the work of charity. He might say that the Institution had flourished for sixteen years, and knowing the comfort which it must have conveyed to destitute objects during that period, and the re lief it was likely hereafter to afford, he hoped it would last, not only for sixteen years to come, but beyond die ages of the youngest born. He would therefore propose " Prosperity to the Artists' Benevolent Institution." (Great applause.) The Chairman then said that joint-stock companies were out of fashion, and yen, pro perly so, when they had occasioned so much Individual suffering. Such, however, was not the character of the joint-stock company to which he alluded. Their speculations were not founded in extra vagant hopes of gain ; they were founded in motives of prudence ; and if success crowned their efforts, it must end in real prosperity. They did not expect a sudden and extraordinary increase by chance, but to provide for the poor, the destitute, and desolate, a small but necessary pittance out of those savings which it might be in the power of individuals to contribute. There could not be an object more desirable than that of endeavouring to provide, by prudence and foresight, for those most dear to them, and who THE BRITISH PRESS. might remain behind. lie should therefore propose, Prosperity to the Joint Stock Annuity Fund, and may its merits be universally known." _ . . l‘lr. C. TAYLOR smutted the company with a very clever sortg, the subject of whirh WAS the rice, progress, and decay, of a law. suit, calling upon those fond of procrastination and loss of their money to go to law. The Cum ;maw said, that if the President of the Institution (Sir John Swinburne) was not present, he might perhaps have been obliged to call upon the Company for a little of that procras tination which they had just heard so humorously portrayed, though not of law (laughter), but of the payment of a debt, and that the debt of gratitude, to the President of the Institution. It was quite unnecessary for him to enter into any description, or to state any thing at length, as to the manner in which Sir J. Swin_ borne had filled that situation, further than toasty, he had at various times subscribed no less a sum than 200 guineas to henetit the In stitotion. The debt, however, that the Society owei him was nut that of money, but of honest gratitude, and he called upon them to pay it on demand. The health of Sir John Swinburne was then drank amidst the loudest cheera. Sir JOHN Swinattnsz said, that labouring under severe in disposition, he should trouble the company with but a very few words. The manner in which they had received the tout, and the channel by which it had been conveyed, left him hut little lan. gunge in which to express his feelings. He had watched with anxious solicitude the progress of the Institution. and the mode In which it was conducted, and he was satisfied of the propriety with which the duties were performed. The Institution was under great obligation to the Committees of both Societieit ; they had never re. limed in any duty which could be to the advantage of the Society. He returned his thanks to them and the Chairman, and assured them, as long as his health and strength should last, his services, such as they were, should be at their command. ' Mr. BA LmAN NO (the Secretary) then read a letter which he had received front Mr. Soane, stating his inability to attend, in conies quence of the complaint in his eyes not permitting film to encounter the glare of light necessarily attendant on a public meeting. The little property which he possessed he owed to having studied the arts, d while he retained a guinea, it shoold be at the service of the artist's widow and child, and begged to enclose a donation of 211. The applause which followed the reading of this letter was loud and deep. Mr.Balmanno then proceeded to announce the donations, amongst which appeared the following :—flis Majesty. 1051. ; the Right Honourable J. Robinson, 25/. ; C. E. Pigou, 11/. ; J. %V. Croker, dd. Sir Charles bong. 101.0 s. : Mr, Justice Best, 101. 10s. ; Sir John Swinhurne, 151. ; Sir Thomas Lawrence, ID!. 10s. ; the Earl of Aberdeen, 21/. • John Nash, 10!. 