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Now ready, in 2 vols., with Portraits, 21s. bound, "LETTERS OF THE KINGS OF ENGLAND. Nov FIRST COLLECTED, from the Originals in Royal Archives, iind from other authentic sources, private as well as public. Edited, ith an Historical Introduction and Notes, By J. 0. HALLIWELL, Esq., F.R.S., &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. - RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, 84c., take place every Tuisrav and Imply, at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commeree, rhreadneedle-street, London, to which place all favours, contsiaing instructions, are respectfully requested is be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited for exa mination at least one day previously to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds Immediately disposed of according to instructions. Offices, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. HET. MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Madame GRIM has the honour to acquaint the Nobility, Sub scribers, and the Public, that her BENEFIT will take place on THURSDAY NEXT, MAY 14, When will be performed Verdi's celebrated Opera, entitled, I LOMBARDI : ALLA PRIMA CROCIA rA. With new scenery, dresses, &c. ; the scenery by Mr. Marshall. Grlselda, Madame Grisi; Soda, Madame Bellini ; Viclinda, Mdlle. Corbari; Oronte, Signor Mario; Arvino, Signor Corea' ; Botelli ; Acciano, Sig. Giubilei ; Pagano, Sig. Fornasari. To be followed by a DIVERTISSEMENT. In which will appear Mdlles. Carib), L. Taglioni, Lucile Grahn, Moncelet, Cassan, De unitise ; MM. St. Leon and M. Perrot. After which (for this occasion only), Gnecco's Opera Buffa, LA . PROVA D'UN OPERA SERIA. Campanone, Signor Lablache ; Fedrico, Signor Corelli ; Griletto, Signor F. Lablache ; Violante, Madame Belllni ; Corilla, Madame Grist. To conclude with the admired Ballet of ON - DINE. Ondine, Mdlle. Cerito ; Mattco, M. Perrot ; Giannina, Mdlle. Louise Taglioni. Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the box office, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven, the Opera to com mence at half-past Seven o'clock. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed Verdi's celebrated Opera, entitled, NINO, Niung, signor Fornasari ; Idaspe, Signor Corelli; Orotasphe, Signor Botelli ; Irenena, Mdlle. Corbari ; Abigail, Mdlle. Sanchioll. To conclude with the grand Ballet, by M. Deshayes, re-arranged in Three Tableaux, by M. Perrot, the Music by 3f. Costa, entitled ALMA ; on, LA FILLS DU FEU. Perephite, 31. Perrot ; Balfegor, 31. Gosselin ; Em;.zor, M. St. Leon ; Alma, Mdlle. Cerito. In which will be Introduced the admired Pas de Fascination (composed by M. Perrot), by Mesdlles. Cerito, De snelisse, Moncelet, Cassan, and 31. Perrot ; the celebrated Pas de Trois, by Madlle. Cerito, M. St. Leon, assisted by Mdlle . Demelisse ; also, a Pas de Trois, by Madlle. L. Taglioni, supported by 31dlles. Demelisse and Moncelet (composed by M. Gosselin). Verdi's celebrated Opera, "I Lombardi a/la prima Crociata," will produced on Tuesday next, May 12. THEATRE 'ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed a ..ievrOiTeit;:eniiiled THE CRUSADERS. The principal characters will be sustained by Messrs. W. Har rison, Borrani, Horncastle, S. Jones, Weiss, Stretton, D. W. Ring, Miss Romer, and Miss Rainforth. Between the first and second Acts of the Opera, will be intro duced Les Pas des Fleurs, by thirty-six of the celebrated Danseuses ; and between the second and third Acts, twenty-four Danseuses Tiennoises will execute the famous Pas Hongrois. After which, the celebrated Ballet of LA GISELLE. Duke of Silesia, M. Mathis; Ililarion, Mr. W. H. Payne ; Prince of Cour land, Mr. Howell ; Wilfrid, M. Adrien ; Giselle, Mdlle. Sall; Mirtha, 11Idlle. Louise; Princess Bathilde, Mdlle. St. Louin ; Bertha, Mrs. Rayne; Principal Willis, Mesdames Adele and Giubilei. In the course of the Ballet will be introduced Le Pas Oriental, by forty-eight of the Pupils of Madame Weiss. THEATHE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE CLANDESTINE MARRIAGE. Lord Ogleby, Mr. W. Farren ; Sir John Melville, Mr. Brindal ; Brash, Mr. Mudson ; Canton, Mr. J. Bland ; Fanny Sterling, Miss Julia Ben nett ; Miss Sterling, Miss P. Horton ; Mrs. Heidelberg, Mrs. Glover ; Betty, Mrs. Humby. The Band will perform the Overture, "Edourdo e Christine," the Pantasie, " Fra Diavolo ;" the " Yost Horn Galop," " Antoinette," Cellarius Waltz ; the "Chatsworth Quadrilles ;" and the " Brunow *Polka." To be succeeded by an Original Farce, called THE IRISH TIGER. Atr Charles Lavender, Mr. Howe ; Paddy Ryan, 31r. Hudson Alderman Marrowfat, Mr. Tilbury; Bilbury, Mr. T. F. Mathews ; Julia, Miss Telbin ; Nancy, Mrs. Caulfield. After which, an experiment will be tried upon THE BIRDS OF ARISTOPHANES : on which occasion they will be presented to Vie public with new Names, new Feathers, new Songs, and new Tales. Principal characters by Messrs. James Bland, Hudson, Tilbury, Brindal, Caulfield, T. F. 31athews, and Miss P. Horton. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER TUE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New and Original Farce, entitled, A FRIEND INDEED! After which, the Comedy of HONOURS AND TRICKS. Prin. Opal characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, F. Vining, Wigan, Diddear, and Keeley ; Miss Villars, Mrs. A. Wigan, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a New Grand Operatic Romantic Burlesque Spec tacle, founded upon certain St riling and hitherto Unrevealed Pas sages in the Histories of ROBIN HOOD AND RICHARD C(EUR DE LION. Characters by Mrs. Keeley, Miss Fairbrother, Miss M. Keeley, Miss Villars, Miss E. Daly, Miss Howard, Miss Bromley (her itrat appearance), Miss Laidlaw, and Miss Grove ; Mr. A Wigan, Mr. F. Matthews, Mr. Keeley, Mr. Turner, and Mr. J. W. Collier. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING Will be performed a popular Comedy, entitled EXCHANGE NO ROBBERY ; or, Who's to Father Me ? Sam Swipes, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Swipes, Mrs. F. Matthews ; Miss Melrose, Miss Chaplin , Lady Cranberry, Miss •Volgar. After which a New Farce, entitled, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL ? Chesterfield Honeybun, Mr. Wright ; 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. 3litchenson, &c. To conclude with a Farce, entitled THE UNFINISHED GEN TLEMAN, Bill Downey, Mr. Wright; Louisa Bloomfield, Miss M. Taylor ; Mary Chintz, Miss Woolgar. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING Will be performed Sheridan's Play of PIZARRO, with the orig'nal Music. Rolla, Mr. Wallack ; Alonzo, Mr. Murray ; Orozembo, Mr. Cooper ; Pizarro, Mr. Ryder ; High Priest, Mr. Lahr ; Elvira, Mrs. Ternan ; Cora. Mrs. Stirling. To be followed by a DIVERTISSEMENT. In which Messrs. Gilbert, Marshall, and Flexmore ; Miss Bailin and Miss Marshall will appear. To conclude with a New Drama, entitled ERNESTINE. The principal characters supported by Vessrs. Cooper, Wallack, Leigh Murray; Mrs. Stirling, Miss E. Stanley, Miss May, &e. ASTLEYN ROYAL AMPHITHE.ATEE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the especial patronage of her most graQious Majesty, Prince Albert, and the Priscesa Royal. Triumphant career of Mr. Leman Rede's New Equestrian Spectacle of " The Arab and his Steed," aided by the Double Stud, Beautiful Scenery, Original Effects, &c. Second Week of the Domestic Equestrian Afterpiece, entitled, " The Post-Boy of St. Austle ; or, The Cornish Wreckers." THIS EVENING Will be performed the Grand Asiatic Drama of THE ARAB AND HIS DESERT STEED ; or, the Pearl of the Euphrates. Eatire Change In the Scenes of the Circle, and magnificent Feats of the Hippodrome, by the Foreign and British Professors. To conclude with the favourite Drama of the POST BOY OF ST. AUSTLE ; or, The Cornish Wreckers. Box-office open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six and commence at seven o'clock. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. Triumphant Success ! Repetition of " The Bride's Journey." THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Drama, entitled JARVIS, THE HONEST MAN; or, a Tale of the Times of Judge Jefferies. Characters by Messrs. Saville, Fredericks, Searle, Burton, Tindal ; Miss Vincent, and Miss Jefferson. After which (by desire), THE BItIDE'3 JOURNEY ; or, the Seven Escapes of Adelaide of Dresden. In which Miss Vincent will perform. To conclude with an Original Drama, called THE DOOM OF 411; [LT : or, The Norman Tiger. Supported by the entire strength of the Victoria Company. NEW STRAND THEATRE. ENTIRE CHANGE.—NOVELTIES AND MAGIC EFFECTS. ". La gaiete est la sante de I'ams, La tristesse en est le poison." THIS EVENING M. PWILLIPPE begs leave to announce that, in consequence of I the Triumphant Success that has attended his EASTER ENTER TAINMENTS, they will be repeated every Wednesday and Sa turday Morning. and every Evening until further notice. M. PHIL LII'PE will commence the Entertainment by Lighting Two Hundred and Fifty Wax Candles by a single Pistol Snot! This unique and brilliant Experiment was originally performed by dons. Philimpe for upwards of 700 consecutive nights in Paris. lIN. Phillippe will also have the honour of introducing lils. GRANDMOTHER'S CAP, with all its laughable and rapid Trans ormations. The Entertainments will be varied by the Dancing of the CHIARINI FAMILY, and the Olympic Gambols of the AME RICAN BROTHERS. The Morning Performance will commence at Two o'clock ; the Evening at a quarter to Eight. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, Is. ; Pit, ls. ; Gallery, Gd. ; Private Boxes, 1/. Is., and 10s. 6d. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MAY 9. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 50; Highest, 68; Noon, 68. BAROMETER, 30.05.—W1ND S.; fine. lIIGII WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning •• 24 minutes after 12. I Evening .. 