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RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that tkeir, Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every Tuksusi 'and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commune, Threadneedle -street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, at least one day previcasly to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwaMed by the first post !after the sale, lull the proceeds immediately disposed of according to instructions. Offices, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. HER. MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed Donizetti's Opera, entitled, DON PASQUALE. Norina, Madame Grist ; Dr. Malatesta, Signor Fornasari ; Em:sto, Signor Mario ; Don Pasquale, Signor Lablache. Between the Acts, a DIVERTISSEMENT. In which will be In'roduced a Grand Pas, by Madllc. L. Gratin (composed by her self), assisted by Mdlles. Cassan, Honore, and Demelisse. A Pas, by Mdlle. L. TagliOlii ; and La Cracovienne, by Mdlle. L. Grahn. To conclude with the admired Ballet of ONDINE. Matte.), M. Perrot ; Ondine, •Cerito ; Giannina, Mdlle. L. Taglioni. In the course of the Ballet ytdlle. Cerito will execute the celebrated Pas .:e l'Ombre. a Grand Pas, by Mdlle. Cerito and M. St. Leon ; a Pas, by 3ldPe. L. Taglioni • and the admired Fete de la Malonne, and Grand Tarantella, by the corps de ballet. 'S THEAT E. Madlle. CERITO HER Iris the honour to inform R her Friends, Sub scribers to the Opera, and the l'ublie, that her BENEFIT will take Place on NEXT, JUNE 11, W 2lOl will be performed THURSDAY Cimarosa's Chef d'(Euvre, in Two Acts, entitled, IL MATRIMONIO SEGRETO. Carolina, Madame Grisi ; Fidalma, Madame Sanchioli ; Elisetta, Madame Casten= ; Paolino, Signor Mario ; Count Robinson, Signor F. Lablache ; Geronimo, Signor Lablache. To conclude with an entirely new Graud Oriental Ballet, composed by M. Perrot, the Music arranged by Signor Pugni, entitled, LALLA ROOKH ; or, THE ROSE OF LAHORE. The principal parts sustained by Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. L. TagliOnl, M. St. Leon, and M. Perrot. Applications for boxes, stalls , and t i c kets to b e made at the box office, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven, the Opera to Com mence at half-past Seven o'clock. THZATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed (first time in this country), the celebrated Opera of S TRADELLA. Alessandro Strad e ll a , M r. Harrison ; Signor Bassi, si Mr. Weiss ; Barbarino, Mr. Burdi n i ; M alvolio, Mr. Stretton ; Leonora, Miss Rainforth. After which will be produced the popular Ballet of PS VITA. Lucien d'llervilly, M. Silvain ; (thane, 3f. Adrien ; Paquita, Wile. Carlotta Grist. In which also will appear Madame Giubilei, Madlies. Sali, &dele, Louise, Les Sceurs St. Lenin ; M. Mathis, W. H. Payne, and the most numerous and effective corps de ballet ever introduced upon the English stage. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Comedy of JOHN BUM:. Peregrine, Mr. Stuart; Hon. Tom Shuitleton, Mr. Holl ; Job Thornbury, Mr. W. Farren ; Dennis Brulgruddery, Mr. Hudson ; Dan, 31r. Buckstone Mrs. Brulgruddery, Mrs. Glover; Lady Caroline Braymore, Miss Julia Bennett ; Mary Tht;rnbury, Mrs. Seymour. The Band will perform the Overtures, "Cenerentola," and " Duc d'Olonne," the " St. James's Polka," " Philomel Walzer," and the " Chatsworth Quadrilles." To be followed by the Comedy of A CURE FOR THE HEART ACHE. Old Italpid, Mr. W. Farren ; Young Rapid, Mr. Iludson ; Frank Oatland, Mr. Buckstone ; Jessy Oatland, Miss Lee. To conclude with the Comic Drama, entitled THE IRISH POST. In which Messrs. Bland, Tilbury, Hudson, and Mrs. Glover, &c., will appear. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. Three New Pieces for Whltsun Holidays. Another brilliant Triumph " Robin Hood and Richard Coeur de ;.ion" every Evening. THIS EVENING Wll.l he performed a new Farce, called SISTER AND I. Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, A. Wigan, Emery, Turner, Kinloch, and Bellingham ; Miss E. Daly, Mrs. Wigan, Miss Arden, 'and Miss Forster. After which, a New and Original Comic Drama, in Two Acts, founded on a recent well-known event, called THE DUST MAWS BELLE. Principal characters by Messrs. Keeley, Diddear, Meadows, F. Vining, Kinloch ; Miss Villars, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a New Grand Operatic Romantic Burlesque Spec tacle, founded upon certain Stortling and hitherto Unrevealed Pas sages in the Histories of ROBIN HOOD AND RICHARD C(EUR DE LION. Characters by Mrs. Keeley, Miss Fairbrother, Miss M. Keeley, Miss Villars, 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 new Drama, entitled 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. lifathews, &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 13111de:clue, entitled PETER WILKINS ; or, The Loadstone Rock and the Flying Indians. Principal characters by Misses Woolgar, Emma Harding, Chaplin, Brooks, Taylor; Mr. ?suit Bedford, Mr. Munyard, Mr. Mitchenson, &c. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING Will be performed Shakspere's Comedy of AS YOU LIKE IT. Jaques, Mr. Cooper ; Touchstone, Mr. Compton ; ♦dam, .►lr. Granby; Rosalind, Mrs. Stirling. After which, a New Drama, entitled ERNESTINE. The principal characters supported by Messrs. Cooper, Wallack, Leigh Murray ; Mrs. Stirling, Miss E. Stanley, Miss May, &c. To conclude with a New Ballet, entitled LES CONSCRITS DU VILLAGE. In which Messrs. Gilbert, Marshall, Flexmore, Harris; Miss Bantu, Miss Marshall, &c., will appear. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, 3fr. W. Batty. U the especial patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty, and , their Royal Highnesses ranee Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the princess Royal. Grand routine of Holiday Entertainments, THIS EVENING Will he performed the New Military Spectacle, realising our recent Triumphs, called THE SIKHS' INVASION ; or, The War to India. New — and popular SCENES of the CIRCLE, by the numerous troupe of British and Foreign Artistes ; double stud, &c. Mr. BATTY has much pleasure in stating, that in obedience to the wishes of several of his patrons and heads of families, he has made arrangements to give, during the ensuing holidays, four mid day performances, the second of which will take place on THURSDAY, Jnne 11, and each succeeding Tnuasnair until the nnmber are complete ; on which occasion the Entertainments will be precisely the same as those so recently performed by royal command, and so highly eulogised by her most gracious Majesty. The representations will each day commence at two o'clock. 'r. Batty begs to announce, that he has entered into an en gagement with the celebrated GENERAL TOM THUMB, who will appear in the Drama of " Hop o' my Thumb," at this Theatre, on Monday, June 8, and during the Week. Box-office open from eleven till five o'clock:—Doors open at six and commence at seven o'clock. vision. Earl FITZWILLIAM then rose to move the following reso lution :—" That this House will not give a third reading to any Railway Bill giving power to raise capital, which has come up from the House of Commons this session, until the House may have an Opportunity of having them all before them, fur the purpose of considering what course it may be desirable to take thereon." The Earl of DALHOUSIE opposed the resolution. A short discussion followed, in which Lord KINNAIRD, Lord ASHBURTON, the Duke of NVELLDCGTON, Lord MONT EAGLE, the Duke of Kromosp, and Lord REDESDALE took part, when Earl FITZWILLIAM withdrew his motion, and their Lord ships adjourned. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Great attraction. The celebrated artists, Madame Vestris and Mr. C. Mathews for a limited number of nights. A new Grand Spec tacle, with new scenery, dresses, and real water. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE FOLLIES OF A NIGHT. In which Madame Vestris and Mr. C. Mathews will appear. After which, Mr. C. Mathews' Farce of PATTER v. CLATTER. Captain Patter, Mr. Charles Mathews. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. The private business having been disposed of, and a motion having been made and agreed to, that the House at its rising should adjourn to Monday, Mr. G. BANICES presented a petition from the borough of Brideport, praying that full inquiry might be made into the course that had been pursued in the election for that borough. Sir J. GRAHAM, in answer to a question from Mr. G. BERKELEY, said that it was not the intention of the Govern ment to make any alteration in county towns with respect to the delivery of letters on Sundays. Sir J. GRAHAM then moved that the House should resolve itself into Committee on the Poor-law Removal Bill. To conclude With THEDAIFICIACON OF THE ATTRUCK ; •r, The Prince Diver and the Shah's Goblet. Characters by Messrs. Johnson, Rogers, Cowell, Maynard, Lewis, Heslop ; Mesdames 11. Yining, Martin, Hughes, Daly, &c. Mr. E. DENISON then moved certain instructions to the Committee for the purpose of making provision for the establishment of union settlements. Colonel WOOD considered that it would be most unfair to alter parish settlements to union settlements. Mr. G. BANKES opposed the instructions. Mr. MEE considered that the Bill required alterations to render it available. Mr. CLIRISTOPIIEf denied that the instructions, if carried into effect, would benefit the agricultural labourer. Mr. STRAITT supported the instructions. Mr. PAsuNoTos also supported tha instructions. Sir J. Gatannst would support the adoption of the instruc tions, if the Hon—Member pressed them to a division. Sir R. Nous opposed the Bill, and supported the in struclions. Mr. C. WOOD thought that a union settlement was the best remedy of the evils that existed under the present law, and he should therefore support the resolutions. After some observations from Mr. Henley, Mr. V. Smith, Mr. Newdegate, Mr. Granger, Lord Morpeth, and Mr. Packe, In the month of February M. RONGE was cited before the Criminal Tribunal at Breslau, for having outraged the principles of the various creeds autho rised in Prussia, in a work published by bim at Breslau, under the title of " Nene doch alte Feinde" ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. Varied and attractive Novelties for the Whitsuntide Holidays. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a New Domestic Drama, called THE FLIT TING DAY ; or, The Trials of an English Farmer. Principal characters by Messrs. Saville, Higgie, Fredericks, Tindell, Raymond, Searle, Burton, Howard ; Miss Vincent, Miss E. Terry, &c. To conclude with a new laughable Burletta, entitled LITTLE AN NOYANCES ; or, The Miseries of Human Life. Supported by Messrs. Howard, Fredericks, Miss Terry, and Miss Treble. To conclude with THE HITT OF THE RED MOUNTAINS ; or, Thirty Years of a Gambler's Life. Supported by the entire company. (" New Enemies and yet Old Ones"). This suit caused much uneasiness to M. RONGE'S friends, but the result has been a complete acquittal. The sentence declares that, " though M. RONGB does speak in most severe terms of the various reli gious communities legally established in Prussia, still there is not anything that falls under the action of the criminal law. In consequence the tribunal de clares M. RONGE to be acquitted, and places all the costs at the charge of the State." A number of houses in Breslau were illuminated the same evening to celebrate this decision. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE moved, as an amendment, that it be an instruction to the Committee to repeal the whole law of settlement. By the Pacha steamer intelligence has been re ceived from Lisbon to the 30th ult. At that date the new Ministry had been definitively constituted as follows : President of the Council and Finance Minister- Duke de PALMELLA. General JOHNSON seconded the amendment. The House divided, when their appeared—For the amend ment, 59 ; against it, 105 ; majority against the amend• meat, 46. The House again divided on Mr. E. DENISON'S motion, when there appeared—For the amendment, 92 ; against it, 70 ; majority for the amendment, 22. It was then agreed to postpone the Bill till Monday. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at half-past Twelve o'clock. Whatever apprehensions were formed as to the pertinacity of opposition with which the Protectionist Lords might endeavour to clog the passage of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S policy, by objections or emenda tions, they must now be fully exonerated from all further suspicion. We believe we have already broached the opinion (and we must be permitted to broach it again), that the behaviour of those amongst our aristocracy who uphold the doctrine of protection to agriculture forms a very agree able antithesis to that which regulated the dis cussion of their colleagues in the Lower House of Parliament. Where one has evidenced an almost interminable glibness of hostility, the other has re stricted itself to the most epigrammatic antagonism. Night after night, week after week, month after month, the debate lagged through the Commons, the arguments (if with such an epithet they could be dignified) drawn out to the most squeamish tenuity, and yet oration following oration with the same undeviating and unflagging perseverance. The progress, however, which these same measures have already made through the Upper House has been sig nalised by a conciseness as remarkable as the preced ing procrastination of the representatives. Pre cipitation and superfluous objections have been equally avoided ; and, casting aside all those extraneous allusions which had elsewhere in terfered with the Parliamentary proceedings, their Lordships have confined themselves within the extremest limits of the question. Both the Corn Importation Bill and the Customs' Duties Bill were immediately allowed to pass the first reading without any attempt whatever at a division, and with scarcely a dissentient voice. For the second reading of the former three nights alone sufficed, while for the second reading of the latter a few hours on the very first night of their meeting after Whit suntide proved sufficient. Such a conscien- Minister of War—Marquis DE SALDANUA. Interior—L. S. M. D'ALnuQuEacius. Foreign Affairs—Conde DE LAVRADIO. Justice—J. F. DE SOURE. Marine—J. J. LOUREIRO. Lisbon had been the scene of most extraor dinary events between the 20th and the 30th of May. On the 20th Almada, Carilhas, and several places on the south side of the Tagus opposite to Lisbon, pronounced. On the 21st, which was a saint's day, troops were paraded in the streets of Lisbon, and the people were prevented crossing the Tagus or promenading in the square of Terceiro do Paco, facing the river. A collision, in which many were wounded and some killed, took place between the troops and the people ; and in the night the guardhouses of the different stations I were set fire to. This collision had in a great measure been occasioned by the irritating conduct of the CABRALS, who rode openly about Lisbon, as if to provoke the people. The Duke of PALMELLA was sent for to form a Ministry ; but the intrigues of the CenaeLs, backed as their influence was by that of the KING-CONSORT and the personal wishes of the QUEEN, rendered his efforts for a time abortive. On the night of the 21st the following proclamation, signed by the QUEEN, and countersigned by the Dukes of PALMELLA and TERCEIRA, was issued : PROCLAMATION OF THE WIZEN. "The evils which afflict the Portuguese nation, so worthy of being free and happy, deeply afflict my heart. "The complaints of the people cannot be otherwise than listened to by me, when they are made known to me. "The state of the nation imperiously demands the applica tion of immediate and efficacious remedies with which my Government is about to occupy itself incessantly. " The ordinary session of the Cortes will be immediately closed. " The sanitary laws, and those for the reform of the system of taxation, are going to be abolished by a royal decree, which the Cortes will in due time be madeacquainted with. " The eminent public opinion, the beet counsellor in re presentative Governments, will serve as a beacon light to my Government, and the freedom of the press is already in force. Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. EVERY MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY. VIEW of NAPLES, ERUPTION of VESUVIUS, DESTRUC TION of HERCULANEUM and POMPEII, in the year 79. This magnificent spectacle is revived in an unprecedented scale of grandeur, the picture being more than twice the size of the former, and represents, as accurately as can possibly be done, the Great Eruption of Vesuvius in the year 79, when the Destruction of Her culaneum and Pompeii took place: produced under the direction of Mr. 'Anson. A richly ornamented GOTHIC BRIDGE of STATUES has been constructed, which will be brilliantly Illuminated at Night. The PROMENADE CONCERTS are again confided to Mr. God frey. The Band is most complete in all its departments, and includes many eminent native and foreign musicians. In addition to the other attractions of the Gardens will be exhi bited CALYPSO'S FAIRY GROTTO, approached by the Illumi nated Gothic Bridge, representing in the Interior Telemachus relating his adventures to Calypso. The PYROTECHNIC DISPLAYS, by Mr. Southby, are on the most complete and effective scale. Preceding the Volcanic Display a novel exhibition will be intro duced, representing the Descent of Plyebus in the Chariot of the Sun. Mons. FarineW 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 Lim, and bear him to his chrystal home. r An Illuminated Marine Cave, and the Glass Conservatory, splen ally ornamented with festoons of lamps, enabling the visitors to view the matchless collection of Carnivore by gas-light. Feeding of the Carnivore at five ; the Pelicans, Re., at half-past the ; Concert at six; and the Eruption at dusk. Admission, ous and sensible subservience to the dictates of prudence may be variously attributed—to the exhaustion of debate upon the subject—to the warn ing impotence of the fierce and almost spasmodic labours of their associates in the Commons—to a truckling spirit in the majority and a sense of hope lessness in the minority ; but to whichever of these conclusions we may arrive the public will entertain sentiments of enduring thank fulness to the Peers for the reasonable mode of opposition they have adopted in the consi deration of these monlentous alterations. There is one other difference observable between the manner in which both Houses have treated the matter at issue, and upon the peculiarity of which difference we are the more inclined to tarry, seeing that it involves the public character of an eminent member of the aristocracy, and one whose justification was pro nounced on Thursday night by the unanimous ap plause of his peers and of his compeers. Our allu sion cannot be extremely problematic to any one who has glanced tbrough the discussion which pre ceded the second reading of the Customs' Duties Bill, in the course of which discussion the Earl of DALHOUSIE availed himself of the opportunity of most distinctly repudiating the imputations cast upon him in the House of Commons, immediately anterior to the Whitsuntide vacation, by Lord GEORGE BEN- Those imp u t a ti ons , w hi c h amoun t e d t o th e voluntary lc and temporary suppression of official papers from Canada of a disposition inimical to free trade, were proved by the Noble Earl to heyebeen altogether with out foundation, to have been totally illusory, to have been egregiou s ly f a ll ac ious—a n d h e p rove d this, more over, by a simpl e com p a rison of dates and calcu lation of distances. Thebetween th e difference, con d u t c h t e therefore, which which w e h ere percei ve representative protectionist and hereditary protec tionist, and the existence of • which we are endeavour ing to illustrate, is simply a predis pos ition in the former tue former for the detection o f some personality by which the character of his antago • nut m a y be placed in an invidious light ; and in o the f a careful suppression of a ll latter,tendencies to aspersl 've bitterness, and a cordiality in the acceptance of an explanation. In the present in stance, for example, we behold the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn irritated by the utter powerless ness of his oratory, and showering the