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THE ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN ON THE DANGER OF DEBATING SOCIETIES. WITH A PORTRAIT OF WASHINGTON 'RN — LNG, BY GREATBATCH, AND AN ILLUSTRATION BY LEECH. The June Number, price Half-a•Crovm, of _ _ MISCELLANY will contain : BALCS p'LINX. OR, LUCK IS EVERYTHING. By W. H. MAXWELL, Esq., Jlectltor of " Stories of ITH AN ` I LLUSTRATION WLLUSTRATION aterloo: . " Wild SBY LEECH. of the West," Sce. CHAPTER Hemsgate makes a new acquain tance and renews an old one—Evening conference—Suppers and symposia. Jeff Linton's Oak ; or, Mayday. By J. P. Palmer. Legends and Traditions of Lewes. By Miss Costello. THE ARCHBISHOP of DUBLIN on the DAN 4 ;ER of DEBITING SOCIETIES to YOUNG MEN. The Boys in the Streets. By Albert Smith. Romancing. By A. Gibb. Mackinnon on Civilisation. A Treatise on the Pump. By Paul Prendergast. TATTERSALL AND TATTERSALL'S ; With a Glance at the Lions and Legs of the Betting-ring. Sketch of Washington Irving, with a Portrait. By Greatbatch. The Albigenses and the Troubadours. By Dr. W. C. Taylor. TIPPERARY HALL. The Tipperary Skiff—Flowers of Transatantic Eloquence— Yankee War Song on the Banks of the Rio Grande—John Bull's Navvies giving Settlers to Uncle Sam—The Beauties of a Richmond Tide—Ladies on Land and Water—Apologia Levitatis—The Triumphs of an Irish Jauntino , car—Serenade—A Poetical Legend of Kildare, " ilow the Devil rode out with Lord Luttrell and his Stag hounds"—The Witch of the Fens—A Derby Day—Dithyrambic on King Pyrrhus' last victory. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. MR. MAXWELL'S NEW WORK. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., CAPTAIN O'SULLIVAN; or, ALYRNTITRES, CIVIL, MILITARY, AND MATRIMONIAL, OF A GENTLEMAN Obi HALF-PAY. By W. H. MAXWELL, Esq., Author of " Stories of Waterloo," Sce. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. ESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND IkAMOND , Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TnasDAT and FacDAT. at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle -street, London, to which place favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested t. be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited for exit_ minatiort at least one day previously to their being offered ; and advices of results.-will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, an i the proceeds immediately disposed of according to instructions. Offices. Hall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street, London. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. gignor LABLACHE has the honour to inform his Friends, Sub scribers to the Opera, and the Public, that his BENEFIT will take place THIS EVENING When will be performed (tor the first time these two years), Cima rosa's Chef d'(Euvre, in Twn Acts, entitled, IL MATRIMONIO SEGRETO. Carolina, Madame Grisi ; Fidalma, Madame Sanchioll (her first ap pearance in that character); Elisetta. Madame Castellon ; Pao} ino Signor Mario ; Count Robinson, Signor F. Lablache ; Geromna o, Signor Lablache. 13etween the Acts, a DIVERTISSEMENT, In which will be presented a Grand Pas, by :Wadlle. L. Grahn (composed by her self), supported by Md nes. Moacelet, Demellsse, and Cassan. A Pas de I)eux, by :Mlle. L. Taglioni and M. Perrot ; and the ad mired Pas de Caractere, La Cracovienn,, by Mdlle. L. Gr ihn. To conclude with the grand Ballet, by M. Dcshayes, re-arranged in Three Tableaux, by M. Perrot, the Music by M. Costa, entitled, ALMA ; on, La File du Feu. Perephite, M. Perrot ; Balegor, M. Gosselin ; Emazor, M. St. Leon; Alma, Mdlle. Cerito. Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the box oftice, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven, the Opera to com mence at half-past Seven o'clock. THEATILE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. TEIIEI EVENING Will be performed THE BOHEMIAN GIRL. Count Arnheim, Mr. Barran': Florestein, Mr. Harley ; Thaddeus, Mr. W. Harrison ; Derilshoof, Mr. Stratton ; Arline, Miss Ralnforth. Between the first and second Acts of the Opera, will be intro duced the popular Allemande, by twenty Danseuses Viennoises ; and between the second and third Acts, twenty-four of the celebrated Danseuses will execute the famous National Polka Paisaus. After which, the celebrated Ballet of LA GISELLE. Duke of nests., M. Mathis • Hilarion, Mr. W. H. Payne ; Prince of Cour land, Mr. Howell ; Wilfrid, 31. Aarien ; Giselle, Mdlle. Sall ; Mirtha, 'Wine. Louise; Princess Bathilde, Mdlle. St. Louin ; Bertha, Mrs. Payne ; Principal Willis, Mesdames Adele and Glubilei. During the Ballet will be introduced the Standard Galop, by forty-eight of the Pupils of Madame Weiss. THEATEE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. TIIIS EVENING Wlll be performed THE SCHOOL FOE FOE SCANDAL. Sir Peter Teazle, Mr. W. Farren ; Joseph Surface, Mr. Stuart; Charles Sur face, Mr. Hudson ; Lady Teazle, Mrs. Seymour. The Rand will perform the Orel - tures, " Cenerentola," and " Due d'Olonne." the " St. James's Polka," " Philomel Waizer," and the "Chatsworth Quadrilles." After which, a Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. Messrs. Webster, Brindal, J. Bland, Howe; Miss Bennett and Mrs. Humby will Fustain the principal characters. To zonclude with a New - Farce, called LEND ME FIVE SHIT,- TIN GS. Mr. Golightly, Mr. Buck.3tone ; Capt. Phobbs, Mr. Tilbury; Capt. Spruce, Mr. Brindal ; Mrs. Major Phobbs, Miss P. Horton. TIIEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. Another brilliant Triumph ! " Robin Hood and Richard Cceur de Lion" every Evening. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Farce, entitled, A FRIEND INDEED. After which a new Farce, called SISTER AND I. Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, A. Wigan, Emery, Turner, Yinloch, and Bellingham ; Miss E. Daly, Mrs. Wigan, Miss Arden, and Miss Forster. To be folowed by A MODEL OF A WIFE. Characters by Messrs. Wigan, Meadows, Turner ; Miss Farebrother and Mrs. Woollidge. To conclude with a New Grand Operatic Romantic Burlesque Spec tacle, founded upon certain St rtling and hitherto Unrevealed Pas sages in the Histories of ROBIN HOOD AND RICHARD C(EUR DE LION. Characters by Mrs. Keeley, Miss Fairhrother, Miss M. Keeley, Miss Viliars, Miss E. Daly, Miss Howard, Miss Bromley Miss Laidlaw, and Miss Grove ; Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. F. Matthews, Mr. Keeley, Mr. Turner, and Mr. J. W. Collier. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. THIS EVENING Will be performed a ne7rDranaa,;lltled THE MEMOIRS OF AN UMBRELLA ; or, The Silent Observer. In which Messrs. Lambert, Howe, Boyce, 0. Smith, Wright, R. Ryan, P. Bedford, Selby ; Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Yarnold, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. F. Mathews, &c., will perform. After which, the interesting Drama, entitled THE CABIN BOY. In which Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. 0. Smith, &c., will appear. To be followed by the Burle;rytte, entitled PETER WILKINS ; or, The Loadstone Rock and the Flying Indians. Principal characters by Misses Woolgar, Emma Harding, Chaplin, Brooks, Taylor; Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Munyard, Mr. Mitchenson, &c. l'R I NCE6S'S THEATRE, OXFORD-ST/7.E ET. THIS EVENING Will be performed a Drama, 114 Two Acts and Four Tableaux, en titled, 3IONSEIGNEUR ; or, Paris in 1720. Monseigneur, Mr. Wallack ; Labarre, Mr. Granby ; Germaine, Mr. Oxberry ; Rosaline, Miss Emma Stanley ; Annette, Miss E. lionner ; Lisette, Miss Somers. To be followed by a Yew Ballet, entitled LES CONSCRITS DU VILLAGE. In which Messrs. Gilbert, Marshall, Flexmore, Harris; Miss BallM, Miss Marshall, &c., will appear. To conclude with the favourite Drama of DON CAESAR DE BAZAN. Don Cmsar, Mr. Wallack ; 3laritana, Mrs. Stirling. ASTLEY'SI ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the especial p etronage of her Most Gracious Majesty, and their Royal H:ghnesses Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Priseess Alice. Last Week of the present successful spectacle, which must be withdrawn to make way for the Whitsun Holiday Entertainments, " The War in the Punjaub ; or, Our Indian Victories.", THIS EVENING Will be performed the Grand Asiatic Drama of THE ARAB AND HIS DESERT STEED; or, the Pearl of the Euphrates. With magnifLent effect, and introducing the double stud, &c. The SCENES of the ARENA will be of the most varied and pleasing description, introducing the new Artistes, whose wondrous performances are nightly crowned with the most enthusiastic applause. The Entertainments will terminate with a new and laughable AFTERMECE. Mr. BATTY has much pleasure In stating, that in obedience to the wishes of several if his patrons and heads of families, lie has made arrangements to give, during the ensuing holidays, four mid day performances, the first of which will take place on THURS DAY, June 4, and each succeeding Thursday until the nnmber are complete ; on which occasion the Entertainments will embrace those recently performed by royal command, and so highly eulogised by her most gracious Majesty. The representations will commence each day at two o'clock, and terminate at halt-past four. Box-office open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six and commence at seven o'clock. NEW STRAND THEATRE. THE LAST NIGHT.—GREAT ATTRACTION. For the BENEFIT of 31. PHILLIPPE. THIS EVENING 3r. PIIILLIPPE will repeat his display of Scientific Skill and Modern Made. 3fons. Philippe has the t'onour to announce that, on this occasion, he will give, for one night only, a Correct Representation of the FRENCII STATE LOTTERY, which was established in the first French Revolution, continued by Napoleon, and abolished by Louis Philippe. M. Philippe has, at great expense, procured from Paris the Dresses and Apparatus used at the Drawing of the French State Lottery, attended by the French Authorities ; when every visitor will have a chance of obtaining a PRIZE ! Stalls, 3a.; Boxes, 25.; Pit and Gallery, ls. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Drama, entitled FIFTEEN YEARS OF A BRITISH SEAMAN'S LIFE. Characters by Messrs. Hughes, Johnson, Rogers, Cowell, Maynard, Lewis, Heslop, Haw kins, Williamson, Edgar, Phelps ; Mesdames H. Vining, Martin, Hughes, Daly, Lewis, Vaughan, Neville. After which, 011 ! 'TIS LOVE! 'TES LOVE. To conclude wi h THE GOLDEN FARMER. Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious M a j es ty. ROYAL SURREYZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. EVERY MONDAY.TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND VIEW of NiumEs, ERTRURSDAY of VESUVIUS, DESTRUC- TIOS of HERCULANEEM aIIPTION m revivedagnificent spectacle is more than twice the size of th e former, and an unprecedented scale o f P°l"E" ' in the year 79 . Th' grandeur, the picture b e i ng as accurately as can possibly be done, the Great and represents, wac,,, w hen the Destruction Eruption of Vesuvius in the year 79, cuianeum and Pompeii took of Iler oduced under the direction of Mr. Danson. A richly ornamented GOTHIC BRIDGE of STATUES has been co nstructed, wli;ch will be brilliantly Illuminated at Ni g h t. The PROMENADE CON:2ERTS are again confided to Mr. God frey. The Band is most complete in all its departments, and includes Many eminent native and foreign musicia ns. The PYROTECHNIC DISPLAYS, by . Sonthby, are on the most complete and effective scale. Preceding the Volcanic Display a novel exhibition will be intro duced, representing the Descent of Phcebus in the Chariot of the Sun. Mons. Farinelli will descend from a Chinese Pagoda, seventy feet in height, to the surface of the lake, where a Naiad's Car will rise to receive him, and bear him to his chrystal home. An illuminated Marine Cave, and the Glass Conservatory, splen dkay ornamented with festoons of lamps, enabling the visitors to view the matchless collection of Carnivora by gas-light. rending of the Carnivora at five ; the Pelicans, Scc., at halt-past the ; concert at six; and: he Eruption at dusk. Admission. is. THE IRISH COERCION BILL.—The fate of "the Irish Coerelon Bill " is sealed. We have the utmost gratification In being enabled to announce that Lord George Bentinck, the professed and acknowledged leader of the Protectionist party, has declared the determination of the great majordy of the English agricultural Members to oppose the future progress of this measure. The Noble Lord on Monday last communicated this important intelligence to a Right Honourable Irish Member, who discharged the duties of Presi dent of the Board of Trade under the Melbourne Administration. Nearly all the Protectionist Representatives voted with the Govern ment for the first reading of the Irisli Coercion Bill. They have since bestowed considerable time and attention in scrutinising the provisions of the curfew measure, and the result of their delibera tions, ever which Lord George Bentinck presided, is, that by delay ing the second reading of the Bill Government have adduced prima facie evidence, establishing that no necessity exists for enacting so arbitrary, tyrannical, and unconstitutional a restriction upon the liberties of the Irish people. Lord John Russell announced on Mon day evening his intention of opposing the second reading of the Irish Coercion Ital. At least one hundred English Whig Members purpose %lying themselves under the Noble Lord's banner; and their oppo sitTen, conjoined with that which the Irish Liberal and English Pro tectivnist Members have respectively pledged themselves to give the measure, must insure its rejectio n , i n the event of Sir Robrt Peel placing himself and his Government in a position to be thee de feated.—Advertiser. ANTICIPATED VISIT OF THE KING AND QUEEN OF THE FRENCH TO THIS COUNTRY.—We have what we think authority for announcing that their Majesties the Ki ng and Queen of the French, attended by some of the junior branches of the Royal Family, contemplate paying a visit to her Majesty the Queen about the latter end of June or early in July. Of the fact of the Intended visit there is, we believe, not the slightest doubt. Some fear has been entertained that the approaching elections for the Chamber might interfere with the French Monarch's intention ; but, as these do not take place before the end of July, and as judging, flora pre vious experience, her Majesty will be able to receive her Royal visiters in the latter part of June, there seems little reason to appre hend the occurrence of any obstacle calculated to prevent the con tanigated exchange of Royal hoopitalitiel. RAILWAY SUN THE IS NO W PUBLISHING. PRICE (TO SUBSCRIBERS) SIXPENCE. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MAY 28. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 47; Highest, 70; Noon, 6 BAROMETER, 30.21.—W1ND N.E ; fine. 111411 WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE *TIIIB DAY. Iflrning .. 43 minutes after 3. I Evening .. 0 minutes after 4. 1, Cer ii , ~....,.x.-aw e .3, - . , .. ,• . ;,"/ cr , f bi u) 2't *,, /.. u A `lls '• ' 4 lic:---- ' •t; • -,-.‘ Otritnins Vitit LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1846, Nothing whatever can now prevent the triumphant settlement of the Bill. Not all the oratory of STANLEY, the wit of DISRAELI, the assiduity Of BENTINCK, the ac clamations at Willis's Rooms, or the official edicts from Bond-street, have been successful in damping the ardour of one single Free-trader ;—the Protectionists are de fenceless, their Damascus blade has shivered off at the hilt. Whatever bile may have been excited amongst individuals by bitterness of recrimination or acrimony of censure, must be allayed, so far at least we are fain to anticipate, immediately upon the close of the discus sion. When the excitement consequent upon discom fiture has become somewhat abated, and when the subse quent calm affords them an opportunity for reflection, we are prepared to witness a sequel of change in the sentiments of those who have most violently opposed the measure—a sequel almost as gratifying, though scarcely of such national importance, as the con versions antecedent to the Ministerial proposition. Much as certain among the agricultural landlords have inveighed against the abolition policy, incessantly as they have stigmatised and traduced its advocates, we are more than sanguine of their ulterior adhesion to its cause, and of their permanent satisfaction at its working. We are convinced that the charges of unconstitutional intimidation against the League, of inconsistency against the Premier, of revolu tionary recklessness against the representatives of the people, and of subserviency against the present Govern ment, will all become dissipated before the sun-burst of emancipated commerce. Those who have hitherto been foremost amongst the antagonists of the innovation will merge into the most enthusiastic of its admirers, because we entertain a solemn conviction that the landowners will prove the chief recipients of benefit from its opera tion. Such are our anticipations, and those anticipa tions are based upon experience ; they are inspired by a remembrance of the Ed.nburgh manifesto from Lord JOHN RUSSELL ; of the candid avowals made by Sir ROBERT PEEL ; by the more recent acknowledgments of the Earl of ESSEX, as well as of other Legislators, but above all by the memorable majority of ninety-eight, by which the Lower House of Parliament approved of that measure which, year after year, within those very walls, had met only with derisive opponents and a con tumelious rejection. Nor do those anticipations resolve themselves into a specious hypothesis ; they are deduced not merely from, modern reminiscenses, they are accordant with the les sons inculcated by history and antiquity. Whenever any Great Truth has been propounded seriously, and for the first time, among mankind, whether it be a truth in science, in natural philosophy, in legislation, in mili tary tactics, or even in more heaven-born themes of con templation, their reception has always been accompanied with similar vicissitudes, similar causes of tardiness,similar incredulity, and similar bitterness of antagonism. It is first broached by one man, or by a scanty few; those few are treated either with indifference or with obloquy; they persist, however, in the utterance of the truth, and it gradually spreads and spreads among the popula tion with a steady and indomitable progression, until its old enemy, Ignorance, dwindles down from power to insignificance, from insignificance to nothingness—until Prejudice is conquered by Fact. When Coixsinus first advanced the feasibility of circumnavigating the globe, and the likelihood of encountering new regions in that circumnavigation, the monarchs of Christendom sue• cessively treated him as a visionary, and the children used to mock at the old man in th e s t ree t s o f Spain as the " mad sailor." WATT, in like manner, when endeavouring to perfect the steam-engine, was de rided as a (limner. The originator of those wonderful specimens of mechanical ingenuity by which the labour of our factories is so marvellously simplified, was, upon their introduction, scouted by the artisans as Benefactor was never scouted before. Yet, in spite of this uncouth opposition on the part of Ignorance and Prejudice, America has been discovered, has become the seat of new empires, has imparted a fresh stimulus to the intellec and trade of the old world, and has proved a mine of in exhaustible wealth to the nations of Europe. The steam-engine has been brought to a point almost beyond the reach of improvement, it has become the administrator of comfort and luxury to mil lions, performing the utmost diversity of labour, and promises at length to draw the most remote places into familiar intercourse, The spinning machines have su perseded hand labour almost entirely, and yet offer greater facilities for employment. Such invariably and inevitably is the fate of every great innovation when that innovation is based on truth ; spite of rancour, or abuse, or misrepresentation, it ever ultimately triumphs : it is not to be retarded by misapprehension or chicanery— it is germinated in the human intellect, and consequently has a sympathetic chord for its appreciation in the po. pular mind—it is evoked for victory. Everything tends to demonstrate the speedy advent of that victory to the Great Truth of Free Trade. Let the Lords expedite the triumph which the measure is des tined, sooner or later, to achieve, and let them facilitate, as far as Parliamentary decorum will permit, the dis. comfiture of Ignorance and Prejudice. Mr. O'CONNELL, on Monday evening, paid a well merited compliment to the just and upright intentions of the Government with regard to Ireland. He stated that since the administration of food to the starving popu lation there had been a vast reduction in the amount of crime in that country, which he ascribed in a great de gree to the beneficial exertions of the Premier. Sir R. PEEL questioned whether this reduction was not in e. great degree owing to the steps which had been taken with respect to the Coercion Bill. Whatever may be the cause to which it is ascribable, we have now the ad mission, on the highest authority, that this happy result has been attained, and that peace and tranquillity are _ again restored to our sister island. So long as outrages and disturbances were rife in that country, and the ordinary powers of the law were found to be insufficient for their suppression, we hesi tated not to yield our humble support to the Govern ment, and to call upon the Legislature to arm