10s. ; H. Sass, 51. hs„; Ors, IL Sass, 10/, 106 ; anti a variety of others. The health' of the Vice-President, Secretary, and Committee, were then drank with considerable applause. The CHAIRMAN said there was another Institution for the same purpose as that which they had met to commemorate ; but there was no rivalship between them. Their objects were the same; they were embarked in the same laudable cause, and were actuated by the same motives ; therefore they would not do justice to their own feelings, nor justice to their motives, if they did not express their hearty good will to the kindred Institution. There might he circumstances of difference in the mode of administering their funds, but their main object was the interests of those whose cause he then advocated. It was their duty to lbel interested for that society as well as the one to which they belonged. He should therefore propose as a toast—" The Artists' General Benevolent Fund." _ Mr. Pitict.tra returned thanks, and assured the company, that the Artists' General Benevolent Fund felt the most cordial good will totVards the Society whose anniversary they had met to celebrate. The Cdarttasax said, before he left the Chair, there was one toast he was anxious to give. Although custom, on such occa• alone, did not admit the Ladies to sit at table with them, they were i still present, and were looking down upon them, not, lie hoped, with a supercilious eye, but of favour. The Society would not do their duty as English Gentlemen, they did not drink the healths of those Ladies who had favoured them with their presence ; and although, Iron the imperfection of his sight, lie had not the satis faction of seeing them, yet he begged to assure them that he bowed to their suptemaey with all submission, and drank their health. with hearty good wdl. (immense applause.) Mr. SIIEE said that he was anxious, before the Chairman quitted the Chair, to offer a few words, surrounded as they were by persons the most distinguished In every department of art. In common with all, lie congratulated the Meeting on the flattertrig state of their prospects. With reference to the patronage the Arts had received, he must say, that hitherto the Ministers of the country had not been remarkable in the promotion of them ; he was happy, however, to find that a new era had arisen, and an addi tional stimulus afforded to the excellence and genius of the country. Gentlemen would bi ready, he was assured, to afford justice to their Right Hon. Chairnisn, who was so anxious to extend the Arts. Their acknowledgments were alsb due in another quarter—to two of the noblest poet.• the. Britain possessed, for their presence. The principle of the Arts was founded on poetry. If a painter painted a picture, if an architect erected a building, or a statuary carved a figure, success could only be obtained by the poetic feel ig of the artist. It was impossible not to feel the influence which poetry possessed over their minds, sad therefore he should propose the hoalth of Messrs. Moore and Campbell, and to express their sense of their merits and obligations for their presence. Messrs. Moons: and CAMPBELL returned thanks; but we regret that from the extreme anxiety that prevailed to bear those gentlemen—the consequent pressure from all parts of the room— and the very low tone in which they spoke, which only enabled us to catch disjointed parts of sentences, we are wholly unable with any regard to justice, to attempt a report of them ; suffice it, that their observations were very brief. The Right Hon. Chairman then left the room, amidst the cheers and well wishes of the Company, having previously requested Sif John .."winburne to take his place. Sir JtastW filvt NH URNE then proposed the health of Mr. Bal manno, the Sebretary, which was moat flatteringly received. Mr. Baistposaro returned thanks, and announced the subscrip tions that day, independent of annual payments, to amount to 6601. ; and the company separated at eleven o'clock. LIVERPOOL COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL, MAY 6. The demand for British Plantation Sugar has been again limited during the week ; the sales only amount to about 600 hogsheads. chiefly of good and line sorts, for grocers at about Is. per cwt. re duction, in addition to which about 600 bags fine white Bengal Sugars have been sold at 71s. a 725. 