acidity of his disappointment , upon the Earl of DALHOUSIE. On the other hand, we perceive the acknowledged leader of the agriculturists in the Upper Housevolun tarily affording the Noble Earl the earliest opportunity of exculpating himself from the charge, as far as the public were concerned, by asking for the production of the Canadian documents, upon the arri val or non-arrival of which, within a specific interval, the whole of the imputation rested. As a mutual example to each other, the possession of two legislative assemblies would alone be of inestimable advantage to the community; and as it would be desirable for the Commons to imi tate the rational brevity of the Lords upon any sub sequent discussion, so are we proportionately san guine that the Lords will vie with the majority of " Portuguese—The establishment of order and respect to the laws is at the present moment the primary necessity, and my greatest desire consists in the cessation of the disastrous effects of the public inquietude. This state is indispensable in order that the Government may occupy itself with urgency, and, at the same time, with confidence, in whatever be ne cessary for the people really to enjoy the benefit and effects of the constitutional charter. " My actual Ministers are commissioned by mo to form the projects of law which may most tend to the furtherance of economy in the public finances, and the satisfying the prin cipal necessities of administration and justice.. " The national representation will be convoked the mo ment the tranquillity of the country permits, for only then can this representation be real and competent to transact the public affairs. .. _. " Portuguese, confide in me, as I equally confide in the honour of this nation, which, with so much valour and loyalty restored to me my crown, and the liberty of the country, the keeping and preservation of which are objects of my greatest solicitude. " THE QUEEN. " DUKE OF PALMELLA. " DUKE OF TERCEIRA. "Court of Belem, May 21, 1846." A run on the Bank of Lisbon had commenced on _ _ THE the 18th, and had continued to the 20th, when the officials made a representation to the Government, in consequence of which a decree was issued authorising the suspension of cash payments for three months. similar authorisation was also granted to the Confiance Company. The Commercial Union Comm pany, although shut up for two days, had not suspended cash payments, and its credit consequently remained unimpaired. On the 22d the Civil Governor of Lisbon, the Marquis DR FRONTEIRO, was dismissed, and M. POLYCARPIO JOSE MACHADO was appointed in his plaee. On the same day the liberty of the press and the guaran tees were granted, and Viscount DE Bente was ap pointed Governor of Oporto. The appointment of the Duke of TERCEIRA, who had for years been acting in concert with the CABRALS, and had held office under them, gave great umbrage to the people, more especially as it was understood that he prevented the Ministry from appointing any but supporters of the CABRALS to command in the army, and that it was owing to his influence that the QUEEN refused to appoint any Septembrist to the Ministry. The CABRALS, meanwhile, had taken refuge with GONZALES BRAVO, the Spanish Minister, and ultimately they embarked on board the Pacha and landed at Cadiz, where they were received with great distinction by the Spanish authorities. The QUEEN, on the 24th, reluctantly consented to the appointment of Senhor ALBUQUERQUE to the Ministry; he, however, refused to join a Cabinet of which the Duke of TERCEIRA was a member, and the latter was compelled to give way, and resign. On the 24th the Archduke CONSTANTINE of Rus sia arrived, but no attention was paid to him, and he drove about Lisbon in a hackney car riage. On the 25th the Cortes were dissolved, and the new Cortes convoked for the lat September. On the 26th the new Ministry was definitively formed, and on the 30th the QUE was, after much difficulty, induced to sign a decree granting a general amnesty to the Almeida insurgents, and re-establish ing them in their ranks and places. In Lisbon, to the of fa judicious d p been k and m E L L conciliatory restored; an d b u h i st nc o thel colleagues, measures gu e o s o t t hr tranquillity Du k e ll pro vinces the people still continued in arms, and with the . exception of Lisbon, Oporto, Rivas, and the towns in the Algarve, wperAessions possession‘,i of nearly who was movement. The a ll onv o de x aa lM i ni st e r i n i c n i p l a B l 3 p 6 l , a c h e a s d . joined the forts on the people are in possession of the towns in Tagus opposite Lisbon, and the country is swarming with guerillas. Madrid journals to the 29 th have arrived. According to the Heralde, should the approaching elections prove favourable to the ca use of constitu tional monarchy, it is probable that a political am mADEID BOMA, MAT 29.—Three perC3*. at 33g. will be granted by the Government. nesty lbWe have received the Paris p a p er s o f 27aine s d ay . We give in another colum n a f ull report of the conversation which took place in the Chamber o f Peers, on the cloy preceding; on the 'subject 0 the Commons in their final division upon the com mercial policy of the Prime Minister. Just really, in two vols. small Svo., with Illustrations, 21s. bound. of the Government, which was wrong in principle and shabby ■ E CHOES from the BACK WOODS; in practice. Or, The Earl of &Pox felt the Government was bound to 'SKETCHES of TRANSATLANTIC LIFE. BY cmtain,LEVll GE. act according to precedent, and denied that they had been Letters from Constantinople of the 21st ult. state Henry CeThrum, pubis 13, Great Marlborough-street. actuated by motives of economy. The Marquis of CLANaICARDE and the Earl of WICKLow that several regulations favourable to Turki s h com merce had been promulgated, and th a t a new mer briefly addressed the House. After a few words from the Earl of RrroN and the Earl chant flag had been inaugurated and sa l u t e d w i t h of GALLOWAY, the House resolved itself into Committee. '2l guns. " This change," says the writer, "is not The Duke of RICHMOND moved 'the omission of the third without importance. The other flag, with the crescent clause, providing that the pensions should not be paid during and the star, is a religi ous em bl em in hostility to the continuance of the pension granted by the East India Christians, who are, however, the most capable and Company. active agents of commerce and manufactures. The After a short discussion, a division took place, when there a ppeared— idea o f uniting all th e races o f the empire, without 26 any exception of creed, under the same flag, is a first For the clause Against it Majority for expunging the clause and in presence o f c i v il l aw, and a cammencement of against the Government The division having been taken on Lord Hardinge's An nuity Bill, when the House resolved itself into Committee on Lord Gough's Annuity Bill, a similar amendment was moved by The Duke of RicuMoND, and agreed to without a di Intelligence from Athens of the 17th ult. states that the Russian Charge d'Affaires, M. PERSIAN!, had presented to the Greek Government a note on the subject of the loan, couched in analagous terms to that of Lori ABERDEEN. It was also stated that for the future M. PERSIAN! was to receive his instruc tions from the Russian Ambassador in England, M. BRUNNOW. A correspondent at Hamburgh writes, 28th ult., to the Augsburg Gazette :—" A commissary of police has arrived here from Berlin, to make inquiries as to the author and the truth of the contents of a letter sent, a short time ago, to M. DE CANITZ, informing him that a person of Hamburgh was about to proceed to Berlin with the intention of killing the KING, but refusing to give any particulars." RAILWAY SUN IS NOW PUBLISHING. PRICE (TO SUBSCRIBERS) SIXPENCE. THE V7EATIIER.—SIIN OFFicm, Jars 5. THERXOMETER, Lowest, 52 ; Highest, 74; Noon, 7s. BAROMETzw, 30.22.—W1ND S.; fine. Hitili WATER AT LO . riffs DAY. Aw n i ng .. 6 Minutes after 11. I Evenla a .. 36 minutes after 11. • 1 7 . 1 ' •' ' varP •• - 1, • 1,1 1tu" ,,, „ • - *)" Montill4l -11114 LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1846. The Lords met at Five o'clock. The presentation of a petition on the subject of the obser vance of the Sabbath, gave rise to a short conversation, in the course of which Lord CAMPBELL expressed an opinion that it was unnecessary to run goods' trains on rail ways on Sundays. He was answered by Lord Baot - GRAM, who showed, that under certain circumstances it was necessary that goods' trains should run on Sundays, and, as a case in point, stated that on one occasion the Bank of England had been preserved from a stoppage of cash pay ments solely by the arrival of a large quantity of specie on a Sunday. The Earl of RIPON moved the Committee on Lord Gouan's and Lord HARDUCVS Annuity Bills. Lord MONTEAGLZ remonstrated against the pension being kept in abeyance as long as the pensions from the East India Company subsisted. The pensions were granted as a token of gratitude from the country for distinguished services, and ought to have no re ference to any reward which the East India Company might be pleased to bestow to those distinguished individuals for their services. The Duke of RICHMOND entirely concurred with the Noble Lord (31orazAGLE) in his reprobation of the conduct RDAY MORNING, JUNE 6, 1A46 the massacre of the French prisoners by ABD•EI.. KADER. This conversation is commented on in all the journals. The Debats and the Epoque repeat the arguments used by M. GUIZOT, which they consider a triumphant answer to the attacks made on the Government. The Presse condemns the Government for relying too implicitly on the representations of Marshal BUGZAUD, and can find no excuse for the refusal to accept the offer of an ex change of prisoners made by ABD-xn-KADEft. The Constitutionnel condemns M. GUIZOT for seek ing to make a scape-goat of Marshal BUGEAUD, in order to shift the responsibility from the shoulders of the Ministers. To this extent the National goes with the Constitutionnel, but in blaming the Govern ment it also censures severely the conduct of Mar. shal BU BAUD. "If the Cabinet," says the National, "is the complaisant instrument of