the Exe cutive with means adequate for - the purpose, and not to we withhold al any of the necessary a ppli ances . B ut so moat kindness and ur e g o ed ntilitahteionnecbeessiintgy at measures of the same time adopted, that all a well-grounded causes p t articularl ) discord causes of complaint sh ou ld b e removed, n that the relationship betw een landlord and ttterrima cauaa b e lli, th e f er til e source of diseat, the disaffection, should b e ame li ora t e d an d improved, andby which means I re l an d wou ld b e ren d ered a prosperous and happy country. Al rea dy muc h h as b een e ff ected. The glorious principle of free trade, by which the many will be so greatly benefited, has passed the representa tives of the people by a large and increasing majority, and there is no longer doubt or d anger as to its ultimate and entire success. Three measures of the greatest co nse q uence have been anno unced by the Government as having been alread y p re p ared, by which some an of th land aremostlikelycrying grievances relating to the occu ti to be taken away, and which, e poo f as indicating the favourab le intentions of the Ministr y , and the sincerity of their determinatio n to grapple with the difficulties with which the case is environed, will be gratefully received by the people as a large instalment of justice, as a most acceptable and valuable boon. In other matters, too, the members of the Government have evinced their anxiety to deal liberally and fairly with the people of that country. Measures have been introduced into both Houses of Parliament, and received with all but unanimous appro bation, having for their object the purifying of our statute-book from the last remnants of bigotry and in tolerance—the sweeping away all traces of the abomi nable and vexatious penal code. The religion of the vast majority of the Irish people is no longer to be insulted by the existence of obsolete and universally condemned enactments; they are in every respect to be treated and recognised as our equals. The old, and happily abandoned, watch-word of Pro testant ascendancy has no longer an existence in the nation, and the most perfect freedom of opinion is accorded to every man. Can we then wonder that this improved s p iri t 911 the Put of the Ministry, anclof the Legisla- We have lately thought it our duty to call the public attention to the constitution of the Royal Court of Guernsey, the extraordinary and varied powers assumed by that Court, and the mal-administration of the law, occasioned by clothing with the judicial authority men who arc wholly unqualified by station, education, or legal acquirements, for so high a trust. This evil is greatly increased by the fact, that the jurat as such, derives no income to render him indepen dent of his ordinary trade or calling. He may descend from the bench, on which he has been acting, in a legislative, an executive, or a judicial capacity, and re turn to his counter, to vend, perchance, a gallon of spirits or a yard of broad cloth. There is not, there fore, that pecuniary independence which has ever been considered indispensible to the purity and integrity of the judicial bench. When the " res angusta domi" pre vail it is scarcely possible for the man even of the most exalted mind, to free himself wholly from surrounding influences, to assume that calm disinterestedness so ne cessary to the fit and proper discharge of the important duties entrusted to his care. Can he weigh the balance with an even hand, when he must be well aware that by a slight inclination or leaning to one side he may be enabled to oblige a valued customer, a useful associate, or one who has it in his power to be of much service to him in his trade or business ? Be :ides, how can a person who is obliged to earn his daily bread, by the exertion of his industry, devote a sufficient time to the acquisition of such legal knowledge, as may be sufficient to qualify him to become the expounder, the interpreter of various and complicated codes, re quiring a large amount of labour, an almost unbounded devotion of time and industry, to not merely the ori ginal attainment, but even the proper keeping up of the skill and learning already acquired. The man who would desire to discharge such functions with pro priety, should devote a considerable sum of money to the purchase, and much of his time to the study, et those works in which the decisions and judg ments of our higher courts are chronicled and reported. Without such a devotion he is unfit for the situation he aspires -to fill, no matter how great his natural endowments may be. The law is a jealous mistress, requiring an exclusive at tentitn, an ardent, a zealous pursuit on the part of its professors ; nay, in our own country it has been con sidered as indispensible to subdivide its branches. We have, therefore, the equity and the common law barrister, the equity draftsman, the special pleader, and the conveyancer, each of whom finds full and sufficient occupation in the cultivation and practice of that parti cular portion thereof to which he has applied his talents and industry, and devoted his time. A gratuitous legal opinion, even when given by a man of high professional attainments in constant practice has ever been con sidered as worth the sum it actually costs—viz., nothing. ft is still worse, when the exposition of the law is a gratuitous one, more particularly when there is no suffi cient controlling power to revise and correct the judg ments of such a tribunal, if erroneous. The evils of the system, which we have already pointed out in our former articles are, therefore, fearfully in creased by the want of that sound judgment and legal knowledge, which would point out the danger and warn of the consequences which might result from some illegal or unjust decision. It has been said that " Fools rush in where angels fear to tread." Quacks will venture on experiments at which the highly educated and talented physician would shudder; the man with a slight sprinkling of some few legal principles, picked up perhaps merely by an attendance at some petty court, will arrogate to himself a degree of know. ledge, and utter his dicta with a confidence which the most talented and able lawyer would not venture to assume. Propose to such a man the most difficult and doubtful point, some vexata questio which has exercised the ingenuity of lawyers, and puzzled, per haps divided, the Bench itself, and, without hesita• tion, without taking a moment's time to consider, he will pronounce an absolute and unqualified opinion, assuring you that there is; not the slightest difficulty in the case. Such a person, if invested with any authority, will extend it far bryond the limits of moderation, and will dare or do anything for the furtherance of that fancied authority, or the support or extension of some favourite theory. We recollect the case of a magistrate, the brother of a former Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer, in Ireland, who had committed and detained for some hours in custody a barrister, who had appeared before him in some case, and who had pressed his argu ments, as the magistrate thought, too far, the Learned, Chief Baron, addressing him, said, " Brother, brother you have the greatest courage of any man in the world. I often wished that I could have ventured on such a step when annoyed and tormented by some of them, but I dared not. You little know the nest of hornets you have brought about your ears." And so it turned out. Bar meetings were held, the profession throughout the country took to itself the insult offered to one of it:, members, proceedings were instituted, and large damages were given against the man, who, in his ignorance, had exceeded his authority. In our columns will be found an extract from an able and talented contemporary, con taining its own comments upon the conduct of one of the Jurats who chose to avail himself of the position he occupied, to inflict a most unwarrantable indignity on gentlemen holding commissions in her MAJESTY'S service. The honour and integrity of the British army has ever stood unimpeached, and un- impeachable. It is that high and chivalrous feeling on their part, the undying devotion, the esprit de corps, which induces the British offi.:er to sacrifice even life itself to the service of his country, to the maintainance of the character and honour of the body to which he be longs. This feeling has been attested for centuries, has been written in letters of blood on many a hardly-con tested and well fought field. In what age, nation or climate, has it not been exemplified ? There is no part of the civilised world, no quarter of the globe, where the services of our gallant brethren have been required, that the result has not been invariably the same. Their valour in the field has been only equalled by their mo deration and humanity in the hour of victory, and by the undeviating faith and integrity with which they have observed all compacts and treaties into which they may have entered. The honour of the British name has been entrusted to their care, and has ever remained un tarnished in their hands; and every succeeding day but adds new laurels to their unblemished reputation. But, why seek to praise, to justify the honour of the British army ? It is but an attempt " To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, And add a perfume to the violet." f t i s written in characters which cannot be s e a l r impeached or gainsayed. 