6d. per cwt. In Molasses nothing done, and in Coffee only some few lots sold for home consumption, at former prices. Nothing done in ginger or Cocoa. About 100 bags Pimento sold at Bid. to B. per lb. In Rum the demand is very limited, some old imported Demerara have been sold very low. The holders of Dyewoode seem less disposed to sell, and there is more demand. A cargo of 170 tons Campeachy Logwood sold at 6/. 10s., and 20 tons Jamaica at 51. 7s. 6d. In Fustic 30 tons of mixed Cuba and Spanish have been sold at 71. ss. Ashes are less in demand, 100 brls. Montreal Pot have been sold at 21a. 6d. for old, and 23a. for new ; 100 brie. Montreal Pearl at 241. a 255.; and 50 brie. New York Pearl at 255. In Tar 1,000 brls. American have been sold at 10a. 9d. a I ls, and BO bets. Stockholm at 15s. per brl. About 2,000 brls. Turpen tine sold at 115. 9d. per cwt. In Hides the sales are 1,000 3loute- video Ox and Cow at 70.; and 1,000 North American salted at 30. 100 tierces of New Caroline Rice sold at 18a. a 18s. 6d. ; and 450 bags East India at 18s. a 225. per cwt. Yesterday 280 chests East India, and 352 mons Cara= Indigo were offered by public auction, .of which only 63 chests were sold at 4s. a Bs. 7d. : and 130 serons Caraccas at 4s. 2d. to Bs. bd., which ate considered fair prices, comparing them with the London market. We have had more demand for Tobacco this week than for some time, and about 500 hhds. have been sold, of which 300 have been bought on London account, 100 for the trade, and the remainder for Ireland at prices rather lower. In the Corn Market we have not heard of any salesof foreign grain. Other aorta are rather lower. In Clover Seed about 30 tierces American red have been sold at 40s. to 50a., and 16 bags Dutch white Seed at 50s. to 51s. per cwt. Sowing Flax Seed declines : 80 tierees New York have been mold at 465. dd. per tierce ; 70 hhds. Phila. delphia Bark have been sold at Bs. 9d. ' and some inferior at 7s. 6d. per cwt. A public sale of 164 casks Dutch ombro and crop Mad ders was attempted, but were all taken in, the buyers not being disposed to come up to the prices expected. Twenty tons Sicily brimstone have brought 51.105. per ton. Olive Oil is in very limited request. Palm Oil moves very slowly at 221. Early in the week our cotton market was depressed; but on NVednesday, when the motion was known for the allowing of bonded grain to be allowed for home consumption, added to a better feeling at 31anchester ' they combined to give 4 little more life. to the market, and the btsainess has been since to more extent, and at an advance of id. to 4d. per pound on Boweds, Orleans, and Ala bamas ; and although a better demand is evinced for Brazils, the prices remain nearly as before. The sales consist of 4990 bags Uplands, at bid. to 70 • 1859 New Orleans, at 6d. to lid. ; _5O Sea Islands, at 14d. to and 15 stained Sea Islands, at bd. ; 1600 Alabamas. at bid. to 7d.; 300 Pernambuco, at 10d. a 104 d. ; 200 Bahia. at 90., and 270 by auction, at 84d. to 94d. ; 1100 31a ranham, at iiad. BM Para, at Rd.; 200 Demerara, at 80. to 94d. ; 400 Egyptian, at 7d. to 9d. ; 20 West India, at lid.; 150 Peruvians in the seed, at 10. ; 10 Mexican. at 61d.; 300 Surat'. at Ad. to 50. ; and 40 Bengal. at 40. to aid. ; being a total of about 11,500 bags. About 3000 of Atneticati, put of the above, have been taken on speculation. Report states that the populace at Bolton were so rejoiced with the news of the Bond Grain release, that they actu ally embraced the soldiery, and cried out " God savolhe King and George Canning." iVednesday the Presbytery met at Paisley, when it was moved that an overture against pluralities in the church be transmitted to the next General Assembly, which was agreed to, and the Presbytery resolved accordingly ; against which the Rev. Mr. Fleming, of Neilston, entered his dis sent and complaint to the next meeting of the General Assembly. BEPRESENTAY'ION OF THE CITY. From the Dispatch.) A correspondence, of which the following is a copy , has taken place between R. Slade. Esq., an Old Member of the Common Council, and W. Ward, Esq., one of the Candi dates for the Representation of the City of London: — Doctors' Commons. April 28, 1826. SIR— Is you aspire to the Civic honours, the questions I wish to propound to you are, lint, whether. in the even.' of your be coming one of the Repre.entiltives in Parliament lot the City of London. you will support a Reform in the Representation of