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• NEW NOVEL, BY THE AUTHOR OF " MOUNT SOREL." Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., E MILIA WYNDHAM , By the Author of " TWO OLD MEN'S TALES, " MOUNT SOREL," Ece, " Emilia Wyndham is a masterpiece. The characters are real, and the whole story a delightful combination of the natural, the pas sionate, and the wise."—Examiner. " Let no one who wishes to read a work of fiction with the stamp of genius upon it, hesitate in procuring ' Emilia Wyndham.' " John Hull. " Emilia Wyndham' will put the seal upon the author's reputa tion, ss cne of the best modem English composers of fiction." — Court Journal. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlboronzh-street. XISW NOVEL BY MRS. GORE. To-morrow, the 26th inst., in 3 vols., post Bvo., E DEBUTANTE; or, THE LONDON SEASON. By Mrs. GORE, A athor of " Mothers and Daughters," " The Dowager," " Peers and l'arv - enus," &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. RAILWAY SHARES EY PUBLIC SALE. 11{ ESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND LAMONT), Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Frew's and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., t.i fre place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY. at One o'clock, at the Hall of Comineree, 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 exa minat:on at least one day previously to their being offered ; and advice; of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, an 1 the proceeds immediately disposed of according to instructions. Offices, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING, MAY 26, Will be performed Verdi's celebrated Opera, in Four Parts, entitled, I LOMBARDI : ALLA PRIMA CROCK CA. With new scenery, dresses, &c. ; the scenery by Mr. Marshall. Grsclda, Madame Grist; Sofia, Madame Benin'; Viclinda, Mdlle. Corbari; Oronte, Signor Mario ; Arvino, Signor Corelli ; Pirro, 81g. Rotelli ; Acciano, Stg. Giubilei ; Pagano, Sig. Fornasari. Between the Acts, a Pas, by 31adlle. L. Gratin (composed by herself), sunported by Mdlles. Moacelet, Demelisse, and Cassan. To conclude with (second time this season) the admired Ballet Divgrtissement (composed by Mdlle. Cerßo), entitled LA VIVAN DIERE. Introducing the Redowa, or, Original Polka of Bohemia, by Mdlle. Cerito and M. St. Leon. Sathi, Madame Copere; La Vi.. vandiere, Mdlle. Cerito ; Postillion, 31. St. Leon ; Mayor, M. Ber trand ; a Traveller, M. Venefra. HET. MAJESTY'S THEATRE. _ . . 5h nor LABLAdIIE has the honour to inform his Friends, Sub scribers to the Opera, and the rubllc, that his BENEFIT will take place on THURSDAY NEXT, MAY 28, When will be performed (for the first time these two years), Cima rose's Chef d'CEuvre, i 1 Tiro Acts, entitled, IL MATRIMONIO SEGRETO. Carolina, Madame Grisi ; Fidalma, Madame Sanchloli (her first ap pearance in that character) ; Elisetta. Madame Castellan ; Paolino signor Mario ; Count Robinson, Signor F. Lablache ; Gleronimo, Signor Lablache. With various Entertainments in the BALLET Department. Comprising the talent of _Mlles. Cerito, L. Taglioni, Moncelet, De melisse, Cassan, and Lucile Grahn ; M.si. Perrot, Gosselin, Di Xattia, and St. Leon. . Alsplications for boXes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the box Mee, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven, the Opera to com mence at half-past Seven o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. PARSONS. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Opera, entitled THE CRUSADERS. The principal characters will be sustained by Messrs. W. liar r. son, Rorrani, Horncastle, S. Jones, Weiss, Stretton, D. W. King, Miss Romer, and Miss Rainforth. After which, the celebrated Ballet of LA GISELLE. Duke of Silesia, M. _Mathis; Hilarion, Mr. W. H. Payne ; Prince of Cour t:lnd. Mr. Howell ; Wilfrid, M. Adrien; Giselle, 3idlle. Sali ; Mirtha, Mdile. Louise; Princess Bathilde, Mdlle. St. Louin ; Bertha, Mrs. Payne ; Principal Willis, Mesdames Adele and Glubilei. To conclude with the first and second Acts of DER FREISCPIUTZ. Adolph, Mr. 13. W. King ; Caspar, Mr. Stretton ; Zatulel, Mr. W. 11. Payne; Killian, Mr. Honicastle ; Linda, Miss Betts; Rose, hers. Hughes. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Comedy, called MR. PETER PIPER ; or, Found Out at Home. Mr. Peter Piper, Mr. Farren ; Sir C. Fal-sex, Mr. Tilbury ; Major Garry Owen, Mr. Hudson ; Facias, Mr. Bu .kstone ; Mrs. P. Piper, Mrs. Glover ; Busk, Mrs. Hamby. The Band will perform the overtures, "Cenerentola," and " Duc d'Olonno," the " St. James's Polka," " Phi:omel Walzer," and the "Chatsworth Quadrilles." After which, the Comedy of MT WfFE'S MOTHER. Uncle Foozle, Mr. W. Farren ; Mr. !d, Mr. /101 l : Mrs. Quicklidget, Mrs. Glover; Mrs. Budd, Miss Julia Bennett. To he followed by the Comic Drama, entitled THE IRISH POST. In which Messrs. Bland, Tilbury, Hudson, and Mrs. Glover, &c., will appear. To .onelude with a New Farce, called LEND ME FIVE SIM / Di:IS. Mr. Golightiy, Mr. Buck. tone ; Capt. Phobbs, Mr. Tilbury; Capt. Spruce, Mr. Brindal ; Mrs. Major Phobbs, Miss P. Horton. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. "NDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. Anotner brilliant Triumph"Robini Hood and Richard Cur de Lion" every Evening. THIS EVENING Will be performed PETER JENKINS. In which Messrs. A Wigan, Meadows, Keeley; Miss Grove and Mrs. K eeley will perform After which a new Farce, called SISTER AND I. Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, A. Wigan, Emery, Turner, Binloch, and Bellingham ; Miss E. Daly, Mrs. Wigan, Miss Arden, and Miss Forster. 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 CEUR DE LION. Characters by Mrs. Keeley, Miss Fairbrother, Miss M. Reeky, Miss Yillars, Miss E. Daly, Miss Howard, Miss Bromley Miss Laidlaw, and Miss Grove ; Mr. A Wigan, Mr. F. Matthews, /Hr. Keeley, Mr. Turner, and Mr. J. W. Collier. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. 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. Mathews, &c., will perform. After which a New Farce, entitled, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL ? Chesterfield Honeybun, Mr. Virri4ht ; Isaac Crank, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs. Crank, Mrs. F. Matthews, Mrs. Honeybun, Miss Emma Harding. To be followed by the Burlesque, 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. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING Will be perforni.d a new Historical Play, in fire Acts, entitled THE KING OF THE COMMONS. James V. of Scotland, Mr. Macremly ; Sir Adam Weir, Mr. Ryder ; George Weir, Mr. Cooper ; Malcolm Young, Mr. Murray; Laird Small, Mr. Compton; 3fungo Small, Mr. Oxberry ; Lord Kilmaurs, Mr. Roaby ; Madeline Weir, Mrs. Stirling ; Widow Barton, Mrs. Fosbroke. After which a Yew Ballet, entitled LES CONSCRITS DU 'VILLAGE. In which Messrs. Gilbert, Marshall, Fleamore, Harris; Miss Bailin, Miss Marshall, &c., will appear. To be followed by an Original Comedietta, entitled THE COLO NEL'S BELLE ; or, the lion-Marrlables. Count de Ruse, Mr. J. ; Major Vidette, Mr. Murray ; Capt. Fonfaron, Mr. Roxby ; Mabelle, Miss E. Stanley. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. 'Under the especial patronage of her most gracious Majesty, and their Royal Highnesses Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Alice. Last Week of the present successful spectacle, which must be withdrawn to make way for the Whitson 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 magnifi ent effects, 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. TIJA Entertainments will terminate with a new and laughable ArrErrAEc E. Mr. BATTY has much pleasure in stating, that in obedience to the wishes of several of his patrons and beads of families, he has made arrangements to give, daring the enseing holidays, four mid day performances, the first of which will take place on THURS DAY, June 4, and each succeeding Thursday until the number 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 half-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 THREE NIGHTS—GREAT ATTRACTION. For the BENEFIT of the CFIIARINI FAMILY. THIS EVENING M. PHILLIPPE will repQat his display of Scientific Skill and Modern Magic. M. Philirppe has engaged, at great expense, Signor CORVI, of Milan, and his extraordinary company of Monkeys and Dogs, whose unparalleled performances have drawn overflowing and brilliant audiences in the principal cities of Europe. While these novelties are exhibiting at the STRAND THEATRE, M. Phillippe will give his Magical Delusions in the STANDARD THEATRE, Shoreditch, where he will appear on MONDAY, June 1. Doors open at a Quarter past Seven ; to commence at a Quarter before Eight o'clock. 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 snagnificent 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. Hanson. 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. The PYROTECHNIC DISPLAYS, by Mr. Southby, are on the Most complete and effective scale. Preceding the Volcanic Display a novel exhibition will be intro duczkl, representing the Descent of Plicebus in the Chariot of the Sun. Mons. Farinelil 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 h ome . An Illuminated Marine Cave, and the Glass Conservatory, !plen diY. Y a] m ented with festoons of lamp s , ena b ling the visitors to • 'ni view the matchless collection of Carnivora by gas-light. yecjing of the Carnivora at five ; the Pelicans, &c., at half-past five ; Concert at six ; atilt he Eruption at dusk. Admission, ls. THE RAILWAY SUN IS NOW PUBLISHING. PRICE (TO SUBSCRIBERS) SIXPENCE. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MAY 23. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 42; Highest, 70; NOO3, 64. BAROMETER, 30 24.—WIND W.; fine. 111 ;11 WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. bruin,; 45 a:Onutes after 1. I Evening .. 