The Sun. — London, England, 1837-05-19 00:00:00

The King left town shortly before :cven o'clock on Wed resday evening for Windsor Castle, attended by Sir Herbert Taylor. His Majesty returned to town at onn o'clock yes terday. The King gave audience yesterday to the Marquis of Co hyngham. ..VEll'Rka i i'sellor of the Exchequer and Lady Theodosia ~.- -; N. • •,.I,W(L a d a dinner party on Tuesday; in Mansfield , ...- kinre 4-1-,Wi4 the Company were the Archbishop of Dublin, Mansfield , .- "Brsii9o:afAillaloe and Mrs. Sandes, Earl of Limerick, i j i y af (K.*::-I: 7 iY;l4 , Act-Olt*ffotrd;,4lord Carew, Messrs. Blake and Spedding. ...1.71-:-..i.tr.,4ityjlpoxii:ala had afterwards an evening party. _~_ ;J. JER MAJESTY'S DRAWING-ROOM.! A Drawing Room was held at St. James's Palace; the Princess Augusta receiving the ladies on the part of the Queen. His Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms ;sere stationed in the Throne Room, commanded by Mr. R eeve , Standard Bea rer o f t h e Corps, and also in the Portrait Gal lay and the Presence Chamber, Captain noniron, Ensign 01 the Yeomen Guard, Mr. Al bert Beecham, Clerk of the Cheque of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, Mr. Ellerthorp, Clerk of the Cheque of the Yeomen Guard, .nd Sir Thomas Horsley Curtics (Eon in waiting), were in dt t end arm The Princess Augusta left the Queen's house at two o'clock, and entered the State Rooms of the Palace. The follewing Ladies and Gentlemen of the Queen's household attended her Royal Highness :--the Countess Firownlow waiting), the Countess of Sheffield, and LP::ly Clinton, Ladies of the Bed chamber ; Miss Mitchell., 51iss Eden, Miss Boyle, and Miss Hudson, Maids of kionour ; Lady Isabella Wemyss, Lady Bedingfeld and Miss Wilson, Bedchamber Women ; Hon. Mr. Ashley, Vice Chamberlain ; Earl of Denbigh; Master of the Horse ; Colonel Wilson, Colonel Jones, and Mr. Murray, Gentlemen Ushers; and Master Sinclair, Page of Honour. Lady Mary Pelham, Lady in Waiting on the Princess Au gusta, was also in attendance on her Royal Highness. Lord Gardner and Sir Joseph Whateley were the Lord and Groom in Waiting on the King. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria came in state to the Drawing-Room, escorted by a party of the Life Guards. Their Royal Highnesses were attended by the Duchess of Northumberland, Lady Flora Hastings, Baroness Lehzen, Sir John Conroy, and Sir George Anson. Their Royal Highnesses entered the Palace by the Colour -court, and were received with the usual honours by the King's Guard. Their Royal Highnesses' dresses were on this occasion com posed entirely of articles of British manufacture. The Princess Augusta having taken her station in front of the Throne, the Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria being on the left of her Royal Highness, the entree company were introduced, arid afterwards the. general company. In the circle 'Viscount d'Ornano, Attache to the French Embassy, war s presented by the French Ambassador. The Drawing Room was attended by the Austrian and Rus sian Ambassadors ; the French Ambassador and the Countess Seba.stiani ; Reshid Bey, the Turkish Ambassador, accom- Nnied by M r . S a l am i , hi s Majesty ' s Oriental Interpreter: the Neapolitan Minister and Countess Ludolf; the Prussian, Swedish, and Wurtembcrg Ministers ; the Hanoverian Mi nister and Baroness Blome ; the Grecian, Bavarian, United States, Spanish, and Saxon Ministers; the Dutch Minister and Madame Dedel; the Portuguese and Sardinian Charges d'Affaires; M. de Bourqueney (first) and Count Grammont, Secretaries to the French Embassy; Shesket Bey First Se cretary, Nedem Effendi Second Secretary, M. Cor and M. Agob Interpreters, of the Turkish Embassy ; Count de Dan neskiold Samsoc ; the Lord Steward ; the Lord Chamber lain ; the Groom of the Stole ; the Master of the Horse ; the Captains of the Yeomen Guard; Lord Hill, Gold Stick in Waiting; the Master of the King's Buckhounds, the Trea surer of the Household, the Comptroller of the Household ; Major-General Sir Henry 'Wheatley, G. C. H., Keeper of his Majesty's Privy Purse ; the Master of the Ceremonies, the Master of the Robes ; the Dean of Hereford, Deputy Clerk of the Closet in Waiting, and Chaplain to the Queen ; the Rev. Thomas Mills, King's Chaplain in Waiting ; Captain Sir Anthony Maitland (in Waiting) and the Hon. Captain Pou lett, Naval Aides -de-Camp to the King; the Marquis of Huntly and Colonel Baker, Aides-de-Camp to the King • Sir Horace S e y mour, Equerry in Waiting; Colonel Cavendish, Silver Stick in Waiting; Captain Courtenay Boyle, R.N., Groom of the Privy Chamber ; Mr. Strachan, Gentleman Usher to the King ; Master Cowell, Page of Honour ; the Prsivost of Eton, the Knight of Glyn, &c. The following ladies were presented to the King, and after wards to the Princess Augusta : The Countess of Dunmore, on her marriage, and on her ac cession to the title, by the Countess of Clanwilliam. The Countess of Camperdown, by the Countess of Albemarle. Lady Suffield, on her marriage, by the Countess of Lichfield. Lady Elizabeth Duncan, by her mother, the Countess of Cam perdoern. Miss Antrobus, by her mother, Lady Antrobus. Lady Catherine Bernard, by the Countess of Donoughmore. Lady Emily Kerr, by the Marchioness of Lothian. Lady Frederica Kerr, by the Marchioness of Lothian. The Countess of Winchilsea and Nottingham, on her mar riage, by the Countess of Mansfield. The Countess of Rosslyn, by the Duchess-Countess of Su therland. The Countess de Flahault—Baroness Keith, by Lady Wil loughby d'Eresby. Lady Charlotte Talbot, by the Marchioness of Lansdowne. Lady Caroline A. P. Clinton, by the Duchess of Buccleuch. Right Hon. Lady Henniker, on her marriage, by the Countess of Dartmouth. The Hon. Mrs. Thomas Mills, on her marriage, - by her sister, the Countess of Dartmouth. The Hon. Mrs. Coote Heley Hutchinson, by the Countess o Donoughmore. 'The Hon. Miss Ward, by Lady Ward. The Hon. Miss Burgh, by her mother, Lady Downes. Lady Elizabeth Hope Vere, by Lady James Hay. Lady Caroline Turner, on her marriage, by Mrs. Turner. Mrs. Bowers, by the Countess of Camperdown. Mrs. Otter, by the Duchess of Richmond. Mrs. Yorke (of Beverley), by her sister, the Hon. Mrs. Fre derick Irby. Mrs. Kingsmill, on her marriage, by Mrs. Howley. Miss Coote, by Lady Coote. Miss litter, by h er mother, Mrs. Otter. Miss mesina Stewart, by her mother, Mrs. Stewart. Miss Ann Augusta Curtis, by her mother, Lady Curtis. Miss Fss.aer, by Mrs. Macleod, of Macleod. Miss riarriette Macleod, by her mother, Mrs. Macleod, of 'Macleod. Mrs. John Hopton, by Lady Emily Foley. Miss Mary Hopton, by Lady Emily Foley. Lady Emily Moreton, by the Countess of Denbigh. Lady Darling, by the Countess of Sheffield. Lady Katherine Moreton, by the Countess of Denbigh. Lady Charlotte Berkeley, by the Countess of Denbigh. Lady Frankland Russell, on taking the name of Russell, by her mother, Lady George Murray. Lady Butler, by Lady Downes. Lady Ann, Wentworth Fitz William. Lady Barton, on succeeding to her title, by the Countess of Mansfield. Lady Ormsby Rebovv, on her marriage, by Mrs. Gurdon. Lady Caroline Gordon Lennox, by the Duchess of Richmond. Mrs. Edmund Bridgeman, on her marriage, by the Countess of Bradford. Mrs. Conyers, by Lady Maryborough. 