4.5 minutes after 12. • ,r/4c, * co t. y $ 15.4t4 =- • - $ • 5' • sibi o • Ab • ,0•4" 4. : 4• 10a2161\ 11 Age SECOND EDITION. Imam Mt; LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1846. The Lords met at Five o'clock. Various petitions were presented, and many of the Bills on the table were forwarded a stage. The discussion on the Charitable Trusts Bill was fixed for Thursday next. Their Lordships adjourned before Six o'clock. The SPXAIER took the Chair at Four o'clock. Mr. HUDSON moved the insertion of the clause of which he had given notice, in all railway Bills of the present session, by which new companies were to be incorporated. Sir G. CLERK opposed the motion, Mr. LABOUCIIERE thought the Hon. Member had better introduce a Bill himself on the subject, or engraft this clause in Lord DALHOUSIE'S Bill. Mr. licpsow withdrew his motion. On the motion for the consideration of the report on the Corn Importation Bill, Sir C. BURRELL rose to address the House. He thought the present corn-law had hitherto worked so well, that it was impolitic to interfere with it. Colonel VERNER opposed the measure, believing it to be an experiment that would shake the whole financial system of the country. Sir W. JOLLIIFP considered the measure unjust and impo litic, and he should, therefore, give it his decided opposition. Mr. BANKES maintained that the distress in Ireland was much greater in 18'22 than it was at the present moment, and contended that unfair arguments had been advanoed for • orn-laws, founded upon gross ex. x denied that the Government were exaggeration in the statements which use with respect to the great distress that the rate of wages in Dorset wits a represented. max corroborated the statemonts of and bore witness to the strenuous. exer• 'dead the Earl of Lutcour, 1049 had :Vtgik, ,rep eal of the ci .... 4 eilaticuiT ~:k,., .. i•-. . - 11 4 , 1 41 . • ~:,, 0 COLN a.,:-, tact . - . " . .1 1 /. ast ex ; 1. ... ; ,. l e taco ••• tAI . , ir HOUSE ( ° '''fr 1;1 _ . . 6 s ' •IT relan( ( 4 .._ ' f'• . nied t _ .* ad been AI. . 411 43 , 8, Ea..;' LorcoLx, ar tioni of .• Noble Frii THE Arm, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 8 1 18461 alleviated, in a great degree, the distresses of the people in Ireland. Mr. LEF&OY denied that distress was general, and read several letters from Irish landed proprietors to the same effect. Mr. BORTHIVICK impugned the conduct of the Prime Minister in deserting his party, and contended that the French Government would never adopt the principle of free trade. Mr. HmorLET would give the measure his most decided opposition in every stage. After a smart personal altercation between Mr. ROEBUCK and Mr. DISRAELI, Mr. S. HERBERT addressed the House in favour of the measure. Lord GEORGE BErrisciE spoke at some length ; after which strangers were ordered to withdraw, but no division took place, the report being agreed to without it. The report was then received, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time on Monday next. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned. We rejoice to find, from a statement made by Sir JA.MES GRAHAM on Thursday evening, in reply to a question by Mr. ROEBUCK, that a Commission has been issued for the purpose of making inquiries into the state of the law and its administration in the Channel Islands, and that he should have no objection to lay the Com missioners' report on the table when obtained. It is really astonishing that during the many and valuable reforms which have taken place of late years, and the vast improvements which have been effected in the constitutional liberty of the subject, islands, which lie in our immediate neighbourhood, which have for cen turies formed part of the appanage of the British throne, which, from the freedom from taxation they have ever enjoyed, and the beauty of the country and the salubrity of the climate, have been selected by thousands of our fellow-countrymen as their place of residence, should have hitherto escaped the observation of the Legis lature, should be subjected to misgovernment of the worst description, in the power of an oligarchy who suffer no considerations of justice or equity to restrain them in the full indulgence of their worst passions and prejudices, and who, like the Triumvirate of old, are ready to proscribe and punish any person falling under the displeasure of their body. Such is the state of society, that it is openly said that justice is not to be obtained by an Englishman, and yet our SOVEREIGN in her Privy Council is paramount, can vary or alter the laws, or their mode of administration ; in fact, has greater power than in her own country, but that the power is not exercised, or at least is suffered to remain in their hands, by whom it has hitherto been so grievously misused. The two principal of these islands are Jersey and Guernsey. The former contains about 50,000 inhabi tants, of whom nearly one-half are natives of Great Britain or Ireland. Guernsey contains nearly 30,000, about 8,000 or 9,000 our own country men, a large proportion of whom are persons in independent circumstances, living on their own means. Many have acquired property in the islands, or would gladly do so, but that they are deterred by the unjust and oppressive nature of the laws, and the partial man ner in which they are carried into execution. Can this state of things be permitted to continue ? Most assuredly not.' 'All that is wanting is, that an inquiry should be conducted under the auspices of just and im partial men, who will fearlessly expose the system, and lay , bare the root and origin of this misgovernment, and who will suggest alterations and amendments by which improvements may be effected. Let the real state of things be once known to the country, let the force of public opinion be brought to bear upon the question, and the evils will speedily be grappled with, liberty be restored, and all classes of the inhabitants of the islands will be conciliated, and pleased, except the selfish, grasping, and monopolising few, who have hitherto played with the social rights and sported with the liberties of their brethren. In each of the islands the law is nearly similar, and similar abuses have crept into the mode of its adminis tration, consequently our observations will apply to each, although we shall select and speak of Guernsey only. Most of the mischief is occasioned by the extraordi nary powers assumed by the Royal Court (as it is called), which consists of a bailiff and twelve jurats. Those jurats are elected for life, by a small body, not exceeding one hundred and sixty electors. The most corrupt influences are brought to bear during an election ; compacts are made, and all the worst fea tures of an election, in one of the rotten boroughs, that so long remained a stain upon the British constitution, are presented to the view. It is easily to be concei►ed, that much prejudice will be felt by the newly-elected jurat in favour of the friends by whom he was sup ported, and in hostility to those by whom he was op posed, and, unfortunately, he finds too many op portunities for exhibiting this prejudice in the course of his subsequent career ; there is no legal education of any kind, no knowledge of law necessary for the jurat. On his election he at once becomes the ex pounder, the administrator of the law, of which pre viously he might have been in total ignorance. No record of any of the proceedings of this Court is kept, or, if kept, it is not open to public inspec tion. All they condescend to announce, in any case, civil or criminal, is the conclusion they have arrived at —the sentence they have pronounced. This sentence is frequently of the most arbitrary kind. No appeal lies from their decision in criminal cases. The majority decides as to the guilt and its punishment—fines, imprisonment, flogging, mu tilation, banishment, nay, death itself, may be decreed without the hope to the accused of the sentence being revised. No matter how erroneous it may be in point of law, the fiat which has once gone forth is most as suredly carried into execution without delay. No power exists in the island to stay the execution, none to miti gate the punishment ; thus, the most valuable preroga tive of the Crown, that of mercy, is practically abolished. True it is, the QUEEN in Council may pardon, or lessen the punishment ; but it is invariably executed be fore the application can be entertained and inquired into. In civil cases, an appeal only lies when the amount at stake exceeds 2001. sterling, and thus justice is refused to the vast majority, and, in consequence, great discon tent is felt by all except the favoured few. But this monstrous judicial power is not all that is exercised by the Court. It assumes to itself the magisterial capacity, acts as a police-court, inquires into every matter ex mero motu, holds a preliminary examination pre ' vious to the criminal trial. There it examines wit nesses on oath secretly, decides whether a trial shall take place or not, and the result of that trial, the verdict, the sentence may be, and we fear too frequently is, settled at this secret inquisition, before the accused has an opportunity of being heard in his own defence. In addition to these extraordinay functions, it arro gates to itself a third, still greater than either of the others, the right of promulgating ordinances, which shall have all the force of law, and by which the most op pressive laws may be enacted, and taxes imposed with uut reference to any other body whatsoever. It is little to be wondered at if, with this extraordinary assimulation of power, executive, legislative, and judicial, the Court and its members should have got the entire island under their control, should become arrogant and little solici tous of the manner in which they discharge their duties. Who will care to impeach the conduct or offend any one possessing such authority, such power for good or evil? True liberty has ever been found to consist in the sepa ration of these functions and their entire independence of each other ; it is to that separation and independence we owe the freedom, and the consequent happiness of the land in which we live ; from their junction no other consequences can be expected than those which are found to exist in the Channel Islands. And we fear lessly call upon those in whom the authority is vested to abrograte all privileges which shall be found injurious and detrimental to the liberties of the people. We feel deeply the importance of this subject, and we shall shortly show the public something of the working of this most extraordinary Court in the exercise of its despotic and unconstitutional powers. There is evidently a scheme formed by certain parties throughout the country to make a new inroad upon the enjoyments of the lower classes on Sunday. The par ties who present petitions on the subject have not yet ventured to name the precise enactment which they have in view—even they seem afraid to propose such a tyran nical Bill, but they try to paint in the strongest colours the evils of drunkenness, the depraved condition of the lower classes, their insatiable thirst for spirits and malt liquors, especially on the first day of the week, then call on the Legislature to pass a law to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors ; in other words, to shut up every public-house throughout Eng land and Scotland on Sunday. The Bishops take a most active part in this business, and for that reason, indepen dent of others, we view the attempt with well-grounded suspicion. We never knew the clergy, as a body, attempt any reform in the condition of the lower classes, except by brute force, by the strong arm of the law, by enactments which a layman would hardly venture to recommend, their sacred calling and their i own unspotted life, being, in their vain conceits, a suffi cient guarantee that they would propose nothing unjust and nothing except what was absolutely necessary for the regeneration of the people under their care. The amusements of the people, and even their harmless re creations, whether on Sunday or Saturday, they view with a sort of horror. The Bishop of LONDON de nounces skittles and playing a certain number of games for a quart of beer, even on a week day, as a most dangerous enormity. Another would put an end to cricket and every healthful exercise, because hard-working peo ple should devote their little spare time to more solemn duties, and especially th• duties pointed out by Mother Church. The Bishop of ST. DAVID'S goes a step fur ther, and not only calls for a Bill against the sale of intoxicating liquors on Sunday, but blames the Government for doing nothing —not even giving any notification of their intentions with respect to this grand scheme for regenerating drunkards. The Bishop has a bad memory, or he wilfully forgets a most important speech made by Sir JANES GRAHAM a few years ago. A scheme was then in agi tation to extend the public-house law which applied to London to the entire kingdom, but this was vigorously opposed by the Home Secretary, who said, with great truth, that when a labouring man had either to walk a considerable way to church or was engaged on a jour ney, whether to see his friends or for any other lawful purpose, he could see no harm to religion by allowing him to refresh himself with a crust of bread and eheese and a glass of ale at a public-house. No rational man could see any harm, but merciless bigots and sel fish churchmen cannot see as men of practical know ledge see, and would reduce every one to their standard by the severest penalties. It is but right that the lower classes should have something to say in this matter, and they might well ask the Bishops—" What have you ever done for raising our character by encouraging education, or in what way have you tried to allure us to the Church ? In every instance you have opposed education for the people; not openly, it is true, but in a more effectual way—by ex citing among' Churchmen a horror of Dissenters, and weekly sermons against every species of education which did not accord with the Thirty-nine Articles and the Athanasian Creed. And what example have you shown to us uneducated men ? Have not the crimes committed by the clergy for some time been the universal theme of reprobation ? Have not deeds been brought to light, and left com paratively unpunished too, which bring disgrace upon the nation ? Have not one-half of you treacher ously broken the solemn vows taken at the altar ; and, while professing to be Protestants, and receiving the emoluments of the Protestant Church, have openly ad mitted the tenets of Popery, and exerted yourselves to the utmost to undermine the Reformed religion, and rob us of all the blessings conferred by the Reformation? Have you made any attempts to reform yourselves ? No. You reserve all your reform for us, and because one man in a hundred conducts himself improperly, you will punish the whole clue Never was there such a barefaced attempt to pass a tyrannical Act under hypocritical pretences. The law is already sufficiently strong to punish evil doers, as the poor peasantry know to their cost. Have not the justices unlimited power over the publicans—cannot they ruin them, by taking away their licenses—and is not that alone sufficient to make a publican preserve order, and call in the police when any attempt is made to dese crate the Sabbath ? But that will not satisfy these un charitable men. They will have a law which shall apply to all the middle and the lower classes—they will hind them down like wild beasts, make no distinction between the good and the bad, and thus the thousands upon thousands of steady, hard-working artisans, who enjoy themselves, with their families, on .a Sunday afternoon, the only day they have for beholding the face of nature, will be debarred, they and their children, from all re freshment, even in the most sultry weather, because the Bishop of ST. DAVID'S bad observed some disgraceful scenes among the mountains of Wales and the bigots of Exeter-hall would bring the faith and practice of every man to their perfect models. Although, as might readily have been anticipated, nothing definite or conclusive was arrived at yesterday evening in respect to the final reading of the Corn and Customs Bill, some not unsatisfactory deductions may be drawn from the very discursive discussions which thereupon transpired in the House of Commons. From the general characteristics of that debate it is percepti ble that, granting them an allowable proportion of dis appointment at the recognition of their own discomfiture, the Protectionists are less inclined than heretofore to pro crastinate matters by their obstinacy, that they perceive at length the abstract futility of their opposition, and are, to a considerable extent, prepared to testify their re signation at the overthrow of their very obsolete princi ples. Such at least are the most rational inferences to be deduced from their behaviour overnight; and, unless some fresh paroxysm of pertinacity goad them on to ad ditional demonstrations against the measure, we may in dulge our hopes of a speedy settlement of the free-trade Bill, that is to say, as far as the Lower House of Parliament is concerned. We are in clined to regard the matter in this sanguine light from the consideration that the speeches delivered yesterday, ostensibly for the championship of agriculture, contained in reality the last bubbles of fer mentation upon the subject from the lips of the anti- Ministerialist faction ; and this we conceive was espe cially recognisable in the sickly acid of personalities with which those harangues were severally flavoured. It was the last feeble ebullition of expiring spleen and subsiding acerbity. These personalties, however, whe ther uttered by the Noble Member for Lynn or any other adventuring representative, we possess neither the inclination to elucidate nor the appetite to con. Nevertheless a quotation from EDMUND BURKE, as uttered last night by Lord G. BENTINCK, forms in itself such a ridiculously appropriate parody upon his Lord ship's present behaviour and manifest ambition as to be deserving of particular mention. " The people of Eng land," said the Noble Lord, " had that aversion to poli tical vacillation and political inconsistency, and political tergiversation, that, as BURKE, ho thought it was said, they thought that a man to be fit to be the representa tive of a great constituency should be a man of stible mind !" Never was adjective more susceptible of a sar castic and nzalcipropos signification ; it is an unintended tra ves tie and an unfortunate identification of the speaker him self. In an anterior portion of the discussion, however, the attention of the House was occupied with explanations of infinitely greater importance, explanations indeed which, to a certain extent, may be numbered among the most interesting of the present session. Our allusion is obviously directed to the language uttered by the Right Honourable the new Member for the Falkirk burghs, the Secretary for Ireland. Lord LINCOLN appears to have been dragged into these explanations without any previous warning on the part of his inter rogator, Mr. G. BANKES. He is abruptly called upon by that Hon. Gentleman to give some explicit corroboration of the Government statements about the scarcity of pro visions in Ireland, or, in case of his incapacity to do so, to acknowledge the exaggeration contained in those statements. Notwithstanding, however, this unusual method of catechising a Minister, and interrogating him "by the book," the Noble Earl by a few simple facts altogether refuted the notion that Government had been tampering with the credulity of Parliament by an ex travagant representation of Irish poverty. In this re spect he treated the imputations upon himself and his colleagues in a manner the most likely to exonerate them from all similar suspicions, and to place the in tegrity of the Cabinet and the destitution of Ireland in a true and incontrovertible light. Far from the picture of privation being over-coloured in any single particular, he insisted, upon the most indubitable authority, that the preponderating mass of the Irish population were visited with a remark