7 minutes after 2. n- 1 15' ' 5 e ig b. ,; 4 :1 : (1..3 7 .,* -- ti' 1 40 -as. • .4 • " • •r , • '• ". VW Mantling 241/4 LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 25, 1846. The House of Commons were on Friday occupied for a considerable time in the discussion of the notable point raised by 3fr. Smint O'BRIEN, viz., that the appointment of the Committee of Selection in the present session was in formal and void, and that consequently they had no autho rity to.require his attendance, or any of the Committee, and that he was justified in his refusal to comply with their re quest. As mad• easily be imagined, the motion was negatived by a very large majority, the numbers being 108 to 36; and of the small number who voted in the minority WE iailavaced by a pity Or tin fate of the refractory Member, and an anxiety to be enabled to restore him to liberty which it was feared his obstinacy would prevent him from obtaining by any other means. They, therefore, readily caught at a point however trivial and unimportant in itself, in order that, by giving him the benefit of a doubt, they might be enabled to give effect to their kind and benevolent feelings. How much, soever, we may respect this feeling, we think it would be much below the dignity of the Legislature had they suffered it to prevail. It would exhibit the House in a very humiliating light indeed if they permitted it to 'go forth to the world that they had conducted their own affairs in so slovenly and negligent a manner, that their authority might be set at nought, their orders despised, and the solemn decision of the House itself disobeyed ; and that when the offender was at length brought to pun i s hment, after every possible opportunity having been afforded to him of recon sidering the line of conduct he had determined on, he should escape from the consequences of his foll y b y showing the error of their proceedings. It would indeed have been an un worthy means of escaping from the difficulty, if any such really existed, to enter into such a compromise as that' suggested by Mr. War:Lay, to say, we have both been in fault, we'll now discharge you from custody, let bygones be bygones—let us shake hands and be friends for the future. The House were either right or wrong in the course they adopted ; if right, and that they were anxious to save the Hon. Member from suffering the natural conse quences of his own obstinacy, the far more dignified course for them to pursue would be to say, we consider you have been sufficiently punished in the three weeks' incarceration you have already undergone, and we now discharge you, having sufficiently vindicated our authority; and we truet that the lesson may not be thrown away, but that for the future you will act in a wiser and more becoming manner; on the other band, if they were wrong, and that the Hon. Member had been unjustly punished, it would not be becom ing on either side that they should sneak out of their acts and cover their injustice by such a paltry compromise. No ; they should aeknowledge their fault, and as far as in them lay take steps to repair the injustice of which they had been guilty. We cannot, however, conceive that there was any error in the proceedings The arguments of Mr. ERTCOURT, Sir G. GREY, and Mr. STRUT; distinctly proved that the Committee were duly and properly appointed by the standing order of the House, and that it was not competent to the House itself to alter the constitution of that Committee until they had in the first instance repealed that standing order. It is ma nifest, therefore, that if there was any irregularity, it was that which took place in the session of 1845, when the House came to a resolution that such a Committee should be appointed, and thereby exceeded their powers, as it had been already constituted by the standing order, and the very persons indicated who, by virtue of their situations as chair men of the Standing Orders' Committee and of the several Sub-Committees, should constitute the Com mittee of Selection ; besides, had the original ap pointment been bad in itself, the Committee were sanctioned and recognised by the House, who had remitted to it the transaction of business, and by their own resolution required them to choose the persons to serve on the various railway Committees; but the broad and dignified ground was that taken by Sir GEORGE GREY, who contended that the authority exercised by the Committee was not material to the real question; that Mr. SMITH O'Brtittx was not confined for violating any order of any Committee of the House, but simply because he had refused to obey an order made by the House that he should attend a railway Committee which had been appointed by the House. If there had been no Committee of Selection in existence, the House had made an order which one of its Members refused to obey. That was clearly a contempt, and it was in fact for that of fence, and not for disobeying the orders of the Committee of Selection, that Mr. O'BRIEN was confined. This is the true point in which to consider the question, and as such we stated it in our columns yesterday, some time before the able speech of Sir GEORGE GREY was delivered. We can not now conceive why Mr. O'BRIEN should longer refrain from making his submission to the House; he stood formerly on the broad question of principle, that he as an Irish Member could not, and ought not, to be required to take a part in any proceeding in which Ireland was not in some manner in terested. For the sake of that principle, be avowed himself ready to undergo any penalty the House might choose to in flict ; and by bringing forward another, and totally different ground on which he might obtain his freedom, he has vir tually abandoned his former position. He has not abided by that which he avowed to be his ample and sufficient justifi cation. We ,do hope that he will not now permit a mere dogged obstinacy to prevent his bowing te the authority of that House, which he himself, as one of its members, is as much interested as any one in maintaining. We perceive that the Committee on which he was appointed to act" will terminate their sittings to-day, and we think that there may then be an opportunity for the House, without any sacrifice of dignity, to release the Honourable Member from that custody in which he was detained during the entire labours of the Committee in which he refused to bear a part. The preliminary skirmishing that took place in the House of Peers on Monday and Tuesday, upon the introduction of the Corn and Customs' Bills respectively, gives us a faint outline of the conflict upon which their Lordships will have to enter this evening. As far as these glim merings can guide us, we do not feel much apprehension respecting the ultimate decision to be come to upon the Ministerial measures. On both of these occasions the Duke of RICIDIONM as was to be anticipated, rushed to the onslaught. On one of them only—the presentation of the Customs' Bill—did Lord ASHBURTON offer any remarks. The above-named Noble Lords were the only speakers ofany weight who intimated their continued opposition to the commercial policy of the Government. Lord ASHBURTON'S speech in Hants, delivered some time since, upon the new measures, which were then shadowed forth as likely to emanate from the Ministry, was freely commented upon at that period. The impression it left upon our minds was only to strengthen the opinions we had previously entertained in favour of the principle of free trade in grain, and of the ad visability of relaxing our duties upon a variety of foreign products. We are far from participating in his Lordship's fears, slightly sketched as they were on Tuesday night, respecting our colonies. His views strike us as being meagre and selfish, quite unworthy the adoption of this great and free country. We believe that when this branch of the subject comes under full discussion Lord ASHBURTON will find his match in the luminous and powerful mind of Earl GREY. Parties are said to be generally the best judges of their own interests, and it is worthy of recollection that, so far as the Canadas are concerned, the latest accounts show that those important colonists do not share in the appre hensions of Lord ASHBURTON. We rejoice to have already observed some abatement of the violence of the Duke of RICIIMOND. Early in the ses sion his Grace threatened to encounter the Government measures with every obstacle of which the forms of Parlia ment would admit. Nevertheless the first reading of the Corn Bill has been permitted to pass under the flourish of a simple protest. We rejoice, moreover, to have his Grace's assurance that, on his part, the dignity of debate will not be compromised by any further indulgence in personality against the Ministry, and particularly against the Chief of the Cabinet. Abstinence from this line of argument, and confining themselves solely to the real merits of the Bills before them, will best serve to secure the continuance of the respect with which a great portion of the people are inclined to regard the hereditary branch of the Legislature. We have our misgivings that, however laudable may be the ex ample hereafter set by his Grace in this respect, it will not be emulated by his new political ally, Lord STANLEY. To place this nobleman under a similar restraint will be like call ing upon him to play in Hamlet, with the part of Hamlet omitted by particular desire. As a rhetorical display, we can readily imagine that his Lordship's coming speech will gratify his audience to the full. Lord STANLEY is, as it were, by instinct, an accomplished orator. In all the essential characteristics of a statesman he is lamentably deficient. lie has weakened, in stead of strengthening, every Cabinet of which he has been a member. Lord Joinc RUSSELL once told the House of Commons, that of all his colleagues the services he could dis pense with, with the least regret, were those of Lord STANLEY. The last measure of significance which Lord STANLEY, when in opposition, took under his own special protection, was one for the registration of voters in Ireland. The majorities, though narrow, by which it was supported, unhappily tended to hasten the fall of Lord MELiaounms.'s Government. The measure was, however, manfully resisted by Lord Jou•c IlussaLL, as its operation would manifestly have been to stint the limited franchise of the oppressed and suffering Irish; and Lord STANLEY had shortly afterwards the unenviable satisfaction of filling, till within the last few months, an im portant post in the succeeding Cabinet, which not only never revived the pet offspring of his mind, but actually admitted in Parliament, through Sir JAMES GRAHAM, that the statis tical inquiries, officially instituted in their Governmental ca pacity, fully bore out the view - taken of the measure by Lord JOHN RtSSELL. This is but one of many instances that establishes the incompetency of Lord STANLEY to be a fit guide or counsellor upon any great measure of national import. what has recently fallen from the Duke of It is clear fr om RICHMOND that the eu p g ro h t t ec te tio b n a i v st e s be t e vnillmsatdoeuttloythleabcoouurntto r; arg ue that an appeal and ought rnitoittbeed made e n c o o w m , e b t e h fo e r l e a w the itmnheeNalsoauvnrde:. tbbeTeryhlegoysb:lewcitl towill g b