3lrs. Armstrong, by the Countess of Donoughmore. Mrs. Tumor, by the Countess Brownlow. Mrs. Walker Heneage, by Lady George Murray. Mrs. Massingbcrd, by the Countess Brownlow. Mrs. Strachan, on her marriage, by her sister, Mrs. Snow. Mrs. Speir:,, on her marriage, by Lady Caroline Dundas. Mrs. Morrison, by the Countess of Albemarle. Mrs. Dalyell, by Lady Anstruthe r of Balcaskie. Mrs. Alexander Ogilby, on her marriage, by Lady Garvagh. Mrs. Deans Cambell, by Lady Clinton. Mrs. Charles Fremantle, on her marriage, by Frances Lady Clinton. Miss Forester, by the Countess of Chesterfield. Mrs. Le Marchant Thomas, by her sister, Mrs. Halford. Mrs. Harcourt, on her marriage, by the Hon. Mrs. Henry Cavendish. Madame la Baronne de Normann, on her return from Gers many, by Lady Elizabeth Dickins. The Hon. Miss Hilare Byng, by Lady Agnes Byng. Miss Butler, by Lady Downes. Miss H. Maria Bullock, by her mother, Mrs. Bullock. Miss Nixon, by Ler aunt, Mrs. Massingberd. Miss Frankland, by her mother, Lady Frankland Russell. Miss Aw:song, by the Countess of Donoughmore. Miss Mr get Armstrong, by the Countess of Donouhmore. Miss H enr i etta W. Wynn, by Countess Stanhope. g Miss Bullock, by her mother Mrs. Bullock. Miss Hope Vere, by Lady Elizabeth Hope Vere. Miss Wilder, by her mother, Lady Wilder. Miss Wheble, by the Countess of Albemarle. Lady Jane Botiverie, by her mother, the Countess of Radnor. Hon. Mrs. Middleton, by the Hon. Lady Bedingfield. lion. Miss Elphinstone Flahault, by Baroness Keith. Hon. Lady W. Wynn, on her return from Copenhagen, by Countess Stanhope, Pon. Mrs. Foster Delap, by Lady Downes. Hon. Anne O'Callaghan, by the Hon. Mrs. Cavendish. Lady Pastes Bedingfield, on her return from abroad, by the Hon. Lady Bedingfield. M:55 Macpherson, by her mother, Lady Barton. Miss Goidie, by Mrs. Rushbrooke. Miss Sophia Hawker, by Lady Rodney. Miss Henrietta Turnor, by Mrs. Tumor. Miss Eglantine Balfour, by Mrs. Balfour. • Miss Hovenden, by Mrs. R us hb rooke. Mks Bow ers , by her mother, Mrs. Bowers. Miss Conyers, by her mother, Mrs. Conyers. Miss Kynaston, by her sister, Mrs. Robert Snow. Miss Martin, by the Countess of Sheffield. Miss Marguerite Bernard, by the Countess of Donoughmore. Miss Davenport Bromley, by Lady Louisa Davenport Bromley. Miss Hawker, by Lady Rodney. Miss Elizabeth Anstruther, by her mother, Lady Anstruther. Miss Anson, by the Countess of Lichfield. Miss Whyte. Melville, by Lady C. White Melville. Miss Pringle, by Mrs. Macleod, of Macleod. Miss Emily Pringle, by Mrs. Macleod, of Macleod. Miss Ellen Carew, by Mrs. Palmer. Miss Sitwell, by her mother, Lady Sitwell. Miss Carew, by Mrs. Palmer. Miss E. M'Mahon Wilder, by her mother, Lady Wilder. Miss Pakenham, by the Hon. Mrs. Pakenham. Miss Frederica Rushbrooke, by her mother, Mrs. Rushbrooke. Miss Middleton. by the Hon. Lady Bedingfield. Miss Darling., by the Countess of Sheffield. Miss Anstruther, by Lady Anstruther, of Balcaskie. Miss Katherine W. Wynn, by Countess Stanhope. Miss Bernard, by the Countess of Donoughmore. Miss Bellew, by Mrs. Channon. Lord Carew and SirShOrles Grey had interviews with Vis count Nleibourffe on Tuesday, in Downing-street. Messrs. :wart and Elphiustoue had also an interview with the Noble Viscount on Tuesday. LA DIES' DRESS 'S. HRR ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCESS VICTORIA. A crape dress, over black silk i train of black silk, trimmed :vith crape to correspond. Head-dress, feathers, black crape laprts ; and jet ornaments. HER ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCESS AUGUSTA A black crape dress with deep goffercd 4 aince, worn over rich black ducapcs ; 1;1 - ciCK crape. Head- dress, black crape toque with .tippets, plume and handsome black ornaments., HER I ? ..:YYAL HIGHNESS TH OUCHES'S t* k F. N A crape d'tets, over black silk i train of black silk, trimmed witti crape to corrFspoad% dead -dress, feathers, black crape lappets, and jet ornaments. Ducitt'SS OF NORTIIUMEERLAND.—.BOddiee and train of rizh black Bros de Naples, covered with crape, and elegantly trimmed with bugles and flowers; petticoat of a rich black silk, covered with crape, and beautifully ornamented with bu gles and bows of (tape. Head-dress, feathers and crape lappets ; splendid jet ornaments. Ducat ss of BUCCLECIeH.— A dress of black crape, richly embroidered in jet ; a train of black you de sole, covered with crape and elegantly embroidered with jet. Head-dress, black feathers with jet ornaments. IMARCHIONtSS OF LOTHIAN.--A mantua of rich black satin, trimmed with volans of crape and satin. Head-dress, black feathers and jet ornaments. MARCHIONI7:SS CORNWALLIS.—A crape dress, over black silk ; train of black silk, trimmed with crape to correspond. Head-dress, feathers, black crape lappets, and jet ornaments. DUCHESS-COUNTESS Or SUTHERLAND.—A rich black gros de Tours petticoat, with flounces and ruches of black crape lisse ; train of rich black terry, lined with gros de Na ples; mantilla and seduisantes of black crape lisse. Head dress, black ostrich feathers, crape lisse hood and jet orna ments. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALI,"S—YESTE RDA Y. A considerable portion of the afternoon was occupied in comparing books on the Derby and Oaks, and the remainder in some confused betting on them—the difficulty of collecting a complete list of the odds being increased in no small degree by the crowded- state of the room until long after the usual time of breaking up. For the first and principal event the field underwent a material diminution. Pickwick has broken down, and is declared not to start; Wintonian is under sus picion of " a leg," and is minus all his friends; and Critic is again an outsider, after a short reign. Having disposed of three " fielders," we may take up the favourites. Rat-trap rose to 3 to 1, which was taken freely; Hybiscus was in equal demand, but as the terms did not suit very little was done. Caravan and Achmet had several friends ; at first Bto 1 was taken about each, but the advance of Hybiscus sent them back a point. There was an apparent anxiety to take the odds about Mickle Fell, and at 15 to 1 two or three hundreds were laid out. It did not strike us, however, that the actual feeling in his favour was very powerful. Wisdom and Phos phorus were backed for a few small sums. The Oaks came into notice just at the finish, Egeria showing a marked im provement. The betting left off as under : TUN DKRHY. 3 to 1 agst Mr. S. Stanley's Rat-trap—taken 6 tot agst Mr. Greville's Mango—tak. and afterwards offered 8 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Hybiscus—take 9 to 1 9 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Achmet—taken 9 to 1 agst Lord Suffield's Caravan—taken 14 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Mickle Fell-15 to 1 taken 15 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Wisdom-16 to 1 taken 17 to 1 agst Lord Berners's Phosphorus —taken 20 to 1 agst Captain Gardnor's Benedict—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Mahometan—taken and after wards offered 20 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Wintonian—taken and afterwards offered 50 to 1 agst Col. Anson's Jereed—taken and afterwards offered 40 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Critic--taken 2000 to 40 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's The Pocket Hercules--taken 4000 to 50 agst Mr. Theobald's Sir Frederick—taken 10000 to 200 agst Rat-trap, Egeria, and Henriade winning the three events--taken 500 even on Wisdom and Mickle Fell 175 to 50 agst Mango and Achmet—taken THE OAKS. 7 to 4 agst Mr. J. Day's Chapeau d'Espagne--taken 2 to 3 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Egeria—taken 5 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Vacuna—offered ST. LEGER. 750 to 100 agst Duke of Cleveland's Henriade—taken 750 to 100 agst Lord Westminster's Cardinal Puff--taken MANCHESTER RACES.—WEDNESDAr. The Wilton Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added. One mile and 1 a quarter. 7 Subs. Sir J. Boswell's General Chasse, 6 yrs, 9st. 21b ...Holmes 1 Sir J. Boswell's Sunbeam, 4 yrs, Bst. lib Mr. E. Peel's Cantata, 3 yrs, 6st. llb ... 3 to 1 on the General, who won easy. Produce Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h. ft. Mile and a quarter. 6 Subscribers. Mr. Houldsworth's Combat, Bst. 61b Darling 1 Mr. W. Turner's The Fairy, Bst 4tol on Combat. Won by a length. 1 A Free Handicap, of 10 soya. each, with 30 soya. added, for four years-old. Mile and a quarter. 4 Subs. Captain Bunney's Mersey, 6st. 10Ib Dodgson I Mr. T. Walters's King Cole, 7st. 81b Mr. Allen's Promise, 7st. 81b 6to 4 each a ss t lersey and Promise, and 5 to 2 agst King Cole. Won by less than half a head. The King's Plate of 100 gs. Three miles and a distance. Mr. Arrowsmith's Miss Rowe, 3 vrs Lye 1 Sir J. Boswell's General Chasse, 6 yrs Hon. T. 0. Powlett's Wentworth, 4 yrs 3 to 1 on the General, who was beaten after a slashing race by a head. ST. ALBAN'S RACES.