able accumulation of wants, and of wants that augured their own greater extension. He instanced Limerick and Clare as counties in which " the extent of the distress was most alarming :" and although he con fessed that the scarcity might not be universal through. out the island, he maintained in the most emphatic terms that it was both " general and decisive." Within the last twenty-four hours, he himself had been the recipient of a very imperative communication from the county Kerry, informing him that the people in that neighbourhood, contrary to their own expectations, had exhausted their stock of potatoes, both by necessary consumption and unforeseen disease, insomuch that they were now left wholly unprovided with nourishment. With reference to the inuendo uttered by the Hon. Member for Dor chester, that the Government had tended con siderably to increase the difficulties of the Irish population by an undue interference with the potato crop, he pointed out the beneficial influence upon the market prices of Ireland which had resulted from the extensive importation of Indian meal and Indian corn ; while, as a conclusive repudiation of the charge, he assured the House, in the most categorical way, " that the distress in Ireland, though not universal, is general, and that so far as the statements of it go which have been made by her MAJESTY'S Government, they will be found to be fully borne out by the facts as th ey exist." The corroboration of these assertions, which were subsequently pronounced by Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN, are simple and brief, but assuredly they are emphatic enough. W e one of his characteristic e district tof Clare, in which I reside; w tran s cribe, vi.deoeea almost of th e at m r ise an ra do b m ly , f he hi d s country men With respect," said he, ben I got there I found on disorganized and impoverishe d condi , t , io to n o t cattle g uarded 3ar the hills near me t Ting, by soldiers ; I found on one side a schooner atta cked on the river by bodies of armed men ; I found , o n the other, ca and, to some extent, a lawless population." After these unanswerable proofs of the wretchedness which has already enlisted the sympathies of Government, and proofs which no caviller, without the most consummate amount of scepticism, can gainsay, the Hon. Member objected, we conceive somewhat unfairly, to the manner in which the Premier mingled the question of Irish distress with the corn-laws, immediately upon the intro duction of his measure. It must be remembered, how ever, that the fact of destitution in Ireland was then ad duced simply as an argument for the immediate modifica tion of the enactments pressing upon the importation of provisions, while the facts of experience, of logic, of philosophy, and of common honesty were adduced as arguments for the ulterior and permanent settlement of the protective system. That was the only manner in which Sir ROBERT placed those two important matters in juxta-position, and, as a conscientious statesman, he could not well have acted otherwise. The immediate preservation of Ireland, and the future pros perity of the British Isles generally, require an instant modification of the duties imposed upon articles of food. Justice and Charity league together for the impulsion of a free-trade agitation to its triumph, and since the world has existed an ultimate acquiescence has ever been ac corded to the demands of Justice and Charity when pronounced by the voice of an united people. The Jesuit party has been defeated in the Swiss elections. The Zurich Gazette of the 4th says:—" The Liberal party has gained a complete victory at the elections which took place yesterday. Out of the 171 elections for the Grand Council the Conservatives were not able to gain more than 29." It appears as if the Austrian Government was ap prehensive of some outbreak in the north of Italy. The fortifications of Verona, which have been only recently completed, and which were not to be armed unless in anticipation of a war, are, according to a letter from Verona, dated the 20th ult., which appears in the Con stitutionnel , armed forthwith, and the park of the Adige is to- be provided with a considerable reserve. General RUDETSKY was expected at Verona in the course of the week. The companions of the unfortunate BANDIEEA having been pardoned by the King of NAPLES, on Good Friday, have arrived at Marseilles. It is said that his MAJESTY has also shown mercy to many other political prisoners. The state of affairs in Finland is anything but tran quil. A letter from Helsingford of April 20 says— " Two nights back, between ten and eleven o'clock, this town was thrown into confusion by the appearance of 500 or 600 young men, chiefly students of the University, who pro menaded the streets singing national songs. They stopped before the houses occupied by the Russian functionaries, and broke the windows with stones, crying out, Poland for ever!' Down with the Muscovite tyrants!' Oscar I. for ever !' This last cry had reference to the fact of the Grand Duchy of Finland having formerly formed part of Sweden, before it was ceded to Russia in 1815. A great number of these disturbers of the public peace were arrested, and the Governor-General of Finland has given orders to have them tried by court-martial." Madrid papers of the Ist instant have been received. The Gazette contains the official dispatches of the ge nerals employed in the recent affairs in Galicia, and an nounces authoritatively the complete pacification of the province. It also contains a royal decree, dissolving the regiments of Gijon, Segoyia, Oviedo, and Zamora, which had taken part in the late insurrectionary move ment. The colours of the dissolved regiments are to be deposited in the church of the Virgin of Atoeha, and covered with black crape. All the privates who took part in the insurrection are to suffer ten years' additional service beyond the usual time wherever the Government may direct, and the non-commissioned officers are to be brought to a court martial. The Government have dispatched orders to VIL LALONGA to suspend any further executions of those con demned by courts-martial. The Archbishop of SANTIAGO, whose life had been saved by Sous during the insur rection, exerted himself to procure the pardon of the in surgent chief, but without effect. SoLIs end fourteen of his companions were shot through the back at Carrel. The other insurgent officers, it is said, will be re duced to the ranks, and sent to the Phillippine Islands, to serve for tea years. CONCHA, as a reward for his services, has been promoted to the rank of Lieute nant-General. General Pow SAMPER, to whose dilatory conduct at Santiago the partial success of the insurrec tion there has been attributed, is to be brought to a court-martial forthwith. VILLALONGA, to whose vigour and prudence it was entirely owing that Corunna did not join the movement, was one of ESPARTERO'S general, and remained faithful to him to the last, refusing to acknowledge the new order of things until ESPARTERO bad quitted the king dom. A steamer had left Vigo in pursuit of the Nervion, on board which the members of the insurgent junta had made their escape, taking with them all the treasure in the Bank of San Fernando ; and the salt rent, amounting to 6,000,000 rials, which they had seized as soon as they received information of the defeat at Santiago. The yellow fever has appeared at Barcelona, brought, it was supposed, from the Cape de Verd According to the Esperanza, CARD; the former Presi dent of the Barcelona Junta and the leader of the pronuncianziento at Alicant, has been arrested at Medina. MADRID BOLSA, MAY I.—Three per Cent., 31i for cash. Exchange on London, 37i. We have received the Paris papers of Thursday. On Wednesday the Dijon and Mulhausen Railway Bill passed the Chamber of Deputies without opposition. The New Postage was in the course of the same sitting withdrawn by the Minister of Finance, and in its stead the Minister proposed a measure abolishing the usual decime, and reducing the duty on money orders from five to two per cent. The St. Diziec and Gray Railway was then brought forward, but the discussion was not finished. The non publication of the Address of . the Archbishop of PAnts in the Moniteur, is the subject of comment in most of these papers. The Constitutionnel says :—" We do not yet find in the Moniteur, the Address of the Archbishop of Paris. The fol lowing is said to be the purport of the phrase whieh gave offence, and caused the Address to be suppressed :—"lhe Church does not want the protection of any one—it only asks for liberty.' " The Quotidienne gives the following as the phrase which was deemed objectionable : " Happy is the Government which, deeply convinced that religion, in order to render the people virtuous, aspires only to the liberty worthy its celestial origin, worthy of the human conscience, which it governs, and of the supreme Master which confided to it an empire so glorious." The Moniteur Algerien, of the 30th, has the following : " The last news from General Yusuf, and consequently of the movements of the ex-Emir, go back about ten days. ,At that period everything announced a series of operations in the Djebel-Amour, when Abd-el-Kader, finding, however, still slighter resources there than with the Ouled-Na,yl, came and encamped near the Boukail, one hundred leagues south of Algiers, and thence by a parallel march, and inverse to that of General Yusuf, reached Gharza, a point four days' journey from Boghar, towards the south-east. He had collected together all the disposable horsemen of the Ouled-Nayl, to the number of four or five hundred and these compose all his forces, for of the men whom he brought from the west, only a few still remain mounted. It was on the 19th that General Yusuf learned this complete change of position, and he immediately proceeded towards Gharza, followed by the column of Colonel Ladmirault, who was bringing him a convoy. Since then, nothing whatever is known of what has passed, This eircum• stance, which is not rare, a nd which may be explained by the negligence of an Arab courier, or any other such incident, appears to have been seized on by ill-disposed per sons to spread sinister reports, of whieh the administra tion would certainly punish the authors if it succeeded in discovering them. The news from the provinces is satisfac tory. That of the west scarcely shows any insurrection, except in the Lower Dahra, where the column of Mostae nem is speedily to act, if it has not already commenced. 