ro e u P n e a their argument by asserting l t i bat the etfo rcountrythe returned especial purpose u a s ee f Conservative resisting themajoritiyincpe to ii P: or arnuf free trade. This assertion is easi l y rebutted; it p is a gra tuitous assumption. Lord MEt.nounsE went to the country because the House of Commons, convoked under his own auspices in 1837, had declared his Government not entitled to their confidence. Sir E. PEEL, in moving tl.e vote of want of confidence, recommended it (rightly or wrongly) upon the grounds, that year after year there had been a falling revenue, the expenditure largely exceeding the in come of the country ; that our foreign relations were, in dif ferent parts of the globe, in an unsatisfactory state; that, for a long period the Ministers had been unable to carry through certain measures which they had declared to Le essential to the welfare of the nation ; and that, therefore, Parliament ought not to allow them to deal with those vast interests which, for good or for evil, were involved in the budget they had brought forward, when their strength as a Government was completely exhausted. The house of Commons adopted this view. The country was called upon t 9 decide whether Unit' rpreseatatiyea had oxercised a wiac discretion, and it decided in the affirmative. It is futile to allude to casual speeches made here and there upon the hustings. The constituencies in counties and boroughs are, for the most part, divided into great parties, corresponding with the division that sepa-ates the Treasury from the Op position benches in St. Stephen's. The English are intel. ligent, practical men of. business, and upon a solemn and general appeal being made for their political opinion, they look, we repeat, not so much to the particular speeches de livered upon the platform as to what has passed in the walls of the Senate and led to the dissolution. Previous to the dissolution of 1841, Sir R. PEEL frequently and distinctly declared that he would not pledge himself to support the corn-laws under whatever circumstances might arise. From these facts, then, we say that Sir R. PEEL'S early majorities in the present Parliament were not constituted upon the ex clusive principle, as is now, for party purposes, alleged by the protectionists. Again, we to not see that Sir R. PEEL should have appealed to the country last November any more than he should now. The Parliament once elected, is, by the Constitution, considered competent to decide, free and unfettered by the electoral body at large, upon all matters affecting Church and State, except when the Crown, of its own especial prerogative—which is generally exercised under the advice of its Ministers—chooses to remit the Members to their several constituencies by a dissolution. Such is the theory of the Constitution. To depart from it would be to convert the H' us:' of Commons f - om being a ,'eliberative assembly into a chailber of mere delega:"s. The present House of Cemmons wa^ nct convened at t' e in stance of Sir Rosenz FEEL. Looking to th' disruption of political ties of some standing certain to follow the b tro ducti uf the measures which, in November, he had decided to be imperatively called for by the exigencies of Cie empire —to the storm of invective with which his former agricul tural adherents threatened to assail him—rte can readily imagine that, if the state of public affairs had not been im minent, and personal feeli.sgs hid alone been consulted, the Minister would not hive been loath to have re commended a dissolution towards the close tf the past year. But as this w. s not done, as the Ps rliament was not his own, we cannot conceive a greater triumph of reason than that, under such circumstances, the House of Commons should have passed his measures by an over whelming majority. The argument of no appeal having been made to the country comes with a very bad grace from the landed mo nopolists. Between the resignation and re-instatement in office of Sir R. PEEL the protectionists had the opportunity of forming a Government. They declined the responsibility. Had they embraced the opportunity they would have had the power in their own hands of effecting a dissolution. The truth is, they little expected that Lord JOHN RUSSELL and his party would give the honourable support they have to the Government. We consider, therefore, the argument for a dissolution cannot come with any force from the agriculturists—they are, in fact, out of court. Should the House of Peers by their vote unhappily precipitate an appeal to the country, the Government will assuredly accept the challenge, and will do so with every advantage derivable from the masterly exposition that has been given in Parliament to the principles they have advo cated, advantages which they would not have possessed' had the advice of the Duke of RICTIMOND been adopted in November. But we believe the House of Lords will hold discretion to be the better part of valour, and that this ses sion will yield to us the incalculable benefits of commerce, liberated from the shackles which have so long impeded its healthy action. On Friday, at the second anniversary of the Society for the Improvement of the Condition of the Labouring Classes, the Noble Chairman, Lord ASHLEY, characterised the filthiness, the dilapidation, and the confinement of the dwelling-houses inhabited by the poor as " the great and crying monster evil of the day." Within the limits of that brief sentence are comprised, according to our thinking, the woful degra dation, both physical and moral, of many thousands amongst our countrymen. Viewing the matter in its simplest light, let us ask ourselves, whether the bodily abasement of the poverty stricken does not constitute in itself an almost irresistible in citement to a proportionate degeneracy of their more elevated and spiritualised attributes as men? Whether squalor, and nakedness, and habitual hunger, are not generative of the most demoralizing impulses? Whether a human being so far steeped in wretchedness as to lead a life of sullen de spondency must not, in due course of time, im bibe from those very feelings of despondency a spirit of reckless depravity ? Our answer is in the rags and drunkenness, the nauseous odours, and the blas phemous ribaldry which are common to so many dens in our metropolis, at the very moment these words are being scanned. Born in these loathsome scenes, nurtured in them from a sickly childhood to an emasculated maturity (though this too literal epithet looks like a paradox), the population of these districts become naturalised as it were in vice. They have sucked in the germs of immorality almost with the maternal milk, they are ever sur rounded—not from the cradle to the grave—but from their first squalid covering to the workhouse death-pit, by contamination of the most depraved and insidious character. These are literally the unfortunate race mentioned by the romancer as " Sodden in steaming courts, And drunken, hungry dens !" Never breathing the pure atmosphere of nature, never in haling the hopeful and elevating truths of religion, without the warnings of good precept or the allurements of good example, it becomes no matter of astonishment that criminality should become, so to speak, the actuating principles of their existence. A hereafter, is, if ever dreamed of amongst them, merely a theme for deri sion; a hope of better times, seeing that they have never experienced anything but want and misery, ap pears to them an impossibility; even the GODHEAD is a name to swear by—nothing else ! These are facts which may be proved any day for the trouble of a walk ; they are the dark truisms of London life, the fillers of our police-courts, the visitors of our peniten tiaries. Now it requires no very extraordinary capacity to demonstrate from all circumstances that these effects, though flowing undoubtedly from divers causes, are mainly attri butable to ONE ; and that predominant cause is no less an one than the nature of the scene in which these vile spectacles are evolved. Houses crowded together iu dense numbers, and with little regard either to order or ventilation ; rooms scarcely twelve feet square, and yet harbouring sometimes nineteen persons, men, women, and children, huddled together without any care for decency or any distaste for dirt :—these are the description of dwellings in which the poor lose every natural feeling of self-respect. Good and evil, right and wrong, are here either confused with each other, or actually inverted; and the necessary consequences of this diseased state of society are that the progess from petty larceny to more heinous offences is rapid beyond conception—almost as rapid as the spread of fever and other contagious maladies among them. The statistics of these parishes are of them selves incontrovertible arguments as to the accu racy of our conclusion ; as from them it appears that where 202 square 'yards may be calculated as the area appropriated to each individual, the annual mortality is one in forty-nine, whereas, in quarters of the metropolis, where thirty-two square yards can be alone estimated for each inha bitant, the mortality is absolutely one in thirty-six. It is, however, needless to resort to Arabic figures for an enforcement of our argument, since the most ordinary intellect must be conscious on reflection that no elevation of thought, no purity of principle, nothing immaculate and nothing peculiarly exalted in the shape of moral excellence, can be looked for by any rational man amidst incessant privation, indolence, intoxication, sic, and uncleanliness. Such an ex pectation would be in defiance of all possibility—it would be contrary to the assurances of experience. Be holding these things, and knowing their actuality, it be comes a solemn duty, imperative upon every citizen, to strive individually and collectively for their cor rection. By encouraging such institutions as the one over which Lord AIRILEY on Friday presided, mad by divulging the real fountain from which all these abominations flow, the evil may be purged away, and a wholesome system substituted. Asphalte pavements, wooden pavements, shop-fronts, and statuary, are not the only improvements desirable in London a moral sewerage is, if possible, more requisite than an actual sewerage. Accounts from Lisbon have been received to the 10th instant. The Government were in the greatest alarm. For three days the soldiers of the garrison had been under arms. Several arrests had taken place—among those arrested of Finances, and M. LE ONEL TA V A RES , ex are Baron DE VILLARNOVA Foscoi, late Minis ter Deputy and