the People? Second, whether you will engage, in such case, to take your share of the Civic duties, by accepting the flown whenever en opportunity offers ? I contemplated 'osing these questions to you from the moment you honoured me with a call to sdiait my vote, and have now no reservation in doing so. seeing that in your etteech yesterday, at Ironmongers' Hall, you frankly pledged your self to answer any question that might be put to you by an gleetor whose suffrage you soliciiedr I have the honour to subscribe myself, Sir, Your obedient servant. To W. Ward, Esq., Ste. It. SLADE. tits—lf my success at the approaching Election depends either on my accepting the Aldermsn's gown, or on my undertaking to support any motion fur a Reform in Parliament, I respectfully de cline the honour. Nothing can be more unlikely than that I should undertake either the one or the other. I remain respectfully, your obedient servant, WILLIAM WARD. 34, New Broad street, Aprit29, 1326. LONDON HIBERNIAN SOCIETY. Saturday the twentieth anniversary meeting Was held at the Freemasons' Ilan. Lord GAMBIER in the Chair. The CHAIRMAN said the object of the tinciety was to afford instruction to the population of Ireland, and in his opinion it de served the support and encouragement of the public. Mr. ‘FERSIER, the Secretary, then read the Report, which stated, that during the past year the total amount of schools formed exceeded•that of the preceding year by 49, being for the year ending March, 1825, 1147; and in March 11126. 1196. The schools of the Society were either day, Sunday, or adult, and were distri. buted through the different provinces. The total number of scho lars in the different schools amounted to 66,497. The RepOrt con tuir ed accounta of the proceedings of the Committee relativet o the Kildsre.atreet Society, and concluded by stating that the receipts of the last year amounted to 6.728/. of which I' s. d. The aubscriptions and conttibutions were . 1.3112 14 6 Auxiliary contributions - . 2,5511 4 ) Ditto in Ireland - - 2.222 6 1 Legacies - - 1118 111 10 - Produce of collectior sermons - 294 14 4 Meanwhile the expenditure had been 8,777!. thus exceeding dm receipts by 2.0481. The Rev. 0. Nog r. moved that the report be reclieed. The Rev. Mr. Mims!' seconded the motion, which was put and I carried unanimously. BURSTS' AND ROIIINSeN'S'COMMISSION The accord Meeting under the Commission of Bankrupt issued against Thomas Hurst, John Hurst, and Joseph Ogle Robinson, booksellers, of Waterloo.place, Pall-mall, took place on Saturday, before the Commissioners, Messrs. Montague, Meggison, am at the Court, Basinghall.street. Mr. HOPKINSON, a solicitor, wlro has co-operated with the solicitor to the Commission, addressed Mr. Meggicon, one of the Commissioners on the Bench, relative to the publication of the names and amounts of the debts which were proved at the first Meeting, in a newspaper of Sunday, and also in the [motion journals of Monday last. He requested, as there were gentlemen present connected with the Press, that the Commissioners would interpose their authority, and prevent an further publication of the names of the sufferers by the failure of t Hurst, Robinson, and Co., because such publication was an exposure of their private affairs, and would tend in some instances greatly to injure the credit of the parties. Mr. MEGOISON replied that it was an open Court. and he could not take upon himself to interfere with newspaper reports. Mr. RICHARDSON, the solicitor under the Commission, said that some of the Creditors had complained to him that their names, and the amount of their debts, had been published in all the papers; and he hoped Mr. Montague would exprtse his opinion upon the impropriety of such publication, as it might prevent a continuance of the evil. Mr. MONTAGUE said that newspapers published on their own responsibility, and he would not pretend to give an opinion as to the evil or good likely to arise from such reports ; all he could say was, that he had no authority to interfere on the subject. Mr. John Hurst was called and sworn, and examined by Mr. MONTAGUE—I am a partner in the firm of Hurst, Robinson, and Co., booksellers. In January last Mr. Thomas Hurst joined the house. The firm did not take a new name;; it continued as before, Hurst, Robinson, and (o. Mr. AIONTAGUE—Vas