'Words ar e superfluous in such a cause, bu t were the re a necessity gallantan an d any men insultwb o t oc thean use Britishtbe pen Army a is s well e to produce numerous and able defenders f t om amongst i '... t il s ilec o rs w ew n ao r rr an de, ranks. The learned Jurat m a y find, in the words of th e Chief Baron already m entioned, that he has indeed brought a nest of hornets about his elms, and may We l l wish that he had nut ventured to assail that -which stands on a pinnacle, towering far be) vncl the I:tach of any shaft winged by his feeble hand. From Brussels we learn that on T desday, the 26th, the Minister of the Interior presented to the Chamber a project of law authorising the free ireportatichl of corn ture, should be attended with the happy results to which we have alluded? We always believed the Irish to be a people of high and generous impulses, easily won by kindness, and ready to abandon all feelings of resent ment the moment the exciting cause was removed and the hand of friendship extended towards them. They have proved that we were correct in that opinion, that our estimate of their character was correct. Sir R. PEEL has shown that he can argue from analogy, that he is not slow to avail himself of the signs of the times, and that he is ever ready to extend a principle which has been found to work well, so far as it has been adopted. Nothing can possibly be more favourable than the fruits which have hitherto sprung from conciliation. Follow up the system —no longer evince suspicion and distrust —let our Irish brethren receive the benefit of the im proved condition of their country. The Coercion Bill could only be justified by the inevitable necessity that existed of vindicating the law, and putting down with the strong arm violence and bloodshed. That necessity has now happily terminated—a milder treatment has been found efficacious, a healthy action has been restored. " Cessat ratio, cessat lex," is a universally ad mitted axiom, the truth of which has never been questioned or denied. The cause, which unhap pily evoked the necessity of such a restriction Of the liberties of the subject has ceased. Even if the law were now in actual operation, it should be forthwith terminated. A graceful opportunity is afforded to the Premier of acknowledging that he is no longer com pelled to press the Coercion Act rapidly through ' Parliament, and of adjourning, if not totally abandoning, its further progress, unless the re newal of disturbance and outrage should impera tively demand the carrying out of its provisions in all their stringency and severity. Such a course would in deed add many wreaths to the laurels he has already gained for himself, and plant him firmly in the hearts of the people as the Minister of their choice—then, in deed, might he bid defiance to the attempts of faction, or of disappointed monopoly, to shake him from the proud eminence on which he would be placed, and from which he could not be removed so long as he should be influenced by justice and moderation. and provisions into Belgium until the ht October next, and giving the Government power to extend such autho risation to the Ist December, should it be deemed re quisite. A private letter of the date of the 14th May, which has been received from Lisbon, says that the accounts from the provinces are not of so favourable a nature as the official journals of the 13th would fain induce the public to believe, and that such is the excitement exist ing in Coimbra, that the Government, as a measure of precaution, has closed the University. The Augsburg Gazette publishes a letter from Berlin, which states that the protocol of August 15th, agreed on between the commissioners of the conference of the three protecting powers relative to the measures to be taken concerning Cracow, had received the sanction of the King of PRUSSIA on the 16th. The exchange of ratifica tions was to take place shortly. According to the Vienna correspondence of the Uni versal German Gazette of the 23d, a conspiracy had just been discovered at Rzezow, and several persons arrested. It is said that the conspirators had plotted the murder of all the officers of the garrison. From the Post Ampt Gazette of Frankfort we learn that Russia has again applied to the Porte to prevent Turkish subjects from assisting the Circassians. Madrid papers of the 20th have been received. M. blow was sufficiently recovered to resume the ac tive discharge of his duties. Public works, the esti mated expense of which will be 84,791,370 reels, are to be immediately undertaken. They relate principally to the formation and improvement of high roads. The Minister of the Interior has sent to the Director- General of the Public Works a list of the works to be un dertaken. The Tiernpo publishes a letter from Orense on the sub ject of the murder of Don Runtx DE CELTS ' at Oporto. That unfortunate officer was not assassinated by the companions of his flight from Galicia, but by two Por tuguese, who had been hired to commit the act by persons of high station who would have been compromised by the disclosures which Don RUBIN had threatened to make. These persons, it is said, had urged Don RurnN to cont inence an insut rectionary movement, and had then aban doned him. The Heraldo states that General Purc SANPER has been ordered to Corunna, to be tried for breach of duty in not being sufficiently active in putting down the late insurrection in Galicia. The same jour ual complains of the great extent of the contraband trade carried on with Gibraltar, and calls the attention of the Government to the subject. We fear the worthy writer in the Herald() has yet to learn his first lesson in political economy, or he would know that the only way to put a stop to smuggling is so to reduce the import duties on the articles smuggled as to enable the fair trader to compete in the market with the contrabandist. The heavy import du ties of Spain are as great a protection to the en couragement of the smuggling interests of the country as - the heavy import duties on corn (now happily about to cease for ever) in England, have been a protection of, though not an encouragement to, the landed interest in England. There is no quotation of the prices of Spanish Funds in these journals. We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday. The meeting of the Court of Peers to receive the re• port of M. FRANK CARRE, in the case of LECOMTE, which was to have taken place on that day, was post i,oned to the day following. The Chamber of Deputies was occupied on Monday with the discussion of the Budget of Expenses of the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Various questions were put by different Members of the Opposition on the sub ject of the foreign relations of France. With re gard to French settlements on the Gambia M. GUIZOT said, that the only point at issue between the English and French Governments was :o regulate the right of France to pass the waters of the Gambia to get at, her possessions. He thought a spe ial convention would be the most advisable method of regulating this matter ; the same opinion prevailed in London, and the subject was under the consideration of :he two Governments. The Chamber voted the Budget without a division. "There is some idea," says the Piesse, "of the speedy nomination of General Tiburce Sebastiani to the command of the National Guard of Paris, in place of General JaNue niinot, who, it is said, has asked leave to retire, on account of his health. It is also said that General Baron de Lascours, 'low in command of the Lyons division, is to be appointed to the command of the first military division, is place of General Sebastiani." The population of Arriege is in a state of the greatest misery in consequence of the failure of the potato and maize crops. Algiers journals of the 20th hare been received in Paris. The following appears in the Moniteur Alyerien of that date : " The Governor-General, on hie arrival in the Ouarensenis, immediately proceeded against the hostile populations as ,embled in the ravines surrounding the principal mountain. It may be remembered that it was in these retreats that they had collected cn the occasion of our first invasion towards the end of 1842. The march of Colonel St. Arnaud on the Oued-el-Ardlem had been ordered with a view to cut off their passage when the Marshal's troops shall have driven them from their positions. General Yusuf, after his affair of El-Gharaa, found himself obliged to desist from his pursuit Abd-el-Kader, to obtain provisions. On the 7th inst., hav ing joined the Duke d'Aumale at the camp of El-Brida, he again left his Royal Highness to enter the Djebel-Amour, where his adversary had taken refuge; but, understanding that the Emir had retreated much farther west near Stit ten, he determined to stop short in the Dj e b e l- Amour, and there strengthen our authority. The chief of these moun tains, Djelloul, whose conduct has been exceedingly suspi cious, did not come to the .French camp, pr e t en di ng t h at h e was ill ; but all the populations have placed themselves in our power. They have been . subjected to a fi ne o f 28 , 0 00 f. and 3,000 oxen, which was paid at onc e . Th ese cattle are intended to furnish provisions for the province of Algiers, where much want has been felt for some time past. General Yusuf intends profiting by the complete prostration into which all the southern tribes have fallen to go and collect from the Ouled-Nayls the large fines which they deserve to have imposed on them. Letters which arrived last evening from the Marshal's column, announce that his operations are proceeding most successfully. Neither Hadj-Seghrir nor Bou-Maza have been able to Organise any serious resistance, and the tribes were submitting without striking a blow. There is, therefore, reason to hope that this expedition will be completely terminated, and the Marshal back at Algiers oy the beginning of June." PARIS Bounsz, MAY 26.-The Bottrse has been completely inac tive to-day, so much so that the closing prices, which are about the same as yesterday, may be regarded as merely nominal; 'Threes, 54f. 10c. ; and Fives, 119 f. 90c. The market closed as fol:ows :- Three per Cents., for cash, 84f. 20c. ; for account, 841. 10c. ; Five per Cents., for cash, 119 f. 80c. ; for account, 119 f. 90c.: Bank of France Shares, 3,450 f.; Neapolitan 102 f. ; Spanish Three per Cents., as% ; Ditto, Fives, 32N ; New Loan not quoted. to tion has been in -day - wh i e 'h r e e S s a h l a e r s e h 3 a l v a e rk be et en h m as a b d e e e , n th v e er g y uo n t e a arly a dead letter tavour of the buyer. For cash-Paris and Orleans left off at 1,240 f ; Paris and Rouen, 1,020 f.; Rouen and Havre, 751 f. 25c.; Stras burg and Bale, 216 f. 25c. ; Boulogne and Amiens, 495 f.; Northern, 750 f. , Bordeaux, 615 f. ; Montereau, 380 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 541 f. 25c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 505 f. ; Nantes, 522 f. 50c. ; 50e. ; Avignon, V ierzon, and Fampoux not quoted. Dieppe, 417 L BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCIIANGE, MAT 27. Boulogne and Amiens, 11%-Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Mackenzie), 1 %-Central of Spain, 1%-Dutch Rhenish, 8-Great Western Canada, 3-Madrid and Valentia, 1 id-Namur and Liege, 4 -Northern of France Constituted, 14%-Orleans and Bordeaux, 10 2 -Paris and Lyons Constituted, 6%-West Flanders, 2. THE ACCOUCHEMEINT OF HER MAJESTY. The following bulletin of the Queen's health was iasued his morning:— "Buckingham Palace, May 28, 1846, "Nine o'clock A.M. The Queen has passed another good night. Her Majesty and the infant Princess continue well. (Signed) "JAMES CLARK, M.D. "CHARLES LOCOCK, M.D. "ROBERT FERGUSON, M.D." ROBBERIES OF PLATE.