editor of the Patriot. Orders had been given for the arrest of Viscount SA DA BAN DEIRA and of Count LAVRADIO, but they had timely notice, and were enabled to effect their escape. The latest date from Oporto is the sth. On the preceding day the in surgents entered the town, and disarmed the guard at the Library, but were driven back after an engagement, in which several were killed. A new battalion of the Muni cipal Guard, formed by CABRAL, refused on the sth to march —they would not give up their arms—they were at tacked, and when the mail came off there had been fighting for two hours. There is every probability that by the next packet we shall receive accounts of the pronunciamiento of Oporto. The directors of the Bank of Oporto having declined ad prison, and t oo k b y f orce 80 contos (480,000 f.) vancing 10 c on t os ( 60,000 f.) to the Dictator CABRAI., he cast them into and deposited them in the Savings' Bank (caisse economique). All the telegraphs of the north, as far as Coimbra, are de stroyed. Lieutenant Colonel TABOIZDA, who caused the inoffensive inhabitants of Villa do Conde, as well as the prisoners, to be murdered, has paid dearly for his sanguinary acts. A party of the insurgents has entrapped him and his column into an ambuscade, and shot them every one. VALE; ha s a t the T M h ai Madrid e d e papers raid o d e o c f the s l t s h t a h have tGeneral a i N; T ec , L urgent request of the QUEEN, accepted the Embassy t o Naples. The papers announce the appointment of Senor ANTONIO GIL DE ZVEATE to the office of Director-General of Public Instruction. The Madrid Bolsi.' was closed on the 15th. We have received the Paris papers of Thursday. The clamber Qf Deputies wero engaged during tho who: of the sitting of Wednesday in the discussion of the Budget. The Courrier Francais says :—" A Council of Ministers was held yesterday. It sat for a long time, and was exclusively engaged in the consideration arising out of the application made by Marshal BUGEAID, and which was introduced by General MAGNAN. No final decision was come to, and the Council adjourned till the 25th, by which time important dispatches from the Duke D'AUMARE are expected to arrive." It was supposed that the trial of LECOMTE would com mence about the 26th of this month. According to the Constitutionnel, the Emperor of MOROCCO is anxious to discipline his infantry and artillery after the European manner, and that he has applied to the Govern ment of Algiers for the assistance of French officers. His application has been favourably received. The Minister of War received on Wednesday a report from Marshal BUGEAUD, dated from the Oued• Rouina the 11th. He merely incloses a report from Colonel PELISSIER, dated the Sth, giving an account of come alight successes in the Dahra. Colonel PELISSIEN states that Bon-Maze, who was still very ill, bad left the Debra for the Ouarensenis. The Minister has also received a report from General DE BAR, dated Algiers, the 15th. It states that things were going on favourably for the French in the Dahra, and that YAIIIA UEN-YAIIIA, who has replaced Bou-Maze in command, had made an unfortunate debut by attacking a party under Colo nel CAIYROBERT. The Arab chief had 20 of his men killed, and the rest of his force was dispersed. The Duke D'AUMALE was at Som-Ghouzelam on the 9th, organizing the arrange ments for his campaign. Thursday (Ascension) was observed on the Paris Bourse as a close holiday. The Three per Cents. were done at TOR TONI'S at 84f. 15c. The following are the quotations in the new lines : LroNs, MAY 19.—Marseilles and Avignon, 018 f. 75c.; Paris and Orleans, 1,250 f. ; Rouen, 1,032 f. 50c.; Lyons, 552 f. 30c.; Vierzon, 665 f. ; Northern, 761 f. 25c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 22. Boulogne and Amiens, I Ili—Central of Spain, P4—Dutch Rhenish, 714—East Indian, —Louvain and Jemappe, I —Lux embourg, 2—Namur and Liege, 4—Paris and Lyons Constituted, 6%—Paris and Strasbourg Constituted, s—Sambre and Meuse, 5. AFFAIRS OF LA PLATA. LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY.—We have received, via Rio de Janeiro, important Monte Videan dates to the 3d of March. General Urquiza had been compelled to retreat from the pro vince of Corrientes before the combined forces of Corrientes and Paraguay, under General Paz, with loss of baggage and horses. Since the above was written, we have received the fol lowing:— " Accounts have been received, by way of Per nambuco, to the 14th of March from Rio Grande, and the 6th of March from Monte Video. At this latter place they had received official dis patches from General Paz, in Entrerios, dated the 14th of February, stating that General Urquiza, with Rosas' army, had been in front of the combined Corrientes and Pa raguayan army for some days; that he had succeeded in capturing Urquiza's horses and carts ; and that the latter was then retreating before him in disorder; and he had no doubt his forces would be completely dispersed. The im pression at Monte Video was, that General Paz's army amounted to 17.000 men—an overwhelming force for that country; and if this be correct, he must soon dispossess Rosas' adherents of all Entrerios, and render General Oribe's position in the Monte Videan territory very hazardous." DUTCH MAIL. THE HAGUE, MAY 20.—The flotilla for the herring fishery will consist this year of 116 vessels, of which 69 are from Flaarding alone. The Handelsblad gives an account of the Committee of Spanish bondholders in the Netherlands, which has been held at Amsterdam. The principal purpose of the meeting was to present a handsome silver tea service to M. Louis Bruckker, Secretary of the Committee, who has returned from Madrid. M. Buckker gave the meeting an acc ,- ,.unt of the steps he had taken at Madrid, in the interest of the Spanish bondholders in the Netherlands. _ _ THE HAGUE, MAY 19.—His Royal Highness Prince Frederick of the Netherlands will set out to• morrow for Berlin, and thence, by way of Cameuz to Silesia, where his Royal Highness will make some stay. AMSTERDAM, MAY 20.—This morning, at nine o'clock, their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Frederick of the Netherlands, with their daughter the Princess Sophia, arrived here by the train from the Hague, and immediately continued their journey by the Rheinish Railway. Letters from Paramaribo of the Bth of April says, the accounts from the several districts state that the rains we have had have produced a most favourable effect on the coffee plantation. On far the greater part of the estates the coffee plants are in full bloom, and there is appearance of an extraordinary crop. An earlier account states that his Excellency the Governor had left the roads of Paramaribo on the 14th of March, to visit the settlement Andre a, to examine the new steam saw-mill, where they found all in a satisfactory condition, and the settlers, 206 persons. men, women, and children, in good health and spirits. They afterwards went to Delft, and other settlements above the establishment at Andress, where they found that a considerable quantity of timber was collected. The steam saw-mill was set to work on the 15th, for the first time. His Excellency and suite afterwards visited several European settlements at Nassau, Catherine, Sophia, Gronengen, &c. On landing at Gronengen, they were received by the Rev. Mr. Brandhoff, pastor of the European colorists Surinam. After resting a short time, they viewed all the new buildings and the planta tions of the colonists, and found, in general, everything in a satisfactory condition, only the long-continued drought had proved injurious to vegetation. After dinner in the house of the Rev. Mr. Brandhoff they went to the Church, where the colonists had already assembled. After a short address from Mr. Brandhoff, the Governor desired to be allowed to per form a very agreeable duty, and handed to Mr. Brand hoff the insignia of the Netherlands' Lion, with a very flattering letter from the Minister of the Colonies, at wkose suggestion his Majesty had been pleased to confer this honour. FLANDERS MAIL. BRITSsEtS, MAY 19.—The average price of wheat in the week ending on Saturday, May 16, was 23f. 84c., and that of rye, 17f. 88c. per hectolitre. At the sitting of the Chamber of Representatives to-day, on the continuation of the discussion of the budget of the interior, a debate on the corn-laws, and in which M. Eloi Burdinne and some other members, took part, which would doubtless have gone further,:had not the President observed that the question would be mere properly discussed on the presentation of a project of tax for the prolongation of the free importation of corn. The Minister then passed in re view all the observations made on occasion of the chapter dpromised that all the should be submitted to the exa minationun questionser discussion of thatco mh had de ( t a be gr enet i ncpuepl persons. The and .0 The Chamber then adopted the chapter of the budget from 12 to 18 inclusive, and commenced the discussion of chapter 19 (public instruction). The Impartial of Bruges gives a favourable account of the appearance of the crops. That of rape seed promises to be one of the most productive that there has been for many years, and as it will be so very early the farmers in many places intend to plant potatoes after the rape seed. We see that at Bremen, as well as at Antwe.p, the number of German emigrants who go to settle in America is greater this year than ever. In the month of May 4,000 emigrants sailed from the port of Bremen alone. Several ships sailed from Antwerp last week, one sailed yesterday (Sunday), several others will follow, and yet the means of conveyance are insufficient for the numerous applicants in our port. lIA3II3URGII BORSENIIALLE, 31st 16. Bills. Money. &ustrian 5 per Cents •• . ..... ........ 113 Bank Shares . • 1591 Anglo-Russian Loan . ..... 1073 107 Russian 5 per Cent., Hamb. Certificate. 101% Ditto Ist series 1n5cripti0n............ 102 Ditto, !lope and Co., 3d and 4th series • • 96 Ditto, in Certificate • - • • • New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. • •• • • 89 Ditto Stieglitz •• • • Spanish New 5 per Cent lB% 1834 Ditto 3 per Cent • • ...... ••••• • • • • • 29 Anglo-Portuguee Loan, 236 per Cent Dutch Actual Debt, 2 34 per Cent Ditto 3 per Cent. • . ....... Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844. •• . Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent ••• • • • 8634 86% National Bank Shares • ... • DUTCH FUNDS.—ANSTEILDAM, MAY 19. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. • •••• • • • • 60 603,E itto, 3 per Cent ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • 7234 7234 Ditto, 4 per Cent. Amort Syndic, 434 per Cent.... 9934 100 Ditto, 334 per Cent.. 88 3 4 89 Commercial Company, 4% per Cent • • 169% 17034 East India Loan, 4 per Cent.......... Exchange on London, at sight •••• • • • • 12 27 Two months. ••••••• • • • • • • • 12 17 On Hamburgh, at sight .... 35 Two monthS. •• • • —Dutch Papers, May 20. • 20. Actual B E D L e G b l t Al'.: 2 % F p U I C D e S n . N. B . a • .7 . E . s • . Rothschild's Loan, Five per Ce nt '••• " ' • Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent - Ditto Three per Cent • • •.. • . Ditto Thirty-seven 31illions, ditto Ditto, ditto, 1840 ..... ••••••• • • • • • • • 100% Ditto, ditto, 1842................102 Ditto, 1844... ..... • • • • • • • •• • 100 Ditto, 1838 . • .. • • • • • • • • Ditto of the City, 1832 • • • • • • Ditto, 1843 .......... ..... •••• • •• 10014 Bank of ••02 —Brussels Papers. May 20. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.-13Extm, MAY 16. Bills. Money. St.Schuld Sch., 334 percent •• • Pruss. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent ••• • • • Foreign Exchanges.... • • • • • • • • • • • Exchange on London, £1 Sterling, 3 Months. 6 2534 625 Ilamburgh, 300 Marks, 2 Months. 149 3 4 Paris, 300 fr., 2 Months •.•.•• • • . 80 1-12 On Paris Two months. • • • • • • • • —Universal Prussian Gazette, MAY 17. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, MAY 14. 5 per Cent. Metalliques • • ••• • • • •• • • ••• • • • 111% 4 per Cent. ditto ...... • • • • • • • • •••• • • • • • • 100% 3 per Cent. ditto •••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • 74% Loan, 1834 • • • Ditto, 1839 • .. •••• • • • • 12234 Bank Shares .. • • •• • . . • • • Esterhazy's Loan .• ••• • • • ••••••• • • • • • • RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand ..... ••• • • 1864 Vienna—Milan .. •• • • • • • • • •••• • • • • • • • • 1 19% Leghorn 104 1 4 Grosetto • • ...... 94% Oldenburg . • • Apenninen . —Allgemeine Zeitimg. May 17. THE e l ..,LOC K AT THE G ENER AL POST-OFFICE. — Th o clock at the G enera l Post-office, which is the time regulator at the several post-offices th roughout the country, has j us t been renovated outside ant clear e d w i th i n, it being similarly cleansed. This extraordinary piece of mechanism has not varied one minute since it was putupeleven years since. The curle in suchlmatters win be Interested to learn that the diameter of t he lace 13 six feet, and that the Roman numerals denoting the hours a e twelve inches in lei upon it, 4 cwt. 1 qr•* bob of the penlulum weighs, as the length. The inscription states now lour year s since it was UW4IB lillbg 12 ,„ ra i 4 01 1,, 1 qr., Inv., 12 0 Z. . CZ. 1g weigLitr'* ' 7,t)s., and the bar of the pen 4 Week Last 1 4 week. a ending NAME OF RAILWAY. 3 i c ,,, .-....-- Q.. 9 X A May 16 Arbroath and Forfar •••••••• . .. . . . . 248 182 - Bristol and Birmingham .•••••• • • • • • • _ - 15 Chester and Birkenhead .•••••• • • • • • • 731 781 14 Dublin and Drogheda. •••••••• • • • • • • . 831 1,026 19 Dublin and Kingstown ••••••• • • • •• • • 988 1,002 17 Dundee and Arbroath .•••• .• • • • ..... 262 277 16 Durham and Sunderland ... „.. 629 500 16 Edinburgh and Glasgow .• - ........ 3,486 3,001 17 Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. 8,574 5,431 16 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ...... 2,717 2,373 16 Glasgow and Greenock.. • ..... •„ .. 960 1,004 - - Grand Junction •••• • • • .. •• .... 16 Gravesend and Rochester • . - Great North of England • ........... 17 Great Western •.. . 18 Hartlepool - ••••• • • • 1,011 - 21 London and Birmingham, &c. ... .... 37,711 41,594 17 London and Blackwall .. .. 16 London and Brighton .••• • • . • 19 London and Croydon •••• .. • . 1,478 1,754 London and Greenwich............. - 19 London and South Western .--• . . . 7,262 7,639 17 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury ...... 1,081 1,509 15 Manchester and Birmingham........ 4,431 5,556 16 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc.• 6,084 7,365 16 Midland Counties .••••• • • • • • ........ 16,341 17.694 16 Newcastle and Darlington ••• • • • .... 2,964 2,705 16 Newcastle and Carlisle ••••• • • • • ..... 1,958 1,605 17 Newcastle and North Shields.• ••• • .. 459 425 17 Norfolk.. ..... ....... •.• • • • ........ 1,231 287 - North Union and Bolton and Preston - 1,880 18 Paris, Corbel, and Orlea ns ••••• • • • • • 6,859 5,848653 5,547 18 Paris and Rouen .••••••••• • • . • • • • • • 5. 683 603 16 Preston and Wyre ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • 1,710 1,617 16 Sheffield and Manchester •••••• • . • •• • • • • 7102 5,552 16 South Eastern •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • 1,284 1,130 - - Yarmo uth and Norwich •••••• • • • • • • - _ 16 York and Nort h Midland ........... 4,944 2,827 CONYETISIONS.—Oa Tuesday, May the sth, et Rome, on the Festival of St. Catherine, the Right Rev. Lord Cardinal Acton recyeivdiiito the bosom of our Ho l y M other th e Catholic Church, the George Dudley Ryder, his wife , Mrs. Ryder, kis sister, Miss lieu. Ryder, and his three eldest children. The Rev. G. Ryder is the second son of the late Lord Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, nephew of the Earl of Harrowby, and first cousin of Ambrose Lisle Phillips. Esq., of Grace Diet: Mai.kir. lijd,r is hu sister-in-law of the Lord Bishop of Oxford, Dr. Wilberforce. Mr. Ryder held preferment in the diocese of Wliicheeter, being rector of Luton, near that etty,7l3caccrt. COURT CIRCULAR. Yesterday was the anniversary of the Queen's natal day. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, arrived early at Buckingham Palace, and remained to breakfast with her Majesty and her Royal Consort. The Queen also received visits of congratulation, in the course of the day, from her Majesty the Queen Dowager, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, and their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cam bridge and Prince George. The Queen and Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent, the ladies and gentlemen of the court, and the domes tic household, attended Divine service yesterday morn ing, in the private Chapel at Buckingham Palace. The Hon. and Rev. C Leslie Courtenay officiated. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the * Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took their usual airings yesterday in the garden of the Palace. Her Majesty, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alic?, and attended by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton. took nn airirg on Satur day in an open carriage and f air. Prince Albert ac companied her Majesty on horseback, and the Equerries in Waiting, Colonel Buckley and the llon. Captain Gor dor, were in attendance on horseback. Prince Alfred took an airing in the pleasure grounds of the Palace on Saturday. The royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace on Saturday included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Earl of Westmoreland, the Earl and Countess of Dalhousie, Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth, the Right lion. the Sneaker, and Sir Henry Wheatley. The band of the. First Life Guards was in attendance during dinner, and performed the following pieces:— March—Zulchner 'Potpourri, "Linda di Chamouni,"—Donizetti Walzer—Carolus—Pleyer Selection from the Ballet of " Alma"—Costa Polka, Almacks—Labitzky Cori—La Carita—Rossini Cavatina—Lombardi—Vt rdi. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager attended Divine service yesterday, in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Goddard, Sub-dean of Lincoln, who took his text from the Acts, chap. 1, verse 9. The prayers were read by the Rev. J. V. Povah, the lessons by the Rev. T. Helmore, and the Communion service by the Rev. Dr. Sleath. The anthem was, ‘• Ascribe unto the Lord" (Travers).—Mr. Turle presided at the organ. The Queen Dowager was attended by the Marchioness of Ormonde and Earl Howe. Among the nobility pre sent were the Duke of Beaufort, the Marquises of Win chester, Salisbury, Northampton, and Ormonde; Ladies De La Warr, Wilton, St. Germans, Somerset, and Pal merston ; Lords Bessborough, Cawdor, St. Germans, Zstland, Cantalupe, and Palmerston. The Dike of Wellington, the Duke of Rutland, Lord G. Paulet, end Sir F. Trench, attended the early service yesterday in the Chapel Royal St. James's. The prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Goddard. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent on Saturday, at Clarence House, St. James's. Her Majesty also visited her Royal llighness the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House. The Duke of Cambridge visited the Queen Dowager on Saturday ; and the Duchess of Gloucester visited her Majesty yesterday, at Marlborough House. The Duchess of Kent left town on Saturday morning, for her residence, Frog more House, Windsor. Her Royal Highness returned to Clarence House, St. James's, in the afternoon. The Duke of Cambridge attended Divine service yes terday morning, in Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley street. Baron Knesebeck was in waiting on his Royal Highness. Their Royal Highnesses the Dnke and Duchess of Cambridge honoured the Italian Opera with their pre sence on Saturday evening. A deputation from the Scotch Banks had an inter view with Sir Robert Peel and the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday. The Ministers were accom panied by the Lord Advocate of Scotland, Mr. Divett, M.P., had an interview with Mr. Secre tary Gladstone on Saturday at the Colonial office. The Chairman of the Excise had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday. The Military Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief had also an interview with the Right Honourable Gentleman. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England held a Committee Meeting on Saturday. There were present the Bishops of Winchester, Hereford. Ripon, and Wor cester, the. Earl of Devon, the Right Hon. H. Hobhouse, and the Right Hon. Sir George Grey. Mr. Hume, M.P., had an interview with Mr. Secretary Gladstone on Saturday. Mr. Hampton had also an in terview with the Right Hon. Gentleman. Sir Robert and Lady Peel had a dinner party o❑ Saturday, at their residence in Whitehall-gardens. Lady Peel had afterwards an evening party. Dispatches were sent off on Saturday evening from the Colonial-office for the Governor of the Mauritius. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Saturday Evening.) The Cotton Market at Liverpool, yesterday, was not very active, only 3,000 to 4,000 bales being sold, of which 500 were on speculation. The sales of the week have been 29,340 bales. Shares have been dull. Messrs. Lamond's auction of Railway shares yesterdn7 was rather dull. The following are a few of the sales :-Great Indian Peninsular, 75.-Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham, 10s. 6d.-Cornwall, 11. IBs.-Oxford and Cambridge, 155.- Over Yssels, 11.25. 6d.-Waterford, 'Wexford, and Valentin, 7s. 6d.-Cornwall and Devon Central, IL 9s. 6d.-North Staffordshire, Churnet, and Potteries, 51. 145.-East Indian, 16s. 6d.-Paris and Lyons, 61. 135.-Hereford and Merthyr Tydvil, 11s. 6d.-Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junc tion, 34-London'and Manchester (Remington's), 17s. 6d.-- Goole and Doncaster, 1/. 12s. 6d.-Shrewsbury and Birming ham, 21. 18s.-Vale of Neath, It. 10s. There are no later arrivals to• day from any quarter. The chief movements of the Bank of England during the week to May 16, were as follows :- Notes issued Increase Rest, increase 11,988 Public deposits, increase Other deposits ... Increase Seven- day and other Bills, decrease ... 18,289 Other securities, increase Bullion 14,181,676 Increase The issues of notes it maybe presumed have been increased by the payment of the Sycee silver purchased from Govern ment, and may be justified too upon the ground of the weekly increa,ing amounts to the credit of the public trea sury, that will be locked up until next dividend and salary day. The discount business keeps very steady. The arrangement which has been attempted by a few of the bondholders of the Active and Deferred debt of Mexico, seems to have assumed a substantive shape, but we hope the Committee has been duly consulted in the matter, as in fairness and courtesy they ought to be. The proposal now is to convert Active and Deferred Debt into a new Five per Cent. Stock, to bear interest from July next; the present Actives being converted at 77%, and the De ferred at 65 per cent. In the Funds there is very little doing. Consols have been marked 96 1 4 and 96 1 % for Transfer next week, and 96N 1 /j for Account. Exchequer-bills have been flat at 17s. to 21s. premium. Bank Stock has been at 2054 to 206. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 97% to 97 1 %. There is a higher market for Mexican Bonds, which are about 32 1 ,E nominally for the Actives, and 17 to 17 1 4 for the Deferred. Spanish Stock has been quoted 24 1 / s for the Five per Cents., and 37 1 4 for the Three per Cents. Portu guese Old Stock is at 81. For Railway Shares the market is dull again. The bargains in Scrip and Shares are again mostly at favourable rates for the buyers. ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock .. 206 205% Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 95% Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 964 New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anne. 97N % Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1849 India Stock .. India Bonds, 1,0001. .. Ditto, under 1,000/. .. Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 1,0001... 5001. -. Ditto. Small Ditto, Advertised BRITISH FUNDS. CLOSING PRICES. 20514 95% 96% 9714 .. 10 . .. .. ... .. 267 . 96%% 1 •%d. • •• •• • IX( i d. 21 17 pm. 17 pm. 20 17 20 pm. 20 17 pm. ONE CLOSING FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Equador Bonds .. 3% Grenada, 1 per Cent ........224 22 1 , t , Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .. Ditto, for the Account .. .. Ditto, Deferred ........17 1 4 17 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent. .. 39% Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 81 Russian Bonds 199% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 24% Ditto, Three per Cent .. .. Ditto, for the Account .. 374 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 91% 91. ii BUSINESS CLOSING PAID. DONE AT PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. and MlO .... 44 U...... 41,4 PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES. Aberdeen Amber., Notting., Bosto Eastern Junction .. 2% .... 1% , . Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 .... 2% ..... Bristol and Exeter .. 75 ..... . . Buckinghamshire .. 425. .... par .......... Caledonian .. .. 10 .. Ditto, Half Shares .. 2% .... . . Ditto, Extension .. 2 1 4 .......... Cambridge and Oxford.. .. 1% .... 1........ Derby and Crewe .. .. 2% .... .. • ....... Direct Manchester (liemington's) .... .. Direct Manchester (Rastrick's) .. 514. • • • Z% ••••• • • • • • Direct Northern .. 21% .... 1% .......... Dublin and Galway .. .. • • 4 •• • • 3 . ..... Eastern Counties .. 141. 165..... 23 22% ...... Ditto New .. .• • • 81. 165.. •• • •• • • •• • • Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1. 61. 13s. 4d. .... • • .... Ditto, York Extension .. 10$. 1 1 / 4 • • .... •• • • Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 .... .. • ... Ditto 14 Shares .. . .. 10 .. 1714 •••• • • .. Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester .. 23( .... 2 .......... Gook, Doncast., and Sheffield, &c. 425. % dLs. ••.. • • 14 dis Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 20 .... 23 ...... 23 Great North of England . ..100 .... .......... 216 Great Western .. 85 .......... 143 Ditto, 'Quarter Shares .. 5 .... 16 1 4 %• • 16% Guildford, Fareham, & Portsmoth 5 .... 4% ... 4% Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth 2 .... ...... 1% Leicester and Birmingham .. 225. ••• • . ..... dis Leicester and Bedford .. London ant Birmingham Ditto Thirds .. 24 .... 62 London and Croydon .. 131 15s. 9d. . . Ditto, Guarant. Five per Cent. 9 .... London and Greenwich .. 12/. 15s. 4d. 9% .. London and South-Western.. 411. 6s. 10d. Ditto, New . 17 1 ,{ .... 28% London and York .. 2%.... Ditto, Half Shares • . 2%.... 2% 2.. • • London and Windsor .. 1%.... Manchester and Leeds .. 82 .. Ditto, half Shares .. • . 38 Ditto, Quarters .. .. • • 2 • • 12% %•••• • • • • Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. .. • • %p • ..... Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... 1% Nfidland .• • • • • Ditto, New .. „ 18 •• 30% 314 •••• 301 d Newcastle and Darlington Jtinct. 25 .. ••• • .• Ditto, New . .. • • • • 1 .... 9 84.. Kewcastle and Berwick .. .. 15 .• .. 24% 24 North British .. • • • • • • 22 % •• • • ••••• • • • -• 29% Ditto, Carlisle Extension North Staffordshire Portsmouth Direct Preston and Wyre .. .. .. 425..... 3%% P•••••• 3% p Scottish Midland .. 10 .... 6 . 616 Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 2 .... .. •• .. South Midland .. 42a..... 3 dis •• .. dis South Eastern and Dovor 33% .......... Do., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. ........ „ Warwickshire and London • - .. 425.. ... West Riding Union • • • • .. 425. .. 21A p.. Wisbeach and Ss. Ives .. .. • • 2 .... Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth 5 3 .........• York and North Midland .. .. 50 Do. E. and W. Riding Eaten... 1 •• • • 11 .• •••• .. • • FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Arnim, .. • . .. 12 .... Dutch Rhenish • • .. .. 6 .... 7 % .......• East Indian .. • .. 50. Great Indian Peninsular .. ss. .......... Jamaica South Midland Junction 1 i 4 .......... Luxembourg Namur and Liege • • .. .. 6 .......... Northern of France Constituted.. 5 •• .. 14% Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 ........ Paris and Rouen . • • • . • .• 20 .• 39% West Flanders . 4 .... .......... NINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered .. par 214 p 1% 34 SOUTH and MIDLANDS JUNCTION RAILWAY. SPECIAL MEETING. A special meeting of the proprietors and shareholders of the South Midlands Junction Railway took place on Saturday in the London Tavern. The chair was taken by Captain L. Mosse Cooper. The SECRETARY read the advertisement convening the meeting, and submitted a Bill to the meeting for making a railway from Poole to join the proposed Manchester and Southampton Railway, in the parish of Collinghourne, Devizes, in the ceunty of Wilts, with a branch therefrom. The SECRETARY read a report to the meeting, setting forth the advantages to be derived from the line, which truth he said was attested by the fact that in no line where interest on deposits had not • been guaranteed had so large a proporti3n of the shares remained in the hands of the first subscribers. In consequence of the delinquency of the engineer, their plans had not been deposited in time to meet the sessional orders of the Houses of Parliament. The directors deemed themselves bound to join the Man chester and Southampton, by which project more than three fourths of the South-Midland scheme was carried out. An HON. PROPRIETOR said that he would move for an in junction in the Court of Chancery on Monday to prevent the further proceedings of the directors. A scene of indescribable confusion ensued, and the meet ing finally determined to dissolve the Company. It was announced that about twelve shillings and sixpence a share was all that had been spent. The meeting then broke up at about four o'clock. RAILWAY RETURNS. RAILWAY TEAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year : NEWS FOR THE AMERICANS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—The late accounts from America give us the pleasing prospect of a speedy settlement of all differences with the United States on fair and honourable terms. This is devoutly to be wished by every person who wishes well to both coun tries ; but it will still be prudent for us to be prepared for a different result, in the event of the faction who now rule the destinies of America being resolved on war, and exposing their own country and ours to all its calamities. I trust I shall be able to show that in this case we possess the means of meeting them with an overwhelming force, and that we far surpass them in power and resources, and this from a quarter from which they never expected to be assailed. As by our treat• of peace with the Seikhs we obliged them to disband their army and give up all their guns that were opened against us, and as a great proportion of their army have brothers and relations in our Bengal army, we have now an excellent opportunity of taking a large number of them into our service and of having them disciplined and commanded by British officers, on the express condition of their agreeing to proceed along with our Sepoys to North America, should the Government require their services in that quarter. The pay of these troops is moderate and they are easily fed, and they are proverbially brave, disciplined by French officers, and will attack their opponents hand to hand. Their