there any notice given to the creditors when the new firm commenced ? Mr. Hurst—l believe not. Mr. MornAotrit—Was no notice given in the London Ca rafe 9 Mr. Hurst—l believe there wasnot. Mr. Roatstsow, a solicitor, in Charter House•square, tendered proofs of a claim on Thomas Hurst's estate to the amount of 7,7C11. It appeared that Mr. Thomas Hurst had given a security, to the amount of 10,0001., to Mr. Abud, of .I,one...street, Cletkenwell, for the payment of debts contracted by John Hurst and Thomas 0. Robinson, in cue they failed to pay. Mr. Abud proved the non.payment of the bills to the amount of 7,763/., and, alter some unimportant conversation, the claim was admitted. Mr. Abud, for himself and partners, proved on the debt of 10001. and upwards, on the joint estate. A GENTLEMAN, who is a considerable creditor, said, he held a number of bills of the firm, paid to him before last January ' • but he contended that he was entitled to prove under the new firm, which estate, he understood, would be the most profitable to the creditors. He had a letter from one of the bankrupts in February last, admitting that the new firm considered themselves responsible for his claim. . . . . Mr. MONTAGUE advised the gentleman to defer proving his debt till a future meeting; it was for him to make his election upon which estate he would prove, but it might be important to his in terest that he should ::.certain, before he proved, which estate would pay him most. Mr. liticirasinsors said, he thought the new firm was not liable for this gentleman's claim. Mr. Mew:mow said, that the gentleman had applied to the new firm, and they had assented to his preposition. Mr. bloterminE asked what the terms of the new partnership were ? Mr. RICHARDSON replied, that the antecedent debts were to be paid by the partners of the old firm, and all antecedent claims received. Mr. RoniNsorr, the solicitor, said, by the deed it appeared that Mr. John Hurst took share of the whole stock in trade; but, as far as that went, the deed was a nullity, because this stock had never been in his lawful possession, front the period of exe cuting the deed till the bankruptcy, it being in the hands of book. sellers all over the United Kingdom. The following debts were proved :—Mr. Green, of Itryanstone.square, 3,6311!. (the balance of 6.0001. lent) ; Mr. Abud, 7,7631. and LOW.; Mr. Saunders, 1,681/, ; Mr. J. L. Barnard, 3381. ; Mr. Prescott. 3761.: Mr. Perkins, 801. ; Mr. Norman, HIV.; Mr. Alex. Simpson, 1,5161.; Mr. T. Davi son, 5391. ; and other debts of inconsiderable amount. The Solicitor to the Commission said, that he had effected an arrangement amongst the creditors, and there could be no opposition in the choice of assignees. He had been at great labour to effect this important object, by which much litigation and many thousands of pounds of the creditors' money would be saved ; and he hoped the Commissioners would remunerate him I for his trouble. Mr. Al °tyranny said, thatllf the creditors' money had been saved by his exertions, he deserved to be paid; and the question should be fairly considered. The following were the assignees appointed :—Edward Sally, Esq., of Curzon-street, May-fair ;W. Honorific, Esq., of Lin. coin's Inn; George Newton Speathfield, Esq., of Lincoln's Inn; Thomas Cadet!, bookseller, Strand; Andrew Spottiswode, New_ street, Gough-square, Fleet-street, printer; and John Dickenson, Old Bailey, stationer. A meeting of the assignees was appointed to take place, at Messrs. Longman and Co.'s, on Saturday afternoon. The Back of England has a claim of 60,0001. on this estate, having advanced money to Pole, Thornton. and Co. on bills and other securities, amongst which were 60,000/. of 5' emirs. Hurst and , Co.'s paper ; it is, however, supposed that the Bank will not prove under this Commission, but will wait till it is ascertained how Pdle and Co.'s estate turns our. THE DISTURBEDDISTRICTS. 