—lnformation of the following robberies of plate were yesterday received by the pollee :—From No. 3, Ca vendish-square, the property of the Hon. Mrs. Dawson Darner, four silver candlesticks— they are of massive make ; also, from a cart, last week, between Reigate and East Grinstead, a box, the property of the Rev. S. M. Neatc, of Sackville Cottage, East Grinstead, co ntaining four silver table-spoons, four tea and four dessert ditto, an d a butter-knife, each marked " W," a wine strainer, marked " 'I. A . W live . M." six table-sp oons, dessert, two tea, one gravy, a n d two salt ditto, marked, twenty-four forks, six old fashioned Mlagree tea - spoons, marked "T. 31. N." a dadete, and moist sugar-basin, marked "A. N." an inkstand, and a variety of other articles of silver plate. WOOLWICH, MAY 27.—The Black Eagle steam vessel, Master-Commander S. B. Cook, has been fitted with new boilers, and will be ready for sea by the Gth of June. The Torch s`foam-vessel left Wo o l wich yesterday for Greenhithe and the Clyd.', t protect the fisheries on that part of the coast of Scotland. The Polyphemus steam-vessel, Commander 31`Cleverty, left yesterday for Gr eenhithe and the coast of Ireland. The Ardent steam-vessel, Previous to leaving Woolwich, will have some additional cabins e tted, as she is to be employed as a packet on the Mediterranean utation s 1 sergeant, 1 corporal, and 10 privates of the Royal Sappers and Miners were medically inspected yesterday at the Ordnance Hospital, Woolwi c h , h aving been ',laced under orders to proceed with t he detachment o f R oyal Artillery on special service to the Hudson Bay Company's t err i tory. SUPPOSED INCENDIARY FIRE IN WORCESTERSHIRE. —About midnight on Friday last, a destructive fire broke out in a barn on the farm of Mr. J. Edwards, and belonging to B. Dent, Esq., at Charlton, near Cropthorne, about ten miles from Worcester. The barn with its contents, consisting of several waggons, carts, and a gig, together with some poultry, was completely demolished. The origin of the fire is enveloped in mystery, and it is very strongly sus pected that it was the work of an incendiary. DEATH OF VISCOUNT DOWNE.— We hare to announce the demise of the above Noble and Rev. Viscount, who died at his seat, Beningborough Hall, Yorkshire, on Sunday last, in his 74th Year. The deceased Peer was William Henry Dawnay, Viscount Downe, of the peerage of Ireland ; born August 20, 1772.; succeeded to the family honours February 18, 1832 ; married Junc 6, 1811 , Lydia, only daughter of John Ileathcote,Esq., of Connington Castle, Itutlandshire, b: whom he has left 'sue, the Host. William Henry Dawnay, M.P. for Rutlandahire (who married, July 25, 1843, Isabel, opened an fourth daughter of the Hon. and Right Rev. the Bishop of Bnth county, and Wells), and the Hon. Miss Lydia Catherine Dawnay. Y sterday afternoon Mr. Neve, one of the deputy-coroners for the village about three miles from the dcorn station, touching the the Ilea death of Samuel Hill, an engine who lost his life by the re driver, cent accident to an an train on the South-Eastern "That .ifter a lengthened I r d as their verdict, ,_„, Y, the jury returned the deceased was awed by the accidental falling of a locomotive engine." inquiry at White Horse Inn, Smarden, a •• • •• •. .. 97 1 4 97 INd. Itid. 20 15 pm. 20 15 pm. 16 12 17 pm. ONE O'CLOCK. FOREIGN FUNDS. Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent . .. Ditto, Deferred, 3 per Cent .. 50 .. !„‘ Equador Bonds . • 3% Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .. Ditto, beferred .. • . 17N % Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. • • Ditto, Three per Cent .. .. Ditto, for the Accou n t .. . • .. 37% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 60% Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates CLOSING PRICES. 205 IA _ _ . 96g 97% 266 CLOSING PRICES. 50U 3% 31% 17% 37% 37% PRICES OF RAILIVAY SHARES. BUSINESS CLOSING PAID. DONE AT PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. Aberdeen .. .. 10 .... 4 1 ,4 •• • .. Birmingham and Gloucester.. .. 100 .. .. 125 . . Buckinghamshire 425. .• • • 1 /4 •••• • • • • 34 p Caledonian .. .. 10 .. 11% 12 1 ,4 11 X II % Cambridge and Oxford.. .. • 1% .... a ..... Derby and Crewe .. .. • . 2% .... 6% .... Direct Manchester (Remington's) 2% .... .......... Direct Manchester (Rastrick's) .. 554 .... 1.% • Dublin and Galway .. .. 4 .... 2% 32% .... Eastern Counties .. .. 141. 165..... 23% .. • ... 23% Ditto New .. .. 8/. 165... .. 7% % p...... 7 34 p Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1. 6/. 13s. 4d. .... Ditto, ditto, .. .. No. 2. 61. 13 s. 4d. %34 p........ Ditto, York Extension .. 101. 15 .........• Edinburgh and Glasgow •.. 50 .... ........ .. Ditto 54 Shares .. .. • . .. 10 .... 17 ••• • • • Goole, Doncast., and Sheffield, &c. 425. % dis. ..... • Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 20 .... .......... Great Western .. 85 • •• .. 148 ..... Ditto, Quarter Shares: 6 .... 16% .......... Ditto, Fifths .. 20 .... 33% • Guildford, Fareham, &Portsmoth 5 .... .......... Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth 2 • %•• • . Leicester and Birmingham .. 225. .... % di5....... Leicester and Bedford 225..... % p...... Leicester, Tamworth, &c. 425. % dis London an I Birmingham . • •iOO ....227 22654 228.. Ditto. Thirds .. 24 .... 62%.......... Ditto Quarters .• .. 2 .... 28% Ditto Fifths 2 .... 24% London and Brighton .. .. 50 .. . 65% ..... Ditto ditto Fifths • • • • .. 30 40% ........ London and Croydon • • -131. 155.9 d... 22% Lof.don and South• Western .. 411. 6s. 10d... I!Ditto, New .. . • • • • • 1754 .... 29 . ......... London and York .. .. • • • 254 2% 1 % London, Salisbury, and Yeovil . . 254 • • 1% • ........ Lynn and Ely .. .. • • .. 15 .... 13% Manchester and Leeds .. .. • • 82 •• .. 127% 127.• Ditto Extension .. 425. .. • • 2% p Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. .. • • 1% slidland .. • • .. ..100 .... ... Ditto, New ~ .. • . 18 .. • • 3154 2....... Newcastle and Darlington Jun e t. 25 .. ..... . Newcastle and Berwick .. •• 15 .. • • 25% Newark, Sheffield, and Boston • • 1% ...• % a • Norfolk .. .. • . .. 20 .... .. — Ditto, Extension . • • • • 2.. • • 114 1% North British .. •.• 22 1 % .. 30 ...... •• .. 30 Ditto, Half Shares .. ••• . 8% I 114 x Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 1 1 4.... • . 254 North Kent and Direct Dover .. 254 .... 1% ••••. . • • . • 1% North Staffordshire .. • • • • 425. .. •.4 14 4 p.. .. 4 p Portsmouth Direct • • • • ••3% • • 354 ••••• • • • • 31 4 Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 2% .... 2% ..... .•• •• 2% S.mth Midland . • • . • 425. .... 1 % % % dis S )uth Eastern and Dovor 33 %.. • . 395 4 .• .. 3954 S,uth Wales •••• • • 5 .... ........ 1% Welsh Midland .. .. • • 2 ........ West Riding Union •• • • .. 425. •• • . • • 2% p Worccstr., Herefd., Ross, & Glou. 425..... 1 1 % d. 5....... 1% dis York and Lancaster .. . • .. 2% .... 14 York arid North Midls.nd, .. 50 .... - Ditto, Half Shares .. . • .. 25 .. • • 47 ..... Ditto, Selby .. .. • • .. 30 .... - Ditto, Extension .. • • l5 .... 34 33% Do. E. and W. Riding Exten... 1 •• • 111 A • - FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. .. 12 .. 11% % Bord., Tout., & Cette (Mackenzie) 2 Ditto, ditto (Espelete) .. 2 .... Central of Spain .. .. • • .. 2 .... 1% East In Han . ss. .... ........ Luxembourg Namur and Liege .. .. 6 .... 3. Orleans and Vierzen .. 10 .... 15 Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 .... 6%% Rouen and Havre . .. 20 .... 28N Sombre and Meuse 8 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. MINES. Galvanism! Iron .. .. 10 .... 9xd . Real del Monte, Unregistered .. ••• • • • ... Santiago de Cuba .. .. 10 .... Union of Australia P 1% )4 Ws. N dis P Y. dl, 228 62% 2814 24% 65% 40% 223 i 3 15 6% 28% 514 9 xd LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DA Y.) LONDON, MAT 28.—Wind at noon N.E., light breeze, and flue clear weather. DEAL, MAY 27.—Wind N.W. to N.N.W.—Arrd. Crusader, Naugh ton, Batavia, and sailed for Rotterdam ; Martin Luther, Demerara and Barbadoes ; Lady Hilda, Rounce, Barbadocs : Ruby, May, St. Kitt's ; Conder, Weyderman, Trinidad ; Gratitude, Smart, Laguna ; British King, Charleston; Belvidera, Homan, New York. Arrd. from the River, 27th, Dispatch, Elsden, and sailed for Cape of Good Hope and Swan River. Arrd. from the River and sailed, City of London, Ford, Newport and Madras; Isabella Blyth, Paddle, Mauritius ; Jun!ta, Blanchard, Canary Islands. COWES, MAY 27.--Wind Florentia, Webster, Quebec. Poarssiouru, MAY 27.—Wind S.W. to S.—Acrd. Patriot Minin, Lideman, Havannali. LIVERPOOL, MAY 27.—The St. Andrew, from the Clyde to Quebec, was on shore on Red Island, about the 2d instant ; passengers ar rived at Quebec. The Rambler steamer, from Sligo, which was on shore near the Rock, was got off last night, and into dock. The Canada, arrived at Montreal, from the Clyde, experienced severe snow storms off Cape Chat, by which the master and several of the crew became frost-bitten. LOWESTOFFE. MAY 26.—The Autumn, Suggitt, from London, for the north, whilst riding off the Shear Light, was run athawt hawse by a light brig of about 250 tons, all black, with a ilgure-head, and a letter B painted on her fore toprail, and carried away her bobstay, spritsail yard, and did other damage. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) 1X21.11r 211.allit8MTB. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 31 to 41; Clover ditto, 41 5s to 5/ 15s ; Oat Straw, 1112 s to 11 14s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 14s to 11 16s per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade very dull. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 31 33 to 4/ 4s; Clover ditto, 4/ 5s to 51 14s ; Oat Straw, I/ 12s to 11 14s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 15s to 11 17s per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. _ _ • WIIITECIIAPEL.—Metidow flay , 31 to 41; Clover di - tto . , 4/ 5s to 51 17s ; Oat Straw, ll 12s to 1/ 14s ; Wheat Straw, 11 14s to 11166 per load. Trade dull, at the above quotations. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. We had only a moderate suppl:. of Meat here, > et the general demand was heavy, at barely stationary prices. Beef from 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; Lamb, 5s to 5s 10d ; Veal, 4s to 4s 10d ; and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 8d per 811ss by the carcase. MEAT MA/OLETI3. HAILMIAM, MAY 27.—Prime Mutton sold steadily, at full prices ; otherwise the demand was in a sluggish state. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 2d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; Lamb, 5s to 5s 10d; Veal, 4s to 4s dd ; and Pork, 4s to 4s 6d per 81bs. ARUNDEL, MAY 26.—Beef, from 3s to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; Lamb, 5s to 6s ; Veal, 4s to 45 8d per dlbs. A. moderate sup ply, and a sluggish demand. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended May 23, 1846, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. I BARLEY.' OATS. i RTE. I BEANS. I PEAS. PRICE .. 