—TNURSDAY. The Borough Member's Plate, value 50 sovs. ; three yrs old, 7st ; four, Bst. 71b; five, 9st ; six, 9st. 51b ; and aged, 9st. 71b. Mares and*Feldings allowed 31b ; half-bred horses allowed 71b. A winner in the present year to carry 41b. Heats, two miles. The winner to be sold for 150 sovs. if demanded, &c. Mr. H. Stracey's ro. m. Boddice, 6 yrs F. Butler 1 1 Mr. S. Smith's b. h. Mozart, 5 yrs Mr. Matthew's ch. m. Sister to Desperate Mr. Smith's br. h. Ruinous, 5 yrs The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. A Sher man's bi. h. h. Fitzwilliam, aged (h. b. ), and Mr. Garrard's gr. f. Lady Grey, by The Colonel, dam by Friend Ned, 4 yrs (h. b.) The No-Man's-Land Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added from the Fund ; three yrs old, ist ; four, Bst. 71b ; five, 9st ; six, 9st. 51b ; and aged, 9st. 71b. Mares and geldings allowed 31b, and half-bred horses 71b. Heats, once round and a distance. The winner to be sold for tAO soya. if demanded, &c. 6 Subs. Mr. King's b. h. Hectic, 5 yrs Sligh 1 0 1 Mr. Shelley's ch. h. Reuben, 4 yrs 0 1 2 Mr. Green's br. g. Harlequin, 6 yrs Mr. J. Fairlie's b. c. Nelson, 3 yrs The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. Lambden's b. g. Revealer, aged, and Mr. Sowerby's ch. c. Domino, 3 yrs. The Tally -Ho Stakes of 5 soya. each, with 20 added from the Fund, free for any horse, list. each. Heats, once round and a distance. Two leaps over hurdles in each heat. Mr. Matthews's Vandyke, aged Simmons 1 1 Mr. D. Seffert's br. g. Lottery, aged Mr. J. Fait lie's gr. c. Spicey, aged Mr. .... , ..racey's b. , g. Pro Tempore, aged Mr. Stevenson's ch. g. True Blue, aged 3 0 Mr. Green's b. h. Jack Straw, aged, started, but was not placed. AQUATICS. ROYAL Y ACHT SQVADRON.—At the first general meeting, held on Saturday at the Thatched House Tavern, the follow ing members were elected :—F. Horner, Esq., Heron yacht of 46 tons ; G. H. Ackers, Esq., Dolphin schooner yacht, 210 tons ; G. D. Patterson, Esq., Zadura yacht, of 32 tons ; Major C. Vivian, M. P., Owen Glendwr yacht, of 113 tons; Joseph Copley, Esq., Wit c h y ac h t , o f 7 0 tons; an d R . Meik lam, Esq., Crusad er sc h ooner yac h t, o f 120 tons. And the following honorary members :—Commander W. H. Henderson, R.N. ; Hay, Esq., Consul General at Tangier; T. B. G. Scott, Esq , Consul, Bordeaux; Captain H. Sturt, R.N. ; Commander the Hon. F. Pelham, R.N. ; Captain J. Camp bell, R.N. ; Rear-Admiral S. C. Rowley, R.N. ; and Captain C. Boyle, R. N. Four Cups, value 501. each, were ordered to be sailed for at Cowes in the month of August ; one to be sailed for by yachts of the seventh class, above 115 tons, on Monday, August 14 ; one Cup on Wednesday, August 16, by yachts of the fourth class, from 50 and under 70 tons; his nijesty's Cup, value 100 guineas, to be sailed for on the King's birth-day, Monday, August 21, by yachts of the second class, from 40 and under 45 tons ; one Cup on Wednesday, the 23d August, by yachts of the fifth class, from 70 and under 90 tons ; and one on Saturday, the 26th of August, by yachts of the third class, from 45 and under 55 tons The annual ball will take place at the Squadron House, Cowes, on Mon day, August 14, in honour of her Majesty's birth-day. A grand display of fire-works from the Parade, West Cowes, on the evening of the 21st of August. The members will give a dinner to their excellent Commodore, the Earl of Yarborough, at the Clarendon Hotel, London, on Saturday, the 3d of June, at half-past seven, on which occasion Vice-Commodore the Earl of Belfast will take the chair. _ - Startling as the following facts may appear, the reader• may rely on their perfect authenticity. The farm of Airdrie, %N hich contains almost every variety of soil, including a section of the giant Criffel, has been for some time in the natural possession of the proprietor, R. A. Oswald, Esq., of Auchencruive. Since a former tenant emigrated, Airdrie has been managed by Mr. :'Cracker,, who, among other bestial, has a favourite female slow-hound. The present has been a most disastrous lambing season, and although Kirkbean is a mild coast parish, even there the loss of stock has been very very great. For a number of weeks the shepherds have been as much exposed as his Majesty's Mail-guards, when the coun try is blockaded, feeding weak ewes and picking up deserted lambs, which they carry to their master's or their own houses, where they are nursed as tenderly and carefully as orphan children who are reared, from necessity, on the pan and spoon. The slow-hound noticed what was going forward, and, though fourteen months have elapsed since she suckled pups, strange to say, milk returned to her in such quantities, that she has already been the means of succouring and saving more than sixty woolly nurslings that might otherwise have perished. Night and day she may be seen lying on sheep skins before the kitchen fire, with half a dozen lambs around her, distinguishing the weakest from such as are somewhat stronger, and devoting to them the most assiduous at tention. Repeatedly, when some of the invalids have got a little round, they have been re. conveyed to the bill side with the view of mothering them ; and nearly as often the bitch when left free has not only sought out and distinguished her former nurslings, but carried them home again with the greatest care, d olthough the distance is more than a mile.—Dumfries Courier. Great We.tein Railway Company Brighton Railway Company (SteVenson`s) London cad Birmingham Railway Company London and Greenwich ilailwav Company National Prorincial Bank of England PRlci..s OF STOCK.; TI-II; DAY A l' ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Vol 9041 ?yo,fi 1;:tto Mon.4s ' 4 3 35 pm. 3per Cent. Cons. ..... 91% S I N South Sea S=ock •••• 3 4 i per Ceht. , Old Annuities Ottlo Bel a , ... t 4 1...0 7 N t 8 Nov Dit,i:i •t t ...-:—. `.:ett , l'i per ce r t '135'1 t 4 .:t per Cent. Annuities. 1751... ,-- Saw 5 per Cent . 3ook ling A rinuitie . s . tiexpire , Ditto 100 33 32 35 33 pm. Jan. 5, 1810 l4 y2 7-11 l Ditto Small ..........3 3.2 53 25 mit Oct. •h 1859 Jan. 5, sio .. " - 1`... 1 : 1 4 il .. Ll l]i t t t c ° o C .:Z:7s c ; pm Jen, 5, Vol" — Bank Stock for Account... — pill ~ .s. , — India Stack for Account 4)1101 ,2 Jan. 5, 187 •••••• •otre.•• Omninm -, pm. ~ BICF9 OF I Di I FIOI - '0 4 1.1 'lt la 11A f EAt ON O'CLOCK. 4 „•„t,..,1 Biiiidii Revan Bonds - Ditto Account , Ditto Accoui.t..... ........ . „ -..‘ Portuiiiieseßonds Brit;liat, nonds - Ditto Account . ..... . , -,- : Pltto !le* noild , - ". 4 ''4 ituenos Ayres Hunts ...;s .. 4 ,', / Ditto ACCT6tit .....:a . ,: -,,, I Ditto; 3 jler . 4 .l;titi ...i4l•.e:lieee;r l N2 % selliVIZIl P 0914 e ss .. e e , ...se ' if t ,,,4lah iton,t a — :. , 1113 .kccob:nt .:..: . ::: .... - rt.ls.;ian Bo;:ida, 182`2 ;: 107 '4 Calunthiar. Iscrids - Ditto A crout.t. :0 1 w - tibia° Bends, 'FI2' -,.. ..,.' Spenibb Biinclit ~...issi,..4“..ia. - Ditto Accoutit ...:...i .1 ~,.. Ditto AEEGUtit. ......• +lt Dinioh rituts ... il.reek Bon ?s., - i Ditto Account t D De n i a t e t tho o , Account ßt p i e d r s, e l et; 3 .t t : ~,...... . :: ..,.:,, .1_ , ... 1 t. . 1 ... ii. 4 4 l c. Ditto Bonds, F 2.5 Ditto Account ... ... . .....,............ :1 pet cent. _f. -c. ‘l2stean Hmia, 5 per cent.... - : Ditto Account - ' Dutch, .2 , 4 per cent. ......... 53V 5 Ditto, 6 per cent. ..„ -; Ditto Account ....... - - Ditto Account .... ...... ...... --, Ditto, 5 pet cent. ......100 997( Neapolitsm - Ditto Account ........ ..... .... ..- PRICES OE SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Paid, 4U 41%1 5 14 85 124 204 2 20 1614 35 30 'W SUN, LONDON, Pi-HD -AV; MAY IY, 18 BELGIAN 1 , UNDS—BausseLs, MAY 17. Actual Debt, 2!i; per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. 100.4 Loan of Thirty Millions 914 Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent 99 Society of Commerce, 454 per Cent l3l Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 139;1 Brussels Papers, May 18. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, MAYO. Five per Cents. Metalliques • lO5 Four per Cents. Three per Cents. Bank Shares —Allgemeine Zeitung, May 14. insist upon its au'opiio - n - . A dark night-- 7 . a strong marine escort—and a war-steamer or two would (16 thQ business. Let Don CARLOS live—and in England too, if be desire it; We are ,the more eager to press this subject upon the attention ot Lora beqilFl.7P 019 fol lowing debree; signed by Don on the lull, inst:, whie t : appears in ine 11 7 ;ecine0aY night; mist convince every person, that in the opinion Of thd Pretendei himself, his cause is all but hopeless. He is evidently re ddeed to. the last extremity, inasmuch as we find him bid -1.1:h ! -- :"Ott4itiitiUji*lishiftlr tote crown of I Spain. He offers what they have unrestrictedly refused—liheftt of the Press, freedom of religious sects, and of opinions. Such offers were only wrung from him in the last extremity ofdisaster j drul are to be regarded, not as proofs of his conversion to liberal ideas, but as evidences of his impend ing ruin, The decree is as follows i— " Bpaniards,—At the death of my brether, when men equally adroit and perfidious:, led astray by their political Ideas, Caused to burst forth a civil war, of which the cease= quo-ices have been so unfortunate for you, I hesitated not for an insttnt to throw myself amon g you. I believed that my presence only could stop the effusion of blood, and that no person would dare to dispute with me my 'right to the throne of my fathers. " Three years of war and of experience have convinced me that a throne could not be solidly established, if the Prince who occupied it were not etnbued with large and elevated views, and a great spirit of toleration and conciliation, " It is this conviction that induced me to attend 1111mi - hit= tingly to the formation of a code which I am ready to give to you, and in which will be set down all your political rights— that is to say, freedom of religious creeds and political opinions, completed by the liberty of the press. " Such is, I am persuaded, the only means of putting an end to the misfortunes that desolate the country, and afflicted this long time my paternal hearth. " You may already perceive the fallacy of the promises put forward by usurpation to enrol you under its banners—false hood, misery, scandalous dilapidations, all have combined to ruin and oppress you. " Rally then round me, and happiness shall be your lot, you shall be free, and enjoy all the same prerogatives; for I desire nothing but your welfare, and promise you an eternal obli vion of all that has taken place during those three years of desolation and disaster. " Done at Estella, May 10, 1837. " I, the KING." Madrid Papers to the 11th inst. have been received to day. The intelligence they bring is of a more cheering character than the accounts received yesterday from that capital. A despatch from Don MARCEL'S° ORAA, Gene ral-in-Chief of the Army of the Centre, announced to the Government the defeat and dispersion of the rebels under CABRERA. In the engagement the Carlists lost a whole battalion made prisoners, a hundred horse, and a convoy of stores and plunder. Brigadier-General NOGUERAS was preparing to attempt ache recovery of Cantavieja, whose treacherous betrayal to the Carlists by the garrison, after the murder of the faithful Governor, was recently reported in this Journal. ZURBANO had also succeeded in blowing up a Carlist powder manufactory near Vittoria, the loss of which, it was said, would prove most injurious to the cause of the Pretender. MENDIZABAL had likewise succeeded in obtaining the necessary supplies of money. On the 10th an order for 20,000 sets of uniforms was sent by express to London. In the Cortes a motion was brought forward to institute an in quiry into the disturbances in Catalonia, but it was post poned till more correct information could be obtained. Du ring the late disturbances in Barcelona nearly a hundred persons were killed. The local authorities are doing all in their power to fix the odium of this massacre upon the English soldiers, not on• of whom we have reason to believe fired a shot, or stained a bayonet with the blood of any human being. The British troops confined themselves to the defence of the fortress, which they never quitted till order was esta blished. Our Consul was the only Englishman that dis tinguished himself during the fray, and we are confidently assured that to his praiseworthy exertions is Barcelona in debted for the prevention of much bloodshed, and the de struction of much valuable property, as well as several public edifices. Nevertheless, as a proof of the anxiety of the authorities to divest themselves of all blame in these transactions by the crimination of the English, we give in sertion to the following address signed on the Bth inst., by six Commissioners of the National Guard for each of the cities of Mataro, St. Felice, Palamos, Rosas, Figueiras, and Girona—making in all thirty-six signatures ; and forwarded to Madrid by express for presentation to the QUEEN REGENT. Its presentation is entrusted to the Deputies of the Province : " TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN REGENT. " Madam,—The National Guards of Girona, Rosas, Pa lamos, St. Felice, Mataro, and Figueiras, could not remain silent in the midst of the events which, during the 4th inst., deluged the capital of Catalonia with blood. How much soever revolt is to be condemned, the occurrences at Bar.. celona evidently prove that the military agents in the ser vice of your Majesty are but executioners. Much as the National Guards may be disposed to lament in silence the fate of the innocent, and well-affected as they may be to the actual commanders in Catalonia, still they cannot behold without indignation that English soldiers, calling themselves our allies, should steep their bayonets in the blood of Spaniards. These cruel auxiliaries have deserved the implacable hatred vowed against them by the National Guards; the military chiefs who have called these foreigners to their assistance were but cowards—Madam—traitors; and the day is, perhaps, not far distant when they will pay the forfeit of their crimes. Madam, the blood shed on the 4th cries aloud for vengeance ; it is the blood of our brothers, of true Catalonians; and we doubt not that your Majesty, ever ready to listen to the vows of all true Spaniards, will act with rigour towards the executioners. We humbly beg of your Majesty to re-place the civil and military autho rities of Barcelona, by men combining patriotism with hu manity ; we demand that, with the least delay possible, the English vessel stationed in the port of Barcelona for the last two years and a half may be withdrawn, or at least that orders may be given, forbidding a single man to be landed on the soil of Catalonia. This, Madam, is what the National Guard expect from your Majesty ; and that, not only in the interests of the Spanish nation, but of the throne of your august daughter. But should your Majesty, influenced by evil advisers, refuse to listen to our prayers, the National Guard of the cities of Girona, Rosas, Palamos, St. Felice, Mataro, and Figueiras will see themselves forced to refuse their service and support to those new Counts Espana, monsters, more to be feared than those enlisted under the banners of the Pretender. We humbly deposit our address at the feet of your Majesty.' " The National Guards of the principal cities of Catalonia have written to the Baron de Meer, refusing to acknowledge their obedience and sanction to the military authorities." New York Papers of the Ist inst. havt. been received, from which copious extracts—commercially speaking, ot great importance—will be found in another part of The Sun. W e regret to say that up to the date of their de parture from the United States, our anticipations of a great improvement in the commercial relations of the southern Banking establishments were not realized. The evil has its root in the speculating mania which afflicts the commercialists of the New World. Brussels and German Papers have been received, with advices from Constantinople of the 26th of April. They contain not a word of news worth communicating. Mr. Sergeant TALFOIJRD brought forward the question of the Law of Copyright last night in the House of Com mons. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman's speech on this occasion was eloquent in a high degree, and characte rised throughout by a lofty strain of thought and feeling. He commenced by taking a view of the law as it stood in the reign of Queen ANNE, and as it stands now ; showed with what injustice and severity it bore on those whose lite rary interests it affected ; and suggested a remedy as fol lows :—" The main object of the Bill which I contemplate is, the further justice to learnin g , by the further extension of the time during which authors shall enjoy the direct pecuniary benefit immediately flowing from the sale of their own works. I shall propose, subject to modification, when the details of the measure shall be discussed, that the term of property in all such works of learning, genius, and art shall be extended to sixty years, to be computed from the death of the author ; which will at least enable him, while providing for the instruction and delight of distant ages, to contemplate that he shall leave in his works themselves some legacy to those for whom a nearer, if not a higher duty, requires him to provide, and which may make death less terrible." This is but justice--bare justice—to authors ; and from the manner in which the Learned Sergeant's pro positions were received by the House—especially by Mr. SPRING RICE, who paid a deserved compliment to the judi cious and eloquent way in which they were introduced -we have no doubt that the Law of Copyright will be promptly altered for the better. And indeed it is high time that such should be the case, for in its present state the law falls with the most severity on those whom it was originally intended to befriend the most. Legislation fences in by all sorts of provident securities him who has been the artificer of his own fortune by law or physic, or trade or commerce ; but leaves the literary man who has written works that "the world will not willingly let die" in a great measure to shift for himself. After a brief lapse of time, the intellectual productions which he had spent the best years of his life in bringing to maturity, and the pecuniary advantages of which should be reaped, as a mat ter of mere justice, by his immediate descendants, revert to the public—become general propea:;•': They may be I.O . ridged--putilated—interpolated—just as suits the e3pstiee of the boolkt'eller who re,publishes them, or the age to which tliey were addressed. Pass but a.few years, and, were the existing Law of Copyright still allewed to remain ire state OW; re should probably find the Scotch neirel4 abridged, s as to br;ng thetli - .nithin saleable limits ; and the vvorks of WOniasiVoirrri repubiishtcli wait the emission of one-half' the °. Et-eel-54:4C And those to whom these great men's fame are most dear, shall hate tid power to prevent this wanton aggression on their reputation ! It Was hilt the other day that poor,GoPww died, in a state of comparative destitu -4 , tide, twiitriobt tlifi^tl the c9pyright - of some of his best works, and seen ditch tieentrie ptiblie property, when they should, on every principle or eqUlty, have t';;..longed to his own family, to benefit their Exchequer fur many a year to come. Extend, then, we say, to the authors the slme pro tection that you extend to other inemhers of the commu nity, Give them the assurance that when " building the lofty rhyme," they are building not only for their own fame, • but for the benefit of those who immediately come after them, and you will give a stimulus to intellect that hitherto it has never known, at least in this country. Make the great poet—the great historian—the great novelist—or the great philosopher—who have worn array the best years of their lives in your servicc—make the last moments of these men happy by the reflexion that they have not toiled in vain ; that they have not wasted the midnight oil in vain, but have, by their incessant exertions—ill repaid under the most auspicious circumstances contributed to secure a just competence to these who survive them. Sergeant 'FAL FOURD'S Bill proposes to effect this ; wherefore we feel that ewe cannot praise it too highly. To no Member of the House of Commons could such a Bill be intrusted with greater propriety. Himself an author of high and deserved celebrity, familiarly acquainted with many of his ablest literary Contemporaries ; generous and considerate in his character ; ever the friend of destitute literary excellence, and thoroughly intimate in all its bearings, with the law which he proposes to remedy--Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD is the man of all others whom, had 1 - 79 had the option, we should have selected for such a task. The Tories, it appears, are already hard at work to thrust one of their own kidney upon the electors of Glas gow. No sooner was the failure of the great mercantile house with which Mr. OSWALD is connected known than they sprung into the field, and commenced a canvass more remarkable for the want of decency and good feeling which it indicated than for the success with which it has been at tended. They had their candidate ready too, and in this respect, we are sorry to observe they have an advantage over the liberal party, who do not seem to have made up their minds as to the person who ought to be brought for ward. When will the Reformers learn the lesson which is so uniformly and so successfully practised by their enemies? When will they learn to sacrifice private opinions and indi vidual prepossessions, and to merge every other considera tion in the good of the cause ? If ever there was a mo ment when it was the duty of liberal men of all shades to unite against the common enemy, the present is that mo ment, and Glasgow is the spot from which the example of such a union will radiate with the most cheering and beneficial effect. It is now full time that the cock-a-whoop tone of the bawlers about re-action should be lowered, and that the country should have a proof on which it can rely, that the popular sentiment in favour of national improve ment, however it may, in a few instances, have been over borne by the skilful application of undue influences and other causes, is yet strong and steady. It is the duty of the people of Glasgow to afford this proof. It falls to their lot to rescue the cause of Reform from the discredit which would be thrown upon it, were the example of the recreants of Westminster to be followed by the inhabitants of Scotland's commercial capi tal ; and we trust it is reserved for them, not only to do this, but, by inflicting a signal chastisement on the beardless puppet whom the Tories are exhibiting as their future re presentative, to crush at once the presumptuous hopes which the faction indulge of again mounting to power, and giving a retrograde direction to public opinion. After the disgraceful exhibition which Mr. M'GHEE with his forged letter made at Exeter-hall last year, we should have thought that a sense of shame would have prevented him from attempting a second time to impose on the credulity of the frequenters of that place of public amusement. It appears, however, he is again to ex hibit in company with his friend Mr. O'SuLurvaN—DEN'S Theology, a death's-head and cross-bones, and a map of England, all studded over with black crosses to show the rapid spread of Popery, and excite by deceit and falsehood one class of his MAJESTY'S subjects to mortal enmity with another. Though there will be no forged letter this season, the same system of falsehood—the same unfair mode of making charges, and the same denun ciations against a body of Christians, will be repeated, and all these mixed up, with the most hypocritical cant, and the most solemn asseverations that they are influ enced only by the sincerest love for the welfare of their fellow-countrymen. The course which these men have hitherto pursued, is quite alien