'From the Bolton Express, Saturday, May 6.] We are most happy in being enabled to state,that our neighbour ing towns, so recently the scenes of riot and disorder, are fast sub siding Into their former tranquillity. A few days since every minute teemed with disastrous news, and " that of an hour's age did hiss the speaker:" but either from a conviction of the folly as well as wickedness of such excesses, or that the means adopted for their prevention are too formidable to be overcome, the misguided numbers that joined in the commission of so much wan ton annihilation of property have peaceably dispersed ; many of them, we tear, to mourn over calamities which they have sharpened by their rashness, and in some instances rendered irremediable by the consequences which it may unhappily involve. At such a moment of peril, however, it is astonishing that Jour nalists were to be found who could pander to the popular appetite, too keenly an edge to refuse the coarsest aliment. Our neighbour the C?.ronicic joined last week in the cry raised by the Blackburn Mail against machinery ; but the Mail is certainly the less-culpable of the two ; that paper might have taken up the cause with an idea that a few more copies might be sold in consequence, and there the matter would end ; and we think, through the lameness of its de fence this week, that considerable contrition LB discoverable. But the Chronicle had no such plea ; like the merciless wrecker, it ex ulted in the uproar of the storm, and trampled deridingly upon surrounding ruin. They may say. " did we not express regret ? did we not exhort the people to be quiet ?" But we say, such an exhortittion, accompanied by remarks calculated to !name the madness that prevailed, was a mockery. 0 tfrorr. the Preen* ehronick.l We have the satisfaction to gay. that in this town every thing has remained perfectly quiet. On Ilirthrlayf, indeed, the town was thrown into some alarm, from the droops besting to arms ; but it turned out to ligve been occasioned by a ludicrous mistake. A pugilistic contest having taken place on the Moor, a great concouras of people was assembled to witness the fight ; the crowd er:ts set n from the upper story of one of the rectories, and no doubt being entertained but it was a muster of luom-breakers, the military were ordered nut, and the drums had newly gone their rounds be fore the mistake was discodered. _ . A troop of the 24 Dragoon °wards, and a detachment of the 73d regiment of Foot, have taken op their (Tauten amongst us ; the factories are guardel at all points, &till have been stored with paving stones in the tipper rooms, so that no fear is entertained of any attempt .to break into them. l'he civil officers have this week been vigilant in their endeavours to secure the ringleaders in the various distriets where outrages hays been committed, and several parties of prisoners have passed through this town for Lancaster, escorted by the military. We have ohtsined a list of the prisoners who had arrived at the Castle, up to Thursday evening; which in as follows APRIL 27.—James Ryding, aged 29. weaver, of Livesey, sent from Blackburn ; Thomas Dickinson. 19. confectioner, of Black hurn, sent from do Thomas Leaver, 25; w ,of do. sent from do. ; William Sutcliffe, 22, butcher, of do. sent from do; and Simeon Wright. 36, weaver, of Samleabury Miff, sent from do. APRIL 28.—Mark Cockerbill, eget; 29, wearer, of ',scup, sent from Bacup ; William Coekerhill, 23, do. of do. sent from do. Richard Rawstorne, 20, navigator. of do. tent from do. ; George Ashworth, 21, weaver, near New Church', sent from do. ; Richard Tattersall, 29, do. of Bankfield, nee do. sent from do. ; Jame, . Taylor, 214, do. of near New,Chureh. sent from do.: Patrick Gib bon, 35, calieo-prinfee, of %cup: sent from do. ; Joshua Bald win, 21, weaver, of do. sent front do. John Holt, 99, do. of near New Church, sent from do. ; Edward Yate, 18, do. of Limey, sent from Bury ; Henry Melling, 22, dn. of Edgeworth, sent from do. ; Betty Cunliffe. 2.1, do. of Bacon, sent from Bacup ; and James Buskey, IC, ealic.--printer, of Edgeworth, seat from Bury. APRIL Mt —Thomas Sharpies, aged 23, weever, of Tockholes, sent from Blackbern; and Jansta Shotrock, 29 do. of Darwen, sent from Blackbnrn. MAY 2.—Thomal Emmeit, aged 22, vieaver, of flaalingden, nent frnn Haalingden; and Mary Hindle, 27, do. of do. WO from do . 3 —Alice Lord. aged 19, weaver, of New Clnstrch, vent from Burnley; Peggy Lord, 20, do. of do. sent from do.• Anse Ingham. 28, do. of do. sent from do; John Ashworth, 22,;1tt. of near Ban:p, sent from Burnley; Thomas Ash wor. h, 27, laboarm, of do. sent from do. ; James Rostron, 20, do. of do. sent from do. ; John Ingham, 114.