553 5d 28 1 10d 23s 8d 345 6d 36s Od 34s 6d DUTY... 161 Od 9s Od 51 Od 91 6d 71 6d 8e 6d ----- CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) IN RE WHITING.—JUDGMENT. The Master of the Rolls sat with the Lord Chancellor to day, for the purpose of giving judgment in this case, which our readers will recollect was argued some time since before their Lordships upon the petition of several of the solicitors of the Court, complaining of the course adopted in the office of Master Lynch, of allowing the second clerk of that office to perform the duties of first clerk. The Master of the Rolls went at considerable length into the case, and concluded by stating his decided opinion to be, that the course p ursue d was highly irregular, and oug ht no longer to be continued. The LORD CHANCELLOR was of the same opinion, and after passing a high eulogium on the ability and assiduity of Mas ter Lynch, stated it to be the intention of their Lordships not to make any order upon the petition, feeling convinced that the intimation of their opinion to Master Lynch would be quite sufficient to induce that valuable officer of the Court at once to put a stop to the course of proceeding that had hitherto prevailed in his office. IN THE MATTER OF THE RECTOR OF LAMBETH. The LORD CHANCELLOR declined making any order on this petition, thinking that the subject of it was one that ought to be referred to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. GRAY V. THE LIVERPOOL AND BURY RAILWAY COMPANY. In this case his Lordship directed an action to be brought. In the other Equity Courts no case of any public interest occurred. The House of Lords will not sit again upon ap peals till after the Whitsuntide recess. COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) WILSON AND ANOTHER V. EVANS. This was an action brought by the plaintiffs, who were the owners of a vessel, against the defendant, also a shipowner, for damage sustained by the plaintiffs' vessel by a collision. The cause was tried in last Hilary term, and a verdict given for the plaintiffs. Since that period the master had been called on to tax costs, and an order was made by Mr. Justice Cresswell, at chambers, for the defendant to pay 2,5361.1 r 55., fo as debt and costs. Mr. Sergeant Byles now applied a rule to review the taxation of costs. Amongst the witnesses called for the plaintiff was Mr. Jones (master of the barque General Wilshire), and the expenses charged for his attendance were 1501. 4s. 2d , and the Master, on taxation , allowed 971. 14s. 2d., being 78. per day for attendance from the sth of May, 1845 to the 21st of March, 1846. The first intimation which the defendant had had of Captain Jones being detained in England for so long a period, was on the total bill of costs for witnesses being sent to him. The application was also to stay execution during tho reviewal of the costs. Mr. Justice COLTMAN—Oa your application for costs,or the did you state in your summonses your intention to apply f execution to be stayed? . Mr. Sergeant BYLES—Yes, my Lord. Mr. Justice CRESSWELL said that he WAS not aware that he had made any order in the can, MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was steady. Sales, 5,000 bales, all to the trade. Shares were better, all good scrip and stock being on the advance. It is not an uninteresting circumstance to those who watch carefully the progress of commerce, that the arrivals of pro duce have been recently very large from all parts of the world, and that, although under ordinary circum stances they ought to come to a very good market, and the demand for actual consump tion, were it in pl en i re v i gner , wou ld pro b a bl y b e sufficiently large to absorb the whole, yet, from a combina tion of adverse causes, our merchants and importers have long had just reason to complain of the inadequate return upon their trading capital, and the slack business even at the prices current. That the passing of the Corn Bill may alter this we have fervently to hope; for matters, otherwise, from bad will be very likely to get to worse. The English Stock Market has been very firm to-day, though not active, because of the attention necessarily be stowed upon the settlement of the Account. The continua tion to July has been 1 / 1 . to % per cent., Consols being:96% % . 8 . for present transfer, and 97 to 97 1 4 for Account. '1 he pre mium on Exchequer -bills has been 20s. to 155., being an im provement upon the previous values. The New Three and-a- Quarter per Cents. have realised 97% %, and the Three per Cents. 95 1 /, %. Bank Stock is worth 206 1 /, being very firm. East India Bonds under 1,000/. are 225. premium. The bargains in the Foreign Market have been more limited even than yesterday. Spanish Three per Cents, have realised 37% ; Mexican Deferred are 17% 3 4 ; Equador, 3V, ; and Chilian Deferred, 50 1 4 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 60 1 4. For Railway Shares there is rather a firm market, the ac counts from Liverpool_ being more satisfactory, but the bus ness done is still comparatively circumscribed. BRITISH FUNDS. ONE Bank Stock .. .• .. .• • • O'CLOCK. .. .. 3i Three per Cent. Redu ce d A nnu i t i es .. .. 2951 A% Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. .. 96% % New Three - and-a-Quarter per Cent. Aims. 57", i, 3 4 N, Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 8, 1860 .. 10% India Stock .. .. . .. India Bonds, 1,000/. Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 1,0001... .. Ditto. Small Ditto, Advertised - • Mr. Sergeant BYLES trusted that their Lordships would grant both applications, for notice had been given to the plaintiff that they were to be made. The Loan CHIEF JUSTICE—You can take a rule, but in case it should be discharged, you will be in a worse condition than before. After some further discussion, the rule was extended to stay execution. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) No case of sufficient importance to require a report occur. red in this Court to-day. SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL.) HUMPHREY V. CLIFFORD. There were twenty-four causes set down for hearing this morning, but the above was the only one tried during the morning. _ _ _ The Plaintiff in this action is a wine merchant, in Park street, Grosvenor-square, and the defendant is a licensed victualler, in Great Marylebone-street. The claim was for 191. for ten dozen of port, alleged to be sold by the plaintiff to the defendant. The delivery of the wine was proved, and also that the defendant had tasted it and approved of it at the price, 365. per dozen. For the defence a host of witnesses were called to prove that the defendant had made the bargain with a person named Jackson, to whom alone he was indebted. Jackson was called, and swore that he got the wine on his own ac count, and that the plaintiff owed him money; and it was further shown that the plaintiff had said that Jackson had got the wine, and he (plaintiff) expected Jackson would do him, so be would try to get it from defendant. The I.lsDan-SHEniFF said the question for the jury was, whether defendant at the time considered he was dealing with Jackson as an agent or principle. The jury almost immediately gave a verdict for the de fendant. RAILWAY COMMITTEES (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP X. The Committee of this group met to-day at twelve o'clock, in Room No. 1 (House of Commons); present, Mr. Deedes (Chair man), Mr. Arkwrklit, Mr. Stanley, Mr. Farnham, and Mr. Vivian. They proceeded to take the clauses of the GLASGOW, AIRDRIE, AND MONICLAND JUNCTION, the preamble of which was, on Tuesday, declared to have been proved. Mr. CRAWFURD, who appeared for the Messrs. Baird. petitioners against the Bill, objected to the 38th clause, which provides for ena bling the Company to amalgamate with certain of the neighbouring and connected lines. The Learned Gentleman rested ou Mr. Wilson Patten's resolution and order of the House of the 28th of April, re specting amalgamating lines. The Learned Gentleman was inter rupted by The CHAIRMAN, who said that, as their was a Bill before Parlia ment to regulate the conditions of amalgamation in the case of the lines referred to by the Learned Gentleman, this Committee would not go into that question, or the question of tolls in the event of an amalgamation. They would specially report upon the fact that there is a clause to authorise amalgamation ; and they would there leave the matter in the hands of the Committee upon that subject. Mr. CRAWFURD submitted, that if this Committee did not go into the question of tolls, and the Bill for amalgamation should be lost, the proposed charges in the present Bill would be left untouched at the exorbitant rates claimed by the promoters. The CHAIRMAN said that it was not so. The Committee would go into an examination of the rates proposed to be taken on this line, as it stands by itself, without reference to what might be done in the event of an amalgamation. Mr. CaAwFuttn - then addressed himself to the detail of the rates, arguing upon what he considered the exorbitance of the charges which the promoters expected to enforce. :11r. ANDREWS said the charges were on the same rates as those of the existing lines of the district, but as there were some peculiar cir cumstances which induced him to think with the Hon. Chairman, that some concessions would be made, it was the wish of the pro moters to meet the objections of the other side in a reasonable manner. Scrotal items were discussed with great earnestness, but eventu. ally the parties agreed, and the rate clahns as amended, by such con• sent, were agreed to. The other claims were gone through, and the Bill was passed. GROUP XVII. MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON-- ROMSEY AND REDBRIDGE AS RANCH (SOUTH—WESTERN). The Committee met this morning at the usual hour; the lion. Mr. E. Yorke in the chair. Mr. RAWLINSON applied to the Committee to give their decision on the merits, if merits it had, of the Roinsey and Redbridge Branch, in order that he and those for whom he applied might be liberated from any fur, her attendance on the Committee. They would recollect that he submitted in his address on Tuesday that the line was not required by the wants of the locality, inasmuch as it would be ac commodated by the Manchester and Southampton Railway-, which not only ran along its route, but to the north, intersecting important districts and running through large manufacturing towns. Mr. HATUERTON opposed the application, on the ground that the Committee were not in a condition to do so, as Mr. Saunders in his address on Tuesday charged the line wills abuses, which he stated he should support by evidence. He should carry out his promise, in order thht the Committee might have evidence to confirm his state ments, or be disabused of them if they were untrue. Mr. SAUNDERS said it was not his