artillery is also of the first order, and their gunners excellent marksmen, and in our late battles stood defending their guns until bayoneted by our troops. A force of 20,000 men of these troops, with an equal force of Sepoys, and a proportionate number of British troops, would be sufficiently powerful to retain possession of the south-eastern slave states of America, until such time as the British authorities should proclaim liberty to the slaves in those states ; binding them strictly, on granting them their liberty, to remain as servants for five years, on fair and equitable wages, with such of their former masters as should remain peaceably on their estates after the country had been taken military possession of by our army, and guaranteeing to the negroes the full liberty of serving in the British army as soldiers, to be raised for service in America and the West Indies during this period, if they should prefer it, to serving their former masters. These corps could be organised and commanded by officers from the half-pay list of the British army, and might con sist of a major -commandant, a second in command, and five lieutenants and five ensigns for the ten battalion companies. The filling up the superior ranks would give a fine opening for promoting and placing upon full pay meritorious officers, who are now wearing out their lives in listless inactivity, and the forming of the junior ranks of lieutenants and ensigns would give a noble opportunity to the Commander-in-Chief of promoting deserving sergeants to the rank of commissioned officers, who, when called upon service, would, it may con fidently be expected, prove themselves worthy of the new rank conferred on them. This promotion of so many ser geants would also prove highly beneficial to the service generaily, and would induce numbers of men of the very best description to enter into our battalions; and the emancipated slaves themselves would prove a much more formidable force than might at first be imagined, as they would see the necessity of acting with determined resolution as soldiers under their new masters, well knowing the fate that would await them if again brought under the American yoke. At the same time that we were granting liberty to the slave we could form a treaty with the yet free State of Mexico, by which we would engage to send British officers to organise their troops, who make excellent soldiers, and lead them against the Americans, who, by fraud and circumven tion, have deprived them of Texas and are making continual encroachments upon their territory. And along with this we could serd a force of Europeans and Sepoys from India, who would chase the American squatters from the Oregon and place it entirely under British rule ; and our forces in Canada could make a demonstration, and attack the Ame rican frontier in that quarter, whilst the whole sea coast of the Atlantic would be placed under a strict blockade, which would prevent all commercial intercourse between the United States and other nations, while the southern states, under British protection, would have free intercourse with every part of the world. These are the consequences which the Americans would quickly feel if they should plunge into a war with Great Britain. Without commerce, and unable to raise a dollar on credit in Europe on account of their having forfeited all claim to character by their having repudiated their own bonds, they would be unable under the heaviest taxations to pay one-half of their national expenditure, and with a daily increasing debt they would be under the necessity of resort ing to a paper currency, which would be immediately depre ciated within their own territories and of no value whatever beyond it. I observe that the question of peace or war is left by the American Government to the discretion of Mr. Polk. When settling this momentous question which will decide the destiny of millions of the human race, it is to be hoped tatb to e will seriously consider the heavy responsibility a ttached his conduct before he' publishes his ultimatum. it be eas for ily peace the two Governments, of a kindred race,might t t h o a t t h h ei i r s c n o o ti w n tr) , the conclude ad a v t a r n e t a a t g y es of of a m a on the principle of perfect reciprocity. As he has deter minedit freey which an d.tuv wouldnrestr unrestricted re to commerceeach his telling cu n h t i r m y decision may shake on war, I wiltlhteakeintshtietaltieerrisye-off foundation. A " SPAM SIRDAR." HE EAST.—The Grand Seignior has DISSECTION jiTet,mpraormkeutlrsit,eadnebnleNogrdiTvereiruaptbt3h_ethbeodotwes.neorfs f t e o m t a h l e e a s t laj d e e s ht w e l i t h o na di e e d i i n . eine for dissection. JOSEPH MASO N .—The v . —The following l e tt er h as b een re ceivedw Lord Morpeth, by Mr. Isaac W oo d , brother-in j-oosmeph Mason, who has lately re t urned from Norfolk Island,ato from to which place he had been unjustly transported : "London, May 16th, 1846. Sir,—Sir James Graham informs me that he cannot direct any commission to be instituted in the matter com plained of with respect to the case of Joseph Mason. The complaint should more properly be addressed to the visiting justices of York Castle ; but now that Mason has been re turned to his home with hi .s character completely cleared and acknowledged, I cannot advise any proceedings which now might bear the appearance of a vindictive character. " Sir James, at the same time, authorised me to state that he will confer a gratuity of twenty-five pounds upon Mason, as a small token of the unfortunate misapprehension under which he suffered. I cannot help thinking that Mason would do well to avail himself of Mr. Hudson's offer. " Your humble servant, " Mr. Isaac Wood." " MORPETH. tr , cl , r9tand that nlcar. nr)l7 cripl7,v , cl 13t tl.re Y(.rk Railway station, a situation having been provided for him there, through the kindness of G. Hudson, Esq., 1 1 1 , P. Leed; Alercury. 1094 24% 3 %;', 2 3 22N 7p P 2131 9 79 28 2% 2 12% 31 P 1% AN TEAGHLACH BHEAG CHA- RONNACTI, OR THE HIGHLAND DWARFS. ----.-. Under the extraordinary name of " An Teaglach Hheag Charonnach," there is at present exhibiting at the Coati& rama Rooms, Regent-street, a family of Scottish the aria, consisting of two little men and a little woman. The elldeat of the little men is twenty-three years of age, and 45 inches high ; the next .is twenty- , :wo years of age, and 42 inches' high ; and the little lady is eighteen years of age, and about 40 inches high. They are natives of Ro, s-shire, and, up to the month of January last, were living there with their frif.l 3 ( l3 and assisting in the management of a farm. Mr. Mackenzie, who is now exhibiting them, was travelling in Ross-shires last winter, and saw, as he imagined, a basket proceeding . 0 T itself at a very rapid rate along the high road. He inquit ed what was the meaning of the strange appearance, and NOs told it was "one of the little people." Ultimately he discovered that there was residing on the estate of Mackenzie, of Apple cross, a family of dwarfs, children of the same parents, who. have never had any other children, and who themselves are of ordinary stature. Ile made arrangements with the intrty for bringing them to London for the purpose of exhibiaon , and here they are f r esh f rom t h e Highlands of Scotland fa: tired in their national costume, singing Gaelic songs ao" (lA - icing Highland dances to the national music. of the bag pipe, and understanding not one single word of English, but s nversing with those who do not understand English through the mecquin of an interpreter. Having until within the last three months roamed at large upon their native hills, and mixed upon equal terms with their kind, they have not that fatuous appearance lchich is the characteristic of so many show dwarfs, or, what is still more dise usting, that mixture of idiotcy and precoc , 'ous smartness which characterises the taught dwarf. Thai= countenances are intelligent, and their appearance is that of persons whese intellectual stature is the same as thal of their fellows, albeit their physical stature is somewhat shorter. They dance their national reels without affectatien: and with great taste, an d t h e f ar-famed Hi g hl an d Sison•L Dance is danced by the elder of the brothers in a veil superior style. This dance, which is one of the most chs racteristic and at the same time the most elegant and difficult of the national dances, would 'tell well in a theatre, and it would puzzle many' a dancer of high fame to execute it in such admirable style as this little fellow. Small though he is, lit muscular strength is prodigious. He can lift from the ground a half-hundred weight in each hand, and walk with them vritb, ease. He is also a good broadsword player, and not the le t interesting part of the exhibition, which, as far as the per formances are concerned, may be considered a strictly na tional one, is the broadsword play of himself and his .brother, each being armed with "broadsword and targe," selon .1 -0 9 let The performance is accompanied by the celebrated Ville: Hugh Lindesay, of Inverness, who carried off the prize at the last competition in that city, in 1845. Her Maje dl having, through the Duchess of - Buccleuch, heard of tht SO dwarfs, was graciously pleased to command their attendant 0 at Buckingham Palace on Friday week, and so pleased was% her Majesty with their performance that they were honoured. with the royal commands to attend the Palace again on. Thursday evening, when they had the honour of again per forming before her Majesty. ROYAL SOUTH LONDON FLoRY- CULTURAL SOCIETY. A grand miscellaneous flower show of the above Society was held at the Royal Surrey Zoological Gardens, on Thurs day, and was acknowledged by all parties present to surpass all previous exhibitions of the kind held in these gardega• The following are a few of the principal prizes awarded by the judges :—For the best collection of miscellaneous plants (orchideous plants excluded), the gold Adelaide medal to 11r. Reading, and the large silver Victoria medal to Igr: Ramp; for the best collection of miscellaneous plants, n°" exceeding 24 (orchideous plants excluded), the gold Adr laide medal to Mr. Pamplin ; and for pelargonium. to Mr. Gaines ; for the best six specimens of orchideou s plants, the large silver Victoria medal to Mr. Reading; and the extra prizes offered by members (given by Java°. Coppock, Esq., and Mr. E. Denver), for the best collection of miscellaneous plants (not to exceed eighteen pots), t he f gold Victoria to Dir. Bruce; and for the best collection ° roses, the large silver Adelaide medal to Mr. Kay. T he fruits and vegetables, whi c h were ver y goo d, consisted °r strawberries, grapes, and cucumbers, some of which latteir production were the largest ever exhibited. The company' which was very numerous, i n a dditi on to inspecting th e flowers and promenading the gardens, which are in admirab i : order, were gratifi e d a t d us k w ith th e E ru pti on of Vestiviat This exhibition is no w i n p er f ec t or d er , an d the best art t ficial representation of a great natural convulsion we r emenv ber to have seen. The illusion, from the immense sarface. °i, .! the painting, the enormous machinery, and the endless dls charge of smoke and fire, is almost inconceivable in its effects' COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. Auotker splendid cutter yacht, built by Ratsey, was launch from his yard en Tuesday last, in the presence of a number 0 fashionable,. The sponsor on the occasion was the amiable daughte: of Captain Paget, R.N., who named the yacht " Gondola." S D measures 7634 tons, and has been built for W. H. Woodhouse, EA 4 of Liverpool. The Eudora, belonging to Nat. Anderson, Esq., is on RatseY'O S "' undergoing a thorough overhaul, and will be newly coppered. r , The Ganymede cutter arrived here on Tuesday from the Mate rancan, and is to be refitted for the season. The Talisman is all ataut. 