-.stonemitrion, c? 4. sent from do.; Jamas Latham, 18, weaker, of Blackburn, sent from Blackburn ; James Ormrod, 18, do. of do. sent from do.; Richard Ray, ?7, do. ado. sent front do. ; and Michael Tomlinson, 211. do. Aldo. sent from dol. Tne following have also been brought to the House of C.orreetiou M this town, but are not yet fully committed Margaret Ifadcroft, aged 44, of. Tottingdon, weave'; Margaret . Yates, 18, of Church, do. ; illary :Barden, 311, of Oswald.' whistle, do. Betty Howarth, 17, of Yate Bank, do. ; Henry Cook, 28, of Over Darwen, do. ; John Hunt, VI, of Pate Bank, do. William Hunt, 28, of do. do. ; William Its , cliffe, 1.8, of Turteln, do. ; nod Taylor.2o, of Tockholes, do. tFrom the Leeds Mcraery./ EsEns. hatctrday, Mays, In ritimidst of all the agitation by which me are surrounded, the Pleasure iy still allowed us, of stating, that the town of Leeds his remained perfectly free from any except. Some tumultuous indications did, indeed. exhibit themselves in the susits on Tues. day and Wednesday nights, but they were for the most part the mere ebuffirions of juvenile folly, resenibllng more the breaking up of a set of mischievous school.boys on a holiday, than the conduct of men bent on outrage, and goaded on by want. It is due from. us to say of the great body of the labouring classes in the West Riding of Yorkshire, that they have conducted themselves, during the last fortnight of agitation mid excess, in a mariner that reffects upon them the highest honour, and that proves that they understand their own interests and the interests of the community. This e duct is the more laudable, because two or three abortive attempts have been mile to circite therh to mischief, by Tritons we do nos know—certainly not by their friends, and probably by those who would have been the first to betray them, if they had listened to their dangerous counsel. [From the lifonchertcr Guardian of Saturday.) We are happy to state that all the accounts we yesterday received and persons we saw, from the districts of this county which hail chiefly been disturbed, concurred in representing them to be completely restored to tranquillity. Neverthrlesti, measures of pre caution must be kept up, so long as the number of the unemployed poor continues great. In this town, but for the ill-timed and reprehensible turnout of , a few of the power-loom weavers, and who, speaking of them as body compared with the hand weavers, have much to be thcnkful. for, both as regards employmint and wages, We should, sines Tuesday, have been in a state of complete quiet. THE ARMY. _ Reinforcements have arrived or are arriving, at 3lancheeter, and in the neighbouring towns, as follows : Major Whinyates's troop of Royal Horse Artillery, from Sheffield ; Major Chester's troop of Royal Horse Artillery, from Woolwich, whence it came, with post horses, in 46 hours. The Rocket Troop is made disposable, according to circumstances. A Brigade of long nine pounders hag been stationed at Burnley.. Se veral convoys of ammunition are in march, from Woolwich, Hull, and Chester Castle. The King's Drggoon Guerda, from Leeds. The 10th Royal Hussars, from Nottingham and Northampton. The 2d battalion of the Coldertreem Guards, and the lot battalion of the 3d guards, from London, Per easel. The 38th Restirnevir, from Chatham. The 611th and 73d Regiments, fro n Dublin. Thu two Regiments of Cheabire Yeomanry Cavalry, on permanent duty at Manchester, Stockport, and Hyde t and the Bolton, Wigan, and Oldham corps, in their own towns. The Ist Regiment of Life Guards it arriving at Nottingham, from London, and the Carob'. neers at Sheffield. Troops have been stationed at Warrington, Wigan, Chorley, Preston, Blackburn Bolton, Bury, Burnley, Clitheroe, Rochdale. Oldham, Ashton-iroder-Lyne, Hyde, Stock port, and Macclesfield, which communicate with the troops is Yorkshire, upon which county troops are moving in different direc tions ; and the whole of its Yeomanry is already out on duty. Lieut.-General Sir John Byng has been appointed to /he com mand of the troops in the Northern district, and has fixed his had quarters at Mancnester. RELIEF OF THE POOR. The following is an account of the distribution of yesterday : No. of Bacon Oatmeal Peas Herrings Tickets. lbs. lbs. meas. brill. Shuaehill 4702 6672 35280 61 li Oldham-toad 2533 3053 22560 40 0 Ancuats - 1846 3527 11280 34 0 Watson-street 2451 3623 17610 39 0 Alinshull-st. 2373 2962 21210 20 2 Chorlton-row 1128 1196 7152 37 0 Ardwick 265 2113 1651 121 0 15298 21316 118803 2461 3 Cash received for provisions sold at the different stt.tions. 