Marshal BUGEAUD, it must bear the consequence of his acts." The National regards the excuse that is brought forward by the Ministry, when it says that it would have been unreasonable to impose a different line of con duct upon the Marshal, as perfectly ridiculous. "Of what use," it asks, " are a central Government, an executive power, and legislative chambers, if the Government is to have no other guide for its con duct than the will of one of its agents ?" This is excellent reasoning, and when next the writer in the National feels inclined to condemn the Government for dismissing an officer (in Oceanie, for instance) for disobedience of orders, it would be well that he should recollect his own question—" Of what use are a central Government, an executive power, and legislative chambers, if the Government is to have no other guide for its conduct than the will of one of its own agents ?" "Whilst M. DR LAGRENEE is detained at Marseilles by the quarantine regulations," says the Presse," M. CALLERT, Secretary-Interpreter of the Embassy, ar rived yesterday in Paris, having been prudent enough to come by the way of England. He is the bearer of diplomatic papers of importance." Surely this will open the eyes of the French Go vernment to the absurdity of the quarantine regulations. The Constitutionnel says—" Questions are about to be put in the Chamber of Deputies to the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and the Marine on the sub ject of the political and commercial relations between France and the two Republics of St. Domingo. Since 1842, M. GUIZOT has eluded, by deceptive promises, the reiterated applica tions for redress from the 37,000 creditors, who have claims founded on their holding shares in the Haytian Loans, or for indemnities. They cannot even obtain their interest, although reduced to 3 per cent., and this credit has been acknowledged by several treaties previous to the formation of the Dominican State, in 1844, to amount to more than 63,000,000 f." Both Chambers sat on Wednesday. In the Peers the Bordeaux and Cette Railway Bill was under discussion ; and in the Deputies the budget of the Departments of Commerce and Agriculture. Neither of the discussions had concluded when the post left. PARIS BOURSE, JUNE 3.—The rise in the English market has had a reactionary effect here, and both Threes and Fives have improved, the former closing at 84f. 25c., and the latter at 119 f. 85c. for the end of the month. The market closed as follows ;—Five per Cents., for cash, 119 f. 60c., for account, 119 f. 85c.; Three per Cents., for cash, 84f. 25c., for account, 84f. 25e.; Bank of France Shares, 3,470 f.; Neapolitan, 102; Spanish Threes, 38%; Spanish Fives and New Loan not quoted. RAMVAYS.—The heaviness which has for the last few days weighed on the Share Market has been somewhat removed to-day, and many of the leading lines show better quotations. For Cash—Paris and Orleans left off at 1,237 f. 50c. ; Paris and Rouen, I,olof. ; Rouen and Havre, 737 f. 50c. ; Avignon, 865 f. ; Vierzon, 6151. ; Strasburg and Bale, .1.7 f. 50c.; Boulogne, 480 f.; Northern, 730 f. ; Bordeaux, 592 f. 50c.; Mentereau, 3501. ; Paris and Lyons, 535 f.; Nantes, 512 f. 50c.; Paris and Strasburg, 5021. 50c. ; Fampoux and Dieppe not quoted. Th ere was a fair share of business done to-day for account, at prices somewhat better than the above cash quotations. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 4. Boulogne and Amiens, 11—Central of Spain, 2 % —Great Western Bengal, N —Louvain and Jemappe, 1 % —Luxembourg, 1% Northern of France Constituted, 13 X —Orleans and Bordeaux, 9% —Paris and Lyons Constituted, 6 % —Paris and Strasbourg Con stituted, s—Sambre and Meuse, 5%. UNITED YACHT CLITB (LONDON).—A dinner will ,ake place at the Club-house, No. 87, St. James's -street, on Tuesday next, the 9th instant, to celebrate her Majesty's birthday and the opening of the club. Members and yachts men wishing to attend must apply at the Club-house on or before Saturday noon, the 6th inst., as the number of tickets will be limited. We understand that the Royal Har wich Yacht Club has sent up a list of thirty candidates for admission into the United Yacht Club, and that several members from sash of the Channel Clubs have been recently elected. DELIBERATE ATTEMPT AT MURDER AT THAXTED, ESSEX.— The inhabitants of the town of Thaxted were on Wednesday morning alarmed by a most premeditated at tempt at assassination, which, from the circumstances pre ceding the act itself, has only been equalled by those of late perpetrated in the metropolis. About two months ago Mr. T. W. Warner, tinworker and ironmonger, of Thaxted, dis charged an apprentice for some misconduct, whose name is George May Smith, under 19 years of age. A few days ago Smith applied for work at a shop in London, and being pressed for a reference as to character, gave the name of his late master, Mr. Warner, who replied to the application in no recommendatory terms, and on Smith calling at the shop again he was told that his former master had been written to, and the answer was so unsatisfactory that he was desired to go about his business. Smith, it appears, was now deter mined on revenge ; he came down to Bishop's Stortford on Tuesday, that night broke into his own father's house there, stole a double-barrelled gun, powder-flask, and shot-bag, walked immediately , over to Thaxted, a distance of 12 miles, and scaling the wall of Mr. Warner's premises, coolly waited till he should be up. About eight o'clock Smith saw him com ing out into the working-yard, and being but a few yards asunder, presented the gun and fired ; Providence, however, averted the deadly effect, the right barrel burst, and the assassin's left hand was dreadfully shattered. Mr. Warner received the spent shot on his arm and hand, but not so as to raise the skin, except in a very slight degree. The fellow, although thus self-mutilated, attempt e d t o escape, but pa concluded somet h ing serious must be him into c us t o d y. Shortly afterwards Beeman Dunn seeing him going along th e s t reet o f T haxted brought to th e D unmow police-station, tt w hh i ee t h mp a ar it b st 0 1 e o tri o ,e d ra y nwd h a a ts n o d ok where his hand was examined by Mr. Grice, surgeon. It at first was judged that amputation of the hand must be resorted to, but subsequently it was determined that it was only necessary to remove two of the fingers at the second joint, and this operation Mr. Grice, with the assistance of Mr. Salt, immediately performed. Smith was the same day examined before the Rev. G. Leapingwell, and by him remanded for further examination till Monday next. NORWAY POTATOES.—On Thursday a sale by auction of about fifty tons of Norway potatoes was offered by Messrs. Keeling and Hunt, at their auction-rooms, Monument-yard, which attracted a large attendance of speculators and dealers, the same having been exhibited at the Horticultural Society. The quality upon examination and trial was considered to approach nearer to English growth than any other of foreign importation; but, there being little dispo sition manifested to purchase them, they were bought in at 50s. per ton. THE SALTMARSHE COLLECTION OF PICTURES.—The first day's sale of this admirable collection of pictures took place on Thursday, at Messrs. Christie and Manson's Rooms, in King-street, St. James's. The pictures sold, though some of them of the highest character, were not the great gems of the collection, which will be sold to-day and to-morrow, and for which a very strong competition is expected. The room was crowded during the sale, which contained 80 lots. Mr. Man son sold, and obtained the following prices for the best lots:— Lot 9. A Flemish Estaminet (Brauwer), 120 guineas. Lot 11. Le Matin (Omeganck), 195, bought by Mr. Nieurenhuys. Lot 13. Le Retour des Champs, by the same artist, 185 guineas. Lot 24. Sheep and Goats in a Stable, by Adrian Cuyp, 88 guineas. Lot 28. A Landscape, by Gainsborough, 29 gui neas; bought by Mr. Farrer. Lot 29. A Morning Scene (Omeganck), 96 guineas. Lot 31. A L an d scape, b y the same artist, 130 guineas. Lot 37. Stirling Castle (Nasmyth), 32 guineas. Lot M. "Le Milieu du Jour" (Omeganck), 120 guineas ; bought by Mr. Smith. All the pictures of this artist created an animated competition. Lot 43. " Buy a Broom," by the late Madame Soyer, was bought by M. Soy er , her husband, for 21 guineas. Lot 54. A Landscape, by Gainsborough, 30 guineas ; bought by Mr. Smith. Lot 55. A Town on a River, with Ferry-boat (Asselyn), 50 guineas. Lot 56. A Moonlight (very good) , by Vanderneer, 75 guineas. Lot 57. "L e G ar d e Manger" (Snyders), 35 guineas, Lot 62. An Interior, by Van Stareren ; bought by Mr. Clark, for 33 guineas. Lot 69. A Virgin and Child (Sasso Ferrato), 77 guineas. Lot 72. A Landscape (Claude), 48 guineas. Lot 77. A beautiful picture by Constable, one of the best specimens of the artist, formerly in the Bour sault Collection, was knocked down for 360 guineas. Lot 78. A Country Alehouse, by Morland, 991. 15s. ; purchased by Mr. Grattan. Lot 79. A portait of Mameluke, by Ward, R.A., 30 guineas. ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB—Thursday evening the monthly meeting of the above club was held at the Piazza Hotel ; the Commodore, Lord A. Paget, presiding. The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed, the offer of the Greenwich Pier Company to allow the Star steamer to lie alongside this day, for the a ccommodation of the friends of the club to witness the urgsarnys,d match fer th e Ch a ll enge C up thi s d a y, was unan i mous l y accepted, and th e secretary desired to write a letter of thanks. Lett ers were read from Ki ngs t own an d O stend, announcing th e i r respect i ve regat t as , an d i nv i t i ng the attendance of memb ers an d y ac hts of thi s c l u b. Th e Commodore rea d a very interesting l etter from his Grace the Duke of B eau f ort, thanking h i s L or d s hi p and the club for the hono ur o f b eing elected a member. The arrange ments for the ma t c h of this day h av i ng b een completed, the gentlemen proposed at th e l as t mee ti ng were b a ll o tt e d f or and elected, an d ot h ers proposed for ballot at the ensuing meeting. The Commodore stated that although this w a s the last night o f entry for the Strangers' Cup match of the having o r ar exceedingtvnhbaae, nthe disposed m 50i time ht tons , g for of, 1 9th instant, y e t, as from the circular issued by the club, stating that the y ac ht s were not to be " less than 25 tons, " when entry yenee been ew h i doue would I t a edar t r t dbe e jed r o , ue fro ntee not indn d tillee e nd xt tillecT r ie Thurs day du ec 1 n g 50 o tone," being intended, s ome sma ll yachts, as time was allowed he (Lord Paget) therefore wi s h e d it t o go forth through the press, day next, the 11th in s t an t. Th e remaining routine business July 2. LAND RECLAIMED (IRELAND...t appears from & return on Saturday, issued by order of the House of Com mons, that th ere h ave been reclaimed in the county. of Dona gal, sinc e 183 6, in the parishes where the revision survey is finished, 4,756 acres of land. There are, however, 42,733 acres at pre sen t unreclaimed, and 128,491 under cultivation. In the co un t y of Kerry since the survey of in - it 1842 43, there have b een reclaimed 8,373 acres in the parishes pre pared for publi cation; and there are altogether 351,876 acres , at preaent wader cultiTatiO p and 362, 413 1141"4"V914:114 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of last Night.) The Cotton Market at Liverpool, yesterday, was steady; the sales comprising 7,000 bales, including 3,000 American on speculation, and 500 for export. American samples were rather dearer, but other sorts were without alteration. A statistical detail, made public this morning, connected with the rapid advance of the plate and other glass trades, attracts much attention here, showing clearly, if any other demon stration of the fact ware required, that the removal of re strictions, and lowering of duties, is of incalculable advantage, not only to manufacturers, but to consumers. It appears that, in the year 1827. when the price of plate glass, made in this country, was I2s. per foot, the weekly sales, by the whole trade, were 5,000 feet. In the following year, the price was reduced to Bs. and 9s. per foot ,and the weekly sales were 7,000 feet. The year before last plate glass (some of the Excise restrictions being removed) sold for 6s. and 7s. per foot, and the weekly sales rose up to 23,000 feet. In the present year the price is ss. to 6s. per foot, and the weekly sales now are from 40,000 to 45,000 feet. This is exclusive of foreign glass. The compiler of these interesting details says : " Looking at the extraordinary increase that has taken place, notwithstanding the severity of Excise restrictions,*and seeing that the demand now progresses more rapidly than ever, even at 53. or Os. per foot, if the prices were reduced to 4s. or 3s. 6d. per foot (which, free as the trade now is from Excise interference, would afford ample profit), what must then be the demand!! I' By a report which appears in another column of The Sun, it will be seen that the Mexican Bondholders, at a meeting held yesterday afternoon, agreed to the new terms offered by the republic. In this, no doubt, they did wisely, as, with the present difficulties encountered by the Government, arising from the war w:th the United States, had a contrary course been adopted, it is very probable that a handle would have been made of the circumstance to postpone for an indefinite period the payment of any dividends to the Bondholders. The Stock Market is very firm again, this being the last transfer day on the securities, which will shortly pay a dividend. The reverse at present is the case as respects the English market in periods of mistrust, when parties often sell out in apprehension of some untoward event prior to the re-openin,g. Consols have been 96 3 / 4 to 97 for present transfer, and 97 IA for account. The premium on Exchequer-bills has been 225. and 17s. again, being very firm. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have realised 97 3 / 4 1 / 2 , and the Three per Cents. 95% 3 / 4 . The Foreign Bonds are well supported. Mexican have im proved to 30i/ % for the Actives, and to 161 1 / 2 for the Deferred. Equador Stock has realised 3%. Portuguese Bonds have been 50 to 52 for the Four per Cents., a fall that is quite natural, considering the tenor of the news received from Lisbon. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per cents. have receded to 60% and 59?. Shares have been exceediny quiet, and are not buoyant in price. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock .. .. .. .. .. .. . 205% Three per Cent. Reduced A nnu iti es .. .. 95%% 95% Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. .. 96% 97 96% 96% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anne. 974 3 434 97% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10 5-16 10!4 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 16, 1859 .. 10 1-16 10 1-16 Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. • . 10 7-16 10 7-16 Consols for Opening .• .• • • 97k % 97 Exchequer Bills. I 3i d. 1 , 4 d. 1,0001... .. •• •• 20 22 17 pm. 17 ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. FOREIGN FUNDS Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent Ditto, Deferred, 3 per Cent .. Equador Bonds .• • . 3% Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .. 3014 14 Ditto, for the Account Ditto, Deferred .. .. • • 16%% Portuguese Four per Cent .. 52 50 Ditto, for the Account 50 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 241% Ditto, for tho Account — Ditto, 5 per Cent. '3B, 39, 40, ffiv.lB4o 23 Ditto, Three per Cent .. • • • . Ditto, for the Account .. .. Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 60% 59% Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 92 BUSINESS CLOSING PAID. DONE AT PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. Aberdeen .. .. • • .. .. 10 .... •• Amber., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction .. 2% ......... • Buckinghamshire .. 425. .... par .......... Derby and Crewe .. .... ....... Direct Manchester (Remington's) 2% • Direct Manchester (Rastrick's) .. 5% .... Direct Northern .. 2% Eastern Counties 141. 165... 23% % Ditto New .. .. • • .. 10/. 165.... • 7% p••• • .. Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1. 61. 13s. 4d. Ditto, ditto, .. .. No. 2. Cl. 13s. 4d. %p • • •• • • Ditto, York Extension .. 105..... 1% 14 East Lincolnshire .. .. • • .. Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 .. .. ..... Ditto % Shares .. . • .. 10 .... 17 • • Ditto New % Shares.. .. 12% 18 17% Goole, Doncast., and Sheffield, &c. 422. % dia..... Grand Union (Nottingh. & Lynn) 1%.... 14.....,., Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 20 .... Great North of England . ..100 .... Ditto, New . .. 10 .... .. Ditto, New .. . . Great Western .. .. 85 ....145 Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 5 16% 17 16 1 ,E Ditto, Fifths .. • . 2O .... 33 Guildford, Fareham, &Portsmoth S .... 4% % . Hull and Selby .. .. • . .. 50 .... . Ditto, Half Shares .. 15 Leicester and Bedford .. 225. ... p Leicester, Tamworth, &c. 42 5 . .. .. A L dls.. London an i Birmingham . —lOO Ditto Quarters .. .. 2 .... 28% 29% Ditto Fifths .. .. • • 2 .... 25% London and Black wall • . 161. 13s. 4d. Ditto, New • . .. • • 2% .... London and Croydon. • • • .131. 15s 9d... 22% London and York .. .. • • .. 2% ...• London, Salisbury, and Yeovil . , .... 1% Manchester and Leeds .. • • 82 • • ..... • Ditto, Fifths .. • • 3 .... 13 12% ••• • • • Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 . Ditto, Quarter Shares (A) • • 4 .. • • 13% 34 -••• • • • Ditto, Quarter Shares (B) • • 4 .... 13% ..... .• Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) • . I .. • • 9% ..... •• • • Manchester, Buxton, & Matl oc k 425.. % p .. • • • Midla-id .. • • .• ..100 ....151 149% Ditto, New .. • • .. 18 .. • . 31% 32% Newcastle and Darlington Junet. 25 .. • • .• • Ditto, New . 1 .... Ditto, New, Brandling 25 .... 43% Newcastle and Berwick .. • • 15 .... Norfolk .. .. • • .. 20 •• • • North British .. • • 22% .. 30% 30 ...... Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. .... North Kent and Direct Dover • • 23 .... North Staffordshire .. • • • • 425... • . 314% p...... Preston and Wyre .. • • •• 25 30% South Devon .. .. 35 .... 34% .. •• • ..... South Midland .. 425. die........ South Wales .. .......... Welsh Midland .. .... 1 .......... West Riding Union • • • • .. 425..... 2 p • 2% p Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth 5 .... ••• • . York and North Midland .. .. 50 .... Ditto. Extension .. 15 .... 33% ....... . Do. E. and W. Riding Exten... 1 .. • - 11 .......... FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .• .12 .... 11% Central of Spain .. .. • . • 2 .... 1%,.,,,,,... Dutch Rhenish .. . 6 East Indian . • . . ss. Great Western Canada .. .. Louvain and Jemeppe .. 4 .. . ..... Madrid and Valentia . 2 .... 1 ..... Orleans and Bordeaux .. . 6 .... 9% Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 .. • . ..... Tours and Nantes Constituted .. 5 .. . PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES. 17%; % dis. P 30% 34% dis MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered 33( .......... 4 COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-(YESTERDAY.) . Amsterdam .. C.F. 12 10 Gibraltar .. .. •. .. Ditto, at sight • • .... 12 7 Leghorn ........ ••.. • • 30 70 Rotterdam ...... 2U. 12 10% Genoa.. 26 le Antwerp.... Wamburgh ..... • M.B. 13 15 Venice ........ Naples ...... • • .... • • 39% Paris, 3 days' sight .. • • 25 85 Palermo, per 0z.... 1194 Ditto, 3 months .. .. 26 10 Lisbon.. ....,....• Marseilles ••••••••..•• 26 15 Oporto ..... • • • 62% Bourdeaux 26 15 Rio Janeiro ••...• • . • • 23% Frankfort on Mains.... 123 Bahia ....... ...... Petersburgh, 3 U 5.... • . Buenos Ayres Berlin .. Vienna, effee.flo .. lO 11 Trieste, ditto • ..... 10 12 Madrid • • ..... ....... 36 New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia PRICLB OF BULLION, Pan OZ, Foreign Gold in bars .. 43 17 9 Cadiz • . •.. : ........ 36% Bilbao.. • • • ... • ....... Barcelona • • .......... Seville.. • ..... ........ Portugal Gold Coin New Doubloons .... • . 0 0 0 New Dollars • ..... • • 0 4 11% Silver is bars ...... • • 0 4 11 WESTMINSTER-BRIDGE and NEW PALACE.