intention to produce evidence, as he considered that the Acts of Parliament which he quoted showed clearly enough the injury which the line would do to the town and port of Southampton. After a short discussion, The CHAIRMAN reiterated the decision to which the Committee arrived on t uesday u to the course which they should pursue with respect to the two lines. They had not altered their opinion, that they should hear the cases for and against both lines before they came to a decision on either. They should then decide them on their "pub lic advantages." Mr. Davis then proceeded to address the Committee againSt the Romscy and Redbridge branch, on behalf of the Town Council of Southampton. lle commenced by saying that he was a member of the corporation of Southampton, and that he had been deputed by that body to oppose this project, as the Manchester and Southampton would supersede it, and open up, in ad dition, a direct communication with the north of England. The Corporation of the town were not wanting in respect to the Committee in deputing him to appear on their behalf instead of counsel, who might have discharged the task mere ably, but cer tainly not more honestly or conscientiously. The explanation of this was to be found in the fact that five of the Corporation were directors of the Sclith Western, and counsel could only be employed when the Corporation was unanimous in Incurring such an expense. Of course, they would not consent to employ counsel to oppose a project ema nating from a body of which they were members ; in fact, they stated if the other members of the Corporation did employ counsel, that it was not unlikely that a bill inChancery might be filed against them. Ile was prepared to show, that irrespectively of the Manchester and South ampton, or any other line, this branch was not required for any purposes of general utility, and that, even supposing some partial advantages might be derived by the public from it, it was not expe dient that its construction should be entrusted to the promoters of the Bill. But the Manchester and Southampton was a great mili tary as well as a great commercial line, would supersede the branch, open up direct communication w Ith the north, and was approved of by the town and corporation of Southampton. A great deal had been said about the importance of Redbridge and Eling as ports, but during the prevalence of the ordinary tides the water there at high water was only from two to six feet, and during spring tides from eleven to twelve feet—at Redbridge from six to eight and from eleven to twelve feet. GROUP XXII, The Committee re-assembled to day at the usual hour, Sir George Grey in the chair. IPSWICH, NORWICH, AND YARMOUTH. The engineering evidence wag proceeded with. Mr. Bendel, engineer, examined—The whole cost of the line, with its branches, was 67 miles, 1 furlong, and the estimate of the whole works was 806,0321. There were no engineering difficulties of any magnitude, and in his opinion, the estimates were quite sufficient to construct the works. 31r. Bidder, civil engineer, corroborated the evidence of the last witness. GROUP XXXI. PORTBURY PIER AND RAILWAY. The Committee recumed the investigation of this scheme this morning, and were occupied during a considerable portion of the day in hearing discussions on various clauses in the Bill. No feature of any public interest was elicited, as the opposition was confined exclu sively to the clauses, and involved only local claims. GROUP XXXII. The Committee met this morning at twelve ; Mr. J. E. Denison in the chair. OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVER HAMPTON RAILWAY (BRANCHES). Mr. COCKBURN laid a statement before the Committee respecting the Stratford-on-Avon Canal and the Stourbridge Canal, both of which the Railway Company propose taking powers in their Bill to purchase. The Stratford ;'anal, incorporated in 1793, forms a junc tion with the Worcester and Birmingham Canal at King's-Norton, proceeds to Kingswood, and joins the Warwick and Birmingham Canal, and then goes on to Stratford. The original shares of 1001. were reduced to 301., and were at present worth no more than 24/., and 2 per cent. only had been paid last year. The Stourbridge Canal, incorporated in 1837, was constricted principally for minerals, and cost a:,cut 49,000/. In 1840 it yielded no return, and last year the return was 4 per cent. Mr. Commix said the railway would cause both canals to be most unprofitable concerns. The railway company seeing that the canals would suffer, and would oppose them to the utmost, proposed to purchase up the interest in the canals, and they proposed to pro vide for this purchase either by borrowing or by a rent charge. The CHAIRMAN inquired whether the railway company meant to shut up the canals ? Mr.COCSMIRN - ;aid they proposed to keep them open, and use them for heavy goods ; and they would, if required, bring up clauses binding them to that effect. Mr. LAING offered opposition on the part of the Warwick and fir mingkam Canal, but TfiCCHAIRMAN suggested that Mr. Laing's clients would be safer if Parliament should take security that the water communication should be kept open, and that tolls should be fixed within a reason. able limit. Mr. LAING bowed to the suggestion of the Committee. GROUP XLIV. The Committee met this morning at twelve o'clock; Lord Palmer, ston in the chair. THE BLACHEIIRN, CLITHEROE, AND NORTH-WEST JUNCTION. The Committee were engaged throughout this morning with the Bill lo'r this project, and the introduction of saving clauses to secure the intert sts of opposing parties. GROUP MIL The Select Committee to whom this group has been referred re assembled to-day in room 26 (New Houses of Parliament) ; present, Hon. E. Lascelies, in the chair, the Earl of Arundel and Surrey, Mr. Hildyard, Mr. R. Clayton, and Captain Dalrymple. BIRMINGHAM, LICHFIELD, AND MAN- CHESTER. This Lill being an unopposed one was, on the application of Mr. Cockburn, Q.C., referred to the Committee of Ways and ➢leans. SHROPSHIRE UNION RAILWAY AND C ANAL (CHESTER TO WOLVERHAMPTON). _ _ _ The evidence in this case wa , resumed this morning. Sir E. S. Walker being the first witness called, he stated that he was the owner of several extensive manufactories which lay along the route of this line, and that its construction would remove the many difficulties which he at present experienced in sending his manufactures to different parts of the country. Mr. It. Capper, manufacturer, Shropshire, said that this line would confer great benefits on that county and Cheshire. GROUP LVI. The Select Committee appointed to consider the merits of the Bills comprised in this group re-assembled at the usual hour this morning ; Mr. Ewart in the chair. LONDON AND mixas.cicuraxi x. Mr. Whiteman, the superintendent of the existing line, h was r.sit c il a rtig ll cr e ia t e l : t tt c . i prove that last year 3,300,000 passengers were carried over the Black tivou wall Railway, while it was calculated that if the ,ar: etxbnteoetifiasiion passed, the number would be augmented to upwards of half a t m iiiiec ill e io: t This closed the case for the promoters. w Mr. GURNEY then addressed the Committee on behaolmfecionefsistttilteiee Corporation of the City of London, who contended tliat the public necessity for the extensi l o l n oul : to justify the destruction of private property the company d that not a single witness had been called to speak to the involve. The Learned Counsel pointed ero o o ta ilt oe t r o s of for the extension, and complained that It it upon the evidence of witnesses who w promoting the Bill. Yesterday evening, at nine o'clock, a serious accident occurred lu the Strand, near Southampton-street, by the carelessness of a party returning home In a state of intoxication from Epsom in a phaeton. It appeared that they were on the wrong side of the road, and drove up against a gig, in which were two persons, and the rig was d amaged, and against a light cart, belonging to Mr. =lard, of Caledon-place, Lisson-grove, by which the cart was tilted over, and a girl and boy thrown out. The girl pitched on her head, and was much hurt by the cart falling on her. The party in the phaeton got off, as it was just the time the police changed from day to night duty. RAILWAY MEETlNGS.—Meetings of scripholders of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, and of the Grand Junc tion Railways, were held yesterday, when resolutions to proceed with the Bills were agreed to. It is said that so great was the muscular power of Dragonetti's hand, that he has been known to go into a public-house, ask fer a pint of porter, and after drinking it, squeeze the :Ate of the pewter pot together between his lingerie. DUTCH MAIL. The journey of his Majesty the King to Weimer, to invite his daughter, her Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimer, is fixed for Monday or Tuesday next. Count Von Bylandt will accompany his Majesty. ft is affirmed that his Majesty will also pay a visit to St. Petersburgh. ROTTERDAM, MAY 22.—The New Rotterdam Courrant bas the following article among its commercial news :—" Lubeck, May 18.—We have received news to-day from St. Peters burgh, that a great number of vessels laden with wheat and rye had caught fire, and that in consequence, 180,000 chet werts were destroyed. Statements of this description are generally exaggerated, so that we may hope that this is the case now, since otherwise the destruction of So large a quan tity may have serious consequences." (The above intelli gence we confirm by letters from Riga of the 15th of May.) AMSTERDAM, MAY 23.—A correspondent sends us the fol lowing important information :—" An account has been re ceived by express from Brussels, at Bois-le-Duc, that the ultimatum of the Netherlands respecting the import and ex port duties had been accepted by the Belgian Government, and the reprisals, which are so injurious to trade, will there fore shortly cease on both sides." ASISTERDAM, MAY 25.—His Royal Highness the Heredi tary Prince arrived here this forenoon by the ordinary train on the Rhenish Railway, on his way to the Hague. We have received by the overland mail Java journals to the Ist of April. liorrEnnam, MAY 24.—Letters direct from St. Peters burgh, of the 23d April (sth May), which have been com municated to us, confirm the account from Lubeck of the destruction of a large quantity of wheat and flour by fire. These letters state that the misfortune took place at Shiloca, a village on the Oka, near Monschank, and that the quan tity destroyed amounted to 200,000 chetwerts. AMSTERDAM, MAY 25.—We have no further information respecting the acceptance of the Netherlands ultimatum by Belgium, but we believe that the news given by our corres pondent is, at least, very near the truth. The Belgian papers received to-day say nearly the same. The Precurseur of Antwerp says that the definitive treaty will be signed in a few days, if it is not so already, and that the stipulations are such that both parties have reason to be satisfied with them. VIENNA.