41/, Bs. 3,1. Food distributed to the poor of Hulme, Friday, May It -2,431.11b5. potatoes ; 7Wilbt..meal ; 2911bi . t. bacon ; 53 quarts peas. SILK TRADE. We are informed that iiie deputations sent by the silk trade et this town, and of Macclesfield, to the Government, have obtained some important arrangements in the Bill now before Parliament, for the regulation of the.duties on foreign manufactured silk goods and thrown silk. No broad goods are to be admitted but those of betweeen sixty and sixty.six yards in length, having a fault, or bar, woven into each end. This regulation was strongly opposed by the London retail trade. But its object is obvious, as it will pre vent the indiscriminate importation of all the short lengths and old stocks of foreign countries. East India Bandanas are to be ad. milted on payment of an ad iii/orern duty of 30 per cent. till the sth of January, 1827, and afterwards on the following scale of duties :-6s. the piece on all pieces not exceeding 6 yards In length if more than 6 yards, and not exceeding 7 yards, 7s. the piece: and further for every additional length, not exceeding a yard, Is. This will include Rotro's, Pullicates, and China handkerchiefs. The excise duty of Gd. per square yard ou British Bandanas is to CORSO from the sth of April last, with a remission of the duiies on drugs used in dying and printing silks, and a drawback of the duty on soap used in the various branches of the silk trade. The removal Of these various incumbrances will, we have no doubt, be highly beneficial. During the discussion of these and other important subjects connected with the silk trade, it was distinctly intimated by his Majesty's Obvernnent, that it was far from their intention to injure either the British manufacturer or the throwster, but to afford to both every protection in than power, consistently with the main object in view—the prevention of smuggling. The gentlemen who were engaged in the deputation in question, we are happy to hear, speak in the highest terms of the marked personal attentions shown to them, and of the great and effective exertions used on their behalf, by both our county members, Lord Stanley and John Illackbume, Esq. and also by Davies Davenport and Wilbraham Egerton, Esqrs. members for the county of Chester. The most effectual precautions against riots have been taken at Kneresborough, by administering relief to the distressed. The Vi. car, whose hand is as open to the purposes of charity u his heart is to the feelings of piety, undertoolc, in the course of the lot week, to make a survey of the town, with the aid and assistance of Dr. Murray, from which it appeared that there were 450 families, con. stating of about 1800 individuals, in want of relief-200 families having partial work, and that 250 families would be wholly without work at the close of the week. Having made an appeal to the be. nevolent, founded on this information, a meeting of the inhabitants was held last Monday in the Sessions-house; the Rev. Andrew Cheap, Vicar, in the Chair, supported by Sir Thomas Slingsby, Bart., Dr. Murray, and a vast number of respectable inhabitants. It was resolved that a committee should be appointed to alleviate the distress of the unemployed, and upwards of 5001. was imniesii ately subscribed for that purpose. Lord Stourton, of Alliston Park, Mrs. Lawson, of Boroughbridge, and Mrs. Robinson, of Thorp Green, are lib eral donors to the fund, to which Sir Thomas Slingsby, But. has conttibuted 1001. During the hat six weeks, a Committee has been acting in II udlerstield, for the relief of the distressed and unemployed poor. Its operations, although privately conducted, have been continually extending, and assuming a more systematic character. But these measures, and very great exertions of many liberal individuals, prove inadequate to provide for the continually increasing cases at distress. The necessity of a still more extensive system of relief becoming obvious, numerous and respectable meeting of geptle men, yesterday, pr, ted a requisition to the constable of Had. &Wield, to call a p 4. c meeting on Monday next. .11fr.71