'I he principal affairs of the spring would appear to be these : the subjection of the Ouarensenis, for which the Marshal was to set out on May 4th or sth ; and the operations in the south of the province of Titteri, which are to be entrusted, it is said, to the Duke d'Aumale." According to the Akbar of the 30th, intelligence had been received from General YusuF the preceding day. He was on his way with his column to Medeah, where he would wait for a r einforcement of cavalry, and on its arrival would resume his operations in the Djebel- Amour, in concert with Colonel MOLIERE. The Three per Cents. dosed on the Paris Bourse on Thursday at 83f. 95c. ; the Five per Cents, 120 f. 20c.; the Orleans Railroad shares, 1,252 f. 50c.; ltouen, 1,037 f.; Havre, 757 f. 50c.; Great Northern, 7676 50c.; Avignon, 925 f. ; Vierzon, 675 f. ; Bordeaux, 621 f. 75c. ; Boulogne, 510 f. ; Troyes and Montereau, 410 f. ; Basle, 220 f. ; I'4'll - 440 ; Dieppe, 450 ; Paris and Strasburg, 516 f. 25c. ; Tours and Nantes, 537 f. 50c. is ; Paris and Lyons, 5 7 5 f. ; Spanish Actives, 3 2 %. ; ditto Three per Cents., 371, ditto Domestic Debt, 31U. - -- The following are the quotations in railway shares . Lyons and Avignon, deflnitives, 545 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette (Mackenzie), 504 f.; ditto (Espeleta), 510 f.; ditto definitive, 535 f. Charleroi, 490 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TIIE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 8. 13 °ulogna and Amiens 12! —C e ntral of Spain, 1 IA —Dutch Rhenish, 6 % — East Indian, %—Great Indian Peninsular, 1 4—Italian and Austria '' , l —Jamaica South Midland Junction, IN—Namur and Liege, 4 4—Paris and Lyons Constituted, 7%. MR. WILLIAM S3IITII O'BRIEN.—Th• following . is the resolution which the Limerick "reformed" Corporation unanimously adopted at their meeting on Tuesday ;.- 4 $ That this Corporation, ever filled with the highest admiration for the public career of Mr. Smith O'Brien, M.P. for this county; his undeviating sustainment of those principles to the accomplishment of which this county looks with un abated determination; and, considering the course now adopted by a portion of the Legislature towards him, whereby he hag been deprived of his liberty, and been com mitted to prison for his strictly persevering in that cause best calculated to test the soundness of those opinions to which he had long previously pledged himself; and that, under the circumstances, we feel it to be our duty to address ➢ir. O'Brien in entire approval of his conduct, and our fixed resolution to sustain him in the opinion he advocates; and that it be referred to a committee of this Council to prepare the addreee." MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 7,000 bales, including 2,000 for export and on speculation; with a firm market. Shares were rather heavy. At Messrs. Lamond's public sale of railway shares, held yesterday afternoon, as usual, there was a decline in prices generally, and leis disposition to bid. Manchester, Midland, and Great Grimsby, 145.-Wexford, Waterford, and Valentia, Bs. 6d.-Direct London and Portsmouth Atmospheric, 31. 4s. -Eastern Counties, York Extension, 1/. 175.-Taw Vale Extension and Dock, 13s. 6d.-Great Luxembourg, 2L 45.- London and Birmingham Extension, 11.-Calcutta and St. George's Point, 6s. 6d.- Shrewsbury and Herefordshire, 7s. -Shropshire Union and Canal, 11.75. 6d.-Midland Eastern Counties, 155.-Ceylon, 93.-London, Bristol, and South Wales, 19s. 6d.-Northern and Eastern, 62/.-Welsh Mid land, U. 6s. 6d.-Isle of Axholme, Gainsborough, and Goole, 1/. 95.-Vale of Neath, 11. 155.-Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham, 1/. 25.-London and Blackwall, New, 31. 19s. 6d. - Rugby and Huntingdon, 11. 35.-Over Yssel, 1/. 43.- Essex and Suffolk, 14s. - Manchester, Huddersfield, and Great Grimsby, 18s.-Churnet and Blythe, 18s. - Man chester and Southampton, 2/. 25.-Ceylon, 9s. 6d. There are no arrivals to-day with late accounts from any quarter possessing the least general interest In the return of the assets and liabilities of the Bank of England the more prominent alterations for the week to the 2d May are these Notes issued £27,072,295 Increase Public Deposits ... 2,578,451 Decrease Other Deposits Decrease Seven day and other Bills, increase Other securities, increase 16,616 Bullion Increase The English Securities have been very quiet again this morning, and are at about the previous value, or perhaps rather better. Consols realise 96% % for transfer, and 96% 3 4 for time. Exchequer-bills have been marked 245. to 275. •, and East India Bonds, 345. premium. Bank Stock has been firm at 205 to 205 1 ,%, and India Stock at an advance to 265. New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have risen to 97%. This has been quite a dies non in the Foreign Market. Spanish Three per Cents. are 37. Dutch Two-and•a-Half per Cents. realise 59 1 . Shares generally are firm to-day, but there is not enough doing to test the strength of the market. BRITISII FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock .. • . 205% 205 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 95%14 Three per Cent. Consols Annuities • • 96% % New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 97% % Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10% 3-16 Ditto, 30 years, Jau. 5, 1860 .. 10% India Stock .. .. 265 • India Bonds, 1,0001. 34 Consols for Account .. • . 96% % Exchequer Bills. I%d. I%d. 1,0001. • • .. ...• 27 —— pm. 5001. •• •. • • '27 24 pm. Ditto, Small .. .... 24 27 pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent .. • . Ditto, filr the Account .• .. 39 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent. • • • . Ditto, Three per Cent .. • • 37 Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian Four-and-a-Half per 'Cent. 96% Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 59% Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 91% BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK EALLWATS. PAID. PEE SHARE. Aberdeen •. . • . .. 10 ...... 5% to Amber., Notting., Boston, & Eastni Jn. 2% .. 1% .. to Bristol and Exeter .. .. 75 .... 85 .... to Buckinghainshire • • .. .. 425. •• .. Ipto % p Direct Manchester (Rastrick's) .... .... to Direct Northern .. .. 2)6 .... to 2 Eastern Counties 141. 16s. Od.• 23 . 1 %.• to Ditto, New .. 8/. 16s. Od.• ••• 7 , A% pto Do., Perpetual,s per Ct. No.l, 61 13s. 4d.• •.. •• .. to Ditto, ditto .. .. No. 2, 61. 13s. 4d..... p.. to - - Ditto, York Extension 10s. .... .. • • to Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 .• .. 75 ••..to 77 Ditto, Halt Shares .• .. 10 .• .. 18 •• .. to Ely and Huntingdon . .. • • 7% .. • • 5%.... to Exeter, Yeovil and Dorcnester .. 2% •• • • 1% •• • • to Goole, Doncaster, and Sheffield, &c... 425. .. • • 14 p.. to Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 20 .. • • 25;4 .... to Great North of England • . • .100 .. 215 .... to 217 Ditto, New • . • • .. • • • • 114 •• .. 14 .... to Great Western • • • • • • • • .. 85 ••• • .... to Ditto, Quarter Shares • • .. • • 5 .. 183 .... to Hull and Selby .. • • • • • . 50 •• • • 03% .... to Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth • • 2 .. • • 1 1 / ; .. • . to Leicester and Bedford .. • • • • 225. .... dis. to • Liverpool, Mauch, and Newe. Janet. 2% .... ..to London and Birmingham •• ..100 ....228 to Ditto, Quarter Shares • • • . .. 2 .... 29% .... to Loudon and Brighton • • • • •• .• 50 .... to Ditto ditto Fifths .. • • • • •• 20 31% .... to London and Croydon • . • • 13/. 15s. 9d. .... 22% .. to London and South-Western • • 411. GJ. 10d. • . 78 .... to 79 Ditto, New Consolidated Eighths.. 34 .... 53 .... to Ditto, New .. .. • • .. 12%.... 23U to London and York • . • • . • • 2% .... 21A .... to Ditto, Half Shares • . • • . • .. 23C .... 2 ... to London, Salisbury, and Yeovil .. .. .... 1 .... to Londonderry and Coleraine .. .. 10 .... 61j .. to -- Manchester - and Leeds • • • • .. 82 .... .... to -- Ditto, Quarters • • .. • • • • 2 .... 10 •... to Ditto, fifths .. • • 3 •... 13 ~.• to Manchester and Birmingham .. .. 40 .... 81 .... to 82 Ditto, Quarter Shares (A) .. 4 .... 12%.. • • to Ditto, Quar-er Shares (II) • • • • 4 .... 12% .... to Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) • • .. 1 .... 5%3 4 .. to Manchester, Buxion, and Matlock .. 425. .... 1% % pto Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... to Midland Ditto, New .. 18 .... 32% %.. to 33% Newcastle and Darlington Junction 23 .... 44%.. •.to Ditto, New .. 1 .... 10 .... to Newcastle and Berwick .. 10 .... 20% .... to Newark, Sheffield, and Boston . • • . 2% .... %.. to Norfolk .. .. 20 . 27% •. • - to North Kent and Direct Dover • • .. 2% 1% 34 .. to North Staffordshire .. . • .. .. 425. .... 4% 1 4 pto Oxford, Gosport, Portsmth , & Sthmpt. 425. .... 1 dis• •to Scottish Central .. 10.. 15N .... to Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 234 334.... to -- Shropshire Union . .. 42s 34 dis.. • to South Midland 42s 1 pto .... South Eastern and Dover .. .. .. 33%.. 41} to 41 40U Ditto, New, No. ,1 . 16 . 21 to Ditto, New, No. 2 .. .. 10 ... 14% .... to Ditto, New, No. 3 .. .. • • .• 15 •• .. 17 .... to Ditto, New, No. 4 .. • • .. 24 •• • • 3%%.. to Wexford, Waterford, and Valentia .. 1% . • • to West Riding Union 425..... 2zji p.. to 3 p York and Carlisle .. • • ..2%•. 1% • ... to York and North Midland .. .. 50 •• •• .. to Ditto, Extension .. •• .. 15 .. • . 34% •• . to FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Central of Spain •• •• .• .. 2 .... to Dutch Rhenish .