to the feelings and habits of Englishmen ; and perhaps nothing but religious bigotry could make the people so far forget their national predilec tions in favour of even-handed justice and fair play even to an enemy, as to countenance such atrocious proceedings. If they would consult their reason for a moment, they would see the injustice, the cruelty, and the diabolical wickedness, of summoning a public meeting for the purpose of calumniating one-third of the people of the United Kingdom, without allowing them to say one word in their defence. It is singular enough that this is the only country, perhaps, in which a practice so incompatible with the usual habits of the people could be carried on with impunity. In France such firebrands would be expelled the country—in Russia a repetition of the offence would doom them to the wilds of Siberia—and in America the people would most probably take the law into their own hands. In England alone, where the people have been so long famed for their love of justice, obedience to the law, and religious feelings, is it permitted for one sect to heap insult upon another, and create the most deadly feud between men whom, whether in a religious or a political view, it ought to be the object of all Governments to induce to live in peace and harmony. MAILS. Arrived. Due Arrived. ___.Due. 0 America.......... 0 I France 0 0 ktrazd 0 Buenos Ayres 0 0 Hamburg ...... .. 0 0 Carthagena 1 Dublin... ...... 0 0 Jamaica ' 0 1 Flanders ...... ... 0 0 Leeward Islands 0 Arrived. Due 0 Lisbon 0 Malta 0 Mexico 0 0 Ostend 0 0 Sweden 1 Waterford 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Nlorning ...... I minutes after 2. j Evening...... 27 minutes after 2 MR. D'ISRAELI'S NEW WORK. Now ready, in 3 vols. post Bvo., E N E T I A. V " The Child of Love, though born in bitterness, and nur tured in convulsion." By the Author of " Vivian Grey," " Henrietta Temple," &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. LOVER'S LEGENDS OF IRELAND. On Monday, the 22d inst., will be publishes!, T J EGENDS and STORIES of IRELAND. By SAMUEL LOVER, Esq., R. H.A. FIRST SERIES. Illustrated with Cuts after his own designs. The Fourth Edition, in foolscap Bvo., price 6s. in green cloth extra, and lettered. Also, by the Same, LEGENDS and STORIES of IRELAND : SECOND SE RIES. A New and Improved Edition, with Illustrations by Harvey and the author. Foolscap 4v0., price 7s. 6d. green cloth extra, and lettered. fie pui London ; Baldwin and Cradock, Paternoster-row. ,{cation of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 30 minutes past Three o' Clock. • . " c _ . un 4 LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 19, 1837. The Paris Journals of Wednesday have all been received. The Cbarte and Minziteur contain no official intelligence of the capture of Hernani by ESPARTERO, but the fact is happily confirmed. General ESPARTERO entered Hernani on the 12th, after some hours' hard fighting. He made six hundred prisoners, killed sixty of the enemy, and took thirty guns, besides a large quantity of warlike stores and muni tions. The confirmation of this news in Paris produced a rise in the price of stocks on Tuesday and Wednesday. W e copy from our Contemporary, the Morning Chronicle, the following important news from the theatre of war in Spain, purporting to have been received by an extraordinary express, at an early hour to-day BAYONNE, MAT 16.—The Infante Don Sebastain, was, on the moring of the 14th, with four squadrons, at Huarte Oraquil. Eleven battalions, and nine cannon, occupied Arbiza. " The Viceroy was at Puenta de la Reyna, apprised of these movements, and in communication with Gen. Sucrens at Logrono. " On the 15th Espartero was in possession of Astigarraga, Hernani, Urnieta, and Andoain. He was informed that the Christinos, from Vittoria, had forced the passage of Arlaban. " To.day Gen. Evans is to march on Irun, to which the garrison of Oyarzun has retired. The Christinos are to be seen on the heights between Irun and Oyarzun. " The Carlists are firing, and our troops are on the line to protect the territory and receive the refugees." We expect that the next intelligence will announce the capture of Irun by General EVANS. Fontarabia cannot hold out after the capture of Hernani, and thus at the very commencement of the campaign the communication between France and the head-quarters of the Pretender will be cut off. In the mean time the Christinos have a strong force on the Ebro, so that the Carlists cooped in on all sides will be reduced to the alternative of fighting or laying down their arms. All now depends on the vigilance and the valour of ESPARTERO. The Paris Papers of Wednesday contain no domestic news of any moment. A Royal Ordinance, granting an amnesty to such of the National Guards as have been sentenced to imprisonment for breaches of dis cipline has given great satisfaction to that corps. The question of the amnesty continues to be generally dis cussed in all political circles : and we are happy to add, that on all sides it has produced the best effects upon the minds of the people. All are unanimous in lauding the humanity of the KING, and in expressing a conviction that no further attempt will be made upon his person. A hundred thousand bayonets, and the example of a thousand public executions would not have obtained for the KING the free dom of action, and that sense of personal security which he has experienced since the granting of the amnesty. On Tuesday the KING visited the Museum at Versailles, where he reviewed the pupils of the military school of St. Cyr. As the KING was returning, accompanied by the Duke of ORLEANS, the people collected in crowds on the Pont Royal and on the Pont de Concorde, and greeted him with loud cheers. His MAJESTY appeared deeply af fected by this unexpected proof of the returning love of the Fiench nation. FRENCH FUNDS.—Paitis, MAY 17 Five per Cents., 'o7f. 9:5c. 108 f. Four and a Half tier Cents. Mr. (sc. Four per Cents., 9'f. 90e. Three per Cents. 79f. sc. 79f. Bank Actions, 2,430 f. Rsnte de Naples, 991 556. 60c. ssc. Roman Five per Cents., 101% Spanish Actives, 264, 26 26 1 ,04. Spanish Differes, 91. Spanish Passives, 6 65g. Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, 101 Brussels Society, 1,510 f. Portuguese Three per Cents. 3N % 34. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25f. 32%e. ; money, 25f. 315,;6. Three months, paper, 251. 1234 e. ; money. 25f. 12'4c —Co,rs Authenli2uc. LAST PRICES Five per Cents., VISE sc. Three per Cents. 79f. 10c. Bank Actions, 2,4311 f. Rente de Naples, Ir)L 65c. Roman Five per Cents., 101%. Belgian Loan, 101. Brussels Bank, 1,4t2f. sre. Portuguese Three per Cents., 80% Spanish Actives, 26%. Spanish Passives 6%. Spanish Differes, 7%. New Differes,9q. Belgian Society, 1,540 f. The Timeit has published a Second Edition, confirming the intelligence which we have copied above from the Chronicle, relative to the occupation of Astigarraga, Her mini, "(Meta, and Andoain by ESPARTERO'S troops ; and adding, that General IRRIBARREN was on the 14th per fectly aware of the movements of Don SEBASTIAN, and in communication with Generals BUERENS and LocinoNo. The accounts reached Paris by telegraph, and were published in a second edition of the Charte of Wednesday night. Thus ESPARTERO has succeeded in cutting off all commu nication between Irun, Fontarabia, and Oyarzun, and the main body of the Pretender's army, so that the garrisons must surrender at :discretion, unless they prefer flying into France. And now that the cause of Don CARLOS is hopeless, we would recommend to Lord PALMERSTON the divising of some plan for allowing the Pretender, his Nephew, and his family to quit Spain in safety. His blood would serve no end sanctioned by religion or sound policy, and therefore we would, if possible, spare its useless effusion. When France suffered CHARLES X. to take shelter unmolested in Holyrood House, she did more to advance the cause of liberal ideas, than she could have done by the execution of twenty regal tyrants. She proved to Europe, as did Eng land in 1688, that a free