—SECOND REPORT. The Select Committee appointed to consider the present state of Westminster-bridge, and of the New Palace at Westminster, particularly with reference to the Reception and Accommodation of this House in the same; and to report their observations thereupon to the House, and who (tiers empowered to report their opinion from time to time to the House—have further considered the matters to them referred, and agreed to the following report : That in the matter of Mr. Goldsworthy Gurney's petition, referred to your Committee, it appears,. after hearing Mr. Goldsworthy Gurney, that no evidence of the application o f his system t o any existing public building has been adduced in its favour. That the Chief Commissioner of Woods and Works having appointed three gentlemen of eminent attainments to assist him in determining upon the matter of the ventilation of the New Palace at Westminster, before whom any theoretical reasoning which Mr. Gurney may be able to adduce may be brought forward, and considered, it does not appear either necessary, in justice to Mr. Gurney, or expedient on other grounds, that any opinion founded upon such theoretical r*eoning should be expressed upon it by your Committee. May 29, 1846. PRINCE LOUIS NAPOLEON_-- A meeting of the Fo reign Ambassadors and Ministers has taken place, to consult on the line of policy to be adopted towards Prince Louis Napoleon, and it has been agreed that, until they receive in st ructions from their different Courts, they will abstain from personal intercourse with the Prince. The Ex-Ping of Hol land, father to Prince Louis Napoleon, possesses immense wealth, and makes a noble use of it in relieving the poor and unfortunate. He resides chiefly at Florence. WATERMEN AND LIGHTERMEN'S ASYLUM. -- The seventh anniversary of the institution, called the Free Water men and Lightermen's Asylum for poor, aged, decayed, and maimed watermen and lightermen of the river Thames and their wives or widows, was celebrated on Wednesday night, at the Old London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor presided, and he was supported by the venerable Alderman Lucas, the master wardens and assistants of the Incorporated Watermen and Lightermen's Company, and 170 other gentlemen connected with the river and port of London. In the course of the evening the committee's report was read, which stated that their vice-president, Mr.:l. D. Brown, perceiving, as he has done, the necessity of having a church near to the asylum, in which the aged inmates may attend Divine worship, and the advantage that would accrue to them froeihaving a resident clergyman, who might be always at hand to minister to their spiritual wants, and to superintend the institution when he (Mr. Brown) should no longer be able to do so, he has offered to find 1,0001. in money, six acres of land, p ar tl y f or the site of a church, church-yard, and parsonage-house, and the remainder to be let on building leases, to provide an endowment of 1501. : a year; and, at the expir a ti on o f suc h l eases , t o increase it to to 8001. a year, the remaind er o f th e ren t s being applicable the asylum—Mr. Brown to have the first,prese e n s i a t i i ti on th to o the church, and afterwards the patronage to v Company of Watermen. The amount subscribed 721. b y the r company present was 8621. for the almshouses, the church. FUNDS OF THE COURT OFC e H HA ou N s C e E o ß f Y co .— m tr o e n t s u:nhal just been issued, by order of t h show ing the stateofthese o ver f al th f e un c d o s o s r t t an o d f in c g han in ce th ry, the name th o e f the Accountant-General year ending the Ist of October, 1845. It thence appears, that the amount to the Suitors' Fund was 111,458/. Os. sd. in cash, and 3, 424 ,8 11 /. s s. 9d. . stock . The payments therefrom (expenses of the Chancellor's and Vice-Chancel lors' Courts) amounted to 99,5241. Is. 4d. The Suitors' Fee Fund account shows a total of fees received (in the year ending the 24th of November last) of 1 34,874/. 17s. Id.; while the charges in salaries, comp ensat i ons, &c., were 139,439/. Os. 2d.; being an eitcee3 Above the fees of 4,5611.35. Id. COURT CIRCULAR Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen yesterday at Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yesterday af ternoon at a meeting of the Commission for Promoting and Encouraging the Fine Arts, in the re-building the Palace of Westminster. His Royal Highness, attended by Colonel Bouverie, arrived at Gwydyr House, Whitehall, at a quart er b e f ore t h ree o'clock. The Commissioners prcsent were the Alarquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Canning, Lord Ashburton, the Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Commons, Viscount Mahon, Sir R. H. Inglis, Bart., Mr. Hallam, and Mr. Wyse. The Secretary (Mr. Eastlake) was in attendance. The meeting broke up at half-past four, when Prince Albert, accompanied by the Commissioners and the S ecretary, proceeded to the New P a l ace of Westminster to inspect the works. Their Royal Hignesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, took an airing yesterday in an open carriage and four. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent yesterday ap Clarence House, St. James's. Their Royal HighnesFes the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge honoured the Earl and Countess of Wilton with their company at dinner yesterday, at their residence in Grosvenor square. His Excellency the Portuguese Minister transacted busi- ness yesterdly at the Foreign-office. Lord Granville Somerset, Sir James Graham, the Right Ilon. Sidney Herbert, the President of the Board of Trace, and the Vice-President, had an interview with Sir Robert Peel yesterday. The Poitmaster-General had an interview with the Chan. cellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing -street. Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamp.:, had also an interview with the Right Hon. Gentleman. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Coloni , d-office from the Governor of Gibraltar. The Earl of Lincoln arrived in town yesterday from Salt hill. The Countess of Romney expired on Thursday night at her residence in Wilton -crescent. Her Ladyship was daughter of the late, and sister of the present Duke of./3uccleuch. FRENCH PLAYS-ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Mademoiselle Dejazet, the espiegle Dejazet, the fasci nating Dejazet, the pet alike of Paris and of London, made her debut for the season here last evening in her two favourite characters of Vert. Vert. in the vaudeville of that name (of which the English play, The Pet of the Petticoats is almost a literal translation), and Catherine Biancoli in La Flute de Dominique. Never did she look, or act, or sing better. Her Vert Vert was the Prince of Pickles, and her costume became her exceedingly. The powdered wig, and square-cut coat, and flapped and embroidered waistcoat and tight smalls seemed really a picturesque costume when set off by the graces of Dejazet. In La Fille de Dominique she assumes a variety of characters. The daughter of a deceased actor, she is desirous of obtaining an engage ment among the servants of his Majesty Louis XIV., but Baron, the manager, refuses to see her, and puts her off by a variety of civil excuses. She then aecording to the old plan, assumes a variety of disguises, and tasci nates him as Margot, a country girl—half pleases and hall terrifies him as a fine lady of quality, who has gone mad from love of him, and quite terrifies him as a young soldier, the lover of Margot, who demands satis faction for his abduction of the rustic beauty. Having sufficiently teased him, a discovery takes place, and she who, as Catherine Biancoli, had been rejected unseen and unheard by the troupe, is, as Madame Baron, re ceived with acclamation as th e acknowledged prima donna. Her provincialisms, as Margot, and her strut and swagger, as the young soldier, kept the house in a rear. She was called for at the fall of the curtain, and enthu siastically applauded by a house cro.vded to the ceiling. 50% 3% 29y, 294 par CAUTION TO PARENTS.—On Thursday evening an in quest was held at Mr. Morgan's, the Gloucester Arms, Rochester-row, on the body of Hannah Clack, a very fine child, four years and a half old, the daughter of a respectable tradesman in the neighbourhood. The child had been left on Tuesday afternoon for a moment in the next room to its mother, who was suddenly alarmed by its screams The child having stated that she had put something in her mouth, some rhubarb and magnesia was administered, and the child appeared to recover, and played about during the evening, when it suddenly became speechless and convulsed. An emetic was administered by a medical man in the neighbour hood, and the child was subsequently conveyed to a surgeon, who made an opening in the child's throat. The operation was skilful and perfect, but the child, who was exhausted and senseless, died. On a post-mortem examination a piece of walnut-shell was found wedged in the windpipe, which was the cause of death. Verdict, "Died from convulsion and ex haustion, caused by a piece of walnut-shell having become wedged in the windpipe." Much dissatisfaction having arisen among the artisans engaged in the production of the Llama Cloth he the West of England, by mason of a rumour that it was the intention of the Messrs. Nicoll, of Regent-street, to remove such manu facture nearer to the metropolis, those gentlemen have issued a circular denying such to be their purpose, and which has allayed the fears of a large body of men. EXTRAORDINARY CONFLICT BETWEEN A MAN AND A BULL.