—The celebrated place of pilgrimage, Maria Fe trowitsch, in Stiria, was destroyrd by fire. The beautiful church, founded in 850 by Luipram, Archbishop of Salzburg, was saved, by the exertions of the inhabitants of the neigh bouring towns, from destruction. FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS ' MAY 25.—The Government has just been in formed, by the King's Legation at Madrid, that the blockade of the ports of Galicia has been raised, by order of the Government of her Catholic Majesty. The Chamber of Representatives is to meet to-morrow. On the 22d of this month there was a meeting at the Town-hall at Philippville, with a view to form a provisional committee for a liberal association, which is to correspond with the committee of the Alliances of Brussels. The Journal Charleroi informs us, that a liberal committee has just been formed at Tubise. The Soho steamer left Antwerp yesterday morning for London with thirty-eight emigrants, who intend to embark at London on board the Timolion for Galveston, in Texas. Two hundred emigrants for the same place will embark on Wednesday next, on board the Monarch steamer. M. D'Hoffschmidt, formerly Minister of Public Works, has just accepted the office of Director of the Com pany of the Railway from Louvain to the Sambre. There is to he a general meeting of the shareholders to-day at London to give their assent to a negotia tion, the result of which will be highly advantageous to the Company, considering the more national character which the presence of M. D'Hoffschmidt at the head of the direc tion will give the enterprise. M. Hoffschmidt takes the place of Mr. Sherman. TREUT, MAT 19.—You already know that 'the Empress of Russia has been able to prosecute her journey to-day. Count Brandis, the Governor of the province, was at the critical spot to procure any assistance that might be re' quired. RIGA, APRIL 7.—The work of conve rs i on t o t h e G r eek Church proceeds regularly. The following notice has been published at the instance of the Governor-General of the Baltic provinces, M. V. Golowin:— "By order of his Imperial Majesty, there shall be 34 pa rishes of the O r th o d ox G reek Church in the province of vonia, 18 for the Livonians, and 16 for the Esthonians. The 9 churches already existing in Riga, Dorpal, &c., shall be reckoned among those of the 34 parishes. The other 25 churches shall be built without delay, with houses for the Greek clergy, the officers of the church, and parish school. ESCAPE OF PRINCE LOUIS BUONAPARTE. On Monday last the Prince succeeded in effecting his escape from the fortress of Ham, after a close imprisonment of some years. Having assumed the disguise of a workmaPy he contrived to elude the vigilance of the sentries ; to regain h . is freedom with ou t any mo l estation from the battalion of infantry that form e d th e garrison of the castle; and to arrive , afely in London, where, we believe, he is at this moment' It is well known that for some time past Prince Louis hag earnestly desired once more to see his aged father, whose precarious state of h ea l t h l eaves li ttle hope that his life will be much further prolonged. For this purpose he memo rialised the Ki ng o f th e F renc h for his temporary liberation on parole, offering hi s wor d o f h onour as security for . return to the chateau o f H am as soon as h i s f i l i a l at t en tionl should cease to be req uire d. Th e prayer o f t hi s me morial was refused; and no other course, therefore, remained to the Prince than the one he has accomplished with such good fortune. Hi s o bj ec t now , as we h ear, i s to o b tain pass ports without delay, i n ord er th a t h e may at once h as t e n to share the retreat of his fath e r a t Florence.--Post. ingular STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, MAY 26.—1 n some degree, probably owing to the approaching holidays, the transactions in goods and yarn have been exceedingly limited. The prices of cloth generally remain firm. In yarn, a slight reduction on the higher counts has been submitted to. ROCHDALE, MAY 25.—We have had a rather better de-. wand for flannels to-day, and more pieces have been sold than last Monday. In the wool market, the business trans acted has been limited, but prices firm. HUDDERSFIELD, MAY 26.—N0 change has taken place in our market: there has been the same dulness to-day which we had to report last week. We have had London and Ger man buyers, but their transactions have been extremely limited. LEEDS, MAY 23.—Although for some articles a pretty fair demand existF, the general character of cur market is dull, and by no means an average business has been doing to• day. The uncertainty of the fate of the Corn Bill evidently ope rates injuriously on our trade. —Manchester Guardian. 'nth" monition EPSOM RACES. (THIS DA Y-BY EXPRESS.) The Epsom Four-year-old Stakes of 50 soya. each, h. ft., for colts, Bat 111 b, and fillies, Bst 61b. Derby Course. Mr. B. W. Walker's Fuzbos 1 Duke of Bedford's Leopard .................. 2 The Durdana Stakes of 10 sous. each, 5 ft if declared to the Clerk of the Course, at the Grand Stand, by ten o'clock on the night before running, with 50 Soya. added by the Lord of the Manor. The last mile and a quarter of the pro posed New Derby Course. Mr. Johnstone's Grimston Sir G. Heathcote's Campanile Mr. J. Day's bliss Slick 14 ran. The Grand Stand Plate of 200 soy. in specie, given by the Lessee of the Grand Stand, added to a Handicap Sweep stakes of 10 sths. each. If twenty subscribers, the second horse to receive 50 sous. out of the stakes, and the third 25 goys. The winner of either the Chester Cup, or Suffolk Stakes, to carry 71b, or of both, 101 b. extra; the last mile and a quarter of the proposed New Derby Course. Mr. Merry's Peri colt ... 1 Sir J. Hawley's Alamode Count Batthyany's Gannett 12 ran. SUDDEN DEATH OF MR. SAMUEL DARDISHIRE.---We regret we have to announce the sudden decease of this gentleman on Monday evening last. Mr. Darbishire was the eldest son of Mrs. James Darbishire, of Greenheys ; and, having studied for the bar. he was called thereto in May, 1842, at the Kirkdale Sessions, since which period he had practised at the Borough and Salford Hundred Sessions here, and also gone circuit, being a member of the northern bar. On Monday last, the first day of the Salford Hundred Interme diate Sessions, he attended that Court. and conducted the prosecu tion against a prisoner charged with felony, in the last case tried that day. At the rising of the Court he proceeded to the office of his minutes after court, St. Mary's-gate. He reached it about twenty bee s ex tracted _ ow, at the New uncle, Mr. Charles Roberts, wine and spirit merchant, Riding's five o'clock, and there stated that he kad and entered Into comer- all day, and was rather glass of bitter ale with Mr. Roberts, . and In the course of sation with several gentlemen Pres a t l ' been confined for Some time mentioned that he time with neuralgia, and i had had I, l o i tilee till about half-past six morning. He remained li r remaining at the door a few minutes o'clock, when he left, and after go home, and w in conversation, he said he wo uld to the bottom of the " fa 1 j a g d u e a d . tooth proceeding on ha th d a a t his way; but before he got mouthful of blood. It eps he suddenly stopped, and discharged a M r. Roberts, seeing much alarmed, and called some of his this, became very the vomiting men to bring .In the meantime of blood rapidly in creaseda glass of fr• Darbishire seized the glass, ; but 3 • k immediately and eagerly drank half the water. His 'tee was,, taken off his neck and he ex claimed,,. I am choking,' or . I am dying." Mr. Rober ts upheldhim till an arm chair was brought, in which h e was placed, and car ried back into the office, where he framedla' t eIY expired in die anna of his uncle. Mr. Stephens, sUrg,on, of Bridge•street, who had been sent for, arrived shortly afterwards, but o said that vitality had been s ome time oil seeing M r. D ar b :s hire, ho nate gentleman went into th e office, Me extinct. When the UnfOrtn be in better spirits tha n usual.—ma r. Robe r t s sa i d he appeare d to nchester Guardian. CONVEYANCE OF NEWSPAPERS fhe Lon don and Birmingham, Grand Junction, Midlan d , • and Northern Railway Com panies have made arrangements in conjunction, for the conveyance of newspapers by the ord inary Passenger trains, at a charge equal to one-half the existing rate for parcels, provided that in no case tiro charge for a single package be less than don one shilling. The L OA and Birmingham Railway Company, in giving notice of this ar rangementOl, require that the pa c k ages s h a ll conta i n " newspapers n whenever ' and that they s h a ll h ave authority to open and exam i n e them they have reason to believe that this regulation Is in fringed. ALL OF A LAGE C.—YeSteray 111111 g, at a quartet before one o'cl3ck, the large chimney d at the chemical 'works of 31r. Aluspratt, at the top of Vauxhall-road, Liverpool, fell to the ground, but fortunately, without doing any injury to human life, and very trifling to property, it only having destroyed three of the sheds used in the process of the manufacture. The chimney 'tu been in a dilapidated state, and was about being taken down, the preparations for which had weakened It, and so caused its fall. Pre videntially the occurrence took place in the night time, otherwise the sacrifice of human life might have been great, as the men en" gaged in taking the chimney down were at work until near nine o'clock on the previous night. The chimney was built in the year 182 d, was thirty feet diameter at the base, nine feet at the top, 20 231 feet in height from the foundation, being at the tim e it w.as erected the tallest in England. It contained 260, 009 bricks, the weight of which was 1,400 tons; it is worthy of remark , that tn ? chimney was built by six men, in the short space of six weeks a" three days.—Liverpool Courier. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.----To-Blorr°W we look for the American and Canadian mails to arrive. Th e Cambria steamer is tl e bearer of this mall, and will have been twelve day' oat from Boston. ROBBING CHuncuEs.—Yesterday information was received by the police, that during the last few days sever of th . ! churches in and around the metropolis have, during Divine al s been visited by some respectably-dressed thieves, who have carrerviied ce Amongst off Bibles, Prayer-books, Church Services, Psalters, &c. &c. the churches robbed are St. James's, Piccadilly 3 St. Martia% W ' bledon and Tottenham. Y . EVENING, MAY 2B, 1846.