people has, and dares to exercise, the right of deposing Sovereigns and Pretenders to sovereignty, without being driven to the commission of what despots stigmatize as a judicial murder. She established the amen ability of Kings, as Kings, to the high behests of the people, without staining her hands with the blood of the individual. The same may be said with respect to Portugal. The execution of Don 11liouEL would not have struck such terror to the hearts of the• great Northern despots as his presence as a pauper at the Court of Rome. The miserable exile remains a living evidence of the abjectness to which a free people can constitutionally reduce a bad Sovereign without so much as hurting a hair of his head. It would be worthy of our Government +4 recommend A similar policy to the Spanish Author ties and even to , , „ . JOINT-STOCK BANKS. The English and Irish Joint-Stock Banks must be vigi lant, as we see Mr. E. Tennent has given notice of a motion for the 22d inst. for liberty to bring in a Bill " To Amend the Public Joint-Stock Bank Act, 6th Geo. IV., c. 42, re gulating Joint-Stock Banks in Ireland," (similar to the English Act, 7 Geo. IV.) Any measure of this kind should not be hastily introduced to the House, or legislated upon, without (Inc consideration, as much property has bean in• vested in Ireland on the faith of the existing Joint-Stock Acts ; and any enactment of this nature must also be ex tended to England. In our opinion this question should not be introduced until the Report of the Select Committee, now sitting, is received, when the House will be in posses sion of evidence which may be acted upon with greater safety, and be better able to judge if any further legislation is necessary. THE NEW OPERA of MALEK ABEL I M. Costa's Opera was produced last night at the King's Theatre. The Opera was well received, and for the most part met with complete success. The story is taker, from the well known and beautiful work of Madame Cottin, but the author of course has not adhered very strictly to it. The Opera opens with a chorus of Christian prisoners, in which the voices min gle well with the rage and terrors of a storm, after which the Archbishop gives his blessing to the multitude, and receives Josselin, who breathes sentiments of patriotism worthy of the scene. He then expresses in touching accents his love of Ma tilda, and declares that she alone is the star of victory. Al. bertazzi, dressed in a brilliant suit of armour, looked and sang in a manner equally attractive. The scene then changes to the tent of Malek Adel, who, after addressing his warriors, delivers himself up to softer thoughts, and con fesses how deeply his heart has been smitten by the charms of the Christian damsel Matilda, the sister of the King of England. He has scarcely concluded the avowal of his passion when the object of it enters, dressed in the robes of the Queen, her sister, and covered with a veil. Malek, be lieving her to be the Queen of England, inquires for her be loved sister, when Matilda, unable to contain her love, throws off the veil, and owns the deceit she had been guilty of in sending the Queen to the Christian camp in her place. Ru bini, of course, gives full effcict to the song commencing " Di tua vista, di tua voce." A chorus of captives is heard, on which Malek proclaims pardon to all, and he and Grisi join in a charming duet " Oh, santa parola." A very noble scene is now disclosed. The crusaders' camp is seen, occupying a large extent of ground, and Richard and Lusignan appear, with all the pomp of martial life. Both are splendidly dressed, .but it is to b e re gretted that the music was not differently arranged -for Tamburini's person, voice, and manner would hav e suited better our national idea of the lion-hearted King, an d Ivanoff might have sustained with advantage the dignity of the King of Cyprus. Matilda and the slaves who have been sent from the Saracen camp by the generosity of Malek Adel now make their appearance but even in the midst of her brother's Court Matilda's heart is a prey to grief, and in a noble air, " Ingannato it cor," she recalls the image of her infidel lover, and swears to live for him. A scene of discord soon occurs, in consequence of Richard offering Lusignan as her husband ; and the mutual hopes and fears of the persons present are ex pressed in a very good quintett. The whole strength of the corps is then combined in a sestetto, commencing, " Odi una misera," which ends in an insult and challenge being offered to the Saracen, and a cras h , i n w hi c h every i nstrument of the orchestra is brought into play, terminates the first act, in a manner calculated to leave an impression on the audience. The second act opens with a view of the Crusaders' camp, and the progress of a conspiracy, in which Lusignan and some of his partisans are engaged. Tamburini has an opportunity of developing some of his powerful intonation, and in an air commencing, " Oh, furie tremendi," exhibits the workings of a desperate mind, torn with anger and distracted with a hope __....._....,„:$ .1211, - - , _.. ~...,...... c . a . less passion. I ffit , goer! ! assumes now a more touching n, ratter ; the field of r afais , -s abandoned, Z:0 141 a is discovered in the ovaiGry of a convent, and i,_ ° , ti f white robes of a novice. The dress is moat becoming- to . uis. , he and we never saw ilei , look more beautiful. On her kuce3,s,_i Furs out her sorrows arid 'sr prayers—she discloses the 18 ."_' . . p :s=sioti. Ifith which she struggles, mod calls on Heaven to teach n i , e l l , how to resist. .Le then rises, apparently more composed, a ° l 5 an gir worthy of the occasion, " Tu me creatti l'anima,” exPr esie the consolation which a reliance on Providence has gife, n ' a igi the beautiful The finale is most effective, and the second act closes with, ' L I) : creasing interest. The third and the most beautiful act of tay opera opens with a view of Mount Carmel and of the churc., Grist: in which Matilda is to pronounce her fatal vows• nettim was highly imaginative : she follows, with aching sir, ii the vision has fancy has conjured ❑p—she seeks to tine, the blood flowing from its wounds—and then. sinking to ile d the weight of agony, she falls into the arms of the Priest, an,,, appears to render up her soul. Slowly recoveri n g , she ea". again on her lover's name, and is at length conducted by g c ri tlil violence within the gates of the church, upon her. No sooner are the gates shut than Malek e s , enters with his Arabs, and, though disposed to peace , be 4 e outraged by the Archbishop, and excited by the intelligeneif that Lusignan is advancing to attack him, that he gives h ielli c up wholly to thoughts of revenge, and declares that no ene le id shall escape him. This scene is Rubini's grand e ffort, a°. T here to we must say that it crowns the opera with success. nothing finer on the stage than his dramatic action ; end as ; the manner in which he .i . .ngs the air, which we may even 11° t call celebrated, beginning " Tiranno cadrai," it is beyond o°._ power to do it justice. It is the combination of all tbat.s a dmire which are cl i d ea l touching and powerful ; and we are at a loss which to more, the sweetness of his voice at one ;lament, or the lie l energy which he displays the next. The pronunciati,o,; the words " Che m'arde mi strazzia, e orrenda !rerne n , da '„ id magnificent. None but a man of the highest ;tenni s -°t e l o• have given such force to every syllable. The hous e it 1 1 - e , f , raptured, Rubini was compelled to' sing the air three n' ' , and an attempt was made to call him back again. O is e - h i alone would be enough to make Costa's fame as a c01 0 1 3° 44 as it would Rubini's as a singer, if he had not already rea e "gy the summit of reputation. The house was fully and fashio n e ll attended. The performers were all called forward on O le d, of the curtain, and Signor Costa himself afterwards appeffew in compliance with a general desire, to receive the core lations of the audience. - - -- - HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DA" The House sat to -day to hear Writs of Error. The Ord present were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham , n e , Denman, and Lord Wynford. All the Judges were als° sent, with the exception of Lord Abinger and Mr. Bar° n e s p derson. The arguments were resualed in Garland V• lisle, and had not concluded when our reporter left. 'LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS PA " DEAL, MAY 18.—Wind E. N. E.—Arrived the Sea 1 ":"! Smith, from Buenos Ayres ; and Oby, Barker, from l i ne, STANGATE CREEK, MAY 18.—Arrived the Rebel, sflir - _ from Vostizza. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 18.—Wind N. to E. N. E.--No FALMOUTH, MAY 17.—Wind N.—No arrivals. PIAMOUTH, MAY 18. —Wind N.—No arrivals. I oril D OVE R, MAY 18.—Off port the Camilla, Marshal, -I. Hobart Town. fro t" tea, ...., xrivel HASTINGS, MAT 18.— Cape of Good Hope. . ric" COWES, MAY 18.—Arrived Victoria, —, from Rio A lle m ISLE OF WIGHT, MAY 17.—Arrived the Duke of rence, —, from Calcutta. ti MO SWANSEA, MAY 17.—Arrived Robert Finney, from ws - cre . LIVERPOOL, MAT 17. —Wind W. N. W.—Arrived the " - ...4 derick William, —, from Gresswold ; North American, „%, from New York; and Old Colaig, —, from New Orlg s " Off port the Cllarlotte, —, from Africa. 01 0 ABERDEEN, MAY 16.—Arrived Rapid, Millar, from - OFF WHITST—The Magnet, Price, from DantziC. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOG II ' s o By the arrivals from New York this morning, we ha v i e o o account of the proceedings of a great meeting of the mete" of that city, at which it was resolved : t te° That the wide-spread disaster which has oY er-e te st the commercial interests of the country, and which thres'op to produce general bankruptcy, may be in a great mease r „ e itlt tributed to the interference of the general Government " i t s the commercial and business operations of the country: Ns , intermeddling with the currency ; its destruction of the e v d it tional Bank ; its attempt to substitute a metallic fora er o f currency ; and generally to the issuing by the President co the United States of the Treasury orders known as th e sPe circular. 1 1" " Resolved—That while we should do nothing w hich le o it for a moment compromise our respect for the laws, Ise, t o o th incumbent upon us -to remind the 'Executive of the r t e eet that the Government of the country, as of late admauirdid has become the oppressor of the people, instead of aW' r them protection ; that its perseverance in the experitnentd its predecessor, after the public voice, in every way 1 1 n : 0 it that voice could be expressed, has clearly denounce ( ' ruinous to the best interests of the country, has already es l es 0 the ruin of thousands of merchants, thrown tens of Iho es A e t bo of mechanics and labourers out of employment, deprecii te ".ol value of our great staple millions of dollars, and de stA the internal exchanges. ti° " Resolved—That a Committee of not less than e",..100 appointed to repair to Washington, and remonstrate w iti o o; Executive against the continuance of the specie circulati er, and in behalf of this meeting, and in the name of the °to chants of New York, and the people . of the United S te urge its immediate repeal." , 5 61 Launceston papers to the 30th December state ti:at toe er n Lieutenant-Governor might be hourly expected. The Ill fl ? ro e of continued to rage in the north of the colony. The ee! i i ," bed the cargoes of foreign wheat which had recently r egs ,o o Hobart Town were disappointed in the price, and had gon to Sydney. , r yA " NEW ORLEANS, APRIL 23.—BLOCKADE OF THE - ° lv PORTS.—I regret to inform you, that notwithstanding t h , e t ot advices from Tampico, respecting the destruction of t hs Mexican fleet, it has unexpectedly made its appearance ( A or Texean coast ; which leads to the supposition that they n .,All e so s termined to try an experiment against the ports of Exchange on London ranges between 10 and 13 per ce e , t * o r By th arrival of the N e w Y o rk packet of May 1p t ue f counts received from the U n it e d St a t e s continue to betloot very unfavourable natur e , a s will b e see n by the res° lll ,4o l passed at the great meeting of the American merchants st ; * of York, whose Committee were going to proceed to We, 51 , 3 71° ton, to demand of the President to discontinue the e Circular Act. THE FUNDS. , I icy' Consols opened this morning at the leaving off Pr ict is l yesterday, 914 for Money, and for the Account; l iolt chequer Bills 33 35 prem. ; India Bonds 33 prem.; Stock 206 i; India Stock 2591 260 i. WI °I In the Foreign Market, although we have a confirnitoco the taking of Hernani by General Espartero, and them" the of General Evans on Irun, it has not had any effect 13° 0 ,0 1 Spanish Active, which may be quoted at present 2 5 ' Dr Coupons ; Portuguese 49; Three per Cents. 301 l b Fe ferred Spanish 91; Passive 6-1 ; Dutch Two-and-a- a Cents. 53g. We are sorry to state we have some disagreeable r e r f e l4 r , this morning in respect to commercial affairs, both in c pool and in the City. HALF-PAST fs This morning account s were received from Liverpootic .arge house there having beek; placed in difficulties ; b are happy to state that they have been removed. Consols continue at 91f for the ,a ccount, Mono)? th e 811° 3 3 for next July Account, 91i i; Excheouer Bills lo wer iod prem. ; India Bonds higher, 35 p rem . ;^ Dank So ck ' 207 ; India Stock, 2604. urns, In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active, 24 i .?% Co up Porf with Coupons, 254 ; Passive, 6A- ; Deferred, 91; ;.00(1!‘ tuguese, 494 ; Three per Cents., 304 ; Dutch Twes- Half per Cents., 53f. CIO ° THREE 0' Consols for the Account, 91i 1,.s ap: We learn with pleasure that Mr. Haynes -n by novel, " Marriage Settlements," which has been delaY c" e,' o ubfr dangerous illness, is now c ompl e t e d, and on the eve ' c ation. —L iterary Gazette. If T. COX SAVORY, Goldsmith, Stc., 47, • ti ° London, informs the Public, that he has a considerable va le ° erg SECOND-HAND GOLD WATCHES, any of which i k , er at EIGHT GUINEAS each. They have all been Car e p ; amined, and are warranted.—Watches purchased in excha 131 RTHS. i t il'' On the 15th inst., in Wilton-street, the lady'of T. Fa irfax' , of a daughter. the 1 0 14('-' On the 12th inst. , at St. Germain. en-Lave, the lady e - St. John Butler, of a daughter. , s 11 0°S' On the 13th inst., at Old Windsor, the lady of J• A.. ' job° bottom, Esq., of a son. Sri' On the 14th inst., in Harpur-street, Queen square, ~t, Shaw, of a son. tte' str'- On the 15th Mrs. Charles Beady, of Charlo of Blackfriars -road, of a inst.,daughter. I w 4 - h - n E st s . ?. a , t o Su t d t a o u n g . h o t a e c r e . , Hackney, On the 14th inst., at Dunnichen House, Forfarshire, th e I°ll • J. O W n ' th li e aM/ f lo° , son, of a son. ~,,,. o no c On the 13th inst., in Osnaburg-street, Mrs. C. potter, On the 14th inst., Mrs. Basil Francis, of Godliinan-5' tors' Commons, of a daughter. r P be MARRIED. Chr i ' t° til i On the 16th inst., at St. Leonard's-on-Sea, John h oist Rees Weguelin, Esq., 16th Lancers, to Isabella TheoP , r , youngest daughter of R. Sym son, Esq._ Rie bid estri t i:re?,, a . e , - 0 , On the 16th inst., at St. G P eo ' •Hanover-sq Fisher, Esq., of Lincoln'slnn r ' e s ' p b oke C°1"1 • 09' .' ' , Fellow of em r „, t i n , o r bridge, to Augusta Anne, only daughter of 1 - 1. -" a ! Cb ol4 Colston Basset, Nottinghamshire, one of the Masters in Mrs. Geo. 0. Vi ieri ~, a of On the 15th inst., at Tonbridge Joseph Bel], -''''''' 00 , errace, Islington, aged 75. 73 1)1f. ' On the 15th inst., at the Windmill, Salthill, aged Botham, 45 years proprietor of the above hotel. H W On the 15th inst., Henry Prentis, Esq., T ruste d , 39 E5(1.1 o f For d On the 14th inst., at Edinburgh,.George llerefordshire. J. On the 12th inst., Elizabeth, eldest daughter of 3 r' of Cunningham-place, St. John's Wood, aged_ 26 ---..- Pinyl4.g° London: Printed and Published by Me-RDO o A ha th ll° 112, Strand, at The Sun Office , No . 112. Strati "- Qf Middlesex.—Friday, May 19 : 1887 " .