—A correspondent has transmitted us a humourous account of a combat, long and terrible, between a man and a bull, at Panteison, Pembrokeshire. It appears that on Wednesday a bull f the pure Ayrshire breed, which had been confined for six months, in consequence of his dangerous freaks, was turned out for an airing after his long seclusion, when he, it see ms , d e t erm i ned to make amends for the immunities the neighbourhood had enjoyed during his confinement, by immediately, on obtaining his freedom, attacking Ben, the farm bailiff, an ifirm old man. Ile called lustily for assistance, when the coachmen, the hero of the fight, made his appearance, and forthwith pro ceeded to mortal combat with the terror of the neighbour hood. The battle raged long and violently, and with alter nate success, poor coachee being at one time made to kiss his " mother earth," while in another round he made his Ayrshire antagonist roar so loudly that even the farm-buildings seemed to quake with fear. But coachee was not to be frightened with noise. Seven terrific rounds were fought, and the quadruped was obliged to succumb to this lord of the creation. In the fifth round the coachman appeared as if he was going to have the worst of it, having been knocked Over a wall, and into a pond four feet deep. He was how ever, nothing daunted at this mishap; but, on the contrary, the immersion seemed to revive him, and infuse fresh spirit into his soul, as in the next round he had a slight ad vantage ; but eventually the two combatants fell, and were locked in each others arms. It was now evident the Scot had enough of it, and the termination of the desperate affray is thus given by our correspondent :—Seventh round— Wallace, the bull, up first, took to his heels and ran, leaving Morris, the coachman, in the pond, gasping for breath, the poor old bailiff and his men peeping through the hedges in all directions, anxious to ascertain the course Mr. Wallace was determined to steer. Away he went, in steeple-chase style, clearing every bank, Morris closely following. When about three-quarters of a mile from home, Wallace fell. Morris by this time well up to 'Wallace's heels, and laying hold of a fine ring which he had the honour of wearing in his nose, led him back as gentle as a lamb, and placed him in irons in a condemned cell, there to be imprisoned during the old bailiff's pleasure. Too much praise cannot be given to Morris, for his timely assistance to poor old Ben, the bailiff; and we are happy to say that Morris escaped unhurt, except a slight bruise on one of his legs.—Carmarthen Journal. WINDOW GARDENS.—Those who are debarred from the enjoyment of a garden by sickness, residence, or fortune, should take a leaf out of the book of the French and Belgian ladies, who succeed, by means of double-glazed windows, and other contrivances, in providing themselves with an ample supply of fresh flowers at all seasons of the year. With us, the first object of the dwellers in town is to buy plants, the next is to provide for them. Elsewhere it is thought more advantageous, in the first instance, to secure the means of keeping a plant in health ; and, that being ac complished, to obtain it. We will not be so uncivil as to reproach our fair countrywomen with herein in dulging in that sort of caprice which is vulgarly called put ting a cart before a horse; but we shall confine ourselves to an explanation of the manner in which other persons pro ceed, leaving all who are concerned to form their own judgment in the matter. "In Belgium," says M. Victor Pacquet, "wherever you go, you see spaces between double sashed windows filled in the winter time with the most charming flowers. Elsewhere the balconies are turned into greenhouses, and you may find on a fifth or sixth floor a miniature stove, gay with the brightest flowers and the greenest foliage. In Paris there are many such contrivances, especially two on the fourth floor of a house in the Boulevard de la Madeleine, at the corner of Rue Caumartin. Here are to be found the rarest plants. Camehas grow in the open ground. Passion-flowers cling to the columns; the creep ing fig forms a carpet upon the walls, and water plants start up from tiny basins curiously contrived in the solid brick work. By turning a screw, a stream of limpid water flows down a rock, front which crevices start up ferns and lvcopods, and such things. And what is it that adjoins this little paradise, but a bed-room ! The first beams of the morning sun throw upon the bed of the owner the shadows of palm leaves and bananas, or of garlands and passion ers." This sort of garden, though on the fourth floor, is however, rather too ambitious for every body's taste, and, therefore, we agree with M. Paquet, that the little Belgian windoe gardens are, upon the whole, more likely to meet the means, if not the fancy, of the mass of mankind.—Getr deners' Chroniale. AN IMPUDENT IMPOSTOR.—There is the greatest sen sation felt in the neighbourhood of Stroud, and the vil lages contiguous, by the appearance of a Mr. Coushman, a art-disant " p rop h et. " H e professes to be endowed with a " miraculous power of healing" the most extreme cases of disease, and even such physical ailments that are not classi fied in the nomenclature of the faculty; he having for a period of thirteen years (as he states) prayed without in termission for the attainment of such a desideratum. He has deigned to visit this locality, leaving for a time his native county, Essex, at the ardent solicitation of certain aged families in the neighbourhood. He makes no formal charge, but gives hi s p a ti ents t h e strongest i n timation that he cannot su b s i st w i t h out some t,specially assistance," in th e per f ormance of h i s e great pecuniary fimN i .e ssio fe n e .7 He is about 70 y ears o f age, s t an d s about eight inches high, i s ex t reme ly ignorant, with such unprecedented success, he is by no of the Scriptu r es, an d th oug h he means of calcu lated for an impostor. The number re ceives of both sexes, of all ages, and of every grade of society, for physical a and the extermination of m vi e s n it t o a r l s ly he constitutional disease, is He arrogates (he says) t o him faaicdt, incredible, and an anom a ll y of the 19th century. "noself but in the performance of hi s cases to the efficacy of pr a y er and the his ihar patients..d earnings impostorgsofthe poorer is nia c k l i a n s g ses a , rich d u ping thousands of weak-minded and cre d ulous indivi duals who suffer their assent to pre ce d e t h eir reason ; and it t ru sts pow al e o r L faith harvest o f out of the f ess t o add andt h d all u a 'ho visit is devoutly to be wished that so me i nfluential party would speedily adopt means to rid th e neighbourhood of so dele ththeirmeiyo uaers,:eaunnntuuadieslral3n,tchefie,n dfiomrthpiertemissssienolenveedos relapsedtheir convalescence, l of w t hh il r money. We ha ve h eard that " the prophet" has ed found be lievers, notonly amongst the poor and ignorant, but amongst persons whose po s iti on i n society and education might have been expected t o fortify thema g ainst such an assault upon their credulity._ Gloucester Journal. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE. —OXFORD, WEDNESDAY EVENlNG.—lnformation has just reached this city of the melancholy death, by drowning, of Mr. George Gibbs, com moner of Exeter College, whilst bathing in the Isis, near Iflley. From the hurried inquiries we have been enabled to make we glean that the unfortunate gentleman, in company with a friend, was bathing in the Isis, and by some means got out of his depth, and before assistance could be rendered he sank to rise no more. The university coroner will hold an iagneot in tho morning. 35% l ib P X dis DUTCiti, FLANDERS, AND HAM- BURGII MAILS. THE:HAGITg, JUNE 2.—The American Consul agreed. on the 6th of May this year, to the motion for abolishing differential duties on Java coffees imported into the United States from European ports and ships of the Netherlands. Count Arbadius Kotschuberg, Privy Counsellor to. his Majesty the Emperor of Russia, has arrived at the Hague, from St. Petersburgh. Ms Majesty passed through Eisenach on the 29th of May, on his way to Weimar. Her Majesty ,the Empress of Russia made b u t a s h or t s t ay at S ulz b urg h. out on the 24th of M a y i n th e morn i ng w i t h 1 4 r 5 1 1.1 , - . la e s e; Olga, for Prague, by way of Leinz, at which place 50° had an interview with the Empress of Austria and the Archduke Francis Charles, with some persons who came from Vienna to meet her. The Emperor of Russia was at Warsaw on the 24th. It is thought that his Majesty will meet the Empress at Prague, to which city several members of the Royal Family of Russia are gone. BRUSSELS, JUNE 3 —The average price of wheat, i r e the week endin g on S atur d ay t h e 30t h o f M ay, was 23'. 69e. ; and that of rye, 17f. 88c. per hectolitre. The Chamber of Representatives has passed, by majority of 54 to 3, the project of law relative to the canal from Deynze Schipdonch ; four members declined voting. M. Bornjurghe, of Ostend, who had been to the Migu e l on a mission relative to the interests; of our national Nhery, has returned to Belgium. Hence we may in fer that the negotiations have advanced another step ll wards a final arrangement. There are, however, el l several points to be s e ttl e d, relative, not to thO PrinciP , which were all agreed upos, but to the amount of certaill duties of customs on our importations. The report of M. Blondell to the Government; r els ; tive to the state of St. Th omas ' s an d Guaternah% ; going to be laid before the Chamber. It is said to give' general a favoura MAY 24.—1 t i s reported that the Chiei President, before his d e p ar t ure to-day to the Geller Synod at Berlin, issued an or d er to D r . R u pp, Pr 0 " 1 1 biting him hencef o rth th e exerc i ses o f ecc lesiastic* functions. BERLIN, MAT 30.—Sir Moses Montefiore and iris Lady, accompanied by Dr. Lower, arrived here the evening before yesterday, on their return from Russia, and mean to stop some days. HILDESHEIN, MAY 28.—The German Catholic s this town received t o -d ay th e h appy i n f orma tion thot of the Minister of Eccl es i ast i ca l Aff a i rs h as gran t e d theta the chapel of the L u th eran O rp h an H ouse f or t h e per' formance of Di v in e wors hip. BERLIN, MAY 26.—Mu c h a tt en ti on i s exc ited here 11 an approaching deci s i on o f t h e powers respeo ti ng th succession to the thro ne o f B runsw i c k , an d tho In° riage of the reigning Duke with a Princess of ecln a rank. BAYREUTH, MAY 22.—The third part of the littl o town of Neustadt, on th e C u lli n , i n Upp er F ra nconia was this day destroyed by fire. VIENNA, MAY 23.