10' The Camilla, T. Halifax, jun., Esq., and the Sparrowhawk 2 Halifax, Esq., will ship hands and be commissioned on Monday AR. MAT 15. Nymph cutter, Sir IVALShn Jo Bayley, Bart., from fOrtg' mouth. ams ; 16. Medina cutter, Sir B. H. Graham, Bart., from Lyminow - Frisk cutter, Richard Frankland, Esq., from Lyrnington., a g e 19. Ganymede cutter, G. H. W. P. Smith Pigott, Esq., (mill .- diterranean and Plymouth. SAILINGS. MAY 16. Medina cutter, Sir B. R. Graham, Bart., for Lone101 1 •_ . 19. Hawk schooner, William Moore, Esq., for Ryde and Londfr e r 22. Frisk cutter, Richard Frankland, Esq., for Cherbourgh trel brigantine, Commodoze Earl of Yarborough, on a cruise. AT AND ABOUT THIE STATION. Cutters —Nymph, Caprice, Turquoi se , E u d ora, Wh i m, Apsara.-- , St• Margaret, Iris, Ganymede. The Commodore's health is very much improved since he ha% e nl ; barked. The Ron. Captain Dudl e y P e ll um proceeded with hinT o a cruise to the westward this day. The weather has set in fine a warm—ther. 63., bar. 29.93. I'llE CROPB.— The corn is looking up, and i n a f ew more suc h de r° will have put on an appearance of health it has long needed ; the cold and wet have given it a yellow and sickly look. The crops of clover, vetches, and grasses generally, are very fine and forward- The potatoes look well. The wetness of the season has prevented t o lands being got ready for mangold wurzel, and very little ha.' sown ; it has also prevented the sowing of barley ; many far re e': have not got in more than half the quantity they would have dol l : had the weather been more favourable. The hay harvest has C' menced, and is likely to be the heaviest known for some years. DREADFUL COAL-PIT EXPLO' SION. toolg SWANSEA, THIIRSDAY.—A dreadful explosion place on Tuesday last at Myreydduewidd Colliery: Or Tuesday morning the men were told that " all was rip; except one portion, which they had b a rricaded up A lt a timber so that it should be known; but ere an hour D' l , elapsed a tremendous explosion shocked the entire P".. causing the instant death of five men, and several otheiri much burnt. The first body found was that of P 5 1 , 4, Jones. It presented an awful aspect, the whole of •;' l , intestines having fallen out, showing the violence WI, which he had been driven against parts of the colliery Li/ . the violent concussion. The remainder were also shoc_. ingly disfigured , and were blown some 200 yards frouP wnere the explosion happened. At the Coroner's to quest on the bodies, it was clearly proved to bit" resulted from the imprudence of one of the miners, who , n notwithstanding the caution he h a d received, went in t o the dangerous part before spoken of with a fl ake(' candle. The jury, after a very lengthened investigation' returned a verdict of Accidental Death. We also regret to mention two other fatal explosionis one at Pwllgraig, near Merthyr, and the other at the Mountain Pitts, Pennydarren. Four persons lost theft lives at them, which appeared to have resulted from the same circumstances. The greater portion of the unfor tunate sufferers have left large families utterly destitute. OREGON NUTICE.—W O are en a bled t o ann ounce tha t our Government has received formal n o ti c e fr om the Preside[/", of the United States that it is the desire of the Americea Government that the treaty for the joint occupation of the Oregon territory should cease and determine at the aspira: tion of twelvemonths from the date of such n otice.—Observ er _ The Sun newspaper came out the other day with ger.' admirable railway map, in which the proposed new rallwaYs Ai laid down in red lines. It was another instance of the genere,, and ability with which its enterprising proprietor, Mardo V e r...., Esq., fats ever conducted the paper since it fhas been in hits has 6. Plymouth Weekly Journal. _..., .00 ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLArt , " On Friday the annual meeting of the members of this sk,cielf;T o .. held at the office, Hanover-square. Lord Portman, the preside d, occupied the chair, and was supported by the Duke of R chnioen4 who entered just at the close of the isrocei dings, the Earl Dude , V !, Catnoys, Viscount Toirington, Colonel Challoner, Sir John 9,,P t he Sir It. Joddrell, Mr. Archibald, M.P., and several others. Oa or nomination of Lord Camoys, seconded by Colonel Challoner, or Earl of Egmont was unanimously chosen president for the Y ea l oo ra suing. The vice-presidents, auditors, directors, and other om too were then formally re-elected. The report, read by Mr. Huds on ' her secretary, stated, that since the last general meeting in Decew tja the council had under their cons deratien various subjects int s : o o. to the o jects of the society. The invested capital of the fsee., 0 slats of 7,0001 . stock, and the currmt balance at the last month meeting amounted to 1,4821. The society now consists of 6,971 me'f'.; hers. The report next stated that the arrears ofsubscription due s i i defaulting members amounted to no less than 6,726 h The council have thcided that the annual country meeting, to be held this Ye ar at Nesvcastle-upon-Tyne, shall take place in the week comm Pf..r. tirlinartgloilftirnesdthreethtdp'aeot hpilse'Lwordsholfwillait: the 13th of July, Thursday, the 16th oflhat month, being the prw of liberal cipal day of the show. beneremains at h is Lordship 19 ' where M. P " his exertion i r s ep ab o o r u t t ed to t r h e a u t re a fro tis opin t ions is , e d himself to be. have always been used for the advocate he has for several years prov . . ~. . Mr. Justice Ceoalret:dt g r it ell il l '.nt hit iolt tO le : Pe o C f the PrOCUreet-Generil the present term. It to resume his judicial improving in health, but the Court of a It is expected that Peers will sit o Tuesday next, to hear of Lecomte. All the documents , loo the prosecution witnesses, will of the regicide and the . be printed and distributed t° the Peers.— Ga li gnam- The Duke of Beaufort arrived duties during in town on Frid il l from Bristol. forty, a barrister, whose death oc . melancholy circumstances : Mr. Davicdarr: FATAL ACCIDENT TO MR. F Ef g, about —a quarte —On Friday Mr. William Payne held Tavern, Whitefriars, on the body ofd an inquest at the Feitt',74 Wilson,Le d D Y under trr surgeon, said sai ßl foud S oas T ; E : on Thursday evening, quarter- Francis x anc o ls clo H ck il : St. James's-park, within twenty yards of the Palace lodge, w wit hin. After proceedit g en horseback towards Constitis to animal sudde 1 ig about two-thirds across the turulett—ged n y turned to the left, and whilst de 7 - 0 ( was endeavouring to 11 the right stirrup, and puup the reins, his foot slippedo ;we by the left leg. Th losing his balance he hung.on for some,, the Palace, but ' e animal continued its course toWr-wit previous to r • eaching the gate, deceased.f.P• y h a e r d i ch ,: j : , ibled' Hess went to his • assistance, and found him senseless and the lug t-e lug profusely from the left ear. witness conve d ye deceased in, ° ay Palace lodge, untied his cravat, and upon examination he foun d s o a slight cut at the back of the head. He procured a cabrioletitincl accompanied him to his chambers in the Inner Temple-lane' l ent oat ing that it was impossible to do anything for the deceas ed, ',''. c old for Dr. Fergus son , who concurred with witness, that all thitioaed be done, would be to watch the case. Witness, therefore , ee t u ; died , with the deceased until one o'clock that day (Friday), wh en .,,aen, of The cause of death was concussion of the brain. James s __,,, e d to Stanhope-street, Strand, said that the deceased formerly bel°" s r ac. had P t the Home Circuit, but during the last twelve months he o ed 5 dee tised on the Northern Circuit. The animal had been In _ _.„ the possession about four years. He had twice before fallen fr 9 '''' same animal. Verdict—" Accidental death." or u ge, EPSOM RACES.—Ladies visiting the reee-co , itoiv -1 And ' .. otherwise exposed to the scorching rays of the sun, will and to cuing land's Kalydor" a most refreshing preparation and auxaterf„. e ar fort, dispc'ling the cloud of langour and relaxation frog' '_' o rellitt plexion, allaying all heat and irritability, and inimediately_..._t.. /at the pleaaing sensation attending restored elasticity of the immediately tati f numerous varieties of cutaneous eruptions, sun-burn , te c ' dor," 04 and discolorations, are pleasingly eradicated by the " K r thea re' the skin rendered delicately clear and soft. Its Purif h l jjssr t freshing properties have obtained its exclusive selection Y,.,_.,wen and the Royal Family of Great Britain, and those of the ‘_-_7O O O/4 of Europe, together with the eleie of the aristocracY , 0 .D., of the e coroPo eu rlf Volee. Beware of spurious "Kalydors" for sal , ts, e tte most deleterious ingredients containing mineral astringeno _ e __e r g ru'nms to the eoioplrxion. and by their r pellet - a action e t d ie m; or ae health. It is imperative on purchasers to see that o _ l _,..„til "Rowland's Kalydor" are on the envelope (an engraving .?;:i'•--Ajj beauty, from a steel plate by Messrs. Perkins, Bacon* and ether§ are taudulout Wialtigfeitlf! 1 THE SUN, -LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, MAY 25, 1846. 1.