• •• •• 5 .. G 34 .. • • to . East Indian • • .. .. • . .. .. ss. .. • • 7/.% .. to Paris and Lyons Constituted .. .. 5 .... 7% .... to Paris and Strasbourg Constituted • . 5 .... 5%.... to MINES Real del Monte, Unregistered .. .. .... 33i .... to LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(T HIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 9.—Wind this day at noon S.E., light pleasant breeze, and fine clear weather. DEAL, MAY B.—Wind light and variable.—Arrd. the 7th, Helena, Blom, Batavia, and sld. for Amsterdam. PORTSMOUTH . , MAY B.—Wind S.S.E. to S.S.W.—Arrd. her Majesty's steamer Penelope, Sierre Leone, left 27th March, Cape de Verds 11th ult, and Madeira 24th; Nautilus trans port, Ascension. Arrd. the Bth, her Majesty's ship Childers, Cape of Good Hope. LIVERPOOL ' MAY 8. —Wind W.N.W. moderate.—Arrd. Earl of Lonsdale, Peile, Calcutta; Thomas Battersby, White, Paraiba, aid. the Ist ult.; Reliance, Bedford, Ceara; Mary Ray, Ellwood, Demerara; Orion ' Porto Rico; Lord Sandon, Walsh, New Orleans; Glammis Castle, Duncan, New York. Sld. Senator, Wilson, Batavia; Washington, Benson, New Orleans ; Columbus, Coning, Boston ; Elizabeth, Mossop, Halifax ; Funchal, Reed, Newfoundland. OFF LIVERPOOL, MAY B.—Tapley, Calcutta, for Fleetwood ; New York, from New York. OFF Dovin, MAY B.—Wind W.S.W.— 7th, Wilhel mina and Maria, Batavia, for Prussia; Sarah and Eleanor, Adelaide. OFF TORBAY, MAY 7.—James Cruickshank, Sayees, St. Vincent's. FALMOUTH, MAY B.—Wind E., light—Arrd. Britannia, Maun, Marseilles, with loss of sails, bulwark, &c., and long boat, having been struck by a heavy sea on the 24th ult. off Cape de Gatt. Sld. Damascuss, Bliss, New Orleans. 6th, 011; Tanjore, Calcutta; 7th, Symmetry, French, Adelaide; lieornan, South Seas, for Cowes; Nymph, Munteridon, Ba tavia, for Rotterdam. SWANSEA, MAY 7.—Arrd. Elizabeth Beynon, Valparaiso. CLYDE, MAY 7.—Wind W.—Arrd. Peggy, Smith, Jamaica. Sld. 5. Hannah Isabella, Marshall, Boston. 6. Mariner, Russell, Chaleur Bay. '7. Henrietta, Boston. CORK, MAY 6.—Wind N.W., fresh.—Arrd. Caroline, Dan gerfield, Callao ; Growler, Allan, St. John's, Newfoundland. Sid. 6. Ariel, Robinson, St. Andrew's, N.B. ; Sapphiras, Johnson, Quebec. LEITH, MAT 7. -- Wind ;S.W.—Sld. 6. Ann Elizabeth Mowat, Prince Edward' s I s l an d . , WHITBY.—SId. 7. Eleanor, Hetherington, Quebec. GRAvasEND, MAY B.—The Moreland barque, waterlogged and abandoned, and with the brig Resolution, of Penzance, alongside of her, was seen 18th ult. in lat. 47, lon. 21, by the Sir Robert Peel, of St. John's, N.B. ; spoken with by the Islander, Gordon, arrd. from Demerara. CowEs, MAY 8. The Weatherall, Draper, reported on the 6th as on shore here, wag from Sunderland, and not from Southampton, as there stated. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) covmwr-G.a.itimisr. Pines, 7s to lOs per lb ; Strawberries, Is to 2s per oz. ; Hothouse Grapes, 15s per lb. ; Apples, 2s 6d to 9s per bushel ; Oranges, 58 to 12s ; and Lemons, 6s to lOs per 100 ; Rhubarb, 7s to 9s per dozen bundles ; Asparagus, 3s 6d to 8s per bundle; Seakale, is to 2s 6d per punnet; French Beans, 2s per 100 ; New Potatoes, 4d to 2s per lb ; Brocoli, 4s to 9s ; Cabbages, 9d to Is per dozen; Greens, Is 6d to 2s per dozen bunches; Celery, ls, and Horseradish, 2s to 3s per bundle ; Mushrooms, 9d per pottle ; Spinach, 6d to Sd per junk; Cauliflowers, is 6d to 3s per dozen; Cucumbers, Is to 2s each ; Carrots, 3s, and Turnips, is to 2s per dozen bunches. NEWGATE AND LEADENEALL. We had a very heavy trade here on the following terms : —Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; Lamb, 5s 4d to 6s 4d; Veal, 4s to ss; and Pork, 3 s 4 d to 5s per 81bs, by the carcase.—Turkeys, 4s to 7s ; Goslings, 5s to 8s ; Ducks, is Gd to 2s. 6d ; Ducklings, 3s. 3d to 4s 3d; tame Rabbits, is 3d to is 8d; Pigeons, 8d to Is ; and Guinea Fowls, Ss 6d to 5s each ; Surrey Fowls, 9s to 13s ' • and Chickens, 6s to 9s. per couple ; fres h Butter is to Is 3d per lb. NEWPOILT. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 6d; Mutton , 33 6d to 4s 6d ; Lamb, 5s Gd to tis 6d ; Veal, 4s 2d to 5s ; and Pork, 4s to 5s per 81bs. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots 6s to 14s; Brills, 3 s to 4 s 3 d ; Cod Fish , 2 s ad to 7s; Whitings, 4d to 8d ; Mackerel, 4d to 8d ; Lobsters, Is to 3s 6d ; and Crabs, 8d to 2s 3d each ; Soles, 8d to 3s 6d per pair ; Smelts, is 6d to 2s Gd; and Thames Flounders, Is 6d to 2s per dozen ; Salmon, 10d to is 3d ; Eels, 3d to 10d ; and Crimped Scate, 7d to 8d per lb. WHITECHILFEL. Beef from 2s 4d to 3s Gd; Mutton, as 4d to 4s 4d ; Lamb, 5s 6d to Gs 4d ; Veal, 4s to 5s ; and Pork, 3s 8d to 5s per 81bs. HUN GER,Fora). Full average supplies of most articles were on sale to-day, while the general demand ruled heavy, and prices were not supported. BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are front Bid to 9d; of Household ditto, 6kel to 8d per 41bs loaf. HIDE MARKET. Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3d per 14 ; do. 6411) to 721 b, 3d ; do. 721 b to SOlb, 3d to 3 1 4 d ; do. 101 b to 881 b, 3%d to 3 1 4 d ; do. 881 b to 961 b, thd to 4 1 7 4c1 ; do. 961 b to 1041 b, 4d to 5d ; Calf Skins, each, 3s to 6s 6d ; Horn Hides, 138 • Polled Sheep, 6s to 7s 6d; Runts and Half-breds, 4s 8d to 6s 6d; Downs, 4s to ss; Shearlings, 6d to 8d; Lambs, 2s 9d to 4s. EAT MAREMTB. SMr~r.D — Meadow Hay, 8l sstO4/ 88 ; Clover ditto, 41 Ss to 5/ 15s; Oat Straw, 1/ 12s to 1/ 143; Wheat Straw, 11 14s to 1/ 16s per load. Trade dull, at barely late rates. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 31 5s to 41 10s ; Clover tto 4 / 5 a to it 12s; Oat Straw, 11 las DI 11140; Vittat • Straw, 1/ l•te to 1/ 16,9 per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. __ WitirEcaurnL.—Meadow Hay, 313 s to 418 s ; Clover ditto ; 4/ 5s to 6/; Oat Straw, l / 12s to l / 14s ; Wheat Straw, 11 14s to 11 16s per load. Supply good, and trade dull. LONDON, HOUNSLOW, AND WESTERN RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.) A special meeting of the scripholders of this Company was held to-day, at twelve o'clock, at the King' s A rms Inn, New Palace-yard , in pursuance with the resolutionsrecently agreed to by the House,of Commons. The chair was occupied by Mr. - Bark ly, M.P. The SE€4ETARY having read the advertisement calling the meeting, The OUAIRMAN explained the object of the meeting, which was to ascertain the sense of the scripholders on the Bill submitted to Parliament, and whether it was their desire to proceed. An irregular discussion ensued as to whether the merits and present position of the Company should be discussed. The CHAIRMAN was of opinion the only business that could be entertained was the specific business stated in the advertisement. What they had to do was to take the amount of the scrip present, and whether the holders ap proved of proceeding with the Bill. The directors had care fully considered the resolutions of the House, and a solicitor and counsel were in attendance, under whose advice they were acting. Mr. Cook;, the barrister, stated that if only ten scrip holders were present it constituted a meeting. After the vote was taken it was competent to adjourn, when the final vote would be taken ; and if the number then was not suffi cient to constitute a legal meeting the Company would be at an end. If the full number were present, and the majority decided against proceeding, the Company would equally be closed. The business should be confined to the special ob ject of the meeting._ Mr. MEGsox, of Leeds, wished to know something of the state of the Company, especially he wished to know how many of the provisional directors had taken up the shares. After some rather warm altercation, Mr. HARRISON explained that the Board of Management had each taken up 200 shares, which they paid on when they were at a discount; several of the provisional directors had not taken up their shares. The whole number of shares taken up was 28,220. The original number of shares was 33,000. A SHAREHOLDER wished to know the amount of expense incurred. The CHAIRMAN thought it would not be prudent just then to state the amount, as it might be made a handle for the opponents of the line. The old companies were now buying up the scrip of the new companies, with the object of break ing them up. In the coarse of a week all the information required would be given. Mr. MEGSON said a gentleman in Leeds had ascertained from the secretary that the expenses had been 161., with other liabilities. The CHAIRMAN said that statement was not made with authority. A SHAREHOLDER wished to know how the Company stood before Parliament. Mr. HARRISON said most favourably. The Staines and Richmond line had broken down. The Great Western pro ject was destroyed yesterday, and they had every prospect of success at present before the Select Committee, which he expected would meet in another week. After some discussion, of rather an exciting character, the votes were taken and summed up, when there appeared, Votes present Assents for proceeding with the M 11... 12,340 Against it Majority for proceeding; The CHAIRMAN said the assents were more than sufficient for compliance with the resolutions, 8,709 being sufficient for that purpose, whereas they had upwards of 12,000. After a vote of thanks to the Chairman, the meeting separated. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, OXFORD, AND BLETCHLEY JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY.--(THIS DAY). A special general meeting of the scripholders of the above Company was held this afternoon, in pursuance of the ses sional orders of both H ouses of rliament, at the London and Birmingham Railway Station, Euston square, for the purpose of approving or otherwise the following Bills, now before Parliament, namely--a Bill for making a railway from the London and Birmingham Railway, at Aldbury, in the county of Hertford, to Banbury, in the county of Oxford (Tring to Banbury); a Bill for making a railway from Ox ford to the London and Birmingham Railway, at Bietchley, in the county of Buckingham (Oxford to Bletchley). The chair was occupied by Sir Harry Verney, Bart., but a good deal of time being taken up with registering the scrip, it was long after the meeting had assembled before the business of the day was entered upon. The CHAIRMAN said, that the first Bill on the list was the Oxford and Bletchley, which had already passed the Committee of the House of Commons. The line had great intrinsic merits, but independently of that it was supported by the landowners of the district, and aided by the co operation and assistance of the London and Birmingham Company. He was sure that the meeting would have no hesitation in agreeing to the resolution to proceed with the Bill, and he begged to move one accordingly. The resolution having been seconded by the Hon. Mr. PIEREPOINT, was put to the vote and carried unnanimously. The Honourable CHAIRMAN said, that the next Bill was for making a line from Tring to Banbury : it had not yet been committed, but it stood in a group, which was appointed for Tuesday, the 19th. He had no doubt, but that like the other it would be carried, for the two schemes that were op posed to it were already defunct, and the other scheme in the Committee in no way competed with the present line. The resolution was, then carried unanimously. Mr. LEwIN MOSELY moved a vote of thanks to the Chair man, which having been acknowledged, the meeting sepa rated. EAST LINCOLNSHIRE RAILWAY. (THIS DAY.) A special general meeting of the scripholders in this un dertaking, was held this afternoon, in pursuance of the sessional orders of Parliament, at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, in the Strand, Lord Worsley, Chairman of the Com mittee of Management, in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said there could be no doubt as to the merits of the line, for it received the support of nearly every influential person and landholder of the various dis tricts through which it passed. The preamble had already been proved before a Committee of the House of Commons, and in his opinion it would be madness to abandon a scheme with such magnificent prospects. He regretted, however, to state that there was not a sufficient quantity of scrip in the room to constitute a meeting, but if any shareholder present required any information he should be most happy to give it. A SHAREHOLDER asked what expenses had been incurred by the Company. The CHAIRMAN replied 7s. 6d. per share; and, considering the opposition they had had to contend with, that was con sidered very small.— (Hear, hear.) A vote of thanks having been passed to the chairman, the solicitors, and the engineer, for their past exertions, the meeting was adjourned till Wednesday next. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius.) BEALE V. MOULDS AND OTHERS. This was an action taken by tha plaintiff to recover the amount of a steam-boiler, made by him for the use of de fendant, who contended that there had been a breach of con tract, inasmuch as that the boiler was not made at the time agreed upon. The jury found for the defendant. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) Several cases were disposed of in this Court to-day, but none of them were of the least interest. One was an action for slander, taken by a police superintendent in Leeds, for a letter written of him, in which he was charged with conduct unfit for publication ; but the case was held over for the appearance of defendant's counsel. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius.) ISENDON V. STRAY. This was an action for assault and false imprisonment. The plaintiff was a dancing master, and the defendant a tailor. They had had mutual dealings, and upon the plaintiff demanding the balance in his favour, defendant used ill language to him, assaulted him, and gave him in charge to the police. The jury found for the plaintiff—Damages 40s. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) WILSON V. BARFORD. This was what is called a " running down" case. The plaintiff was an omnibus proprietor and the defendant the owner of a public coach. A collision took place between the two on the night of the Ist of January last at Woodland street, when the plaintiff alleged that his vehicle sustained considerable damage. (The case had not closed when our report left) SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner BULLOCK.) NAGLE V. TRIPP. This was an action to recover the small sum of 21 5s , for work done for the defendant. Mr. RYLAND stated the case. Both parties are pianoforte makers, and the defendant had been employed to repair a grand piano for a lady named Defolie, for which he charged 18/. Plaintiff had been engaged to do a particular portion of the work, for which he charged 2!. 55., and it was not until after the action was commenced that the defendant offered to pay 2!. without costs. Witnesses were called who proved that the work had been done, and that it was worth more than the sum charged. Aa attorney was proceeding to address the jury, but was stopped by the Learned Commissioner, who said that he could not be heard, as he was not the attorney on the record. The attorney said that he had retained hlr. Thomas as counsel. The COURT—But you could not do so. No person has the privilege of retaining counsel but the attorney on the record. The defendant had appeared and pleaded in person, and ought to have attended the trial in person. No counsel would, in a civil suit, take a brief except from the attorney on the record. _ _ Mr. RYLAND said he would not press the case strictly, but admit the attorney to be heard. Ultimately the jury gave a verdict for the full amount claimed. LONDON SESSIONS.-(THIS DAY.) (Before the RECORDER, Aldermen GIBBS, lioxrut, and Sir Wm. IVIAGNAY.) WANTED AN ALDERMAN—A SCENE IN COURT.—ThiS morning, at ten o'clock, the grand jury were called, but the Court could not proceed with business, as there were only two Aldermen on the bench. After waiting for an hour, the jury complained of b e i ng d etained so long. They considered it a great neglect of duty on the part of the Aldermen, and it was high time that some strict rule should be laid down; and they hoped the neglect would be exposed, and the sub ject taken up by the public press. One of the petty jury asked whether their names could not be called over, so that those not required might leave? The COURT said they could not. It was necessary that the grand jury should be sworn in first, and that could not be done until the Court was sitting, and that could not be until another Alderman arrived. A juror —Then must we all wait because one Alderman doss not attend ? He ought to be called on a penalty, as we are. — (Laughter.) One of the petit jury —If there is no Court, there is no power to compel us to stay, and if the grand jury will leave, we will. Several took their hats to leave, when Sir Wm. Magnay enterc d. Alderman GIBBS said the observations of the jury were very unpleasant. Sir Win. ➢iiagnay was a volunteer in this case. The names on the list for the day were Aldermen Kelly, Sir J. Key, Gibbs, Humpbery, Hooper, Hunter, and Won. After hearing two or three cases of assault, Alderman Magnay left. The parties not being ready on the appeal cases, _ _ . . . _ The RECORDER said the cases must stand adjourned. • Amongst them were Alderman Moon v. the Poor-rates of Mildred, Cornhill, and the Committee; of Lloyd's in a similar case. BO W-STREET.-(THI S DAY.) THE ATTEMPTED MURDER IN DRURY-LANE. John Graham was brought before MT. Henry this day for the third time, when he was again defended by Mr. llumphreys. Mr. Dancombe, the surgeon of King's College Hospital, said that Blewitt was in a very weak state, but he had still some hopes of his recovery. There was no mortification, but a great discharge of matter. Mr. Humphreys said he was very glad to hear this ac count of NS hat he thought, from public report, was otherwise. Mr. HENRY—The grand jury meet on Monday. It is not likely they will be discharged till Thursday. I will remand the prisoner till Wednesday, and by that time, if he is still alive, and it is still uncertain whether he will recover or not, the prisoner must be again remanded; otherwise, there will still be time for the sessions, and I will fix it at 12 o'clock, in order to be sure of being in time. GREAT NORTH OF SCOTLAND RAILWAY.—This measure is now in committee—witnesses, counsel, estimates, and traffic tables being in great demand. We subjoin from The Sun (in which piper particular attention is given to railway proceedings) a report of the evidence hitherto ad duced. The Perth and Inverness agents are preparing for a similar struggle, and the witnesses have again been sum moned to London.—lnverness Courier. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, MAY B.—We have to report; a large supply of wheat, and fair of other grain. To day there was a very thin attendance of millers, and the de mand for wheat was limited to their immediate wants. Prices of all descriptions of wheat must be noted Is. to 2s. per quarter lower. Considering the advanced state of the s:ason, fine barley met with a good inquiry at previous rates. Beans sold easily on fully as good terms. Oats and shelling each in slow request at barely former rates. Malt firm. The exportation of donkeys has commenced. As in former years, they are intended for a Dutch settlement in the West Indies. The Emerald Isle, for Rotterdam, on Wed nesday, took out five specimens of the English breed. COLOSSAL STATUE OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. — Preparations have commenced at Hyde Park Corner (oppo site Apsley House), for the erection of Mr. Wyatt's eques trian statue of the Duke of Wellington. The metal weighs 50 tons. f The' Duke will appear in a field marshal's uniform, and a small military cloak. Prince Albert has fixed Monday next for laying the first stone of the Seamen's Church in Dock-street, and en that occasion the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and other public authorities, will be in attendance to receive the Prince. The service will be per formed by the Bishop of London, and a very considerable number of the subscribers and friends to this important un dertaking will be present. A large marquee has been erected to cover the area, which is calculated to contain 800 persons. IMPROPER USE OF FIRE-ARMS.