—Langinlois, one of the largest market towns in our province of Austria, and celebrated for its wines, has been almost wholly destroyed by fire: About, 200 houses are burnt, an d t h ere i s reason to .10 prehend that it i s t h e wor k o f an incendiar:,v• threatening notices has been previously given. COUNTY TREASURERS (IRELAND).—An account, charge and discharge, of the fees received by the registr 4, of the Treasu rers ' A ccounts i n Ireland, under 1 Vic., and of the appropriation thereof, for the year ended pia"of 25, 1846, was on Saturday issued by order of the House f u Commons. It thence aears that the balance d u e in ger' 25, 1845, was 1,8721, and that the amount received fro m th d treasurers of the various counties and counties of cities w av er towns (being fees on their accounts for spring and sin l l e of assize, 1845, at the rate of 3s. per cent. on the debit each account) was 1,683/. additional. The total thee wes : ses 3,5561. 6e. 60. The expenses by salaries and office exP e ',go was 1,2451.55. 64., leaving a balance in favour of the P" on the 25th of March last of 2,3021. ls. 2 d. tea FACTS FOR. THE CURIOUS.—In the report presen to the Watch Committee by Captain Willis, the chief o t r i , stable, the total number of persons apprehended daring 4: , 0 year 1845, for offences of every description committed borough, is set down at 9,635, viz. :-6,943 males, and Y a , t , es, '' females; of whom 3,851 were discharged by the magl str ne ss,, By far the largest number were charged with drum': 2,185 havi ng b een apprehended whilst drunk and lonroen and 2,003 drunk a n d di sor d er l y. Th e next i n po int se,o oars ber were perso ns c h arge d w i t h common assau lt& W i n ed for stated to be 771 ; a ft er w h om appear 623 apprehen` onlY larceny in houses, shops, and warehouses. One persoeco;.4.. was apprehended on ea c h o f th e f o ll ow i ng charges :_rvirj Mg, being at large un d er sentence of transporta tion, 4. , _ nico t to animals, and offending against the Mutiny Act. AI " rt . the entire number of 9,635, only 21 were found to have, op ceived a superior education, whilst 3,499 had receivwur.,,, instruction whatever, being unable either to read or . . 24 8 °- 5,536 are stated to have been able to read, or read and T he imperfectly, and 579 able to read and write well. countries to which they se vera ll y b e l ong ar e thus g, 1 35 v50 the English, 6,944 ; Irish, 2,279 ; S co t c h, 231 ; Welsh, Man remaining 46 were foreigners from various countries. -- ehester Courier. issued , by OFFICE REVENUE.—From a return i lls. 1-- ed+ by order of the H ouse o f C ommons , i t appe ars that t, j n a et nu re a v ry en l u a e st o , f ‘ t v h a e s P 1 0kt 5 0 ,4 65 36 c 1 e i ( n af t t h er e d y e e d a u r et e i n n d g in s g 29 t,4h4elstforo returned, refused, mi ssen t, an d re-d i rected l et t ers , Orer: charges, and returns.) Th e c h arges of managemen t VW O , 1,114,849/.; p a y ments f or pensions, &c., 10,7451—ma kirt the total payments out of the revenue of the Post Office, its progress to the Exchequer, 1,125,5941. The payment' into the Exchequer, therefore, amounted to 753,000/. TOBACCO SMUGGLING —lt appears from a return issued on Saturday, by order of the House of Commons, that in the year 1843, there were thirty-five persona charged and tried for adulterating tobacco, or having adulterated tobaexe in their possession (of whom twenty-two were convicted) I. in 1844, there were forty-seven (of whom thirty-nine were convicted); and in 1845, there were sixty-nine (of whom forty-six were convicted). Moreover, there were twenty eight in 1843; forty-three in 1844; and fifty-two in 1845, who were charged with adulteration of tobacco, or having adulterated tobacco in their possession, and who were not committed to prison or tried. Between the Ist of Jann.firt! 1843, and Ist January, 1846, there were altogether 2,9 b L persons convicted befOre magistrates for smuggling, or beifl concerned in smuggling tobacco in the United Kingdom , .e n 'a.. thirty persons convicted in the Ex c heq uer . I n th e year c enp , ing sth of January, 1836, there were 538 convicted and c mitted for smuggling tobac c o ; 171 f or smugg li n g spirits; 1 ei . for smuggling tea ; 10 silk ; and 25 f or smug gling e'u,r articles, making a total of 755 convicted and committed. these, 597 paid the penalties imposed ; 158 comprotnlse%'2 368 were committed to prison for smuggling; 34 were iII prison for offences against the revenue laws on January 1, 1846. OPENING OF THE LEEDS AND BRADFORD BAILWAI r y —On Saturday last, the contractors of this line proceeded' with a numerous bedv of the directors and their triads, froal Leeds to Bradford. The train, consisting of twelve carriag es " accompanied by two bands of music, and propelled by 0" engines, started from the Leeds station, Welli ng t on - stree t, SI little before one o'clock, the bands playing " See the con quering hero comes." The gay banners attached to each carriage, had a very pleasing effect, and the thousands of people who had assembled along the barks of the river testified by hearty cheers their delight in witnessing the first trip on a line which will unite two of the largest and most important commercial towns in "Yorkshire. The train proceeded slowly through Armley and Kirkstall, consequence of a portion of the rails at the Leeds end having only been laid the day before. After passi n g through the Thackley Tunnel, which is a mile and a half il l ' length, and being detained a short time at Shepley for sh supply of water, the t ra i n procee d e d at a rapid rate to Bra d i ; ford, when, aft er rema i n i ng an hour, it proceeded at i rate on its return. It is impossible to conceive a more lively and animated scene tha n th a t which presented itself on this occasion along the w h o l e li ne , the inhabitants of all the 1 13 .: pulous villages throughout having assembled in their boa day attire on the eminences. —Manchester Guardian. ACCIDENT AT KERSAL MOOR ON MONDAY. — O wing to the beautifully fine weather, the foot races on Monday attracted an immense concourse of people to the race - co urse, on liersal Moor, and the stands were crowded even t°,2 1 0 greater extent th an i s usual on the cup day. Just Area close of the fi rs t f oot-race, about half-past two o'clock, wuc, the persons 0. 1 th e stan d s were pressing forwar d t o s o Wb won, the balustrade in front of two of the stands gave waY d and a great number of persons on the lowest flat fell forws' to the gr ound below, between the stands and the course Fortunately, the soil there. is sand, and although great ale!!! was excited, and much confusion p reva il e d f or a time, no life was lost, nor did we hear of any fracture or other injure s more serious than severe contusions, and the shock copse" quent upon a sudden fall of eight or ten feet, and the Pres sure of those who fell upon the undermost.—Manch ester Guardian. Of INCREASE OF ATTORNEYS.—From th e o fficial lis t persons who have given the requisite notices of their inten tion to apply to be admitted on th e ro ll o f a ttorneys of the Court of Queen's Bench, lately issued by the authorities of the Law Institution, it appears that in addittion to 157 no tices given previous to Easter term last, 170 more have giver; notices for Easter term next; eight for re-admission, and present eighteen for the renewal of certificates during term, making altogether an increase o f attorneys in two terms of 335. The average annual increase of attorneys ex ceeds 600. E XPECTED TURN-OUT OF COTTON-SPI NNERS . A lengthy address, purportingmtiohea,ve hasemanated a c fr a o r m d e d th o e n o re ra ti ve cotton-spinners' con! walls of this town and ne_igh_bou . r d hood, in which it is stated 0 1C 0 i . rsko,moef wheels, t h a e l y e l b s, ri t hgeen, theare masters that the Messrs. thousand hanks ,a a y s i t n e g rs B Of . A lese sht P o e tt r . It is intimated that unless an advance is given they w ill tura ou t.—Manchester Courier. DISTRESS IN MAYO.—LORD G. i 3 to ENTINCIL At meeting of the poor-law guardians of Castlebar union °n Saturday, the board, considerin g t h at some notice s h ou ld be taken of the opinions exp ressed in the House of Corn " mons by Lord George Benti nc k , relative to the distress 1 , Mayo, which were grounded attributed to Mr. George Orm s b y, on statement s Mr. Thomas Ormsby and M r ' Brett, and which these gentlemen disclaim, L a nimousi adopted the foll ow i ng resolution .-4. Resolved, That .. the state of distress in the county of Mayo hasr the made matter of discussion elsewhere, and as by w e greater part of this union is in the county of Mayo, and feel called upon to express it as our unanimous., decided conviction, formed from various local personal perience, that the precautions taken by Government were not only judicious, but indispensable for the safety t e population. lthough there is a large suPPIY t 4 food in the country, still a great part of this is 111 ~..e n hands of parties who trade in usury; and bad not steps be en taken by the introduction of maize and Indian corn to keep the market prices at a fair standard, the price of food would be entirely beyond the reach of the humbler, and Y be h the that of many of the middle classes. Besides, although supply of food in the county is great, still the mass °1..„ 1 1 5 lower class have no means to purchase it, if eu"Y es of employment are not provided for them. The lour. Pi' e t the of potatoes at present, and the abundant supply p various markets, are no criterion as to the true sition of affairs, as all farmers who have potatoes try by every means to dispose of them before the y are entirely lost by the disease, which progresses."We have been informed the country surveyor received dto his Lord George Bentinck, in reply to one address e a letter front In Lordship, inquiring on what authority he used hi? i l l i s sZu lich the House of Commons, attributing to him express o __ ha had never used; his Lordship referred him Browne for an explanation. Lord George states I ' l4 ' d extract" tosi D!,!._,Jothhae letters regarding distress in Mayo, which he . . ns from from in the House of Commons, were received by ni Lord Stanley, who derived his information from T n . Brown. We understand Mr. Brett has wnttell vv Browne tipod yhta pubj9ct,-"CastkOar TelfgraPh.