—OH Thursday af ternoon the family of Mr. Field, a gentleman residing at No. 3, Ladbroke place, Notting-hill, were thrown into a state of indescribable alarm and confusion by the following occur rence. It appears that shortly after five o'clock, just as Mr. and Mrs. Field, who have a family of children, had risen from the dinner table in the front parlour, they were alarmed by the sudden report of fire-arms, and the instant crash of glass proceeding from the parlour window, the blind of' which was down. Mr. Field immediately rushed into the street to as certain the cause, when he found that Mr. Henry Adridge Rice , a gentleman residing at No. '2, lodbroke-place East, which is nearly opposite Mr. Field's residence, had fired a gun loaded with shot at a cat which was on the wall of his garden, the charge from which had entered the window of Mr. Field's house. CITY OF LONDON GENERAL PENSION SOCIETY.-- The Worshipful Company of Drapers have presented, through the master, Thomas Dickinson, Esq., the munificent gift of 50 guineas to this charity. The Grocers' Company have coat ibuted 50/. OOT RACE —Yesterday the running match between Mills and Doverty was run at Turnham-green, and won by the latter. The distance was five hundred yards, the stakes 101. PUGILISM.—On Thursday night (after the choice of ground for the contest of Norley and Gill bad been decided), ten pounds a side was deposited for a fight for 400/., to take place in three months, between John Perry, the Nova Scotia black (who defeated Burton of Leicester), and a man to be named by Broome, at the signing of the articles, on Thurs day next (May 14th). We may observe that, by mutual consent, Caunt was excepted, and no small speculation has been excited in pugilistic circles to know who is the heavy weight prepared to enter the lists with the stalwart sable gladiator. REDUCTION OF THE HOURS OF LABOUR:OR Thurs day night a numerous meeting of the garment dyers of London was held at Caldwell's Assembly Rooms, Dean street, Soho, for the purpose of memorialising the master dyers, for a reduction in the hours of labour. Resolutions to that effect were adopted. STEAM-BOAT ACClDENT.—Yesterday morning es the Waterman steam-packet No. 2 was getting under way at the Woolwich pier, with passengers for London, the Niobe, an opposition steamer, which left the lower pier at the same time, in attempting to pass, ran into th e W a t erman , an d forced her athwart-hawse of the hulk lying off the dock yard. The Waterman's paddle-box, fore stancheen, and rail were carried away, and several passengers were knocked down by the concussion. The Waterman was crippled by' the collision, and the steamer, No. 1, belonging to the same company, took out her passengers, and conveyed them to London. The Niobe , whi c h cause d th e mischief, did not sus tain any material damage. RUSSIAN TREATMENT OF BANKRUPTS.—The Emperor of Russia has, by an ukase dated the 20th of April, prom* gated in the form of a commercial code, a law upon failuieS and brankruptcies. The law is borrowed from the French code, the only essential difference being the severe punish ' ment inflicted on bankrupts, who are condemned to perpetual banishment to Siberia. RAILWAY ACROSS GREENWICH PARK.---The Lords of the Admiralty have at length given their consent to a railway passing across Greenwich Park. Such a scheme, however, cannot obtain Parliamentary sanction this year, as the South-Eastern Company, in despair of obtaining the per mission of the Admiralty, had abandoned that part of their line to Woolwich. The objection at first urged to a line of railway across the park, was the apprehended disturbance of the observations at Greenwich Observatory by the vibra tion of the passing trains; but subsequent experiments are said to have proved that the vibration cannot produce any sensible effect at the distance of the proposed railway from the Observatory. An accident of very common occurrence to children happened to his Royal Highness Prince Alfred a few days since. His Royal Highness was leaving Buckingham Palace for an airing in one of the royal carriages, when his hand got accidentally caught in the door, by which two of his fingers were slightly lacerated. THE MONUMEN T TO SOUTHEY.—A tardy act of. jos tice has been done to one of the greatest men of his day by the erection of a monument to Robert Southey, in Westmin ster Abbey. The monument, which was completed yester day, consists of a plain entablature, containing the name or the poet, the periods of his birth and death, and surmounted by his bust. It is but an appropriate compliment that this monument is placed near that of Shakspere, and, of course, amongst those of the greatest English poets. This tribute to the memory of Southey is conspicuously placed in West minster Abbey, as the tribute ought to be to one who so truly served the cause not only of literature, but of religion and the Church. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT ON BOARD HER MAJESTY' SHIP TRAFALGAR.—On Monday last, when the crew of the Trafalgar, now lying at Spithead, were engaged in weighing anchor for a short cruise in the presence of the Lords of al Admiralty, the capstan made a charge, striking to the ground with great violence all the men employed at it and seriously wounding no less than seven persons. One of the sufferer! had both thighs fractured in a frightful manner, the splintered bones protruding through the skin. Two sustained fractures of the ribs. Another was much hurt in the back, and the remainder were injured about the bead. The men were quickly removed; and in the afternoon they were sent to the hospital. Fatal results are feared in one or two cases. A CONFIRSIED DESERTER.— Matthew Byrne. dressed in the unform of the Royal Artillery, was taken on Thursday' at Chatham, under an escort of the 65th, and placed before the county magistrates at Rochester as deserter from the 44th Regiment. The prisoner deserted from the 44th Regi ment at Dublin on the 20th of September, 1845, and enlisted into the 65th, and on the march with a batch of recruits, to join the head-quarters at Chatham, the prisoner deserted 04 enlisted again, in March last, in the 7th battalion of the Royal Artillery, at Woolwich, from which corps he deserted again on the 6th of April, and went to Chatham about three weeks ago, and delivered himself up, as being a deserter, to Sergean t Thomas Hawkins, of the 65th. The prisoner has been con" fined ever since; and the reason for his not being brought before the magistrates ere this was on account of a corres pondence entered into by the 65th to the Horse Guards and the Board of Ordnance respecting him. The prisoner wag committed to Maidstone Gaol to await an order from th e Horse Guards for his removal to his regiment (the 44th), which is stationed at Newry. A SCENE IN COURT.—On Saturday last, a poor It d. Fiel tated woman applied to the borough Magistrates under the follow ing circumstances. She s tated that her name was Eli za b et h Stainsby, and she resided in Pottery appeared that for some time past she had been receiving relief from the on going to receive day, she found that proved, however, that Wriggles move some , parish seh money,ot o n e th il ea however, o m wd o er u ,a. n we amount n, of o on the s . ti hrie per her lastwe r e e paykna;m e . worth, the relieving officer, said the mistake was owing Mr. Wriggles to the woman not being in time to answer to her name when as he ought not have paid the called over. in lt fa w u a lt s , money, unless the party applying for it pro du ced a had l i v t o w r as h ticket, which each pauper is expected toexhibit on making application for their allowance. The Mayor, ,_.ei.. mated to him that he ought, ' therefore, in, i n woman's demand out of his own pocket Wreswol„ hesitated for a moment, and then said he . would make ev e _... * effort to ascertain who had got the mayor money. The nor Yes ; but that won't do; you ought to make up the P- - d woman's loss, though you lived for a week upon bread s 0 water yourself. Do -ou intend - • 1 rtll' to pay It ? Wrigg ewo he No, sir. The MayorLT • • • If for t hen, sir, I will pay it myse , „ ;... poor woman shall not suffer from your negligence. hi l glesworth then left the Court amidst a storm off hisses, w"'" a however, were quickly suppressed, and the Ma or order y 11/P him to be called in again. When he re-appeared, his Wors gr• observed —Your conduct in the case of this poor woman, o f Wrigglesworth, is most disgraceful; and, as the Maye r i - it this borough, I thi n k i t my duty to lay a statement 0 e before the Poor-law Commissioners.l consider you tot au : r unfit for the situation you hold, and I will do all in mY P° iv, to get y ou t urned out of it. Wrigglesworth, without re p i again left the Court.—Leeds Mercury. • WO Lord Garvagh has left Portman-square to rejoin ~ i s. regiment, the 10th Hussars,_ previous to embarking for 1 11 _" 0 . Yesterday the New York packet-ship Westrair7oo arrived in the St. Katharine's Dock with a ca rgo of l a d rga barrels of American flour, each weighing 2001 - ; t! quantity of maize, or Indian corn, and about 50 tons of oil cam BIRTHS, ward, On the 7th inst., at Clapha m -c ommon , th e w if e o f James " Esq., of a still-born son. m a ybe" , On the Bth inst., i n Ar g yll- s t ree t, th e w if e o f Charles Esq., of a daughter. the lady On the Bth inst., in Richmo n d-t errace , B arns bury-road, of Buchanan Balfour, Esq., of a daughter. r O s i . i G ti e e or B g t e Knight, hll'st'a t o lki f a h s a o n t Y l. Al Cottages, bany-road, Old Ke nt -r M oa d, MARRIED. rnialictle3'. On the 7th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, MISS only chill of the late John Wrightwick Knightley, Esq., of Offe.._&:_ rd. Bury, Warwick, to Lord Guernsey, eldest son *l' the Ear.. DIED. 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